Godfry Reader
From MarineLives
| Godfry Reader | |
|---|---|
| Person | Godfry Reader |
| Title | |
| First name | Godfry |
| Middle name(s) | |
| Last name | Reader |
| Suffix | |
| Spouse of | |
| Widow of | |
| Occupation | Mariner |
| Secondary shorebased occupation | |
| Mariner occupation | Gunner |
| Associated with ship(s) | |
| Training | Not apprentice |
| Is apprentice of | |
| Was apprentice of | |
| Had apprentice(s) | |
| Citizen | Unknown |
| Literacy | Signature |
| Has opening text | Godfrey Reader |
| Has signoff text | Godfry Reader |
| 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 | Shadwell |
| Res parish | Stepney |
| Res town | |
| Res county | Middlesex |
| Res province | |
| Res country | England |
| Birth year | 1629 |
| Marriage year | |
| Death year | |
| Probate date | |
| First deposition age | 24 |
| Primary sources | |
| Act book start page(s) | |
| Personal answer start page(s) | |
| Allegation start page(s) | |
| Interrogatories page(s) | |
| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/68 f.42v Annotate |
| Chancery start page(s) | |
| Letter start page(s) | |
| Miscellaneous start page(s) | |
| Act book date(s) | |
| Personal answer date(s) | |
| Allegation date(s) | |
| Interrogatories date(s) | |
| Deposition date(s) | Oct 12 1653 |
| 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 service of the Commonwealth |
| Silver Ship litigation in 1650s | |
| Role in Silver Ship litigation | None |
Biographical synthesis
Godfry Reader (alt. Godfrey Reader) (b. ca. ?; d. ?). Mariner.
"Gunner of the Kentish frigott in the immediate service of this Commonwealth"[1]
Resident in 1653 in Shadwell.
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
Twenty-four year old Godfry Reader deposed on October 12th 1653 in the High Court of Admiralty.[2]
He was examined on an allegation in the case "The keepe of the Liberty of England by authority of Parliament against a certaine shipp or vessell named the Lewis of Rochell (whereof one Dominicas Merseria was master and her tackle and furniture and whatsoever goods wares and merchandizes aboard the same taken and seized by certain shipps in the imediat service of this Commonwalth".[3]
