John Buckworth
| John Buckworth | |
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| Person | John Buckworth |
| Title | |
| First name | John |
| Middle name(s) | |
| Last name | Buckworth |
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| Spouse of | |
| Widow of | |
| Occupation | Merchant |
| 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 | John Buckworth |
| Has signoff text | John Buckworth |
| Signoff image | (Invalid transcription image) |
| Language skills | English language |
| Has interpreter | |
| Birth street | |
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| Res street | |
| Res parish | Saint Andrew Undershaft |
| Res town | London |
| Res county | |
| Res province | |
| Res country | England |
| Birth year | 1622 |
| Marriage year | |
| Death year | |
| Probate date | January 3, 1688 |
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| Primary sources | |
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| Interrogatories page(s) | |
| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/70 f.68r Annotate |
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| Act book date(s) | |
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| Allegation date(s) | |
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| Deposition date(s) | Jan 15 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
John Buckworth (b. ca. 1622; d. Dec.1687). Merchant.
Resident in parish of Saint Andrew Undershaft in 1655.
Knighted in XXXX. Resident in the parish of Saint Peter le Poer when he made his will, which was proved in 1688. Funeral in the parish church of Saint Peter le Power in December 1687.[1]
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
Thirty-three year old John Buckworth deposed on January 15th 1655 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on a second allegation of seventeen articles on behalf of Alderman Freferick and company, and also on an allehation of forty-five articles on behalf of the same.[2]
Buckworth gave very detailed answers concerning the price of cotton wools and galls in London, various factors for converting weights at different ports. especially Ligorno.[3]
Comment on sources
PROB 11/390/17 Will of Sir John Buckworth of Saint Peter Le Poer, City of London 03 January 1688[4]
A sermon preach'd at the funeral of Sir John Buckworth, at the parish-church of St. Peter's le Poor in Broadstreet, December 29, 1687 by John Scott.[5]- ↑ PROB 11/390/17 Will of Sir John Buckworth of Saint Peter Le Poer, City of London 03 January 1688
- ↑ HCA 13/70 f.68r
- ↑ HCA 13/70 f.69r
- ↑ PROB 11/390/17 Will of Sir John Buckworth of Saint Peter Le Poer, City of London 03 January 1688
- ↑ A sermon preach'd at the funeral of Sir John Buckworth, at the parish-church of St. Peter's le Poor in Broadstreet, December 29, 1687 by John Scott. London: Printed for Walter Kettilby ..., and Thomas Horne ..., 1688.
