The life, describing service at sea from 1686 to 1714, was actually written by Martin’s son Stephen Martin-Leake, Garter King of Arms, as an appendix to his Life of Admiral Sir John Leake, whose follower, friend, flag-captain, brother-in-law, and heir Captain Martin successively became. In appendices are printed lists of the ships of the Navy in 1685 and 1699, a summary of the strength of the Navy in 1688-98, and some letters by Martin-Leake describing a visit to Portsmouth in 1728.
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Acton, Captain, 87 Admirals, three ranks of, established, xxv. Admiralty, the, xxii. ; Lords Commissioners of, xxi. ; instructions to captains, xxvi. Albemarle, the, 21, 104, 113, 114; scarcity of seamen for, no; Queen of Spain goes on board, H3 Aldborough, the, 121 Alderney, race of, 64 Aldgate, 174 Algerines, the, 4 Alicante, xx., 22, 23 ; capture of, 96,97 Almanza, defeat of the Allies at, xx. Altea Bay, 22, 23,75, 82,85,94,96 ; fleet arrived in, 71 Anchors, bower, weight of, xxiv. Anjou, Duke of, xvii. ; proclaimed King of Spain as Philip V., xviii. Anne, Queen, declares war with France, xviii. ; death of, xx., 188 ; Navy in time of, xxix. Anson, Lord, xxx. Anstis, John, 146 Ashby, Sir John, 12 ; notice of, 19 Association, the, 61 Assurance, the, 122 Auverquerque, 61 Aylmer, Admiral, 26, 122; notice of, 23 Baker, Admiral, 116 Balrath, co. Meath, 23 Baltic, the, 28, 116 Bantry Bay, Battle of, xii., 8 .Barbary, 71, 75, 76, 120 Barcelona, 22,23,112 ; bombarded, 75 ; capture of, xii., xx., 83, 84 ; relief of, 94 ; rejoicings at, 95 ; ball at, in honour of the Queen, 114 Barfleur, the, 57 Bath and Wells, Bishop of, 73 Batz, Isle of, 19 Beachy Head, defeat of the English off, xii., 12 Beaumont, Admiral, 73 Bedding for sailors, xxxi. Bedford, the, 136 Bedington, in Surrey, 139, 140; sold, 171 Belle Isle Road, 25 Benbow, Admiral, 61 Bennet, Sir John, 151 Bennet, Mrs., 166 Bennet, Thomas, Master in Chancery, 151, 179 Berkeley, Lord, 4, 25, 168 Berwick, Duke of, xx. Berwick, the, 118 Biscay, Bay of, 25 Blackstakes, 26 Blackwall, xxiii. Blake, Admiral, sailors in the time of, xxviii. Blast, the bomb ketch, 26, 29, 32 ; in an Atlantic gale, 37 ; arrives at Tenby, 38 ; paid off, 41 Blenheim, Battle of, xix. Bceuf Island, 64 Bolton Row, London, 154 Bonaventure, the, 44 Bonchurch, 44 * Bootes tops,’ 32 Boream, Eliza, 2 Boream, Ely, of Hadley, 2 216 INDEX Borneo, the, 69 Boxford, 151 Boyne, Battle of the, xv. Brazil, Prince of, 82 Brest, 8 Britannia, the, 16, 24, 25, 46, 103 ; built by Phineas Pett, xxiii. Buckingham, Duke of, 23 Bulls, Bay of, 48, 56 Burchett, Josiah, xxi.; notice of, xxii. Burlings, the, 124 Burnet, Bishop, quoted, 34 Byng, Sir George, 76, 101, 169 ; at Gibraltar, xix. Cables, length of, xxiv. Cadiz, xii., n, 21, 23, 45, 48, 90; fleet sails for, 47 ; bombarded, 49 ; conclusion of the expedition to, 54 ; plan for destroying the galleons at, 87, 88 Cagliari, 23 ; capitulates, 115 Callenburgh, 76 Calvert, Mary, 154 Calvert, Peter, 154 Cambridge, the, 19, 116 Cape de la Hague, 64 Captains received instructions from the Admiralty, xxvi. Carboniere taken by the French, 30,35 Cardinals, the, 26 