This month sees the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London. The city burned for three full days, from 2 to 5 September 1666. At the time England was at war with the Dutch Republic in the Second Dutch War (4 March 1665 – 31 July 1667). The naval history of the period is recorded in fabulous detail by Samuel Pepys, the famous seventeenth century diarist and a crucial figure in the growth of the Royal Navy. By 1666 Pepys had been working for the Navy Board for six years and this volume records his explanation of how the Navy Board functioned in this fascinating period.
The two pieces of work which make up this volume were compiled by Pepys in the 1660s. The first is Pepys’s own record of how the Navy Board functioned. It records details of meetings with fellow officers such as Sir William Penn and Sir John Mennes, and how work could be hampered at times by the refusal of an officer to sign a contract or bill as he had not been present at the original discussions.
The Navy White Book gives the discussions which took place over a variety of matters, such as, contracts with Sir William Warren, a timber merchant; costs and quality of masts and canvas.
The Brooke House Papers deal with the inquiry set up by the House of Commons into the conduct of the Second Dutch War, following the humiliation of the Dutch invasion of 1667, and the inefficiency of the Navy Board. The Brooke House Papers further show Pepys defending the Navy Board’s professionalism and integrity, and also that naval administration during the Second Dutch War was efficient. The Papers also show Charles II ‘s role in protecting the Navy Board, by making his dissatisfaction with the inquiry known, through his disrespectful language and interruptions, as well as his support for Pepys, whom he makes the Board’s spokesman.
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The arrangement of items within each entry is alphabetical. Persons and places are indexed under their modern form wherever possible, with any textual variants (except contractions which do not suggest discrete spellings) added in parentheses. Peers are indexed under their titles. Titles and offices are those held at the period which the volume covers, with a few later attainments noted in square brackets. Square brackets also include forenames of less well-known people; authorities for this information (for Navy personnel and civilian merchants) are given in the Appendix below. Pepys is denoted by P. The entries under his name are personal details. His professional functions are treated under the heading Clerk of the Acts. The section Ships mentioned by name gives, wherever possible, rate or type; if prize, provenance and date of acquisition; and reference to R. C. Anderson’s English Ships, 1649-1702. Additional details/references are given for ships of the same or similar name, and in certain other cases. The Introduction is indexed only for matter not found in the text. The indexer wishes to record his indebtedness to the editor for much advice and assistance, and in particular for providing identification of persons where necessary. C. S. Knighton Ackworth (Ackeworth, Acworth), [William], storekeeper, Woolwich: alleged embezzlement, 155; Batten’s opinion, 58; incompetent accountant, 5 & n.5; information from, 50, 64 & n.7, 79, 97, 401; receives tar, 107; restored to place, 165 ~ alluded to, 75 Admiral, Lord High: Instructions, (‘ancient’) 327, (not applied temp. Commonwealth) 331; responsible for ordering pay, 316 see also Buckingham; Northumberland; York Admirals (Flag Officers): avarice, 242-3 & n.; fail to oversee distribution of prizes, 208; negligence, 114 Admiralty, Court of: 318 Africa Company, Royal: ships lent to, 42 Albemarle (Albermarl(e)), George Monck, 1st Duke of, Lord General: command, 158 & n.4, 239, 300 & n.l, 364 & n.2, 416; letters to, 397, 427; orders from, (investigation of contract) 275, (payment of tickets) 159; timber bought from, 349 & n.2 444 INDEX Aldeburgh (Alborough, Albrough), Suff.: P defeated in byeelection, 334 & n.4 ~ alluded to, 134 Aldridge, [Henry], Navy Office clerk: 196 Algiers (Argier): expeditions against, (1661-2) 204 & n.l, (1664) 3 n.l, 42, (1668-9) 199-200 & n., 215 Allin, Cuthbert, soldier: 130 Allin (Alien), Sir Thomas [Kt 1665, Bt 1673], naval commander: concern for profits, 199-200, 242-3; criticized, 237; patrols Channel, 244 n.l; provisions for, 250; seamen’s pay, 114, 265; voyages to Mediterranean, 141, 230, 236 n.l, 237 ~ alluded to, 204, 234, 235, 261 Amsterdam: 112 n.l Anabaptists: admired by Penn, 20 anchors: bought, 16, 47, & n.2; break, 94; exchange sought, 131; iron for, (English) 356, (Spanish) 356 n.2, (Swedish) 354; lost, 200; prize, 322; stolen, 135 anchor-smiths: Navy Board’s debts to, 304 Andrews, Daniel, master: 266 Andrews, [Thomas], merchant: 96 Anglesey, Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of, Treasurer of the Navy 1667-8: account, 250-1 & nn.; payments, 207-8; removal, 202 & n.l; signature, 136 ~ alluded to, 325 Archangel (Archangell), Russia: tar from, 31 Arlington, (Sir) Henry Bennet, 1st Baron 1665 [Earl 1672], Secretary of State 1662-74: commends P, 340; negligence, 161; present at debate before Privy Council, 337; speaks there, 375(6/s); to assist P in defending King over war finances, 340-1 ~ alluded to, 76-7, 78, 210, 251 n.3, 339 ash: 78 Ashley (Ashly), Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Baron [1st Earl of Shaftesbury 1672], Chancellor of the Exchequer 1661-72, Treasury Commissioner 1667-72, Treasurer of the Prize Commission: about prizes, 131; critical of Brooke House Commission, 374-5; speaks at debate before Privy Council, 376 ~ alluded to, 366, 377 Ayloffe (Ayliff), Joseph, of Gray’s Inn, Carteret’s counsel: 335, 348 Backwell (Backewell), Aid. Edward, banker: supplies pieces-ofeight, 3, 4 ~ alluded to, 98, 99 Baddicott, [William], ropemaker: 118 Badiley (Boddily, Bodily), Capt. [William], master attendant, Deptford: makes tarpaulins, 56; negligent, 72; perquisites, 50 balks see timber ballast: excessive, 135, 220; Navy Board deceived over, 102 ~ alluded to, 355 bankers: dealt with by Navy Treasurer, 397 ~ alluded to, 258 nn.1,2, 267 see also Backwell; Lindsay; Meynell; Thompson Banks, Sir John, merchant: 174 n.l Barbary Coast: pirates, 27 n.2 Barbour, William: Navy Office clerk: 166, 297 Bargrave, Capt. Richard or Robert, royalist soldier: 222-3 & n. Barker, Aid. [William], merchant: hemp from, 88 Barnes, [Alexander], timber merchant: 315 Barnes, Capt. Butler, naval officer: 139 barrels, casks, tuns: charges, 129-30; empty use, 134; thrown overboard, 419; water for ballast, 135 Barrow, [Philip], storekeeper, Chatham: 