Note 305 — AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF PHINEAS PETT
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In October 1604 he was granted with others a reward of 5s. a ton for building five new ships. He was a friend of William Adams, the navigator, who refers to him in his letter from Japan of October 23, 1611, to the East India Company. It would appear that he and Diggens (and possibly Woodcott) would more properly have been included under 'shipwrights.'