Richard Nash
| Richard Nash | |
|---|---|
| Person | Richard Nash |
| Title | |
| First name | Richard |
| Middle name(s) | |
| Last name | Nash |
| Suffix | |
| Spouse of | |
| Widow of | |
| Occupation | Mariner |
| Secondary shorebased occupation | |
| Mariner occupation | |
| Associated with ship(s) | Sarah |
| 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 |
| Has interpreter | |
| Birth street | |
| Birth parish | |
| Birth town | |
| Birth county | |
| Birth province | |
| Birth country | |
| Res street | |
| Res parish | Allhallows Barking |
| Res town | London |
| Res county | |
| Res province | |
| Res country | England |
| Birth year | 1632 |
| Marriage year | |
| Death year | |
| Probate date | February 5, 1663 |
| First deposition age | 23 |
| Primary sources | |
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| Interrogatories page(s) | |
| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/70 f.663r Annotate |
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| Act book date(s) | |
| Personal answer date(s) | |
| Allegation date(s) | |
| Interrogatories date(s) | |
| Deposition date(s) | Dec 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 | Merchant ship |
| Silver Ship litigation in 1650s | |
| Role in Silver Ship litigation | None |
Biographical synthesis
Richard Nash (b. ca. 1632; d. ?ca. 1663). Mariner.
Member of the company of the Sarah in 1655.
Resident in 1655 in the parish of Allhallowes Barking, and possibly at possible death in 1663.
A will was proved on February 5th 1663 for a Richard Nash, mariner of Allhallows Barking.[1]
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
Twenty-three year old Richard Nash deposed on December 2nd 1655 in the High Court of Admiralty.[2] He was examined on an allegation in "A busines of examination of wittnesses on the part and behalfe of James ffordham and Company owners of the shipp the Sarah and her tackle apparrell and furniture seized in the port of Dunquirke with her ladeing against all who take upon them to iustifie the sayd seizure".[3]
Richard Nash stated that he had been a member of the company of the ship the Sarah in September and October 1655 when she lay at Dunkirk. The ship had been ready to sail from Dunkirk to London when she was seized by the officers of the governor of Dunkirk on the order of the King of Spain.[4]
Comment on sources
PROB 11/310/177 Will of Richard Nash, Mariner of All Hallows Barking, City of London 05 February 1663- ↑ PROB 11/310/177 Will of Richard Nash, Mariner of All Hallows Barking, City of London 05 February 1663
- ↑ HCA 13/70 f.663r
- ↑ HCA 13/70 f.662r
- ↑ HCA 13/70 f.663r
