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 |
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| 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 | |
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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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| 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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Biographical synthesis
John Buckworth (b. ca. 1622; d. Dec.1687). Merchant. Knighted in XXXX.
Resident in parish of Saint Andrew Undershaft in 1655.
Listed in 1666 London hearth tex returns at 'Cruchett Fryers north side' in parish of Saint Olave Hart Street in a building with twelve hearths.[1]
Listed as resident in "Crutchet Fryars" in 1677 London Directory.[2] The northern part of Crutched Friars was in the parish of Saint Olave Hart Street and the southern side in the parish of Saint Catherine Coleman.[3]
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 Poer in December 1687.[4] The church of Saint Peter Le Poer was on the west side of Broad Street in London and survived the fire of 1666.
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.[5]
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.[6]
Comment on sources
PROB 11/390/17 Will of Sir John Buckworth of Saint Peter Le Poer, City of London 03 January 1688[7]
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.[8]- ↑ ['Cruchett Fryers north side', 'Hearth Tax: City of London 1666, St Olave Hart Street ', in London Hearth Tax: City of London and Middlesex, 1666 (2011), British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/london-hearth-tax/london-mddx/1666/st-olave-hart-street
- ↑ John Camden Hotten (ed.), The little London directory of 1677 (London, 1863), unpag., viewed 03/09/2016
- ↑ See article on Crutched Friars in 'People Property and Charity, The Clothworkers Company 1500-1688
- ↑ 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.
