William Venus - Revision history

ColinGreenstreet at 01:02, October 28, 2016

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ColinGreenstreet at 14:38, October 25, 2016

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ColinGreenstreet at 23:57, August 8, 2016

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ColinGreenstreet at 14:56, July 31, 2016

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ColinGreenstreet at 14:49, July 29, 2016

2016-07-29T14:49:54Z

ColinGreenstreet: Added ship's carpenter as a Mariner occupation. This is a tricky one, since the exisitng classification under Occupation is "Shipwright", which is really a shore based occupation.

2016-07-29T12:01:17Z

Added ship's carpenter as a Mariner occupation. This is a tricky one, since the exisitng classification under Occupation is "Shipwright", which is really a shore based occupation.

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 |Res county=Surrey
 |Res country=England
-|Birth year=1615
+|Birth year=1611
 |Deposition start page(s)=HCA 13/72 f.88v Annotate, HCA 13/72 f.115r Annotate,
-|Deposition date(s)=Aug 27 1657, Sep 15 1657
+|Deposition date(s)=Mar 12 1652, Aug 27 1657, Sep 15 1657
 |Has infobox completed=Yes
 |Has synthesis completed=No
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 }}
 ==Biographical synthesis==
-William Venus (b. ca. 1615; d. ?). Shipwright.
+William Venus (b. ca. 1611-1615; d. ?). Shipwright.
-Carpenter on the ''Six Brothers'' on her last four voyages.
+Carpenter on the ''Sara and John'' in 1650, and similarly carpenter on the ''Six Brothers'' on her last four voyages. All voyages were made with William Greene as master.
-Resident in 1657 in the parish of Saint Mary Magdalen in Bermondsey, Surrey.
+Resident in 1652 and 1657 in the parish of Saint Mary Magdalen in Bermondsey, Surrey.
 ==Evidence from High Court of Admiralty==
-Forty-two year old William Venus was deposed in the High Court of Admiralty on August 27th 1657.<ref>[[HCA 13/72 f.88v Annotate|HCA 13/72 f.88v]]</ref> The case was that of "William Greene master of the shipp the ''Sixe Brothers'' against William ffisher merchant".<ref>[[HCA 13/72 f.88r Annotate|HCA 13/72 f.88r]]</ref>
+Forty-one year old William Venus was deposed on March 12th 1652 in the High Court of Admiralty.<ref>HCA 13/69: IMG_101_06_3643</ref> He was examined on an allegation on behalf of William Greene in "A business of examination of witnesses for the perpetual remembrance of the matter concerneing the shooting att and chaseing and endeavouring to seize and take the shipp the ''John and Sara'' of London (whereof William Greene was master and partowner etcetera promoted by the said Greene and Company against the King of Portugall et cetera".<ref>HCA 13/69: IMG_101_06_3641</ref>
 Venus stated in his evidence that he had gone on four voyages on the ship the ''Six Brothers'' as carpenter of her. The last such voyage had been from Porto in Portugal to London. He confirmed that on her last voyage her master had been William Greene, who had been put in command of her by her owners. In all he had known the ship for about three years, and as a result knew most of her owners.
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 He signed off the deposition with his marke, which was an interlocking '''V''' and '''W'''.<ref>[[HCA 13/72 f.89r Annotate|HCA 13/72 f.89r]]</ref>
-William Venus was deposed in the High Court of Admiralty a second time two and a half weeks later on September 15th 1657.<ref>[[HCA 13/72 f.115r Annotate|HCA 13/72 f.115r]]</ref> His deposition was related to the same ship, the ''Six Brothers''', but in the case of "Low and company against Townsend and others." Specifically, he was examined upon an allegation given in on behalf of Lowe and company touching the ''Six Brothers'', dated September 14th 1657.<ref>[[HCA 13/72 f.114v Annotate|HCA 13/72 f.114v]]</ref>
+William Venus was deposed in the High Court of Admiralty a third time two and a half weeks later on September 15th 1657.<ref>[[HCA 13/72 f.115r Annotate|HCA 13/72 f.115r]]</ref> His deposition was related to the same ship, the ''Six Brothers''', but in the case of "Low and company against Townsend and others." Specifically, he was examined upon an allegation given in on behalf of Lowe and company touching the ''Six Brothers'', dated September 14th 1657.<ref>[[HCA 13/72 f.114v Annotate|HCA 13/72 f.114v]]</ref>
 ==Comment on sources==

