Stephen Taylor
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| Stephen Taylor | |
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| Person | Stephen Taylor |
| Title | |
| First name | Stephen |
| Middle name(s) | |
| Last name | Taylor |
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| Occupation | Mariner |
| Secondary shorebased occupation | |
| Mariner occupation | Gunner |
| Associated with ship(s) | Affrican frigot (Master: Captaine Isaac Woodgreene) |
| Training | Not apprentice |
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| Citizen | Unknown |
| Literacy | Marke |
| Has opening text | Stephen Taylor |
| Has signoff text | ST |
| 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 | 1604 |
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| First deposition age | 50 |
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| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/70 f.8r Annotate |
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| Deposition date(s) | Nov 10 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 | Private man of war [CHECK"Private man of war [CHECK" cannot be used as a page name in this wiki. |
| Silver Ship litigation in 1650s | |
| Role in Silver Ship litigation | None |
Biographical synthesis
Stephen Taylor (b. ca. 1604; d. ?). Mariner.
Gunner of the ship the Affrican frigot (Master: Captaine Isaac Woodgreene).
Resident in 1654 in the parish of Stepney.
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
Fifty year old Stephen Taylor deposed on November 10th 1654 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on an allegation on behalf of Henry Hunt and Company in the case of "Henry Hunt Thomas Barnardiston and William Lord imployers of the African frigot whereof Isaac Woodgreene is commander against the Madam Guardiana and her lading".
Stephen Taylor stated that the Affrican frigot surprised a French ship named the Madame Guardiana on Good Friday 1654 near the Isle of Scio.[1]
