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==Biographical synthesis==
 
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==Evidence from High Court of Admiralty==
 
==Evidence from High Court of Admiralty==
 
Forty-one year old Nicholas Skinner deposed on October 1st 1651 in the High Court of Admiralty.<ref>[[HCA 13/65 f.102r Annotate|HCA 13/65 f.102r]]</ref>
 
Forty-one year old Nicholas Skinner deposed on October 1st 1651 in the High Court of Admiralty.<ref>[[HCA 13/65 f.102r Annotate|HCA 13/65 f.102r]]</ref>
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Giles Vandeputt, a thirty-two year old merchant of Saint Martins Orgers, deposed on December 1654 in the High Court of Admiralty regarding the claim of the Lord Protector against the ship the ''Sampson'' (Master: Otto George). He stated that "this deponent procured and caused an Assurance of 400 li sterling to be made upon the said Bollarts
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plate and moneys in the said shipp Sampson, and 400 li sterling in the said shipp Salvador, and 400 li sterling in the said shipp Saint George, All which assurances this deponent caused and procured to be made - and duely drawne as aforesaid, And to be subscribed upon the 29th day of the said moneth of October 1652. by Nicholas Skinner, James Stainier for and in the name of James Johnson Peter Bultel and others Merchants residing in England."<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.149r Annotate|HCA 13/70 f.149r]]</ref>
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Nicholas Skinner is also mentioned in the deposition of John Taylor, a thirty-one year old mariner of Wapping, who deposed on October 4th 1655 in the case of "Tiddiman against a 16th part of the ''Truroe ffrigott'' and against Skinner Hallett, Noseworthy and others comming in for their interest."<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.487r Annotate|HCA 13/70 f.487r]]</ref>
  
 
==Comment on sources==
 
==Comment on sources==

Revision as of 22:09, October 17, 2016



Nicholas Skinner
Person Nicholas Skinner
Title
First name Nicholas
Middle name(s)
Last name Skinner
Suffix
Spouse of
Widow of
Occupation Merchant
Secondary shorebased occupation
Mariner occupation
Associated with ship(s)
Training Not apprentice
Is apprentice of
Was apprentice of
Had apprentice(s)
Citizen Unknown
Literacy Signature
Has opening text Nicholas Skinner
Has signoff text Nico: Skinner
Signoff image (Invalid transcription image)
Language skills English language
Has interpreter
Birth street
Birth parish
Birth town
Birth county
Birth province
Birth country
Res street
Res parish
Res town London
Res county
Res province
Res country England
Birth year 1607
Marriage year
Death year
Probate date
First deposition age
Primary sources
Act book start page(s)
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Allegation start page(s)
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Deposition start page(s) HCA 13/65 f.102r Annotate
Chancery start page(s)
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Act book date(s)
Personal answer date(s)
Allegation date(s)
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Deposition date(s) Oct 1 1651
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
Silver Ship litigation in 1650s
Role in Silver Ship litigation Mentioned


Biographical synthesis

Nicholas Skinner (b. ca. 1607; d. ?). Merchant.

Resident in London in 1651.

Evidence from High Court of Admiralty

Forty-one year old Nicholas Skinner deposed on October 1st 1651 in the High Court of Admiralty.[1]

Giles Vandeputt, a thirty-two year old merchant of Saint Martins Orgers, deposed on December 1654 in the High Court of Admiralty regarding the claim of the Lord Protector against the ship the Sampson (Master: Otto George). He stated that "this deponent procured and caused an Assurance of 400 li sterling to be made upon the said Bollarts
plate and moneys in the said shipp Sampson, and 400 li sterling in the said shipp Salvador, and 400 li sterling in the said shipp Saint George, All which assurances this deponent caused and procured to be made - and duely drawne as aforesaid, And to be subscribed upon the 29th day of the said moneth of October 1652. by Nicholas Skinner, James Stainier for and in the name of James Johnson Peter Bultel and others Merchants residing in England."[2]

Nicholas Skinner is also mentioned in the deposition of John Taylor, a thirty-one year old mariner of Wapping, who deposed on October 4th 1655 in the case of "Tiddiman against a 16th part of the Truroe ffrigott and against Skinner Hallett, Noseworthy and others comming in for their interest."[3]

Comment on sources

  1. HCA 13/65 f.102r
  2. HCA 13/70 f.149r
  3. HCA 13/70 f.487r