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A history of the administration of the Royal Navy

Volume 13 — INDEX

Reading edition

Men-of-war not especially indexed under their names will be found in the lists of ships of the various periods.

A

Administration, disorganisation of, 189-194, 222-229.

excellence of, 305, 306.

regulations for, 111, 112, 367.

re-organisation of, 194-197.

Adventure, 328.

Admiral of England, office of, 65.

Admirals of thirteenth century, 4.

Admirals, the Lords, 64-66, 86, 104, 111, 112, 148, 166, 189, 194, 195, 199, 215, 240, 279, 280 and n., 283, 288, 300, 346.

Admiralty, Commissioners of (of Charles I), 235, 237, 279 and n.

(of Commonwealth), 306, 319, 327, 328, 346, 347.

Court of, 317 and n.

Lieutenant of, 85, 86, 104.

Secretary of, 3, 4.

Alderne, Thomas, 324 n., 326.

Alkin, Elizabeth, 323 n.

Allen, Thomas, 150, 394 and n., 396.

Ambassadors, Spanish, reports of, 59, 133.

Venetian, —— —, 60, 90, 133.

Anchors, 15, 181, 182, 257, 371.

Anne Gallant, 49 and n., 66, 68.

Anne Royal, 202, 203, 212, 220, 221, 223, 237, 264.

Antelope (of Henry VIII), 51, 58.

(of Mary), 110.

(of James I), 202, 264.

Anthony, Anthony, 56, 58.

Apprentices, 284.

Apsley, Sir Allen, 189, 228, 230, 233, 236, 238.

Ark Royal, 121 and n., 123, 129, 158, 160, 203, 221.

Armament, see Ships, armament of.

Armies, foreign, 47.

Army, the English, 47.

Articles of war, 311, 312.

Artillery, Garden, 96, 158.

Artillery, Henry VIII and, 56.

Artisans, 73, 211.

Aylesbury, Sir Thomas, 258, 281.

Audley, Sir Thomas, 63 and n.

B

Baeshe, Edward, 103, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144.

Bagg, Sir James, 232.

Baker, James, 73.

Baker, Mathew, 132, 151, 152, 162, 163, 203, 204, 208, 209, 266, 267, 395, 396.

Ballast, 127, 128, 257.

Balinger, 13 and n., 15.

Baltimore, sack of, 275.

Banastre, Nicholas, 16.

Barges, 13.

Barlow, Thomas, 282 and n.

Barton, John, 70, 72.

Batten, William, 249, 250, 281, 288.

Battles, sea (of 1340 and 1350), 5, 7.

(of 1416 and 1417), 13.

(of 1458), 27.

(of 1512-13), 63.

Beaufort, John, Earl of Somerset, 65 n.

Thomas, 65 n.

Bedford, John Plantagenet, Duke of, 65 n.

Beer, 83, 138, 140, 220, 236, 315, 371.

Berd, Robert, 14.

Berg, Christopher van, 274.

Beverage, 220, 384 and n.

Bigatt, William, 388.

Bingley, Sir Richard, 189.

Bitakyll, 15.

Blake, Robert, 327, 328, 363.

Bludder, Sir Thomas, 189.

Boats, 80, 339 and n.

Boat tackles, 339 n., 374 and n.

Bonaventure (of Elizabeth), 119, 120 and n., 123, 131, 140, 195, 206.

(of James I), 187, 202, 208, 259, 344.

Bonnets, 14, 127, 377.

Borough, Stephen, 149.

William, 126, 129, 149, 152, 167, 382-391, 393, 394, 397.

Boughton, Sir Edward, 70.

Bounty system, English, 19, 37, 38, 88, 89, 107, 167, 168, 201, 269.

Spanish, 37 and n., 53.

Bourne, Nehemiah, 315, 326, 347, 348, 349, 363, 365.

Bowman, Piers, 31.

Bray, Sir Reginald, 36.

Brewhouses, 69.

Bribery, 194, 280, 282, 286, 317.

Bristol, 332 and n.

Brittany, 46.

Brooke, Richard, 78.

William, 85.

Browne, John, 213, 288.

Sir Weston, 79.

Brygandine, Robert, 36, 39, 53, 83.

Buck, Peter, 149, 246, 397.

Buckingham, Duke of. See Villiers, George, Duke of Buckingham.

Build. See Ships, build of.

Bull, 58.

Bull, Richard, 73.

Bulmer, John, 274.

Burghley, William Cecil, Lord, 113, 137, 141, 142, 146-148, 179, 394-7.

Burre, Olyff, 167, 169.

Burrell, William, 195 and n., 208, 209, 229, 259, 282.

Burton, William, 349.

Butler, Nathaniel, 253.

C

Cabins, 23, 129, 206.

Cadiz voyage of 1625, 219-222, 225, 251.

Cannon perier, 54 n., 156, 157, 212.

petro, 56 and n., 155-157.

Canvas, 15, 98, 103, 181, 182, 363, 371.

Capstan, 80 and n., 127.

Captains, 26, 77, 146, 152, 154, 226, 229, 232, 285, 287, 312, 352-354.

servants of, 154.

Carew, Sir George, 80.

Carvel build, 54, 255, 256.

Cat, the, 239.

Catton, William, 12.

Caverle, Jeronimo Cæsar de, 264.

Cecil, Edward, Viscount Wimbledon, 220.

Cecil, Sir Robert, 166, 171.

Channel, English, command of, 2, 16, 18, 31, 32, 37, 68, 101, 105, 184, 302, 343.

lordship of, 6, 291 n.

Chapman, Richard, 151, 152, 209, 395.

Charles, 254, 257, 269, 338, 344.

Charles I, political conditions under, 217-219.

and the seamen, 242, 243.

interference of, in naval affairs, 252, 261 and n., 263.

as a naval organiser, 295 n.

Chatham Chest, 145, 192, 245-247, 323, 324.

Chips, 73, 285.

Christ, 49 and n., 66.

Cinque Ports, 2 and n., 7, 26.

Civil War, seamen and the, 240-242.

Clere, Sir Thomas, 85, 86, 104.

Clerk of the Ships. See Ships, Clerk of.

Clerks of the check, 349, 356.

Clifton, Gervays, 26.

Clinker build, 54, 255, 256.

Clynton, Edward, Lord, 104, 111, 148.

Clyvedon, Richard, 24, 31.

Coast defences, 92, 289.

line of France, 3, 24, 46.

Coke, Sir John, 192, 195 and n., 196, 234, 279 n.

Colours, Tudor, 41, 62, 182.

Combresale, Wm., 33, 36.

Commissions of Inquiry, 147, 162, 191, 193, 229, 246, 324 and n.

Commissioners, see Admiralty, and Navy.

Commonwealth, increase of Navy under, 302, 303, 338.

finance of, 303 and n.

Conduct money, 72, 164, 197, 311.

Constant Reformation, 202, 207, 208, 228, 230, 259, 264.

Constant Warwick, 255 and n.

Contracts, registration of, 134, 135, 243.

Convoys, 68, 139, 312, 313, 342.

Cook-room, 128, 206.

Cordage, 15, 92, 113, 150, 181, 182, 209, 217, 257, 363, 371.

Corporals, 154, 225 and n., 226.

Cotton, Sir Robert, 193, 194, 397.

Council of State, 319, 346, 348.

Courts-martial, 311 n., 312, 354, 357, 382, 391.

Cox, Owen, 345.

Crane, John, 238.

Cranfield, Sir Lionel, 194, 195 n.

Cranley, Richard, 288.

Crews, character of, 188, 221, 223, 227, 228, 231, 237, 314.

proportions of, 56 and n., 124, 134, 214, 341.

Cromwell, Oliver, 318, 319, 320 and n.

