This volume follows the organisation of the editor’s seminal study, Naval Administration in the Age of Walpole (1965), but the documents presented here represents a longer period (of thirty-five years) than in his original book.
Separate sections include documents describing the structure of the central administration, including the Admiralty’s sometimes difficult relationship with the Navy Board; the evolution of the officer corps, rewards and discipline: seamen and their pay, the manning problem and health at sea; ships and shipbuilding; naval stores and timber; the Royal Dockyards, their management, labour relations, and abuses of the system; the development of overseas bases; the victualling of the fleet and naval finance.
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INDEX [Footnotes are cited only when no related reference is made to the page above.} Academy, 6, 38, 57-62, 64-6, 87,483-4 Acadia, 389 Accounts, 2-3, 11, 159, 161, 168, 175, 177-8, 253, 335, 467, 475, 477; captains’, 52, 56-7, 175, 334, 413, 416; dockyard, 463-4, 468-9, 477; officers’, 41-2, 79-80, 189-90, 463; pursers’, 405, 410, 419-20, 458,473,480, 488; Storekeepers’, 300, 324, 335, 385-6, Treasurer’s, 179, 454-5; Victualling, 401, 407-10,434,448,455,481 Ack worth; see Acworth Acts of Parliament; see Statutes Acworth, Sir Jacob, 7, 8, 195, 200-1, 214-15, 224, 228, 343-6, 483, 495-6; see also Surveyor of the Navy Adams, Joseph, 88 Adams, Thomas, 367 Admiral of the Fleet, 44, 80, 82 Admirals; see Flag officers Admiralty Board (Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty), xv, 18-22, 24, 26, 28, 34, 75, 78-9, 81, 86, 162, 185, 191, 250, 266, 432, 436, 455, 458; history of, 4-7; membership, 494; orders from, 30, 32-3, 73, 165, 174, 178- 9, 254, 402, 416, 420, 466, 476; powers of, 39-40; policies of, 1-3, 9, 42-3, 45, 58-61, 66, 84-5, 148, 153, 158-60, 192-3, 200, 202, 262-5, 290, 302, 305, 307, 314, 313-4, 404, 406, 453, 470, 476; see also First Lord of the Admiralty Admiralty Office, 1, 8-9, 18, 20, 457,477,483 Agent Victuallers, 4, 24, 33, 165, 172-4, 177, 373, 378, 401-2, 407-10, 418, 421, 431, 443, 448,450-1,488 Ainell, William, 300-2 Albion, Prof. R. G., 199, 237-9 Alderson, Mr., 398 Alien, Joseph; see Allin Alien, Capt. Robert, 87 Allin, Joseph, 21,495-6 America, 42, 62, 92-3, 129-33, 140, 239-40, 247, 402, 429, 472 American Act; see Statutes Amsterdam Admiralty, 278 Anchors, 215, 271, 309, 352-3, 363, 384, 389, 467 Andrews, Capt. Thomas, 87 Annapolis Royal, 388-89,472 Anne, reign of Queen, 54, 153, 240, 261, 266 296,392,485 Anson, Admiral George, 1st Baron, 7, 34, 80, 121,259,493-4 Antigua, xi, 131, 325, 329, 334, 336, 347, 349 368-71, 373-4, 380, 382, 387, 392-3, 395-6, 433,490; see also English Harbour Apprentices and apprenticeship, 280, 282, 286-7, 294, 301, 308, 312, 314-17, 321, 351; indentures of, 171, 176; number of, 268; pay of, 265, 274-5; ropemakers’, 281, 309-10; see also Servants Appropriation, 161, 163-4, 187,405,417,454-5, 458, 461, 463-4, 467-8, 475; see also Estimates Army, 81-4, 144, 405-6, 424, 439, 448, 454, 466-7,472; see also Soldiers Arris, Robert, 497 Articles of War, 86, 157, 167 Artificers; see Workmen Assignment of wages, 162-3, 165, 170-1, 176, 311; see also Power of Attorney Atkins, George, 307, 484-5 Atkins, Capt. Samuel, 81 Attorney General, 129, 132-5, 137, 186,251 Attornies, 163-4, 179, 181, 188, 301-2; see also Powers of Attorney Audit Office, 455 Aylmer, Admiral Matthew, 493 Ayres, John, 108 Baber, Peregrine, 64-5 Bacon, Waller, 492 Baillie, George, 493 Baird, Capt. Patrick, 86 Baker, Capt. Edward, 81 Baker, John, 160, 168 Balchen, Admiral Sir John, 7, 41, 93, 107, 195 212-14,432 Balfour, Charles, 87 Balfour, James, 87 Ballast, 157,276-7,382 Baltic, 241, 247, 262, 270, 402, 422, 424, 427, 478 Bankes, James, 23, 292,484-5 Barbados, 131, 134, 137, 334, 336, 347, 349, 368-69, 373-5, 382, 393, 410, 413, 419, 433-4 Barbary, 14, 53 Barham, John, 277-8 Barker, Lt., 47 Barnard, Sir John, 141 Barnett, Mr., 296 Barnett, Commodore Curtis, 387, 447 Barnevelt, Robert, 451 Barnstable, 154 507 508 INDEX Barradall, Capt. Bloomfield, 381 Barrels, see Cask Barton, Jethro, 243, 284, 287 Bastimientos, the, 430 Bately, Edward, 260 Bateman, Capt. William, 87 Bath, 16 Battery, 371, 384, 386, 392,490, see also Guns Baynes, Sergeant (John?), 301 BeachyHead, 156 Beauclerk, Lord Vere, 4, 19, 32, 80,493-5 Beckford, Peter, 348 Beckford, William, 140-1 Bedford, John Russell, 4th Duke of, 4, 7, 18, 20, 32, 34, 72, 74-6, 80 Bedfordshire, 348 Beef, 351, 405-6, 412-16, 421, 425, 429, 437-8,441,447,470; see also Meat Beer, 24, 142-3, 402, 406, 410, 418, 421, 425, 448-50 Belitha, Cdr. Warren, 87 Bennet, Richard, 316 Bennett, John, 367 Bentham, Bryan, 310 Bentham, Charles, 278-9 Bentley, Capt. John, 87 Bere, Forest of, 125 Bere, Thomas, 497-8 Berkeley, Capt. George, 371 Berkeley, James, 3rd Earl of, 5,493-4 Berkeley, John, 497-8 Bermondsey, 282 Berry, Benjamin, 255 Berwick, 335 Bethel (Dawes), Mr., 111 Bettesworth, Henry, 301-2 Bideford, 154,437 Bills of exchange, 49-50, 52-3, 334, 385-6, 388, 398,401,411,414,465-6,476 Bird, Henry, 201 Biscuit, 413-14; see also Bread Bishop of Winchester, 20 Bisse, Stephen, 7, 32,405, 497-8 Blackbeard (Edward Teach), xiii Blacks; see Negroes Blacksmiths; see Smiths Blackstakes, 109, 304 Bladwell, Capt. William, 86 Blake, Jeremiah, 285 Blanckley, Thomas, 23, 34,484-5 Blenman, Jonathan, 134, 137 Blockmakers, 275-6 Board of Ordnance; see Ordnance Board of Trade; see Trade Board wages, 293 Boatswain of the Yard, 296, 471 Boatswains, 12, 29, 43, 57-60, 67, 79, 142-3,253,334,353,365 Bolder, John, 108 Bomb vessels, 227,235,480,490 Bonds, 480 Bonfoy, Capt. Hugh, 87 Boscawen, Admiral Edward, 81, 84, 139 Bosham, 125 Boston, Mass., 52, 232-3, 248,388-9, 391 Botley, 125 Bounty money, 89, 102, 117, 155, 484; see also Head money Bounty on naval stores; see Premiums Bowers, Patrick, 156 Brand, Capt. Elite, 81,347,433 Brandy, 64, 121,491 Brazier, 108, 275-6 Bread, 304, 339, 411-12, 416, 425, 429-30, 432,435,438 Brereton, Thomas, 497-8 Brest, 104 Brett, Capt. John, 74 Brett, Capt. (later Admiral Sir) Peircy, 87 Brett, Richard, 34 Brewing, 403,406,448-50; see also Beer Bricklayers, 275, 321,361 Bridger, Jonathan, 245 Brighthelmstone (Brighton), 122-3 Bristol, 18-19, 154,438 Bristol Channel, 154 Broad Street, 180-1, 186 Broderick, Capt. (later Admiral) Thomas, 86, 133-4 Brooks, Capt. Edward, 78 Brown, Charles, Capt. and Commissioner, 15, 189,311-13,429,496 Browning, Thomas, 293-4 Buckingham, Owen, 497 Bucknall, Thomas, 20-1, 307 Builder; see Master Shipwright Burchett, Josiah, 7-8, 221, 495; see also Secretary of the Admiralty Burniston, Charles, 250 Bursledon Ferry, 125 Burton, Richard, 495 Butter, 24, 403, 406, 416, 421, 425, 437-8, 451-2,464 Byng, Admiral Sir George, 1st Viscount Torrington, xiii, 5-6, 48, 78, 91, 169, 325, 351-2,493-4 Byng, Admiral John, 80, 86, 157 Byng, Hon. Robert, 495 Cables, 21-3, 215, 271, 322 Cadiz, 421 Calamantee (Coromantee?) Negroes, 351, 357 Calcutta, 387 Calvert, Charles; see Baltimore Campbell, Cdr. Alexander, 87 Campbell, Capt. John, 87,493-4 Canada, 473 Canning, Cdr. Penhallow, 87 Canvas, 210-11,252 Captain’s clerk, 186 Captains, 4, 86, 117, 119, 137, 147, 175, 177-9, 202, 229, 234, 269, 377, 392, 403; accounts, 56-7; complaints of, 21, 77, 83-4, 173, 195, 374; discipline of, 40-2, 46; duties of, 26-7, 30, 51-2, 60, 62-3, 70-1, 73-4, 103, 113-14, 141, 162, 165-6, 169, 172, 175, 181-2, 184, 187-8, 332, 334, 336, 350, 385-6, 409-15, 418-19, 435; impressing seamen, 129-34, 141, 148, 152, 154-8; instructions for, 10, 12-13, 53, 107, 175-6, 402, 450; pay, INDEX 509 40-5, 54, 68, 72, 95, 190; see also Officers Careening, 49-50, 134, 157, 325, 332, 334-7, 341-2, 345-7, 358, 362-3, 365, 368-70, 375-7, 381, 383, 389-91, 393, 395-7, 399; capstans, 363, 371; gear, 338, 356; places, 79, 349, 353; wharfs, 78, 327, 329, 343, 371-2, 378-9, 382, 385, 387-8, 392,490 Caribbean, 92, 327, 331-2; see also West Indies Carlisle Bay, 368 Carolina, 50, 130, 