Henry Mayne
| Henry Mayne | |
|---|---|
| Person | Henry Mayne |
| Title | |
| First name | Henry |
| Middle name(s) | |
| Last name | Mayne |
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| Spouse of | |
| Widow of | |
| Occupation | Ropemaker |
| Secondary shorebased occupation | Apprentice, Servant |
| Mariner occupation | |
| Associated with ship(s) | |
| Training | Not apprentice |
| Is apprentice of | Edward Hopwood |
| Was apprentice of | |
| Had apprentice(s) | |
| Citizen | Unknown |
| Literacy | Signature |
| Has opening text | Henry Mayne |
| Has signoff text | by me Henry Mayne |
| Signoff image | (Invalid transcription image) |
| Language skills | English language |
| Has interpreter | |
| Birth street | |
| Birth parish | |
| Birth town | |
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| Birth country | |
| Res street | |
| Res parish | Saint Mary Magdalen |
| Res town | Bermondsey |
| Res county | Surrey |
| Res province | |
| Res country | England |
| Birth year | 1633 |
| Marriage year | |
| Death year | |
| Probate date | |
| First deposition age | 23 |
| Primary sources | |
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| Interrogatories page(s) | |
| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/71 f.409r Annotate |
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| Act book date(s) | |
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| Allegation date(s) | |
| Interrogatories date(s) | |
| Deposition date(s) | Nov 11 1656 |
| 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 | Shore based trade |
| Silver Ship litigation in 1650s | |
| Role in Silver Ship litigation | None |
Biographical synthesis
Henry Mayne (b. ca. 1633; d. ?). Rope merchant.
Resident in 1656 in the parish of Saint Mary Bermondsey.
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
Twenty-three year old Henry Mayne deposed on November 11th 1656 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on a libel in the cause of "Hopwood and others against the Stambeline and Hill".[1]
The case concerned delivery of goods and materials to the ship the Stamboline (Master: Captaine John Case) by a variety of suppliers.
Henry Mayne stated that the goods and materials listed on a schedule attached to the allegation were supplied in April 1654 by Edward Hopwood for use on the ship the Stambeline. Mayne effected the delivery, being the servant of Hopwood. The delivery was made "at and from his warehouse at Redriff wall to and for the use and furniture of the said shipp the Stambeline then out lying near the said warehouse". The Stamboline at that time. Henry Mayne was certain of "the premisses touching the said delivery, with the particulars and prizes hee is the better able (as hee saith) to depose for that hee as servant to his said master delivered them as aforesaid, and made entrie thereof in his masters debt booke, which hee hath lately perused, and hath taken a note thereout agreeing with the said schedule".[2]
Captaine John Casse (alt. Case), the forty-six year old former master and commander of the Stambeline (alt. Stamboline), gave his residence as the parish of Saint Olave Southwark, when he deposed in the same case on November 7th 1658. In his evidence he recited the precise amounts owing for delivery of goods and materials from the litigating suppliers and aacknowledged that the goods and materials had been delivered.[3]
The suppliers and amounts were:
- Edward Hopwood 36 li - 8 s - 10 d
- William Bowyer 9 li- 15 s - 4 d
- Joseph Beaumont 9 li- 13 s - [?X d]
- John Harris 17 li-16 s
- John Cooke 15l - 13d
- John Wright 1 li - 4 s
- Mattias Hatton 3 li - 6 s 2 d
- Thomas Abrahall 25 li - 4 s
Comment on sources
1674
PROB 11/345/261 Will of Edward Hopwood, Grocer of London 23 June 1674
