Robert Shorting
| Robert Shorting | |
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| Person | Robert Shorting |
| Title | |
| First name | Robert |
| Middle name(s) | |
| Last name | Shorting |
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| Spouse of | |
| Widow of | |
| Occupation | Mariner |
| Secondary shorebased occupation | |
| Mariner occupation | Boatswain |
| Associated with ship(s) | Mary of London (Master: William ffishman) |
| Training | Not apprentice |
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| Was apprentice of | |
| Had apprentice(s) | |
| Citizen | Unknown |
| Literacy | Signature |
| Has opening text | Robert Shorting |
| Has signoff text | Robert Shorting |
| Signoff image | (Invalid transcription image) |
| Language skills | English language |
| Has interpreter | |
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| Birth country | |
| Res street | Wapping |
| Res parish | |
| Res town | |
| Res county | Middlesex |
| Res province | |
| Res country | England |
| Birth year | 1633 |
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| First deposition age | 22 |
| Primary sources | |
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| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/70 f.204v Annotate |
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| Deposition date(s) | Jan 3 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
Robert Shorting (b. ca. 1633; d. ?). Mariner.
Boatswain of the ship the Mary of London (Master: William ffishman).
Resident in 1655 in Wapping in the county of Middlesex.
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
Twenty-two year old Robert Shorting deposed on January 3rd 1655 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined "On the behalfe of the said Whetcombe and Jackson touching the Mary".
Robert Shorting was literate, and made reference to his need as boatswain to observe and note down the marks of different merchants and laders of goods. He stated that there were "thirtie butts of wine, seaven hundred and twenty peeces of fruite, and about foure hundred barrells of raisings, all which were soe laden by Mr Jackson a factor there, and to be transported to this port, and saith the said goods were marked either with PWW or BW namely some of them were marked with the first and the rest with the second of the said markes, And saith hee heard the said Jackson at Malaga say that the said goods were all for the accompt of Mr Whetcombe and one Mr Jackson merchants of this citie, and hee came to take notice of the said markes because hee was boatswaine and tooke notice thereof in necessitie".[1]