Richard, 320.

Crossbar shot, 57, 289.

Crowe, Sir Sackville, 245, 281 and n.

Culverins, 55, 155-157, 212, 341, 380.

Curtalls, 55, 157 n., 380.

Customs Department, 171, 201.

D

Darell, Marmaduke, 144, 189.

Sampson, 190.

Darts, 57.

Davis, John, 152.

Davits, 339 n., 374 n.

Dead Shares, 75, 152.

Dean Forest, 288, 367.

Debts, Commonwealth, 294, 319, 351, 368, 369, 370.

crown, 21, 27, 108, 194, 227, 228, 236, 288, 294, 298.

Decoration, see Ships, Decoration of.

Defiance (of Elizabeth), 121, 129, 131, 158, 344.

Demi cannon, 55, 56, 155-157, 212, 262, 341.

culverin, 55, 56, 155-157, 212, 262, 341.

Denbigh, Wm. Fielding, Earl of, 233.

Desertion, 223, 224, 227, 228, 237, 242.

Digby, Sir Kenelm, 244, 282.

Discipline, 3, 79, 188, 214, 220, 221, 229, 239, 307 n., 312, 349, 367.

Disease, see Fleets, disease on board.

Docks (under Henry VI), 29, 30.

(under Henry VIII), 68, 72.

Deptford, 14, 285.

Dry, 39, 40, 210, 297, 364, 365.

Southampton, 23.

Dockyard expenditure, 102, 103, 113, 149, 294, 299, 368.

Dockyards,

Chatham, 101, 102, 113, 149-151, 209, 210, 297, 298, 299, 348, 364.

Deptford, 70, 71, 102, 103, 113, 119, 149, 150, 209, 299, 364.

Erith, 71, 72.

Harwich, 102, 315, 348, 362, 363.

Portsmouth, 39, 40, 68, 69, 102, 103, 113, 119, 210, 296, 297, 348, 364, 365.

Rouen, 9.

Woolwich, 69, 70, 102, 103, 113, 119, 150, 209, 297, 364.

Downing, Joshua, 284.

Dragon, (of Henry VIII), 51, 58, 59, 101.

Drake, Sir Francis, 129, 136, 140, 143, 145, 164, 165, 167, 168 and n., 382-391.

Dreadnought (of Elizabeth), 119, 120, 126, 131, 235, 263.

Drebbel, Cornelius, 256 n.

Dryngs, 80 and n., 373.

Ducat, value of, 37 n.

Dudley, John, Lord Lisle, 64, 66, 77, 93, 104.

Dudley, Robert, Earl of Leicester, 139, 171.

Duro, C. Fernandez, referred to, 13 n., 37 n., 46, 53 n., 116 n., 154 n.

Dutch War of 1652-4, 240 and n., 242, 304-308.

Dyse of iron, 57, 96.

E

Echyngham, Sir Edward, 61.

Eden, Alexander, 26.

Edisbury, Kenrick, 258, 274, 281.

Edward III, commercial policy of, 7.

fighting ships under, 9.

general policy of, 5.

gold noble of, 6, 7.

Edward IV, commercial policy of, 34.

naval policy of, 31.

navy of, 33.

Edward VI, maintenance of navy under, 100, 108.

Elizabeth, naval policy of, 115-118.

ships in commission under, 118.

Elizabeth Jonas, 120, 122, 131, 132, 133 and n., 135, 137, 206.

Elton, Richard, 349.

Elyot, Hugh, 38.

Embezzlements. See Thefts.

Enriquez, Alonso, 65 n.

Equipment. See Ships, equipment of.

Evelyn, George, 160.

John, 160.

Ewe, Sir William, 26.

Exeter, Henry Holland third Duke of, 65 n.

John Holland, second Duke of, 65 n.

Expeditions under Edward IV, 31.

Henry VIII, 74, 77.

Elizabeth, 117, 136, 137, 140, 160, 164.

James I, 187.

Charles I, 219-222, 228, 231, 233, 251, 277, 278.

Expenditure, dockyard. See Dockyard.

naval, under Henry VI, 22, 23, 24.

Henry VII, 35.

Henry VIII, 93, 94.

Edward VI, 102, 103, 108.

Mary, 111, 112, 113.

Elizabeth, 117, 160-165.

James I, 195, 197 and n.

Charles I, 293-295.

during Interregnum, 303, 304, 368-370.

F

Fauconberg, Bastard of, 32.

Ferrers, Walter Devereux, Lord, 77.

Figure heads, 61, 131, 341.

Fisheries, 42, 89, 92, 107, 108, 167, 200.

Fitzwalter, Lord, 27.

Fitzwilliam, Wm., Earl of Southampton, 52, 61, 66.

Flags, 15, 41, 62 and n., 182, 183, 213, 214, 300, 370, 377.

Fleming, Denis, 282, 283 n.

Fleet, of 1588, cost of, 163.

epidemic in, 137, 138.

formations, 59, 307 n.

regulations, 3, 63, 64.

Fleets, armament of, 155.

Cinque Ports, 2, 26.

contracted for, 24, 27, 28, 31.

cost of, 26, 163, 164, 197 and n., 198, 225, 295.

disease in, 77, 114, 136, 137, 183, 219, 220, 228, 231, 235, 237, 321, 323.

division of, 64, 183, 307 n.

during Civil war, 264, 295.

during Commonwealth, 302, 303, 307, 323, 341, 342.

maintenance of, 5.

manning of, 74, 242, 311, 314.

merchantmen in, 35, 118, 163, 251, 295, 342.

of Richard I, 3.

John, 3.

Edward III, 6.

Edward VI, 101.

Mary, 110, 111.

Elizabeth, 164.

James I, 188.

Charles I, 219, 222, 225, 231, 233, 235, 237, 238, 239, 251, 252, 276, 277.

Foresight (of Elizabeth), 120, 122, 166 and n., 206.

Forests, 288, 367.

Foster, Edward, 79.

France, Navy of, 9, 21, 264-266, 304.

Freight, cost of, 343.

from Spain to America, 398.

Frigates, 255 n., 338.

Furring, 187 and n.

G

Gabriel Royal, 49 and n., 70, 77.

Galleasses, 57, 58, 128 and n.

Galley Blancherd, 78.

Galley oarsmen, 5, 78, 126.

Galley Subtylle, 51 and n., 59, 78, 100.

Galleys, English, 5 and n., 12, 41, 57-60, 78, 101, 121, 123, 125 and n., 126, 207.

foreign, 5, 9, 60, 78, 126.

Garland (of Elizabeth), 121, 129, 131, 205, 206, 210.

(of James I), 188, 202, 208, 344.

Gibbs, Stephen, 274.

Gibson, Richard, 307 n., 308.

Gillingham. See Dockyards, Chatham.

Girdling, 187 and n., 258.

Gloucester, Richard, Duke of, 65 n.

Golden Hind. See Pelican.

Golden Lion. See Lion (of Elizabeth).

Gonson, Benjamin, 85, 86, 104, 108, 112, 144, 145.

Junior, 149.

William, 81, 84, 85, 93.

Grace Dieu (of Henry V), 12 n., 13, 14, 15, 19, 23, 29.

(of Edward IV), 33, 36.

(merchantman), 19, 37.

Grand Mistress, 51 and n., 55, 58, 59, 101, 109.

Great Barbara, 49 and n., 55.

Great Christopher, 51 and n., 122, 123.

Great Elizabeth, 49 and n., 54, 66.

Great Michael, 47.

Great Nicholas, 49 and n., 71.

Green, Mrs J. R., referred to, 11.

Grenades, 361.

Grent, Thomas, 274.

Grevill, Sir Fulke, 149, 189.

Greyhound (of Henry VIII), 51, 55, 58, 59, 110, 123.