240-1, 253-6,415-16,438 Carpenters, ship’s, 12, 57, 88, 119-20, 214, 253, 301, 333-4, 337, 345, 350, 355, 365-6, 370, 397; authority over, 29-30, 43; in Ordinary, 55, 292; Negro, 353, 357; pay, 79, 333-4; see also House carpenters Carpenters’ crews, 372, 396-7 Cartagena, 327, 329-30, 339, 341 Cashier for the Victualling, 466 Cask, 248, 285, 411, 413-14, 425, 429, 439-40, 446 Caswall, John, 429 Catherine the Great, 330 Catterwood, Dr., 340 Cattle, 256,433,437,451; see also Beef, Meat Caulkers, 29, 217-18, 264, 274, 297, 300, 321, 323, 355, 361, 366-7, 381, 395, 469, 480; extra allowances paid to, 333-7; indentures of, 266; Negro, 351, 353, 357, 396, 398-9; see also Master Caulker Caulking, 211,219, 273, 332, 336 Cavendish, Admiral Philip, 7, 15, 71, 115, 117, 123,326,337,493-4 Cay ley, Tyrwhitt, Capt. and Commissioner, 497-8 Chambers, Admiral William, 80, 189 Chaplains, 79 Charles II, reign of King, 35, 223 Charleston, 49 Charnock,John, 195, 198,229 Chatham, 3, 33, 51, 93, 96, 124, 172-3, 183-5, 189, 202, 212, 222, 242, 257, 261-4, 266, 268, 271, 273, 279-81, 283, 288-90, 296, 304, 310-13, 403-4, 411-12, 417, 422, 426, 428, 466,486-7,497 Chatham Chest, 6, 176, 180 Cheap, Capt. David, 86 Cheese, 24, 304,403,416,421,425, 451-2,464 Cheshire, Lady, 348 Chetwynd, William Richard, 493-4 Chichester, 33, 125 Children, 51,54, 63, 170,286 Chiles, Edward, 366 Chips, 264, 276, 286 Chiswell, Charles, 416-17 Chocolata Hole, 337, 345 Cholmley, Hugh, 497 Cholmondeley, George, Viscount Malpas, 493-4 Cholmondeley, Colonel James, 306 Churchill, Joshua, 497 Churchwardens, 172, 175, 178 Cider, 150 Cinque Ports, 110-12 Claremont, 122 Clark, James,. 301 Cleaning (ships), 21-2, 24-6, 28-31, 52, 302, 314; see also Careening Clerk of the Acts, 495-6 Clerk of the Cheque, 4, 34, 88, 125, 162, 176, 183, 263, 273, 277, 286, 293, 297, 301, 307, 333, 464, 468-69; clerks belonging to, 299- 300; mustering seamen, 51, 56, 85, 96, 169, 301,332 Clerk of the Cuttinghouse, 415,441 Clerk of the House of Commons, 9 Clerk of the Journals, 70 Clerk of the Marines, 145 Clerk of the Papers, 18 Clerk of the Ropeyard, 176, 263, 279, 280-1, 284,310 Clerk of the Survey, 22, 34, 57, 263 Clerks, 1, 18, 20, 34, 70, 167, 175-6, 180-1, 184, 253, 287-8, 324, 394, 398-9, 402, 404, 414, 445; Admiralty, 8, 10; captains’, 16, 18, 52, 263; dockyard, 292, 299-300; Navy Board, 3, 11-12, 180, 270: Ticket Office, 178; salaries of, 286, 289-90,468,476,484 Clevland, John, 8,494-6 Clevland, William, 495 Clinton, Anne, 13-14 Clinton, Admiral George, 5,13-14,42,80 Clothes; see Slop clothes Clutterbuck, Thomas, 493-4 Coasters, 110, 116-117, 119-20, 153 Cock, John, 23, 25 Cockburn, John, 493-4 Coe, Cdr. Fyfield, 87 Cokburne, Capt. George, 87 Colby, Capt. Stephen, 87 Cole, John, 277-8 Coleman, Capt. Robert, 15 Coles, Joseph, 186 Collector of the Sixpenny Duty, 18-19 Colliers, 110, 116-17, 119-20 Collins, Cornelius, 108 Colville, Capt. (later Admiral) Lord Alexander, 87 Commanders, 36,40-2, 69, 78, 86 Commanding officers; see Captains, Commanders Commissioners; see Dockyard Commissioners, Navy Board, Sick and Wounded Board, Victualling Board Commodores, 14, 41, 63, 73-4, 82, 229; see also Flag officers Compton, James, 497 Comptroller of the Navy, 6-7, 11, 167, 481, 495-6 Comptroller of the Storekeepers’ Accounts, 495-6 Comptroller of the Treasurer’s Accounts, 455, 495-6 Comptroller of the Victualling Accounts, 10, 455, 473,475,480-1,495-6 Conduct money, 91,98,155,162, 180,484 Conduit, John, 466-7 Constable of the Tower of London, 97 Constables, 97, 153 Consuls, 105-6, 182 Contracts and contractors, 3, 237, 240-2, 263, 510 INDEX 266, 321, 355, 477, 485; for brandy, 121; for building ships, 217-19, 307; for hemp, 241-2; for masts, 240, 248; for slop clothes, 114; for stores and timber, 237, 244-7, 253-60, 288, 309, 478, 484; for victualling, 121, 338, 340, 382, 401-2, 405, 413-15, 419-20, 425, 429-31, 433-6, 449, 451-2, 464, 470; see also Merchants Convoys, 134, 147, 156, 216, 249, 367,438 Cooks, 43, 55, 86 Cookson, Cdr. Thomas, 76, 87 Cooley, William, 63 Cooper, John, 108 Cooperage. 345, 378, 384 Coopers, 108, 266,402, 404,420,426,444 Copper, 272 Corbett, Thomas, xi, 6-8, 18-20, 91, 132, 226, 494 Corbett, William, 72,496 Cordage, 25, 210, 219, 241, 245, 308, 335, 342, 349, 367, 372, 384; see also Rigging Cork, 112,437-8 Cornwall, 260, 392 Cornwall, Charles, Capt. and Commissioner, 496 Cornwall, Capt. James, 367, 370-1 Corporation of Plymouth, 16 Corporation of Portsmouth, 34, 291 Corporations, 64, 105, 162, 175 Cosby, Capt. Henry, 87 Cotterel, Capt. Charles, 81 Course (of payments), 10, 232, 455-6, 466, 470, 475-7 Courts-martial, 27, 40, 45, 71-2, 139, 157, 188, 198 Crab Island, 383 Craggs, James, 207 Craven, Governor Charles, 255-6 Crookshanks, Capt. John, 74, 381 Crowcher, James, 65-6 Crowle, George, 495-8 Cuckolds Point, 439 Culpeper, Lt. Francis, 64-5 Cumberland, Mr., 225 Curlett, Thomas, 108 Customs Collectors, 154 Customs Commissioners, 74 Customs Office, 91,97, 118 Dandridge, Capt. William, 131 Daniel, Nicholas, 282 Dashwood, George, 64-5 Davers, Admiral Thomas, 141, 397, 399 Davies, William, 497-8 Davis, Mr., 122 Davis, Francis, 283 Dawes, Bethel, 110 Deal, 110-12 Deane, James, 416 Debt of the navy, 232, 417, 422-3, 456-7, 460-1, 465, 467, 474-5, 481-2, 499 Delafaye, Charles, 9 DeLancey, Oliver, 233 DeL’Angle, Capt. Merrick, 87 Delgarno, Capt. Arthur, 347 Denis, Capt. (later Admiral Sir) Peter, 87 Dennis, Richard. 242, 277 Dent, Capt. Digby, jr., 129 Dent, Capt. Digby, sr., 78-9, 111, 366 Dentrey, Robert, 281 Deptford, 21, 33, 96, 183, 217-18, 222, 253, 255, 257, 261-3, 270, 272-3, 290, 292, 299-302, 309, 319,404,439,486-7,497 Deputy Surveyor; see Surveyor of the King’s Woods Desertion, of seamen, 98, 104, 129, 131, 134, 145, 151, 153-7, 270, 304, 332, 339, 375-6, 389, 391; means of preventing, xii, 91, 94, 124-5, 269, 341, 384, 390; of shipwrights, 217, 279; see also Run men Devert, Daniel, 296,495-6 Devon, 260 Diet; see Victualling, diet Dilk(e), Capt. William, 115 Discipline, 12, 65, 72, 74, 86, 101, 126, 172-3, 274, 285, 308; improvement of, 40, 63; of officers, 40-2, 71-2, 81, 83, 85; shipboard, 139, 142-3, 157-8, 188-9, 376, 433; in the yards, 293, 298, 303-4, 307, 312-13,469 Disease, 94, 150, 294, 304, 332; see also Sickness Dobbins, Arthur, 322 Docks and docking, 4, 21-4, 26, 28-31, 46-7, 126, 204, 213-15, 229-31, 234, 261, 269, 277, 295,303-4,318,321-3,468 Dockyard Commissioners, 51, 58-60, 85-6, 108, 165, 167, 172, 180-1, 189, 262-3, 280, 326, 496-7 Dockyard officers, 3, 23, 43, 242-3, 264, 292, 303; authority over, 4, 22, 24; communications with Navy Board, 30-1, 85, 260, 263, 265, 270, 285-6, 309, 319, 324, 469; orders from Commissioner to, 27-8, 31, 50, 276; promotion of, 34, 269 Dockyards, xii, 4, 58-9, 65, 159, 162, 176, 193-4, 201-2, 204, 210-12, 257-9, 261-324, 457,463,467-8,476-80,483, 485-7 Dodington, George, 493 Dominica, 383 Donnavan, Jeremiah, 157 Donovan, Timothy, 340, 355 Dorset, 260 Douglas, Mr., 383 Douglas, Capt. (later Admiral Sir) James, 392 Dove, Capt., East India Co., 115 Dove, Francis, Capt. and Commissioner, 273, 497 Dover, 110-11, 129,403-4,466 Dover Castle, 110-11 Downes, John, 48 Downs, the, 20, 91, 109-11, 138, 155-6, 214, 216 Drake, Capt. (later Admiral) Francis William, 87 Drakeford, Richard, 88 Drummond, Capt. Charles, 81 Drydocks; see Docks and docking Dublin, 284-5,415 Ducie, Mathew, 2nd Baron, 19-20 Duff, Capt. (later Admiral) Robert, 86 Dunbar, David, 250 Dungeness, 156 Dunkirk, 490 Durell, Capt. John, 52, 115,428 INDEX 511 Dutch, 101, 103, 155, 387, 392,490 Dutch Cove, 377-9 Earthquakes, 346,391 East India Company, 96, 115-16, 119-21, 128-9, 186, 320, 343, 447-8 East India House, 186 East Indies, 96, 120, 334, 336, 341, 387, 402, 448,491 Edgecombe (Edgcumbe), Richard, 1st Baron, 427 Edgecumbe, Capt. (later Admiral) George, 87 Edmonston, Colonel Patrick, 305-6 Edwards, Cdr. David, 87 Edwards, Peter, 108 Edwards, Capt. Richard, 87 Elliot, Edward, 497 Ellis, Welbore, 493-4 Embargo, 97-8, 117, 119-20, 