Richard Heaniside
| Richard Heaniside | |
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| Person | Richard Heaniside |
| Title | |
| First name | Richard |
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| Last name | Heaniside |
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| Widow of | |
| Occupation | Lighterman |
| Secondary shorebased occupation | |
| Mariner occupation | |
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| Training | Not apprentice |
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| Citizen | Unknown |
| Literacy | Signature |
| Has opening text | Richard Heaniside |
| Has signoff text | Richard Heaniside |
| Signoff image | (Invalid transcription image) |
| Language skills | English language |
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| Res street | |
| Res parish | Saint Dunstans in the East |
| Res town | London |
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| Res country | England |
| Birth year | 1626 |
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| First deposition age | 29 |
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| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/70 f.311r Annotate |
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| Deposition date(s) | Mar 2 1655 |
| 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 | Lighter |
| Silver Ship litigation in 1650s | |
| Role in Silver Ship litigation | None |
Biographical synthesis
Richard Heaniside (b. ca. 1626; d. ?). Lighterman.
Resided in 1655 in the parish of Saint Dunstans in the East.
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
Twenty-nine year old Richard Heaniside deposed on March 2nd 1655 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on an allegation made on February 26th 1655 on behalf of Henry Boulton and John Mills in the case of "Captaine hudson against Barnardiston Jolliffe and others and against Henry Boulton and John Mills".[1]
Richard Heaniside stated that "hee this deponent and one William Purse were the persons who were the lightermen and had the management of the lyter in which the damage in question happened". Their lighter was an "open lyter". He added that "hee this deponent brought the same lyter and layed her close by the side of the shipp the Smirna ffactor arlate then rideing over against Blackwall Stayres upon a Satterday morning where shee laye till the Monday morning next following for that the shipps company would not worke on Satterday in the afternoone".[2]