21 & n.l Bassett, Capt. -, naval officer: 428 Batten, [Elizabeth], Lady, wife of Sir William: 197 Batten, Sir William, Surveyor of the Navy 1660-7: contracts and supplies: advice, 353; consent, 11, 85; disputes, (cloth) 27-8, 29-30, 44, 48, 56-7, 82, (cordage) 40, (glass) 53, (ironwork) 37, 47, (timber) 5 & n.2, 6 & n.2, 9-13, 23, 36, 47, 51, 79-80, 91-2, 347; expertise, (cordage) 157; purchases, INDEX 445 (brickwork) 124, (ironwork) 37, (oil) 63, (timber) 15-16; shortages admitted, 15, 16 criticized: bad judgement, 126-7; contrariness, 56-8, 79; corrected/outsmarted by P, 13, 16-17, 40, 51-2, 88-9; favouritism, 10 & n.3, 16 & n.l, 54, 88-9, 95-6, 102; negligence, 15, 110, 117-18, 140, 141, 184, 186-7, 195, 397; poor bookkeeping, 15, 17-18, 37-8, 131, 158, 184,196-7, 212-13; sharp practice, 14-15, 19-20, 50-1, 88-9, 95-6 dockyards: critical of carpenters, 132; power in, 54; surveys, 15 & n.l, 17, 37; visits, (Chatham) 23, (Deptford) 117, (Portsmouth) 35 finance: hasty approval of estimate for building ship, 186-7; records delivered to Treasury, 357; suspected collusion with private shipbuilders, 131 information from: 16, 17,19, 23, 37, 43, 67, 88, 353 pay and perquisites: bribed, 20; fencing for his house, 74 & n.4: private business, (in King’s ships) 95-6, (using Office clerks) 196-7; salary and assessment, 101; ticket paid to himself, 409 relations with others: criticized by Ashley, 131; critical, (of C. Pett) 116, (of Warren) 80 sundry business: clerks, 19 & n.4, 67,196, 298, 361; discovers cheat, 79; present at Board, 48, 85, 111; signature, 8, 53, 65, 66, 275, 299, 311 various: death, 182; lighthouses, 58 & n.6; MP, 50 & n.2, 102; share in privateer, 245 & n.5; surveyor .for City ship, 118 ~ alluded to, 21, 68, 325 Beach, Capt. [Richard], naval officer: 215, 265 Bergen, Norway: tar from, 31, 32, 39,79 Berkeley (Barkely, Berkely) [of Stratton], John Berkeley, 1st Baron, Navy Commissioner 1660-4: clerks, 196; favours gentlemen captains, 221; Ordnance Commissioner (1664-70), 120 & n.l; present at Board, 9, 82, 88-9 ~ alluded to, 325 Berry, Capt. [John], naval officer: 267 Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumb.: 232 n.l Beuningen (Beningham, Benningham), Coenraad van, Dutch ambassador: 229 bewpers see cloth Bilbao (Bilbo), Spain: iron from, 38 Billop, Thomas, clerk to Matthew Wren: 252 Birch, Col. John, Trade Commissioner 1668-72: 216 & n.l Birkhead (Birkehead), -, coppersmith: 61 Blackborne, Robert, Secretary to the East India Company: 205 & n.2 Blackborough (Blackborrow, Blackbury), [Peter], merchant: timber from, 309, 310, 314, 315, 423 Blackwall, Essex: 205 Blake, Gen. Robert, military and naval commander: praises English^made shot, 38 ~ alluded to, 20 n.4, 82 n.l, 228 n.l Bland, [John], merchant: 3 & nn. 2,4 blocks, blockmakers: measurement, 26, 71 & n.l; winding tackle, 219 ~ alluded to, 16 blufers see cloth boats, ships’: 218 boatswains, bosuns (of ships): accounts, 194, 197, 198, 201, 214, 255, 292-3, 397, 402; appointment, 199; cordage for, 127; corruption, 44, 63-4 & n., 109, 113, 119, 127, 199, 201, 217-19; cut cables to make swabs, &c., 95, 124-5; demands, 129, 157, 199, 200, 201, 218; negligence, 156 boatswains (of yards): not to be masters of lighters, 155-6 Boddily see Badiley Bodham, William, clerk of the ropeyard, Woolwich: 41, 71, 124, 127 n.l Body (Boddy), [George], merchant: 189 & nn.2,3 Bohemia: oak from, 47 n.l Boke, -, blockmaker, Chatham: 122 bolts see ironwork 446 INDEX boltsprits see masts Bond, -, master: 141 Bourne, Rear-Adm. Nehemiah: 20 & n.4 Bow: 74 Bowen, Capt. [Peter], naval officer: 265 Bowyer, [Thomas], anchor-smith, Woolwich: 47 Bowyer, [William], merchant: 264 Boyce, [Richard], shipwright: 131, 182 brass: 38 bread rooms: 71-2 & n. breaming: 134 Brereton (Breereton, Breerton), William Brereton, 3rd Baron, Brooke House Commissioner: Privy Council debate: present, 337, 345, 377, 432; signature, 271; speaks, 355, 359, 361, 376, 381, 403 (bis), 409, (charges P with receiving ticket) 419, 429-32, (critical of P) 335-6, 338-9, 347, 348, 358, (dumbfounded) 410, (objects) 406, 417, (promises evidence) 432, (rude to King) 367, (supports P) 408 various: mocked by King, 339; musical talent, 369 & n.l; Parliamentary business, 339 & n.2, 342; P considers writing to, 340 bribery and corruption: 12-13, 19-20, 26, 37-8, 172 n.l see also Ackworth; Batten; boatswains; captains; Carteret; Coleman; Gauden; Jennens; Lewis; Mayers; Mennes; Miller; sea officers bricklayers, brickwork: 124,133 Bridgeman, Sir Orlando, Lord Keeper 1666-72: present at debate before Privy Council, 337; speaks there, 338, 366; speaks to Parliament, xxv, 376 & n.3 Bridges, [Richard], linen draper, Cornhill: 83-4 Bridgewater (Bridgwater), John Egerton, 2nd Earl of, Brooke House Commissioner: 366 Bridport [alias Burport] (Burfett), Dors.: cordage from, 387 & n.3 Bristol: ships built at, 161 n.3 Brooke House, Holborn: building, xxviii & n.3 Brooke House Commission (Commissioners of Accounts): general: established, xxiii-xxvi; membership, xxvi-xxviii; reports to House of Commons, xxix, xxx; termination, xxxiv inquiries: accounts delivered to, 144 & n.2, 174; limited by establishing Act, 365 & n.4; list of bills demanded, 345, 424; Navy Board lacks records to answer, 197; P prompted to compile list of ships, 212; P warned to expect tough examination, 341; Warren’s first contract, 148; will not look to Commonwealth precedent, 360, 370 Observations (general): meaning of word debated, 369; not judgements on Board, 382-3; sent to P, 334 Observations (particular): 1st (Warren’s mast contract), 273-7, 346-61, 371; 2nd (fetching masts), 277-8, 361-7; 3rd (Treasurer’s accounts not strictly kept), 278-80, 367-71; 4th (imprests), 280, 371-7; 5th (Treasurer’s accounts signed without corresponding bills), 281, 377-81; 6th (bills for large sums for unspecified purposes), 281-2, 367 n.5, 381-4; 7th (storekeepers’ records defective), 282-6, 384-95; 8th (no annual surveys of stores), 287-91, 396-402; 9th (no quarterly musters), 291-2, 402; 1 Oth (boatswains’ and carpenters’ accounts passed before pursers check them; storekeepers’ and pursers’ accounts not compared), 292-3, 402-3; llth, 12th & 13th (irregularities concerning tickets), 294-9, 403-16; 14th (pursers given cash instead of provisions), 299-300, 416-19; 15th (merchants overpaid for hemp), 300-7, 419-22; 16th (favouritism for Warren), 307-15, 422-4; 17th (ships unpaid and idle), 315-16, 424-9; INDEX 447 18th (prize ships and goods not charged), 317-23, 344, 432-4 P’s criticisms: charges not specific, 386; delay, 346-7, 358; divert Navy Board from other business, 254; evidence disputed, 277-8, 343-4, 