Martin Herraw

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Martin Herraw
Person Martin Herraw
Title
First name Martin
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Last name Herraw
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Mariner occupation Cook
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Training Not apprentice
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Has opening text Martin Herraw
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Language skills German language
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Res town Hamburg
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Res country Germania
Birth year 1618
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First deposition age 37
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Deposition start page(s) HCA 13/70 f.260v Annotate
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Deposition date(s) Mar 19 1655
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Ship classification
Type of ship Merchant ship
Silver Ship litigation in 1650s
Role in Silver Ship litigation None


Biographical synthesis

Martin Herraw (b. ca. 1618; d. ?).

Cook on the ship the Hope of Hamburg, lying in the River Thames in March 1655.

Resident in 1655 in Hamburg.

Evidence from High Court of Admiralty

Thirty-seven year old Martin Herraw deposed on March 19th 1655 in the High Court of Admiralty.[1] He was examined "Touching a shott of a greate gunn from the shipp the Hope of Hamborough (Peter hammonson Backer master) as shee was lying in the River of Thames".[2]

Martin Herraw recounted a tragic accident leading to the death of a man on shore due to cannon fire from the ship the Hope of Hamburg whilst it lay at anchor in the River Thames. According to Herraw, on Saturday two weeks before his deposition, most of the company, including Martin Herraw, were at work in the hold of their ship whilst it lay at anchor near the New Crane.[3]

Herraw stated that the master of the Hope had called for his gunner "to make a gun cleare and readie, in regard of some friends (English) that were with him". Herraw was still in the hold when he heard a gun go off on board the ship and then a cry from ashore. "Whereupon running up, they saw the master in greate distraction, and heard that the said Gunner had shott off a gunn without the masters order, and that hee knew not that it was laden, and that there was a man killed by the said shott". The Gunner fled from the ship ashore." Herraw concluded that "hee was informed the said master had ordered him to make readie the aftermost gunn, but hee through mistake or neglect of his order made readie one by the maine mast, and that the same was fired or went off before any order given by the master for firing."[4]

Comment on sources

  1. HCA 13/70 f.260v
  2. HCA 13/70 f.260r
  3. HCA 13/70 f.260v
  4. HCA 13/70 f.261r