William Miller

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William Miller
Person William Miller
Title
First name William
Middle name(s)
Last name Miller
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Occupation Mariner
Secondary shorebased occupation
Mariner occupation Boatswain
Associated with ship(s) Elizabeth of Gloucester (Master: Simon Bonython)
Training Not apprentice
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Citizen Unknown
Literacy Marke
Has opening text Willielmus Miller
Has signoff text Simple marke
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Language skills English language
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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
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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 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. [1]

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.[2] 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".[3]

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  2. HCA 13/73 f.536r
  3. HCA 13/73 f.535r