William Clutterbucke
| William Clutterbucke | |
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| Person | William Clutterbucke |
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| First name | William |
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| Last name | Clutterbucke |
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| Occupation | Mariner |
| Secondary shorebased occupation | |
| Mariner occupation | Purser |
| Associated with ship(s) | Harry Bonadventure (Master: Robert Swanley) |
| Training | Not apprentice |
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| Citizen | Unknown |
| Literacy | Signature |
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| Has signoff text | William Clutterbucke |
| Signoff image | (Invalid transcription image) |
| Language skills | English language |
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| Res town | Hackney |
| Res county | Middlesex |
| Res province | |
| Res country | England |
| Birth year | 1630 |
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| First deposition age | 23 |
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| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/68 f.138v Annotate |
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| Deposition date(s) | Sep 24 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 | In service of the Commonwealth |
| Silver Ship litigation in 1650s | |
| Role in Silver Ship litigation | None |
Biographical synthesis
William Clutterbucke (alt. Clutterbuck) (b.ca.1630; d.?). Mariner.
Purser on the ship the Harry Bonadventure.
Resident in 1653 in Hackney.
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
William Clutterbucke, a twenty-three year old mariner, deposed on September 24th 1653 in the High Court of Admiralty.[1] He was examined on an allegation on behalf of the Keeper of the Liberty of England as part of "A busines of examination of Witnesses for the perpetuall remembrance of the matter on behalfe of the Keeper of the Liberty of England by authority of Parliament concerning the losse of a certaine shipp named the Harry Bonadventure whereof Robert Swanley was captaine and the goods that were in her and concerning a certaine shipp or vessell named the Saint Peter where of one Claes Symondson Cohone was master being a shipp formerly belonging to the Dutch subiects of the States of the United Provinces and taken and seized by Captaine Swanly in the sayd shipp the Harry Bonadventure in the immediate service of this Commonwealth."[2]
Complete list of witnesses examined on the same allegation were
- Lorenzo Michael of Sevill in Spayne corporall of the sayd shipp the Harry Bonadventure aged thirty yeares[3]
- James Collett of the parish of Stepney in Middlesex cooper of the sayd shipp the Harry Bonadventure aged eight and twenty yeares[4]
- Robert Tibbet of Limehouse in the county of Middlesex mariner master of the sayd shipp the Harry Bonadventure aged six and forty yeares[5]
- John Standen of London neere Bottolphs wharfe chyrurgeon of the sayd ship the Harry Bonadventure aged 28 yeares[6]
- William Clutterbuck of Hackney in the county of Middlesex mariner purser of the sayd shipp the Harry Bonadventure aged three and twenty yeares[7]
- John Merrick of Wapping in the county of Middlesex mariner late Leiuetenant of the Harry Bonadventure and afterwards master or commander of the Saint Peter a foresayd, aged one and thirty yeares[8]
- Richard Hall of Ratcliffe in the county of Middlesex mariner, quartermaster of the sayd shipp the Harry Bonadventure aged five and thirty yeares[9]
- Richard Clayton of Blackwall in the county of Middlesex mariner, late cooke of the sayd shipp the Harry Bonadventure, aged five and thirty yeares[10]
- Robert Swanley of Hackney in the county of Middlesex mariner late captaine or commander of the sayd shipp the Harry Bonadventure, aged eight and thirty yeares[11]
