These are not for the most part shanties, but ballads about (and in many cases by) sailors and their exploits, from the fourteenth century to the nineteenth, with a learned introduction on their historical value. The tunes are named, but the music is not printed
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All thinges we have ready and nothing we want, 17
All ye noble British spirits, 200
All you that will be England’s friends, 126
A mighty great fleet, the like was ne’er seen, 112
An American frigate, called the Richard by name, 259
A prentice I was at Wapping-new-stairs, 210
Arise, arise, brave Britons, 301
As brave Sir Rooke Tholouse did beat, 154
A second part I here indite, 76
As it fell on a holy-day, and upon a holy-tide-a, 16
As itt beffell in midsumer-time, 6
As near Porto Bello lying, 179
As we was sailing on the main, 129
Attend yopu and give ear awhile, 34
Behold, upon the swelling wave, 247
Billy Taylor was a gay young fellow, 327
Brave Admiral Matthews has been on the main, 186
Brave loyal hearted Englishmen, attend whilst I declare, 54
Bright honor now calls—each true Briton attend, 285
Captain Chilver’s gone to sea, 89
Captain Cobb in Lynn doth dwell, a man of worthy fame, 189
Cease now the talke of wonders nothing rare, 36
Come, all loyal lovers that’s faithful and true, 101
Come, all ye British hearts of gold, 270
Come, all ye jolly sailors bold, 248
Come, all ye jolly sailors with courage stout and bold, 212
Come, all ye seamen bold, lend an ear, lend an ear, 149
Come, all ye valiant seamen of courage stout and bold, 168
Come, all ye valiant seamen that plough the raging main, 253
Come, all ye young fellows, attend to my song, 240
Come, all ye young seamen that plow on the main, 266
Come, all you bold Britons to the seas do belong, 277
Come, all you brave boys, whose courage is bold, 131
Come, all you brave Britons wherever you be, 206
Come, all you brave sailors that plough on the main, 187
Come, all you brave sailors that sail on the main, 47
Come, all you brave seamen and landsmen likewise, 244
Come, all you brave seamen of courage so free, 84
Come, all you brave seamen that plows on the main, 214
Come, all you British heroes listen to what I say, 267
Come, all you British sailors bold, and listen to my song, 287
Come, all you British seamen bold, that plow the raging main, 276
Come, all you gallant seamen that unite a meeting, 302
Come, all you jolly sailors bold, 172
Come, all you jolly sailors bold, the truth you soon shall know, 334
Come, all you jolly sailors of courage stout and bold, 258
Come, all you jolly sailors that to the seas are bent, 190
Come, all you jolly seamen, that’s willing to enter, 194
Come, all you jovial sailors, give ear unto my song, 263
Come, all you old warlike liners, who boast of deeds of war, 333
Come, all you seamen stout and bold,· and listen to my song, 320
Come, all you thoughtless young men, a warning take by me, 316
Come, all you valiant British tars, attend unto my theme, 313
Come, all you valiant Britons of every degree, 306
Come, all you valiant heroes that sail upon the sea, 305
Come, all you who delight in a frolicksome song, 319
Come, all you young seamen, wherever you be, 255
Come, and listen to my ditty, all ye jolly hearts of gold, 162
Come, brave honest Jack Tar, once more will you venture? 235
Come, cheer up, my lads, ’tis to glory we steer, 220
Come, join with me, you Britons bold, 203
Come, jolly sailors, join with me, 195
Come, listen awhile with attention, 331
Come, loyal Britons all rejoyce with joyful acclamations, 177
Come pity me, young maidens all, 193
Come,·rouse up, my lads, let us haste to the main, 261
Come, you jovial British fellows, 184
Countrie men of England, who live at home with ease, 40
Draw near, ye gallant seamen, 54
Each bold British tar, 252
Fair Sally lov’d a bonny sailor, 163
Gallants, you must understand, 25
Give ear, true Britons, to my song, 223
Give ear, ye sons of glory, 209
God prosper long our noble King, his fleet and sailors all, 231
Good people all, I pray attend a most surprising story, 298
Good people all, pray give attention to this fatal tragedy, 192
Good people, do but lend an ear, 140
Good people, give ear, I’ll tell you a story, 170
Good people of old England, come listen unto me, 245
Great Charles, your English seamen upon our bended knee, 53
Hark ! Hark ! alas ! what fatal news is come? 160
How goes it, brother Jack? 227
How pleasant a sailor’s life passes, 164
I am a jovial marriner, our calling is well known, 42
I am a sailor bold, and press’d to serve the King, 211
I am an undaunted seaman, and for King Charles I will fight, 61
I am in a consternation at my now approaching death, 154
I said unto brave West, ‘Take the van, take the van,’ 210
I sing not the battle (so fam’d) of Lepanto, 110
I sing ye a ballad as round me ye stand, 120
I wald noght spare for to speke, wist I to spede, 3
I will not sing in Parker’s praise, 281
In Cawsand Bay lying, 328
It is of a fine Frigate, dare not mention her name, 316
It oft-times has been told, 309
It was in the month of April, upon the 14th day, 330
Joyful tydings I bring; let us merrily sing, 125
Let England, and Ireland, and Scotland rejoyce, 58
Let every loyal Briton sing, 199
Let every loyal soul rejoyce, 174
Life is chequer’d—toil and pleasure, 165
Listen awhile and I here will unfold, 95