Greyle, Richard, 21.

Gromets, 314 and n.

Guldeford, Sir Richard, 35, 36.

Gun carriages, 96, 157, 361.

Gun founders, 96, 159, 213, 289, 360 and n., 361.

Gunners, 56, 57, 157-159, 290, 358.

Gunpowder, 33, 56, 97 and n., 155, 158, 159, 160, 239 and n., 240, 288, 289, 361, 362.

H

‘H.M.S.,’ its equivalents, 9 n.

Hamble, the river, 14, 23.

Hammocks, 134, 235, 300.

Hansa League, 11.

Steelyard, 150.

Happy Entrance, 202, 207, 208, 228, 237, 344.

Harbours, 92.

Hart (of Henry VIII), 51, 58.

(of Mary), 110.

(of Commonwealth), 310 n.

Hatsell, Henry, 349.

Hawkyns, Sir John, 91, 129, 134, 135, 144, 145-148, 150, 162-164, 167, 173, 392-397.

Sir Richard, 136.

William, 91.

Henrietta Maria, 254, 269, 344.

Henry III, 4.

IV, 10, 11.

V, naval policy of, 11.

ships of, 12.

will of, 16.

VI, naval policy under, 24, 25.

VII, commercial policy of, 42.

general policy of, 37.

VIII, as designer, 48, 59.

as naval organiser, 98, 99.

causes of increase of navy under, 45-48.

embarkation of, at Dover, 57.

personal interest of, in artillery, 56.

in shipping, 48, 60, 62.

Henry Grace à Dieu, 47, 49, 53, 55, 61, 62, 69, 70, 73, 75, 80, 91, 109.

inventory of, 372-381.

Heron, John, 26, 81.

Heywood, Thomas, 260.

Hoggekyns, John, 15.

Holborn, Robert, 73.

Holigost, 12, 13, 15, 22, 23.

Holland, Navy of, 219, 253, 305, 307.

Holland, Edmund, Earl of Kent, 65 n.

Henry. See Exeter, Duke of.

John. See Exeter, Duke of.

261, 284, 286, 347 and n., 348 n.

Holstock, William, 85, 104, 105, 140, 149.

Hopton, John, 70, 71, 83, 84, 372.

Hospitals, 321.

Hospital ships, 188.

Howard, Lord Thomas, 65.

Sir Edward, 61, 63, 64, 65, 74, 76, 81.

Sir John, 32.

of Effingham, Charles, Lord, 117, 135, 137, 138, 148, 166, 189, 190, 193, 194, 204, 209, 216, 383, 397.

William, Lord, 111.

Howlett, Richard, 85, 149.

Hull, Sir William, 26.

Hutchinson, Richard, 296 n., 351, 352.

I

Impressment, 164, 197, 234, 241, 311 and n.

Improvements and inventions, 128, 274, 367. See also Shipbuilding, improvements in.

J

James, 237, 254, 257.

James I, Navy at accession of, 184, 185.

retrogression of navy under, 215.

Duke of York, xi, 27, 283 and n.

Jennet (of Henry VIII), 50, 58, 59.

Jermyn, Thomas, 84.

Jesus of the Tower, 12 and n., 14, 23.

Jesus of Lubeck, 51, 107, 139, 183 n.

John, 3.

Johnson, Peter, 23.

K

Kateryn Fortileza, 49 and n., 61.

Keeper of King’s ships, 316. See also Ships, Clerk of.

Kent, Earl of. See Holland, Edmund.

Kent, William Neville, Earl of, 65 n.

King’s spears, 77.

Knight, Richard, 93.

Knight, Dr William, 79.

Knyvet, Sir Thomas, 81.

L

Langford, Roger, 148, 189, 246.

Last, of tonnage, 293 and n.

Laughton, Professor J. K., referred to, ix, 154 n., 265.

Legge, Robert, 85, 93, 94, 104.

Libel of English Policie, 6, 7, 15, 23.

Lieutenants, 154, 225 and n., 226, 359.

Lighthouses, 199, 201.

Lindsey, Robert Bertie, Earl of, 236, 251, 279 n., 291.

Lion (of Henry VIII), 50, 58, 59, 101.

(of Elizabeth), 120, 128, 132, 382-391.

(of James I), 202, 206, 220.

Lisle, John Dudley, Lord. See Dudley, John.

Loans to the crown, 27.

Logbooks, 354.

Lopez, Dr Roderigo, 398.

M

Madre de Dios, 125, 138, 165 and n., 166, 167.

Mansell, Sir Robert, 189-192, 195, 196, 202, 204, 209, 215, 260, 397.

Manwayring, Sir Henry, 208, 258 n.

Maravedis, value of, 37 n.

Margaret of Anjou, 26, 31.

Marsden, R. G., referred to, 4 n.

Marshmen, 70 and n., 72.

Mary, maintenance of Navy under, 109, 110.

Mary Guildford, 50 and n., 68, 91.

Mary Rose (of Henry VIII), 5 n., 49, 52 n., 55, 61, 66, 67, 70, 72, 73, 76, 80.

(of Edward VI), 109.

(of Elizabeth), 121, 128, 131, 206, 210.

(of James I), 202, 208, 344.

Masts, 4, 13, 14, 40, 53, 58, 126, 208, 299, 363, 374 n.

Maydman, Henry, 350.

Medals, 278 n., 328.

Medium, the, 309 n.

Medway chain. See Upnor.

ships moored in, 151, 284 and n.

Men-of-war, lists of. See Ships, Lists of.

Mennes, Sir John, 287.

Merchant Shipping. See Shipping, merchant.

Merhonour, 121, 129, 131, 181, 182, 187, 196, 201, 202 and n., 205, 344.

Mervyn, Sir Henry, 231, 235, 239, 267, 282, 287.

Midshipmen, 226, 314 and n.

Minion (of Henry VIII), 50, 68, 91, 101, 106.

(of Elizabeth), 120, 123, 139.

Moleyns, Adam de, 16 n., 22.

Monk, George, 321, 328.

Monson, Sir William, 165, 184 n., 292, 397.

More, Edmund, 84.

Morfote, William, 18.

Morley, Thomas, 85.

Murderers, 54 and n.

Mutinies, 152, 224, 228, 230, 233, 234, 235, 236, 248-250, 310 n., 315, 382-391.

N

Navigation Acts, 10, 34, 42, 167.

Navy, a personal possession of the King, 17.

a subsidiary force in early reigns, 6.

Board, 104, 111, 189-194, 264, 280-284, 287 n., 292, 394.

duties of, 190.

formation of, 86.

salaries of members of, 85, 280, 394.

Burgundian, 32.

Commissioners of, and Customs, 287, 346.

(of Civil War and Commonwealth), 287, 288, 306, 311, 326, 327, 329, 347 and n., 358, 359.

(James I and Charles I), 187, 191, 195 and n., 205, 206, 209, 215, 222, 224, 227, 228, 237, 275, 279, 282, 298.

Committees of Long Parliament, 241, 287, 346, 351.

Comptroller of, 85, 126, 129, 149, 167, 189, 191, 282.

expenses of. See Expenditure.

French. See France, Navy of.

government of, in thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, 4.

under Mary, 111-113.

growing sense of importance of, 45.

increase in, at certain periods, 11, 52, 110, 112.

influence of, on Wars of Roses, 27.

lists. See Ships, lists of.

Master of Ordnance of, 85, 104, 111, 149.

of fourteenth and fifteenth centuries underrated, 9, 20, 21.

Office, 283, 349, 350.

Seal, 300 n.

origin of, 1, 2.

modern, 1.

sale of, 15, 17, 22.

Saxon, 2.

ships purchased into, 33, 34, 52, 53, 120, 123, 255, 330 and n.