122, 140, 153 Empacombe, 427-8 Emsworth, 125 Engineer, 79, 330-1, 338 Englesfield Green, 32 English Harbour, 41, 187, 329, 347, 349, 368- 77, 380, 382, 387, 392-3, 395-6; see also Antigua Erskine, Capt. Robert, 86 Essex, 97, 260 Establishments (shipbuilding and rigging), 152, 199-203, 208-9, 221-2, 227-8, 230-1, 233 Estimates, naval and victualling, xiii, 1, 9, 192, 212, 221, 232, 295, 365, 383, 385-6, 403-4, 406,422-4,453-62,476,479-81 Evelyn, Sir John, 43 9 Examination, lieutenants’, 61, 75-6 Extra Repairs estimate, 212 Extra work (overtime); see Workmen Eyles, Francis, 497-8 Eyres Stiles, Sir Francis Haskins, 497-8 Falconer, William, 196-7 Falkingham, Edward, Capt. and Commissioner, 14,377-80,495-7 Falkingham, Cdr. John, 87 Falmouth, 438 Faneville, Benjamin, 413,429 Fanshaw, Capt. Charles, 81 Fareham, 125 Faro, 381 Faulkner, Capt. William, 173 Fawler, John, 495-6 Fazakerly, Mr., 186 Fearne, Charles, 20 Fees, 70, 170, 175,288 Fellows, Thomas, 209, 259 Fencing Master, 58 Fergussone, Capt. John, 87 Ferrol, 75 Fevers, 139, 149-50 Fielding, Capt. William, 86 Fighting Instructions, 110 Finance, 453-91; see also Accounts, Appropriation, Bills of exchange, Debt of the navy, Estimates, Money, Navy bills, Ordinary Estate, Pay, Parliament, Treasurer of the Navy, Treasury, Victualling, Wages Finch, Daniel; see Winchilsea Fireships, 55, 79, 193, 206, 217, 227, 235,490 First Lord of the Admiralty, 2, 5-7, 18-20, 34, 72-6, 480, 483,493 First Lord of the Treasury, 474,482-3 Fisheries, 111, 122-3, 153 Fitting out ships; see Refitting Flag officers, xiii, 22, 30, 40-1, 82, 117; duties of, 2, 29, 31, 36, 76, 119; instructions to, 13; half pay, 43-5, 54, 68, 72, 74-5, 77-8, 80; influence of, 4—5, 48; policy statements and reports by, 81-4, 86, 202, 229, 234 Fletcher, James, 260, 324 Flour, 438,440-1.447 Folkestone, 110-11 Food preservation; see Preservation, Spoilage Forbes, Admiral John, 81 Forrester, Capt. George (Lord), 71, 219 Fort Charles, 337 Forton, 93 Forts and fortifications, 58, 79, 82, 344-5, 350-1, 353-4,359,361,369,380,393 Foster, Mark, 108 Fountain, John, 301 Fox, Capt. Thomas, 74 France, 143, 261, 314; see also French Francke, Edward, 333, 337 Frankland, Sir Thomas, 493-4 Freeman’s Bay, 380 Freemasons; see Masons French, brandy, 121; commodities, 54; administrative order, 106; lady, 331; manning methods, 100-1, 103—4; merchants’ service, 155; settlements, 383, 389; ship design, 198-9, 223-4; ships taken, 232, 234-5; war with, 62,75, 152, 191,231,326,474 French Master, 58, 87 Fresh meat; see Meat Friend, George, 484 Friend, Mrs., 293-5 Frigates, 49, 55, 70, 154,238 Fundy, Bay of, 389 Furzer, Daniel, 333, 495 Gage, Capt. John, 131-2 Gambier, Capt. (later Admiral) James, 25 Gangs, shipwrights’, 286, 315-16; see also Press gangs Gascoigne, Capt. John, 81, 254-6, 343 Gashry, Francis, 495-6 Gawler, Benjamin, jr., 301 Gayton, Capt. (later Admiral) Clark, 26-7 Gazette, The, 103,167,469 Geddes, Alexander, Capt. and Commissioner, 495-6 General Post Office; see Post Office Geneva; see Gin Genoa, 445 Genoese, 381 German soldiers, 472 Gibb, Andrew, 108 Gibraltar, xi, 13-14, 34, 218, 299, 325-6, 333, 337-8, 367, 381, 402, 429, 444, 457, 466-7, 472,490 Gin, 94, 303 Girdling, 197,212-13,215 Girlington, Capt. Richard, 117, 347 512 INDEX Glenorchy; see Campbell Gloucester, 394 Godolphin, Sidney, 1st Earl of, 243 Golding, John, 16 Goodwin, John, 322 Gordon, Capt. (later Admiral) William, 87, 131 Gosport, 125, 137, 145, 156,305,418,428 Gout, 16,88 Governors, 52-3, 105-6, 129-30, 132, 134-5, 141, 182; of Carolina; 255; of Massachusetts, 248; of New Hampshire, 250-1; in West Indies, 131,354-5,362,410 Grant, Thomas, 33 Granville, Leveson Gower; see Trentham Graves, Capt. Thomas, 81 Gravesend, 96-7,485 Graving, 277 Gray, Capt. (John?), 348 Graydon, Admiral John, 392 Greenhill, Capt. David, 46, 48, 243 Greenwich; see New Greenwich Greenwich Hospital, 77, 89, 163, 167, 180 Gregson, Francis, 371 Grenville, George, 164,493-4 Griffin, Admiral Thomas, 80 Guarda costas, 339 Guardships, 44, 51, 64, 277, 323-4,433,477 Guildford,217 Guinea, 336,354, 357 Gulston, Joseph (‘Rio’), 240 Gulston, Ralph, 240, 248, 250, 252 Gunfleet, 156 Gunners, 12,43, 55, 59, 67, 79, 84, 386, 394 Gunnery, 58 Gunpowder; see Powder Guns, 380, 386; loading onboard and off, 29, 375, 381, 388; number of, 200, 202-3, 206, 208, 223, 230, 233; placement of, 196-8, 208-9, 215, 219, 345; weight of, 152, 223-4, 303 Guy, William, 312-13,445-7 Gwynn, Capt. Richard, 87 Habeas corpus, 132 Haddock, Admiral Nicholas, 13-14, 71, 110, 374 Haddock, Capt. Richard, 86 Haddock, Richard, Comptroller, 7 Haddock, Sir Richard, 495 Hale, Cdr. John, 87 Hale, Richard, 242 Half pay, 35-40, 43-5, 48-9, 54, 68-9, 72, 77, 81,453 Hall, Richard, 497-8 Haman, Capt. Joseph, 131 Hamett,Mr.,310 Hamilton, Lord Archibald, 493-4 Hammond, George, 291 Hammond, John, 94, 151, 153 Hamoaze, the, 212,428 Hampshire, 33, 260 Hampton, Va., 356 Hannay, David, xii Harding, Fisher, 223 Hardy, Capt. (later Admiral Sir) Charles, jr., 130 Hardy, Admiral Sir Charles, sr., 117, 172, 305-6, 493-4 Harland, Capt. (later Admiral Sir) Robert, 87 Harris, John, 285 Harris, William, 48 Harwich, 96, 486-7 Haselden, Thomas, 64-5 Haslar hospital, 94 Havant, 125 Haverfordwest, 437 Hawke, Admiral Sir Edward, 80, 86, 94, 369-70, 449-50 Hawks, Thomas, 108 Hay, William, 497-8 Hayes, Adam, 323 Hayling Island, 125 Hayward, John, 48, 209 Head money, 89,474 Health; see Disease, Fevers, Scurvy, Sickness Heather, John, 316 Hemp, 240-3, 245, 282, 288 Hennington, Capt. John, 81 Herbert, Mr., 145 Herbert, Capt. Edward, 188 Hervey, Capt. Augustus (later Admiral and 3rd Earl of Bristol), 40 Hervey, Capt. William, 71 Hewet, Thomas, 243 Hildesley, Capt. John, 42,46-7, 49-50, 81 Hill, Capt. (later Admiral) Christopher, 87 Hill, Capt., East India Co., 96 Hill House, 126, 190,288 Hinde, George, 398 Hoadly, Benjamin, Bishop of Winchester, 20 Hoare (Hore), Capt. Daniel, 71 Hodge, James, 367 Hodsoll, Capt. James, 86, 157 Hogs, 420,435, 444,456,459-71 Holland, 191, 200; see also Dutch Holland, John, 216, 221-2, 235, 322 Hollowell, Benjamin, 233 Holmes, Tempest, 495 Hook, Capt. Edmund, 337 Hopson, Admiral Edward, 327 Horndean, 125 Home, Capt. Edmund, 87 Horsenell, Horatio, 243 Hosier, Admiral Francis, 327, 338-41, 345,430 Hospital ships, 145-6, 151, 235 Hospitals, 2, 93-4, 124-5, 137, 145-6, 155-7, 174, 326, 329, 340, 355, 361-2, 391-2, 490 House carpenters, 275-6, 312, 317, 321, 323, 361,363,394-6,399 House of Commons; see Parliament Howard, Capt. Thomas, 49 Huchenson, Capt. Thomas Howard, 87 Hughes, Richard, Capt. and Commissioner, 7, 14, 21-4, 26-9, 64-6, 87-8, 124, 137, 185, 253, 256, 263, 267, 269, 291-6, 298, 300, 302, 304-8,311,316,496 Hughli, 388 Hulks, 65-6, 78-9, 142, 235, 327, 330, 334, 337, 339, 341-2, 346, 350, 355-6, 359-61, 363-5, 377, 385-6, 396 Hull, 154, 156,217,437 Hume, David, 315 Hunt, Richard, 292 Hunter, Robert, Colonel and Governor, 472 INDEX 513 Hurricanes, 201, 327-9, 341, 344-6, 348, 363, 368,375-6,391-3,400 Hutchinson, James, 108 Huxley, George, 497-8 Hyeres Road, 219, 304, 366,444 Impressment, 2, 89-90, 96, 101-2, 107, 112, 131-4, 137-8, 140-1, 148, 153-6, 169, 269, 331, 474; in the colonies, 92-3, 106, 155; on land, 91,93; methods of, 111, 117, 127-8, 130, 154; of workmen, 266, 425; see also Press gangs Indians (American), 248-9 Innes, Capt. Thomas, 87 Inscription maritime, 101 Instructions and regulations, for Clerk of the Cheque, 470; for commanding officers, 181-2, 419; for Commissioners, 407; dockyard, 273, 276, 285-6, 289, 318, 324; for pursers, 177; for Purveyors, 258; for Sea Service (printed), 12, 56, 62-3, 72-3, 182; Victualling, 401, 408, 413-14, 424; see also Admiralty Board, Regulations and Instructions for Sea Service Ireland, 112, 117, 121, 154-5, 164, 261, 314, 402,406,421,437-8 Ironwork, 211,219,235, 392 Italy, 78, 326 Jack in the Basket, 156 Jacobite, 46, 48, 270, 278 Jamaica, xi, 65, 71, 78-9, 106, 121, 140-1, 177, 218, 299, 325-8, 334-9, 342-3, 347-66, 372-3, 386-7, 389-400, 402, 