Thomas Sheere
| Thomas Sheere | |
|---|---|
| Person | James Sheare |
| Title | |
| First name | James |
| Middle name(s) | |
| Last name | Sheare |
| Suffix | |
| Spouse of | |
| Widow of | |
| Occupation | Clothworker |
| Secondary shorebased occupation | |
| Mariner occupation | |
| Associated with ship(s) | |
| Training | Not apprentice |
| Is apprentice of | |
| Was apprentice of | |
| Had apprentice(s) | |
| Citizen | Unknown |
| Literacy | Signature |
| Has opening text | James Sheare |
| Has signoff text | James Sheere |
| Signoff image | (Invalid transcription image) |
| Language skills | English language |
| Has interpreter | |
| Birth street | |
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| Birth town | |
| Birth county | |
| Birth province | |
| Birth country | |
| Res street | |
| Res parish | Saint Margaret Lothbury |
| Res town | London |
| Res county | |
| Res province | |
| Res country | England |
| Birth year | 1605 |
| Marriage year | |
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| Primary sources | |
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| Interrogatories page(s) | |
| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/70 f.226r Annotate |
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| Act book date(s) | |
| Personal answer date(s) | |
| Allegation date(s) | |
| Interrogatories date(s) | |
| Deposition date(s) | Feb 11 1655 |
| How complete is this biography? | |
| Has infobox completed | Yes |
| Has synthesis completed | No |
| Has HCA evidence completed | No |
| Has source comment completed | No |
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| Silver Ship litigation in 1650s | |
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Biographical synthesis
James Sheare (alt. Shere) (b.ca.1605; d.?). Citizen of London, clothworker and packer.
Resident in parish of Saint margaret Lothbury in 1655.
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
Fifty year old James Sheare deposed on February 11th 1655 in the High Court of Admiralty.[1] He was examined on a libel in the case of "Otgar and Jollison".
Sheare stated that he was a packer and that at his house in Lothbury in London he packed twenty pieces of perpetuanas for David Otgar into one pack, which he then numbered and marked under the direction of Otgar. The perpetuanas were worth £100, being fine goods. The pack was collected from Sheare's house at the instruction of Otgar. Sheare confirmed the details having made reference to his record book, in which he had mad an entry "as hee usually doth in the like cases".[2]