356; evidence lacking, 286, 382, 385-6; evidence not examined, 371-2; evidence presented without notice, 348, 355, 381, 421, 432; frivolous, 395; Navy Board’s answers not examined, 382; P himself criticized/exculpated, 335-6 & n.; strangers to Navy, 324, 337; unready to argue, 365 report: Lords’ Committee to consider, 334-5 & nn.; publication proposed, 376; submitted to Board, 271 & n.2, 272 ~ alluded to, 337, 338 various: Buckingham’s role, 148 n.l; clerk, 144; critical of King, 366-7; criticized by King, 357; discoveries reported, 177, 234-5, 236; oath, 343, 345; P wishes to report proceedings to King and Duke, 339 brooms, brushes, scrubbers: 119, 305 Brouncker (Brounker, Bruncker, Brunkard), William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount, Navy Commissioner 1664-79: general: assists Comptroller, 176 n.l, 193 & n.l, 198, 288 n.2, 345, 359, 392 & n.l, 399, 406 & n.l, 410 & n.2, 415-16 & nn., 424 n.2; attends to petitions about tickets, 406; clerks, 166, 195-6, 408 & n.l; corruption/ malpractice, 143 & n.l; hemp offered to, 303; muster taken by, 292 n.2; present at Board, 151, 158, 176,179, 202, 246; records, inadequate, 212; register of attendance perhaps proposed by, 253 n.5; signature, 102, 136, 148, 150, 151,152, 153, 154, 169, 172, 182, 188, 241, 272, 275, 299; visits Deptford, 117 information from: 138, 149-50, 174, 175, 197, 247, 248, 250, 277, 344, 419 Privy Council debate: discusses Brooke House business with P, 343; present, 345, 367; refers Commission to P, 334; reports to, 279, 422; speaks, 345, 371, 380-1, 393, 395, 409; submits rebuttal of Commission’s charges, 424-6 & nn. relations with P: discourses/visits, 149-52,159,166,168, 234-5, 252; P critical, (absenteeism) 253, (forgetfulness) 203, 251; P praises, 195; P writes to, 148, 169-70; supports P, 147, 175, 194, 195, 199 relations with others: critical, (of Mennes) 148 n.l, 153, (of Penn) 147; reluctant to criticize gentlemen captains, 248; scientific interests, 252 n.3 ~ alluded to, 152, 253, 325 Browne, John, storekeeper, Harwich: 283 n.l, 385 & n.l Buat (Buatt), Henry Fleury de Culan, Heer van, Dutch opposition leader: 229 & n.4 Buckingham, George Villiers, 1st Duke of, Lord High Admiral 1619-28: 223 Buckingham, George Villiers, 2nd Duke of, politician: favours gentlemen captains, 221; hostile, (to Duke of York) 148 n.l., 225 n.2, (to Navy Board) 211 Buckridge, G, purser: 22 Burchet, -, merchant: 40 Burroughs (Burrows), [William], Navy Office clerk: 180 & n.2 Burton, William, bailiff of Great Yarmouth, Norf.: 387 & n.4 Byland, -, assistant shipwright, Woolwich: 173, 188-9, 247 cabins: captain turns out master, 266; coach, 132; excessive number and size, 219-20, 233; furnishings, 249 cables see cordage Cadbury, [Humphrey], mast-maker, Deptford: 139 Cadiz (Cales), Spain: fleets at, 4, 201; goods from, 65 n.2; ship taken off, 200 n.2 calicoes see cloth candles: price, 77-8 ~ alluded to, 382 canvas see cloth Capp, [John], seaman: 430 captains, commanders: bookwork/journals: accounts of 448 INDEX men in pay, 176-7, 248; contempt for, 178; ticket records, 298, 412 – alluded to, 200 cupidity/negligence: concerning cabins, 219-20, 249, 266; live above means, 236; perquisites, 235; private trading, 200-1, 224 & n.l, 299-30, 236-7, 247, 249 ~ alluded to, 129, 156, 199, 218, 231-2, 238, 243 duties: dead men’s effects, 140; seamen’s pay, 293; stores/ victualling, 199, 417 gentlemen v. tarpaulins: 183-4, 220, 221-30 & nn., 238-9, 248, 249 information from: 133, 260-1, 262-3; complaints, 95 malpractices/arrogance: collude in pursers’ frauds, 165, 178-9; defraud chaplains, 113-14; defraud pursers, 239-41; defraud seamen, 204; hectoring, 259; impressment irregularities, 131, 204, 205-8; theft of tables, alleged, 201; victualling abuses, 131, 132, 300, 402-3 pay: 42 n.2, 140, 244-5 relations with men: ‘fallowings’, 277 & n.l; maltreatment, 134-5, 208, 233, 236; master’s work taken over, 265; men’s preferences, 208, 215-16, 230-1 servants/musicians: as midshipmen, 134; barbers, 207; fiddlers, 207; trumpeters, 134 social aspirations: 238 careening: 141 Caribbean: provisions for, 105 & n.l Carkesse (Carcas, Carkaiss, Carkas, Carkes, Carkess), James, Ticket Office clerk: 297, 298; dismissal/ reinstatement, 408 & n.2; information from, 130, 404, 411, 414 & n.l Carl XI, King of Sweden: proclamation by, 361 carpenters, joiners, sawyers: abuses, 43, 44, (corruption) 135, (negligence) 131-2; accounts, 194, 198, 214, 255, 293, 397, 402; appointment, 199; apprentices worth more than masters, 261-2; charges, 90,124; hours of work, 45-6; wages, 260-1; work in battle, 417 n.l ~ alluded to, 14, 261 Carteret (Carterett), Sir George, Treasurer of the Navy 1660-7: business: accounts, 15, 62-4, 250-1 & nn., (scrutiny by Brooke House Commission) 335 & n.l, 336-9, 369-70, 372-7; bills allowed, 7-8, 424-5; Exchequer fees, 378; letters/ orders to, 131, 161 n.2, 427, 428; payments to merchants, 3, 98, 107, 121; present at Board, 48, 133; wartime duties, 397 criticized: collusion with corrupt cashier, 123; negligent, 114, 195; threat of impeachment, 369 & n.4 relations with others: letters from P, 10, 101 n.2; reproves purveyor, 13 resignation: 202 n.l various: chamber organ, 369 n.l; kinsman, 248 n.3; knowledge of cloth, 82; private contract, 112 & n.l ~ alluded to, 80, 87, 296, 325 carving work: 26, 133 Castle, William, shipbuilder: builds ships by contract, 117-18, 132 & n.l.; estimate, 189; knees, (abuse in) 102-5 & nn., (offered) 88-9, 92; masts certified, 54 ~ alluded to, 130, 188 Castlemaine, Barbara Palmer, Countess of, the King’s mistress: 14, 229 Castlemaine, Roger Palmer, 1st Earl of: 230 n.l Catherine, Queen: voyage to England, 65 n.2 caulkers, caulking: charges, 90; negligence, alleged, 108; victuals for, 141: work in battle, 417 n.l chandlery: 290 chaplains, ships’: 113-14 & n. Charles I, King: naval forces, 226 & n.l Charles II, King: debate before Privy Council: (i) chairs proceedings: 254, 337, 345, 367, 372, 384, 392, 395, 401, 402, 403, 410, 416, 419, 424, 429 (ii) comments: 336, 343, 347, 349, 360, 371, 378, 382, 383, 392, 394, 408, 434 (Hi) critical: dissatisfied with Commission’s evidence/ methods, 338, 365-6, 375, 376, INDEX 449 377, 382-3, 401-2, 433; interrupts, 350; objects, (disrespectful language) 347, (no apology) 367, (premature judgement) 369, (repetitiveness) 357 (iv) inquires/examines: Dutch war expenses, 400-1; evidence offered by Navy Board, 366; imprests, 371-2; shortage of masts, 353; ticket produced by Brereton, 429-30 (v) private funds spent on war/ ‘other uses’: 337-40 & nn., 372-7; asks P to put facts on record, 340; diversion of funds repudiated, 366 relations with P: audience sought/ given, 335, 339, 341-2, 366, 372, 419; commands executed, 131, 162 n.2; dinner, 339-40; given P’s answer to Brooke House’s Observations, 336-8; makes P spokesman for Board, 335, 337, 338, 347; P addresses/appeals to, 330-2, 346, 347, 358, 370, 384, 388, 394, 396, 431, 433; P’s report on naval administration, 191 n.2, 210, 251-2; P’s service to, 347; satisfied with P’s answers to Brooke House Commission, 362, 386, 401, 403, 431, 434-5; seconds/supports P’s arguments, 339-40, 341-3, 347, 362, 365, 371, 383, 386, 388, 390, 395, 417, 419, 422, 422-3, 426 relations with others: Penn attends, 244; Warren, (appointment) 365, (commendation) 422-3, (contract) 347 reports/representations to: hemp prices, 301, 302; tickets, 429; war expenses, 372-3; Warren’s account, 344 sundry business: gratuity to spy, 161-2 & n.; instructions to Navy Board, 362; Navy appointments, (Commissioners) 210-11, 284, 417, (Comptrollership discussed with Duke) 192, (contractor) 278, (purveyor) 365; restrictions on pay of ships, 265; Stop of the Exchequer, 257-8 & n.; visits Chatham, 19, 349 various: amused, 368; at Oxford during Plague, 421; laboratory 252 & n.3; mocks Petty’s ship design, 27; presents from New Englanders, 137-8, 351, 352; prevented from evaluating captains, 209; reminiscences, 138, 222-3, 349, 362, 392; ship admired by, 59 n.l; unreceptive to anti-war views, 229; wit, 388, 408 Chatham, Kent, dockyard: goods at/for/from: 63; balks, 51; cordage, 155; hemp, 110 & n.3; masts, 9, 55, 108, 115, 310; plating, 71; timber, 321; treenails, 15 officers: general: excuses for absence, 257; letter to, 137; particular, carpenters, 261-2; clerk of the ropeyard, 398 n.6; clerk of the survey, 214; Commissioner, appointment, 191-2 & n.; nailer, 154-5; shipwrights, 113, 155, (pressed) 160; storekeeper/stores, 173 n.2, (abuses) 384, 385, (accounts) 112-13, (letter to) 399 shipbuilding and repairs: 132, 187-8 & n., 220, 257 ships at/from: 111, 129, 157, 204, 264, 320; unserviceable, 256 various: chain, 357 & n.l; corruption, 26; customs dues, 35; pays, 247, 249, 265; P at, 112, 257; P’s repute at, 18; Pett at, 112, 349 & n.l, (during war) 397; Pett family domination, 19 n.l; sale, 36-7; troubles, 21 & n.l, 112 ~ alluded to, 133, 173, 184, 428 n.5 see also Barrow; Boke; Cox; Gregory; Hempson; Homewood; Moore for Dutch raid see Medway Chayford, – : 155 Chester, Capt. [Thomas], merchant: 314 Chicheley, Sir John, naval officer: 160-1 & n. Chicheley (Chichly), [Thomas; Kt 1670], Ordnance Commissioner 1664-70: 120 & n.l Child, [Josiah; Bt 1678], merchant: 313; proposed as Navy Commissioner, 211 Chiverton (Cheverton), [Aid.] Sir R[ichard], merchant: hemp from, 87, 88 450 INDEX Chockely, – , servant to Batten: 74 Christiania see Oslo Civil War: events, 222-3 & n., 226 & n.l, 228; fear of renewal, 225-6 & nn. – alluded to, 342 n.3 clapboard see timber Clapham, [John], Navy Office clerk: 196 Clerk of the Acts [i.e. P’s official functions]: business: bills queried, 102-3; business committed to, 75, 81-2, 87-8, 91, 164 n.l, 202, 247; business initiated by, 115,167-70, 185-6, 211-12; deceived by Brouncker, 252-3; examines, (accounts) 137-8, (masts) 350-1; pay and expenses, 68, 101, (gratuities denied) 329 & n.3; predecessors’ practice, 190-1, 327; proposes assistance for Comptroller, 175-6; protest about loss of hemp, 109-10; repute at Chatham, 18; seaman’s testimonial, 265; signature withheld, 136, 153, 154; tradesmen beaten down, 124; visits ships, 257; wartime duties, 324, 326-30, 397 clerks: 153-4, 253, 298; see also Gibson; Hayter; Hewer; Seddon debate before Privy Council: addresses Commissioners, 343-6; charges Commission with delay, 358; defends, (Board’s conduct) 285-6, (imprests) 358-60, (length of his answers) 410; disputes/refutes Commission’s evidence, 307, 316-23, 356, 367-8, 384-6, 390-1, 394-6, (criticizes lack of instances) 385-6, (exposes Commissioner’s ignorance) 348; gives evidence, 352-3; notes for speeches, 354, 372, 384, 386, 391, 402; notes on Observations, 344; outwits Commissioners, 365; respects Solicitor-General’s oratory, 375; silent when survey books criticized, 357; spokesman for Board, 272, 335, 336, 337, 338, 346; submission private not general, 343-4; ticket fraud charge, 410, 419, 429-32; war expenses compared with those of First Dutch War, 378 & n.2 Parliament: evidence prepared for, 346-7, 349, 354; speech to, 429 & n.4 record keeping: contracts, 12, 54-5, 112, 190, 351-2, 391; daily list of things undone, 140; fellow Officers’ work done in their absence, 324; letter-book, 148 & n.2, 171, 192, 253; letters, (from) 36 n.2, 71 n.l, 104-5, 169, 427, 428, 430 n.l, (to) 54-5,105, 399; memoranda/minutes/notes, 16, 17 & n.l, 35 & n.4, 57, 246, 336, (on Brooke House Commission’s Observations) 344, 397-9, 410-16, 420-1, 423-4, 426-9; papers for debate before Privy Council, 354, 372, 402, (forgotten) 386, 391, 421; register of attendance at Board, 253 & n.5; shorthand, 119 n.2, 128; survey books criticized, 357-8 ~ alluded to, 6 & n.l, 40, 42, 79, 96-7, 97, 102, 110, 113, 114, 115, 131, 136-7, 151-2, 170, 172, 195, 212-14, 236, 237, 287-8 relations with Duke of York: addresses, 332-3, 347; private audience, 191-3, 339; reports to, 126-7,148 n.2, 187, 191-3, 342 & n.2; resists Duke’s proposal, 292 n.l relations with King: addresses/ appeals to, 330-2, 346, 347, 358, 371, 380, 384, 388, 389, 394, 419-20, 431, 443; attends, 335, 341-3; dines with, 339-40; service to, 347 Clerke, Capt. – , New Englander: 108 Clifford, Sir Thomas, Brooke House Commissioner: speaks in debate before Privy Council, 375 ~ alluded to, 367 cloth: general: manufacture/flax, 29, 31; measurement, 71, 72-3 particular, bewpers/blufers, 24, 48, 52-3, 82-5; calico, 48, 49, 81-2, 83 & n.l, 84, 85; canvas, 56-7, 59, 60, 72-3, 219, 306, (charges) 13, 43-4, 51-2, 56, 398, (embezzled) 255, (varieties compared) 27-31; cotton, 172 n.l; kerseys, 172 n.l, 191, 249; INDEX 451 poldavy, 28; tarpaulin, 56; wool, 48n.2 provenance: England, (Ipswich) 44-5, 57, 72, 219, (Norwich) 24, (Suffolk) 29, (West Country) 27-31; France, (Noyalls) 13, 28, 30, 51, 59, 72-3, (Vitry) 30-1; Netherlands, 27-31; Spain, 82 clothes see slops Clothier, [John] merchant: bargain for cordage, 74 Clutterbuck (Cluterbuck), Richard, Navy agent, Leghorn: accounts, 143-5 ~ alluded to, 126-7 & n. coach see cabins coal: prices, 205, 209 ~ alluded to, 119 see also colliers Cocke (Cock), Capt. [George], merchant: hemp from, 100, (prices criticized) 300, (P rejects charge) 307; planks from, (criticized) 46-7, (measured) 6; tar/pitch from, 33-5 ~ alluded to, 86 Cole, [Christopher], merchant: 315 Coleby, [Philip], merchant: 172 & n.l, 191 Coleman, James, master: corruption, 