Cartagena plundered by Admiral Pointis, 33 ; capitulates, 96 Casse, M. du, 25 Catalonia, xviii. ; people of, left to their fate, xx. Cauld Road, 41 Cavsack’s in the City, 162 Centurion, the, 21 Charles, Archduke, afterwards Charles VI., xvii. Charles II. of Spain, xvii. Charles III. of Spain conveyed to Lisbon, xviii. ; enters Barcelona, xx., 82 ; blockaded in Barcelona, 94 Charles, galley, the, 4, 23 Chariot, the, 196 Chatham, xxii., 4, 7, 19,44,103,116, 169 Chateau Renault, Admiral, 8 Cherbourg, French ships ashore at, xvi. Chester, the, 16 Chetwynd, Mr., 169 Churchill, Admiral, 106 ; notice of, 69 Civita Vecchia, 115 Clevland, William, 196 _ Clothing for sailors, xxxi. ; scale of prices for, xxxi. Comet, the, 29 Conception Bay, 33 Constable Burton, co. York, 166 Cook, Captain, xxxii. Copenhagen, 17 Cork, xii., 44 ; the fleet before, 8 ; besieged, 12 ; capitulates, xvi., 13 Cornwall, the, 113, 122 Coruna, 25 Cumberland, the, 133, 134 Dantzig supplies oak for building ships, xxii. Darley, the, 132 Dartmouth, Lord, notice of, 6 Dartmouth, the, Captain Leake appointed to, 9 Davis’s quadrant, xxvii. Defiance, the, 19, 61 Delavall, Sir Ralph, notice of, 14 Deptford, xxii., 26, 27, 44, 46, 47 Desborow, Captain, court-martialled, 31 Devonport, xxii. Diamond ring given by Prince George to Sir John Leake, 141 ; lost, 173 Dilkes, Rear-Admiral, 76 Dockyard at Portsmouth, 210 Dorsetshire, the, 71, 135 Dover, the, 7 Dover Pier, 24 Dover Road, 118 Downs, the, 11, 13, 24, 41, 44,120; great storm in, 72, 73 Dragon, the, 121 Drake, Captain, 125 Dunkirk, 64, 117, 136 Dunnose, 121 INDEX 217 Diinwich, the, 30, 31, Dursley, Lord, 117, II8, 119, 120 Eagle, the, xvi., u, 14, 15, 17, 19, 23 ; ordered to Chatham, 13 ; disabled at the Battle of La Hogue, 16 ; remains at Chatham and Portsmouth all summer, 20 Eddystone, 119 Edgar, the, 7 Elizabeth Christina, Queen of Spain, 112; goes on board the Albemarle, 113 ; ball at Barcelona in honour of, 114 Ernes, Captain, 72 Endeavour, the transport, 119 English Channel, 117 ; bad weather in the, 125 Ensigns, red, blue and white, introduced temp. Charles I., xxv. Essex, Earl of, 55 Exeter, the, xxiii. Fairborne Sir Palmes, 61 Fairborne, Sir Stafford, 49, 57, 69 ; notice of, 61 Fairfax, Captain Robert, xix. Falcon, the, 89, 90 Falmouth, Lord, 142, 171, 172 Final, 23 Firedrake, the, x., 6, 10, 49 Flags, signals made by changing the position of, xxv. Flamsteed, John, Astronomer Royal, xxviii. Flanders, 47 Fleet, losses of the, in the storm of 1703, 73 Flemish Road, 137 Fludyer Street, 154 Food, daily allowance of, on board ship, xxx. Fortune, the, 29 France and Spain, war declared against, 47 Galleon’s Reach, 41, 47 Garland, the, 92 Genoa, 113 George, Brigadier, 96 George, Prince, Lord High Admiral, xxi. ; reviews the land forces, 47 George I., 138 ; crowned, xxi. Gibraltar, xii., n, 21, 23, 80, 85 ; taken, xix., 75 Gibson, Colonel, 27, 29, 30 Gillingham, 116 Gloucester, the, 14 Godalming, description of, 201 Gosport, description of, 210 Gottenburg, 61 Governor’s house at Portsmouth, 209 Grafton, the, 68, 87, 102 Graydon, Rear-Admiral, notice of, 61,62 Green, Charles, Lancaster heraldat-arms, 179 Greenwich, 140, 141, 