John Court
| John Court | |
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| Person | John Court |
| Title | |
| First name | John |
| Middle name(s) | |
| Last name | Court |
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| Spouse of | |
| Widow of | |
| Occupation | Mariner |
| Secondary shorebased occupation | |
| Mariner occupation | Boatswain, One of the Company |
| Associated with ship(s) | George of London (Master: Richard Stevens) |
| Training | Not apprentice |
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| Was apprentice of | |
| Had apprentice(s) | |
| Citizen | Unknown |
| Literacy | Signature |
| Has opening text | John Court |
| Has signoff text | John Court |
| Signoff image | (Invalid transcription image) |
| Language skills | English language |
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| Birth street | |
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| Birth country | |
| Res street | Wapping |
| Res parish | |
| Res town | |
| Res county | Middlesex |
| Res province | |
| Res country | England |
| Birth year | 1621 |
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| Probate date | |
| First deposition age | 30 |
| Primary sources | |
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| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/70 f.377r Annotate |
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| Deposition date(s) | May 9 1653 |
| 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 Court (b. ca. 1623; d. ?). Mariner.
Boatswain and "one of the company" of the ship the George of London (Master: Richard Stevens) on which raisins belonging to Richard Slany were laden fro transport from Mallaga to London.
Resident in 1653 in Wapping in the county of Middlesex, "where he hath lived about five years since".[1]
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
Thirty year old John Court deposed on May 9th 1653 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on a libel in the cause of "Richard Slany and Christopher Chappell against a lighter called a ffrench Lighter and against one Stancliffe in particular and all others whomsoever in general".[2]
John Court stated that he knew that Richard Slany was the owner of ninety-ne barrels of thirty-two barrels of "raysins solis" on board the ship the George, and Christopher Chappell was the owner of a further thirty-two barrels of the same also on the George. This he knew "being one of the shipp the George of London her Company, on board which shipp the arlate raysins solis were laden for the said Slanys and Chappells account".[3]