Long the proud Spaniards had vanted to conquer us, 21
Lustely, lustely lustely, let us saile forthe, 17
Men may leve alle gamys, 4
Minot with mowth had menid to make, 1
Mr. Cleveland, I pray, to their Lordships you’ll say, 207
Muse will have her song; hark! she merrily sings, 151
My Lords, with your leave, 246
My love, I come to take my leave, 99
My name is Captain Kid, 134
Not many moones have from their silver bowes, 31
Now, noble brave boys, let the sweet trumpet sound, 106
Now of noble, hardy men of might, 156
O noble England, fall doune upon thy knee, 18
Observe this true relation, and listen unto me, 222
Of all the curst plagues that e’er Fate did decree, 233
Of late near the Strand, we well understand, 104
Of Nelson and the North, 290
Of thee, great State, the god of waves, 36
Off Cape Finisterre lay the king’s ship La Loire, 300
Oh ! cruel were my parents to tear my love from me, 324
Oh! cruel were thy parents that envied our love, 325
Oh ! we sail’d to Virginia, and thence to Fayal, 148
Old Paul’s steeple, fare thee well, 37
On board the noble Ann, 249
On board the Shannon frigate, in the merry month of May, 312
On the second day of August, eighteen hundred and one, 297
Once more, brave boys, let us proclaim, 181
One day, as I was sitting still, 82
Our boatswain calls out for his bold British heroes, 239
Our goodly ship was loaded deep, 86
Rejoyce, rejoyce, brave English boys, 66
Ring bells for joy, let none be sad, 79
Ring, ring out our bells ! and to Calais from Dover, 197
Russel on the ocean, minding Tourville’s motion, 128
Says Jack, ‘ There is very good news,’ 228
Set every stitch of canvas to woo the fresh’ning breeze, 335
Sing we seamen, now and then, 27
Smile, smile, Britannia, smile, on Admiral Keppel smile, 257
Stout seamen, come away, never be daunted, 97
Strike up, you lusty gallants, with musick and sound of drum, 30
String up your hearts, and tune your throats, 63
The Chesapeake so bold, 311
The foes of Old England, France, Holland, and Spain, 262
The fourteenth of November, in Torbay as we lay, 217
The genius of Britain went hovering round, 279
The George-Aloe and the Sweepstake too, 23
The muse and the hero together are fir’d (Captain Death), 205; (Captain Farmer), 260
The tars of Old England have long toil’d in vain, 280
The 28th of May the French fleet hove in sight, 268
The 21st of February, as I’ve heard people say, 220
The wat’ry god, great Neptune, lay, 218
The weather is clear, which was late overcast, 69
There happen’d of late a terrible fray, 72
Though with tears we lament our great Nelson’s demise, 302
Thursday in the morn, the Ides of May, 119
To all you ladies now at land, 56
To God alone let us all glory give, 114
To tame the Dutch, our treacherous foes, 283
To your quarters, my lads; we are now within shot, I 58
’Twas at the landing place that’s just below Mount Wyse, 322
’Twas on the twenty-eighth of May, 271
Valiant Protestant boys, 117
Well may the world against us cry, 133
We’re the boys that fear no noise, 337
Wha-t can we luckless sailors do? 336
What means this silence, sirs? 48
What ship, honest brother sailor? 234
When first on board of a man-of-war, 236
When in the cockpit all was dim, 286
When the Dartmouth friggot lay off the town, 92
Who does not extol our conquest marine? 153
Why does the poets abuse us, 145
Will you hear of a bloody battle, 166
William was a vouthful lover, 326
With Monmouth cap, and cutlace by my side, 137
Ye bold British tars, who to glory are free, 243
Ye brave British sailors, true sons of the main, 225
Ye brave British tars, come, attend to my muse, 255
Ye gods above, protect a widow ! 282
Ye landsmen all, I pray attend, who live at home at ease, 265
Ye Parliament of England, you Lords and Commons too, 308
Ye seamen who’s a mind to go in pursuit of new adventures, 226
You are welcome to London, dear Jack, 230
You brave English sailors that plow the ocean wide, 175
You Britons bold, that never was controul’d, 289
You captains and commanders both by land and sea, 307
You Frenchmen, don’t boast of your fighting, 274
You gentlemen of England fair, 113
You gentlemen of England, that lives at home at ease, 45
You heroes of England, I pray you attend, 216
You pretty maids of Greenwich, of high and low degree, 143
You sailors all of courage bold, 204
You undaunted sons of Britannia, lend an ear, 295
You’re welcome, my Billy, to the English shore, 146
Aboukir Bay, 288
Adelar (Adelaer), Kort, Danish admiral, 77
Aix, Isle of, lxxix, 211, 355
Albemarle, George Monck, Duke of, xxviii, xxx, 62–67, 73, 75, 78, 138
Albemarle, George Keppel, 3rd Earl of, lxxxii, 223, 225
Alderney, 192
Alderney, Race, 122
Alexandria, 288
Alfred, lxxii
Algeciras Bay, 298
Algiers, xxii, xxiii, xxxviii, xiii, cviii, 29, 31, 32, 88, 344
Allen, Captain John Carter, 357
Allin, Sir Thomas, xxix, xxxi, xii, 55, 68, 73, 77
Almonde, Admiral Philips Van, 123
Amboyna, 60
Amsterdam, lxv
Andros, Sir Edmund, xlvi
Anson, Admiral Lord, lxxv, 195, 196, 203, 353, 356
Ape’s Hill, 266
Armada, xiv, xix, xx, lxxii, 83, 110
Arnold (pirate), xvii
Arnold, Samuel James, ci
Arwell, 2
Ashby, Admiral Sir John, 115, 123
Askew, Jemmy, lxxxviii
Atkins, Captain, see Ekins, Captain Charles
Avery, Captain Henry, i, li, 131–3, 346, 347
Ayscue, Admiral Sir George, xxx
Azores, the, xvi
Babs (or Bobs) Key, 348
Badding, John 3