143, 153 Greenwich Hospital, xxxi., 8 Greenwich Observatory founded in 1676, xxvii. Groix Island, 26 Grommets, xxix. , Mons. du, 135 Guernsey, 64, 108 Guildford, description of, 201 Gunfleet, the, 6 Guns, the heaviest, xxiv. Haddock, Sir Richard, 12 Hadham, 154 Hadley, Suffolk, 2 Hale, John, stockbroker, 157 Ham Creek, 41 Hamburg supplies oak for building ships, xxii. Hamlyn, Orlando, 161 Hamoaze, 12, 41 Hampton Court, the, 87 Handyside, Major, 32 Hardy, Sir Thomas, 106, in, 112, IJ 3> J 33 j tried by court-martial, 104; notice of, 108 ; made first captain, 108 Hare, the, 121 Harley, Robert, Lord Treasurer, xx. Harley Street, 154 218 INDEX Harwich, 3 Harworth, n Hay, Charles, 179 Herbert, Admiral, 8, 12 ; notice of, 7 ; created Earl of Torrington, xv. Hesse Darmstadt, Prince of, xviii.; Governor of Gibraltar, xix. ; at Gibraltar, 76 Hill, Elizabeth, marries Stephen Martin, 13 Hill, General, 136 Hill, Captain Richard, notice of, 14 Hind Head, description of, 202 Hoedic Island, 26 Holland, 3, u, 17,44, “6 Hony, Cape, 71 Hopsonn, Rear-Admiral, 57 ; notice of, 44 Ho vat Island, 26 Hoylake, 10 Hyeres, Isles of, 75 Instruments used for celestial observations, xxvii. Ireland subdued, xvi. Ivica, Island of, surrenders, 100 James, the, 131 James II. in Ireland, xv.; at La Hogue, xvi.; dies at St. Germains, xviii. ; Lord High Admiral, xxi. Jennings, Captain, 68 Jennings, Sir John, admiral of the white, 125 Jersey, 64 Jibs not invented, xxiv. Joseph of Bavaria, xvii. Jumper, Captain, xix. Kent, the, 44, 118, 121, 122, 123 Kettel, John, 178 Killigrew, Admiral, notice of, u, 12 King William’s Fort, 32 Kinsale, 8 ; capitulates to Marlborough, xvi. La Hogue, Battle of, xii., xiv., xvi., xvii., 15, 17 Lancaster, the, 120, 132 Landon, Dr., 165 Leake, Sir John, ix., xix., 3, 43, 73, 74, 76 ; documents relating to, in British Museum, xi. ; dismissed from his employments, xxi. ; the life of, i ; at Londonderry, 10 ; commands the Firedrake at the Battle of Bantry Bay, 10; commissioned for the Oxford, II ; removed to the Eagle, 11 ; appointed commander of the Kent, 44; appointed commodore, 63 ; destroys the French settlements at Newfoundland, 63 ; made rearadmiral of the blue, 64; knighted, 70 ; attacks the French van at Malaga, 77 ; returns to England, 101 ; appointed admiral and commander-in-chief of the fleet, 105; sails for Barcelona, 112; at Dunkirk, 137 ; pensioned, 138; his death, 140; his will, 141 ; his real and personal estate, 142 ; his funeral, 143 ; buried at Stepney, 143 Leake, Lady, 13 ; death of, 120 Leake, Mrs., 152 Leake, John Martin, grandson of the Garter, 154 Leake, Captain Richard, notice of, 3 ; made master-gunner of England, 4 ; death of, 140, 141 Leake, Stephen Martin, Garter King of Arms, 153 ; notice of, x. ; Lancaster herald, 170 ; appointed Norroy King of Arms, 172 ; letters from, 196, 213 ; his opinion of William Clevland, 196, 197 Leake, Stephen Martin, grandson of the Garter, 154 Leake, Colonel William Maitin, 154 Lediard quoted, 33 Leghorn, 91 ; fleet arrived at, 71 Lemon and Oar Sands, 14 Leopard, the, 85, 92 Lestock, Captain Richard, 19, 21 Ley, Captain, 27 Lichtenstein, Prince, 113 Limerick, capitulation of, xvi. INDEX 