John Buckworth
| John Buckworth | |
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| Person | John Buckworth |
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| First name | John |
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| Last name | Buckworth |
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| Occupation | Merchant |
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| Training | Not apprentice |
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| Citizen | Unknown |
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| Has opening text | John Buckworth |
| Has signoff text | John Buckworth |
| Signoff image | (Invalid transcription image) |
| Language skills | English language |
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| Res parish | Saint Andrew Undershaft |
| Res town | London |
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| Res country | England |
| Birth year | 1622 |
| Marriage year | |
| Death year | 1687 |
| Probate date | January 3, 1688 |
| First deposition age | 33 |
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| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/70 f.68r Annotate |
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| Deposition date(s) | Jan 15 1655 |
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| Has infobox completed | Yes |
| Has synthesis completed | No |
| Has HCA evidence completed | No |
| Has source comment completed | No |
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| Type of ship | N/A |
| Silver Ship litigation in 1650s | |
| Role in Silver Ship litigation | None |
Biographical synthesis
John Buckworth (alt. Buckeworth) (b. ca. 1622; m. (1) Elizabeth Dennis, 1654 (2) Hester Goodyear, widow of Moses Goodyear, 1662; d. Dec.1687). Merchant. Knighted in 1681.
Active in the Levant trade and in the Levant Company. Beaven (1908) states that John Buckworth was Court Assistant of the Levant Company, 1655-61 and 1662-72, Treasurer of the same, 1661-3, and Deputy-Governor of the same, 1672-87.[1]
Buckworth's Admiralty Court deposition reveals that he had been a "Turkie merchant" for the last twelve years (so since about the age of 21) and "hath dwelt at Aleppo about 9 yeares of that time."[2] From several comments in Buckworth's deposition, he appears to have been back in London from Aleppo for the last two or three years, so from ca. 1652.[3] In his deposition, Buckworth acknowledged having been at Cyprus and Scanderoone in the course of trade.[4]
Latham & Mathews give Buckworth's birth year as ca. 1622, which is consistent with the age of thirty-three in John Buckworth's 1655 High Court of Admiralty deposition. An alternative (and incorrect) birth date of ca. 1602 appears in some genealogical sources.
Heraldic sources list John Buckworth's father as Everard Buckworth (b.1595; d. 1641) and his mother as Anne Oxburgh. Everard Buckworth's residence is recorded as White Hall Manor, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.[5]
The Wisbech, Cambridgeshire connection can be seen in John Buckworth's sponsorship of Eme Howes as apprentice to Thomas Bromhall as master, a member of the Draper's company. John Buckworth is described on an apprenticeship bond dated Octpober 5th 1655 as "John Buckworth, mercator, London" and the father of the apprentice is named as Richard Howes, clerk, of Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.[6]
Latham & Mathews states that John Buckworth was alderman of London, 1683-6; commissioner of the Customs, 1684-5, and 1685-7; and Deputy-Governor of the Levant Company, 1672-87.[7]
Woodhead (1966) states that John Buckworth was a member of the Fishmonger's company, citing Beaven (1908).[8] However, it is unclear what primary source was used by Beaven. Beaven also lists Sir John Buckworth as 'vice' for Thomas Hartopp, fishmonger, when alderman of Coleman Ward. Thomas Hartopp was one of Sir John Buckworth's son-in-laws, having married Elizabeth Buckworth, as evidenced by Sir John Buckworth's will. Thomas Hartopp, like Sir John Buckworth, was active in the Levant Company, with Hartopp serving as Levant Company Court Assistant in 1675-83, 1684-90, and 1691-7, as well as being Prime Warden of the Fishmongers in 1686.[9] Strype records Sir John Buckworth, the son of Sir John Buckworth, as a fishmonger, when appointed London sherrif in 1704.[10]
Resident in parish of Saint Andrew Undershaft in 1655.
Listed in 1666 London hearth tax returns at 'Cruchett Fryers north side' in parish of Saint Olave Hart Street in a building with twelve hearths.[11]
Listed as resident in "Crutchet Fryars" in 1677 London Directory.[12] The northern part of Crutched Friars was in the parish of Saint Olave Hart Street and the southern side in the parish of Saint Catherine Coleman.[13]
Resident in the parish of Saint Peter le Poer when he made his will, which was proved in 1688.[14] Funeral in the parish church of Saint Peter le Poer in December 1687.[15] The church of Saint Peter Le Poer was on the west side of Broad Street in London and survived the fire of 1666.