93 ~ alluded to, 108 Colepeper (Culpeper), [Judith Colepeper], Lady: timber from, 315 colliers (men): avoid press, 134 see also coal Commonwealth (the State): nation’s honour upheld by, 237; seamen employed by as captains, 223-4 Comptroller of the Navy: clerks, 290 n.2; duties, 192-4, 202-3, 276, 279-80, 281, 287-8, 290, 296, 344-5, 370, 380, 385, 396-401 & nn., 407, 415; journals to be delivered to, 200; needs to be able man, 217; salary and assessment, 101 see also Mennes: Slingsby (bis) Connecticut (Kennedicutt), New England: tar from, 108 Constantinople (Constantianople): embassy to, 224, 229, 236 contracts, contractors: abuses, 44-5, 72,132-3; arguments over, 6, 9-11, 18, 35-6, 48, 51-2, 53, 59_60, 74-5, 87-8, 91-2, 97-100, 189-91, 202, 266-7, 273-7, 307-15, 361-3, 383, 386-92, 422-3; goods delivered without, 51, 103, 282-6, 386-93; goods not answering, 5 & n.2, 24, 30, 54, 72, 85-6, 92, 117-18, 132-3, 283-6; goods over-priced, 300-7; goods superfluous, 35; loose terms, 145; negotiated by P, 9 n.l; private/commission, 112 & n.l, 114-15, 278 & n.l, 386-92; public days for tenders, 314 & n.l, 423; salvage, 135-6; shipbuilding and repair, 103,117-18, 130-1, 132 & n.l; victualling, 250 & n.2; wartime complications, 277-8, (compared with First Dutch War) 327 n.l, 419 & n.l ~ alluded to, 33 n.l, 168 Cooke, Mark, master: 119 cooks: 257 copper, coppersmiths: 61, 78 cordage: malpractices: cut for mean uses, 95, 124-5; embezzled, 5-6, 58,109, 113, 118, 119; stolen, 125-6 manufacture: 31, 39-42; 108; hemp, 31, 39, 40, 71, 74-5, 95-6, 100, 112, 134, 290, (cheat in) 86-8, (contracts) 266-7, 391, (dry storage) 392-3, (lost in transit) 109-10, (offered against tax) 133-4, (prices) 300-7, 420, (prize) 131, (varieties compared) 119; in tar, 39, 78, 157-8; spinning, 41, 119 & n.l; strength, 39, 40-1; uncombed, 74 particular: bolt-ropes, 29,127, 157; breechings, 116-17; cabin lines, 219; cables, 5-6, 39, 40, 42, 113, 118, 124-5, 127-8, 131, 200, 218, 321, 387 n.3; cablet, 218, 219; clench and splice, 113 & n.l; gromets, 219; ground tows, 127, 155; hawsers, 119, 218, 219, 236, 321; junk, 218; lashing line, 127, 218; mooring cables, 39, 94, 127-8; netting-rope, 127, 218; oakum, 127; port-ropes, 127; rope/ropeyards/ropemakers, 40, 127-8, 155, 157-8, 218-19, (abuses) 118; shrouds, 95; swabs, 95, 124; tackles, 116; tarred lines, 218; twine, 219; yarn, 41, 94, 95, 125 provenance: England/Dorset, 119 & n.3, 387 & n.3; Flanders, 452 INDEX 100, 300; France, 94, 119; Latvia/ Riga, 39, 40, 74-5, 87-8, 119 n.3, 133, 300; Milan, 74-5; Netherlands, 40, 42; Prussia/ Konigsberg, 40, 87-8,133, 300; Russia, 39, 40, 112 various: defective, 94-5, 155; destroyed in fight, 260; extravagant demands, 94; prices, 306-7; storekeepers’ accounts, 398 & n.6 Cotton, – , merchant master: 140 Council see Privy Council Council of State: reprimands contractors, 419 n.l Coventry, Sir William (Kt 1665), Navy Commissioner 1662-7, Secretary to the Duke of York 1660-7: discussions, (accounts) 17-18, 65-6,(anchors) 17, (contracts) 5, 10, 35, 84-5, (cordage) 42, 125, (dominion of seas/cause of war) 221 & n.l, 228-30, (gentlemen captains v. tarpaulins) 221-7; praised, 195; present at Board, 9, 48, 77, 80; reproves purveyor, 13; salary extraordinary, 76; signature, 8, 311; support sought by/given to P, 11 & n.2, 40, 82, 334, 341; wartime attendance on Duke, 397 & n.2 ~ alluded to, 36 n.2, 46, 58, 60, 87, 88, 119, 131 & n.l, 136, 325 Cowley (Cowly), [Thomas], clerk of the cheque, Deptford: P encounters, 26 ~ alluded to, 18 & n.3 Cox, Capt. John [Kt 1672], Navy Commissioner, Chatham 1669-72: appointment, 191-2 & n.; bribe to Batten, alleged, 20; flag-captain, 245 & n.l; information from, 220, 249 (bis)’, investigates defects in provisioning, 220; present at Board, 202; refuses to pay tickets, 247-8; signature, 247 coxswains: 204 Craven, William Craven, 1st Earl of, courtier and soldier: 397 & n.3 Creed (Creede), [John], DeputyTreasurer to the Fleet 1660-3: 4 Culpeper see Colepeper Curtiss, Theophilus, Navy Office clerk: 165-6 customs: dues, 35,121, 374 & n.l, 376 n.3; officers (customers), 397 Cutler (Cuttler), William, merchant: dispute with, 185-6; hemp from, 100, 391; tar/pitch from, 33-4, 60, 97-100, (criticized) 106-7 ~ alluded to, 86 ~ son Thomas: 185 n.l Cyclades, archipelago: 248 & n.l Darcey (Darcy), Capt. [Thomas], naval officer: 157, 209 Davis, John, Navy Office clerk: 196 Davis, John, storekeeper, Deptford: corruption, alleged, 24 & n.2; information from, 56, 61; poor book-keeping, 61 ~ alluded to, 51 & n.l Davison (Davidson), Sir William, merchant: 112 & n.l deal, deals see under timber Dean (Deane), Forest of, Glos.: iron from, 356 & n.3 Deane (Dean), Anthony [Kt 1675], assistant shipwright, Woolwich 1660-4, master shipwright, Harwich 1664-8, Portsmouth 1668-72: Batten’s opinion, 57-8; difference with C. Pett, 116; discussion with P, 5-6; promotion, 58, 116; ship built by, 133 & n.3; supports Mayers, 92 ~ alluded to, 6 n.l, 122 demurrage: 7-8, 140,148 n.l, 150 n.l; 174 n.l, 263, 277, 363 & n.2, 425 Denmark: war with, 364 & n.4 Deptford, Kent, dockyard: goods at/for/from: blocks, 16; cloth/ flags, 31, 48, 52 & n.l, 56, 72-3; cordage, 42, 74-5; masts, 12; timber, 14, 15, 79-80, 91-2, 96, 183 officers: general: hours of work, 45 & n.l, 69 & n.l; order to, 137; stores in private houses, 255; particular, carpenters, 45, 69; clerk of the survey, 86, 255; master attendant, 86, 255; porter, 69; sailmaker, 255; shipwrights, 45 & n.l, 255; storekeeper/stores, 74-5, 145-6, 254-5 ships: building/launch, 118 & n.l; fleet from, 16; hulks, 184; lighters, 156 & n.l; INDEX 453 unserviceable, 256; wet dock misused, 255 various: construction work, 124; P visits, 24, 25, 26, 27, 42, 67, 68, 69, 70, 74, 85-6, 124; rigging house, 255; survey, 15; theft, 63^*; troubles, 69 & n.l ~ alluded to, 74, 216 see also Badiley; Cadbury; Cowley; Davis; Fletcher; Fownes; Harper; Hosier; Shish; Turner, T.; Uthwayt; Wells Bering (Deering), [Edward], merchant: hemp, 300; masts, 13, 310; sheathing board, 57; tender for canvas, 51-2, 59 ~ alluded to, 314 Desborough, [Maj.