219 Lisbon, 70, 71, 82 ; fleet sails from, Liverpool, 10 Lizard, the, 65, 122 London, 2, 10, 24, 104 London, the, 25 London Bridge, 73 Londonderry, xv. Long boats, length of, xxiv. Longsand Head, 102 Louis XIV. assembles an army at La Hogue, xvi. Lowestoft, the, 59, 62, 64, 65, 67 Lowndes, Thomas, 155 Lovvndes, William, 154 Ludgate Hill, 173 Madeiras, the, 30 Mahony, Major-General, Governor of Alicante, 97, 99, 100 Majorca, surrender of, 100; fleet at, 115 Malaga, battle of, xii., xix., 23, 76 Malero, 114 Malplaquet, xx. Margaret, Empress, xvii. Margate Road, 124 Maria, Empress, sister of Philip IV., xvii. Marines, origin of the, xxx. Marlborough, Lord, in the Low Countries, xx. Martin, Christian, death of, 152 Martin, Eliza, 2 Martin, Mrs. Elizabeth, wife of Captain Martin, death of, 164, 165 Martin, Elizabeth, daughter of Capt Martin, 26,141; married to Christopher Wyvill, 166 ; death of, 175 ; inscription on her tomb, 175 Martin, Hannah, born, 20; legacy from Sir John Leake, 141; marriage of, 151 Martin, Martha, 141 Martin, Mrs., Captain Martin’s stepmother, death of, 140 Martin, Sarah, 3 Martin, Captain Stephen, notice of, ix.; birth and parentage, 2 ; goes to sea, 4; serves as a volunteer on board the Charles galley, 4; a midshipman on board the Montagu, 5 ; discharged for jesting at Popish pageantry, 6 ; a midshipman on board the Edgar, 7 ; wounded at the Battle of Bantry Bay, 8 ; meets his father in London, 10 ; joins the Dartmouth at Liverpool, 10 ; entered as midshipman for the Oxford, 11 ; removes to the Eagle, n ; at the siege of Cork, 12; appointed second lieutenant of the Eagle, 13; marries Elizabeth Hill, 13 ; appointed first lieutenant, 15 ; bravery at La Hogue, 18 ; Hannah, his first child, born, 20; death of his father, 20; appointed fifth lieutenant on the Britannia, 23; his daughter Mary born, 24; appointed fourth lieutenant on the Britannia, 24; . unjustly treated by Lord Berkeley, 25 ; second lieutenant of the London, 26; discharged from the London, 26 ; his daughter Elizabeth born, 26 ; appointed commander of the Blast bomb ketch, 26; sails for Newfoundland, 27 ; at St. John’s, 29; meets bad weather leaving there, 36 ; arrives at Tenby, 39 ; celebrates the 5th of November, 40 ; anchors in Galleon’s Reach, 41 ; first lieutenant of the Kent, 44 ; birth and death of a son, 44; takes command of the Mortar bomb, 46; his son Stephen born, 47; sails with the fleet of Sir George Rooke, 47; at Cadiz, 49 ; takes command of the Lowestoft, 59 ; at Vigo, 60 ; returns to England, 62 ; ordered to cruise off Guernsey and Jersey, 64; discharged from his command of the Lowestoft, 65 ; appointed to the command of the Royal William flag of Sir John Leake, 67 ; shifted to the Somerset, 68; takes the Borneo in tow and arrives at Spithead, 69 ; shifted to the Prince George, 70; at Spithead 22O INDEX in the Prince George, 74 ; death of his daughter Mary and birth of Christian, 74 ; arrives at Barcelona, 75 ; narrow escape at the battle of Malaga, 78, 79 ; arrives at Portsmouth, 81 ; arrives at Lisbon, 82; cruises off Cadiz, 91, 92 ; on shore with fever at Alicante, 97; returns to England, 101 ; takes command of the Britannia at