Thomas Spratling
| Thomas Spratling | |
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| Person | Thomas Spratling |
| Title | |
| First name | Thomas |
| Middle name(s) | |
| Last name | Spratling |
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| Spouse of | |
| Widow of | |
| Occupation | Mariner |
| Secondary shorebased occupation | |
| Mariner occupation | Cook |
| Associated with ship(s) | Dove (Master: Walter Cable) |
| Training | Not apprentice |
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| Was apprentice of | |
| Had apprentice(s) | |
| Citizen | Unknown |
| Literacy | Marke |
| Has opening text | Thomas Spratling |
| Has signoff text | T |
| Signoff image | (Invalid transcription image) |
| Language skills | English language |
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| Birth country | |
| Res street | Shadwell |
| Res parish | Stepney |
| Res town | |
| Res county | Middlesex |
| Res province | |
| Res country | England |
| Birth year | 1585 |
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| First deposition age | 70 |
| Primary sources | |
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| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/70 f.203v Annotate |
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| Deposition date(s) | Jan 3 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 | Coal ship |
| Silver Ship litigation in 1650s | |
| Role in Silver Ship litigation | None |
Biographical synthesis
Thomas Spratling (b. ca. 1585; d. ?). Mariner.
Cook of the coal ship the Dove (Master: Walter Cable) in 1654.
Resident in 1655 in Shadwell in the county of Middlesex.
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
Seventy year old Thomas Spratling deposed on January 3rd 1655 in the High Court of Admiralty.[1] He was examined on an allegation on behalf of Walter Cable in the case "De haze, Stock and others against Cable".[2]
Thomas Spratling was cook on the last voyage of the ship the Dove from London to Newcastle in August 1654.[3] There were twelve men and a boy in the Dove's company. It had been alleged that his ship collided with the ship the Successe, but Spratling denied this. He reported that damage to the bow of the Dove, which was repaired in Newcastle, had been identified before she left the port of London.[4]
