William Smart
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| William Smart | |
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| Person | William Smart |
| Title | |
| First name | William |
| Middle name(s) | |
| Last name | Smart |
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| Spouse of | |
| Widow of | |
| Occupation | Mariner |
| Secondary shorebased occupation | |
| Mariner occupation | |
| Associated with ship(s) | |
| Training | Not apprentice |
| Is apprentice of | |
| Was apprentice of | |
| Had apprentice(s) | |
| Citizen | Unknown |
| Literacy | Marke |
| Has opening text | William Smart |
| Has signoff text | Simple marke |
| Signoff image | (Invalid transcription image) |
| Language skills | English language |
| Has interpreter | |
| Birth street | |
| Birth parish | |
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| Birth county | |
| Birth province | |
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| Res street | |
| Res parish | |
| Res town | Barking |
| Res county | Middlesex |
| Res province | |
| Res country | England |
| Birth year | 1632 |
| Marriage year | |
| Death year | |
| Probate date | |
| First deposition age | 24 |
| Primary sources | |
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| Interrogatories page(s) | |
| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/70 f.659v Annotate |
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| Act book date(s) | |
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| Allegation date(s) | |
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| Deposition date(s) | Jan 4 1656 |
| 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 | Hoy |
| Silver Ship litigation in 1650s | |
| Role in Silver Ship litigation | None |
Biographical synthesis
William Smart (b. ca. 1632; d. ?). Mariner.
Sailed on a hoy ("this deponent sailed and served in the hoy of Edmond Hampson").[1] His hoy was possibly used for fishing.
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
Twenty-four year old William Smart deposed on January 4th 1656 in the High Court of Admiralty.[2] He ws examined on an allegation in the cause of "XX".
William Smmart stated that "the said 5 hoys and theire companys might (in this deponents iudgment) in the tyme they spent in saveinge and preservinge the sayd shipp the Hope, have earned at least 40 li sterling each vessell by theire fishing imployment".[3]
