Francis Gythens

Francis Gythens

Francis Gythens
Person	Francis Gythens
Title
First name	Francis
Middle name(s)
Last name	Gythens
Suffix
Spouse of
Widow of
Occupation	Cooper
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	Francis Gittings
Has signoff text	ffrancis Gythens
Signoff image	(Invalid transcription image)
Language skills	English language
Has interpreter
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Res street
Res parish	Allhallows Barking
Res town	London
Res county
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Res country	England
Birth year	1635
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Primary sources
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Deposition start page(s)	HCA 13/70 f.402r Annotate
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Deposition date(s)	Jul 24 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
Silver Ship litigation in 1650s
Role in Silver Ship litigation

Biographical synthesis

Francis Gittings (b. ca. 1635; d.?). Described in the preamble of the deposition as a cooper, but in the text as a winecooper.

Evidence from High Court of Admiralty

Twenty year old Francis Gittings deposed on July 24th 1655 in the High Court of Admiralty. Gittings was examined on a libel in the case of "Travers against Pomeroy and against lighter of about 200 tunns whereof the sayd Pomroy is owner and against any other".

Gittings states that he was employed by Gyles Travers, a London merchant, as a winecooper to assist in the unloading of wine into a lighter.