William Leatherman
| William Leatherman | |
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| Person | William Leatherman |
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| First name | William |
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| Last name | Leatherman |
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| Occupation | Mariner |
| Secondary shorebased occupation | |
| Mariner occupation | Master, Master's mate |
| Associated with ship(s) | Adventure of Newcastle (Master: William Leatherman) |
| Training | Not apprentice |
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| Citizen | Unknown |
| Literacy | Signature |
| Has opening text | William Letherman |
| Has signoff text | Will Leatherman |
| Signoff image | (Invalid transcription image) |
| Language skills | English language |
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| Res town | Woodbridge |
| Res county | Suffolk |
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| Res country | England |
| Birth year | 1628 |
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| First deposition age | 27 |
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| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/70 f.592v Annotate |
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| Deposition date(s) | Aug 25 1655 |
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| 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
William Leatherman (b. 1628; d. ?). Mariner.
Brother-in-law of Thomas Partridge, the actual master of the ship the Adventure of Newcastle. He shipped master's mate, but took over at Hull from Thomas Partridge when "a fitt of sicknesse tooke the said Thomas at Hull which caused alsoe a lamenesse in one of his leggs, whereby hee was utterly disabled to proceede thence in the said shipp and was forced to stay there and to put his said brother master of her in his place".[1]
Resident in 1655 in Woodbridge in the county of Suffolk.
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
Twenty-seven year old William Leatherman deposed on August 25th 1655 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined "On the behalfe of Thomas Partridge touching a losse of the Adventure of Newcastle".[2]
The case concerned the ship the Adventure of Newcastle, which sailed from Hull to Rotterdam. On her return voyage from Rotterdam to Hartlepool she sprung an incurable leake "that albeit shee was plied with three pumpes eight and fourtie houres together by which her men were soe spent and tired that they were readie to dropp downe".[3] The ship foundered and sank, but the crew saved themselves in the ship's boat.
William Leatherman stated that "hee well knew the shipp the Adventure interrogated whereof Thomas Partridge was master and soe knew her by the space of eight weekes or thereabouts before her miscariage hereafter mentioned, during which time hee served in her first as masters mate and then as master, the said Partridge falling sick and staying ashore at hill about seaven weekes before such her miscarriage or casting away, and this deponent thereupon taking charge of her there as master, and such his sicknesse being very violent and taking him alsoe with a lamenesse, disabled him the said Partridge to goe in her, and that was the reason of his not proceeding thence".[4]
