Peter Mathews - Revision history

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|Person=Peter Mathews
|First name=Peter
|Last name=Mathews
|Occupation=Merchant
|Training=Not apprentice
|Citizen=Unknown
|Literacy=Signature
|Has opening text=Peter Mathewes
|Has signoff text=Peter Mathews
|Transcription image={{#transcription-image: }}
|Language skills=English language,
|Res town=London
|Res country=England
|Birth year=1618
|First deposition age=37
|Deposition start page(s)=HCA 13/70 f.171v Annotate,
|Deposition date(s)=Jan 10 1655
|Has infobox completed=Yes
|Has synthesis completed=No
|Has HCA evidence completed=No
|Has source comment completed=No
|Type of ship=N/A
|Role in Silver Ship litigation=None
}}
==Biographical synthesis==
Peter Mathews (alt. Mathewes) (b. ca. 1618; d. ?). Merchant.

Elder brother of Middleburg and London merchant [[Baldwin Mathews]].

Resident in 1655 in London.

==Evidence from High Court of Admiralty==
'''January 1655'''

Thirty-seven year old Peter Mathews deposed on January 10th 1655 in the High Court of Admiralty. Hew was examined on an allegation in the cause of "Peter Cock and Baldwin Matthewes for their silver in the shipp ''Saint John Baptist''.<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.171v Annotate|HCA 13/70 f.171v]]</ref>

'''October 1656'''

"Pesonall Answeres of Elias Beake made to the pretensed positions of a libell given against him and Peter Mathewes in the name of John Salter and others as marriners of the late ship called the ''James'' whereof James Hedgethorne was master"<ref>HCA 13/128 DD DETAILS</ref>

==Comment on sources==

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 Elder brother of Middleburg and London merchant [[Baldwin Mathews]].
-Peter Mathews married Sara (TBC) Vanbrugh ca. 1640, a daughter of London merchant Giles Vanbrugh. He was brother-in-law of London merchant Simon Delboe (b. ?; d. ca. 1676), who married Sara's sister Anna Vanbrugh ca. 1649.<ref>ADD REFERENCE</ref> Two children of "Pieter Mattheus" and wife Sara were christened in 1640 and 1645 in the Dutch church at Austin Friars, and a furtherseven children were christened between 1641 and 1653 in the parish of Saint Martin Orgar.<ref>[http://markhamchesterfield.com/biographies/mathpete3845_bio.php Online genalogical resource: 'Bio: Peter Mathews' in 'Markham of Chesterfield'], viewed 06/11/2016</ref>
+Third child of London cloth merchant Baldwin Mathews (Bauduwijn Mattheus) and wife Anna Regoot. The children in order of birth were Maurities (Sep 5 1613), Anna (Apr 30 1615), Petrus (Peter) (Mar 23 1617), Sarah (Jan 31 1619), Baldwin (Balduinus) (Jul 2 1620), Joannes (Aug 25 1622), and Maria (Jan 16 1625). Following the death of Baldwin Mathews, Peter's father, his mother Anna Regoot remarried another London cloth merchant, Paul Ganne (b. ?; d. 1637).<ref>[http://markhamchesterfield.com/biographies/mathpete3845_bio.php Online genealogical resource: 'Bio: Peter Mathews' in 'Markham of Chesterfield'], viewed 06/11/2016</ref>
-Resident in 1655 in London.
+Peter Mathews married ca. 1640 Sara Vanbrugh [TBC], a daughter of London merchant Giles Vanbrugh. With the marriage in 1649 of Sara's sister Anna Vanbrugh, Peter Mathews became the brother-in-law of London merchant Simon Delboe (b. ?; d. ca. 1676).<ref>ADD REFERENCE</ref> Two children of "Pieter Mattheus" and wife Sara were christened in 1640 and 1645 in the Dutch church at Austin Friars, and a further seaven children were christened between 1641 and 1653 in the parish of Saint Martin Orgar.<ref>[http://markhamchesterfield.com/biographies/mathpete3845_bio.php Online genealogical resource: 'Bio: Peter Mathews' in 'Markham of Chesterfield'], viewed 06/11/2016</ref>
-The 1662 hearth tax record for Saint Martin Orgar's precincet shows Peter Mathews (and Bauldwin Mathews) 10 Hearths.<ref>ADD REFERENCE</ref>
+Probably resident in the parish of Saint Martin Orgar from at least 1641 to 1653, if not consierably longer. His residence was recorded in his 1655 High Court of Admiralty deposition simply as London<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.171v Annotate|HCA 13/70 f.171v]]</ref>.
 ==Evidence from High Court of Admiralty==
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 Deposition of James Hedgethorne, servant to Arnold Beake, dated October 10th 1653
-Deposition of Peter XXX, servant to Peter Mathews, dated October 14th 1653 in the "clayme of Beake and Mathews". The ship the S:t John was bought by Arnold Beake and Peter mathews for 490-07-00 sterling, and paid with a bill of exchange drawn from Holland on Peter Mathews by order of one M:r Anthins de ?Sondt. Peter ?Soen (OR, ?Som) was the servant and "cashere" of Mr Peter Mathews and saw his correspondence and books of accompt,<ref>HCA 13/68 ADD REFERENCE</ref>
+Twenty-one year old Peter Soen, servant to Peter Mathews, deposed on October 14th 1653 in the "The clayme of Beake and Mathewes for the shipp the ''Saint John'' and the wynes and vinager in her". The ship the ''Saint John'' was bought by Arnold Beake and Peter Mathews for £490-07-00 sterling, and paid with a bill of exchange drawn from Holland on Peter Mathews by order of one Mr Anthins de Sonde. Peter Som was the servant and cashier of Mr Peter Mathews, had access to and wrote his correspondence, and made entries into Mathews' books of accompt.<ref>[[HCA 13/68 f.367v Annotate|HCA 13/68 f.367v]]</ref>
 '''January 1655'''
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 '''October 1656'''
-"Pesonall Answeres of Elias Beake made to the pretensed positions of a libell given against him and Peter Mathewes in the name of John Salter and others as marriners of the late ship called the ''James'' whereof James Hedgethorne was master", dated October 28th 1656.<ref>HCA 13/128 DD DETAILS</ref>
+Elias Beake made personal answers on October 28th 1656 to a libel given against him and Peter Mathewes in the name of John Salter and others as mariners of the late ship called the ''James'' (Master: James Hedgethorne).<ref>HCA 13/128 DD DETAILS</ref>
 '''April 1659'''
-Forty-two year old Peter Mathews deposed on April 22nd 1659 in the High Court of Admiralty. Ge was examined on an allegation in the cause of "XX".
+Forty-two year old Peter Mathews deposed on April 22nd 1659 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on an allegation in the cause of "XX".
 The case concerned XX
 ==Comment on sources==
 '''1645'''
 Parliamentary Archives, Reference: HL/PO/JO/10/1/180 Description: 10 February 1645 -- Petition of Peter de la Salle and Peter Matthews, French merchants on the behalf of themselves, and the most excellent Prince Bernard Duke D'Espernon in the kingdom of France. James Pickering and others, brought an action against the Duke D'Espernon, and De la Salle, his bail, charged in execution, imprisoned and a commission of bankruptcy taken out against him.
 '''1652'''
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 East Sussex Record Office, Reference: ASH/4501/832 DEscription: Between PETER MATHEWES, BOND' MATHEWES and PETER LISTEN, querent, and RICHARD RELFE, gent., deforciant, of a messuage, barn, garden, orchard, 33 ac. of land, 10 ac. of meadow, 66 ac. of pasture and 4 ac. of wood in Dallington and Brightlinge. Michs. term, 16 Chas. 1664
 '''1675'''

