John Dymes

  General Notes:

Extracted from The Northern World, North Europe and the Baltic 400-1700 as, Peoples, Economies and Cultures, Volume 71, John Dymes was appointed a lieutenant on an elderly galleon, the Nonsuch, 28 June 1628, but had been forcibly prevented from taking up that post by a previous incumbent. In January 1629, however, he had become master of a newly built ship, the Tenth Whelp, with fourteen guns and had taken a foreign vessel as a prize. By May 1629 Captain Dymes had stopped three Dutch ships hoping to take them as prizes but he had been forced to relinquish them as not legitimate prizes. Is September 1629 he escorted the herring fleet out of Yarmouth guarding them against been spoilt by Dunkirkers, before going on naval patrol at the Downs (off the East Coast of Kent). He seems to be stationed in Lewis in 1630-1. He made a survey and map of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides. Dymes commented in 1630 about a great deal of arable land for the production of oats. Large amounts of stock were kept and grazed on the island particularly in the rough pasture in the moorland interiors during the summer. Each of the 4 parishes of Lewis had about 20 townships each with about 10 cottages built close together.

John married Sarah Brandon on 15 Apr 1627 in Norwich, Norfolk, England. (Sarah Brandon was born about 1607 and was buried on 19 Apr 1678 in Norwich, Norfolk, England.)

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