INDEX

Absence of commanders, 67

Abuses in the navy, 5-10

Administration, 18-36

Admiralty commissions:

1659-60, 18;

1673-79, 30;

1679-84, 32;

special commission of 1686, 34, 48

Aldeburgh, 49

Algiers, 35

Allin, Sir Thomas, comptroller of the navy 24, 67

Anglesey, Earl of, treasurer of the navy, 24

Bagwell, Mr, 46

Barber Surgeons, Company of, 39

Barlow, Thomas, clerk of the acts, 21

Batten, Lady, 20

—— Sir William, surveyor of the navy, 20, 24

Berkeley, Lord, commissioner of the navy, 22

Billingsgate, 45

Birch, Colonel, 70

Black Book of the Admiralty, 3

Blackwall, 70

Blake, Robert, 22, 23, 78

Boatswains' stores, establishment for (1686), 73

Boteler, Captain, 62

Bowles, Phineas, secretary of the admiralty, 36

Bristol, 39

Brouncker, Lord, commissioner of the navy, 25, 33

Cabins, establishment for (1673), 66

'Calentures,' 62, 63

Capel, Sir Henry, commissioner of the admiralty, 32

Captains' tables, establishment for (1686), 72

Carpenters' stores, establishment for (1686), 73

Carteret, Sir George, treasurer of the navy, 19, 24

Chaplains, establishment for (1677), 71

Charles I, 19, 21

—— II, 4, 18, 33, 43, 44, 54;

his interest in the sea, 19, 31, 33, 77

Chatham, 22, 45, 46, 49, 65, 72 n., 74

—— Chest, 51, 67

Civil War, 48

Clerk of the Acts, 18

Cocke, Captain, hemp contractor, 29

Cockerell, Pepys, 11

Coke, Lord Chief Justice, 16

Commissions:

of 1608, 5, 8;

of 1618, 5;

of 1626, 5;

for sick and wounded (1664 and 1672), 48, 49;

for widows and orphans (1673), 49;

see also Admiralty Commissions

Commons, House of, 31, 70

Commonwealth, 37, 48

Comptroller of the Navy, 18

Cordage, abuses in, 10

Cottenham, Earl of, 11

Covent Garden, 67

Coventry, Sir William, commissioner of the navy, 13, 20, 25, 27, 55 n., 69;

his financial scheme (1667), 41

Cox, John, 74

Dartmouth, 49

'Dead pays,' 7, 54

Deal, 49

Deane, Sir Anthony, commissioner of the navy, 31, 32;

his appointment on the Special Commission of 1686, 35, 36;

his Doctrine of Naval Architecture, 3

—— Richard, 55

Deptford, 22, 46, 65, 74

Devonshire, 46

Discipline of the navy, 64-75;

Act of 1661, 64

Dockyards, troubles in, 45, 46, 74

Dover, 49

Drunkenness in the navy, 73

Dugdale, Sir William, 1

Dutch Wars:

first, 40, 78;

second, 24, 27, 38, 40 n., 44, 48, 55, 58, 75;

third, 30, 42, 47, 49, 56, 60

Edward VI, 22

Embezzlement, Act against (1664), 64

Evelyn, John, 1, 3, 25;

commissioner for sick and wounded (1664 and 1672), 48, 49, 50

Finance, 27, 37-56

Finch, Daniel (afterwards Earl of Nottingham), commissioner of the admiralty, 32

Fireships, 75

France, 43

French Admiralty, report from, 34

Galleys, 75 n.

Gauden, Sir Denis, victualler of the navy, 29, 58, 59

Gentlemen captains, 68

Gosport, 49

Gravesend, 49, 50

'Gromets', 52

Grove, Captain, 29

Guardboats at Chatham and Portsmouth, instructions for (1685), 72 n.

Gunfleet, 63

Guns, 75;

establishment for (1677), 76

'Haberdine,' 61

Half-pay, 56

Harbour wages, 52

Harwich, 41, 49

Hawkyns, Sir John, 5

Hayter, Thomas, clerk of the acts, 30, 79 n.

Hollond, John:

his Discourses of the Navy, 4;

Pepys's opinion of them, 5

Hull, 45

Ipswich, 49

Jamaica, 22

James I, 10, 28

James, Duke of York (James II), 13, 19 n., 35, 43, 44, 59, 73, 77;

appointed lord high admiral (1660), 18;

his knowledge of naval affairs, 19;

his instructions of 1662, 26;

resigned (1673), 30;

went abroad (1679), 32;

his own lord high admiral (1685) 34;

withdraws from the kingdom (1688), 36

Kent, 51

Kneller's portrait of Pepys, 78

Labour troubles in the dockyards, 74

Lawrence, Mr, master shipwright at Woolwich, 36

Lee, Sir Thomas, commissioner of the admiralty, 33

Lely's portrait of Pepys, 78

Lieutenants, examination for (1677), 70

London, 39, 45, 46, 49

—— Bishop of, 14 n., 71

Long Parliament, 48

Lord High Admiral:

Duke of York appointed (1660), 18;

in the hands of the King and an admiralty commission (1673), 30;

entirely in commission (1679), 32;

restored to Charles II (1684), 34;

