William Wade
| William Wade | |
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| Person | William Wade |
| Title | |
| First name | William |
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| Last name | Wade |
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| Occupation | Mariner |
| Secondary shorebased occupation | |
| Mariner occupation | Cook |
| Associated with ship(s) | Saphir (Master: N/A) |
| Training | Not apprentice |
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| Was apprentice of | |
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| Citizen | Unknown |
| Literacy | Marke |
| Has opening text | William Wade |
| Has signoff text | W |
| Signoff image | (Invalid transcription image) |
| Language skills | English language |
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| Res street | |
| Res parish | Saint Catherines near the Tower |
| Res town | London |
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| Res province | |
| Res country | England |
| Birth year | 1609 |
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| First deposition age | 47 |
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| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/71 f.261r Annotate |
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| Deposition date(s) | Jun 19 1656 |
| 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
William Wade (b. ca. 1609; d. ?). Mariner.
Cook of the ship the Saphir.
Resident in 1656 in the parish of Saint Catherines near the Tower.
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
Forty-seven year old William Wade deposed on June 19th 1656 in the High Court of Admiralty.[1] He ws examined on interrogatories in the case of "A busines of examination of wittnesses upon interrogatories minstred on the part and behalfe of ffrancis Ash and company owners of the Saphir".[2]
William Wade stated that he was cook of the Saphir on her last voyage from London, when she was surprised by a very violent storm some eighty leagues off the Scilly islands. The storm lasted five hours and the master and company were at great risk of being cast away. The master gave order to his company "to cut downe the mayne mast by the boards and to cut the shroudes". The company began first "to cutt the mayne mast, but soone gave over that and cutt the shroudes and the mayne stays, verily being cutt (and not before) the mayne mast with the rowleing of the shipp by, violense of the sea brake in sunder a good way above where it was begunne to be cut". Wade went on to describe the "shrouds and stay being cutt and mast broken the topp mast and the mayne yarde and mayne topp mast yarde and their sayles fell downe and were lost in the sea." Further, to save the ship, its lading and their lives, the master and company were forced "to cutt the skiff a peeces it being full of water and heave it overboard and alsoe to cutt and dropp two Anchors from her star board side".
Ineveitably there was damage to the ship's lading, despite the goods efforsts of the master and crew. William Wade was sure "that the hatches were before the sayd strome well covered with good and sufficient tarr paulings and nayled downe with hoopes to jeepe them from flying up and all care used by the master and company to preserve the sayd shipps ladeing from dammage".[3]