Baddison, Captain John, xxxviii–xl
Bahamas, xliii, 319, 320
Bajona (ie. Bayona, in Galicia), xxxviii
Balchen, Admiral Sir John, lxxiii, lxxvii, 192, 193
Balthorpe, John, xii, liii, lvii
Baltic, xc, xcvi, cxi, cxii, cxiii, 336, 345
Bantry (Bay), xliii, lxvii, xcviii, 138, 278
Barbadoes, 349
Barbary, xxi, xxii, xlix, 23, 24, 25, 27, 29, 212–14, 342
Barbenoire, 4, 340
Barber, Captain, lxxxvii
Barcelona, 156, 157
Barker, George, l74
Barney, Captain, xciii
Barrington, Admiral Samuel, xci, 258, 259, 358
Barton, Sir Andrew, xiii, 6–15, 340, 341
Barton, Captain Matthew, lxxxix, 214, 355
Basque Roads, ci, 306, 307, 361
Bastimentos, the, 180
Bathurst, Captain Walter, cix
Beachy Head, xiv, lii, lxvii
Beard, John, lxxx
Beaufort, Due de, 76, 77
Beaumont, Rear-admiral Basil, lxv
Becket, 66
Bedford, Francis Russell, 5th Duke of, 278
Bedford, John of Lancaster, Duke of, xii
Bedford Street, 139
Belleisle, lxxxi
‘Ben,’ lxii
Benbow, Vice-admiral John, lxiii, lxiv, 148–51, 348–50
Bengal, 347
Bergen-op-Zoom, 197
Bermuda, 315
Biddle, Captain Nicholas, xciii
Birkenhead, Sir John, 72–79
Biscay, Bay of, lxxvii, 168, 169, 226
Blake, Admiral Robert, xxvii, xxviii, liii, 48–52, 83, 110, 343
Blakeney, General William, lxxviii, 206, 207, 209, 354
Blankebergh (i.e. Blanckenberghe), 2, 339
Blass, Don (i.e. Admiral Don Blas de Leso), 182, 183
Bocachica (Cartagena), 182, 353
Bohide, 16
Bomarsund, cxi
Bompart, Commodore Jean Baptiste, xcviii
Bordeaux, xxxi, 7, 9
Borneo, cxiii, 334, 335, 363
Boron Head, 251
Boscawen, Admiral Edward, lxxvii, lxxix, lxxx, lxxxi, lxxv, 219, 228
Boston, U.S.A., li, 312
Boulogne, xcvi, 297, 360
Bourne, Rear-admiral Nehemiah, liii
Bover, Captain, civ
‘Bowling, Lieutenant Thomas,’ lxix, lxx
Bowyer, Captain George, 270
Boyce, Dr. William, 220
Boys, Commodore William, lxxx
Braham, John, c
Brandaris, 79
Brest, 108, 125, 227, 253, 285, 307
Bretayne (Brittany), 4
Bridport, Alexander Hood, Viscount, xcviii, 277, 279, 280
Bristol, xxiii, lx, lxxxvii, 4, 34, 35, 87, 226, 227, 343, 358
Broke, Captain Philip Bowes Vere, 311–13, 362
Brown, Commodore Charles, 177, 178
Bruges, 1
Buckingham, George Villiers, 1st Duke of, xxiii, xxiv
Buckingham, George Villiers, 2nd Duke of, 348
Bugia, xiii
Burgess, Captain Richard Rundle, 285
Burnet, Gilbert, Bishop of Salisbury, xlix, lii
Byng, Admiral John, x, lxxvii, lxxviii, lxxxvi, 206–11, 257, 354, 355
Byron, Vice-admiral John, xci
Cabot, Sebastian, xv
Cadiz, viii, xxiii, xxviii, lxii, c, 21–23, 35, 55, 83, 84, 126, 298, 299, 300, 30l
Cagent (i.e. Cadzant), 3, 339
Calais, xlix, 19, 197
Calcutta, 330
Cales, see Cadiz
Campbell, Thomas, xcvi
Campbell, General Sir Archibald, cxiii, 330, 331, 363
Camperdown, xciv
Canaries, 5 1, 19 5
Candia, 26
Cape Boner (i.e. Bon, in Tunis), 126
Cape Sables, xlv
Cape St. Mary, c
Cape St. Vincent, xci, xciv
Carew, Richard, 342
Carlton, 244
Carolina, 167, 173
Carr, Captain (i.e. Captain Carr Scrape), 207, 354
‘Carr, Richard,’ 326
‘Carr, William,’ 327
Carrickfergus, lxxxi, xc, 220, 221, 356
Cartagena, xv, lxxiv, lxxv, 181–4, 353
Carter, Rear-admiral Richard, xlvii, 115, 123
Carteret, Captain Philip, 357
Carthagena, see Cartagena
Caskets, the, lxxvii, 192
Cat-Down, 132
Catnach, James, cviii
Cator Bay, 175
Cavendish, Admiral Philip, lxxvi, 168, 169, 35 I
Cavendish, Thomas, xviii
Cawsand Bay, cv, cxiv, 328, 363
Cayenne, xxxvii
Cecil, Sir Edward, xxiii
Chamier, Captain Frederick, cvii
Champness, 220
Channel, the English, xxv, xlvi, xlix, xc, 202, 248, 253, 259, 279
Charleston, lxxxix, 245, 357
Chartres, Philippe-Joseph, Duc de, 254, 357
Chateau-Renault, Vice-admiral Louis-François de Rousselet, Comte de, xiv, 152
Chatham, xxxiv
Chaucer, Geoffrey, xxi
Cherbourg Bay, 122
Cherry, Andrew, lxxvi
Chien, see Cayenne
Chilver, Captain, 89
Churchill, Captain, liii
Churchyard, Thomas, xv
Clarence, William, Duke of, 278 ; see also William, Prince
Clark, Captain Ben, xlvi
Clarke, Tom, xvii
Cleveland, 207
Clinton (pirate), xvii
Clinton, Sir Henry, 244, 247
Clinton, Sir William, 2
Cobb, Captain, lxxvi, 189
Cochrane, see Dundonald
Codrington, Sir Edward, cx
Collingwood, Cuthbert, Lord, c, 302, 304
Colpoys, Admiral Sir John, xcviii, 278
Condon, David, xlvi
Conflans, Vice-admiral the Marquis de, lxxix, 219
Congreve, William, lxii
Cook, Captain James, 332
Cook, George, x, 266
Cooke, T. P., cvii
Cooper, Fenimore, cvii
Copenhagen, xcvi, 290, 295–7, 359, 360
Corjack, see Croisic
Corona, see Corunna
Cornwall, Captain James, 261
Cornwallis, Admiral Sir William, xcviii
Corunna, l, 131, 132, 347
Covel, Dr. John, lvii, lviii
Covent Garden, lxxx
Craft, James, 184
Croisic Bay, 218
Cronstadt, 336
Crosbie, Captain, see Kirby, Captain
Crosfield, Robert, liii
Cross, Jondy, 321
Craycraft, Mr., 320
Cuba, 335
Cullifoord, Captain, 136, 348
Cumberland, George Clifford, 3rd Earl of, xx, 31
Daborne, Robert, xii
Dacres, Captain James Richard, 309–11
Dana, R. H., cxv
Danby, Peregrine Osborne, Earl of, lxiv, 123
Dansekar, xxi, xxii, 27–29, 342
Darby, Rear-admiral George, 244
Dardanelles, the, cxii
Dartmouth, lxxvi
Davenant, Sir William, lxi
Dawson, Joseph, 347
Deane, Admiral Richard, xxvii, xxviii, liii
Death, Captain, lix, lxxxvi, lxxxvii, 205, 206, 354
Decatur, Commodore Stephen, 308, 314, 315
Defoe, Daniel, 1
Delavall, Vice-admiral Sir Ralph, 115, 118, 123
Deloney, Thomas, viii, xix, 18–23, 342
Denbigh, see Danby
Denham, Sir John, xxxiii, xxxiv
Dennis, John, 307
