Roger Robeartes
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| Roger Robeartes | |
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| Person | Roger Robeartes |
| Title | |
| First name | Roger |
| Middle name(s) | |
| Last name | Robeartes |
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| Spouse of | |
| Widow of | |
| Occupation | Mariner |
| Secondary shorebased occupation | |
| Mariner occupation | Gunner |
| Associated with ship(s) | Sampson of London (Master: John Lynes) |
| Training | Not apprentice |
| Is apprentice of | |
| Was apprentice of | |
| Had apprentice(s) | |
| Citizen | Unknown |
| Literacy | Signature |
| Has opening text | Roger Roberts |
| Has signoff text | Roger Robeartes |
| Signoff image | (Invalid transcription image) |
| Language skills | English language |
| Has interpreter | |
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| Birth country | |
| Res street | Shadwell |
| Res parish | Stepney |
| Res town | |
| Res county | Middlesex |
| Res province | |
| Res country | England |
| Birth year | 1614 |
| Marriage year | |
| Death year | |
| Probate date | |
| First deposition age | 40 |
| Primary sources | |
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| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/71 f.660r Annotate |
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| Deposition date(s) | Aug 9 1654 |
| 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
Roger Robeartes (b. ca. 1614; d. ?). Mariner.
Late gunner on the ship the Sampson of London (Master: John Lynes).
Resident in 1654 in Shadwell in the parish of Stepney.
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
Forty year old Roger Robeartes deposed on August 9th 1654 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined "On the behalfe of Captaine John Lynes late commander of the shipp the Sampson of London".[1]
The case concerned the seizure of the ship the Sampson at Bahia in Brazil by the King of Portugal in May 1649.