405, 430-2, 437-8, 482, 491; see also Kingston, Lynches Island, Port Antonio, Port Royal James, Richard, 394 James, River, 416 Jameson, Edward, 285 Jasper, Mr., 185-6 Jeffreys, Brigadier John, 144 Jelfe, Capt. Andrew, 21, 23 Jenkins, Richard, 23,484 Jenkins, William, 497-8 Jennings, Admiral Sir John, 493-4 Jermy, Seth, 16 Jewel, William, 367 Jeyes, Peter, 497-8 Johnson, Dr. Samuel, 90 Joiners, 108, 274, 276, 312, 317, 321, 323, 469 Jones, Mr., a sawyer, 271 Jones, (Charles?), 254-5 Jones, Phillip, 16 Journals of the House of Commons, 454,456-7 Judge of the Admiralty, 135-7 Jumper, Sir William, Capt. and Commissioner, 496 Justices of the Peace, 96, 100-1, 111, 117-18, 134-5, 153, 162, 175, 291, 299, 306, 376 Kane, Simon, 142 Keller, Capt. Edward, 87 Kempthorne, Thomas, Capt. and Commissioner, 51,185,280,283,288-9,496 Kent, 97, 301 Keppel, Admiral Augustus, 86 King, Mr., 348 King’s Lynn, 217 Kingston, Jamaica, 326-7, 337, 344, 355, 363, 391,397-8,400 Kinsale,261,402,415,486-7 Kinsey, Cdr. William, 87 Kirley (Kerley, Joseph?), Lt., 74 Kitt Hole, 310 Knackston, Cdr. Thomas, 87 Knees, 237, 320 ‘ Knight, Lt., 66 Knight, Cdr. John, 87 Knowler, Capt. Charles, 86 Knowles, Admiral Sir Charles, 41, 65-6, 73, 78, 80, 131, 134, 187, 329-31, 359, 361-3, 371, 374, 376-7, 380,382, 385^*00 Knowles (Knollys), Charles, Earl of Banbury, 331 Knowles Riots, 331 Labourers, 296, 322,477,480 La Guaira, 131 Lamb, Mr., 160, 169 Lamb, Mr. J., 361 Lamhay, 403 Landsmen, 89, 100, 118-19, 121, 137, 146-7, 150, 153, 155, 180 Langerwood, John, 282 Langstone, 125 Lascelles, Mr., 16 Lascelles, Henry, 433^ Lashley, Lt., 66 Latin, 38, 58, 87 Laughton, Sir John, 330 Lawes, Capt. Joseph, 348 Laws, Capt. William, 81 Leadenhall Market, 441 Leave (of absence), 84-5, 88, 154, 188, 269-70 Lee, Admiral Fitzroy Henry, 14 Lee, Sir George, 493-4 Lee, Richard, 242 Leeward Islands, 73, 330-1, 346-7, 349, 382, 393,405, 413,418, 433-4; see also Antigua Legge, Henry Bilson, 7, 19-20, 144,493-4 Legge, Capt. Julian, 86 Leghorn, 445 Leicester, Thomas Coke, Earl of, 72 Leonard, John, 108 Leslie, Capt. Lachlin, 87 Lestock, Admiral Richard, 7 Levy money, 154 Lewes, 122 Lieutenant of Arms, 49 Lieutenant of Marines, 157 Lieutenants, 41, 66, 71, 76, 81, 83-4, 129, 142-3, 155-7, 310; duties of, 49; half pay, 43-6, 54; impressing seamen, 127, 131, 153, 269; instructions for, 12, 49; pay of, 72-3, 79, 95; pensions for, 69; promotion of, 18, 78, 82, 118; qualifications for becoming, 5, 13, 35-8, 48, 57, 59, 61, 75; senior lieutenants, 67-8 Limeburner, 275-6, 318 Limeburner, Capt. Thomas, 87 Lincoln, Henry Clinton, 7th Earl of, 5 Lincomb, 76 Lind, Dr. James, 94 Lingen, Capt. Joseph, 81 Linzee, Thomas, 284 Lisbon, 14, 155, 326, 381,421,424,488 514 INDEX Lisle, Capt. William, 131, 329-30, 368, 371-4 Littleton, James, 496 Liverpool, 154,437 Lloyd, Capt. James, 371 Lloyd, Capt. William, 87 Lock, John, 307 Lock, Peirson, 307, 484-5 London, xv, 3, 91, 94, 97, 107, 118, 126, 145-6, 171-2, 174, 189, 229, 247-8, 262, 264, 279, 282, 402-3, 406, 413, 415, 436, 439, 465, 470, 485,488 Long, Capt. Robert, 32, 81 Lord High Admiral, 1, 45, 54, 58, 182; see also Admiralty Board, First Lord of the Admiralty Lord Mayor of London, 97 Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, 110-11 Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty; see Admiralty Board Lords Commissioners of the Treasury; see Treasury Lords Lieutenants, 97 Loton, John, 300, 309 Louisbourg, 232, 388-9 Lowndes, Thomas, 241, 254-6 Lowndes, William, 466 Lyddell, Dennis, 495 Lyme, 437 Lynches Island, 328, 347-8, 351-2, 355, 358-9, 363-4, 482; see also Port Antonio Lyttleton, Sir Thomas, 493-4 Maddocks, Richard, 243 Madras, 387 Magistrates; see Justices of the Peace Mahon; see Port Mahon Maine, 240 Malaga, 421 Malone, J. J., 240 Malpas, see Cholmondeley Manesty, Sprig, 497-8 Manners, Lord Henry, 65 Marines, 49, 92,140, 144-5,150, 154, 305-6, 489 Marks, Robert, 367 Marshall, George, 16 Marshall, Cdr. Leonard, 87 Martin, Samuel, 140-1 Martin, Admiral William, 24, 80, 93 Maryland, 413,415, 419 Masons, 275,323, 361 Massachusetts Bay, 239 Master Attendant, 24-8, 46-7, 84, 217-18, 263, 269-71, 332, 350, 355-6, 365, 371, 396, 399; responsibilities of, 21-2, 58-9, 67, 277, 398, 468 Master Boatbuilder, 274, 469 Master Brewer, 406, 443 Master Bricklayer, 296 Master Builder; see Master Shipwright Master Carpenter, 335-6, 351, 369 Master Caulker, 20, 65-6, 263, 350-1, 355-6, 361 Master Cooper, 425 Master Joiner, 33 Master Mastmaker, 274, 469 Master Ropemaker, 263, 279, 281, 283-4, 287, 293-4,312-13 Master Sailmaker, 296 Master Shipwright (or Builder), 4, 21, 23, 27, 46-7, 58, 65, 217-18, 243, 253, 257, 259, 264, 273-4, 277, 290, 292, 295, 300-2, 318, 332, 351, 371, 398-9; responsibilities of, 28, 59, 201, 215, 285, 306-7, 315, 317, 396, 468-9; role in ship design, 199, 203, 208-9, 220-1, 224, 228-30, 232-3, 320 Masters, 29, 36, 43-5, 49, 54, 57, 60, 71, 79, 119-20, 123,263,369-70,411 Masters and commanders; see Commanders Masters, Mr., 122 Masters, Capt. Harcourt, 78-9 Masts, 23, 29, 142, 219, 256, 259, 302-3, 322, 332, 342, 345, 361, 363, 370, 397, 467-8; Carolina, 253-6; lower, 22, 28, 239; New England, 240, 245, 248-52, 254; size and design of, 152, 196-7, 199, 201-2, 208, 211, 249, 252, 372, 389, 391; storage of, 300, 332, 342, 345, 361, 370, 372, 380, 383-4, 392; topgallant, 47, 220 Mathematical Master, 58-60 Mathematics, 58, 64, 67, 287 Matthew, William, General and Governor, 131-2, 369, 372, 376 Mathews, Admiral Thomas, 7, 202, 219, 296, 304,325,366,370,381,444,496 Mayne, Admiral Perry, 80, 86 Mayor of Portsmouth, 305-6 Mayors, 162, 175 McFay, John, 108 McQuin,Mr., 310 Mead, Samuel, Capt. and Customs Commissioner, 74,417, Meat, 149-50, 405, 411, 421, 433, 435-7, 441-2, 445-8, 464; fresh, 340, 405, 433-4, 440-1, 448-50; see also Beef, Pork Medicines, 355 Mediterranean, 128, 150, 213-14, 262, 325, 330, 378-9, 399, 405,420-1,444,474,491 Medley, Edward, 65 Medley, Admiral Henry, 80, 137 Medway River, 51 Melmerby, Thomas, 242 Mercer, Mary, 185 Mercer, William, 185 Merchant builders and yards, 193, 201, 216-17, 219, 224-5, 231-2, 266, 302, 317, 319, 321-2, 477 Merchant marine (merchant’s service), 35, 37, 45, 98, 100, 169, 220, 329, 341; see also Merchant ships, Shipping Merchant ships, 53, 57, 90, 99, 113, 119, 129, 131, 154, 342; construction of, 320; impressing men from, 91, 132, 137, 146-7, 156, 336, 354; for passage home, 106, 130; as prizes, 53, 141; recruiting seamen for, 94, 125; wages in, 389; see also Merchant marine, Shipping, Transport ships Merchant ropemakers, 281 Merchants, 50, 134, 160, 182, 216, 240, 256, 415; dealing in naval stores, 241-2, 263, 288; New England, 52-3; timber, 257-8; West Indian, 140-1, 346, 349, 397; see also Contractors Merchants’ ropeyards, 310 Merriman, Cdr. R. D., xi, xiv-v, 165 INDEX 515 Michel, Capt. Matthew, 86 Middlesex, 97,281 Middleton, Mr., 74 Middleton, Cdr. Christopher, 87 Midshipmen, 60-1, 71, 82, 84, 310, 411 Midshipmen Extraordinary, 37, 48 Mighells, James, Capt. and Commissioner, 495 Milford, 154,437 Mills, Lt., 142 Minorca, 325-6, 367; see also Port Mahon Minteth, James, 293 Moggott, John, 157 Mole, Christopher, 115, 120 Molloy, Capt. Sir Charles, 87 Molyneux, Samuel, 494-5 Money, 50, 79, 177, 184, 187, 454, 488; exchange rate, 99, 448; for discounted tickets and loaned against wages, 160, 170-1, 174-5, 181; shortages of, 166, 172, 189-90, 232, 340, 365, 464, 466, 470-1; issued by Treasurer of the Navy, 80, 180, 447, 454-6, 483; for wages, 80, 181, 189-90, 232; see also Bills of exchange Montagu, Capt. (later Admiral), John, 86 Montego Bay, 328 Montford! Lt. Edward, 72 Moore, Capt. (later Admiral Sir) John, 87 Mosquito Point, 391 Mostyn, Sir Roger, 145 Mostyn, Savage, Capt. and Commissioner (later Admiral), 79, 86, 198,495-6 Muster, books, 56-7, 73, 176-7, 179, 181; of dockyard workers, 263-4, 283-6, 469; of the Ordinary, 50-1, 85; of seamen, 85, 181, 335, 337 Muster Master, 261, 326, 332, 335; see also Clerk of the Cheque Mutiny, 74, 139, 143, 157, 164 Nacton, 126, 223 Nails, 53, 210-11,234 Naish, John, 209, 213-14 Nantasket Road, 388-9 Naples, 48,445 Naval Academy; see Academy Naval Chronicle, 331 Naval Commissioners; see Dockyard Commissioners, Navy Board Naval Officer, 35, 57, 326-8, 332, 337, 351, 355-6, 364-6, 377, 394-6, 398,491 Naval stores; see Stores Navigation, 38, 57-8,474 Navy Bill; see Statutes Navy bills, 288,471,475,477,481-2, 485, 488-9; see also Bills of exchange Navy Board (Commissioners of the Navy), 1, 3, 8, 13, 17, 31-2, 37, 53, 63, 77, 106, 159-60, 165-6, 170, 175, 179, 192-3, 247, 315, 494; appointments made by, 43, 161; communications with, xiv-v, 22-3, 27-30, 51, 66, 75, 80, 178, 183, 191,202,248,250,292,314,478; and finance, 2, 103-4, 164, 181-2, 184, 386, 453-5, 460, 478, 480; and dockyard management, 21-32, 262-5, 267-9, 299, 310, 321, 332, 387; membership, 4, 7, 17, 68, 137, 229, 325, 495-7; minutes, 237; and timber policy, 238^11,257 Navy Island; see Lynches Island Navy Office, 11-12, 148, 165, 180-1, 189,481 Necessary money, 465-6 Needham, Colonel William, 354, 360 Negroes, 140, 247, 336, 339, 431; owned by the navy, 351-3, 356-8, 361, 364-6, 372, 377. 