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Johnson’s yard had the greatest capacity of all commercial yards on the Thames. As business expanded there was a shortage of skilled labour and Johnson had to seek assurances that his carpenters and other work were not set
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because the finances of the company were poor, and its business was affected by the Civil War. Johnson was able to buy the yard for £4,350. He lived at
Blackwall in the house at the entrance to the dockyard at the north-west corner of the yard. Between 1653 and 1656 he bought land outside the yard
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Johnson died at Bath and was buried on 19 November 1683 in the East India
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