William Lary
| William Lary | |
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| Person | William Lary |
| Title | |
| First name | William |
| Middle name(s) | |
| Last name | Lary |
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| Widow of | |
| Occupation | Mariner |
| Secondary shorebased occupation | |
| Mariner occupation | Gunner |
| Associated with ship(s) | London (Master: Jacob Gray) |
| Training | Not apprentice |
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| Was apprentice of | |
| Had apprentice(s) | |
| Citizen | Unknown |
| Literacy | Marke |
| Has opening text | William Lary |
| Has signoff text | WW |
| Signoff image | (Invalid transcription image) |
| Language skills | English language |
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| Birth country | |
| Res street | Limehouse |
| Res parish | Stepney |
| Res town | |
| Res county | Middlesex |
| Res province | |
| Res country | England |
| Birth year | 1596 |
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| First deposition age | 57 |
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| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/70 f.408v Annotate |
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| Deposition date(s) | Jun 2 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 | In immediate service of the Commonwealth |
| Silver Ship litigation in 1650s | |
| Role in Silver Ship litigation | None |
Biographical synthesis
William Lary (b. ca. 1596; d. ?). Mariner.
Gunner of the ship the London (Master: Jacob Gray) in September 1653, when she was in the service of the English Commonwealth.
Resident in 1655 in Limehouse in the parish of Stepney.
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
Fifty-seven year old William Lary deposed on June 2nd 1655 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined in "A busines of ensurance on the behalfe of John Steevens of Lee in the County of Essex mariner concerning an average susteyned in the shipp London.[1]
The case concerned a claim for insurance on the ship the London, which had been badly damaged in a six day long storm ten leagues off Yarmouth. The crew had been forced to cut away cables, anchors and ropes, and had lost a large brass gun over the side. The hull too had experienced much damage.
William Lary was an exceptionally experienced mariner having "been a seaman these forty yeares". He had known the ship the London for twenty of those years, and had been her gunner at the time of the storm. He described the ship "riding at anchor with the ffleete under the command of Generall Monke off of Yarmouth" when "there happened a most strange, violent and tempestuous storme" which William Lary "never saw the like though he hath bin in many".[2]
