Lewis Cox
| Lewis Cox | |
|---|---|
| Person | Lewis Cox |
| Title | |
| First name | Lewis |
| Middle name(s) | |
| Last name | Cox |
| Suffix | |
| Spouse of | |
| Widow of | |
| Occupation | Mariner |
| Secondary shorebased occupation | |
| Mariner occupation | Master's mate |
| Associated with ship(s) | Eastland Merchant (Master: Richard Payne) |
| Training | Not apprentice |
| Is apprentice of | |
| Was apprentice of | |
| Had apprentice(s) | |
| Citizen | Unknown |
| Literacy | Signature |
| Has opening text | Lewes Cox |
| Has signoff text | Lewis Cox |
| Signoff image | (Invalid transcription image) |
| Language skills | English language |
| Has interpreter | |
| Birth street | |
| Birth parish | |
| Birth town | |
| Birth county | |
| Birth province | |
| Birth country | |
| Res street | Wapping |
| Res parish | Saint Mary Matfelon alias Whitechapel |
| Res town | |
| Res county | Middlesex |
| Res province | |
| Res country | England |
| Birth year | 1625 |
| Marriage year | |
| Death year | |
| Probate date | |
| First deposition age | 32 |
| Primary sources | |
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| Interrogatories page(s) | |
| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/72 f.205v Annotate |
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| Act book date(s) | |
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| Allegation date(s) | |
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| Deposition date(s) | Dec 1 1657 |
| 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
Lewis Cox (alt. Lewes Cox) (b. ca. 1625; d. ?). Mariner.
Master's mate of the Eastland Merchant (Mastr: Richard Payne) on a voyage to the Mediterranean in mid-1657.
Resident in 1657 in Wapping in the parish of Whitechapel in the county of Middlesex.
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
Thirty-two year old Lewis Cox deposed on December 1st 1657 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on an allegation dated December 24th 1657 on behalf of John Smithier and John Rivett and company in "A busines of examination of witnesses for perpetuall remembrance of the matter touching the seizure of the shipp called the Eastland Merchant of which Captaine Richard Payne was Commander and the goods and merchandizes therein seized by a pinke and pittash of Leghorne under the command of Captaine Cardis and others etcetera promoted by John Smithier John Rivett Thomas Taylor and company the owners of the sayd shipp the Eastland Merchant and the severall goods and merchandizes seized therein against the sayd Cardis and all others that will take upon them the defence of the seizure of the sayd shipp and goods".[1]