Surveyor of, 85, 104, 149, 189, 191, 258, 281, 288, 347 n.

Treasurer of, 85, 86, 104, 112, 144, 145-148, 149, 162, 164, 167, 173, 189, 191, 192, 195, 240, 245, 280, 287, 295, 349, 351, 352, 392-397.

Necessary money, 83, 141.

Nettings, 182 and n.

Nicholas, Edward, 231, 232, 259, 280, 285.

Nicholas of the Tower, 12, 13, 25.

Nicolas, Sir N. H., referred to, 2, 15 and n., 62 n.

Nomenclator Navalis referred to, 29, 187, 208 and n., 339 n.

Norreys, Thomas, 192, 195 and n.

Northumberland, Algernon Percy, tenth Earl of, 238, 239, 240, 278 n., 283, 286, 292.

Nottingham, Charles Howard, Earl of, see Howard of Effingham, Charles, Lord.

Nuestra Señora del Rosario, 121 and n., 210.

O

Officers, dishonesty of, 82, 146, 187, 191-194, 220, 283-286, 316, 353-355.

incapacity of, 221, 287.

pay of, 26, 41, 42, 75, 152-154, 226, 360.

professional feeling among, 229, 232, 352, 355.

see also captains.

Oleron, 98 and n.

Ordnance, improvements in, 288.

office, 85, 86, 158, 289, 290, 361.

price of, 159, 212, 262, 288, 360 n., 361.

recovery of, 345.

secret exportation of, 159, 213.

stores, 96, 97, 155-160, 289, 301. See also, Ships, ordnance stores of.

want of, 360, 361.

Orlop, 129, 130 n., 205.

Oxford, John de Vere, twelfth Earl of, 27.

thirteenth ——, 65.

P

Paget, Sir William, 93.

Painting, see Ships, painting of.

Palmer, Sir Henry, 149, 189.

Jr., 227, 266, 282, 283 n.

Parliament Joan, see Alkin, Elizabeth.

Partriche, Nicholas, 70.

Pavesses, 41, 61.

Paymaster of Marine Causes, 149.

the sea, 85.

Pelican, 168 and n., 210.

Pennington, John, 223-225, 229, 239, 240, 253, 257, 258 and n., 261 n.

Pensions, 25, 247, 322, 324.

Peppercorn, 201.

Peter Pomegranate, 49, 55, 62, 68, 70, 72, 73, 75, 76.

Petitions, 235, 317, 318, 340.

Pett, John, 74.

Joseph, 152.

Peter (died 1589), 74, 113, 151, 162, 163, 395, 396.

(son of above), 255.

(nephew of Phineas Pett), 255, 288, 338.

(son of —— ——), 338, 347.

Phineas, 152, 186, 192, 203, 204, 208, 209, 255, 260, 261, 282, 283 n., 288.

Thomas, 74.

Phœnix, 345.

Philip and Mary, 109, 120 n., 122.

Pierriers, see Stone guns.

Pilgrimage, over-sea, 18.

Pilot, Chief, of England, 149.

Major, of Spain, 149.

Piracy, supporters of, on shore, 95, 96, 178, 198.

under Henry IV, 10.

Henry VI, 17, 18.

Edward IV, 32.

Henry VIII, 94, 95, 96.

Edward VI, 104, 105.

Mary, 114.

Elizabeth, 177-180.

James I, 198, 199.

Charles I, 252, 272, 274-276.

Commonwealth, 345, 346.

Pirates, Turkish, 198, 199, 252, 274, 275, 345.

Plantagenet, Arthur, 66.

Plymouth, 219, 223, 231, 235, 363.

Poldavies, 98 and n., 103, 182.

Pole, William de la, Duke of Suffolk, 17, 26, 65 n.

Pond at Deptford, 70.

Portholes, 40, 41, 206, 257, 258, 259, 261 n., 268.

Ports, condition of, under Charles I, 271, 272.

Portsmouth, town of, 69, 297, 321.

Poundage, 192.

Pride, Thomas, 324 and n.

Primrose (of Edward VI), 101 and n., 109 and n.

(of Elizabeth), 120, 123, 139.

Prince Royal, 186, 202, 203, 204, 207, 247, 257 n., 261, 338.

Prisoners, in Sallee, 275, 277.

ransom of, 95.

treatment of, 63, 78, 322, 323 n.

Privateering, English, 104, 105, 106, 114, 140, 180, 181, 343, 344, 398-400.

French, 94, 179.

Scotch, 179.

Prize money, 26, 165, 166, 273, 292, 293, 308, 309.

Commissioners of, 309 n., 316, 317.

Prizes, 12, 13, 61, 78, 88, 101, 107, 120, 121, 123, 165, 166, 185, 254, 305, 307, 330-337, 399. See also Ships, lists of.

Provisions, price of, 82. See also Victualling.

want of, 81, 82, 83, 142, 143, 220-224, 233, 236, 326-328.

Pumps, 15, 127.

Punishments, 79, 188, 221, 228, 229, 239, 244, 312, 349, 352, 353, 357, 358.

Purchases of ships. See Navy, ships purchased into.

Pursers, 41, 42, 82, 146, 194, 285, 286, 356, 357.

Purveyance, abolition of, 140, 141.

Q

Quarles, James, 142 and n.

Quintal, 398 and n.

R

Rainsborow, Thomas, 248-50.

William, 258, 277 n.

Ralegh, Sir Walter, 66, 156, 184 n., 186, 187.

Ramsay, David, 274.

Redynge, John, 81.

Regent, 35, 36, 40, 41, 66, 68, 74.

Revenge, 120, 130, 135, 178, 183 n.

Revenue, English national, 17, 21, 25, 27, 219, 223, 303, 368 and n.

French ——, 219.

Richard II, 10.

Richelieu, Cardinal de, 264, 265.

Richmond, Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 66.

Roger, Thomas, 32, 36.

Ropehouses, 150.

Roses, wars of, 21, 27.

Round robin, 230.

Rupert, Prince, 303, 309, 353.

Russell, Sir William, 195, 240, 245, 281, 293.

William, Lord, 66.

S

Sails, 4, 13, 14, 40, 53, 54, 127, 208, 257, 299, 338, 377.

St Andrew (of Elizabeth), 121, 123, 206.

(of James I), 202, 208, 259, 335.

St George, 202, 208, 220, 259, 338.

St John, William Paulet, Lord, 81, 93.

St Mary’s Creek, 151, 211.

St Matthew, 121, 123, 206.

Salisbury, Richard Neville, Earl of, 27.

Sallee, expedition to, 277 and n.

Saltpetre, 97.

Salute, claim to the, 106, 183, 291, 292, 307.

Saluting, 111, 213, 290, 291, 370.

Sandwich, sack of, 27.

Sapphire, 319 and n.

Scotland, Navy of, 47.

Seamanship, English, 19, 154.

Spanish, 154.

Seamen and Commonwealth, 318, 322.

Long Parliament, 240, 242, 250, 308, 314.

clothes of, 34, 41, 68, 76, 113, 138, 139, 223, 229, 230, 234, 286, 329.

condition of, 21, 42, 74, 79, 138, 187, 222, 238, 318.

English, foreign opinion of, 133, 187.

foreign, 23, 78, 87.

in Wars of Roses, 27.

merchant, 79, 243, 244, 314, 350.

numbers of, available, 74, 176, 242, 244, 314.

pay of, 25, 26, 28, 34, 41, 75, 106, 113, 134, 197, 225, 232, 241, 314.

delayed, 187 n., 226, 228, 231, 240, 316, 320, 368 n., 369.

rewards to, 106, 135, 136, 245, 328; see also Medals.

sick and wounded, 76, 77, 135, 137, 188, 221, 223, 224, 231, 235, 237, 238, 320, 323.

