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==Biographical synthesis==
 
==Biographical synthesis==
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John Wallraven (alt. Walraven) (b. ca. 1630; d. ?). Chirurgion.
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John Wallraven (alt. Walraven) (b. ca. 1630; d. ca. 1689). Chirurgion.
  
 
Chirurgion on the ship ''Your Servant'' (Master: Robert Davies), which sailed in 1652 from London to the Western Islands in the dominion of Portugal.
 
Chirurgion on the ship ''Your Servant'' (Master: Robert Davies), which sailed in 1652 from London to the Western Islands in the dominion of Portugal.
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Second son of the brewer Peter Wallraven. An entry in the register of the Merchant Taylors' School gives his date of birth as May 28th 1630, and states that he enrolled in the school in 1645-46. His younger brother, Matthias Wallraven, the third son of Peter Wallraven, enrolled in the same year in the Merchant taylors' School. His birth date is given as March 16th 1636. Both boys birth places are given as Botolph Algate.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/aregisterschola01schogoog#page/n191/mode/2upCharles J. Robinson (ed.), A register of the scholars admitted into Merchant Taylors' School : from A. D. 1562 to 1874, vol. 1 (Lewes, 1882), p.173]</ref>"
 
Second son of the brewer Peter Wallraven. An entry in the register of the Merchant Taylors' School gives his date of birth as May 28th 1630, and states that he enrolled in the school in 1645-46. His younger brother, Matthias Wallraven, the third son of Peter Wallraven, enrolled in the same year in the Merchant taylors' School. His birth date is given as March 16th 1636. Both boys birth places are given as Botolph Algate.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/aregisterschola01schogoog#page/n191/mode/2upCharles J. Robinson (ed.), A register of the scholars admitted into Merchant Taylors' School : from A. D. 1562 to 1874, vol. 1 (Lewes, 1882), p.173]</ref>"
  
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A grant of denization was made to Peter Wallraven, brewer, in 1634. He is described as born in foreign parts.ref>[https://archive.org/stream/cu31924091775431#page/n331/mode/2up CSPD, 1634-35 (London, 1864), p.284]</ref>
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There is a will of John Walraven (sic), chirurgeon, of Rotherhithe, Surrey, proved on November 13th 1689.<ref>PROB 11/397/236 Will of John Walraven, Chirurgeon of Rotherhithe, Surrey 13 November 1689</ref>
  
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Peter Walraven (sic) appears in the  list of Inhabitants of London in 1638 in the parish of Saint Botolph Aldgate. His rental is listed as £3.
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A grant of denization was made to Peter Wallraven, brewer, in 1634. He is described as born in foreign parts.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/cu31924091775431#page/n331/mode/2up CSPD, 1634-35 (London, 1864), p.284]</ref>
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Peter Walraven (sic) appears in the  list of Inhabitants of London in 1638 in the parish of Saint Botolph Aldgate. His rental is listed as £3.<ref>T C Dale, 'Inhabitants of London in 1638: St. Botolph, Aldgate', in The Inhabitants of London in 1638 (London, 1931), pp. 210-224. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/london-inhabitants/1638/pp210-224; accessed 15 October 2016</ref>
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There is a will of a Peter Walraven (sic), brewer, of Rotherhithe, Surrey, proved on October 24th 1679.<ref>PROB 11/361/136 Will of Peter Walraven, Brewer of Rotherhithe, Surrey 24 October 1679</ref> There is another will for a Peter Walraven (sic), brewer, of Rotherhithe, Surrey, proved on October 24th 1680.<ref>PROB 11/364/173 Will of Peter Walraven, Brewer of Rotherhithe, Surrey 24 October 1680</ref>
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Brewing appears to have remained in the family, with a will proved on August 16th 1706 of a Peter Wallraven, rewer of Saint Mary Rotherhithe, Surrey.<ref>PROB 11/490/31 Will of Peter Wallraven, Brewer of Saint Mary Rotherhithe, Surrey 16 August 1706</ref>
  
 
==Evidence from High Court of Admiralty==
 
==Evidence from High Court of Admiralty==
 
Twenty-four year old John Wallraven deposed on December 7th 1654 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined "On the behalfe of [BLANK IN MANUSCRIPT] May and Rowland Searchfeild of London merchants, touching the death of Richard Dorrington merchant at Ponte Vedra."<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.17v Annotate|HCA 13/70 f.17v]]</ref>
 
Twenty-four year old John Wallraven deposed on December 7th 1654 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined "On the behalfe of [BLANK IN MANUSCRIPT] May and Rowland Searchfeild of London merchants, touching the death of Richard Dorrington merchant at Ponte Vedra."<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.17v Annotate|HCA 13/70 f.17v]]</ref>
  