Deptford, lx
De Ruyter, Michael, xxix, xxxiv, 61, 65, 67, 69, 71, 73, 76, 77, 82
De Winter, Vice-admiral J. W., 284
De Witt, John, 75
De Witt, Captain Pasqual, 83–86
Dibdin, Charles, xi, lxix, cii, cvi, 300
Dickson, 226
Digby, Captain Francis, xxxv
Digby, Rear-admiral Robert, xcii, 262, 263
Dominica, lxxxi, 263
Donne, Dr. John, xvi
Dorrel, Captain Robert, 110
Dorset, Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of, xxx, 56, 58, 343
Dory, John, 16, 342
Douglas, Captain Andrew, xxxiv
Dover, 53, 162, 197
Downs, the, xxv, xxviii, lvi, 38, 139, 191, 195
Drake, Sir Francis, xiv, xv, xvi, 51, 110
Drayton, Michael, xvi
Dryden, John, xxxii, xxxv, xiii
Dublin Bay, xlv, 106
Ducasse, M. J., lxiii
Duchy Lane, 105
Du Guay, lxxvii
Duncan, Admiral, xciv, xcv, xcvi, 283–5, 359
Dundas, Henry, 278, 279
Dundonald, Thomas Cochrane, roth Earl of, ci, 306, 334, 335
Dungeness, 191
Dunkirk, xx, xlvii, xlix, 125
Dunlap, William, 361
‘Dunn, Sarah,’ 359
Dunton, John, xxiii
Dunwich, 82
Durell, Captain Thomas, 175, 176
D’Urfey, Tom, lviii, lxii, 346
Dursley, James Berkeley, Viscount, lxiv
Easton Ness, 82
Edgcumbe, Captain, 354
Edinburgh, xc, 251
Ekins, Captain Charles, cviii, cix
Elbe, lvi
Elliot, Captain John, lxxxi, 221, 356
Ellis, Thomas, xv
Elsinore, 294, 295
Emery, Mr., 327
English, Rev. Robert, lxxx
Essex, Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of, xvi, xix, 21–23, 31, 343
Essex, Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of, xix
Estaing, Vice-admiral Comte d’, xci, 358
Etenduère, Admiral des Herbiers de l’, lxxv
Evertson (Evertsen), Cornelis, 83
Execution Dock, Ii, 133, 137, 155, 347, 355
Exmouth, Edward Pellew, Lord, cviii, cix
Fair Isle, 249
Falmouth, 276
Fanshaw, Mr., 315
Fanshawe, Sir Richard, 343
Farmer, Captain George, xcii, 260, 358
Faulkner (Faulknor), Captain Robert, 275
Faversham, 25
Fayal, 148
Finistère, Cape, 276, 277, 300, 304
Fishes’ Nose, 113
Fitzball, Edward, cvii
Fitzgeffrey, Charles, xv
Fitzherbert, Captain Thomas, 258, 259
Flanders, 1, 2, 7
Fletcher, John, lix, 342
Florida, xviii
Folkestone, 191
‘Ford, Helena,’ 329
Fort Chagre, 352
Fort Moro, 223, 224
Fort St. Philip, lxxviii, 207
Fort San Jose, lxxiv
Fort San Lazar, lxxv, 353
Fort San Luis, lxxiv
Fowey, 341
Fowlis, Thomas, 122
Franklin, Sir John, cxiii, cxiv
Franklin, Lady, cxiv
‘Freeman,’ lxi
Freneau, Philip, xciii
Frobisher, Martin, xv
Froissart, Jean, xi
Gambier, James, Lord, ci
Gardiner (i.e. Gardner), Rear-admiral Alan, 268
Garrick, David, lxxx, 220
Garson, Mr., 315
Gaskets, see Caskets
Gay, Thomas, xi, lxix, lxxi
George, Captain John, xiv, xiv
Georgia, 17 3
Gibraltar, xlvii, xci, 168, 173, 209, 215, 266, 351
—, Straits of, xx, 32, 256, 299
Gibson, Captain Charles, 1
Gilchrist, Captain James, lxxxi, 216, 217, 355
Gilray, James, lxxxv
Glascock, Captain William, cvii, cxiv, cxv, 363
Glasgow, 251
Gloucester, Hugh de Audley, Earl of, 2, 339
Glover, Richard, x, lxxii, 179, 352
Goodman’s Fields, 200
Goodwin Sands, x, lxxvii, 190, 191
Goree, lxxix, 57, 212–14, 257, 355
Gosport, 201
Gosport, Hospital, 160
Gourden, 12
‘Grady, Henry,’ 329
Grafton, Henry Fitzroy, 1st Duke of, 110
Graham, Sir James, cxi
Grantham, 38
Granville, xlix
Grasse, Comte de, xcii, 263, 264, 358
Graves, Rear-admiral Sir Thomas, 295, 296
Gravesend, lx
Gray, James, see Snell, Hannah
Gray, ‘Sarah,’ 359
Greene, Maurice, lxix, lxx
Greenland, 232, 249, 252
Greenway, Thomas, 1, 2
Greenwich, xviii, xxxviii, 143, 144
Greenwich, Hospital, lxxi
Greepe, Thomas, xv
Grenada, lxxiii, xci
Grenville, Grenfillde, Greynvile, Grinvile, Sir Richard, xv
Groyne, the, see Corunna
Guadeloupe, lxxxi, 223
Guernsey, 262
Guinea, xxix, 55, 347
Gulf Stream, 315
Gunfleet, the, 190, 191
Haddock, Admiral Nicholas, lxviii, lxxiii, 173, 174
Hakluyt, Richard, xii, xiv
Halifax, George Savile, Marquis of, lii
Halifax (Nova Scotia), 313
Hallen River, 289
—, Town, 290
Hamilton, James, 12
Hamoaze, the, 113
Hannay, James, cx
Hardy, Sir Thomas, 15 I
Hardy, Sir Thomas Masterman, 302, 360
Hardyng, John, xii
Harfleur, xii
Harman, Sir John, xxxvi, xii, xiii, liv
Harman, Captain Thomas, xii, xiii, xliii, 83–86
Harris, Walter, 351
Harrison, George, xxviii, 52
Harvey (i.e. Hervey), Captain Augustus John, 224
Harvey, Captain John, 269
Harwich, xxxii, lxviii, 69, 70
Hastings, Captain Anthony, 124
Havana, lxxxii, 223, 257 356
Hawke, Edward, Lord, lxxv, lxxvii, lxxix, lxxx, lxxxi, lxxxv, 197, 202, 203, 217–19, 227, 228, 353, 356
Hawkins, Captain Richard, 347
—, Sir Richard, xiv, xv
Heath, Thomas, 122
Helsingfors, 336
Herbert, Arthur, see Torrington
Heywood, Thomas, xxv
Hispaniola, lxxv, 199, 353
Hoare, Prince, 357
Hobson (i.e. Hopsonn), Sir
Thomas, 152
Hodges, William, liii
Hodgson, General Studholme, lxxxi
Holmes, Captain Charles, lxxv, 185
Holmes, Sir Robert, xxxi, 58, 59, 62, 68, 73, 77, 79, 80, 81
Home, 285
Hood, Alexander, see Bridport
Hood, Captain Alexander, 286
Hood, Samuel, Viscount Hood, xciv, xcviii, 263, 264, 358
Hope, Captain Henry, 314, 315
Hornby or Hornsby, Captain Richard, lxxvi, 187–9, 353
Horseley, Captain Gilbert, xvii
Horsley, William, 8, 12, 13, 15
Hosier, Vice-admiral Francis, lxix, lxxii, lxxiv, 179, 180, 352
Hotham, Captain William, lxxxi, 216, 217, 355
Howard, Lord Charles, xiii, 7–15, 340, 341
Howard, Sir Edward, xiii, 340, 341
Howard, Sir Philip, 79, So
Howe, General Sir William, 247
Howe, Richard, Earl, ix, lxxxv, xciv, xcvi, xcviii, 268–70, 272–4, 278, 279