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 |Has opening text=Peter Mathewes
 |Has signoff text=Peter Mathews
-|Transcription image={{#transcription-image: }}
+|Transcription image={{#transcription-image:  }}
 |Language skills=English language,
 |Res town=London
 |Res country=England
 |Birth year=1618
 |First deposition age=37
-|Deposition start page(s)=HCA 13/70 f.171v Annotate,
+|Deposition start page(s)=HCA 13/70 f.171v Annotate, HCA 13/73 f.202v Annotate,
-|Deposition date(s)=Jan 10 1655
+|Deposition date(s)=Jan 10 1655, Apr 22 1659
 |Has infobox completed=Yes
 |Has synthesis completed=No
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 }}
 ==Biographical synthesis==
-Peter Mathews (alt. Mathewes) (b. ca. 1618; d. ?). Merchant.
+Peter Mathews (alt. Mathewes) (b. ca. 1618; d. poss. 1658). Merchant.
 Elder brother of Middleburg and London merchant [[Baldwin Mathews]].
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 ==Evidence from High Court of Admiralty==
 '''January 1655'''
-Thirty-seven year old Peter Mathews deposed on January 10th 1655 in the High Court of Admiralty. Hew was examined on an allegation in the cause of "Peter Cock and Baldwin Matthewes for their silver in the shipp ''Saint John Baptist''.<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.171v Annotate|HCA 13/70 f.171v]]</ref>
+Thirty-seven year old Peter Mathews deposed on January 10th 1655 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on an allegation in the cause of "Peter Cock and Baldwin Matthewes for their silver in the shipp ''Saint John Baptist''.<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.171v Annotate|HCA 13/70 f.171v]]</ref>
 '''October 1656'''
 "Pesonall Answeres of Elias Beake made to the pretensed positions of a libell given against him and Peter Mathewes in the name of John Salter and others as marriners of the late ship called the ''James'' whereof James Hedgethorne was master"<ref>HCA 13/128 DD DETAILS</ref>
 ==Comment on sources==