James II (1685), 34;

lord high admiral's instructions (1662), 26

Lord Treasurer, 36

Lowestoft, 24

Maidstone, 38

Manuscripts in the Pepysian Library, 2

Meadows, Sir Philip, 3

Mediterranean, 70;

victualling contract in, 62

Mennes, Sir John, comptroller of the navy, 24, 45

Merchants' goods in the King's ships, 66

Middleton, Colonel Thomas, commissioner and surveyor of the navy, 24, 45, 46, 58

Midshipmen, establishments for (1676 and 1686), 73

Monck, George, 12, 23

Monson, Sir William, 2, 5, 9, 24

Myngs, Sir Christopher, 13, 14

Narbrough, Sir John, 70;

on special commission of 1686, 35

Naval Discipline Act (1661), 64

Naval stores, embezzlement of, 64

Navy Board:

in 1659, 18;

in 1660, 22;

in 1673, 30;

in 1679, 33;

in 1688, 35;

a body of experts, 18, 23, 27, 30, 33;

its functions, 26, 50

North Foreland, 13

Northumberland, Earl of, 5

Nottingham, Earl of;

see Finch

Orange, Prince of, 36

Ordnance Office, 40, 76 n.

Parliament, 76;

vote of 1665, 40;

of 1666, 41;

of 1677, 32;

of 1678, 43

Pay, rates of, 52;

continuous pay for naval officers, 55;

see also Wages

Pearse, James, chirurgeon-general of the navy, 51

Penn, Sir William, commissioner of the navy, 22, 25;

his Naval Collections, 2

Pension Parliament, 31

Pensions, 56

Pepys, John, clerk of the acts, 30

—— Mrs, 20

—— Paulina, 11

Pepys, Samuel:

clerk of the acts (1660), 21;

treasurer of Tangier commission (1665), 28;

surveyor-general of victualling (1665), 28, 59;

secretary of the admiralty (1673), 30;

his speech in Parliament (1677), 31;

involved in the Popish Plot and resigned (1679), 32;

second secretaryship (1684), 34;

deprived (1689), 36.

His projected history of the navy, 1, 2;

pronunciation of his name, 11;

the Diary, 11;

his official style, 14;

services to the navy, 16, 77;

question of his corruption, 28;

a disciplinarian, 66;

his views on gentlemen captains, 70;

on drunkenness in the navy, 73;

a framer of 'establishments,' 70, 71

Pepysian Library, 1, 49, 76

Pett, Peter, commissioner of the navy, 22, 38

—— Phineas, 7

—— Sir Phineas, 35

Petty, Sir William, 4, 22

Plate carriage, establishment for (1686), 72

Plymouth, 49

'Poor John,' 61

Popish Plot, 32

Portsmouth, 5, 39, 44, 45, 46, 58, 72 n., 74

Principal Officers, 18, 35, 41;

see also Navy Board

Prisoners of war, care of, 49

Public accounts, commission of, 41, 54

Puritans, 37

Pyend, Captain Stephen, 61 n.

Riot, Act against (1664), 64

Rochester, 50

Royal Society, 4, 25

Rump Parliament, 18

Rupert, Prince, commissioner of the admiralty, 24, 30, 60

Sandwich, Earl of, 21, 58

Scurvy, 63

Seymour, Sir Edward, commissioner of the navy, 26

Shipbuilding, 75;

Act of 1677, 31, 75

Ships:

Augustine, 60

Centurion, 43

Coventry, 58

Diamond, 73

Gloucester, 60

James, 9

Lark, 67

Little Victory, 45

Pearl, 45

Reserve, 60

Rupert, 43

Swan, 43

Shipwrights' Company, 3

Shish, Jonas, 46

Sick and wounded seamen, 48

Slyngesbie, Sir Robert, comptroller of the navy, 20, 24;

his Discourse of the Navy, 4

Southampton, 49

Southwell, Sir Robert, 4

Southwold, 49

Special Commission of 1686, 34, 48

Spithead, 47 n.

Stratton, 22

Surveyor of the Navy, 18

Tangier, 28, 29

Test Act (1673), 30

Tickets, wages paid by, 7, 47, 53

Tilbury Hope, 9

Timber, abuses in, 10

Tippetts, Sir John, commissioner and surveyor of the navy, 25, 35

Tower, Pepys sent to the, 32

Treasurer of the Navy, 18

Treasury Chamber, 36

Trinity House, 3

Turenne, 22

Victualling, 57-64;

abuses in, 5, 9;

victualling 'upon account,' 10, 57, 63;

contract of 1677, 61;

contract for the Mediterranean, 62

Volunteers, establishments for (1676 and 1686), 73

Wages, abuses in, 6;

tickets for, 7, 47, 53;

'dead pays,' 7, 54

Wapping, 70

Warren, Sir William, timber contractor, 28

Warwick, Sir Philip, 40

Watermen's Hall, 46, 47

Weymouth, 49

Wounded seamen, scale of relief for (1685), 51;

see also Sick and Wounded

Yachts, 75

Yarmouth, 49

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