John Wallraven
| John Wallraven | |
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| Person | John Wallraven |
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| First name | John |
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| Last name | Wallraven |
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| Occupation | Chirurgion |
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| Training | Not apprentice |
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| Citizen | Unknown |
| Literacy | Signature |
| Has opening text | John Walraven |
| Has signoff text | John Wallraven |
| Signoff image | (Invalid transcription image) |
| Language skills | English language |
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| Res parish | Saint Botolph Algate |
| Res town | London |
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| Res country | England |
| Birth year | May 28, 1630 |
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| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/70 f.17v Annotate |
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| Deposition date(s) | Dec 7 1654 |
| 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 | |
| Role in Silver Ship litigation | None |
Biographical synthesis
John Wallraven (alt. Walraven) (b. ca. 1630; d. ?). Chirurgion.
Chirurgion on the ship Your Servant (Master: Robert Davies), which sailed in 1652 from London to the Western Islands in the dominion of Portugal.
Resident in 1654 in the parish of Saint Botolph without Algate.
Second son of the brewer Peter Wallraven. An entry in the register of the Merchant Taylors' School gives his date of birth as May 28th 1630, and states that he enrolled in the school in 1645-46. His younger brother, Matthias Wallraven, the third son of Peter Wallraven, enrolled in the same year in the Merchant taylors' School. His birth date is given as March 16th 1636. Both boys birth places are given as Botolph Algate.[1]"
A grant of denization was made to Peter Wallraven, brewer, in 1634. He is described as born in foreign parts.ref>CSPD, 1634-35 (London, 1864), p.284</ref>
Peter Walraven (sic) appears in the list of Inhabitants of London in 1638 in the parish of Saint Botolph Aldgate. His rental is listed as £3.
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
Twenty-four year old John Wallraven deposed on December 7th 1654 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined "On the behalfe of [BLANK IN MANUSCRIPT] May and Rowland Searchfeild of London merchants, touching the death of Richard Dorrington merchant at Ponte Vedra."[2]
John Wallraven stated that Richard Dorrington went merchant on the ship, intending to travel to Lisbon. The ship was seized by an Ostend man of war and carried to Viego in Galicia, where Richard Dorrington was turned out on shore. Dorrington worked to recvover the ship and lading, but fell sick and died of fever in the house of Mr Samuel Travers, an English merchant in Ponte Verda. Wallraven stated that he saw the body before the coffin was closed, Dorrington's body "interred in the said Mr Travers his lemmon garden neare the citie of Ponte Vedra in the said moneth of March 1653 new stile. and was one of four pall bearers who helped carry the corpse to the grave."ref>HCA 13/70 f.17v</ref>
Comment on sources
1634
"1634. Nov. 7. Grant of denization to Peter "Wallraven, brewer, Henry Lichfield, Leonard Bremas, Andreas Beusch, Gerrard Telhurst, Cornelius Cornelison, Warner Pinn, Bartholomeus Anthony, and Anna Maria, daughter of Francis Longston, all born in foreign parts. [Bocquet]".[3]
1638
"ST. BOTOLPH, ALDGATE.
M.S. p. 373a.
The Names, Rents, Tithes, of St. Botolph without Aldgate, London, which parish consists of the ward of Portsoken within London and of East Smithfield in the Countie of Middlesex.
...Mr Romball Jacob a great Brewhouse with his dwelling £40...
...Peter Walraven £3..."[4]
1645-6
"Dec. 1637. John Wallraven, second son of Peter y brewer, b. in Botolph Aldgate, 28 May 1630.
Matthias Wallraven, third son of the same, b. in same parish, 16 Mar. 1636."[5]"- ↑ J. Robinson (ed.), A register of the scholars admitted into Merchant Taylors' School : from A. D. 1562 to 1874, vol. 1 (Lewes, 1882), p.173
- ↑ HCA 13/70 f.17v
- ↑ CSPD, 1634-35 (London, 1864), p.284
- ↑ T C Dale, 'Inhabitants of London in 1638: St. Botolph, Aldgate', in The Inhabitants of London in 1638 (London, 1931), pp. 210-224. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/london-inhabitants/1638/pp210-224; accessed 15 October 2016
- ↑ J. Robinson (ed.), A register of the scholars admitted into Merchant Taylors' School : from A. D. 1562 to 1874, vol. 1 (Lewes, 1882), p.173
