Thomas Bland
| Thomas Bland | |
|---|---|
| Person | Thomas Bland |
| Title | |
| First name | Thomas |
| Middle name(s) | |
| Last name | Bland |
| Suffix | |
| Spouse of | |
| Widow of | |
| Occupation | Scrivener |
| Secondary shorebased occupation | |
| Mariner occupation | |
| Associated with ship(s) | |
| Training | Not apprentice |
| Is apprentice of | |
| Was apprentice of | |
| Had apprentice(s) | Thomas Nicholls |
| Citizen | Unknown |
| Literacy | Signature |
| Has opening text | Thomas Bland |
| 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 | Saint Stephen Coleman Street |
| Res town | London |
| Res county | |
| Res province | |
| Res country | England |
| Birth year | 1624 |
| Marriage year | |
| Death year | 1667 |
| Probate date | December 14, 1667 |
| First deposition age | |
| Primary sources | |
| Act book start page(s) | |
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| Allegation start page(s) | |
| Interrogatories page(s) | |
| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/71 f.110r Annotate |
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| Act book date(s) | |
| Personal answer date(s) | |
| Allegation date(s) | |
| Interrogatories date(s) | |
| Deposition date(s) | Mar 10 1656 |
| How complete is this biography? | |
| Has infobox completed | Yes |
| Has synthesis completed | No |
| Has HCA evidence completed | No |
| Has source comment completed | No |
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| Silver Ship litigation in 1650s | |
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Biographical synthesis
Thomas Bland (b.ca.1624; d.ca.1667). Citizen and scrivener.
Resident in parish of Saint Stephen Coleman Street in 1656.
The will of Thomas Bland, scrivener of London, was proved on December 14th 1667.[1]
Rupert Taylor (1981) suggests that a thirty-six year old widow Mary Bland, resident in the parish of Saint Peter the Poor in 1638, who married Luke Cropley, a thirty-five year olf gentleman of Saint Peter the Poor, may have been the widow of the scivener Thomas Bland.[2]
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
Thirty-two year old Thomas Bland deposed on March 10th 1656 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on an allegation on behalf of Travers in the case of "Travers against Burridge and Spicer".[3]
Bland testified that a specific charterparty had been signed sealed and delivered by William Webber to Travers in the presence of Bland and Bland's servant, Thomas Nicholls.[4]
Comment on sources
PROB 11/325/586 Will of Thomas Bland, Scrivener of London 14 December 1667- ↑ PROB 11/325/586 Will of Thomas Bland, Scrivener of London 14 December 1667
- ↑ Rupert Taylor, 'The parentage of James Day (died 1700) and wife Mary of Isle of Wight County, Virginia', in Genealogies of Virginia Families: From Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, vol. 1 (Baltimore, Maryland, 1981), pp.542-545
- ↑ HCA 13/71 f.110r
- ↑ HCA 13/71 f.110r