Chatham, 103 ; removes to the Albemarle, 104; anxiety about the first captaincy, 106, 107; remains as second captain to Sir John Leake, no; sails for Barcelona, 112; takes the Queen of Spain on board the Albemarle for Barcelona, 113; returns to England, 116; joins the Russell flag of Sir John Leake, 117 ; cruises in the Channel, 118, 119; convoys merchant ships, 120, 121 ; the death of his sister-in-law, Lady Leake, 120; proceeds to Lisbon, 124 ; returns to England, 125; meets bad weather in the Channel, 125-130; brings the Russsell safe to Portsmouth, 132 ; appointed first captain to Sir John Leake, 133; appointed first captain on board the Bedford, 136; at Dunkirk, 137 ; chosen an Elder Brother of the Trinity House, 137 ; his retirement, 138 ; lives at Mile End, 140; executor to Sir John Leake, 141; takes the name and arms of Leake, 145 ; ruinous losses in South Sea stock, 150, 151; attempts to purchase a Treasury clerkship for his son, 154-163 ; death of Mrs. Martin, 164, 165 ; marriage of his daughter Elizabeth, 166 ; sale of Bedington, 171; son appointed Norroy King of Arms, 172 ; loses the diamond ring given by Prince George to Sir John Leake, 173 ; death of his daughter Elizabeth, 175 ; his love for his son, 176; illness and death, 177, 178 ; buried at Stepney with full heraldic honours, 178 ; person and character, 180-184 Martin, Captain Thomas, 2 ; dies at Southwark, 19 ; wounded at the siege of Cork, 13, 20; character of, 20 Martinique, 21, 118, 122 Martins and Leakes, friendship between the, ix. Mary II., xv. Mary, the, 30, 35 ; wrecked in the Downs, 73 Master-general of England, xxviii. Master-general of the Ordnance, xxviii. Master-gunner of England, xxviii. Matagorda Castle, 50, 52, 53, 55 Matchlocks, xxiv. Mawson, Richard, portcullis pur– suivant, 178 Mayflower, tender, the, 24 Meadows Mr., bookseller, 174 Mediterranean, the, 3, n, 70 Messes on board ship, xxx. Milan, 113 Mile End, 142 Milford, 39 Milker, Daniel, a steward, 78 Minorca, fleet damaged by a great storm off, 71 ; surrenders, 116 Mitchell, Sir David, notice of, xxxii. Monjuich captured, xx., 82 Monk, the, 27 Montagu, the, ix., 5 Montespan, Madame de, xix. Morocco, Emperor of, 25 Morrice, Captain, of the Sandwich, 43, 169 Mortar, bomb, the, 46, 47 Munden, Captain John, 45 ; notice of, 25 Musquetoons, xxiv. Myngs, Captain, notice of, 11 Namur, the, 45 Narbrough, Sir John, 7 Nassau, the, 104 Navy, state of, between 1689 and 1714, xxi.; commissioners of they xxii.; in the time of Queen Anne, xxix. 5 list of ships in 1685, 185- INDEX 221 192 ; general- state of the, 1688- 1698, 193 ; list of ships in 1699, 194-196 Naze, the, 102 Neptune, the, 4 Nesmond, Mons., 30, 33, 34, 35 Newark, the, 74, H7; JI 8, 123 Newcastle, the, lost in the Downs, 73 Newfoundland, xii., 27, 28, 40; squadron under Commodore Norris sails for, 27 ; proceedings in, 29-32; expedition to, 33 ; French settlement at, destroyed, 63 Nightingale Lane, Limehouse, 14 Nonsuch, the, 120 Nore, the, 6, 13, 14, 19, 24 Norfolk, Duke of, 170 Norfolk, the, 124, 125 Norris, Sir John, Admiral of the Fleet, 8, 33, 39, 104 ; notice of, 27 Northumberland, the, wrecked in the Downs, 73 Nottingham, the, 81 