Michael de Haze
| Michael de Haze | |
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| Person | Michael de Haze |
| Title | |
| First name | Michael |
| Middle name(s) | |
| Last name | De Haze |
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| Spouse of | |
| Widow of | |
| Occupation | Merchant |
| Secondary shorebased occupation | |
| Mariner occupation | |
| Associated with ship(s) | N/A |
| Training | Not apprentice |
| Is apprentice of | |
| Was apprentice of | |
| Had apprentice(s) | |
| Citizen | Unknown |
| Literacy | Signature |
| Has opening text | |
| Has signoff text | |
| Signoff image | (Invalid transcription image) |
| Language skills | English language, French language |
| Has interpreter | |
| Birth street | |
| Birth parish | |
| Birth town | Calais |
| Birth county | |
| Birth province | |
| Birth country | France |
| Res street | |
| Res parish | |
| Res town | Dover |
| Res county | Kent |
| Res province | |
| Res country | England |
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| Primary sources | |
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| Interrogatories page(s) | |
| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/53 f.70r Annotate, HCA 13/72 f.685r Annotate |
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| Act book date(s) | |
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| Allegation date(s) | |
| Interrogatories date(s) | |
| Deposition date(s) | Mar 9 1637, Dec 8 1658 |
| How complete is this biography? | |
| Has infobox completed | No |
| 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
Michel de Haze (b. ca.1601; d. ?). Merchant.
Probably a French or Walloon Huguenot. [ADD EVIDENCE]
In the 1637 deposition of a Colchester merchant regarding the sale of a 250 ton Dutch bottomed ship at Calais, the seller, Michael de Haze, is described as being a "merchant dwellinge in Callice [Calais]".[1] But, in a deposition de Haze himself 21 years later, he claimed to have been living in England for the last thirty years, though born in Calais.[2]
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
March 1637
Twenty-eight year old Colchester merchant Thomas Reynolds deposed on March 9th 1637 in the High Court of Admiralty. He described the sale by a Calais based merchant, Michael de Haze, of a Dutch bottomed ship of 250 tons burthen, to a Newcastle merchant, a London merchant, and to an English merchant resident at Calais as a factor.
December 1658
Fifty-seven year old Michael de Haze deposed on December 8th 1658 in the High Court of Admiralty. He gave evidence in a case concerning freight rates for salt transported from France to the Spanish Netherlands.[3]
In his deposition de Haze states that he was born at Calais, but had lived for the last thirty years in England, and gave his residence as Dover.[4]
Comment on sources
1667
PROB 11/323/370 Will of Elizabeth De Haze alias Bulteel, Widow of Saint Giles Cripplegate, City of London 06 March 1667