Described in the Latham & Mathews Pepys companion as "a prosperous Turkey merchant". His second wife was Hester Goodyear, widow of the London merchant Moses Goodyear (m.1662; d.1702). His son, John Buckworth was created a baronet in 1697.[16]
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
Thirty-three year old John Buckworth deposed on January 15th 1655 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on a second allegation of seventeen articles on behalf of Alderman Frederick and company, and also on an allehation of forty-five articles on behalf of the same.[17]
Buckworth gave very detailed answers concerning the price of cotton wools and galls in London, various factors for converting weights at different ports. especially Ligorno.[18]
Comment on sources
1664
C 10/75/3 Daniel Andrewes v John Buckworth and Hester his wife, Samuel Mico, Moses Goodyeare, Aaron Goodyeare and Hester Goodyeare: personal estate of Moses Goodyeare, deceased, of London, Middx 1664
1687
A sermon preach'd at the funeral of Sir John Buckworth, at the parish-church of St. Peter's le Poor in Broadstreet, December 29, 1687 by John Scott.[19]
1688
PROB 11/390/17 Will of Sir John Buckworth of Saint Peter Le Poer, City of London 03 January 1688[20]
Undated
"BUCKWORTH, John
Ald Coleman Street-Oct 1683-?, disch by Royal Letter before 30 Apr 1686 (1) Crutched Friars, 1677, St Olave Hart Street, 1662, 1674, St Peter le Poor, 1687, West Sheen, Richmond Surr, 1674 (2) FISH (1) b 1623, d 29 Dec 1687, bur St Peter le Poor (3) Will PCC 2 Exton pr, 3 Jan 1687/8 f Everald/Theophilus Buckworth of Wisbech, Cambs, m Anne, da of Thomas Oxburgh of Lynn, Norf, mar (A) 1654, Elizabeth, da of Silvester DENNIS, (B) 1662, Hester, wid of Moses Goodyear (4) Merchant Co Assis LC, 1655-51, 1663-72, Treas, 1661-3, Dep Gov, 1672-87 Assis RAC, 1674-5, Dep Gov, 1672-3 New River C 1660 (5) RAC stock £2,000 of original stock, 1671 (6) City property, lands (unspecified), "a great estate in Cambridgeshire" (7) Kt, 18 Jun 1681 Commsr of the Mint, Commsr of Customs, 1684-5, 1685-7 (8) Tory Commsr for Lieut, 1681 Da Margaret mar Sir Peter VANDEPUT, da Elizabeth mar Thomas HARTOPP Bro-in-law of Edwin BROWN Son, Sir John Buckworth, Bt (1697), MP London, 1708 (Whig) (9)
NOTES: (1) Beaven, I, p 111 (2) Directory, 1677, Boyd 12350, 5442, will, LVP, 1664, p 164 (3) Boyd 12350 (4) Boyd 12350, 28206, 38432 (5) Directory, 1677, Beaven, II, p 110, K G Davies, Index, Cal SP Dom, 1661-2, p 67 (6) PRO, T 70/100 (7) Will of Richard HASSELL, will Le Neve, p 353 (8) Beaven, II, p 110, K G Davies, p 69 (9) Will, Boyd 12350, 5442, 11738, will of Edwin BROWN, Beaven, I, p 291"[21]- ↑ Alfred P Beaven, 'Chronological list of aldermen: 1651-1700', in The Aldermen of the City of London Temp. Henry III - 1912 (London, 1908), pp. 75-119. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/london-aldermen/hen3-1912/pp75-119 [accessed 20 August 2016].
- ↑ HCA 13/70 f.68r
- ↑ HCA 13/70 f.70r
- ↑ HCA 13/70 f.70v
- ↑ 'Sir John Buckworth, 1st Bt.' in 'The Peerage' online resource, viewed 03/09/2016
- ↑ Apprenticeship bond, Draper's company, dated October 5th 1655, viewed 03/09/2016
- ↑ Robert Latham and William Mathews, The Diary of Samuel Pepys, vol. 6: 1665 (London, 1971), p.146, fn.1
- ↑ Alfred P Beaven, 'Chronological list of aldermen: 1651-1700', in The Aldermen of the City of London Temp. Henry III - 1912 (London, 1908), pp. 75-119. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/london-aldermen/hen3-1912/pp75-119 1683, Oct 13 (18), Sir John Buckworth, Fishmonger, alderman for Coleman Street, 1683-6, vice Frederick], viewed 03/09/2016
- ↑ Alfred P Beaven, 'Chronological list of aldermen: 1651-1700', in The Aldermen of the City of London Temp. Henry III - 1912 (London, 1908), pp. 75-119. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/london-aldermen/hen3-1912/pp75-119 [accessed 20 August 2016].
- ↑ The TEMPORAL GOVERNMENT. (Maiors and Sheriffs, Strype, Survey of London(1720), (hriOnline, Sheffield))
- ↑ 'Cruchett Fryers north side', 'Hearth Tax: City of London 1666, St Olave Hart Street ', in London Hearth Tax: City of London and Middlesex, 1666 (2011), British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/london-hearth-tax/london-mddx/1666/st-olave-hart-street
- ↑ John Camden Hotten (ed.), The little London directory of 1677 (London, 1863), unpag., viewed 03/09/2016
- ↑ See article on Crutched Friars in 'People Property and Charity, The Clothworkers Company 1500-1688
- ↑ PROB 11/390/17 Will of Sir John Buckworth of Saint Peter Le Poer, City of London 03 January 1688
- ↑ A sermon preach'd at the funeral of Sir John Buckworth, at the parish-church of St. Peter's le Poor in Broadstreet, December 29, 1687 by John Scott. London: Printed for Walter Kettilby ..., and Thomas Horne ..., 1688.
- ↑ 'Sir John Buckworth', posting by Terry Foreman on 27 Apr 2012, drawing on Latham & Mathews Pepys companion, viewed 03/09/2016
- ↑ HCA 13/70 f.68r
- ↑ HCA 13/70 f.69r
- ↑ A sermon preach'd at the funeral of Sir John Buckworth, at the parish-church of St. Peter's le Poor in Broadstreet, December 29, 1687 by John Scott. London: Printed for Walter Kettilby ..., and Thomas Horne ..., 1688.
- ↑ PROB 11/390/17 Will of Sir John Buckworth of Saint Peter Le Poer, City of London 03 January 1688
- ↑ J R Woodhead, 'Backwell - Byfield', in The Rulers of London 1660-1689 A Biographical Record of the Aldermen and Common Councilment of the City of London (London, 1966), pp. 21-42. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/london-rulers/1660-89/pp21-42