Oak for building ships, xxii. Oaze, the, 102 Orange, Prince of, 5 Ordnance, the, at Portsmouth, 209 Orford, Lord, 25, 42 Ormond, Duke of, 186; at Cadiz, xviii. ; notice of, 47 ; mismanagement of, at Cadiz, 55 Ostend, 61, 117 Oudenarde, xx. Oxford, the, 11 Oxtead, 142 Palamos bombarded, 23 Panther, the, 91 Paternoster Row, 173 Pembroke, Earl of, Lord High Admiral, xxi., 46 Pembroke, the, 92 Peniscola, 112 Pepys, Samuel, xxi. Peregrine, the, 74 Peterborough, Earl of, xix., xx., 82 Petersfield, 203 Pett, Phineas, commissioner at Chatham, xxii. Peverel Point, 121 Philip V., King of Spain, xviii. Pickard, Captain, 45 Piles’ Coffee House, Portsmouth, 204 Pinnaces, length of, xxiv. Placentia, 30, 34 Plymouth, xii., 12, 13, 28,69,111, 118 Plymouth Sound, 122 Point Gate at Portsmouth, 207 Pointis, Admiral, 33, 35, 36 Portland, the, 29, 30 Port Manon, town of, surrenders, 115 Portsdown Hills, 203 Portsea, 203 Portsmouth, xxii.,i I, 44,62, 81,132; fleet visited by King William, 9 ; and its defence in 1729 described, 203-213; Piles’ Coffee House, 204; description of, 205 ; Point Gate, 207; Water Gate, 207; Governor’s house, 209; the Ordnance, 209; dockyard, 210; harbour, 211 Powell, Fletcher, 179 Price, Commodore, 93 Prince George, the, 69, 70, 71, 72, 74, 82, 83, 84, 87, 94, 100, 101 ; in the Battle of Malaga, 77 ; arrives at Portsmouth, 81; sickness on board, 86 ; grounded on the Whitaker Sand, 102 Propesca, Count, 113 Puntales, 48 Ramillies, xx. Ranelagh, the, 87 Redondalla, 56 Reserve, the, lost in the Downs, 73 Restoration, the, ashore in the Downs, 72 Riga supplies oak for building ships, xxii. Rivers, Lord, xx. Roberts, Mary, 144 Rochefort, road of, 135 Rochester, the, 64 222 INDEX Roebuck, the, 92 Roman Catholic officers in the fleet, 6 Romney, Lord, 8 Rooke, Sir George, ix., xix., 19, 24, 43, 47, 59, 69, 74, 76; at La Hogue, xvi.; attack on Cadiz, xviii. ; victory at Vigo, xviii. ; notice of, 17 ; mismanagement of, at Cadiz, 55 ; praises the seamen at the Battle of Malaga, 80 Rota, 49, 54 Rotherhithe, 3 Royal Sovereign, the, 116, 117 Royal William, the, flag of Sir John Leake, 67, 68 Rupert, Commodore, 120 Russell, Admiral, 13 ; action with Tourville, xvi. ; his system of signals, xxv. ; notice of, 15 ; created Earl of Orford, 25 Russell, the, xiii., 117, 118,120, 121, 123, 124, 125 ; in danger, 126- 130; safe at Portsmouth, 132 Ryswick, Peace of, 41 ; signed, Sailors, English, in the days of Blake, xxviii. ; in the time of Queen Anne, xxix. St. Albans, the, 119, 120 St. Andrews, the, 16 St. Catharine’s, 49 St. Catharine’s Tower, 48 St. Elizabeth, the prize, 11 St. George, the, 68 St. Germains, 45 St. Helens, 19, 27, 62 St. John’s, 35, 36 St. Lucca, 91 St. Malo, 118 ; French ships escape to, xvi. St. Martin’s Road, 133 St. Mary’s, 49 St. Phillip’s Castle surrenders, 116 St. Sebastian, 48 St. Vaust, xvi. Salutes, Instructions as regards, xxvi. Sandwich, the, 169 San Pietro Davena, 113 Sapphire, the, 7 Sardinia, Island of, 114 Sark, Island of, 65 Saudadoes, the, 61 Savona, Castle of, 113 Scaw, the, 117 Scilly Isles, 131 Seaford, 154 Seaton Delaval, Northumberland, 14 Severn, the, 121 Sheerness, xxii. Sheerness, the, 64 Ships of the Navy