Francis Meare
| Francis Meare | |
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| Person | Francis Meare |
| Title | |
| First name | Francis |
| Middle name(s) | |
| Last name | Meare |
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| Spouse of | |
| Widow of | |
| Occupation | Merchant |
| Secondary shorebased occupation | |
| Mariner occupation | |
| Associated with ship(s) | |
| Training | Not apprentice |
| Is apprentice of | |
| Was apprentice of | |
| Had apprentice(s) | |
| Citizen | Unknown |
| Literacy | Signature |
| Has opening text | Francis Meare |
| Has signoff text | ffrancis Meare |
| Signoff image | (Invalid transcription image) |
| Language skills | English language |
| Has interpreter | |
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| Res street | |
| Res parish | Saint Michael Crooked Lane |
| Res town | London |
| Res county | |
| Res province | |
| Res country | England |
| Birth year | 1625 |
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| Probate date | |
| First deposition age | 33 |
| Primary sources | |
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| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/70 f.246v Annotate |
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| Act book date(s) | |
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| Allegation date(s) | |
| Interrogatories date(s) | |
| Deposition date(s) | Feb 28 1655 |
| 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 | N/A |
| Silver Ship litigation in 1650s | |
| Role in Silver Ship litigation | None |
Biographical synthesis
Francis Meare (b.ca.1625; d.?). Merchant.
Resident in the parish of Saint Michael Crooked Lane in 1655.
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
Thirty year old Francis Meare deposed on February 28th 1655. He was examined on an allegation in the case of "Prince against the goods in the Charitie".
Meare stated that his personal net worth was £300 ("in his owne estate"). Francis Meare had known Mr Prince (Thomas Prince) for about twelve years and also knew Prince's servant Thomas Swinsen. Mr Prince had requested Meare to testify knowing him to be "a dealer in severall parts." Meare described the common practice in London, Flanders and Holland amongst merchants "to make entries of goods in the customehouses in one mans name, when as the proprietie thereof is in, and the said goods are belonging to another." As a result, Meare states "it is not amongest merchants accompted any signe or proofe that the goods belonge to the man in whose name they are entred."[1]
Comment on sources
PROB 11/360/588 Will of Sarah Meare, Widow of London 13 September 1679
PROB 11/369/449 Will of William Meare, Merchant of London 06 April 1682
PROB 11/388/342 Will of John Meare, Merchant of London 28 September 1687
