Richard Daines
| Richard Daines | |
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| Person | Richard Daines |
| Title | |
| First name | Richard |
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| Last name | Daines |
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| Widow of | |
| Occupation | Mariner |
| Secondary shorebased occupation | |
| Mariner occupation | Gunner |
| Associated with ship(s) | Anne (Master: John Carey) |
| Training | Not apprentice |
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| Was apprentice of | |
| Had apprentice(s) | |
| Citizen | Unknown |
| Literacy | Signature |
| Has opening text | Richard Daynes |
| Has signoff text | Richard Daines |
| Signoff image | (Invalid transcription image) |
| Language skills | English language |
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| Res street | Wapping |
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| Res county | Middlesex |
| Res province | |
| Res country | England |
| Birth year | 1630 |
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| First deposition age | 26 |
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| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/71 f.139v Annotate |
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| Deposition date(s) | Apr 18 1656 |
| How complete is this biography? | |
| Has infobox completed | Yes |
| Has synthesis completed | No |
| Has HCA evidence completed | No |
| Has source comment completed | No |
| Ship classification | |
| Type of ship | Merchant ship |
| Silver Ship litigation in 1650s | |
| Role in Silver Ship litigation | None |
Biographical synthesis
Richard Daines (alt. Daynes) (b. ca. 1630; d. ?). Mariner.
Late gunner of the ship the Anne (Master: John Carey).
Resident in 1656 in Wapping.
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
Twenty-six year old Richard Daines deposed on April 18th 1656 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on a libel "On the behalfe of Mary Carey touching goods delived out of the shipp Ann John Carey Master into the shipp Peter and James Gilbert Christopher Master and against 1/8 part of the sayd shipp Peter and James belonging to the sayd Gilbert and against William Christopher executor of the sayd Gilbert".[1]
Richard Daines stated that the Ann was on a voyage from London to Guinea and carried a lading of copper bars. The ship arrived on the Guinea coast in June 1655, where John Carey sold a quantity of copper bars to Gilbert Christopher, who was master of the ship the Peter and Jane and who was also on the Guinea coast. Daines stated that "he was then gunner of the sayd shipp Anne, and knew of the sayd contract and did assist att and to the delivery of the sayd copper barrs unto the sayd Gilbert Christopher". Gilbert Christopher signed a bill confirming payment and delivered it to John Carey. Subsequently both John Carey and Gilbert Christopher died. An arrest was made, issued by the High Court of Admiralty, for the recovery of the money due by Mary Cary, teh relict and administratrix of John Carey.[2]