-Gen. John], republican leader: 237 Digby, Capt. the Hon. Francis, naval officer: 236-7 & n., 238 dockyards, private: King’s ships repaired in, 130-1, 133 dockyards, royal: malpractices: embezzlement, (cable) 5-6, (cordage) 155, (nails) 154-5, (timber) 69-70, (wages) 64-5 & nn.; negligence unpunished, 85-6, 126; private uses, 140; short measures, 264-5; stores in private houses, 255; thefts, 125-6,154-5 officers (general): 128: extra, 291; Navy Board not accountable for, 434; pay increased, 399 officers (particular): boatswains, 155-6; clerks of the cheque, 62, 64-5, 141-2, 202, 263, (abuses) 385, (duties) 274, 284, 288, (records) 68, 231, 259, 399; clerks of the ropeyard, 62; clerks of the survey, 194, 196, 201, 217, 249, 274, 385; Commissioners, 64, (extraordinary/outports) 274-5 & n., 283, 290 n.2, 417, (ought not to command where previously serving) 191-2 & n., (wartime duties) 397; masters attendant, 50, 157 & n.l, 385, (duties) 274; porters, 288; shipwrights, 160, 385, (duties) 274, 356; storekeepers/stores, (accounts) 331, 391; (accounts defective) 5-6, 61, 146, 254-5 & n., (Brooke House Commission investigates) 282-91, 396-401, (deceits) 37, (duties), 274, 385-6, 391, (impropriety of also serving Prize Officers) 137, (overseen by Commissioner) 290 n.2, (prize goods not accounted for) 317, (salaries increased) 288, (stores clogged with unnecessary masts) 353-4, (surveys impossible in wartime) 289-90, 357, 360 various: alehouses adjacent, 70; goods transported between, 26; hours of work, 45-6 & nn., 69-70; letters to, 397; paying off, 196; payments to, 380; records, 377, 380-1; weights and measures, 23, 25, 26, 27-36, 41-2, 47, 48, 52-5, 70, 71 & n.l, 72-3, 85-6, 89, 91-2, 118, 119, 255, 264-5, 350-1; workmen, (diverted to victualling) 263, (knavery) 40, (pay) 186, 257 see also Chatham; Deptford; Harwich; Portsmouth; Woolwich Doggett, [John], merchant: 133 dominion of the seas: 228 & n.4 Dorset: hemp from, 119 Dover, Kent: ships at, 133, 170, 171, 172 Downing, Sir George, Bt, Secretary to the Treasury Commissioners: letter to P, 336 & n.l Downs, the: muster-master, 202; mutiny (1648), 222-3 & n., 226 & n.l; ships idle, 266 ~ alluded to, 63, 94, 156, 172 Dowson, [Richard], master joiner, Woolwich: 43 Drake, Sir Francis: 223 Drammen (Dram), Norway: timber from, 14, 51, 90, 314 Dry, [James], master: 239 Dublin: harbour, 27 n.4; ship built at, 160 n.l Duncombe (Duncomb, Duncum), Sir John, Ordnance Commissioner 1664-70, Treasury Commissioner 1667-72: P attends, 337; speaks at debate before Privy Council, 375 ~ alluded to, 120 & n.l, 341 Dunkirk (Dunkirke), Siege of (1658): 228 & n.l Dunster, Giles, Brooke House Commissioner: speaks at 454 INDEX debate before Privy Council, 343, 344; signature, 271, 325 Du Teil (Dutel, DuTell), Capt. JeanBaptiste, naval officer: 238-9 & n. Duval (Du Vail), Claude, highwayman: execution, 366 & n.4 dyers, dyeing: 52, 82 Dyson, [John], merchant: 314 East India Company: merchants’ knowledge of cloth, 82, ships, 42 & n.l, 200 & n.2, 267; Turkish embassy, 229-30 & n.; wages, 205 East India House, Leadenhall St: P at, 75 East Indies: 165, 200 Eastland Company: 86-8, 424 Eastwood, [Roger], purveyor, Portsmouth: 6, 111 Edgehill, [William], blockmaker: method of measurement, 26 ~ alluded to, 16 Eglestone, – , master: 265 Elizabeth I, Queen: Spain her only enemy, 223 Ellery, – , carpenter: 124 Elliott, Capt. [Thomas], naval officer: 134, 243 Emsworth, Hants.: ship built at, 125 & n.2 English Channel (Narrow Seas): musters, 291-2, 401; patrol (1668), 244 n.l; short allowances, 299, 416 Epping Forest, Essex: timber from, 15 Erith (Eriffe), Kent: P at, 42 Ernie, Capt. John, naval officer: 260 & n.l Ernie, Sir John, Commissioner, Storekeepers’ Accounts 1671-6: 260 & n.l Errington, [? Ralph], messenger of Brooke House Commissioners: 394 Evelyn (Euelin), John, diarist: 217 Exchequer, Court of: accounts submitted to, 64 & n.3, 150 n.l; Auditors, 64 & n.4, 150 n.l, 174 n.l, 281, 382, 385, (of Imprests) 383, (of Receipt) 380 & n.l; certificates to, 382, 395; fees, 281, 380, (allowed to Carteret) 378-9; imprests uncleared, 276; order of, 395 & n.3; poundage on payments to Navy, 123 & n.5; P to require assistance in matters relating to, 340; Stop of, 258 & nn. 1,2, 267; suits in, 418 ~ alluded to, 409, 410 & n.3 Excise Commissioners: attended by Navy Treasurer, 397 Falconer, John, clerk of the ropeyard, Woolwich: assists P, 32 n.l; death, 70, 71, 73-4 & nn.; information from, 69, 96 Falmouth, Charles Berkeley, 1st Earl of: 221 & n.l, 229 & n.l, 243 Fenn (Fen, Fenne), John, Cashier to the Navy Treasurer: business with P, 8; deputizes for Carteret at Board, 428; sharp practices, 119-23; ticket paid to himself, 409 ~ alluded to, 329 n.l ~ son Jack: ship built for, 122; underwrites father’s dealings, 123 Ferrer, Capt. [Robert], soldier: criticized by Brereton, xxix Finch, Sir Heneage, SolicitorGeneral: 372-3, 375, 376, 377 Fire, the Great: financial consequences, 284; housebuilding after, 173 n.2 ~ alluded to, 331, 368 n.2 fireships see ships Fishery, Royal: 183 & n.3 Fist, [Anthony], Navy Office clerk: 351 flags, flagmakers: abuses investigated by Brooke House Commission, 335-6 & n.; bill stopped, 63; contracts, 24, 48-9, 52-3, 81-5; faults, 56; measurement, 48; P instructed about, 24, 83 particular, ensigns, 48, 219; jacks, 24; pendants, 219; vanes, 219 Flanders: hemp from, 100, 300 flax see cloth: manufacture Fletcher (Flecher), Richard, timbermeasurer, Deptford: method of measurement, 70 & n.2; negligence, 85-6; succeeds Deane as assistant shipwright, Woolwich, 116 ~ alluded to, 6, 25 Foley (Policy), [Robert], ironmonger to the Navy: contract, 145 ~ alluded to, 154-5 INDEX 455 Ford, Aid. Sir Richard, merchant: examines account, 174 n.l; information from, 100-1; ships soldiers to Tangier, 75-6; son, 60 Formentera (Furmetera), Island of: 181 n.l Fownes, [William], clerk to the storekeeper, Deptford: 61 France: goods from: cloth, 13, 28, 30-1, 51, 59, 72, 306; cordage, 91, 119 naval affairs: forces allied to Commonwealth, 237 n.l; masts bought in Sweden, 362; P visits/ observes naval management, 332 & n.l, 334 & n.2 Frederik III, King of Denmark: 364 freightage: 174 n.l, 263, 363, 426 frigates see ships furnaces: 133 Gauden (Gawden), Aid. Sir Denis, Navy Victualler 1660-77: accounts, 193 n.l, (examined) 246-7, (not checked with pursers’) 141-2, (passed) 14-15, 141-3; allowance of extraordinary provisions, 105; assists Penn, 147 & nn.2,3; contract, 250 & n.2; criticized, (backwardness) 230, (fraudulent collusion with pursers) 142-3, 299-300, 417-18, (functions questioned) 129-30, 142-3; (inefficiency in First Dutch War) 419 & n.l; information from, 128; P consults, 126-7; praised, 123 & n.3; requirements, (pipestaves) 392, (victuals put aboard in specie) 417; warrants to, 64, 141, 142, 417-18 ~ alluded to, 119, 137 ~ son Benjamin: assists father, 250 n.2 Gelstrop [? Gilsthorpe, q.v.], – , Navy Office clerk: 361 Gibbons, [Thomas], Navy Office clerk: 196 Gibbs, Capt. [John], merchant: 183 Gibraltar: ships lost off, 108-9 & n. Gibson, Richard, Navy Office clerk: discussions with P, (captains) 231-3, 237-9, (gentlemen captains v. tarpaulins) 227-9, (impressment) 215, (masters) 217, (pursers’ frauds) 141 & n.2, 144, 181 n.l, (seamen) 258-60; handwriting, 252, (drafts P’s correspondence) 169, (Navy White Book) xviii; information from, 157, 200-1, 204, 209-10, 245, 252-3; supports P’s argument, 153-4 Gilsthorpe (Gilsthrop), – , Navy Office clerk: 196, ? 