Hughes, Thomas, 360
Hull, 29
Hull, Captain Isaac, 308, 3II
Humbert, General, xcviii
Hunt, Henry, 8–10, 12, 14, 15
Hutchinson, 226
Hutt, Captain John, 270
Indies, the, lx, 42, 46, 265
Indies, East, 1, lxxix, 129, 134
Indies, West, xxiv, xliii, Ii, lxxxi, 197, 222, 316, 320, 361
Inglefield, Captain John Nicholson, xcii
Ireland, xcviii, 251, 277, 280
Irish Channel, 251
‘Iron Castle,’ the, 178
Jack the Painter, 255, 357
Jago de Cuba, see Santiago de Cuba
Jamaica, l, lxxi, xcii, 150, 177, 181, 263
James River, Iii
Jeffery, Robert, 8, 307, 361
Jenkins, Captain, lxxiii, 172
Jennings, Colonel, 221
Jennings, Sir William, 79, So
Jermy, Captain Seth, lxviii
Jerrold, Douglas, cvii
Jervis, Admiral, see St. Vincent
John of Aile (i.e. Jan van Eyle or Heylle), 3, 339
Johnson, Charles, li
Johnson, Samuel, lxxii
Jones, Paul, xc, xci, xciii, 259–261, 358
Jordan, Vice-admiral Sir Joseph, 73
Jumper, Captain Sir William, lxiv
Kedah, 135, 347
Kempthorne, Captain John, xxxvii, xxxviii, 74, 344
Kent, xxv, 37, 39
Keppel, Augustus, Viscount, lxxix, lxxxi, xc, 212, 223, 248, 255, 256, 257, 357, 358
Kid, or Kidd, Captain William, li, 134–7, 347–8
Killala, xcviii
Killigrew, Admiral Henry, xiv, 108, 109
Killigrew, Captain James, xlviii, 126, 127, 346
Kilroot, 220
Kingston (Jamaica), 149
Kinsale, 195, 196
Kirkby, Captain Richard, 149, 349
Kirkham, John, xv
Knowles, Rear-admiral Sir Charles, lxxv, 199, 353
Kyret, Sir Hugh, see Quieret
La Clue, Admiral de, lxxix
La Galissonière, Admiral de la, lxxvii, lxxviii, lxxxvi, 207
La Hogue, xlvii, xlviii, lxiii, 120, J22
La Jonquière, Admiral the Marquis de, lxxv, 353
Lake, Captain Warwick, 361
Lake Erie, 308
Lancaster, Henry of Derby, Duke of, 2, 339
Langara, Admiral Don Juan de, xci
Laughton, Lieutenant, 186
Lawrence, Captain James, 308, 312
Lawson, Vice-admiral Sir John, xxx, xliii, liii, 61
Leake, Admiral Sir John, lxiv, 156, 157
Lee, Captain, 190
Lee, Nathaniel, xiii
Leghorn, xxxviii
Leith, xc, 252
Leith, Roads, 249
Lepanto, 110, 122
Lesley, John, Bishop of Ross, xiv
Lestock, Vice-admiral Richard, lxxv, 181, 182, 184, 187
Levant, the, 127
Lichfield, 359
Lindsey, Robert Bertie, Earl of, xxiv, xxv
Linois, Vice-admiral C. A. L. Durand, Comte de, xcvii, xcviii, 298
Lisbon, 156, 185, 192–4, 254
‘Little John,’ 266, 267
Liverpool, lxxxvi, lxxxvii, lxxxviii, cviii, 357, 359
Lockhart, see Ross, Captain Sir John Lockhart
London, viii, xx, xxv, xlvi, 9, 28, 29, 95, 124, 145, 262, 342
Londonderry, xliv, lxxxi
Lorient, xc, 259
Lothbury, 231
Louisbourg, lxxix
Luttrell, Narcissus, 348
Lyme Regis, 49
Lynn, lxxvi, 189
Lyons, Hankyn, xiii
McCleverty, Mr., 362
Maclome, see Port-Mahon
MacSkimin, Mr., 356
Madagascar, 1, 348
Madeira, 243
Madison, James, President of the United States, ci, 315
Madras, 330
Magellan, Straits of, 243, 244
Maidstone, Lord (William Finch, son of Heneage, 2nd Earl of Winchilsea), xxxv
Mainwaring, Sir Henry, xxi
Maitland, Captain Frederick Lewis, 300
Malabar, 136
Malaga, xxvii, lxiv, lxvii, 47, 48, 343
Mallet, David, lxxii
Malluda Bay, cxiii, 364
Malta, 25, 288
‘Manley,’ lxi
Manning, Captain (? Captain Covill Mayne), 175
Manny, Sir Walter, 2, 339
Mansell, Sir Robert, xxii, 32
Mansfield, Captain (? Michael), xxxviii, 86, 87, 344
Markham, Gervase, xv
Marlow, Captain Benjamin, 354
Marryat, Captain Frederick, cvi, cvii, 322, 345, 362
Marseilles (i.e. Messina), 127, 346
Marshalsea, the, 348
Marteilhe, Jacques de, lxviii
‘Marten, Henry,’ xiv
Martinico, xxxvii, lxxxii, 222, 3o6
Marvell, Andrew, xxviii, xxxiv
Marza, 224
Mathews, Admiral Thomas, ix, lxxv, 186, 187, 353
Mawnay, see Manny
Maynard, Lieutenant Robert, lii, 166–68
Mediterranean, xxxvii, xii, xlii, xiv, xlviii, liv, lvi, lxxiii, 173 ; see also Straits
Medway, River, xxxiv
Menschikoff, 337
Mercant, 127
Mexico, 138
Mines, John, 34
Minns (i.e. Myngs), Sir Christopher, xliii, liii, 61, 62
Minorca, lxxxi, 211, 354
Minot, Lawrence, xi, 1–4, 339, 34°
Mocca (Mocha?), 348
Moncalda, Don Hugo de, 19
Monck, George, see Albemarle
Montague, Captain James, 271
Monument, the, 139
Moore, John Hamilton, cii
Morard de Galles, Admiral, xcviii
Mordaunt, Sir John, lxxix
More, J., xcv
More, William, 135, 347
Morecock, Captain, lxxxvi
Moreno, Vice-admiral Don J. J. de, 298
Morgan, Sir Henry, xlix
Morgan, Lieutenant William Thomas, 315
Morley (Morlay), Sir Robert, 2, 339
Morocco, lxxix, 215
Mostyn, Vice-admiral Savage, 203
Mountjoy, Charles Blount, 8th Lord, 31
Mount Wyse, 322
Mullon, Jean, 267
Mundy (i.e. Munden), Rear-admiral Sir John, lxiv
Murray, Captain George, 292
Napier, Admiral Sir Charles, ex, cxi, cxii, 333
Naples, 287, 288
Napoleon, 302
Narbrough, Admiral Sir John, xii
Nassau (Bahamas), 320
Navarino, cix, cx
Nelson, Horatio, Viscount, lxxxv, xcvi, ci, civ, cxi, 287, 290, 295–98, 301–4, 359, 360
Neper, Captain, 251, 252
Netheway, 34
Newcastle-on-Tyne, lxxxvii, ciii, 8, 251
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, lxxviii
New England, xlvi
Newfoundland, lxxvii, 348
Newgate, 137
New York, 247, 313, 347
Nicholl or Nicholas, 16, 341
Nile, the, xcv, xcvi, 287
Nore, the, xcix, 190, 201
Norris, Admiral Sir John, xvi, 191
North, Frederick, Lord, xci
Northampton, William de Bahun, Earl of, 2, 339
Northumberland, Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of, xxiv, xxv
Northumberland, Rock, 114
O’Brian, Captain Lucius, lxxxi, 222, 356
Odessa, 336
