John Davies

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John Davies
Person John Davies
Title
First name John
Middle name(s)
Last name Davies
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Spouse of
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Occupation Labourer
Secondary shorebased occupation
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Associated with ship(s)
Training Not apprentice
Is apprentice of
Was apprentice of
Had apprentice(s)
Citizen Not citizen
Literacy Marke
Has opening text John Davies
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Language skills English language
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Res street Wapping
Res parish Stepney
Res town
Res county Middlesex
Res province
Res country England
Birth year 1621
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First deposition age
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Deposition start page(s) HCA 13/71 f.562r Annotate
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Deposition date(s) Feb 21 1657
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Has HCA evidence completed No
Has source comment completed No
Ship classification
Type of ship Riverside work
Silver Ship litigation in 1650s
Role in Silver Ship litigation None


Biographical synthesis

John Davies (b. ca. 1621; d. ?). Labourer.

Resident in 1657 in Wapping in the parish of Stepney.

"Was a labourer aboard the lighter the Ellen and Anne the tyme Interrate".[1]

Evidence from High Court of Admiralty

Thirty-six year old John Davies deposed on February 21st 1657 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on a libel in the case of "Matson against Naylor".[2]

John Davies stated that "upon the tenth of May last the shipp the Mary of Ipswich arlate rode at anchor with River of Thames against New Crane to take in Ballast and rode in a convenient place where shipps use to ride to take in ballast And the lighter arlate was then and there fast moored to the sayd shipps side, and the labourers on board her (whereof this deponent was one) were heaving ballast out of her into the sayd shipp the Mary".[3]

John Davies stated that "the dammage predeposed of was done neere New Crane which is a great way off of Billingsgate, and that the tyde was but newly turned of ebb and thereby but very weake tyde of ebb, and saith it was in Mackerell tyme but there was roome sufficient for the Thomasine and Alice to have passed by and missed the sayd lighter if the sayd Thomasine and Alice her company had pleased to doe as they were desyres".[4]

Davies had received 5 shillings "toward his losse of tyme and hinderance of his labour attending to be sworne and examined and expecteth what further charges hee shall bee at about this his attendance".[5]

Comment on sources

  1. HCA 13/71 f.563r
  2. HCA 13/71 f.562r
  3. HCA 13/71 f.562r
  4. HCA 13/71 f.563r
  5. HCA 13/71 f.563r