at the Revolution, xxiii. ; not fitted with davits, xxiv. ; lost in the Downs, 73 ; list of, in 1685, 185-192; list of, in 1699, 194-196 Shovell, Sir C., ix., xix., xxxii., 26, 62, 70, 75, 76, 82, 104 ; notice of, 7, 9 ; ship wrecked off the Scilly Isles, 7 ; funeral in Westminster Abbey, 8 ; joins the fleet at Vigo, 59 ; sails for England, 84 Signals, Admiral Russell’s system of, xxv. ; made by changing the position of flags, xxv. Skiffs, length of, xxiv. Slops, scale of prices for, xxxi. Smyrna fleet disaster, 15 Snaphaunces, xxiv. Soldiers on board ships, xxix. Soleil Royal, the, xvi., 14, 16 Somerset, the, 68, 69 South Sea Bubble, 47, 148 Southsea Castle, 211 Southward Cape, the, 101, 130 South wark, 19 Spain, King of, 82 ; arrives in England, 74 Spanish succession, question of, xvii. Spartel, Cape, 90, 92 ; fleet cruise off, 82 Spithead, 12, 20, 27, 47, 64, 74, in, 116, 120 Stanhope, Major-General, 115 Start, the, 131 Stationers’ Hall, 173 Stibbs Edward, Chester herald, 179 INDEX 22$ Stirling Castle, the, 116 ; wrecked in the Downs, 73 Strickland, Sir Roger, 169 ; notice of, 5 Suffolk, the, Sir Francis Wheler’s flag ship, xxiii. Suffolk hag-boat, the, 27, 28, 29 Sunderland, the, 123 Superbe, the, French man-of-war, captured, 122 Sussex, the, founders, 22 Tangier Road, 71 Tangiers, 7, 61 Tartar, the, 92 Tenby, xiii., 39, 40 Teonge, Rev. Henry, xxvin. Thorpe Church, 154 Thorpe Hall, Essex, 153 Thunderbolt bomb, the, 41 Tiger, the, 91 Tilt, the, 199 Topsham, 121 Torbay, 24, 81, 123, 124 ; fleet in, 24, 48 Torrington, Earl of, xv., 12, 169 Toulon, 80 Toulouse, xix. Toulouse, Comte de, sails from Toulouse, xix.; in command of the French fleet at Malaga, 76 Tourville, Comte de, xv., 16 Travelegar, Cape, 91 Turner, Sir Charles, 158 Uniform, no regular, until Lord Anson’s time, xxxi.; of naval officers in Queen Anne’s time, xxxii. Ushant, 19 ; fleet off, 24 Utrecht, Congress, at, 136; Peace of, xx., 138 Vado, in Italy, 113, 114 Valencia, fleet at, 95 Vanbrugh, Sir John, 146 Velasco, the Viceroy, 83 Vere, Sir Francis, 55 Victory, the, built by Phineas Pett, xxiii. Vigo, xii.; victory at, xviii.; battle of? 56, 57 ; captured, 58 Vigo, the, lost in the Downs, 73 Villette, Marquis de, xix.; at the battle of Malaga, 76 Vincent, Captain, 118 Volunteers, Navy, in Queen Anne’s reign, xxvii. ; gentlemen, xxviii. Vulture, the, 102 Wager, Captain, 89, 92 ; notice of, 87 Wallingford House, xxii. Walpole, Sir Robert, 161 Warspite, the, 134 Warwick, Earl of, 3 Wassenaer, 76 Water Gate of Portsmouth, 207 Westminster Abbey, 8, 88 Weybridge, 44 Weymouth, the, 119, 120 Wheler, Sir Francis, xii.; notice of, 20; drowned, 22 Whinyates, Captain, 155 Whitaker, Sir Edward, xix., 135, 137 Wight, Isle of, 62 William III., xv. ; visits the fleet at Portsmouth, 9 ; death of, xviii. Windsor Park, 69 ‘ Windy Gap,’ the, 202 Wilson, Mrs. Eliza, 173 Wishart, Rear-Admiral, 76 Wolf Rock, 131 Woolwich, xxii., 27 Wright, Commissioner, 43 Wyvill, Christopher, 166 Wyvill, Rev. Christopher, 176 Wyvill, Major, 99 Wyvill, Sir Marmaduke, 166 Yarmouth, 14 York, Duke of, 14 York, the, 14; lost in the Downs, 70 Youghal, 14
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