Ogle, Rear-admiral Sir Chaloner, 181–83
Old Bailey, the, l, lxviii
Omoa, xci, 262
Opdam (i.e. Admiral Jacob van Wassenaer, Lord of Obdam), 57–59, 62
Oporto, xxxviii, lxxvi, 189
Orford, Edward Russell, Earl of, xliv, xlvi, xlix, 112, 113, 115, 119, 120, 121, 123, 125, 126, 128, 129, 345
Ormon, Mr., 315
Ormonde, James Butler, 2nd Duke of, lxiii, 151–3
Orvilliers, Vice-admiral Comte d’, xc
Otranto, 110
Oxford, 137, 348
Pacific, 331
Pacific fleet, 170, 171
Palliser,·Vice-admiral Sir Hugh, xc, 255–58, 358
Panama, l, 178
Pantelaria, Gulf of, xlviii
Paris, 16
Parker, Rear-admiral Sir Hyde, 295–6
Parker, Martin, ix, xxvi, 40–42, 343
Parker, Richard, xcix, 281, 282, 359
Parker, Admiral Sir Peter, lxxxix, 246, 357
Parry, Sir William Edward, 332
Pasley, Rear-admiral Sir Thomas, 270, 271, 273
Pearson, Captain Sir Richard, 259
Peele, George, xv
Pellew, Sir Edward, Viscount Exmouth, xcviii, xcix, 267, 268, 277
Penn, Sir William, xxx, xxxiii, 70
Pepys, Samuel, xxx, xxxii, xxxiii, xliii, liii, lvi, lxii, lxxxiii, cxvi, 92
Percy, Bishop, xiv, 340
Perry, Captain Oliver H., 308
Persia, 132
Peru, 195, 226
Petre, Father Edward, 124, 346
Pett, Peter, xxxiv
Philadelphia, xciii
Phipps, Sir William, xliii
Pickard, Captain Peter, xlviii
‘Pickle, Peregrine,’ lxxi
Pilon, Frederick, 357
Piper, Diggory, 342
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 227
Pitt, William, lxxxi, 278, 279
Playford, John, 343
Plymouth (town, harbour, bay, sound), xlvii, li, 18, 21, 25, 89, 91, 113, 132, 203, 204, 243, 303, 305, 315, 337, 346, 354, 357, 358
Pocock, Admiral Sir George, lxxix, lxxxii, 223
Point Petre (i.e. Point à Pitre, Guadeloupe), 275
Pondicherry, 199
‘Porpuss, Captain,’ lviii, lxii
Port and Port à Port, see Oporto
Port Cornwallis, 330
Port Famine, 224
Portland, U.S.A., 308
Portlock, Captain Nathaniel, 289, 290
Port Louis, lxxv, 199, 353
Port Mahon, xlvii, lxxvii,lxxviii, 193, 209, 211, 214, 354
Port Rhode, 184
Port Royal, 149, 263, 320, 349
Porto Bello, ix, lxxiv, lxxv, 177–80, 352
Porto Rico, 92–5, 344
Portsmouth, lvii, lxxi, 171, 194, 197, 201, 230, 268, 278, 336, 354, 358
Prado, Juan de, 225
Prat, J., xcv, 283
Price, Lawrence, xxiii, xxvi, 34, 35
Providence (Bahamas), 319
Purcell, Henry, lviii
Purser (pirate), xvii
Pynson, Pety, xiii
Quebec, 260
Quedagh, see Kedah
Quiberon Bay, lxxix, 217
Quida, see Kedah
Quiéret, Hugues de, 1, 339
Rainborow, Captain William, xxiii, 342
Ralegh, Sir Walter, xviii, xix
Raleigh, 127
Ramsey Bay, 222
Ram’s Head, the, 113
‘Random, Roderick,’ lxix, lxx, lxxi, lxxxiv
Rands, Thomas, lxv
Rangoon, 330, 331
Ré, Isle of, xxiii
Red Sea, 348
Reynolds, Captain Robert Carthew, xcix, 276
Rhodes, Isle of, lxi
Richmond, Frances Stuart, Duchess of, xxxv
Rigny, Rear-admiral Henri de, ex
Riou, Captain Edward, 294
Ritson, Joseph, xi
Roberts, Captain, 194
Robertson, Robert, xl
Robson, John, 251
Rochefort, lxxix
Rochester, John Wilmot, Earl of, 343
Rodney, George Brydges, 1st Baron Rodney, lxxx, lxxxi, xci, xcii, 244, 262
Rogers (i.e. Rodgers), Captain John, 308, 309
Rooke, Admiral Sir George, xlviii, lxiv, 116, 118, 123, 151, 153, 154, 350
Ross, Sir James Clark, cxiii, 331, 332, 363
Ross, Captain Sir John Lockhart, lxxxix, xc, 254, 262
Rotterdam, lxxvi
Round Court, 105
Rupert, Prince, xxx, 51, 60, 63–67, 73, 75
Russell, Edward, see Orford, Earl of
Rye, 138
S—, Sir H—, 137
St. Clement’s, 104
St. Helens, 202, 253, 278
St. Jago, 243
St. James of Compostella, xii, 4
St. James’s Park, 229
St. Jean d’ Acre, cx, 333, 334, 363
St. Lo, George, liii
St. Lucar, xxv
St. Lucia, lxxxii, 263
St. Malo, xiii, xlix, lxxvi, 125
St. Paul’s, 37, 124, 208
St. Vincent, lxxxii
St. Vincent, Admiral Sir John Jervis, Earl of, xciv, xcvi
Sallee, xxii, xxiii, 23, 343
Sandwich, 4
Sandwich, Edward Montague, 1st Earl of, xxx, xxxiii, xxxiv, liii, 58
Sandwich, John Montague, 4th Earl of, xci, 256, 257, 358
Santa Cruz, xxviii, 213
Santiago de Cuba, 199
Saumarez, Sir James, xcvii
Saunders, Admiral Sir Charles, lxxv; 219
Saunders, Richard Creagh, 328, 337, 363, 364
Sawyer (Sayer), Captain James, lxxix, 212–14, 355
Scanderoon, lvi
Schelling, 77, 79, 80, 81
Scilly Islands, lxvii, cxiv
Scott, Sir Walter, xcvi
Sebastopol, 337
Selden, John, xxiv
Seville, 138
Seymour, Captain Michael, 306
Shakespeare, William, lxi
Shaterino (i.e. Château-Renault), 152
Sheerness, 281
Shield, 357
Shields, ciii, 249
Shovel, Sir Clowdisley, xiv, lxiv, lxvi, lxvii, 106–107, 115, 123
Sicily, 288
Simon, Peter, 7, 11, 15
Sizewell, Captain, 82
Sluys, xi, 1, 3
Smith, Sir Jeremy, 60, 62, 68, 70, 74
Smith, Captain John, xx, xxii
Smith, Captain Thomas, lxviii, 154, 155
Smollett, Tobias, lxix, lxx, lxxi, lxxxiv, 351
Smyrna, xxix, xxxi, 55, 127
Snell, Hannah, alias James Gray, cv, 200, 353, 354
Solebay, xxxv, lviii, 344
Sombrero, I. of, 361
Southampton, cxii
South Seas, the, I, 132, 244
Southwold Bay, ,xxxv
Spanish Main, the, l, 347
Spencer, George John, 2nd Earl Spencer, 278
Spithead, lxviii, xcix, 161, 168, 170, 174, 192, 201, 202, 212, 277, 289, 351
Spragge, Sir Edward, xxxv, xii, xiii, xliii, 74
Spriggs, Captain, 347
‘Stephano,’ lxi
Stevens, Francis, 129
Stevens, George Alexander, xi, lxxi
Stoakes, Samuel, lxi
Stonehouse, Captain, lxxxvii, 226, 227
Stopford, Sir Robert, cx
Strachan, Admiral Sir Richard, ci, 304, 305, 361
Straits, the, 108, 129, 287, see also Mediterranean
Strand, the, 104
Stuart, Prince Charles Edward, 204, 354