Commissioners of, 322.

unwillingness of, to serve, 187, 188, 237, 316.

Search, right of, 80.

Serpentines, 41, 54 and n., 96, 379, 380.

Seymour, Sir Thomas, 101, 104, 105.

Sheathing, 103, 110, 126, 187.

Sheerness, 150.

Shipbuilding abroad, 14.

criticism of (under James I), 185-187.

(under Charles I), 258.

effects of Crusades on, 3.

improvements in, 14, 40, 41, 53, 54, 126, 127, 128 and n., 129, 130, 185, 205, 206, 253, 287, 338.

Norman superiority in, 3.

Shipkeepers, 23, 188, 191, 284.

Ship-money, 218, 236, 237, 238.

Shipping, merchant, destruction of, 7, 271, 272.

lists of, 19, 20, 90, 172-175, 269-271.

under Edward III, 7, 8.

Henry IV, 11.

Henry VI, 18, 19, 20, 21.

Henry VII, 37.

Henry VIII, 88, 89, 90.

Edward VI, 107.

Elizabeth, 167-176.

James I, 199.

Charles I, 269-271.

Commonwealth, 343.

Ships, appearance of, 263.

armament of, 13, 29, 33, 41, 54 and n., 55, 124, 125, 155-157, 212, 229, 256, 262, 341, 379, 380 and n.

arrest of, 2, 3.

build of, 4, 14, 40, 41, 53, 58, 59, 60, 124, 125, 185, 186, 205, 253, 254, 259, 267, 268, 307, 338.

Clerk Comptroller of, 70, 84.

Clerk of, 3, 4, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18, 22, 24, 31, 32, 33, 36, 53, 83, 84-87, 144, 149, 282.

cost of, 128, 129, 195, 196, 204, 208, 256, 257, 260, 261, 339.

decoration of, 15, 41, 57, 60, 130, 131, 204, 205, 261, 340.

early fighting, 4.

English, foreign opinion of, 133.

hired by the crown, 8, 10, 17, 21, 32, 35, 38, 39, 74, 87, 88, 169, 171, 201, 229, 273, 343.

size of, 4, 13, 124, 270, 271.

equipment of, 13, 14, 29, 40, 41, 53, 54, 124, 257.

foreign, hired by the crown, 12, 13, 27, 38, 39, 87, 88, 164.

size of, 13, 265 and n.

hiring, difficulty in, 88, 252, 273.

lists of:—

under Henry V, 12.

Edward IV, 32, 33.

Henry VII, 34.

Henry VIII, 49-51.

Edward VI, 100, 101.

Mary, 109.

Elizabeth, 120, 121, 124.

James I, 202, 207.

Charles I, 254, 255.

Commonwealth, 329-337.

lost during Interregnum, 330, 337, 344, 345.

Master of Ordnance of, 85, 86, 149.

merchant, bought. See Navy, ships purchased into.

names of. See Ships, lists of.

names of, changed, 338.

number of, commissioned each year under Elizabeth, 118.

fighting, under Edward III, 9.

under Commonwealth, 338.

Elizabeth, 115, 119.

Henry VIII, 52.

office expenses in moving, 70.

on seals and coins, 7 and n.

ordnance stores of, 33, 56, 124, 155, 213, 289, 341.

painting of, 41, 62, 130, 340.

royal, hired out, 4, 22, 34, 42, 67, 68, 107, 139, 140, 293 n.

lost, 66, 67, 68, 80, 123, 254 n., 256, 264, 344, 345. See also, Ships lost during Interregnum.

sailing qualities of, 61, 185-187, 205, 252, 257, 259, 338.

soldiers on board, 26, 41, 56, 134, 214, 314.

various forms of, 57-60, 126, 256, 257, 338.

wooden, life of, 110.

Shipwrights, 72, 73, 146, 151, 211, 230, 298, 340 and n., 366, 369.

foreign, 59.

master, 15, 73, 74, 113, 151, 152, 162, 163, 186, 203, 204, 208, 209, 257, 266, 267, 268, 298, 340, 365,366, 395, 396.

blunders of, 186, 203, 257-259, 340.

contracts with, 162, 163, 340, 395, 396.

Shipwrights’ Company, 187, 258.

Shot, 33, 57, 97, 158, 159, 160, 213, 289, 341, 361, 367, 371, 380.

Shrewsbury, John Talbot, Earl of, 27.

Shurly, John, 81.

Signalling, 62, 63, 213, 214.

Slings, 54, 96, 155 and n.

Slingsby, Sir Guildford, 189, 196, 282.

Sir Robert, 326 n.

Smalhithe, building at, 14, 35 n., 51 n.

Smith, Thomas, 286, 288, 347 and n., 348 n.

Smyth, John, 73.

Somerhuche, 15 and n.

Somerset, John Beaufort, Earl of, 65 n.

Soper, William, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18, 22, 24, 31.

Southampton, William Fitzwilliam, Earl of, 52, 61, 66.

Sovereign, 35, 36, 39, 40, 42, 49, 55, 57, 61, 68, 72, 77, 127.

Sovereign of the Seas, 247, 252 n., 255, 260-262, 268 n., 338.

Spain, Navy of, 37, 43, 46 and n., 116 and n., 349.

peace with, 185.

Speedwell, 202, 203, 214, 251 n.

Speke, Sir John, 25.

Spert, Sir Thomas, 84 and n., 91.

Stapylton, Miles, 26.

Station lists (Fleets), 342.

(Ships), 80, 214, 262.

Mediterranean, 303.

North American, 303, 336 n.

Stodynges, 373 and n.

Stone guns, 54, 379, 380.

Storehouses, 15, 22, 23, 40, 71, 364.

keepers of, 71, 83, 84.

Stores, prices of, 98, 181, 182, 301, 371.

purchase of, 33, 181.

quantities of, in hand, 71, 181, 211, 299, 363.

sale of, 22, 23, 97.

Stourton, John, Lord, 27.

Stow, John, referred to, 13, 36.

Straits, The, 343 n.

Stryks, 80 and n.

Stubbs, Bishop, referred to, 8, 21 n.

Suffolk, Duke of, see Pole, William de la.

Summer-castle, 15.

Swallow, (of Henry VIII), 51, 55, 59.

(of Mary), 110.

(of Charles I), 259, 261 n., 264.

Sweepstake (of Henry VII), 41, 58.

Symonson, Marcus, 33.

T

Tampons, 97.

Taverner, John, 19, 37.

Thefts, 107, 146, 158, 166, 167, 191, 192, 193, 194, 211, 213, 283-286, 290, 291, 316, 324, 325, 353, 354, 358, 359, 366.

Thompson, Robert, 326, 347 and n., 348 n.

Thoreton, Leonard, 84.

Thorne, Robert, 38.

William, 38.

Tickets for wages, 228, 287, 359.

Tiger (of Henry VIII), 51, 58, 60, 130.

(of Elizabeth), 120, 123, 130.

Tonnage, measurement of, 8, 20, 30, 132, 208, 260, 266-268.

Spanish, 53 n., 132, 133.

proportion of men to, 74.

Ton-tight, 8 and n.

Top-armours, 60.

Trade, coast, 3, 167.

decline of, 199, 200, 272.

effects of Reformation on, 91, 92.

growth of, 3, 10, 11, 18, 34, 42, 90, 91, 167-170, 273, 343.

Trade’s Increase, 201.

Trade to Africa, 11, 91, 176.

to America, 91, 92.

to Baltic, 11, 42, 169, 200.

to East Indies, 91, 170, 200 and n., 271 and n.

to France, 3, 11, 171, 176, 272.

to Iceland, 11, 89.

to Low Countries, 43, 176.

to Mediterranean, 11, 34, 42, 91, 169, 170, 176, 200, 273.

to Spain, 170, 272.

