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The case involved a dispute between Captain Zachary Browne, master of the ''Hercules'', and her company, of whom Bishopp was one. The ''Hercules'' was a large ship of war, with a burthen of 400 to 450 tons, thirty-two guns and a sizeable crew. The ship ran aground near the Dutch fleet in December 1652 near Dungness. The captain wanted to engage part of the Dutch fleet, but allegedly his crew disobeyed his commands and boarded the ship's long boat, intending to abandon ship. As a result, the ''Hercules'' was captured by the Dutch. | The case involved a dispute between Captain Zachary Browne, master of the ''Hercules'', and her company, of whom Bishopp was one. The ''Hercules'' was a large ship of war, with a burthen of 400 to 450 tons, thirty-two guns and a sizeable crew. The ship ran aground near the Dutch fleet in December 1652 near Dungness. The captain wanted to engage part of the Dutch fleet, but allegedly his crew disobeyed his commands and boarded the ship's long boat, intending to abandon ship. As a result, the ''Hercules'' was captured by the Dutch. | ||
| − | Zachary (alt. Zacharia) Browne commanded the merchant ship the ''Hercules'' from 1650 to 1652 in the service of the English Commonwealth. The incident the Admiralty Court case of 1658 refers to occured at the Battle of Dungeness, and ended with the ''Hercules'' being taken back to the United Provinces by its captor, Bastiaan Centen, commander of the ship the ''Haes''. As a consequence, Zachary Browne was courtmartialled, convicted and dismissed from the Commonwealth navy for incompetence. He returned to naval service under Charles II, being appointed captain in 1664. He commanded the forty gun ship the ''Assistance'' at the battle of Lowestoft, and in a number of subsequent battles in the second Anglo-Dutch war.<ref>[http://anglo-dutch-wars.blogspot.co.uk/ | + | Zachary (alt. Zacharia) Browne commanded the merchant ship the ''Hercules'' from 1650 to 1652 in the service of the English Commonwealth. The incident the Admiralty Court case of 1658 refers to occured at the Battle of Dungeness, and ended with the ''Hercules'' being taken back to the United Provinces by its captor, Bastiaan Centen, commander of the ship the ''Haes''. As a consequence, Zachary Browne was courtmartialled, convicted and dismissed from the Commonwealth navy for incompetence. He returned to naval service under Charles II, being appointed captain in 1664. He commanded the forty gun ship the ''Assistance'' at the battle of Lowestoft, and in a number of subsequent battles in the second Anglo-Dutch war.<ref>[http://anglo-dutch-wars.blogspot.co.uk/archives/2005_01_01_anglo-dutch-wars_archive.html Blog entry by James C. Bender, dated January 10th 2005, on 'Anglo-Dutch Wars blog', James C. Bender, 2003-2007], citing R. C. Anderson, List of English Naval Captains 1642-1660, 1964; Michael Baumber, General-at-Sea, 1989; Frank Fox, A Distant Storm: the Four Days' Battle of 1666, 1996; and David Syrett, R. L. DiNardo, The Commissioned Sea Officers of the Royal Navy 1660-1815, 1994, viewed 08/11/2016</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 18:14, November 8, 2016
| John Bishopp | |
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| Person | John Bishopp |
| Title | |
| First name | John |
| Middle name(s) | |
| Last name | Bishopp |
| Suffix | |
| Spouse of | |
| Widow of | |
| Occupation | Mariner |
| Secondary shorebased occupation | |
| Mariner occupation | Cooper |
| Associated with ship(s) | Hercules (Zachary Browne) |
| Training | Not apprentice |
| Is apprentice of | |
| Was apprentice of | |
| Had apprentice(s) | |
| Citizen | Unknown |
| Literacy | Marke |
| Has opening text | John Bishopp |
| Has signoff text | Cross-hatching |
| Signoff image | |
| Language skills | English language |
| Has interpreter | |
| Birth street | |
| Birth parish | |
| Birth town | |
| Birth county | |
| Birth province | |
| Birth country | |
| Res street | Limehouse |
| Res parish | Stepney |
| Res town | |
| Res county | Middlesex |
| Res province | |
| Res country | England |
| Birth year | 1610 |
| Marriage year | |
| Death year | |
| Probate date | |
| First deposition age | 48 |
| Primary sources | |
| Act book start page(s) | |
| Personal answer start page(s) | |
| Allegation start page(s) | HCA 24/113 Item 117 IMG_112_10_3574-3584 |
| Interrogatories page(s) | |
| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/72 f.310r Annotate |
| Chancery start page(s) | |
| Letter start page(s) | |
| Miscellaneous start page(s) | |
| Act book date(s) | |
| Personal answer date(s) | |
| Allegation date(s) | Mar 31 1658 |
| Interrogatories date(s) | |
| Deposition date(s) | Apr 6 1658 |
| How complete is this biography? | |
| Has infobox completed | Yes |
| Has synthesis completed | No |
| Has HCA evidence completed | No |
| Has source comment completed | No |
| Ship classification | |
| Type of ship | In service of Commonwealth |
| Silver Ship litigation in 1650s | |
| Role in Silver Ship litigation | None |
Biographical synthesis
John Bishopp (b. ca. ?; d. ?). Cooper.
Cooper on the ship the Hercules, which served as a man of war in the service of the Commonwealth in September to December 1652.
He was resident in Limehouse in the parish of Stepney in 1658.
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
Forty-eight year old John Bishopp deposed on April 6th 1658 in the High Court of Admiralty.[1]
The case involved a dispute between Captain Zachary Browne, master of the Hercules, and her company, of whom Bishopp was one. The Hercules was a large ship of war, with a burthen of 400 to 450 tons, thirty-two guns and a sizeable crew. The ship ran aground near the Dutch fleet in December 1652 near Dungness. The captain wanted to engage part of the Dutch fleet, but allegedly his crew disobeyed his commands and boarded the ship's long boat, intending to abandon ship. As a result, the Hercules was captured by the Dutch.
Zachary (alt. Zacharia) Browne commanded the merchant ship the Hercules from 1650 to 1652 in the service of the English Commonwealth. The incident the Admiralty Court case of 1658 refers to occured at the Battle of Dungeness, and ended with the Hercules being taken back to the United Provinces by its captor, Bastiaan Centen, commander of the ship the Haes. As a consequence, Zachary Browne was courtmartialled, convicted and dismissed from the Commonwealth navy for incompetence. He returned to naval service under Charles II, being appointed captain in 1664. He commanded the forty gun ship the Assistance at the battle of Lowestoft, and in a number of subsequent battles in the second Anglo-Dutch war.[2]
Comment on sources
1658
Allegation in the High Court of Admiralty given by proctor Mr Smith on behalf of Zachary Browne, captaine of the ship the Hercules in the immediate service of the English Commonwealth on March 31st 1658, short title of the cause is 'Browne against severall marriners'. One of the articles of the allegation lists fifty-three mariners' names, who are alleged by Browne to have deserted the ship.[3]- ↑ HCA 13/72 f.310r
- ↑ Blog entry by James C. Bender, dated January 10th 2005, on 'Anglo-Dutch Wars blog', James C. Bender, 2003-2007, citing R. C. Anderson, List of English Naval Captains 1642-1660, 1964; Michael Baumber, General-at-Sea, 1989; Frank Fox, A Distant Storm: the Four Days' Battle of 1666, 1996; and David Syrett, R. L. DiNardo, The Commissioned Sea Officers of the Royal Navy 1660-1815, 1994, viewed 08/11/2016
- ↑ HCA 24/113 Item 117 IMG_112_10_3574-3584