380, 384, 390, 394-400; rebellious, 328, 354, 359-60 New, Mr., 16 New England, 52, 252, 428; cleaning ships in, 52, 134; masts, 239-40, 245, 248, 250, 254, 256, 259, 389; ships built in, 233, 372, 382; stores and provisions purchased in, 52, 178, 413, 419, 429; see also Boston, New Hampshire New Forest, 238-9, 243-4, 253, 257-8,484 New Greenwich, 391-2, 398-400 New Hampshire, 240, 248-50 New Jersey, 240 New York, 5, 178, 233, 412-13, 415-16, 418, 429,438,472 Newcastle-on-Tyne, 156,437 Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of, 5, 9, 13-16, 33-4, 42, 122-3, 216, 299; see also Secretary of State Newfoundland, 121, 150 Nicholson, Sir Francis, General and Governor, 472 Nicksons, Abraham, 418 Nore, the, 2, 109-10, 138, 155-6,417-18, 426 Norfolk, 260 Norris, Capt. Harry, 142-3 Norris, Admiral Sir John, 7-8, 14, 40, 80, 109-12, 117, 185, 200, 227, 229, 326, 493, see also Admiral of the Fleet Norris, Matthew, Capt. and Commissioner, 497 North America, 106, 141, 237 Northey, Sir Edward, 129, 132-3 Norway, 254 Nunear, George, 108 Nutt, Capt. Justinian, 87 Oakum, 53,484 Oakun boys, 275, 290 Oatmeal, 339, 425,429,438,443-4 O’Brien, Capt. Lucius, 87 Officers, dockyard, 4, 46-7, 58-9, 64-7, 85, 175-6, 204, 210, 215, 241, 253, 291, 299, 312, 460, 484; half pay, 38-9, 40-5, 48-9, 54-5, 68, 73, 77, 81; Naval, 35; ropeyard, 279, 484; sea, xii, 2, 12-13, 15, 25, 35-88, 93, 95, 131, 136, 139, 142, 157-8, 165, 168-70, 176, 180, 189-90, 269, 305, 316, 330-2, 334, 338, 389, 395, 417, 431-2, 440-1, 450, 474; seniority of sea officers, xiii, 37, 40-5, 68, 76-7, 83; wages, 73, 80, 85, 183; warrant, 1, 43, 69, 84-8, 175, 183, 190; see also Captains, Lieutenants, etc., Petty officers, Clerk of the Cheque, Master Attendant, etc. Ogle, Admiral Sir Chaloner, 71-2, 78, 80, 84, 86, 326, 328, 362-4,483 Oil, 52,421,429,488 Ommanney, John, 33-4,484 Onslow, Denzil, 497 Opie, Capt. John, 372 516 INDEX Orders in Council, 37, 43, 74, 80, 178, 233, 254, 420 Ordinary, officers of the, 84, 88, 270-1, 303, 333, 382, 468, 484; purserships in, 405; ships in, 43, 50-1, 55, 59, 67, 85, 95, 194, 204, 235, 263, 269,277,291, 323-4,406,418,451,485 Ordinary Estimate of the Navy, 69, 60, 77, 81, 289-90, 293, 404, 417, 423-4, 453, 459-1, 463,468-9,477, 480,483 Ordnance, 202; see also Guns Ordnance, Board of, 53, 63, 385,404,453,472 Ordnance Office, 67, 393,426 Ordnance stores, 364, 386, 391 Orford, Edward Russell, Earl of, 5 Orfordness, 156 Orkneys, 154, 156 Osborn, Mr., 13 Osborn, Admiral Henry, 80, 86, 392, 396 Osborn, Capt. Peter, 87 Osborn, Robert, 495-6 Oswald, James, 315,495-6 Ourry, Lt., 189 Oxen, 413, 420, 425, 441,443-8,456 Oxendon, Sir George, 493-4 Oxford, Mr., 244-5 Palsy, 16 Paman, Roger, 387 Pares, Richard, 93 Paris, 331 Parish,58, 61,105, 171-2, 175, 178 Parker, Capt. Christopher, 81 Parliament, 32, 241, 401, 462, 473, 476; bills before, 39-40, 91-2, 98, 161, 179; control of appropriations, 1-2, 6, 15, 43, 45, 102, 107, 114, 160-1, 163-4, 187, 192,404,423-4,427, 453-9, 463, 473-5, 481, 489, 491; and estimates, 9, 423, 454; House of Commons, 2, 15, 32, 39-40, 48, 137, 140, 161, 165, 224, 453-5, 458-9, 461, 478; petitions to, 99-101, 140-1, 432; see also Estimates, Ordinary Estimate, Statutes Parry, Capt. William, 87 Parson’s Green, 15, 122-3,483 Parsons, Henry, 497-8 Partridge, William, 172-3 Passenger, William, 497-9 Patronage, xii, 4-5, 34,42, 73, 76 Patterson, James, 350 Paupau, 351 Pay, 40, 63, 85, 264, 267, 306; apprentices’, 265; comptrolling, 300; dockyard workers’, 176. 263, 268, 274-5, 283, 306-8, 311, 317, 460; officers’, 40-1, 70, 72-3, 79-80, 283; payments, 10-1, 95, 99, 318, 466; seamen’s, xii, 1, 6, 56, 60, 148, 155, 159-90, 483; see also Half pay, Salary, Wages Pay Office, 126, 160, 164, 186,455 Paymaster General of the Forces, 76 Paymaster of Marines, 145 Paymaster of the Navy, 72, 172, 175 Paymasters of the Army, 474 Pearse, Thomas, 495-6 Pearse, Capt. Vincent, 419 Peas, 339, 425, 429,438,443 Peck, Christopher, 48 Pensions, 81, 176; see also Superannuation Pepys, Samuel, 406 Peterborough, Admiral Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of, General of Marines, 474, 477,483 Petersfield, 15, 125 Petty officers, 71, 76, 83, 85, 113, 182, 269 Peyton, Commodore Edward, 387 Peyton, Capt. Sir Yelverton, 348, 356 Philadelphia, 376, 438 Phillipson, John, 493-6 Physicians, 123-4, 146,374 Pilots, 47, 109 Pinfold, Michael, 371 Pirates, xiii, 50, 62, 354 Piscataqua, 232-3, 248 Pitch, 52, 210, 240, 245, 247-8, 255, 318, 371-2,384 Pitt, William (later Earl of Chatham), 76 Placentia, 472 Plumbers, 275-6 Plymouth, 2, 3, 7, 24, 33, 74, 93, 96, 124, 154, 188-9, 213-14, 222, 232, 238, 246, 253, 258- 63, 271, 273, 284, 287, 289-90, 310, 314, 322, 324, 367, 403-4, 406, 426, 428, 433, 449-50,466,486-8,496 Plymouth Sound, 30, 155 Pocklington, Capt. Christopher, 81 Pocock, Mr., 458 Ponsonby, William; see Duncannon Pont Neuf, 331 Pook,John,310 Pork, 351, 412-16, 421, 425, 429, 436-8, 443, 448,470 Port admirals, 2,4, 7, 92, 263 Port Antonio, 65-6, 78, 327-9, 331, 347-8, 351- 65, 394-7; see also Lynches Island Port Mahon, xi, 3, 157, 218, 299, 316, 325-6, 333, 337, 366-7, 370, 373, 377-79, 381, 399, 402,404,421,424,444,497 Port Royal, Jamaica, 65, 78, 106, 326-7, 329, 331-2, 337-40, 343-5, 350-1, 354, 356-7, 359, 362-6, 389-400 Porter, Mr., 156 Porter, Capt. Jervis Henry, 87 Porto Bello, xii, 329-30 Porto Cabello, 131 Portsbridge, 125 Portsmouth, 2-4, 6-7, 14-15, 21, 24-6, 28, 30, 34, 38, 50, 57-8, 60-1, 64-6, 75, 84, 87, 89, 91-4, 96, 107, 124, 128, 137, 146, 154-5, 184-5, 204, 212, 214, 222, 231, 238, 242-5, 256-7, 260-4, 266-7, 269-70, 272-4, 276-8, 283, 287, 290-5, 297, 300, 302, 304-8, 311, 316, 318, 338, 342, 403-4, 418, 422, 428, 432, 438, 440, 444, 449-50, 465, 483-7, 496; see also Corporation, Mayor, Spithead Portuguese, 326, 381 Post (captain’s date of rank), 36, 78-9, 82; see also Seniority Post Office, 15 Potter, John, 335, 337, 345, 350-1 Potts, Thomas, 361 Powder, 339, 384, 392 Powers of attorney, 160-2, 164-8, 170-2, 175-6, 185-6 INDEX 517 Powlett, Capt. Charles, 87 Powlett (Paulet), Capt. (Lord) Harry, 372, 493^ Pownell, Israel, 302, 309 Pownell, Philemon, 324 Pratten, Capt. Edward, 86 Premiums on pitch and tar, 240-1, 247, 474, 477,481-2 Preservation of food, 290, 303, 406, 413-14, 441, 445-7,491; see also Spoilage Press gangs, xii, 91, 110, 154; see also Impressment Press warrants, 97, 127, 129-30, 133, 153 Principal Officers and Commissioners of His Majesty’s Navy; see Navy Board Prisoners of war, 2, 54, 134-5,482 Privateers, 50, 53-4, 89, 129-32, 134-6, 140-1, 232, 376 Privy Council, 2, 8, 116, 120-1, 393; see also Orders in Council Prize money, 41, 74, 136, 188,453 Prizes, 53^1, 103, 135, 150,202,381,474,480 Proby, Capt. Charles, 86 Proctor, Capt. George, 112-13 Progress Reports, 26, 212,479 Protections, 91, 104, 110-12, 116-22, 133-4, 