John Leemkuell
| John Leemkuell | |
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| Person | John Leemkuell |
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| First name | John |
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| Last name | Leemkuell |
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| Occupation | Merchant |
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| Training | Not apprentice |
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| Citizen | Unknown |
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| Has opening text | John Leemquell |
| Has signoff text | John Leemkuell |
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| Language skills | English language |
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| Res parish | Saint Michael Crooked Lane |
| Res town | London |
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| Res country | England |
| Birth year | 1618 |
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| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/63 f.429v Annotate, HCA 13/65 f.12v Annotate, HCA 13/68 f.651r Annotate |
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| Deposition date(s) | Oct 22 1650, Jul 28 1651, Mar 20 1654 |
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| Has infobox completed | Yes |
| Has synthesis completed | No |
| Has HCA evidence completed | No |
| Has source comment completed | No |
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Biographical synthesis
John Leemkuell (alt. Leemquell, Lemkuell) (b. ca. 1617-1618; d. >1677). Merchant.
Resident in the Stillyard in 1650, the parish of All Hallows the Great in 1651 and in the parish of Saint Michael Crooked Lane in 1654. "John Lemkuell" is listed as resident in "Crooked Lane" in the 1677 London directory.[1]
Lemkuell described himself in 1650 as a Hamburger, but had been resident in London since about 1639 from the age of about twenty-two.[2]
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
Thirty-two year old John Leemkuell deposed on October 22nd 1650 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined in a case concerning the ship the Brazil ffrigot.[3] He described himself as the London factor of Christofer Polde, a Hamburg merchant, and stated that he had laden a bale of twenty pieces of bayes aboard the Brazil ffrigot at London to be transported to Lisbon and delivered there to a Ducth merchant on behalf of Polde. Lemkuell described himself as "being a Hamburger" and stated that Polde was also a native of Hamburg "of Dutch parents".[4]
Thirty-three year old John Leemkuell deposed on July 28th 1651 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on a libel on the behalf of Peterson in the case of "Peterson against Kilvert". Leemkuell stated that he had been resident in London as a merchant for the last eleven years (so since about 1639). The case concerned the shipment of Canary wine.[5]
Thirty-seven year old John Leemkuell deposed on March 20th 1654. He was examined on an allegation on behalf of the claimers in the case of "The Clayme of John Scothering Senator of Hamburgh and others for their goods in the Peter whereof Mathias Cornelison was Master". The case concerned a ship named the Saint Peter (Master: Mathias Cornelison) which was to go from Toulon to Genua and then to Hamburg with freight for John Scothering. The ship had been laden at Toulon by Tobias Zollicoffer, one of the family of Swiss Zollicoffer merchants.[6] The ship, as reported by Leemkuell, was a Swedish ship and her master a Swede.[7]
John Leemkuell stated that he had been a correspondent of the Hamburgh senator and merchant John Scothering for the last four years (so since ca. 1650). Leemkuell had received a letter from Paul Langerman, another Hamburg merchant, informing him of the lading of goods for John Scothering by Tobias Zollicoffer at Toulon.[8] Leemkuell stated that he had received another letter from John Scothering advising him that if the ship and goods should arrive in Flanders, he, Leemkuell, was to procure a license to bring and sell the currants (or some of them) in London. In such circumstances Leemkuell was to sell the currants in London and to remit half the proceeds to John Scothering in Hamburg and half to the Zollicoffers. Leemkuell reported having received a letter of advice from Marseilles containing extracted papers from the Toulon Court of Admiralty. These papers stated that the currants, prior to being loaded at Toulon into the Saint Peter had been taken at sea from a ship named the Great Turk' alias the Hope by the Knights of Malya and brought to Toulon as prize.[9]