Trading Companies, 108, 169, 174, 182, 272.

Treasurer by sea, 83.

Treaties, commercial, 34, 42, 108.

Trevilian, Sir William, 77.

Trevor, Sir John, 149, 189, 192.

Trin, 80 and n.

Trinity Corporation, 92, 148, 167, 258, 260, 264, 268, 273.

fund, 243.

Trinity Royal 12, 13, 15, 23.

Triumph (of Elizabeth), 120, 122, 128, 155, 156, 157, 206.

(of James I), 202, 208, 259, 328 and n.

Tunnage and poundage, 10 and n., 17, 34.

Tweedy, Roger, 288, 347 n.

U

Unicorn (of Henry VIII), 50, 58, 59, 101, 109.

(of Charles I), 237, 254, 257, 258.

Upnor, chain at, 151, 211, 299, 367.

fort at, 150, 156, 211, 213.

V

Vane, Sir Henry (the elder), 279 n.

(the younger), 240, 281, 295 and n.

Vere, John de. See Oxford, Earl of.

Sir Robert, 27.

Victory (of Elizabeth), 119, 120, 122, 123, 129, 155, 156, 157 n., 158, 206, 207.

(of James I), 202, 208, 259.

Victualling agreement, conditions of, 140, 141, 324.

buildings, 140, 141, 144, 325.

Commissioners of, 324 n., 326.

department, 103, 113, 136, 140-144, 189, 222, 233, 324-328, 368.

during Civil war, 308.

frauds in, 81, 107, 143, 146, 194, 227, 236, 237, 325.

rate, 25, 26, 34, 41, 73, 81, 82, 140-144, 190, 238, 324 and n.

Surveyors of, 103, 140,142, 144, 222, 236, 238; see also Victualling, Commissioners of.

under Henry VIII, 81-83.

Mary, 112.

Victuals, badness of, 77, 81, 82, 137, 138, 142, 143, 220, 223, 236, 237, 326, 327, 384.

daily allowance of, 82, 140, 238.

special kind of, 134.

stowage of, 82, 144.

want of, 82, 136, 142, 143, 228, 229, 235, 236, 320, 327, 328.

Villiers, George, Duke of Buckingham, 194, 199, 207, 215, 223, 224, 227, 231, 233, 234, 252, 253 n., 267, 270, 280 and n.

Voyages of discovery, 43, 91, 94.

W

Wager, George, 352.

Wages. See Seamen, pay of; Officers, pay of.

Waistcloths, 182 and n., 257.

Wapping, 362.

Warspite, 121, 129, 130, 156, 263.

Warwick, Richard Neville, Earl of, 27, 28, 31, 32, 65 n.

Robert Rich, Earl of, 240, 249, 250, 288, 346.

Watchword, 64.

Water, Edmund, 85.

Watermen, 177 n., 244.

Watts, Sir John, 224, 228, 231.

Waymouth, George, 186, 203.

Wells, John, 230, 260 and n., 266 n., 267, 282.

Weston, Richard, Lord, 234, 235, 279 n.

Whelps, the ten, 256, 344.

White, Philip, 274 n., 367.

Thomas, 349.

White Bear, 120, 122, 129, 130, 131, 263.

William I, 1.

Willoughby, Francis, 326, 347 and n., 349, 365.

Wiltshire, James Butler, Earl of, 27.

Winchester House, 210.

Windebank, Sir Francis, 246, 279 n.

Winter cruising, 111.

Wolstenholme, Sir John, 195 n., 246, 349.

Woodhouse, Sir William, 85, 86, 104.

Worcester, John Tiptoft, Earl of, 27, 31.

Wyard, Robert, 328.

Wyndham, Sir Thomas, 76, 83.

Wynter, George, 149.

John, 85, 93, 94.

Sir William, 102, 104, 107, 108, 111, 149, 156, 160, 393.

Y

Yards, 208.

York, Duke of, see James, Duke of York.