361 (‘Gelstrop’) glass, glaziers: 25, 53 & n.l, 133; top lantern, 219 Godolphin, [Francis], master: 200 Gold (Gould), [John], merchant: 88 gold: 200 n.3 goldsmiths: Navy Board objects to bankers, 267; profit by paying in bills, 120-1 Gomme (Gum), Sir Bernard de, Chief Engineer to the Ordnance 1661-85: 77 Goteborg (Gottenburg, Gottenburgh), Sweden: masts from, 36, 54-5, 273, 309, 346, 353, 362, 366; masts lying at, 174, 363 & n.l; ships at/for/from, 129, 238, 323, 364 ~ alluded to, 33,34 Graves, – , shipwright: 188 Gravesend, Kent: extraordinary muster-masters and cheques, 291; prison ship, 323 ~ alluded to, 205, 210 & n.2 see also Hosier graving: 134 Greenwich, Kent: P at, 25, 26; shipbuilding at, 112; ship from, 183 Gregory, Edward, clerk of the cheque, Chatham: 21 & n.l, 399 & n.2 Gregory (Gregorie), John, Brooke House Commissioner: present at debate before Privy Council, 343, 377, 431; signature, 271; speaks, 432, 433-4 Grey (Gray), [Edward], merchant: 114-15 Griffith (Griffen), William, doorkeeper, Navy Office: 341 Grimsditch (Grimsdich), [John], naval officer: 237 grindstones: 71 & n.l Grotius, Hugo, jurist: 228 & n.4 456 INDEX Guard, Royal: subvented from King’s private revenue, 340, 372, 374 & n.2 Guinea (Guinney, Guinny, Guiny): ships at/for/from, 42-3, 48, 205, 239, 240 Gum see Gomme gunners: appointment, 199 guns, ordnance: cleaning, 109; cordage for breechings, 127, (abuse) 117; manufacture, 38; naval guns frighten soldiers, 222; over-gunning, 132; removal delayed, 128; self-inflicted damage, 239 n.l see also Ordnance Office Gyles, Robert, sailmaker, Portsmouth: 43, 60 Haddock, Capt. [Richard], naval officer: 266 Haggon, Thomas, seaman: 232-3 Halfway Tree, point on Thames: 215 & n.2 Halifax, George Savile, 1st Viscount [Earl 1679, Marquess 1682], Brooke House Commissioner: dissents from report, 367; present at debate before Privy Council, 343; signature, 271 Halsall (Halsey), Maj. [James], Scoutmaster-General 1665-89: 140 Hamburg (Hamborough, Hambrough, Hambrow, Hamburgh): trade with/via, 33 & n.5, 34, 174, 278 n.l, 345, 392 Ham Creek (Ham River), nr Woolwich: reeds, 173; ships at, 173, 184 hammocks: 219 Hanbury, – , Navy Office clerk: 196 Harbin (Harbing, Harving), John, merchant: canvas from, accounts for, 94, (disputed) 13 & n.l, 72; contract, 51-2, 59-60, 73 ~ daughter: bill of, 72 Hardwin, – , [? glazier]: 53 Harman, Capt. Sir John (Kt 1665; Rear-Adm. 1667), naval commander: information from, 134, 138, 209; rescues mast convoy, 364; West Indies expedition, 137, 245 ~ alluded to, 207 Harper, [Thomas], storekeeper, Deptford: clerk, 61; death, 145 ~ alluded to, 103, 118 ~ son: deputizes for father, 146 Harrington, [William], merchant: deals from, 50; hemp from, 87-8 Harris, [John], sailmaker to the Navy: instructs P, 29-31, 43-4 ~ alluded to, 122 Harrison, – , merchant: 266-7 Hart, Capt. [John], naval officer: 220 Harvey, Sir Daniel, merchant: ambassador to Tbrkey, 224 & n.l, 229 see also Hervey Harwich, Essex, dockyard: goods at/for: furnaces, 305; oars, 85; timber, 90 officers: Commissioner, 274 & n.l, 284; extraordinary mustermasters and cheques, 291; storekeeper/stores, 137, (abuses) 384, 385 ships: repaired, 256; sunk for foundations, 95 & n.3, 320 various: floating stage, 106; letter dated at, 260; lighthouses, 58 & n.6 see also Browne; Deane; Taylor Haslerig see Heselrige Hawkins, Sir John: 223 Hayter (Hater, Haytor), [Thomas], P’s Navy Office clerk: business: pays, 8; pursers’ accounts, 137; tickets, 130 information from: 143, 145, 152, 170, 206, 252, 254, 379 relations with P: at his elbow, 176; deputizes at Board, 252 n.4; supports argument, 153 various: handwriting, xviii n.5, 271 n.4; purveyor of petty emptions (1668), 145, 190 Hayward, Capt. [John], naval officer: 207, 209, 215 Hebdon (Hebden), [Sir John], merchant: contract for tar, 31 & n.l Heemskerck (Hemskirke), Sir Laurens van (Kt 1669), Dutch traitor: 161-2 & n., 163 Heling, Capt. [Daniel], naval officer: 260 hemp see cordage: manufacture Hempson, [William], clerk of the survey, Chatham: dismissed, INDEX 457 19-20 & n., 58; flatters P, 18-19; information from, 59 Herbert, Capt. [Charles], naval officer: 205 Hervey, Sir Thomas, Navy Commissioner 1666-S: clerks, 196 ~ alluded to, 325 see also Harvey Heselrige (Haslerig), Sir Arthur, Bt, republican politician: 238 Hewer (Hewers), Will, P’s Navy Office clerk: bribery accusation withdrawn, 172 n.l; handwriting, xviii n.5; information from, 159, 163, 190, 235-6; relations with P, (at his elbow) 169, 176, (supports argument) 154 ~ alluded to, 45, 205 Hill, Thomas, merchant and P’s friend: contract for tar, 60-1, 79, 97,99 Hill, Capt. [William], naval officer: 93, 108 hinges see ironwork Hispaniola, Island of: ships for, 164 & n.3 holds, store rooms: 135, 219-20 Holmes, Capt. Sir Robert (Kt 1666), naval commander: low birth no disqualification, 226 & n.3; men desert, 140; prevents passing purser’s account, 239-41; raids Dutch coast, 162 n.l ~ father Henry: 226 n.3 Holt, [Nathaniel], storekeeper, Chatham: 399 Homewood, Edward, clerk of the survey, Chatham: 157, 199, 218-19 Hope, the, reach of the Thames: accident off, 111: goods to, 63; ships at/to, 141, 263 ~ alluded to, 133 n.2 Hopkins, Edward, Admiralty Commissioner 1652-5, and brother (? Henry), shipwright, Limehouse: 365 & n.l Hornchurch (Hornechurch), Essex: timber from, 6 n.2, 58 Hosier, Francis, clerk of the cheque, Gravesend 1665, clerk of control, Deptford 1669-70: information from, 254-5 & n. ~ alluded to, 233-4 Houblon (Hublon), [Isaac, James jun., Peter], brothers, merchants and friends of P: 249 Howell, Richard, turner to the Navy: discusses Navy Treasury abuses, 119-23; his own malpractices, 59 hoys see ships Hubbard (Hubbert), Capt. [John jun.], naval officer: 245, 246 n.l hulks see ships Hull, Yorks.: defence (1642), 228; seamen recruited, 227 ~ alluded to, 322 Hutchinson (Hutchingson), Richard, Cashier to the Navy Treasurers: 180; Treasurer of the Navy (1650-60), errors in account, 409 Ibiza (lueca, Iversy), Island of: 237 & n.l, 238 impressment: evasion/fear, 134, 139 n.3; exemption, 84 & n.2, 131, 134, 205-6, 231; men guarded, 263; Ordnance officials taken, 128 n.4; payment, (for discharge) 206 & n.l, (for exemption) 131; P reports to Duke, 203-10; pressmasters, 206, 363, (assaulted) 140; printed protections, 205-6; scruples over cause lack of men, 230; ship to ship, 128 & n.2, 234; superfluous, 129, 164, 204, 205, 209, 233-4; wages, 62-3, 160, 206-7, 362 ~ alluded