137-8, 141,147, 153-4, 156 Providence, 49 Provisions; see Victuals Provost Marshal of South Carolina, 256 Puerto Rico, 368 Pulteney, Daniel, 493-4 Pumpmakers, 396 Pumps, 387 Pursers, 10, 16, 63, 84, 416, 432, 434, 449-50, 458, 465-6; accounts, 401, 405, 410, 419, 471, 480-1, 488; appointment of, 4-5, 18, 34, 43, 70, 263, 288; deputies, 419, duties, 12, 42, 57, 88, 114, 177; pay of, 55, 71,79, 288 Purveyors, 238, 243-4, 253, 256-8 Purvis, George, Capt. and Commissioner, 338, 495-6 Q’s, 178-9 Quartermen, 255, 264, 273-4, 276, 285-6, 304, 307,316 Quartermasters, 411 R’s; see Run men Ranft, Prof. Brian, 267 Read, William, 242 Reading, 217 Recalls, 99, 160, 166, 189,483 Redhouse estate, 404, 439,442 Reeves, Christopher, 282 Refitting, 24, 27, 29-31, 40, 52, 219, 269, 291, 302,314,321,464 Register of Seamen, 91-2, 98-100, 102-6 Regulating Captains, 91, 97, 119, 138, 147, 153 Regulations; see Instructions Regulations and Instructions for Sea Service, x, 6, 13,40,162 Revell, Thomas, 7,405,421,497-8 Reynolds, Thomas, 108 Reynolds, Thomas (Victualling Commissioner), 7,333,401,497 Rhett, William, 49-50 Rice, 438 Rich, Capt. Edward, 65 Richards, Jonathan, 108 Richford, Thomas, 285 Riga masts, 254 Riggers, 47, 126, 269-71, 273, 275, 277, 285, 322,345,468-9 Rigging, 21-3, 25, 28-9, 31, 57, 59, 67, 210, 263, 269,271,314,467-8 Rigging wages, 183 Rio de Janeiro, 368 Riot Act, 306 Ripley, Thomas, 9 Roberts, Bartholomew, xiii Robins, John, 323 Robinson, Admiral Tancred, 110 Roca, Don Domingo, 373 Rochester, New Hampshire, 250 Rock Fort, 391 Rodney, Capt. George Brydges, 86 Rogers, Capt. Frederick, 127-8 Rogers, Thomas, 242, 293 Roman Catholics, 155 Ropemakers, 25, 176, 263, 268, 275, 279-84, 287, 293, 296, 308-14 Ropeyards, 242, 261, 279, 281-2, 285, 287, 310, 480,484,486-7 Rose, Lt., 143 Rosewell, Benjamin, 209 Rosewell, John, 310 Rosewell, William, 209 Rot, 194,208 Rotherhithe, 435 Rouse, Lt. of a privateer, 131 Row, John, 108 Rowe, Samuel, 414 Rowley, Admiral Sir William, 80, 86 Royal Academy; see Academy Royal African Company, 473 Rule, John, 322 Rum, 340, 346, 351, 354, 381,430 Run men, 57, 73, 167, 178-9, 182, 264, 278, 287, 297,299,311 Russell, Andrew, 108 Russell, John; see Bedford Russell, John, 309, 337-8,495-8 Russia, 242 Ryder, Sir Dudley, 132 Sailmakers, 275,299, 309, 312, 321,469 Sails, 321, 345, 352. 384, 398, 467, 477; shortages of, 21-3, 28-9, 31, 219, 271, 308, 314, 327, 339, 349, 366-7, 371, 383; size of, 219, 252, 342, 366; used for tents, 345, 379; see also Canvas St. Christopher’s Is., 132 St. George’s Channel, 110 St. Helens, 156 St. John’s, 383 St. Lo, Commodore Edward, 106, 327, 339, 350 St. Lo, Captain John, 81, 139 St. Roche, 338 Salary, 12, 49, 70, 263, 286-7, 289-90, 476; see also Pay, Wages Sallee squadron, 333 518 INDEX Salt, 405,413-14,440-1,446 Salt meat; see Beef, Meat, Port Salt Officer, 108 Saltpetre, 119 Sandown Castle, 490 Sandwich, 110,112 Sandwich, John Montagu, 4th Earl of, 7, 34, 93, 493-4 Santa Lucia, 383 Sarah, Thomas, 108 Saumarez, Capt. Thomas, 87 Saunders, Capt. Charles, 86 Saunders, Sir George, Admiral and Commissioner, 495,497-8 Sawyers, 271-2, 275-6, 394-6, 400 Sbirrell, Lt. John, 71 Scavelmen, 275, 322,468-6 Schoolmasters, 38, 57, 60 Scotland, 110, 117, 154 Scott, Mr., 348 Scott, Alexander, 108 Scott, Captain Arthur, 147-8 Scott, Capt. Samuel, 87 Scrope, Capt. Carr, 87 Scrope, John, 476,488 Scudamore, James, Viscount, 244 Scurvy, 94, 148-51, 340. 450-1 Seamen, xii, 49, 60, 63, 89-158, 215, 332; discipline of, 74, 100-1, 142-4, 157-8, 164, 173, 185, 188-9, 213, 303-4, 338, 345-6, 354, 376, 379, 384, 388; health of, 93-7, 109, 123-5, 139, 145-6, 149-52, 160, 339, 375, 383, 387, 392, 406, 473; pay of, 56, 89-90, 98-9, 102-5, 108-9, 113-15, 119, 126, 129, 159-90, 454-5, 457, 465-7, 484, 489; rewards to, 54, 102-3; supply of, xi, xiii-iv, 2, 10, 56, 62, 89, 90-3, 106-7, 110-12, 116-18, 120, 122, 127, 130-8, 140-1, 147-8, 153-6, 181, 218, 223, 269-70, 277, 341, 348, 372, 397; victuals for, 70, 121, 153, 174, 176, 365, 402, 413, 417, 420, 431-2, 435-6, 447, 473, 489, 491; see also Desertion, Discipline, Impressment, Petty officers, Victualling, Wages Seamen’s Sixpences, 19, 89, 167 Seaton, George, 142 Secretary of the Admiralty, xv, 1-2, 6-8, 20, 59-60, 64, 70, 494 Secretary of State, 1, 5, 9, 15, 92, 122, 207, 216,299 Secretary of the Treasury, 187, 466,488 Secretary of Victualling, 8, 16, 401,444 Secretary of War, 144, 206 Seniority, xiii, 5, 14, 36, 39, 42-5, 68-9, 76-7, 83, 147,285,375 Sergant, John, 309 Sergison, Charles, 495 Servants, 40, 63, 71, 279, 296, 301, 365; dockyard and ropeyard, 261, 265, 271, 280-2, 286, 292, 294-5, 297, 308-11, 313, 315-16, 324, 399; sea officers’, 49, 51-2, 73, 86; wages, 80, 265, 274,484; see also Apprentices Shadwell (parish), 281 Sharpe,John, 140-1 Sharpe, Richard, 350 Sheathing, 210-11, 319, 332, 339, 341-3, 355, 374-5, 377, 386 Sheep, 448 Sheerness, 33, 64, 96, 169, 172, 174, 185, 261-3, 270-1, 273, 290, 308, 310,472,486-7 Shipbuilding, 191-235, 244, 255, 257, 262, 268, 319-20,459,461,477-9,483 Shipping, 153, 248, 431, 437, 491; see also Transport ships, Victuallers Ships, 191-235, 303, 453, 459, 464, 468, 491; building and rebuilding, 204-7, 211-12, 217- 18, 221-2, 225-7, 302, 307, 319-21, 477, 479-83, 485, 490; classes of, 232-5, 295, 319- 20, 476; design of, xii, 196-204, 209, 213-15, 223-4, 228-30; repair and upkeep of, 191-5, 206-8, 210, 216, 219-20, 277, 291, 323-4, 457, 461, 463, 467, 469, 476-8, 480, 485; see also Merchant ships, Transport ships Ships (merchant) named: Britannia (E. Indiaman), 127-8 Catherine (E. Indiaman), 96 Onslow (E. Indiaman), 129 Wilmington, 133 Winchester (E. Indiaman), 115 Ships (royal navy) named: Advice (4th), 108, 368, 370, 373-5 Aldborough (6th), 206, 253, 391 Anglesea (5th), 232, 352, 355 Antelope (4th), 157,226 Argyle(4th), 136 Bedford (3rd), 226,271 Bedford Galley (5th), 206 Bellona (French ship), 234 Berwick (3rd), 108, 128, 226, 231, 338-9 Biddeford (6th), 207, 217-19, 356 Bien Aime (mast ship), 388-9 Blandford (6th), 207 Blast (bomb), 333 Blenheim (2nd), 212,244 Bonetta (sloop), 186 Boyne (3rd), 126-7, 157, 223, 244 Breda (3rd), 106, 337-9 Bridgewater (5th and 6th), 109, 206, 217-18 Bristol (4th), 220-1 Britannia (1st), 109-11 Buckingham (3rd), 109,231 Burford (3rd), 109, 111,371 Cambridge (3rd), 300 Canterbury (4th) 227, 389 Captain (3rd), 63-4, 74, 111, 139, 226 Catherine (yacht), 109 Centurion (4th), 112-13, 221-2 Chatham (4th), 203 Chester (hospital ship), 450 Chichester (3rd), 322 Comet, 134 Cornwall, (3rd), 109, 382 Dartmouth (4th), 226 Deal Castle (6th), 66, 206, 348 Defiance (4th), 21-3, 126, 202, 222 Deptford (4th), 222,231 Devonshire (3rd), 185, 212, 227 Diamond (5th), 78, 339 Dolphin (5th), 113,206 Dorsetshire (3rd), 128 Dover (5th), 127-8, 203, 217, 337 Dragon (4th), 339 Dreadnought (4th), 198 INDEX 519 Duke (fireship), 79 Dunkirk (4th), 157,366 Dursley Galley (6th), 209, 350 Edinburgh (3rd), 184,226 Elizabeth (3rdS. 148,271 Eltham (5th), 368 Essex (3rd), 226, 337 £xe/er(4th), 133-4,226 Experiment (6th), 201, 206, 217-18, 361 Falkland (Sih), 259 Fame (sloop), 134,136 Faversham (5th), 217 Flamborough (6th), 46-7, 49, 206, 361 Fowey (5th), 391,458 Fox (6th), 206, 2 17- 18 Gibraltar (6th), 207 Glasgow (6th), 206 Glorioso (3rd), 234 Gosport (5th), 212-13, 215, 217 Grafton (3rd), 16,109,231 Green wich (4th), 216 Greyhound (6th), 207, 341-3, 356 Griffin (fireship), 109 Guernsey (4th), 172-3,226 Hampshire (4th), 148 Hampton Court (3rd), 109, 198, 226 Happy (sloop), 343, 355 Hastings (5th), 189-90 /fee/or (5th), 22, 186 //md (6th), 207 //owrtd (sloop), 115, 131 Ipswich (3rd), 23 1 Jamaica (sloop), 226 Jersey (4th), 71 Kennington (6th), 322 tfe«r(3rd), 15, 111,115 Kingston (4th), 147–8, 226, 361, 363 Kinsale (5th), 109, 206 Lancaster (3rd), 202 Lem>x (3rd), 189, 339, 367, 391 Leopard (4th), 338-9, 341 Lion (4th), 148, 156, 188-9, 351-2, 354-5, 357,359 Lively (6th), 131-2, 207, 217-18, 368, 373, 375, 387 London (1st), 194,208 Looe (5th), 305, 333 Lowestoft (6th), 