Notes in this chapter

Note 2 · According to some writers, the organisation of the Cinque Ports dates from before the Conquest; it was not, however, until after that event Note 3 · R. G. Marsden, Select pleas of the Court of Admiralty, Selden Soc. 1894.Note 4 · The mention of the word galley in the records is, taken by itself, often misleading. Frequently it meant a small, but fully rigged, sailing Note 7 · King and sword were not new on coins, and the ship was usual enough on the seals of the port towns; in them, as doubtless in the noble, it rNote 10 · The expression ‘ton-tight’ is somewhat obscure, but probably meant complete or measured tons. (Cf. Holloway, Dict. of Provincialisms, s.v. tNote 11 · At various times, from the thirteenth to the first quarter of the sixteenth century, the phrases, ‘of Westminster,’ ‘of the Tower,’ and ‘of Note 15 · In view of the difficulty owners of impressed ships experienced in obtaining payment it may be suggested that it was possibly due to the infNote 18 · Exch. Accts. (Q.R.), Bdle. 49, No. 29, and Roll of Foreign Accounts, No. 8. The tonnage of the Grace Dieu is only mentioned twice, and, in oNote 21 · Spanish, ballenere, long low vessels for oars and sails introduced in the fourteenth century by the Biscayan builders (Fernandez Duro, La MaNote 28 · Somerhuche is derived from old English Somer, a bedstead, and old French huche; it was originally, therefore, a sleeping place.Note 29 · Acts of the Privy Council, 3rd Mar. 1423. Nicolas says (Introduction, vol. v, cxxxvi), that the whole of the navy was ordered to be sold, buNote 30 · Where bene our shippes? Where bene our swerdes become? Our enemies bid for the shippe sette a shepe, Allas oure reule halteth, hit is beNote 49 · Bishop Stubbs (Const. Hist. iii, 268) says ‘The French administration of the Duke of Bedford was maintained in great measure by taxing the FNote 102 · Smalhithe, the town for Reding creek, was then tidal and had long been a shipbuilding port. Men-of-war were built there as late as 1545.Note 105 · 60,000 marvedis = 160 ducats of account, that is ducats of 375 maravedis each. The coined ducat was of 365 marvedis or ten reals twenty-fiveNote 106 · Fernandez Duro, Viajes Regios por Mar, pp. 36, 63. It is doubtful however whether any of these ships belonged to the crown or, in fact, whetNote 2 · When Charles V sailed from Flushing to Spain in 1517 we read that the operation of lowering a boat took two hours, (Fernandez Duro, Viajes RNote 9 · Roy. MSS. 14, B xxii A. Doubtless the ‘carrack of Jene called the Mary Loret,’ of Stowe MSS. 146, f. 29, and the ‘Gabriel Royal or Carrack oNote 15 · Bought from Wm. Gonson and others, (Letters and Papers, 24th Apr., 1513).Note 16 · Certainly a king’s ship, but whether bought or built only probable by collation.Note 18 · Ibid. First called the Christ of Lynn.Note 20 · Letters and Papers, 15th Dec. 1512. A Genoese carrack.Note 27 · ‘The Great Barbara, before called the Mawdelyn.’ First mentioned July, 1513.Note 30 · The Salvator of Lubeck, bought for £2333, 6s 8d, Letters and Papers, 8th Aug. and 25th Oct. 1514; Exch. Var. 244/6.Note 49 · Roy. MSS. 14, B xxii A. Doubtless named in compliment to the Guildford or Guldeford family, persons of importance during the first two TudorNote 65 · Probably the true year as there is a payment (Pipe Office Declared Accounts, 2193), to five Venetians for fitting her, as being more experieNote 71 · Ibid. Probably the ‘great galleon’ building at Smalhithe on 19th April. There was a Grand Mistress in the French navy at this time.Note 81 · First mentioned Letters and Papers, Mar. 1546. Of Bremen.Note 85 · As in the case of the Mary Rose, (King’s Book of Payments).Note 87 · Fernandez Duro, Disquisiciones Nauticas, Lib. V, 11, 354. The Spanish ship ton, or ‘tonelada de arqueo,’ was rather smaller than the EnglishNote 92 · Ibid. vol. xiii. It should be stated that these figures are from an inventory of stores and fittings remaining on board the ships in 1515, aNote 94 · It has been mentioned that the weight of the serpentine was about 250 lbs.; double serpentines were presumably heavier. Serpentines and otheNote 96 · The French Pierrier, used for stone shot.Note 97 · Murderers, half a century later, were small swivel guns, but at this date perhaps larger. These two are described as ‘two grete murderers ofNote 101 · Low Latin petra, stone shot; the name subsequently defined a particular weight or shape, and remained in use although iron shot were fired fNote 103 · Letters and Papers i, 4379. The soldiers, sailors, and gunners are from Letters and Papers i, 3977, of April 1513. The soldiers were obtaineNote 130 · Letters and Papers, 28th July 1514. Banners were square or nearly square, somewhat resembling the Royal Standard of to-day. Standards were lNote 137 · Harl. MSS. 309. Audley, afterwards Lord Chancellor and Lord Audley of Walden was Speaker in 1529 and knighted. In this paper he is called siNote 143 · Cf. Duro, La Marina de Castilla, App. No. 26. Patent of Don Alonso Enriquez. For purposes of reference it may be well to append a list of thNote 175 · Ibid., f. 44. The principal men employed about dock construction are always called ‘marshmen,’ probably persons with special experience of wNote 229 · Trin from the old English tryndelle or trendelle, a wheel; dryngs are halliards. Both trin and dryngs were used in connection with the mainsNote 230 · Ropes.Note 231 · Capstan, Spanish, cabrestante.Note 250 · Cott. MSS., App. xviii, f. 10. Undated, but before 1529, when Spert was knighted.Note 55 · Letters and Papers, 23rd Feb. and 25th Nov. 1514, and i, 5024. The last was 2400 lbs. The prices for serpentine and bombdyne powder are probNote 62 · Probably Olonne (Vendée).Note 66 · A Breton canvas. There was a ‘poll davye baye’ on the Breton coast (State Papers, ed. 1830, xiv, 325), and a small village named Poldavid isNote 6 · Edward was present at the launch of the Primrose and Mary Willoby on the 4th July 1551 (Journal).Note 1 · Pipe Office Accounts, 2195. According to State Papers, Dom. Eliz., ii, 30, the Primrose had been sold for £1800, but only £1000 had ever beeNote 1 · With the exception of the galley establishments at Seville and Barcelona there were no royal dockyards in Spain. There was no difference madNote 21 · Ibid., 2364, and Exch. War. for Issues, 12th Aug. 1567.Note 35 · Ibid., 2220. The Philip and Mary, rebuilt and renamed.Note 51 · Ibid., 2224. Possibly bought of Ralegh, or originally built for him.Note 53 · Flagship of Don Pedro de Valdes; carried on the effective till 1594.Note 91 · By 39 Eliz. c. 4. (1597-8) ‘dangerous rogues’ were to be sent to the galleys, but it is the only statute so directing and does not seem to hNote 95 · W. Bourne, Inventions or Devises, Lond. 1578. Bourne’s book was possibly the origin of the fireships used at Calais in 1588; it must have beNote 98 · The Elizabethans called any ship comparatively low in the water a galleass, or said that she was built ‘galleas fashion,’ irrespective of oaNote 104 · Pipe Office Accounts, 2232. The distinction between overlop and deck is not always clear. Sometimes overlop appears to mean a deck running tNote 114 · Compare the measurements of the two men-of-war, as given here, with those on p. 124.Note 152 · He was chief clerk of the kitchen, (Lansd. MSS., 62, f. 132).Note 12 · Quoted by Duro, Disq. Nauticas, II, 189. Professor Laughton considers that the losses of the Armada, in the flight round the west coasts of Note 14 · Slings do not again occur in ordnance papers; these were probably relics of the reign of Henry VIII.Note 24 · Although the Victory was not rebuilt until some years later she was not at this date upon the effective.Note 25 · Also two curtalls.Note 74 · Lansd. MSS., 70, f. 82. The Madre de Dios, the Bom Jesus, the Santa Cruz, and the St. Bartholomeu, all richly laden left Goa in company on 1Note 77 · Lansd. MSS. 73, f. 38. It suited Elizabeth to rate the Foresight as high as possible, so she now reached her maximum of 450 tons; she had beNote 88 · State Papers, Dom., cxxxvi, 35. When the Pelican, or as she was afterwards called, the Golden Hind, returned from her famous voyage round thNote 119 · Including 957 watermen.Note 145 · State Papers, Dom., ccxx. Stow says that Hawkyns introduced nettings. They went out of use for a time.Note 149 · The Jesus of Lubeck and the Revenge.Note 1 · Ralegh, Discourse of Ships; Monson, Naval Tracts; Duro, Disq. Nauticas.Note 2 · Monson says that in 1599 a fleet was prepared for sea in twelve days, and ‘the Queen was never more dreaded abroad for anything she ever didNote 8 · Whole or partial external double planking.Note 11 · On 20th July 1613 a warrant was issued to pay wages owing since 1608.Note 38 · The Commissioners acted by Letters Patent of 12th February 1619. They were Sir Lionel Cranfield, Sir Thos. Weston, Sir John Wolstenholme, SiNote 44 · Includes £4734 for a naval pageant on the Thames at the marriage of the Princess Elizabeth.Note 60 · The Dutch Company is said to have distributed in twenty-one years, ending with 1622, dividends of 30,000,000 florins on a capital of some 6,Note 70 · For convenience the Merhonour, Dreadnought, and Defiance are placed under one date, but they were in hand from 1611 till 1614.Note 86 · Harl. MSS., 