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==Biographical synthesis==
 
==Biographical synthesis==
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James Sheare (alt. Shere) (b.ca.1605; d.?). Citizen of London, clothworker and packer.
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Thomas Sheere (alt. Sheare) (b.ca.1605; d.?). Citizen of London, clothworker and packer.
  
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Resident in parish of Saint margaret Lothbury in 1655.
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Resident in parish of Saint Margaret Lothbury in 1655.
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'Thomas Sheere' is recorded in the 1638 list of inhabitants of London in the parish of Saint Margaret Lothbury. His property was assessed with a rent of "13/10". It was between the properties of John Garraway and Doctor Burrowes and four properties away from the two houses of Thomas Westcombe.<ref>'MS, p.177' in T C Dale, 'Inhabitants of London in 1638: St. Margaret Lothbury ', in The Inhabitants of London in 1638 (London, 1931), pp. 97-98. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/london-inhabitants/1638/pp97-98, viewed 08/08/2016</ref>
  
 
==Evidence from High Court of Admiralty==
 
==Evidence from High Court of Admiralty==
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Fifty year old James Sheare deposed on February 11th 1655 in the High Court of Admiralty.<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.226r Annotate|HCA 13/70 f.226r]]</ref> He was examined on a libel in the case of "Otgar and Jollison".
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Fifty year old Thomas Sheere deposed on February 11th 1655 in the High Court of Admiralty.<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.226r Annotate|HCA 13/70 f.226r]]</ref> He was examined on a libel in the case of "Otgar con Jollison", which is elsewhere described as "Otgar against Gallison".<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.34r Annotate|HCA 13/70 f.34r]]</ref>
  
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Sheare stated that he was a packer and that at his house in Lothbury in London he packed twenty pieces of perpetuanas for David Otgar into one pack, which he then numbered and marked under the direction of Otgar. The perpetuanas were worth £100, being fine goods. The pack was collected from Sheare's house at the instruction of Otgar. Sheare confirmed the details having made reference to his record book, in which he had mad an entry "as hee usually doth in the like cases".<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.226v Annotate|HCA 13/70 f.226v]]</ref>
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Sheere stated that he was a packer and that at his house in Lothbury in London he packed twenty pieces of perpetuanas for David Otgar into one pack, which he then numbered and marked under the direction of Otgar. The perpetuanas were worth £100, being fine goods. The pack was collected from Sheere's house at the instruction of Otgar. Sheere confirmed the details having made reference to his record book, in which he had mad an entry "as hee usually doth in the like cases".<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.226v Annotate|HCA 13/70 f.226v]]</ref>
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David Otgar (alt. Otger) was a London merchant with Dutch connections. Robert Lewington, a waterman from Allhallows Barking, reported the delivery of packs of goods on behalf of David Otgar to the shiop the ''Queen Hester'', which was at anchor near Saint Catherines. Lewington reports that the goods were bound for Amsterdam, as he had been told by Otgar's son-in-law, Mr Prickman.<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.34r Annotate|HCA 13/70 f.34r]]</ref>
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Mr Prickman was the merchant Jonathan Prickman. A Chancery court record from 1653 lists an action with plaintiffs Jonathan Prickman and his wife Mary Prickman against defendants David Otger and Katherine Otger his wife.<ref>C 7/493/66</ref>
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According to the thirty year old Jonathan Prickman, David Otgar's son-in-law, the master of the ship on which the perpetuanas were laden was named Arian Gallison. Prickman valued the perpetuanas at three pounds eighteen shilings a piece, which he knew because "hee then dealt and both before and since hath longe dealt as a merchant in that sort of goods."<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.206r Annotate|HCA 13/70 f.206r]]</ref>
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<u>Case of Otgar against Gallison (alt. Jollisen)</u>
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#Robert Lewington of the parish of Allhallowes Barking London waterman, aged 27 yeares, December 11th 1654<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.34r Annotate|HCA 13/70 f.34r]]</ref>
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#Jonathan Prickman of London Merchant aged 30 yeares, January 4th 1655<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.206r Annotate|HCA 13/70 f.206r]]</ref>
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#Thomas Sheare of the parish of Saint Margarets Lothbury London citizen and clothworker of London, aged 50 yeares, February 11th 1655<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.226r Annotate|HCA 13/70 f.226r]]</ref>
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#Edward Dangerfeild of the parish of Allhallowes Barking London waterman, aged 56 yeares, February 13th 1655<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.226v Annotate|HCA 13/70 f.226v]]</ref>
  
 
==Comment on sources==
 
==Comment on sources==
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C 7/493/66 Short title: Prickman v Otger. Plaintiffs: Jonathan Prickman and Mary Prickman his wife. Defendants: David Otger and Katherine Otger his wife. Place or subject: money, Middlesex. Document type: bill, answer and schedule. 1653.
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"Hearth tax, 1666: Hammersmith, Abra: Otgar 9 hearths"<ref>London Hearth Tax: City of London and Middlesex, 1666 (2011), British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/london-hearth-tax/london-mddx/1666/hammersmith, viewed 08/08/2016</ref>
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"Peter Otgar, St. Mary-hill
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Justin & Abra. Otgat (sic, but presumably an error for Otgar) at Ald. Dogget, Lawrence Pount.-hill"<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/littlelondondire00lond#page/n111/mode/2up John Camden Hotten (ed.), The little London directory of 1677 (London, 1863), unpag.], viewed 08/08/2016</ref>
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"Jos.Prickman, Fanchurch Str-
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Mr. Prickmez (sic), St. Mary-Ax."<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/littlelondondire00lond#page/n117/mode/2up John Camden Hotten (ed.), The little London directory of 1677 (London, 1863), unpag.], viewed 08/08/2016</ref>

