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==Evidence from High Court of Admiralty==
 
==Evidence from High Court of Admiralty==
Thirty-five year old Humhrey Bourne deposed on August 19th 1658 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on an allegation on behalf of Vincent Delabarr and others dated August 4th 1658 in the cause of "The claime of Vincent Delabarr Thomas Delaval, Michaell da haze, Henry Reigier, and company for the ''Vincent'' now called the ''Elizabeth''.<ref>[[HCA 13/72 f.518v Annotate|HCA 13/72 f.518v]]</ref>
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Thirty-five year old Humhrey Bourne deposed on August 19th 1658 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on an allegation on behalf of Vincent Delabarr and others dated August 4th 1658 in the cause of "The claime of Vincent Delabarr Thomas Delaval, Michaell da Haze, Henry Reigier, and company for the ''Vincent'' now called the ''Elizabeth''.<ref>[[HCA 13/72 f.518v Annotate|HCA 13/72 f.518v]]</ref>
  
Humphrey Bourne stated that he knew the ship the ''Vincent'', though now called the ''Elizabeth'', and her owners, Thomas Delaval, Michael de Haze and Henry Regnier. The ship had been bought as a prize laden with salt. On the voyage in question she had been set out to Necastle to collect coals, which she brought to Newcastle. Her owners "understanding that shee might have a good market for them at Ostend" sent her to Ostend, but she was seized and detained by Ostenders. The ship was subsequently retaken and was now lying at Redriff under the name the ''Elizabeth''.<ref>[[HCA 13/72 f.519r Annotate|HCA 13/72 f.519r]]</ref>
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Humphrey Bourne stated that he knew the ship the ''Vincent'', though now called the ''Elizabeth'', and her owners, Thomas Delaval, Michael de Haze and Henry Regnier. The ship had been bought as a prize laden with salt. On the voyage in question she had been set out to Newcastle to collect coals, which she brought to Newcastle. Her owners "understanding that shee might have a good market for them at Ostend" sent her to Ostend, but she was seized and detained by Ostenders. The ship was subsequently retaken and was now lying at Redriff under the name the ''Elizabeth''.<ref>[[HCA 13/72 f.519r Annotate|HCA 13/72 f.519r]]</ref>
  
 
Humphrey Bourne had inspected the recaptured vessel on behalf of her original owners. He noted that the initials '''I.W.''' were cared upon her bulke head in the cooke room "with a rindle or ring cut about it". Bourne informed the Court that this "was soe cut and made by John Walley whiles shee lay at Ostend under the said seizure and before her company were turned out, which this deponent saw him the said John...soe cut thereon".<ref>[[HCA 13/72 f.519r Annotate|HCA 13/72 f.519r]]</ref>
 
Humphrey Bourne had inspected the recaptured vessel on behalf of her original owners. He noted that the initials '''I.W.''' were cared upon her bulke head in the cooke room "with a rindle or ring cut about it". Bourne informed the Court that this "was soe cut and made by John Walley whiles shee lay at Ostend under the said seizure and before her company were turned out, which this deponent saw him the said John...soe cut thereon".<ref>[[HCA 13/72 f.519r Annotate|HCA 13/72 f.519r]]</ref>
  
 
==Comment on sources==
 
==Comment on sources==

Latest revision as of 12:11, October 9, 2017



Humphrey Bourne
Person Humphrey Bourne
Title
First name Humphrey
Middle name(s)
Last name Bourne
Suffix
Spouse of
Widow of
Occupation Mariner
Secondary shorebased occupation
Mariner occupation
Associated with ship(s)
Training Not apprentice
Is apprentice of
Was apprentice of
Had apprentice(s)
Citizen Unknown
Literacy Marke
Has opening text Humphrey Bourne
Has signoff text HB
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Language skills English language
Has interpreter
Birth street
Birth parish
Birth town
Birth county
Birth province
Birth country
Res street
Res parish
Res town Dover
Res county Kent
Res province
Res country England
Birth year 1623
Marriage year
Death year
Probate date
First deposition age 35
Primary sources
Act book start page(s)
Personal answer start page(s)
Allegation start page(s)
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Deposition start page(s) HCA 13/72 f.518v Annotate
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Act book date(s)
Personal answer date(s)
Allegation date(s)
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Deposition date(s) Aug 19 1658
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

Humphrey Bourne (b. ca. 1623; d. ?). Mariner.

It is not clear whether Humphrey Bourne had sailed on the ship the Vincent of Dover.

Resident in 1658 in Dover in the county of Kent.

Evidence from High Court of Admiralty

Thirty-five year old Humhrey Bourne deposed on August 19th 1658 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on an allegation on behalf of Vincent Delabarr and others dated August 4th 1658 in the cause of "The claime of Vincent Delabarr Thomas Delaval, Michaell da Haze, Henry Reigier, and company for the Vincent now called the Elizabeth.[1]

Humphrey Bourne stated that he knew the ship the Vincent, though now called the Elizabeth, and her owners, Thomas Delaval, Michael de Haze and Henry Regnier. The ship had been bought as a prize laden with salt. On the voyage in question she had been set out to Newcastle to collect coals, which she brought to Newcastle. Her owners "understanding that shee might have a good market for them at Ostend" sent her to Ostend, but she was seized and detained by Ostenders. The ship was subsequently retaken and was now lying at Redriff under the name the Elizabeth.[2]

Humphrey Bourne had inspected the recaptured vessel on behalf of her original owners. He noted that the initials I.W. were cared upon her bulke head in the cooke room "with a rindle or ring cut about it". Bourne informed the Court that this "was soe cut and made by John Walley whiles shee lay at Ostend under the said seizure and before her company were turned out, which this deponent saw him the said John...soe cut thereon".[3]

Comment on sources

  1. HCA 13/72 f.518v
  2. HCA 13/72 f.519r
  3. HCA 13/72 f.519r