Stukely, Thomas, xviii
Sullivan’s Island, 246, 247
Surat, 347
Swin, the, 1–4
Syrenham (i.e. Surinam), xxxvii
Talbot, Captain, lxxxvi, 69, 70
Talbot, Captain Charles, 334, 335
Tangier, lvi, 84
Taylor, Captain Thomas, lxxxi, 222
‘Taylor, William’ or ‘ Billy,’ cv, 326–28, 363
Teach, Captain Edward (Blackbeard), lii, 166–7
Temple Bar, 255
Teneriffe, 213
Teonge, Rev. Henry, xii, lvi, lvii
Terne, Captain Henry, xxxv
Tetuan, xxiii
Texel, the, xcv, 283
Thames, River, xxxiv, 4, 8, 14, 75
Thomson, James, lxxii, lxxiii
Thurot, Commodore François, lxxxi, 220–22, 355, 356
Tiddiman (i.e. Teddeman), admiral Sir Thomas, 73
Tilbury, xix
Timms, J., 358
Tobago, xciv
Torbay, 217
Torrington, Arthur Herbert, Earl of, x, xl, li, 110, 111, 112
Toulon, ix, xlviii, xlix, xciv, xcv, 108, 128
Toulouse, Admiral Louis-Alexandre de Bourbon, Comte de, lxiv, I 53, 154, 350
Tourville, Admiral Anne-Hilarion de Cotentin, Comte de, xiv, xlix, 119, 120, 121, 128, 129, 138
Tower, the, 194, 201
Tower, Hill, lxxiv, 332
Trafalgar, c, ci, 301, 361
Tripoli, xii
‘Trunnion, Commodore,’ lxx
Tunis, xxiii, 27, 29, 5 I
Turkey, 28
Tyrrell, Captain John, 110
Tyrrell, Captain Richard, 261
Tyrwhitt, Thomas, xi
Uly Island (i.e. Vlieland), 77–80
Ushant, xc, xcii, xciv
Utber, Rear-admiral Richard, 73
Vache, Island of, 349
Valdez, Don Pietro de, 18, 19
Van Tromp, Admiral Cornelis Martenszoon, 58, 59, 61, 62, 67, 69, 71; 74, 77
Van Tromp, Admiral Marten Harpertszoon, 59
Vaux, James Hardy, 359
Velasco, Don Luis de, 224
Venice, 25, 36, 127
Vernon, Admiral Edward, ix, lxxiv, lxxv, 177–83, 261, 352, 353, 359
Vigo, lxiii, lxxv, 151–53, 184, 185, 35°
Vincent, see St. Vincent
Virginia, xvi, lii, 148, 166–68
Wade, Captain Cooper, 149, 349
Wager, Admiral Sir Charles, 171
Wagnall, lxxx
Walderswyck (i.e. Walberswick), 82
Walker, Captain George, lxxxvi
Walker, Rear-admiral Sir Hovenden, xliii, 92
Walker, Mickey, 320, 321
Waller, Edmund, xxviii, xxix, xxxi, xxxii, xxxiii
Wallis, Captain Samuel, 244, 357
Walpole, Sir Robert, x, lxxiii
Wapping, xlvi, lx, cviii, 111, 201
Ward, Captain John, xxi, xxii, 25–31, 342
Warner, William, xiv, xv
Warren, Sir John Borlase, xcvii
Warren, Vice-admiral Sir Peter, lxxv, 196, 261
Washington, George, lxxxix, 244, 245, 357
Watkins, Lieutenant Frederick, 275
Watson, Thomas, 34
Welling (i.e. the Wielings), 77
Wentworth, 150
West, Rear-admiral Temple, lxxviii, 203, 208, 210, 355
White, Captain, 286
White, Captain Ignatius, 344
Whitehall, 57, 69, 142
White Hart Yard, 105
Whitehaven, xc
Whitehead, Paul, lxxx
Whitelocke, Bulstrode, lv, lvi
Wignell, J., 355
Wilkes, John, lxxxiv
William, Prince, xcii, cv, cvi, 262, 263 ; see also Clarence
Winchelsea, xi, 4
Withrington, 123
Wolfe, General James, 219, 260, 275
Woolwich, xxv, 39
Wright, Captain Fortunatus, lxxxvi
Wycherley, William, lxiii
Yarmouth, lxxvi, 216, 295
Yarmouth Roads, 284
Yeaman, 315
Yeo, Lieutenant James Lucas, 300, 301
York, James, Duke of, xx, xxxii, xxxiii, xl, xliii, 55, 58, 59, 61, 62, 75, 76, 82, 83
Yorkshire, 259
Young, Edward, lxxi, lxxii
Ypres, 2
Zeeland, 64, 68, 74
Achille, 270
Adventure, 127
Adventure galley, li
Aeolus, lxxxi
Albion, cx
Alcide, lxxvii
Alliance, xciii
Amazon, xcix, 276, 277, 296, 359
America, 269, 270
Amethyst, ci, 305, 361
Angel Gabriel, xxiii, 34, 35
Antelope, 47, 114
Antigallican, lxxxvii
Ardent, 285, 295
Arethusa, lxxxix, cxiv, 248, 249, 357
Armide, cx
Arrogant, 336
Arrow, ix, xcix, 289, 290, 359
Asia, xc
Assistance, xli
Association, lxvii
Astraea, 286, 359
Aurora, xciii
Bacchus, lxxvi, 189
Belle Poule, lxxxix, 248
Bellerophon, ix, xciv, 271, 272, 288, 334
Bellona, 296
Benbow, 333
Benjamin, xliii, 89–92, 344
Blanche, xcix, 275–76, 296, 359
Blandford, lxxxvii, 226, 227, 356
Bonaventer, 29
Boxer, 308
Breda, 78, 350
Brilliant, lxxxi, 221
Brisk, cx
Bristol, lvi, 245, 246, 247
Britannia, 121
Brunswick, 269
Bryan, 47
Burford, ix, lxxiv, 177, 179
Caesar, li, 129, 131, 303, 304, 346
Cambrian, cx
Cambridge, 224
Canterbury, lxxvi, 168, 169, 351
Captain, 201
Carlisle, 127
‘Carteel,’ 354
Carysfort, 333, 363
Castor, 333
Centaur, xcii, 265, 358
Centurion, viii, x, 196
Charity, 29
Charles, xxxvii
Charles the Second, l, 346
Chesapeake, cii, 311, 312, 361, 362
Chesterfield, 354
Cleopatra, xcix, 267, 358
Colossus, c
Congress, 309
Conquerant, 122
Constitution, cii, 309, 361
Content, xlviii
Coronation, xlvii, 114, 345
Countess of Scarborough, xc
Courageux, 303
Cressy, 336
Cristofir, 3
Crown(?), 218
Cumberland, 345
Danae, lxxxi
Dart, 296
Dartmouth, xliii, 92–95, 344
Dauphin, 108
Defence, c
Defiance, 163, 295, 349
Desire, xviii
Desiree, 296
Devonshire, 198
Didon, 304
Diomede, xciii
Dolphin, 207, 243, 354, 357
Dragon, 224
Drake, xc
Droits de l’Homme, xcix, 277, 359
Duke, lxxxvi, 194
Dunbar, xxviii, 52
Dunkirk, 213, 214
Eagle, lxvii, 114
Edgar, lxviii, 160–62, 292, 295
Edinburgh, 333
Egmont, 254, 357
Elephant, 296
Elizabeth, 28, 69, 114, 345
Elizabeth Jonas, xvi
Endymion, 313, 314, 362
Enterprising, 308
Esperance, 300
Essex, 309
European, xlvi
Euryalus, c
Falmouth, 127
Fancy, 1, 131, 347
Fanfan, 75
Firebrand, lxvii
Firedrake, 212
Formidable, 254, 300
Fox, 343
Franklin, 288
Friends, 251
Frolic, 308
Furnace, 212
Fury, 331
Galleazzo, the Great, viii, xix, 18–21, 342
Ganges, 296
General Monk, xciii
Genoa, cix, cx
George, xx, 48, 51
George-Aloe, xxi, 23, 24, 342
Glasgow, cx
Glatton, 295
Glorieux, xcii
Glory, 264
Gloucester, 345
