Note 1211 — CHARLES I 1625-1649 PART III—THE ADMINISTRATION
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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 Medway were ordered to strike the bell on board every half-hour through the night (Add. MSS., 9306, f. 103).