John Merry
| John Merry | |
|---|---|
| Person | John Meery |
| Title | |
| First name | John |
| Middle name(s) | |
| Last name | Merry |
| Suffix | |
| Spouse of | |
| Widow of | |
| Occupation | Leatherseller |
| 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 | |
| Has signoff text | John Merry |
| Signoff image | (Invalid transcription image) |
| Language skills | English language |
| Has interpreter | |
| Birth street | |
| Birth parish | |
| Birth town | |
| Birth county | |
| Birth province | |
| Birth country | |
| Res street | Precinct of Saint Martin Le Grand |
| Res parish | |
| Res town | London |
| Res county | |
| Res province | |
| Res country | England |
| Birth year | 1599 |
| Marriage year | |
| Death year | |
| Probate date | |
| First deposition age | |
| Primary sources | |
| Act book start page(s) | |
| Personal answer start page(s) | |
| Allegation start page(s) | |
| Interrogatories page(s) | |
| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/70 f.61v Annotate, HCA 13/70 f.252v Annotate |
| Chancery start page(s) | |
| Letter start page(s) | |
| Miscellaneous start page(s) | |
| Act book date(s) | |
| Personal answer date(s) | |
| Allegation date(s) | |
| Interrogatories date(s) | |
| Deposition date(s) | Feb 13 1655, Jan 31 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 | Shore based trade |
| Silver Ship litigation in 1650s | |
| Role in Silver Ship litigation | None |
Biographical synthesis
John Merry (b.ca.1599; d.?1684). Citizen of London and leatherseller.
Possibly resident in 1655 in the parish of Saint Ann Aldersgate.[1] An inhabitant listed as "Merrey" appears in the list of Inhabitants of London in 1638 for St. Ann, Aldersgate, with a rental value of £14.[2]
In his deposition of February 13th 1655 John Merry is stated to live in the precinct of Saint Martin le Grand.[3]
At the time of his deposition in 1655 he was a "labourer to the office of the Ordnance in the Tower of London."[4]
It is just possible that the will of John Merry, "leatherseller of London", proven on December 2nd 1684, is for the subject of this biography, though the implied age of eighty four or eighty-five is at the very top end of plausible longevity.[5]
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
John Merry, a fifty-six year old leatherseller, but working as a labourer at the Office of the Ordnance in the Tower of London", deposed in the High Court of Admiralty on February 13th 1655.[6] He was examined upon an allegation made in the Admiralty Court on February 7th 1655 in the case of "Pope Burges and Houghton against Orton."[7]
A deposition had been made by John Merry two weeks earlier, on January 31st 1655, but the deposition is crossed out in the bound volume of Admiralty Court depositions. In that invalid deposition John Merry gives his residence as "Saint Anns Aldersgate" and his age as fifty-five. He is consistent in describing himself as a citizen and leatherseller.[8]
Comment on sources
PROB 11/378/257 Will of John Merry, Leatherseller of London 02 December 1684- ↑ HCA 13/70 f.252v
- ↑ MS. p. 62., in T C Dale, 'Inhabitants of London in 1638: St. Ann, Aldersgate', in The Inhabitants of London in 1638 (London, 1931), pp. 30-31. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/london-inhabitants/1638/pp30-31, viewed 24/10/2016].
- ↑ HCA 13/70 f.61v
- ↑ HCA 13/70 f.61v
- ↑ PROB 11/378/257 Will of John Merry, Leatherseller of London 02 December 1684
- ↑ HCA 13/70 f.61v
- ↑ HCA 13/70 f.61r
- ↑ HCA 13/70 f.252v
