Dunkirk men of war
Dunkirk men of war
Editorial history
08/11/12: CSG, created page
Purpose of page
The MarineLives project is seeking to link and enhance HCA 13/71, not just to transcribe it.
Dunkirk men of war feature in a number of HCA 13/71 cases and depositions.
All associates, facilitators, advisors and PhD Forum members are encouraged to contribute to this page from their knowledge of the material, and from their broader knowledge and interest in the topic.
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Suggested links
Brest men of war
Ostend men of war
List of cases mentioning Dunkirk men of war
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Michael Johnson was a Rotterdamer by birth, who had served in merchant ships and ships of war in Dunkirk for many years. More recently he had moved to London, where he was lving at Magdakens Rents in East Smithfield with his wife, and described himself as a citizen of England.
In his deposition he described some of the practises of Dunkirk men of war.
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11. Michael Johnson of East Smithfeild neere London Mariner, aged 44 yeeres or thereabouts sworne
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16. To the first article hee saith hee hath after seene and read the
17. articles that since the Peece last made and Concluded betwixt
18. Spaine and the ˹United˺ Netherlands hee this deponent for severall yeeres space
19. sailed from dunkirke as well in Marchants service as on a man of warrs GUTTER
20. imployment, and that shipps of dunkirke ˹(under the dominion of the king of Spaine)˺ wherein hee hath bin hee
21. saith have ˹as hee saith˺ often met with laded shipps of the Subiects of the States of the
22. United Netherlands going to and comming from ports offfrance and
23. Portugall (,which were in hostilitie with the king of Spaine,) but
24. from time to time hee saith they have suffered the said shipps of
25. the United Netherlands (from and after the said peece soe made) to
26. depart unvisited and unmolested upon therr meere showing their XXXX GUTTER
27. ˹that or otherwise making it appeare˺ were belonging to the dominions of the said States, and this XXX GUTTER
28. and freedom was alwaies said accounted to be
29. yeilded and given, in regard of and conformity to the Articles of Peace
30. made betweene the said king and States touching commerce and Navigation
31. was to th eddect arlate, hee saith it was and is generally knowne
32. taken notice of and spoken of in the ports of and townes of the
33. United Netherlands in many of which this deponent hath bin and
34. heard and observed the Notorietie thereof since the said Peace soe
35. made betweene the said kinge and States. And otherwise
36. referring himselfe to the said Articles , which hee saith are Notorious GUTTER
37. in the dominions of the said king and States in the point in question
38. and have arlate; hee cannot depose.
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40. To the Interrogatories. CENTRE HEADING
41. Rp.
42. To the first Interrogatorie hee saith hee is of Rotterdam by birth, and
43. is nowe a subiect of this Nation, having XXXXed setled his wife and
44. fixed his dewelling in Magdalens rents in East Smithfeild, where hee has
45. dwelty above three monethes and a halfe."
