Thomas Harris
| Thomas Harris | |
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| Person | Thomas Harris |
| Title | |
| First name | Thomas |
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| Last name | Harris |
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| Widow of | |
| Occupation | Mariner |
| Secondary shorebased occupation | |
| Mariner occupation | Master |
| Associated with ship(s) | Sea fflower (Master: Thomas Harris) |
| Training | Not apprentice |
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| Was apprentice of | |
| Had apprentice(s) | |
| Citizen | Unknown |
| Literacy | Marke |
| Has opening text | Thomas Harris |
| Has signoff text | H |
| Signoff image | (Invalid transcription image) |
| Language skills | English language |
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| Res county | Isle of Wight |
| Res province | |
| Res country | England |
| Birth year | 1595 |
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| First deposition age | 58 |
| Primary sources | |
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| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/68 f.312r Annotate, HCA 13/68 f.316v Annotate |
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| Deposition date(s) | Nov 7 1653, Nov 8 1653 |
| 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
Thomas Harris (b. ca. 1595; d. ?). Mariner.
Master and half owner of the ship the Sea fflower.
Resident in 1653 in the Isle of Wight.
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
November 1653
Fifty-eight year old Thomas Harris deposed on November 7th 1653 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on an allegation on behalf of Colonel Pride in "The clayme of Colonell Pridgesor for beefe and porke in the Sea fflower".[1]
The case concerned a lading of beef and pork put on board the ship the Sea fflower by John Snow at Bristol on May 1st 1653 to be transported to Portsmouth. The meat was to be used to victual the navy. However, en route for Portsmouth, the Sea fflower was seized by the Dutch and carried to Saint Mallo. John Harris could not detail the merhcnat's marks used on the goods "by reason the bills of ladeing and all other his this deponents papers on board were taken from him by a dutch man of warr".[2] The meat was bought on behalf of Colonel Pride and the other navy victuallers.
Thomas Harris and his crew were turned out of their ship, but she was subsequently retaken by the Saphir. Harris subsequently found his ship again in October 1653 at Plymouth.[3]
Thomas Harris deposed in Court a day later on November 8th 1653. He was examined on a related case on an allegation on behalf of "The clayme of John Snowe English merchant for 124 bushells of white pease and 13 way of coales conteyning eighteene chadron and 24 bushells put on board the shipp the Sea fflower whereof one Thomas Harris was master".[4]