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 |Has HCA evidence completed=Yes
 |Has source comment completed=No
 |Role in Silver Ship litigation=None
 }}

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 |Has HCA evidence completed=Yes
 |Has source comment completed=No
 }}
 ==Biographical synthesis==
-REQUIRED ENTRY
+William Venus (b. ca. 1615; d. ?). Shipwright.
 ==Evidence from High Court of Admiralty==
-William Venus, a forty-two year old shipwright of Saint Mary Magdalen parish in Bermondsey, Surrey, was deposed in the High Court of Admiralty on August 27th 1657.<ref>[[HCA 13/72 f.88v Annotate|HCA 13/72 f.88v]]</ref> The case was that of "William Greene master of the shipp the ''Sixe Brothers'' against William ffisher merchant".<ref>[[HCA 13/72 f.88r Annotate|HCA 13/72 f.88r]]</ref>
+Forty-two year old William Venus was deposed in the High Court of Admiralty on August 27th 1657.<ref>[[HCA 13/72 f.88v Annotate|HCA 13/72 f.88v]]</ref> The case was that of "William Greene master of the shipp the ''Sixe Brothers'' against William ffisher merchant".<ref>[[HCA 13/72 f.88r Annotate|HCA 13/72 f.88r]]</ref>
 Venus stated in his evidence that he had gone on four voyages on the ship the ''Six Brothers'' as carpenter of her. The last such voyage had been from Porto in Portugal to London. He confirmed that on her last voyage her master had been William Greene, who had been put in command of her by her owners. In all he had known the ship for about three years, and as a result knew most of her owners.
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 ==Comment on sources==

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 ==Evidence from High Court of Admiralty==
-William Venus, a forty-two year old shipwright of Saint Mary Magdalen parish in Bermondsey, Surrey, was deposed in the High Court of Admiralty on August 27th 1657.<ref>[[HCA 13/72 f.88v Annotate|HCA 13/72 f.88v]]</ref> The case was that of "William Greene Master of the shipp the ''Sixe Brothers'' against William ffisher Merchant".<ref>[[HCA 13/72 f.88r Annotate|HCA 13/72 f.88r]]</ref>
+William Venus, a forty-two year old shipwright of Saint Mary Magdalen parish in Bermondsey, Surrey, was deposed in the High Court of Admiralty on August 27th 1657.<ref>[[HCA 13/72 f.88v Annotate|HCA 13/72 f.88v]]</ref> The case was that of "William Greene master of the shipp the ''Sixe Brothers'' against William ffisher merchant".<ref>[[HCA 13/72 f.88r Annotate|HCA 13/72 f.88r]]</ref>
 Venus stated in his evidence that he had gone on four voyages on the ship the ''Six Brothers'' as carpenter of her. The last such voyage had been from Porto in Portugal to London. He confirmed that on her last voyage her master had been William Greene, who had been put in command of her by her owners. In all he had known the ship for about three years, and as a result knew most of her owners.

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 |Last name=Venus
 |Occupation=Shipwright
-|Mariner occupation=Ship's carpenter
+|Mariner occupation=Ship carpenter
 |Training=Not apprentice
 |Citizen=Not citizen
 |Literacy=Marke
 |Has signoff text=Interlocking "V" and "W"
 |Language skills=English language,
 |Res parish=Saint Mary Magdalen

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	William Venus was deposed in the High Court of Admiralty a second time two and a half weeks later on September 15th 1657.<ref>[[HCA 13/72 f.115r Annotate\|HCA 13/72 f.115r]]</ref> His deposition was related to the same ship, the ''Six Brothers''', but in the case of "Low and company against Townsend and others." Specifically, he was examined upon an allegation given in on behalf of Lowe and company touching the ''Six Brothers'', dated September 14th 1657.<ref>[[HCA 13/72 f.114v Annotate\|HCA 13/72 f.114v]]</ref>		William Venus was deposed in the High Court of Admiralty a second time two and a half weeks later on September 15th 1657.<ref>[[HCA 13/72 f.115r Annotate\|HCA 13/72 f.115r]]</ref> His deposition was related to the same ship, the ''Six Brothers''', but in the case of "Low and company against Townsend and others." Specifically, he was examined upon an allegation given in on behalf of Lowe and company touching the ''Six Brothers'', dated September 14th 1657.<ref>[[HCA 13/72 f.114v Annotate\|HCA 13/72 f.114v]]</ref>

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