Martin Herraw
| Martin Herraw | |
|---|---|
| Person | Martin Herraw |
| Title | |
| First name | Martin |
| Middle name(s) | |
| Last name | Herraw |
| Suffix | |
| Spouse of | |
| Widow of | |
| Occupation | |
| Secondary shorebased occupation | |
| Mariner occupation | Cook |
| Associated with ship(s) | |
| Training | Not apprentice |
| Is apprentice of | |
| Was apprentice of | |
| Had apprentice(s) | |
| Citizen | Unknown |
| Literacy | Marke |
| Has opening text | Martin Herraw |
| Has signoff text | MH |
| Signoff image | (Invalid transcription image) |
| Language skills | German language |
| Has interpreter | |
| Birth street | |
| Birth parish | |
| Birth town | |
| Birth county | |
| Birth province | |
| Birth country | |
| Res street | |
| Res parish | |
| Res town | Hamburg |
| Res county | |
| Res province | |
| Res country | Germania |
| Birth year | 1618 |
| Marriage year | |
| Death year | |
| Probate date | |
| First deposition age | 37 |
| Primary sources | |
| Act book start page(s) | |
| Personal answer start page(s) | |
| Allegation start page(s) | |
| Interrogatories page(s) | |
| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/70 f.260v Annotate |
| Chancery start page(s) | |
| Letter start page(s) | |
| Miscellaneous start page(s) | |
| Act book date(s) | |
| Personal answer date(s) | |
| Allegation date(s) | |
| Interrogatories date(s) | |
| Deposition date(s) | Mar 19 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
Martin Herraw (b. ca. 1618; d. ?).
Cook on the ship the Hope of Hamburg, lying in the River Thames in March 1655.
Resident in 1655 in Hamburg.
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
Thirty-seven year old Martin Herraw deposed on March 19th 1655 in the High Court of Admiralty.[1] He was examined "Touching a shott of a greate gunn from the shipp the Hope of Hamborough (Peter hammonson Backer master) as shee was lying in the River of Thames".[2]
Martin Herraw recounted a tragic accident leading to the death of a man on shore due to cannon fire from the ship the Hope of Hamburg whilst it lay at anchor in the River Thames. According to Herraw, on Saturday two weeks before his deposition, most of the company, including Martin Herraw, were at work in the hold of their ship whilst it lay at anchor near the New Crane.[3]
Herraw stated that the master of the Hope had called for his gunner "to make a gun cleare and readie, in regard of some friends (English) that were with him". Herraw was still in the hold when he heard a gun go off on board the ship and then a cry from ashore. "Whereupon running up, they saw the master in greate distraction, and heard that the said Gunner had shott off a gunn without the masters order, and that hee knew not that it was laden, and that there was a man killed by the said shott". The Gunner fled from the ship ashore." Herraw concluded that "hee was informed the said master had ordered him to make readie the aftermost gunn, but hee through mistake or neglect of his order made readie one by the maine mast, and that the same was fired or went off before any order given by the master for firing."[4]
