Richard Wincles
| Richard Wincles | |
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| Person | Richard Wincles |
| Title | |
| First name | Richard |
| Middle name(s) | |
| Last name | Wincles |
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| Spouse of | |
| Widow of | |
| Occupation | Porter |
| Secondary shorebased occupation | |
| Mariner occupation | |
| Associated with ship(s) | |
| Training | Not apprentice |
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| Was apprentice of | |
| Had apprentice(s) | |
| Citizen | Unknown |
| Literacy | Marke |
| Has opening text | Richard Wincles |
| Has signoff text | Simple symbol |
| Signoff image | (Invalid transcription image) |
| Language skills | English language |
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| Res street | |
| Res parish | Stepney |
| Res town | |
| Res county | Middlesex |
| Res province | |
| Res country | England |
| Birth year | 1625 |
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| First deposition age | 30 |
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| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/70 f.553r Annotate |
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| Deposition date(s) | Dec 15 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 | Shore based |
| Silver Ship litigation in 1650s | |
| Role in Silver Ship litigation | None |
Biographical synthesis
Richard Wincles (b. ca. 1625; d. ?). Porter.
Resided in 1655 in Stepney in the county of Middlesex.
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
Thirty year old Richard Wincles deposed on December 15th 1655 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on an allegation on behalf of John Bayley, the master of the coal ship the Imployment, in the case of "John Bayly and company owners of the shipp the Imployment against the shipp the James and Martin (whereof Phillipp Stafford is Master and against the sayd Stafford and Company coming in for their interest, and whomsoever else et cetera."[1]
Richard Wincles stated that John Bayley, the commander of the coal ship the Imployment, agreed with Wincles, a porter, and his fellow porter (and deponent) Edward Cranford and fourteen others "to unlade his sayd shipp of her ladeing of coales then on board and bargained with them to doe the same after the rate of twelve shillings a man."[2]