206, 381 Ludlow Castle (5th), 188, (hulk), 330 Lyme (6th), 206, 217-18, 458 Ijwi (5th), 217, 373, 375 Magnamine (3rd), 234 Mary Galley (5th), 189, 350 Medway (4th), 273, 387 Medwa/s Prize 387 Mermaid (5th), 23-6, 206 M/7/ord (5th), 206 Monarque (3rd), 234 Monmouth (3rd), 107, 202, 226, 302, 432 Mon/agz/e(4th),222,231 Namur (2nd), 109-10, 193, 204, 219-20, 304, 366 Nassau (3rd), 226, 367 Neptune (3rd), 234 Newcastle (4th), 109, 433 Afor/o/A: (3rd), 202 Northumberland (3rd), 226 Norwich (4th), 388-9 Nottingham (4th), 227 0r/ord (3rd), 109 O//er (sloop), 134 Ox/ord (4th), 301 Pam/ier (4th), 367 Pearl (5th), 46-7, 368, 370, 433 PemoroA:e(4th),222,310 Pembroke’s Prize, 132, 368, 370 Peregrine Galley (6th), 203 P/ioemx(6th),206,361,419 Plymouth (4th), 222, 350, 353-5 Poole (fireship), 109, 206 Port Mahon (6th), 207, 217-18 Port/am/ (4th), 368, 370 Preston (4th), 226, 387 Prince Frederick (3rd), 24, 26-8, 30, 32, 142-3, 226 Prince George (2nd), 22, 84, 148, 150, 153 Prince of Orange (3rd), 23 1 Princess Amelia (3rd), 16, 88, 107, 115, 197-8, 212-16 Princess Caroline (3rd), 71, 109, 1 1 1 Princess Louisa (4th), 221-2 Princess Mary (4th), 226, 304 Princess Royal (2nd), 148, 216 Princessa (3rd), 148, 188 Queenborough (6th), 206 Revenge (3rd), 109,226,302 Rippon(4t), 221-2 Romney (4th), 108, 112-13 Rose (6th), 207, 2 17-1 8 Royal George (1st), 148, 152, 198 Royal Oak (3rd), 157, 223, 226 Royal Sovereign (1st), 139, 208, 223 Royal William (1st), 84, 205 Rupert (4th). 202, 226, 352, 355, 363 Rye (6th), 130,206,217-18 St. George (2nd), 149, 153, 226 Salisbury (4th), 188-9 Sandwich (2nd), 26, 28, 76, 142, 148 Sapphire (5th), 352 Scarborough (5th and 6th), 131, 206, 217-18, 368, 374-6 Seaford (6th), 79, 206 Seahorse (6th), 52-3, 207, 412, 428 Severn (4th), 375, 385 Shark (sloop), 355, 381 Sheerness (6th), 206 Shirley, 388-9 Shoreham (6th), 49, 206, 273, 415-6 Shrewsbury (3rd), 129,305 Solebay (6th and hospital ship), 138, 206 Somerset (3rd), 367 Southampton (hulk), 65, 78-9, 342, 350, 355-6,359,361,363-5 Southsea Castle (5th), 1 3 1 Speedwell (6th), 25, 203 Spence (sloop), 302 Spy (sloop), 130 Squirrel (6th), 206 Sterling Castle (3rd), 226 Straff ord (4th), 115 520 INDEX Success (6th), 67, 217-18, 415 Suffolk (3rd), 131-2,226,371 Sunderland (4th), 63, 74, 108, 226 Superb (4th), 23, 71, 73, 187-8, 338, 380, 382, 385-6 Swjflsure (3rd), 202 Tartar (5th), 206 Terrible (bomb), 109, (3rd), 234 Thetis (5th), 232 Tiger (5th), 203 Tilbury (4th), 227 Tbrtey (3rd), 109, 202 Trial (sloop), 226, 352 Trident (4th), 234 Tygre (6th), 232 F/c/ory (1st), 7, 16, 41, 193, 204 Warspite (3rd), 202 tffcnwcfc (4th), 222 Weymouth (4th), 382 Winchelsea (6th), 207, 217-18 Winchester (4th), 367 Woolwich (4th), 148, 187-8, 226, 304-5 Worcester (4th), 391 Yarmouth (3rd), 227, 259 tt?r*: (4th), 222 Shipwrights, 263-4, 277-8, 293, 299, 300-2, 306-7, 311, 317-18, 335; discipline of, 262, 285, 301, 304-5, 312; duties of, 29, 314, 319, 363, 469; employment of, 268, 309, 320, 350, 366-85, 396-8, 469, 477, 480; gangs of, 274. 286; privileges of, 276, 356-7; supply of, 217, 265, 290, 292, 321, 323, 361, 366, 394-5, 397-9, 477, 480; wages of, 218, 267, 296-7, 315,334,336 Short allowance, 99, 105, 172-3, 406, 422, 425, 429, 466 Short Allowance money, 157, 165, 173-4, 177, 465, 476, 488 Shortiss, William, 2 16 Shubrick, Capt. Richard, 50 Shuldham, Capt. Molyneux, 87 Sick and Wounded, Commissioners of the, 2-3, 17-18,124,145-6,182,355 Sick and wounded seamen, 54, 473-4 Sickness and health, 57, 93-4, 96, 303, 327, 340, 342, 354, 356, 377, 406, 435-6, 445, 481; care of sick men, 123-4, 150, 160, 182, 362; causes of, xiii, 139, 149, 152, 242, 368, 375, 383, 387, 390; false claims of, 5, 304; permitting exemption from duty, 18, 74, 85, 88, 339; prevention of, 109, 309, 381; putting sick seamen ashore, 125, 146, 182, 304, 338, 392; as a reason for quitting duty, 5, 13, 48; see also Disease, Fevers, Scurvy Sims, Thomas, 370 Skeen, Dr., 340 Slade, Benjamin, 232, 260, 302, 309, 323 Slater, John, 110 Slater, William, 33 Slaughter, John, 111 (probably the same as Slater above) Slaves, 53, 332, 360; see also Negroes Sloops, 44, 55, 70, 154, 481, 483, 489 Slop clothes, 40, 109, 113-15, 145, 171, 181-2 Slop money, 480 Small arms, 49, 67 Smallpox, 399-400 Smart Ticket, 143 Smith, Capt. (Abel?), 132 Smith, Adam, 315 Smith, Francis, 361 Smith, John, 108,243 Smith, Admiral Thomas, 13, 80, 304 Smith, Capt. William, 81 Smiths, 108, 309, 323, 361, 367, 380, 383, 394, 396, 399,477 Smuggling, 110, 477 Soanes, Capt. Joseph, 412-13 Soanes, Cdr. Joseph, 87 Soaper, Samuel, 355 Soaper, William, 367 Soldiers, 139-40, 306, 321, 484, 489; see also Army Solicitor General, 186 Somers, Capt. Thomas, 188, 385 Somerset, 71,260 South Beveland, 448 South Carolina; see Carolina South Down, 403, 433 South Foreland, 156 South Sea Bubble, 456 South Sea Company, 472,481 South Seas, 121 Southwick, 125 Spain, 54, 75, 216-17, 224-5, 261, 266, 326-7, 329, 333, 342,456,479, 485 Spanish, dollars, 449; merchant’s service, 155; prisoners, 130, 381; privateers, 50; prize, 188; ships of war, 198,337 Spanish Main, 330-1, 376, 393,430 Spithead, 21-24, 26, 28-9, 60, 63, 71, 108, 112- 13, 115, 125, 139, 142, 145-8, 152, 155, 184, 214, 297-8, 315, 318,437-8,449-50 Spoilage, 406, 411-12, 416, 419, 431-2, 434, 436,448-9,451 Spragge, Mr. 143 Spruce beer, 150 Spurn Head, 156 Stacey, Richard, 65 Stacey, Richard (Master Shipwright), 209, 254, 293, 300, 302 Stanhope, Hon. John, 493-4 Stanhope, Capt. Thomas, 22 Stanyan, Abraham, 493 Stapylton, Capt. Miles, 81 Statutes (Acts of Parliament), 19, 133, 239, 291, 428; American Act (6th of Anne), 92, 129-33, 140-1, 390; concerning arrest for debt, 105; concerning half-pay officers (Navy Bill of 1749), 39-40, 86; concerning prize shares, 54, 62; Register Act, 100; concerning volunteer seamen, 114, 161, 164, 181, 184; concerning seamen’s wages, 56, 159, 162, 164, 179, 182-3, 186-7; concerning forests in America, 240, 245, 249-50 Steel, David, 195, 197 Stepney, 282 Stert, Arthur, 497-8 Steuart, Admiral James, 7, 21-4, 26, 28-31, 75, 80, 84, 86, 92, 94, 117, 137, 139, 142, 145-9, 152, 185, 188,440 INDEX 521 Stewart, Admiral Charles, 110, 117, 351-2, 256-7, 359-60, 364 Storekeeper, 22, 261, 326; his accounts, 324, 366, 407-8, 464, 469; appointment and tenure of, 33-4, 292, 335; in overseas administration, 42, 329, 332-5, 351, 355, 366, 369, 371-2, 385-7, 390-2, 398-9; responsibilities of, 263,, 299-300; Victualling, 407-8 Stores, 21, 215, 220, 228, 237-60, 263, 270-2, 285, 291, 333, 341, 343, 352, 355, 367, 388, 390-1, 464, 476, 484; carpenter’s, 371; condition of, 31, 384-5, 395, 398; expense of, 53, 57, 332,459,463,474,477,481-2,489-90; loading, 215, 218, 299-300; preparation of, 22, 24, 28, 32, 210, 261, 324, 468; purchasing and receiving, 3, 52, 237, 288, 296, 334-5, 378, 457, 460, 469, 478, 480; sale of, 462; storage of, 194, 344, 347, 349, 353, 360-1, 379, 382-3, 386, 400, 469; shortages of, 26-7, 29, 326-7, 342, 387; unloading, 125, 157, 397, 469; see also Cordage, Sails, Tar, etc. Storeships, 217, 227, 235, 300, 367, 490; see also Transport ships Storr, Capt. John, 87 Strange, Sir John, 129, 132-3 Strikes, 264-8, 283, 296, 299, 304-5, 311-12 Sturton, Capt. Thomas, 87 Suet, 220-1,447 Suffolk, 260 Sumner, Captain, 127-8 Superannuation, 42-3, 69, 77, 81, 84, 274,476 Supernumeraries, 56, 118, 155,480 Surgeons, 43, 79, 123-4, 138-9, 146, 149, 151, 153, 156,173, 355, 365, 386, 392, 394,450 Surgeon of the Yard, 58, 64 Surinam, 383 Surrey, 97, 282 Surveyor General of the King’s Woods, 238-9, 243 Surveyor of the King’s Woods in America, 240, 245,249-51 Surveyor of the Navy, 7, 11, 48, 57, 200-1, 213, 224, 229-30, 253, 258, 359, 495-6; see also Ac worth Surveys, 57 Sussex, 16,33,122,246,260 Sutherland, Owen, 253, 257-8 Sutton, Garrett, 285 Swanton, Thomas, 495-6 Table money, 61 Tallow, 210, 335, 383 Tar, 52, 210-11, 240-1, 245, 255, 318, 335, 371-2,384 Tar water, 151 Task work, 265, 273, 283-4, 319-22 Tea, 119 Teal, Richard, 65 Tempest, Warner, 369, 372, 387 