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John Wallraven stated that Richard Dorrington went merchant on the ship, intending to travel to Lisbon. The ship was seized by an Ostend man of war and carried to Viego in Galicia, where Richard Dorrington was turned out on shore. Dorrington worked to recvover the ship and lading, but fell sick and died of fever in the house of Mr Samuel Travers, an English merchant in Ponte Verda.  Wallraven stated that he saw the body before the coffin was closed, Dorrington's body "interred in the said Mr Travers his lemmon garden neare the citie of Ponte Vedra in the said moneth of March 1653 new stile.  and was one of four pall bearers who helped carry the corpse to the grave."ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.17v Annotate|HCA 13/70 f.17v]]</ref>
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John Wallraven stated that Richard Dorrington went merchant on the ship, intending to travel to Lisbon. The ship was seized by an Ostend man of war and carried to Viego in Galicia, where Richard Dorrington was turned out on shore. Dorrington worked to recvover the ship and lading, but fell sick and died of fever in the house of Mr Samuel Travers, an English merchant in Ponte Verda.  Wallraven stated that he saw the body before the coffin was closed, Dorrington's body "interred in the said Mr Travers his lemmon garden neare the citie of Ponte Vedra in the said moneth of March 1653 new stile.  and was one of four pall bearers who helped carry the corpse to the grave."<ref>[[HCA 13/70 f.17v Annotate|HCA 13/70 f.17v]]</ref>
  
 
==Comment on sources==
 
==Comment on sources==
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Matthias Wallraven, third son of the same, b. in same parish, 16 Mar. 1636."<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/aregisterschola01schogoog#page/n191/mode/2upCharles J. Robinson (ed.), A register of the scholars admitted into Merchant Taylors' School : from A. D. 1562 to 1874, vol. 1 (Lewes, 1882), p.173]</ref>"
 
Matthias Wallraven, third son of the same, b. in same parish, 16 Mar. 1636."<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/aregisterschola01schogoog#page/n191/mode/2upCharles J. Robinson (ed.), A register of the scholars admitted into Merchant Taylors' School : from A. D. 1562 to 1874, vol. 1 (Lewes, 1882), p.173]</ref>"
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'''1679'''
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PROB 11/361/136 Will of Peter Walraven, Brewer of Rotherhithe, Surrey 24 October 1679
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PROB 11/364/173 Will of Peter Walraven, Brewer of Rotherhithe, Surrey 24 October 1680
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PROB 11/397/236 Will of John Walraven, Chirurgeon of Rotherhithe, Surrey 13 November 1689
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PROB 11/490/31 Will of Peter Wallraven, Brewer of Saint Mary Rotherhithe, Surrey 16 August 1706

Latest revision as of 14:23, October 18, 2016


John Wallraven

John Wallraven
Person John Wallraven
Title
First name John
Middle name(s)
Last name Wallraven
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Spouse of
Widow of
Occupation Chirurgion
Secondary shorebased occupation
Mariner occupation
Associated with ship(s)
Training Not apprentice
Is apprentice of
Was apprentice of
Had apprentice(s)
Citizen Unknown
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Has opening text John Walraven
Has signoff text John Wallraven
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Language skills English language
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Birth street
Birth parish
Birth town
Birth county
Birth province
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Res street
Res parish Saint Botolph Algate
Res town London
Res county
Res province
Res country England
Birth year May 28, 1630
Marriage year
Death year 1689
Probate date November 13, 1689
First deposition age
Primary sources
Act book start page(s)
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Deposition start page(s) HCA 13/70 f.17v Annotate
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Deposition date(s) Dec 7 1654
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Has synthesis completed No
Has HCA evidence completed No
Has source comment completed No
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Type of ship
Silver Ship litigation in 1650s
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Biographical synthesis

John Wallraven (alt. Walraven) (b. ca. 1630; d. ca. 1689). Chirurgion.

Chirurgion on the ship Your Servant (Master: Robert Davies), which sailed in 1652 from London to the Western Islands in the dominion of Portugal.

Resident in 1654 in the parish of Saint Botolph without Algate.

