John Pearse
| John Pearse | |
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| Person | John Pearse |
| Title | |
| First name | John |
| Middle name(s) | |
| Last name | Pearse |
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| Spouse of | |
| Widow of | |
| Occupation | Winecooper |
| Secondary shorebased occupation | |
| Mariner occupation | |
| Associated with ship(s) | |
| Training | Not apprentice |
| Is apprentice of | |
| Was apprentice of | |
| Had apprentice(s) | |
| Citizen | Unknown |
| Literacy | Signature |
| Has opening text | John Peirse |
| Has signoff text | John Pearse |
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| Language skills | English language |
| Has interpreter | |
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| Res street | |
| Res parish | Saint Olave Hart Street |
| Res town | London |
| Res county | |
| Res province | |
| Res country | England |
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| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/70 f.426v Annotate |
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| Deposition date(s) | Jun 21 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 | Shore based trade |
| Silver Ship litigation in 1650s | |
| Role in Silver Ship litigation | None |
Biographical synthesis
John Pearse (alt. Peirse) (b. ?; d. ?). Winecooper.
No age given in his High Court of Admiralty deposition in 1655.
Resident in the parish of Saint Olave Hart Street for about nine years prior to his deposition in the Admiralty Court in 1655.
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
John Pearse deposed on June 21st 1655 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on a libel in the case of "Slany and Chappell against Stanliffe".[1]
John Pearse stated that he was "by trade a wine cooper" and "was employed by the said Slany and Chappell in the cooperage of the goods which were brought ashoare from aboard the shipp the George of London. As a result of his employment, he was present when various barrels of "raisins solis" belonging to the plaintiff were taken out of the French Lighter, and knew that they were "much damnifyed by receiving of wett in the sayd lighter." Moreover he tasted the damaged raisins, and discovered that the damage was by fresh water, not salt water. Pearse stated that several days later he was present when Mr Slany showed the damaged raisins to the owner of the lighter "at his house in Southwarke" and the owner "did not at all deny the said goods being dammaged in and by the sayd lighter." Pearse insisted that the damage to the raisins was as a result of the insufficiency of the lighter.[2]