Tenders, 110,115,118,123,139,153-4 Thames River, 281, 321,404,437,439,443,485 Thanet, 110 Thomas, Mr., 372 Thompson, Edward, 493-4 Thompson, John, 470 Thompson, William, 497-8 Thomson, James, 108 Ticket Office, 95,178,482 Tickets, seamen’s pay, 56, 73, 99, 108, 119, 146, 154, 159-60, 162-3, 166, 168-71, 176, 182-3, 187, 189,455 Timber, 53, 194, 201, 207-8, 217, 237-60, 276, 285,296,300,309,318,322 Titchfield, 125,328, 354-8 Tobacco, 181-2,458,480 Tobago, 369 Tolcher, Henry, 324 Toll, Capt. Edmund, 87 Torrington, Lord; see Byng Toulon, 7, 104,367 Tower Hill, 403,442 Tower wharf, 404 Towers, John, 310 Townsend, George, 98 Townsend, Admiral Isaac, 80, 86 Townsend, Sir Isaac, Capt. and Commissioner, 50, 238, 243-4, 246, 269-70, 272, 276-7, 495-6 Townshend, Capt. (later Admiral) George, 86, 394 Townshend, Hon., Horatio, 497-8 Towry, John, Capt. and Commissioner, 81, 372, 497 Trade, xiii-iv, 33, 50, 62,154, 161,255, 348 Trade, Board of, 262, 392 Transport bills, 485 Transport Board, 18 Transport Office, 3, 97,439 Transport ships, 17, 183, 217, 260, 321-2, 472, 474, 481-2, 488; see also Merchant marine, Shipping, Storeships, Victuallers Treasurer of the Navy, 2, 54, 62, 72, 80, 163, 165-7, 170, 179-81, 454-5, 460-2, 466, 470-1,474-5,483,488 Treasury, Lords Commissioners of the, 2, 167, 187, 243, 248, 270, 405, 407, 424, 447-8, 454-6, 466, 470, 476, 483, 485, 488; see also First Lord of the Treasury, Secretary of the Treasury Tredway, Dr., 339-40 Treenails, 246,309, 320 Trefusis, Thomas, Capt. and Commissioner, 497-8 Trelawny, Edward, Commissioner and Governor, 390,497-8 Trevanion, John, 260 Trevanion, Sir Nicholas, Capt. and Commissioner, 289,497 Trevor, John, 493-4 Trevor, Capt. Tudor, 51 Troops; see Army, Soldiers Troughton, John, Admiralty clerk, 11 Troughton, John, Purser (probably the same person as above), 449-50 Tun Vhapel, 426 Turn-overs, 89, 95, 98, 103-4, 155, 159, 166-7, 180 Turner, Sir Charles, 493 Turner, George, 108 Turpentine, 245, 255, 371-2 Typhus, 93, 304 522 INDEX Uniforms, 82-4 Upton, Cdr. Charles, 87 Vanbrugh, Philip, Capt. and Commissioner, 133, 157, 188-9,258,367,497 Varlo, John, 371 Vaughan, Capt. (later Admiral) John, 87 Veale, Cdr. Joseph, 87 Vegetables, 150-1, 340, 449-50 Vernon, Admiral Edward, 6, 15^16, 71, 87, 126, 195, 198,223,328-30,332,437 Vernon, Francis, 497-8 Vice Admiralty, Court of, 129, 252 Victuallers, 437-8,444-5; see also Shipping Victualling Agents; see Agent Victuallers Victualling, xii, 40, 401-52; accounts, bills and money for, 3, 49-50, 390, 403, 407-10, 412, 415, 419-20, 428, 434, 447-8, 453, 458, 465-7, 470-4, 475-6, 480-3,485, 488, 490-1; appropriations for, 405, 417, 419, 427, 453; supplying army, 406, 439, 448: contracts, 338, 339, 380, 402, 413-15, 424, 430, 433-5, 449, 451; diet, 94, 149-51, 405, 429, 433, 440-1, 449-50; ships’, 40, 49-50, 149, 339, 390, 401, 410-11, 415-16, 420-1, 444-5, 447-8; see also Contractors, Estimates, Victuals Victualling Board (Commissioners of the Victualling), duties of, 2, 68, 401, 408, 454-8; communications with, xv, 16, 25, 173, 176-7, 407-52, 464, 466, 469-70, 475; membership, 7, 32, 401, 497-8; opinions of, 10, 13, 16, 24, 63, 121, 173, 176, 266, 325, 407-52, 464, 466, 469 Victualling Office, 403-4, 422, 426, 428, 439-40, 442-4; expenses of, 458,467,475-6 Victuals, 3, 29, 55, 142, 152, 177-8, 368, 377-9, 381, 390, 397, 401-52, 489, 491; see also, Beef, Beer, Butter, Biscuit, Bread, Meat, Pork, Preservations of food, Spoilage, Vegetables Villiers, Hon. Thomas (later Earl of Clarendon), 493^1 Vincent, Henry, jr., 497 Vinegar, 138-9,491 Vineing, Mr., 278-9 Virginia, 131,334,356,413-16,418 Volunteers (seamen), xii, 89, 91-2, 96, 102-4, 108, 114-15, 117, 127, 139, 153-5, 162, 164, 169, 180-2, 184 Volunteers at Sea (Volunteers per Order), 35, 38, 57,61-2 Volunteers by Order, 60 Wade, Capt. Caleb, 174,277 Wager, Admiral Sir Charles, 6, 8, 14-15, 20-1, 64, 67, 78, 93, 116, 123, 214, 220, 247, 328, 337-8, 480, 483, 493-5 Wages, advances of seamen’s, 102-3, 126, 162, 180-2, 184; amount of, 61, 79, 113, 263, 266-8, 274-6, 302, 315, 389, 453-4, 477, 483-4, 489, delayed payment of, 55-6, 90, 268, 287, 322, 368, 455, 460, 465-7; dockyard workers’, 217-18, 263-4, 266-8, 272-6, 278, 283, 287, 289, 294, 302, 306, 308, 315, 321-2, 366, 368, 394, 397, 466, 484; in merchant ships, 389; Navy Board’s role in paying, 3, 165-70, 175-6, J78-90; officers’; 55-6, 72-3, 79-80, 466-477, 480; Parliamentary appropriation for, 159-65, 187, 456, 481; seamen’s, 55, 61, 89-90, 98-9, 103-5, 108-9, 113, 119, 124, 148, 154, 159-90, 233, 356, 365-6, 389, 464; servants’, 73, 274-5, 286, 294; see also Pay Salary Walcheren Is., 448 Wales, 238, 244-5, 260 Wallace, James, 497-8 Wallen, Mathew, 390 Waller, Captain (army), 139 Walpole, Edward, 32 Walpole, Sir Robert, x, xiv, 6, 91, 98, 123, 430 432-3,463,473,481-3 Walton, Admiral Sir George, 63, 108-9, 112, 214 Ward, John, 216 Warden, Mr., 381 Warner, Henry, 349 Warrant officers, 21, 43, 55, 69, 84-6, 88, 175, 183, 190, 193,269,276 Warren, Admiral Sir Peter, 40, 80, 84, 188, 233, 330, 380, 383-7, 389 Warsash Ferry, 125 Warter, Mr., 458 Water, 24, 137, 148-9, 151-2, 348-9, 354, 368, 383, 391,405,417, 427, 429,439,448,480 Waters, William, 274 Watkins,Lt., 139 Watkins, Capt. John, 371 Watson, Admiral Charles, 86 Watson, Robert, 48 Wear, David, 108 Weekly Progress; see Progress Reports West, James, 449 West Indies, 6, 15,41,62,71,79,92-3, 131, 141, 149, 328, 332, 341-3, 374, 389, 402, 409, 416, 418, 429-30, 434, 437, 457, 479, 491; see also Caribbean Westbury, 15 Westcomb, Gregory, 11 Western Squadron, 76, 94, 148-53, 259, 261, 403 Westminster Bridge, 331 Wickham, 125 Widows, 6, 54, 171-2, 292-4,474 Wilcox, Edward, 243 Wilder, William, 65 Wildman, William; see Barrington William III, 63, 69, 239 Willis, George, 285 Wills, 165, 167-8, 171-2 Willson, Capt. John, 87 Winchilsea, Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of, 7, 93, 126, 224 Winchester, 307 Windward Passage, 339, 342 Wine, 64, 150,346,421,429,487 Winnington, Thomas, 493-4 Wiseman, Daniel, 243 Wives, 104, 170-2, 185-6, 190, 291 Wheat, 405 Wheelwrights, 275-6 Whetstone, Admiral Sir William, 392 Whitehaven, 154 Whitmore, Mr., 13 Whitwell, Capt. Matthew, 87 INDEX 523 Whorwood, Thomas, Capt. and Commissioner, 497 Woburn Abbey, 34 Women, 72, 142, 310, 351, 395, 397, 399; see also Widows, Wives Wood, Thomas, 361 Wooley, Thomas, 96 Woolwich, 33-4, 46-7, 96, 134, 217, 220-2, 242, 257, 261-3, 265-6, 270, 273, 277-8, 283-5, 287, 290, 299, 317, 486-7,497 Workmen, 264, 270, 370, 465; collective action, 267, 271, 281, 297, 321 (see also Strikes); discipline and disorder of, 31, 46, 268, 277, 279, 283, 288, 308, 380, 469; employment and numbers of, xi, 212, 217-18, 259, 261-2, 265, 275-6, 283-5, 300, 302, 362-4, 370, 394-6, 399, 463-6, 477-80; health of, 376-7; management of, xii, 48, 66, 176, 189, 280, 296, 307, 309, 314-16, 320-2; pay of, 232, 266, 268, 275-6, 287-8, 397-8, 455, 466, 468,484; promotion of, 265; working Extra (overtime), 267-8, 296-300, 307, 312, 314-16, 318; see also Carpenters, Labourers, Shipwrights, etc. Worm, the (teredo navalis), 194, 210, 216, 272, 332,341,343,369,377 Wyatt, Cdr. Francis, 87 Wyatt, Joseph, 258 Yachts, 44, 77, 277, 235 Yarmouth, 32, 156 Yeamans, John, 140-1 Yeo, Capt. John, 42, 81,350 Yonge, Sir William, 493-4 York Buildings, 254 York River, 416 York, Va., 416 Young, Capt. (Benjamin?), 348 Young, James, 296 Young, Capt. James, 157, 371
Dan Baugh was born on 10 July 1931 at Philadelphia. He graduated from the University of Philadelphia and was commissioned into the US Navy, serving three years in destroyers. He left the US Navy in 1957, and gained his PhD from Cambridge University. He taught at Princeton University and is now Associate Professor of History at Cornell University.
His publications include
• Naval Administration in the Age of Walpole (Princeton University Press, 1965).
• Naval Administration, 1715 – 1750 (Navy Records Society, 1977).
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