Second son of the brewer Peter Wallraven. An entry in the register of the Merchant Taylors' School gives his date of birth as May 28th 1630, and states that he enrolled in the school in 1645-46. His younger brother, Matthias Wallraven, the third son of Peter Wallraven, enrolled in the same year in the Merchant taylors' School. His birth date is given as March 16th 1636. Both boys birth places are given as Botolph Algate.[1]"

There is a will of John Walraven (sic), chirurgeon, of Rotherhithe, Surrey, proved on November 13th 1689.[2]

A grant of denization was made to Peter Wallraven, brewer, in 1634. He is described as born in foreign parts.[3]

Peter Walraven (sic) appears in the list of Inhabitants of London in 1638 in the parish of Saint Botolph Aldgate. His rental is listed as £3.[4]

There is a will of a Peter Walraven (sic), brewer, of Rotherhithe, Surrey, proved on October 24th 1679.[5] There is another will for a Peter Walraven (sic), brewer, of Rotherhithe, Surrey, proved on October 24th 1680.[6]

Brewing appears to have remained in the family, with a will proved on August 16th 1706 of a Peter Wallraven, rewer of Saint Mary Rotherhithe, Surrey.[7]

Evidence from High Court of Admiralty

Twenty-four year old John Wallraven deposed on December 7th 1654 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined "On the behalfe of [BLANK IN MANUSCRIPT] May and Rowland Searchfeild of London merchants, touching the death of Richard Dorrington merchant at Ponte Vedra."[8]

John Wallraven stated that Richard Dorrington went merchant on the ship, intending to travel to Lisbon. The ship was seized by an Ostend man of war and carried to Viego in Galicia, where Richard Dorrington was turned out on shore. Dorrington worked to recvover the ship and lading, but fell sick and died of fever in the house of Mr Samuel Travers, an English merchant in Ponte Verda. Wallraven stated that he saw the body before the coffin was closed, Dorrington's body "interred in the said Mr Travers his lemmon garden neare the citie of Ponte Vedra in the said moneth of March 1653 new stile. and was one of four pall bearers who helped carry the corpse to the grave."[9]

Comment on sources

1634

"1634. Nov. 7. Grant of denization to Peter "Wallraven, brewer, Henry Lichfield, Leonard Bremas, Andreas Beusch, Gerrard Telhurst, Cornelius Cornelison, Warner Pinn, Bartholomeus Anthony, and Anna Maria, daughter of Francis Longston, all born in foreign parts. [Bocquet]".[10]

1638

"ST. BOTOLPH, ALDGATE.

M.S. p. 373a.

The Names, Rents, Tithes, of St. Botolph without Aldgate, London, which parish consists of the ward of Portsoken within London and of East Smithfield in the Countie of Middlesex.

...Mr Romball Jacob a great Brewhouse with his dwelling £40...

...Peter Walraven £3..."[11]

1645-6

"Dec. 1637. John Wallraven, second son of Peter y brewer, b. in Botolph Aldgate, 28 May 1630.

Matthias Wallraven, third son of the same, b. in same parish, 16 Mar. 1636."[12]"

1679

PROB 11/361/136 Will of Peter Walraven, Brewer of Rotherhithe, Surrey 24 October 1679

1680

PROB 11/364/173 Will of Peter Walraven, Brewer of Rotherhithe, Surrey 24 October 1680

1689

PROB 11/397/236 Will of John Walraven, Chirurgeon of Rotherhithe, Surrey 13 November 1689

1706

PROB 11/490/31 Will of Peter Wallraven, Brewer of Saint Mary Rotherhithe, Surrey 16 August 1706
  1. ↑ J. Robinson (ed.), A register of the scholars admitted into Merchant Taylors' School : from A. D. 1562 to 1874, vol. 1 (Lewes, 1882), p.173
  2. ↑ PROB 11/397/236 Will of John Walraven, Chirurgeon of Rotherhithe, Surrey 13 November 1689
  3. ↑ CSPD, 1634-35 (London, 1864), p.284
  4. ↑ T C Dale, 'Inhabitants of London in 1638: St. Botolph, Aldgate', in The Inhabitants of London in 1638 (London, 1931), pp. 210-224. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/london-inhabitants/1638/pp210-224; accessed 15 October 2016
  5. ↑ PROB 11/361/136 Will of Peter Walraven, Brewer of Rotherhithe, Surrey 24 October 1679
  6. ↑ PROB 11/364/173 Will of Peter Walraven, Brewer of Rotherhithe, Surrey 24 October 1680
  7. ↑ PROB 11/490/31 Will of Peter Wallraven, Brewer of Saint Mary Rotherhithe, Surrey 16 August 1706
  8. ↑ HCA 13/70 f.17v
  9. ↑ HCA 13/70 f.17v
  10. ↑ CSPD, 1634-35 (London, 1864), p.284
  11. ↑ T C Dale, 'Inhabitants of London in 1638: St. Botolph, Aldgate', in The Inhabitants of London in 1638 (London, 1931), pp. 210-224. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/london-inhabitants/1638/pp210-224; accessed 15 October 2016
  12. ↑ J. Robinson (ed.), A register of the scholars admitted into Merchant Taylors' School : from A. D. 1562 to 1874, vol. 1 (Lewes, 1882), p.173

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