Richard Cooke
| Richard Cooke | |
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| Person | Richard Cooke |
| Title | |
| First name | Richard |
| Middle name(s) | |
| Last name | Cooke |
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| Spouse of | |
| Widow of | |
| Occupation | Ship carpenter |
| Secondary shorebased occupation | |
| Mariner occupation | |
| Associated with ship(s) | |
| Training | Apprentice |
| Is apprentice of | |
| Was apprentice of | John Major |
| Had apprentice(s) | |
| Citizen | Unknown |
| Literacy | Marke |
| Has opening text | Richard Cooke |
| Has signoff text | X |
| Signoff image | (Invalid transcription image) |
| Language skills | English language |
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| Birth town | |
| Birth county | |
| Birth province | |
| Birth country | |
| Res street | Horsey downe |
| Res parish | |
| Res town | Southwark |
| Res county | Surrey |
| Res province | |
| Res country | England |
| Birth year | 1636 |
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| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/71 f.138r Annotate |
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| Deposition date(s) | Apr 16 1656 |
| How complete is this biography? | |
| Has infobox completed | Yes |
| Has synthesis completed | No |
| Has HCA evidence completed | No |
| Has source comment completed | No |
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| Silver Ship litigation in 1650s | |
| Role in Silver Ship litigation | None |
Biographical synthesis
Richard Cooke (b. ca. 1636; d. ?). Ship's carpenter. Apprentice in late 1654 to the shipwright John Major.
Resident in 1656 in Horsey downe in the county of Surrey.
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
Twenty year old Richard Cooke deposed on April 16th 1656 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on a libel in the case of "John Mayor against a certayne Lighter called the William and ffrancis whereof William Knight and company were owners and against the sayd William Knight and company comming in for their interest and against whatsoever persons et cetera".[1]
Richard Cooke stated that a lighter named the William and ffrancis was in need of repair and that the shipwright John Major was employed to effect the repairs. Richard Cooke himself was one of the men employed on the repair work, and indeed at the time was an apprentice of John Major. The repairs were worth £52-04-09 d, and John Major remained unpaid.[2]
