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Latest revision as of 16:32, November 4, 2016
| John Browne | |
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| Person | John Browne |
| Title | |
| First name | John |
| Middle name(s) | |
| Last name | Browne |
| Suffix | |
| Spouse of | |
| Widow of | |
| Occupation | Mariner |
| Secondary shorebased occupation | |
| Mariner occupation | Master |
| Associated with ship(s) | Mary of Topsham (Master: John Browne) |
| Training | Not apprentice |
| Is apprentice of | |
| Was apprentice of | |
| Had apprentice(s) | |
| Citizen | Unknown |
| Literacy | Marke |
| Has opening text | John Browne |
| Has signoff text | IB |
| Signoff image | (Invalid transcription image) |
| Language skills | English language |
| Has interpreter | |
| Birth street | |
| Birth parish | |
| Birth town | |
| Birth county | |
| Birth province | |
| Birth country | |
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| Res parish | |
| Res town | Apsham |
| Res county | Devon |
| Res province | |
| Res country | England |
| Birth year | 1585 |
| Marriage year | |
| Death year | |
| Probate date | |
| First deposition age | 70 |
| Primary sources | |
| Act book start page(s) | |
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| Allegation start page(s) | |
| Interrogatories page(s) | |
| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/70 f.290v Annotate |
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| Act book date(s) | |
| Personal answer date(s) | |
| Allegation date(s) | |
| Interrogatories date(s) | |
| Deposition date(s) | Apr 20 1655 |
| 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 | Merchant ship |
| Silver Ship litigation in 1650s | |
| Role in Silver Ship litigation | None |
Biographical synthesis
john Browne (b. ca. 1585; d. ?). Mariner.
Late master of the ship the Mary of Topsham.
Resident in 1655 in Apsham in the county of Devon.
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
Seventy year old John Browne deposed on April 20th 1655 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on interrogatories on behalf of "Richard Westcombe, Nicholas Warren and Thomas Pitt merchants touching a losse in the Mary of Topsham in a matter of Assurance".[1]
John Browne stated that the owners of the Mary of Topsham were Richard Westcombe, Nicholas Warren, and Thomas Pitt at the time of her setting out on a voyage from Wexford in Ireland for Rochell or Nants in France.[2]
His ship was attacked near Ushant by and Ostend man of war (Captain: Peter Blinckorne), seized and carried to Ostend, where she was confiscated "as being bound for France to discharge".[3]
