William Miller

William Miller

William Miller
Person	William Miller
Title
First name	William
Middle name(s)
Last name	Miller
Suffix
Spouse of
Widow of
Occupation	Mariner
Secondary shorebased occupation
Mariner occupation	Boatswain
Associated with ship(s)	Elizabeth of Gloucester (Master: Simon Bonython)
Training	Not apprentice
Is apprentice of
Was apprentice of
Had apprentice(s)
Citizen	Unknown
Literacy	Marke
Has opening text	Willielmus Miller
Has signoff text	Simple marke
Signoff image	(Invalid transcription image)
Language skills	English language
Has interpreter
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Res town	Bristol
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Res country	England
Birth year	1632
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First deposition age	28
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Deposition start page(s)	HCA 13/73 f.536r Annotate
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Deposition date(s)	Sep 20 1660
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

William Miller (alt. Willielmus Miller) (b. ca. 1632; d. ?). Mariner.

Boatswain of the ship the Elizabeth of Gloucester. Miller does not specify his office on board ship in his deposition, but he is named in a wage schedule attached to the relavant Admiralty Court allegation.

Resident in 1660 in Bristol.

Evidence from High Court of Admiralty

Twenty-eight year old William Miller deposed on September 20th 1660 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on a libel on behalf of Simon Bonython, the master of the Elizabeth of Gloucester, in the cause of "Simon Bonython against the ship the Elizabeth of Glocester".