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Resident in parish of Saint Stephen Coleman Street in 1656.
 
Resident in parish of Saint Stephen Coleman Street in 1656.
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The will of Thomas Bland, scriverner of London, was proved on December 14th 1667.<ref>PROB 11/325/586 Will of Thomas Bland, Scrivener of London 14 December 1667</ref>
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Rupert Taylor (1981) suggests that a thirty-six year old widow Mary Bland, resident in the parish of Saint Peter the Poor in 1638, who married Luke Cropley, a thirty-five year olf gentleman of Saint Peter the Poor, may have been the widow of the scivener Thomas Bland.<ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=55I38FXWyPgC&pg=PA542#v=onepage&q&f=false Rupert Taylor, 'The parentage of James Day (died 1700) and wife Mary of Isle of Wight County, Virginia', in Genealogies of Virginia Families: From Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, vol. 1 (Baltimore, Maryland, 1981), pp.542-545]</ref>
  
 
==Evidence from High Court of Admiralty==
 
==Evidence from High Court of Admiralty==
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==Comment on sources==
 
==Comment on sources==
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PROB 11/325/586 Will of Thomas Bland, Scrivener of London 14 December 1667

Revision as of 00:17, September 16, 2016



Thomas Bland
Person Thomas Bland
Title
First name Thomas
Middle name(s)
Last name Bland
Suffix
Spouse of
Widow of
Occupation Scrivener
Secondary shorebased occupation
Mariner occupation
Associated with ship(s)
Training Not apprentice
Is apprentice of
Was apprentice of
Had apprentice(s) Thomas Nicholls
Citizen Unknown
Literacy Signature
Has opening text Thomas Bland
Has signoff text
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
Res parish Saint Stephen Coleman Street
Res town London
Res county
Res province
Res country England
Birth year 1624
Marriage year
Death year 1667
Probate date December 14, 1667
First deposition age
Primary sources
Act book start page(s)
Personal answer start page(s)
Allegation start page(s)
Interrogatories page(s)
Deposition start page(s) HCA 13/71 f.110r Annotate
Chancery start page(s)
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Act book date(s)
Personal answer date(s)
Allegation date(s)
Interrogatories date(s)
Deposition date(s) Mar 10 1656
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
Silver Ship litigation in 1650s
Role in Silver Ship litigation


Biographical synthesis

Thomas Bland (b.ca.1624; d.ca.1667). Citizen and scrivener.

Resident in parish of Saint Stephen Coleman Street in 1656.

The will of Thomas Bland, scriverner of London, was proved on December 14th 1667.[1]

Rupert Taylor (1981) suggests that a thirty-six year old widow Mary Bland, resident in the parish of Saint Peter the Poor in 1638, who married Luke Cropley, a thirty-five year olf gentleman of Saint Peter the Poor, may have been the widow of the scivener Thomas Bland.[2]

Evidence from High Court of Admiralty

Thirty-two year old Thomas Bland deposed on March 10th 1656 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on an allegation on behalf of Travers in the case of "Travers against Burridge and Spicer".[3]

Bland testified that a specific charterparty had been signed sealed and delivered by William Webber to Travers in the presence of Bland and Bland's servant, Thomas Nicholls.[4]

Comment on sources

PROB 11/325/586 Will of Thomas Bland, Scrivener of London 14 December 1667
  1. PROB 11/325/586 Will of Thomas Bland, Scrivener of London 14 December 1667
  2. Rupert Taylor, 'The parentage of James Day (died 1700) and wife Mary of Isle of Wight County, Virginia', in Genealogies of Virginia Families: From Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, vol. 1 (Baltimore, Maryland, 1981), pp.542-545
  3. HCA 13/71 f.110r
  4. HCA 13/71 f.110r