Golden Horse, xiii
Greyhound, 47
Griffin, 222, 223
Guerrière, cii, 308, 309, 361
Gunsway, l, 134
Hancock, xciii
Hannibal, 299
Hardwick, 114
Harwich, xlvii, 345
Hawke, lxxxvii, xcii, 356
Hazard, 333
Hecla, 336
Hector, xcii
Henery, 65
Henry, xxxvi, 47
Hercule, xcix, 285, 259
Hermione, 296
Hero, 304
Honour, 37
Hunter, xciii
Hyder Ally, xciii
Impétueux, 270
Impregnable, cviii
Indefatigable, 276, 277
Intrepid, 208
Ipswich, 202
Iris,·xciii
Isis, 296
James and Mary, xliii, 95, 96
Java, 308
Jenny, 251
Juste, 270
Kent, lxxiii, 175, 176
La Loire, 300, 360
Languedoc, 258
Larne, 363
Leander, cviii, 288, 331
Lennox, lxxiii, 175
Leviathan, 272
Lewis, 108
Lichfield, lxxix
Liffy, 359, 363
Lilly, 331
Lion, 37, 193, 345
Litchfield, 213, 214, 215
London, 278
Lord Anson, lxxxvii, 225, 226, 356
L’Orient, 288
Loyal London, xxxii
Loyalty, 114
Lyme, 343
Lynx, 114
Lyon, xxv, 114
Lys, lxxvii
Ludlow Castle, lxviii
Macedonian, 308
Maidstone, 343
Margarita, 304
Marlborough, 224, 363
Marquis de Brancos, lxxvi
Mars, xcix, c, 285, 286, 303, 359
Mary, lxv, 60
Marygold, 87
Mary Rose, xxxviii
Melampe, lxxxi, 216
Minotaur, 288
Mocca, 348
Monarch, 295
Monmouth, xlviii, 106
Namur, 304
Nantwich, 343
Nassau, lxxix, 212–14, 355
Newbury, 343
Nightingale, lxviii, 155
‘Noah’s Ark,’ 150, 350
Nonsuch, lxxxix
Northumberland, lxvi, 270, 345
Nymphe, 267, 358
Orford, lxviii, 175, 176, 351
Otter, 296
Pallas, lxxxi
Peacock, 308
Pearl, lii
Pelican, xiv, 106, 107
Phancy, see Fancy
Philomel, cx
Phoenix, lxvii, 304, 354
Pique, 333, 362
Plymouth, 126
Poictiers, 308
Polyphemus, 296
Pomone, cii
Portsmouth, lvii
Powerful, 333
President, cii, 309, 314
Prince, 218
Prince Edward, 212
Prince Frederick, lxxxvi, 194, 195
Prince George, xcii
Princess Royal, x, lxxvii, 190, 191
Princissa (Princesa), lxxiii, 175, 176, 351
Quebec, xciii, xcii, 260
Quedagh Merchant, 347
Queen Charlotte, cviii, 270, 278, 279
Rainbow, xxii, 30, 31, 342
Rambler, 261
Ramillies, xcii
Randolph, xciii
Reguli, 288
Resolution, xlviii, lxxxviii, 66, 68, 70, 348
Restoration, lxvi
Revenge, xv, 333
Revolutionnaire, 304
Richard, 259
Rising Sun (or Royal Sun), 115, 119, 121, 122, 125, 152, 218
Robin Hood, 266, 358
Romney, lxvii, 168, 351
Rose, xiv, xlvi, cx, 37
‘Royal Billy,’ 240, 241, 357
Royal Charles, xxxiv, xxxvi, 69, 73, 75,
Royal George, lxxx, 218
Royal Oak, xci, xxxiv, 258, 259, 345
Royal Sovereign, 37–40, 147
Ruby, 47, 150, 343, 350
Saint Andrew, 22
Saint David, xii, liv, lvii
Saint George, lxvii
Saint John, 136
Saint Matthew, 22
Saint Philip, 22
Sandwich, 282
Santo Domingo, xci
Sapphire, xlii, lxxv, 184, 353
Schaherlaes, xiii, 83
Scorpion, xciii
Scylla, ciii, 319, 320, 362
Seaflower, xcvii
Serapis, xc, xciii
Seven Provinces, 74
Severn, 197, 198
Shannon, cii, 311–14, 361, 362
Shrewsbury, xc, 181, 182, 254
Sophia, 331
Southampton, lxxxi, 216
South Carolina, xciii
Sovereign, 73, 75
Sovereign of the Seas, xxiv, xxv
Spence, 181
Stirling Castle, lxv, lxvi
Success, lviii
Suffolk, 348
Sun, 109
Superb, cviii, cix
Surveillante, xcii
Swallow, xxxviii, 243, 244, 357
Swan, 249
Sweepstakes, 23, 24, 342
Talbot, 333
Tartar, xc, 198
Temple, 222, 223
Tenedos, cii
Terrible, lxxxvi, lxxxvii, 198, 204–206, 354
Thetis, ci, 305, 361
Thomas Bonaventure, xx
Thunder, 198, 327–28
Thunderer, 333
Torbay, 213, 214
Trident, xlviii, 198
Triumph, xxxv
Tyger, 83, 84, 85
‘Valance,’ see Vengeance
Vanguard, ciii, 288, 320, 321, 362
Vengeance, lxxxvi, 204, 354
Vengeur, 269, 270
Victory, lxxvii, 192–94, 257, 353
Ville de Paris, xcii, 264
Warwick, 345
Wasp, cx, 308,333,334
Wellington, cxii
Whelpes, 37
Yarmouth, xciii, 201
Zealous, 288
Charles Firth was born on 16 March 1857 in Sheffield, and educated at Clifton College abd Balliol College, Oxford, where he was awarded the Stanhope prize for an essay on Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley. He became a lecturer at Pembroke College in 1887, and a Fellow of All Souls in 1901. He gave the Ford Lectures in 1900, was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1903, and became Regius Professor of Modern History at Oxford in 1904, holding the post until 1925. He was President of the Royal Historical Society 1913-17. He died in Oxford on 19 February 1936.
His history was almost entirely confined to English history during the time of the English Civil War and the Commonwealth. He had bitter battles with his colleagues over his attempts to introduce a key element of individual study of original sources and the production of a thesis into undergraduate work. His opponents, mainly college fellows, who had little research experience of their own, and saw Firth as a power-seeker for the university professoriate, as against the role of the colleges. Firth failed in this, but the 20th century saw universities go his way.
His publications include
• Life of the Duke of Newcastle (1886).
• Scotland and the Commonwealth (1895).
• Scotland and the Protectorate (1899).
• Narrative of General Venables (1900).
• Oliver Cromwell and the Rule of the Puritans in England (1900).
• Cromwell’s Army: A History of the English Soldier during the Civil War, the Commonwealth and the Protectorate (1900-01).
• Naval Songs and Ballads (Navy Records Society, 1908).
See also
Ivan Roots Firth, Sir Charles Harding (1857 – 1936), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (O.U.P. 2004).
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