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Thomas Sheere

Thomas Sheere
Person Thomas Sheere
Title
First name Thomas
Middle name(s)
Last name Sheere
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Spouse of
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Occupation Clothworker
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Training Not apprentice
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Was apprentice of
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Has opening text James Sheare
Has signoff text James Sheere
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Language skills English language
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Res parish Saint Margaret Lothbury
Res town London
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Res country England
Birth year 1605
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Silver Ship litigation in 1650s
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Biographical synthesis

Thomas Sheere (alt. Sheare) (b.ca.1605; d.?). Citizen of London, clothworker and packer.

Resident in parish of Saint Margaret Lothbury in 1655.

'Thomas Sheere' is recorded in the 1638 list of inhabitants of London in the parish of Saint Margaret Lothbury. His property was assessed with a rent of "13/10". It was between the properties of John Garraway and Doctor Burrowes and four properties away from the two houses of Thomas Westcombe.[1]

Evidence from High Court of Admiralty

Fifty year old Thomas Sheere deposed on February 11th 1655 in the High Court of Admiralty.[2] He was examined on a libel in the case of "Otgar con Jollison", which is elsewhere described as "Otgar against Gallison".[3]

Sheere stated that he was a packer and that at his house in Lothbury in London he packed twenty pieces of perpetuanas for David Otgar into one pack, which he then numbered and marked under the direction of Otgar. The perpetuanas were worth £100, being fine goods. The pack was collected from Sheere's house at the instruction of Otgar. Sheere confirmed the details having made reference to his record book, in which he had mad an entry "as hee usually doth in the like cases".[4]

David Otgar (alt. Otger) was a London merchant with Dutch connections. Robert Lewington, a waterman from Allhallows Barking, reported the delivery of packs of goods on behalf of David Otgar to the shiop the Queen Hester, which was at anchor near Saint Catherines. Lewington reports that the goods were bound for Amsterdam, as he had been told by Otgar's son-in-law, Mr Prickman.[5]

Mr Prickman was the merchant Jonathan Prickman. A Chancery court record from 1653 lists an action with plaintiffs Jonathan Prickman and his wife Mary Prickman against defendants David Otger and Katherine Otger his wife.[6]

According to the thirty year old Jonathan Prickman, David Otgar's son-in-law, the master of the ship on which the perpetuanas were laden was named Arian Gallison. Prickman valued the perpetuanas at three pounds eighteen shilings a piece, which he knew because "hee then dealt and both before and since hath longe dealt as a merchant in that sort of goods."[7]

Case of Otgar against Gallison (alt. Jollisen)

  1. Robert Lewington of the parish of Allhallowes Barking London waterman, aged 27 yeares, December 11th 1654[8]
  2. Jonathan Prickman of London Merchant aged 30 yeares, January 4th 1655[9]
  3. Thomas Sheare of the parish of Saint Margarets Lothbury London citizen and clothworker of London, aged 50 yeares, February 11th 1655[10]
  4. Edward Dangerfeild of the parish of Allhallowes Barking London waterman, aged 56 yeares, February 13th 1655[11]


Comment on sources

C 7/493/66 Short title: Prickman v Otger. Plaintiffs: Jonathan Prickman and Mary Prickman his wife. Defendants: David Otger and Katherine Otger his wife. Place or subject: money, Middlesex. Document type: bill, answer and schedule. 1653.

"Hearth tax, 1666: Hammersmith, Abra: Otgar 9 hearths"[12]

"Peter Otgar, St. Mary-hill
Justin & Abra. Otgat (sic, but presumably an error for Otgar) at Ald. Dogget, Lawrence Pount.-hill"[13]

"Jos.Prickman, Fanchurch Str-

Mr. Prickmez (sic), St. Mary-Ax."[14]
  1. ↑ 'MS, p.177' in T C Dale, 'Inhabitants of London in 1638: St. Margaret Lothbury ', in The Inhabitants of London in 1638 (London, 1931), pp. 97-98. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/london-inhabitants/1638/pp97-98, viewed 08/08/2016
  2. ↑ HCA 13/70 f.226r
  3. ↑ HCA 13/70 f.34r
  4. ↑ HCA 13/70 f.226v
  5. ↑ HCA 13/70 f.34r
  6. ↑ C 7/493/66
  7. ↑ HCA 13/70 f.206r
  8. ↑ HCA 13/70 f.34r
  9. ↑ HCA 13/70 f.206r
  10. ↑ HCA 13/70 f.226r
  11. ↑ HCA 13/70 f.226v
  12. ↑ London Hearth Tax: City of London and Middlesex, 1666 (2011), British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/london-hearth-tax/london-mddx/1666/hammersmith, viewed 08/08/2016
  13. ↑ John Camden Hotten (ed.), The little London directory of 1677 (London, 1863), unpag., viewed 08/08/2016
  14. ↑ John Camden Hotten (ed.), The little London directory of 1677 (London, 1863), unpag., viewed 08/08/2016

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