John Barrell

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John Barrell
Person John Barrell
Title
First name John
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Last name Barrell
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Occupation Shipwright
Secondary shorebased occupation
Mariner occupation Carpenter
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Training Not apprentice
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Has opening text Johannes Barrell
Has signoff text John Barrell
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Language skills English language
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Res town Yarmouth
Res county Norfolk
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Res country England
Birth year 1594
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First deposition age 56
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Deposition start page(s) HCA 13/63 f.274r Annotate
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Deposition date(s) Jul 27 1650
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Ship classification
Type of ship Merchant ship
Silver Ship litigation in 1650s
Role in Silver Ship litigation None


Biographical synthesis

John Barrell (alt. Johannes Barrell) (b. ca. 1594; d. ?). Shipwright ("naupegus").

Carpenter on the ship the Mayflower (Master: William Jacket) on a voyage from London to Guinea from there to the Spanish West Indies and back to London. The Mayflower sailed in company with the frigate the Benjamin and the pink the Peter, all under the command of William Jacket.[1]

Resident in Yarmouth in the county of Norfolk in 1650.

Evidence from High Court of Admiralty

Fifty-six year old John Barrell deposed on July 16th 1650 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on a libel in the case of "Mr Vassall and others against Jacket".[2]

The case concerned an ambitious (and failed) trading venture by English merchants carrying slaves into the Spanish West Indies from Guinea without licence, using three English ships.

Comment on sources

  1. HCA 13/63 f.274r
  2. HCA 13/63 f.274r