John Bennet
| John Bennet | |
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| Person | John Bennet |
| Title | |
| First name | John |
| Middle name(s) | |
| Last name | Bennet |
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| Widow of | |
| Occupation | Mariner |
| Secondary shorebased occupation | |
| Mariner occupation | One of the Company, Quartermaster |
| Associated with ship(s) | Elizabeth and Mary (Master: Thomas Middleton) |
| Training | Not apprentice |
| Is apprentice of | |
| Was apprentice of | |
| Had apprentice(s) | |
| Citizen | Unknown |
| Literacy | Marke |
| Has opening text | John Bennet |
| Has signoff text | IB |
| Signoff image | (Invalid transcription image) |
| Language skills | English language |
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| Birth street | |
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| Birth province | |
| Birth country | |
| Res street | Wapping |
| Res parish | |
| Res town | |
| Res county | Middlesex |
| Res province | |
| Res country | England |
| Birth year | 1599 |
| Marriage year | |
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| First deposition age | 60 |
| Primary sources | |
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| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/73 f.171r Annotate |
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| Deposition date(s) | May 6 1659 |
| 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 | Merchant ship |
| Silver Ship litigation in 1650s | |
| Role in Silver Ship litigation | None |
Biographical synthesis
John Bennet (b. ca. 1599; d. ?). Mariner.
Quartermaster in the ship the Elizabeth and Mary (Maser and Commander: Thomas Middleton).
"On or about the 18th day of the moneth of October 1645 hired by the said Thomas Middleton to goe quartermaster of the said ship, and hath ever since belonged to the said ship".[1]
Resident in 1659 in Wapping.
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
Sixty year old John Bennet deposed on May 6th 1659 in the High Court of Admiralty. He ws examined on an allegation in the case of "Croford against Middleton".[2]
The case concerned a dispute about the pay of Andrew Hill, who had been hired as a cook on the Elizabeth and Mary, but who had subsequently died. John Bennet suggested that 30 shillings a month "is usually given to mariners that serve in ships, in the place of cooke as the said Hill did on such voyages as the Elizabeth And Mary.[3]
