Charles LIGHTFOOT
- Born: 1663 ?
- Died: Nov 1696 at age 33
Noted events in his life were:
• Alt. Christening: possibly, 1663, London, England. CHARLES LIGHTFOOTE
Christening:
22 SEP 1663 Saint Mildred Poultry With Saint Mary Colechurch, London, London, England
Father: FRANCIS LIGHTFOOTE
Batch No.: Dates: Source Call No.: Type: Printout Call No.: Type: C058402 1538 - 1812 0374989 Film 6900168 Film Sheet: 00
• Occupation: purser : Harwich, Essex, ENGLAND. purser of H.[er] M.[ajesty's] Ship the Rupert
A ship's purser is the person on a ship responsible for the handling of money on board. On modern merchant ships the purser is the officer responsible for all administration and supply; frequently the cooks and stewards answer to him as well.
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purser]
HMS Rupert (1666)
HMS Rupert was a 66-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched in 1666 at Harwich.
By 1685 she was carrying only 64 guns. In 1697 she was taken into Plymouth Dockyard to be rebuilt by Rosewell, and she launched again in November 1703 as a 66-gun third rate once again. In 1716 she was reduced to a fourth rate, and on 16 August 1736 she was ordered to be taken to pieces and rebuilt at Sheerness. She was relaunched on 27 October 1740 as 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line.
Rupert was broken up in 1769.
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Rupert_(1666)]
• Will, 1696. The 5th day of October, 1696 I Charles LIghtfoott, gent., now purser of H. M. Ship the Rupert To my sister Frances Lightfoot L50. 'if she ever come into England and demands it not elce." The reside of my goods & personal estate I give to my sister Lucy the now wife of Francis Whitton citizen and Merchant Tailor, and I make her my sole executrix.
Witnesses: Diana Gaddis, Nathaniel Harford, John Suffield.
Proved at London 18 November 1696.
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