Giles Nicholls
| Giles Nicholls | |
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| Person | Giles Nicholls |
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| First name | Giles |
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| Last name | Nicholls |
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| Occupation | Mariner |
| Secondary shorebased occupation | |
| Mariner occupation | Master's mate |
| Associated with ship(s) | Desire (Master: John Jackson) |
| Training | Not apprentice |
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| Citizen | Unknown |
| Literacy | Marke |
| Has opening text | Giles Nicholls |
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| Signoff image | (Invalid transcription image) |
| Language skills | English language |
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| Res town | Sheilds |
| Res county | Bishoprick of Durham |
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| Res country | England |
| Birth year | 1605 |
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| First deposition age | 50 |
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| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/70 f.479v Annotate |
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| Deposition date(s) | Sep 21 1655 |
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| Has infobox completed | Yes |
| Has synthesis completed | No |
| Has HCA evidence completed | No |
| Has source comment completed | No |
| Ship classification | |
| Type of ship | Coal ship |
| Silver Ship litigation in 1650s | |
| Role in Silver Ship litigation | None |
Biographical synthesis
Giles Nicholls (b. ca. 1605; d. ?). Mariner.
Master's mate of the ship the Desire in February 1655.
"Hath belonged to the arlate shipp the Desire for theise two yeares last past".[1]
Resident in 1655 at Sheilds in the Bishopricke of Durham.
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
Fifty year old Giles Nicholls deposed on September 21st 1655 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on an allegation on behalf of John Jackson and company in the case of "Cary and Company owners of the Sisters against the shipp the Desire and against John Jackson and company".[2]
Giles Nicholls stated that he had been on board the ship the Desire on February 4th 1655 bound in for Tinmouth Haven to take in her lading of coals. The ship "being come about halfe way within the barr, the winds were soe strong and crosse that the sayd shipp could be gott noe further into the sayd haven". The master and company were forced to cast anchor and "did there ride by her anchors and cables for two tides being about the space of 24 hourers".[3]
Giles Nicholls was very knowledgeable about conditions at Tinmouth, and spoke "of his certaine knowledge living at Sheilds many yeares, and having made many voyages into Tinmouth havern arlate, the place where the sayd shipp the Desire did ride at anchor, is an usuall place for shipps to cast anchor and there to ride when crosse winds lett them from comming in further to the said haven". In his clear opinion there was room for the second ship, the Successe to have passed by without coming near or hazarding her. Moreover, Giles Nicholls claimed that he saw at least twenty ships pass the Desire by safely on the very same tide before the Sisters came and foell foul of the Desire.[4]
