William Bassett
| William Bassett | |
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| Person | William Bassett |
| Title | |
| First name | William |
| Middle name(s) | |
| Last name | Bassett |
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| Spouse of | |
| Widow of | |
| Occupation | Grasier |
| Secondary shorebased occupation | |
| Mariner occupation | |
| Associated with ship(s) | |
| Training | Not apprentice |
| Is apprentice of | |
| Was apprentice of | |
| Had apprentice(s) | |
| Citizen | Unknown |
| Literacy | Signature |
| Has opening text | William Bassett |
| Has signoff text | William Bassett |
| 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 | Shadwell |
| Res parish | Stepney |
| Res town | |
| Res county | Middlesex |
| Res province | |
| Res country | England |
| Birth year | 1618 |
| Marriage year | |
| Death year | |
| Probate date | |
| First deposition age | 40 |
| Primary sources | |
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| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/72 f.416v Annotate |
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| Deposition date(s) | Sep 8 1658 |
| 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 | Shore based trade |
| Silver Ship litigation in 1650s | |
| Role in Silver Ship litigation | None |
Biographical synthesis
William Bassett (b. ca. 1618; d. ?). Grasier.
Resident in 1658 in Shadwell.
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
Forty year old William Bassett deposed on September 8th 1658 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on a libel on behalf of William Thomas in the case of "Wm Thomas against the shipp the John of Barkesheire and against Edmund Halley and his part thereof."[1]
William Bassett stated that "in or about the Month of Aprill 1656 there was a treaty of imployment of the arlate shipps the John of Barkeshire and the Sarah of London upon a maritime voyage and imployment from London to Greeneland and thence back for London made betwixt this deponent the arlate William Bassett the arlate Edmund Halley and William Thomas part owners of the three quarter parts of the sayd shipps, and Symon Messinger John Tarleton and Robert Browning arlate part owners of the other quarter part of the sayd shipps." An agreement was reached between all parties concerning the managing and ordering of a planned voyage to Spitzbergen ("Greeneland") to seek whales, and a contract was drawn up.[2]