2301. About 1625 or earlier, and by Sir Hen. Manwayring. It was printed in 1644 under the title of The Sea-man’s Dictionary. TheNote 33 · State Papers, Dom., xxxv, 19, and Add. MSS., 9339, f. 24. Six rates of vessels are classified. All carry trumpeters, and the first four drumNote 89 · The sale of gunpowder was at this time a crown monopoly (Fœdera, xx, 107). Charles’s sad and picturesque dignity of appearance did not implyNote 93 · With the exception of the Amboyna affair, a case once more of the ‘prancing proconsul,’ the Dutch showed, throughout this century, exemplaryNote 1 · Supra p. 207. The Speedwell was lost in November 1624, after this list was drawn up. There were also some worn out Elizabethan ships remainiNote 5 · E.g. the Sovereign of the Seas, which, until she was cut down, was the largest most ornate, and most useless ship afloat.Note 6 · State Papers, Dom., lxxi, 65. These remarks must be read in conjunction with those relating to the lack of victuals and stores, and want of Note 22 · Captured Dunkirkers. The measurements of the Nicodemus, Nonsuch, Phœnix, and Elizabeth, are from a paper in the Pepys MSS., quoted in DerricNote 24 · Built in 1646 as a privateer, and employed as such by Warwick (half share), Pett, Swanley, and others; bought by the Parliament from 20th JaNote 32 · The Dutchman was probably Cornelius Drebbel, who claimed to have solved the secret of perpetual motion, and to have invented a submarine boaNote 34 · The original waistcloths of the Prince were of silk; ordinary waistcloths, the precursors of the later boarding nettings, were still of red Note 37 · State Papers, Dom., cclxvii, 55. Pennington said nothing about the crew; he was used to such crews. But Sir Hen. Manwayring remarked that heNote 46 · Storekeeper at Deptford; one would suppose a most unlikely person to be consulted on such a point.Note 52 · In the Leopard and Swallow he had himself ordered that the ports should be eight feet apart (State Papers, Dom., cclx, 86,) although PenningNote 68 · State Papers, Dom., lv, 39; 1627. By John Wells. I cannot profess to explain how all the figures here given are obtained.Note 69 · I.e., 63½ x 26⅙ x 11 ÷ 100 = 182 burden and 243 ton and tonnage (Cf. supra, p. 30, note 2, and p. 132.)Note 77 · State Papers, Dom., ccxxvi, 74. By the old rule the Sovereign was of 1367 net and 1823 gross tonnage (ibid., ccclxi, 71).Note 84 · The East India Company possessed this year a fleet of twenty-seven ships, of 12,250 tons (ibid., cxviii, 76).Note 103 · State Papers, Dom., cclxxii, 72. Perhaps the inventor was a Mr Philip White (S. P. D. Interreg. May 25, 1658), in which case it was patentedNote 114 · It does not come within the design of this work to describe the operations of fleets at sea, but, in this instance, I must venture to questiNote 2 · The first Commissioners of the Admiralty acted by Letters Patent of 20th September 1628. They were Richard, Lord Weston, Lord Treasurer; RobNote 3 · His patent as Lord Admiral was dated 28th Jan. 1619.Note 10 · It will be remembered that during his treasurership he helped himself to £3000 from the Chatham Chest, and that the money was still owing inNote 20 · Barlow lived to contest the place with Pepys in 1660. The date of his patent was 16th Feb. 1639.Note 22 · The Duke of York was ‘declared’ Lord Admiral at a meeting of the Council on 18th March 1638. There was no patent.Note 26 · In 1634 Palmer, the Comptroller, Denis Fleming, Clerk of the Acts, Phineas Pett, another Principal Officer, and several storekeepers and masNote 29 · State Papers, Dom., xiii, 70, (1625), i.e., by the system of servants and apprentices. It was not until 1647 that the shipkeepers in the MedNote 41 · It must not, however, be supposed that naval morality was worse during the reigns of James and Charles than subsequently. Leaving the eighteNote 53 · Ibid., ccxx, 25. Professor Laughton was the first to suggest (Fortnightly Review, July 1866), that the real origin of the English claim to tNote 59 · The last of tonnage measurement varied in different places, but was of about two tons.Note 61 · Pennington and his men were paid double wages ‘out of the French king’s moneys’ (Aud. Off. Decl. Accounts, 1698, 63), which throws their intNote 70 · Few historical students admire Charles I, but even such a king as he is entitled to the justice of posterity beyond that which he obtained fNote 88 · It is possible, too, that the present navy button and cap badge may be traced back, in inception, to the parliamentary régime. NorthumberlanNote 2 · Captain John Stevens, Royal Treasury of England, 1725. He gives no authorities and his figures are very doubtful, but Mr Dowell (Hist. of TaNote 11 · This is, perhaps, not literally correct; a contemporary seaman, Gibson, tells us that the aim of the English captains was to lie on the bow Note 13 · State Papers, Dom., 12th March 1649, Council to Generals of the fleet. John Sparrow, Rich. Blackwell, and Humphrey Blake were appointed on 1Note 14 · Commons Journals, 21st Dec. 1652. The ‘medium’ cost of each man at sea was reckoned at £4 a month, including wages, victuals, wear and tear Note 16 · It is advisable to dwell on this point because the late Mrs Everett Green (Preface to Calendar of State Papers, 1649-50, p. 24), said, speakNote 17 · State Papers, Dom., 24th May 1652, Council to vice-admirals of counties. The subject of impressment belongs more fitly to the eighteenth cenNote 27 · From the Dutch Grom, or Low Latin Gromettus, one occupied in a servile office. Gromet is at least as old as the thirteenth century and then Note 28 · The earliest mention of midshipmen yet noticed is in a letter of 7th Feb. 1642-3, in which a Mr Cook writes that he will not undervalue himsNote 33 · The methods of these gentlemen were sometimes directly ancestral to those of their successors in the prize courts of the beginning of this cNote 39 · Add. MSS., 9304, f. 129. The Sapphire seems to have been the crack cruiser of her time. The contrast between that which, with all its faultsNote 42 · I have only noticed one instance of direct interference by Cromwell in minor details. The widow of a seaman, killed by an accident on the FaNote 53 · Add. MSS., 9304, ff. 133,135. It would not be just to pass from the subject of the aid afforded to the men in disease and suffering without Note 61 · Add. MSS., 9317, f. 1 et seq. We have not Pett’s reply, and the full force of the accusations, as they stand, is vitiated by the fact that tNote 62 · State Papers, Dom., 30th Nov. 1650. There were five partners joined with Pride—John Limbrey, Wm. Beak, Thos. Alderne, Dennis Gauden, and RicNote 66 · It is said that Alderne’s executors could produce neither vouchers nor assets for £200,000 imprested to him. But the story rests only on theNote 71 · State Papers, Dom., cxliv, 66, 68, and Add. MSS., 9305, f. 155. The Triumph medal was ‘For eminent service in saving ye Triumph fired in figNote 76 · The Guinea, Amity, Concord, Discovery, Gilliflower, Mayflower, Hopewell, Accada, Nonsuch Ketch, and Marmaduke, were bought into the service Note 80 · There is a model of the Bristol in the museum of the Royal Naval College of Greenwich. No confirmatory evidence is added to the bare statemeNote 85 · The Blackmoor and Chestnut were especially designed for service on the coast of Virginia (State Papers, Dom., cxli, 127).Note 92 · The absence of all allusion to davits is stranger from the fact that they are found referred to, evidently as well known and in common use, Note 96 · Ibid., lxxxii, 13. The Admiralty was paying shipwrights 2s 2d a day.Note 105 · Add. MSS., 9306, ff. 130, 160; 1655-7. Until about this period ‘the Straits’ was the general term for the whole of the Mediterranean; ‘the SNote 10 · Holland, Smith, Pett, and Willoughby, were appointed by order of the House on 16th Feb. 1649; Thompson was added later in place of captain RNote 11 · State Papers, Dom., 9th May 1649. This letter is signed by Holland, Smith, and Thompson. The tone of Holland’s Discourse of the Navy (1638),Note 50 · Thos. Foley is mentioned with Browne, but he seems to have been either a partner or subordinate (see Commons Journals, 30th Dec. 1645). A RiNote 51 · Commons Journals, 16th April 1652; ‘if of brass £67,200, if of iron £13,520.’Note 93 · Includes many arrears.Note 97 · Add. MSS., 32, 471, ff. 2, 15.Note 9 · Some sort of rope gear, but the exact use is unknown.Note 14 · The davit was a movable beam of wood fitted with blocks, and used to raise the fluke of the anchor.Note 15 · The main mast was a ‘made’ mast, e.g. ‘a grete mast to be the spyndell of the mayne mast to the Henry Grace à Dieu.’Note 16 · The Sovereign had ‘bote tacles of both syds the mast x.’ It appears therefore to have been customary to hoist one or two out of the three boNote 41 · Another document (Letters and Papers of Henry VIII, i-4968) gives the distribution of these guns:—Forecastle—33 iron serpentines, 1 brass seNote 8 · Any abnormally diluted drink, as beer and water, or cider and water.Note 11 · State Papers, Dom. Eliz., cciv, 18. Burghley’s usual way of writing Allen—the name only occurs in one other instance in his writing—was AllyNote 2 · The quintal varied from 101½ to 155 lbs; ordinarily it was the former.
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