Family and Education
bap. 31 Dec. 1570, ?o.s. of Richard Field, mariner, of Hull.Yorks. ERRO, PE158/1, p. 332; Hull RO, freemen’s reg. 1396-1645, f. 116v. m. (1) 17 May 1591, Isabell (bur. 9 Sept. 1609), da. of Richard Kay, mariner, of Hull, 8s. (5 d.v.p.) 5da. (2 d.v.p.);Yorks. ERRO, PE158/1, pp. 30-79, 198, 328, 374, 379, 403, 409, 414, 437, 454, 461; Hull RO, freemen’s reg. 1396-1645, f. 90v. (2) by 1612, Joan (bur. ?8 June 1640),The register gives ‘Jane Field widow’ [Yorks. ERRO, PE158/1, p. 491], but Joan Field disappeared from the subsidy accts. in 1641 [E179/205/440, 461, 469]. 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 5da. (1 d.v.p.).Yorks. ERRO, PE158/1, pp. 98-124, 429, 440; Borthwick, Reg. Test. 40, f. 156v; E179/205/440. suc. fa. by 1591.Field’s father was dead when he took up his freedom: Hull RO, freemen’s reg. 1396-1645, f. 116v. bur. 16 Dec. 1627 16 Dec. 1627. Yorks. ERRO, PE158/1, p. 463. sig. Joseph Feild.
Offices Held

Freeman, Hull 1591, chamberlain 1595 – 96, sheriff 1600 – 01, alderman 1602 – d., mayor 1603 – 04, 1614–15; Hull RO, freemen’s reg. f. 116v; Bench Bk. 4, ff. 295v, 333v, 343v, 353; Bench Bk. 5, ff. 18, 92v. feoffee, Hull g.s. 1604–?d.; Hull RO, D.786, D.817. collector subsidy, Hull 1606, E401/2406. overseer, Charity Hall 1618–19. Hull RO, Bench Bk. 5, f. 28v.

Member, Hull Merchants’ Co. 1591; Hull RO, Merchants’ Soc. Reg. 1647–1706 [DSN 1]. Merchant Adventurer by ?1602, MI in Holy Trinity, Hull. His earliest recorded shipment to the staple at Middelburg was in 1602, see E190/311/11, f. 17v. dep. gov. 1619; APC, 1619–21, pp. 90–1. member, ?Eastland Co. by 1602, He was trading with the staple at Elbing by 1602: E190/311/11, f. 3. French Co. 1611. Select Charters of Trading Cos. ed. C.T. Carr (Selden Soc. xxviii), 65.

Main residence: Trinity ward, Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorks.
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Commons 1604-1629
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FIELD, Joseph (1570-1627)

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