BOWER, JOHN [SSNE 7761]

Surname

BOWER

First name

JOHN

Nationality

ENGLISH

Region

BRIDLINGTON, YORKSHIRE

Text source

John Bower was an Englishman who owned a ship, a ‘galliot hoy’ registered in Bridlington, Yorkshire. Bower’s ship had been pressed into service by the late Mayor of Newcastle, Henry Madison and was ratified by Sir William Coventry on 23 September 1666. Bower’s ship left Newcastle for Gothenburg sometime in 1666. Sir William Blackett [SSNE 7759] wrote to the Navy Commissioners in January 1667 to determine the status of the payment of Bower’s contract. The contract, along with work on several of the Navy frigates in Newcastle’s dockyard was valued by Blackett to be at 342 pounds, 2 shillings and 6 pence. 

Sources: Calendar of State Papers, Domestic, Charles II, 1666-1667, p. 462, Sir William Blackett to the Navy Commissioners, 19.01.1667, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 

In 1684 he co signed a letter in Stockholm with the British merchants Adam Leyell [SSNE 6493], Henry Leyell [SSNE 3614], Jacob Mesterton [SSNE 6696], Thomas Lake [SSNE 8343], Johan Geddes (possibly [SSNE 2321]) and John Strother [SSNE 8344]. See https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/A0073901_00251#?c=&m=&s=&cv=250&xywh=2859%2C577%2C4757%2C2608

This entry was created by Adam Grimshaw.

Service record

ENGLAND, GOTHENBURG

Arrived 1666-01-01

Departed 1667-12-31

Capacity SHIP OWNER, purpose MERCHANT, COMMERCIAL, TRADE