Edmond Button (d.1652/53)

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Edmond Button

NationalityBritish
RolesNaval Sailor
First Known Service1652CSORN
Last Known Service18.2.1652/53CSORN
Date of Death18.2.1652/53 - Battle of PortlandW015

Event History

Date from	Date to	Event	Source
1652		Worcester (48) 1651-1703 British 48 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line 1660 Renamed "Dunkirk" , Lieutenant	NRS013
19.5.1652		Battle of Dover
30.11.1652		Battle of Dungeness
1653	18.2.1652/53	Sampson (22) 1652-1653 British 22 Gun 5th Rate Ship , Captain, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1603
18.2.1652/53	20.2.1652/53	Battle of Portland

Notes on Officer

From: "House of Commons Journal Volume 7: 15 April 1653"W015
To the Widow of Captain Edmond Button, late Captain of the Samson Prize, who hath Four Children, the eldest not Nine Years, the Sum of Four hundred Pounds; the One Half thereof to herself, and the other Half to her Children.

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1603Rif Winfield, Book

CSORNDavid Bonner-Smith, Robert L. DiNardo, David Syrett, Web Site

NRS013Samuel R. Gardiner, Book

W015Various, Web Site

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