Henry Harbin

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Henry Harbin
Person Henry Harbin
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Has opening text Henry Harbyn
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Res parish Saint Lawrence Pountney
Res town London
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Deposition start page(s) HCA 13/70 f.385v Annotate
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Deposition date(s) Jun 21 1655
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Silver Ship litigation in 1650s
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Biographical synthesis

Henry Harbin (alt. Harbyn) (b.poss.ca.1636; m.?1681, Elizabeth Lewis of Mortlake, Surrey; d.?).

Servant of John Harbin, and had lived with John Harbin in the parish of Saint Lawrence Pountney for the two years prior to his deposition in 1655.

Quite possibly "Henry Harbin, of Mark Lane, London, Merchant, Bachelor, about 45" who in September 1681 was the subject of a marriage allegation for marriage to Mrs Elizabeth Lewis, spinster, of Mortlake, Surrey.[1]

Henry Harbin is identified in a record dated November 1692 as a parishioner of Allhallowes Steyning. The record is of a mortgage of two tenements in Mark Lane, and Henry Harbin, together with John Jute, is described as a parishioner and trustee of the gift of William Winter for the education of six boys.[2]

Evidence from High Court of Admiralty

Henry Harbin deposed in the High Court of Admiralty on June 21st 1655.[3] He deposed on an allegation given in in the case of "Harbyn against Wills".

The case concerned a dispute over French tobacco and involved John Harbin's correspondents in France.

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Probable record of subject of this biography

"1681. Sep. 24. Henry Harbin, of Mark Lane, Lond., Mercht, Bachr abt 45, & Mrs
Elizabeth Lewis, of Mortlack, Surrey, Sptr, abt 30, at her own dispose;
alleged by Thomas Churchey, of St Mary Woolnoth, Lond., Wax
Chandler; at Barnes or Mortlack, Surrey. (Not attested in margin.)"[4]

Probable records of relatives of subject of this biography

"Merchant Taylors' School Register. 11 Mar. 1637-8:...Alexander Harbin. fn.4. Alexander Harbin, of St. Laurence Pountney Parish. He was son of Andrew Harbin, of London, citizen and dyer, and was apprenticed as a merchant taylor 10 Sep. 1645. (M, T, Bindings.)"[5]

"Merchant Taylors' School Register. 11 Sep. 1672:...Joseph Harbin. fn.6. Joseph Harbin, probably son of John, who was Churchwarden of St. Laurence Pountney, 1656."[6]

"Merchant Taylors' School Register. 11 Sep. 1672:...Andrew Harbin. fn.2. Andrew Harbin, of St. Laurence Pountney parish. Cf. ante."[7]

"Deed: Release to uses of a marriage settlement for £1000

(i) Andrew Harbin, citizen and (?) of London and Roger Lock citizen and dyer of London
(ii) Alexander Harbin, citizen and merchant tailor of London (son and heir of Andrew Harbin) and Dorothy Moyse of London, spinster
(iii) Mary Bence of Aldeburgh, Suffolk, widow, and John Pitts, citizen and carpenter of London.

Manor of (?) or Hempners and the Manor House and 110 acres in Little Parndon and Nazeing in occupation of John Beard and third part of the advowson of Parndon, in Little Parndon and Nazeing.

Bought 29 September - 6 October 1652 from John Welden of Westminster, clerk, and Hannah his wife."[8]

Other records

PROB 11/368/490 Will of Andrew Harbin, Leather Seller of London 22 December 1681

PROB 11/959/422 Will of Elizabeth Harbin, Widow of Saint Lawrence Pountney, City of London 23 August 1770
  1. George John Armytage (ed.), Allegations for marriage licences issued by the Vicar-General of the Archbishop of Canterbury, July 1679 to June 1687 (London, 1890), p.73. viewed 04/08/2016
  2. []http://www.calmview.eu/clothworkers/calmview/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=Estate%2F2%2F3A%2F4 The Clothworkers' Company, Estate Records, 2 - All Hallows' Staining (Tower, Churchyard, William Lambe Crypt and St. Olave's Church Hall), 3A - 6-7 Mark Lane - Freehold, Ref no. Estate/2/3A/4; alt ref. no. Box 8, Box 47, No 20 and No 34], viewed 04/08/2016
  3. HCA 13/70 f.385v|HCA 13/70 f.385v
  4. George John Armytage (ed.), Allegations for marriage licences issued by the Vicar-General of the Archbishop of Canterbury, July 1679 to June 1687 (London, 1890), p.73. viewed 04/08/2016
  5. Charles J. Robinson (ed.), A register of the scholars admitted into Merchant Taylors' School, vol.1 (Lewes, 1882), p.142, viewed 04/08/2016
  6. Charles J. Robinson (ed.), A register of the scholars admitted into Merchant Taylors' School, vol.1 (Lewes, 1882), p.274, viewed 04/08/2016
  7. Charles J. Robinson (ed.), A register of the scholars admitted into Merchant Taylors' School, vol.1 (Lewes, 1882), p.282, viewed 04/08/2016
  8. Essex Record Office, Estate and Family records, Clayton MSS, ref: D/DAc 182, viewed 04/08/2016