Thomas Chevers - Revision history

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|Person=Thomas Chevers
|First name=Thomas
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|Mariner occupation=Master
|Training=Not apprentice
|Citizen=Unknown
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|Language skills=English language,
|Res street=Limehouse
|Res parish=Stepney
|Res country=England
|Birth year=1631
|Deposition start page(s)=HCA 13/73 f.92r Annotate,
|Deposition date(s)=Mar 9 1659
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|Has HCA evidence completed=No
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|Role in Silver Ship litigation=None
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==Biographical synthesis==
Thomas Chevers (b. ca. 1631; d. ?). Mariner.

Master of the ship the ''Oporto Merchant''.

Resident in 1659 in Limehouse.

==Evidence from High Court of Admiralty==
Twenty-eight year old Thomas Chevers deposed on March 9th 1659 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined in the case of "Rowland Hill John Hill and Company owners of the ''Oporto Merchant''. Thomas Chevers Master against Sir James Drax Knight Richard higgins Tho: Kendall, James Wych and Robert Welding merchants in particular and all others in generall that have or pretend to have any rights, titles, or interest in the goods wares and merchandizes lately brought in the sayd ship to this port from the Barbadoes in a cause of damage and average".<ref>[[HCA 13/73 f.92r Annotate|HCA 13/73 f.92r]]</ref>

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 |Language skills=English language,
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 |Res parish=Stepney
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