Edward Bushnell
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| Edward Bushnell | |
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| Person | Edward Bushnell |
| Title | |
| First name | Edward |
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| Last name | Bushnell |
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| Widow of | |
| Occupation | Shipwright |
| Secondary shorebased occupation | |
| Mariner occupation | Carpenter |
| Associated with ship(s) | |
| Training | Not apprentice |
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| Was apprentice of | |
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| Citizen | Unknown |
| Literacy | Signature |
| Has opening text | Edmund Bushnell |
| Has signoff text | Edmund Bushnell |
| Signoff image | (Invalid transcription image) |
| Language skills | English language |
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| Res parish | |
| Res town | Deptford |
| Res county | Kent |
| Res province | |
| Res country | England |
| Birth year | 1630 |
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| First deposition age | 26 |
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| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/71 f.163v Annotate |
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| Deposition date(s) | Apr 18 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 | Merchant ship |
| Silver Ship litigation in 1650s | |
| Role in Silver Ship litigation | None |
Biographical synthesis
Edmund Bushnell (b. ca. 1630; d. ?). Shipwright.
Self-described mariner and by implication a carpenter on ships. Bushnell states in his 1657 Admiralty Court deposition "This deponent having as a mariner sailed and served in and aboard the said shipp two severall voiages, whereof the voiage arlate was one".[1]
Resident in 1656 in Deptford in the county of Kent.
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
Twenty-six year old Edmund Bushnell deposed on April 18th 1656 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on an allegation on behalf of John Haselgrave and Company in thr case of "John Haselgrave and Companie owners of the Levant friggatt against Henry Chowne Bray Chowne and Francis Fooke".[2]