to, 129, 215-16, 230, 257 Ingram, Richard, and father Robert, merchants: 4 & n.3 insurance, marine: 391-4 Ipswich, Suff.: canvas from, 44, 57, 72, 219 – alluded to, 130 Ireland: timber from, 392 Irish Sea: 27 n.4 ironwork, ironmongers, metalwork, smiths: general: contracts, 145-6, 154-5, 391, 392; corruption, 135, 154-5; customs dues, 38 n.2; defects, 145; pay, 133; payment in kind, P defends, 355-6; prices, 36-8, 290; prize, 356; short measures, 264-5; varieties compared, 38, 354-7 particular: axes, 219; bilboes, 219; bolts, 37, 38, 133, 354; canhooks, 219; Chatham chain, 458 INDEX 357 & n.l; grapnels, 218; hatchets, 145; hinges, 145; nails/ nailers, 15, 37, 70,154-5, 290; plates/plating, 53 n.l, 71-2 & n.; port-hinges, 4; portnails, 255; sheet lead, 78; staples, 219; steel spades, 78; thimbles, 219; tin trucks, 219; wire, 78 provenance: England, (Dean) 356 & n.3, (Sherwood) 38; Netherlands, 38; Spain, 354, 356 n.2, (Bilbao) 38; Sweden, 38, 77, 133, 354-7 see also anchors; copper Jamaica: capture of, 227, 228 n.l James I, King: naval commands temp., 223 Jenkins, Daniel, master: 110 Jennens (Jenings, Jennings), Sir William, naval commander: corruption, 180 n.l, 236; petition for supernumeraries, 176-82 Johnson, [Capt. Benjamin], storekeeper, Portsmouth: 113 Johnson, [Henry], shipbuilder: 130, 132,189 journals, ships’: 167-8, 170, 183, 200 & n.3, 249 Kempthorne, Rear-Adm. John [Kt 1670]: 128 & n.5 Kent: royalist rising (1648), 222-3 &n. Kingdon (Kingdom), Capt. [Richard], Commissioner, Prize Office 1665-7: 131 King’s Bench prison: 240 Kingsbury, [Austin], merchant: 315 Kinsale, co. Cork: extraordinary muster-masters and cheques, 291; ship at, 160 n.l knees see timber Knight, Sir John, Navy agent, Bristol: 161 & n.3 Knip, [William], merchant: 87 Konigsberg (Quinsborough), East Prussia: hemp from, 40, 87-8, 133, 300 Lake, Jo[hn], Navy Office clerk: 196 Lambert, Capt. David, naval officer: bills for pilotage, 63 ~ alluded to, 11-12 Langesund (Longsound), Norway: timber from, 314 Langham, Sir James, Brooke House Commissioner: present at debate before Privy Council, 343, 345, 376, 377, 431 Langston, Capt. [Anthony], naval officer: 234 Lanyon, [John], victualler, Plymouth: accounts, 282, 381 La Rochelle, France: expeditions to (1627-8), 227 & n.3 Lauderdale (Lauderdalle), John Maitland, 2nd Earl of, Secretary for Scottish Affairs 1661-80: information from, 419; speaks at debate before Privy Council, 408, 434 ~ alluded to, 173 launches (of ships): 90, 156 Lawson, Adm. Sir John: expedition against Algiers (1664), 3-4 & n.; embezzles chaplains’ pay, 113-14; loyalty, 226; religious zeal, 114 ~ alluded to, 8, 144, 144 n.l, 207 Leadman, – , wood-carver: 26 leather: 219 Legg, Col. [William], LieutenantGeneral and Treasurer of the Ordnance: 76-7, 77, 78 Leghorn (Livorne), Italy: victuals at, 126 & n.3, 143 Leith (Lieth), Midlothian: 185 Le Neve, Capt. [Richard], naval officer: 264, 266 Lever, Thomas, Purser-General: accounts, 65-6, 67 Lewen, – , sailmaker: information from, 29 Lewis (Lewes), Thomas, Victualling Office clerk: corruption, alleged, 66-7; information from, 66,139; takes complete charge of pay, 379 ~ alluded to, 22 Lewsly, [Thomas], shipwright: 105 lieutenants: 205, 232, 237 lighters, lightermen: charges, 35 lighthouses: 58 & n.6 lignum vitae see timber Lincoln’s Inn Fields: 243 Lindsay (Lindsey), John, goldsmithbanker: 267 & n.2 Lisbon: action off, 82 & n.l; Queen’s voyage from, 65 n.2 Littleton (Litleton), Sir Thomas, Bt, Joint-Treasurer of the Navy INDEX 459 1668-71: appointment, 158 & n.2; censured by Duke, 163; discredits Board, 202; dispute over contracts/signatures, 189-91; information from, 243; payments by, 208 & n.l; P questions over secret fund, 161-3; present at Board, 179, 180, 254; pursers’ frauds pursued, 202; records, inadequate, 212 ~ alluded to, 152 Livorne see Leghorn Lloyd, Capt. [John], naval officer: 207 London: rating assessment, 100-1; rebuilding, 173 n.2; St Pancras Church, Cheapside, 368 & n.2; seamen riot (temp. Charles I), 227 n.3; ship built by City, 118 & n.l; strategic importance in civil war, 225-6; water bailliage, 35 & n.3 Long, Sir Robert, Auditor of Receipt at the Exchequer: P assists, 336-7, 340, 341 ~ alluded to, 366, 372 Long Reach, in the Thames: 263 Longsound see Langesund Lowe, [Capt. Henry], merchant: 85 Lucy, Thomas, merchant: rope from, 62 Ludman, Capt. Bernard, naval officer: 133 & n.2 Lyell, [Patrick], merchant: 185 Lyme Regis (Lyme), Dors.: defence (1644), 228 Maddox, Richard, Navy Office clerk: 165-6, 195-6, 198 Malaga, Spain: goods from, 65 n.2 Mall, the: 341 malpractices: collusion, 141 & n.2, 142-5; dead pays and similar frauds, 64 & n.7, 165, 174, 202-3, 234-6, 295-9, 414-15, (imaginary chaplains) 113-14; embezzlement, 37-8, 63-4 & n., 65, 69-70, 108-9, 113,116-117, 118, 119,134, 154-5, 239-42, 255, 292-3, 398, 402; forged tickets, 412, 414; fraud, 420; impressment irregularities, 131, 205-6; loitering by purveyors, 132; mistress on board, 248; profiteering, 59-60, 75-6, 79, 80-1, 86-8, 95-6, 97-100,101-2, 114, 120-3; short measures, (flags) 56, (iron) 145-6, (masts) 53-5; stolen goods sold back, 135; stores in private houses, 255; vandalism, 133 Manchester, Edward Mountagu, 2nd Earl of, Lord Chamberlain: 374 Marescoe (Morisco), Charles, merchant: tar from, 60 & n.2, 98-100, 107 Margate (Margett), Kent: ship of (named), 110 marlin spikes: 218 Mason, [John], merchant: 190 masters: captains dependent on, 221-2; dislike gentlemen captains, 248, 249; in hired ships, 129; in merchantmen, exempted from press, 134; irresponsible, 135; journals, 183, 200; maltreated, 134-5, 265, 266; pay conducted by, 293; press men, 215; purchase cordage, 39; slow to man vessels, 263 & n.2; slow to receive victuals, 139; threatened by mutineers, 139-40; tickets defective, 217; unpopular, 243 ~ alluded to, 80 & n.2, 108, 119, 134, 141, 183 & n.2, 216, 232, 403 masts and spars: general: abuses, 35-6, 67-8, 95-6, 423-4; alleged shortage of large masts during war, 353-4; bad supplied with good, 10, 114-15; carriage, dispute over, 166-8, 277-8; contracts, 9-13 & nn., 15-16,18, 22-3, 35-6, 53-5, 67-8, 101, 114-15, 148-54 & nn., 273-8, (Brooke House/Privy Council debate) 344-66, 388; damaged/lost, 108, 109, 260-1; defective, 10, 138-9; lying idle, 174, 348, 349, 353, 363 & n.l; measurement, 23, 36 & n.2, 53-5, 71, 73, 101, 107, 138-9 & n., 273-7, 310, 311-12, 351, 353, 361; superfluous, 10, 15-16, 57, 353-4; trade in few hands, 308; unlading, 90; valuation/prices, 79-81, 101, 106, 107, 114-15, 290, 307-15, 422-5; wastage, 95, 106, 108 particular: boltsprits, 10, 22-3, 54, 55, 101, 107; foremasts, 101, 107, 260-1; foretopmasts, 260-1; 460 INDEX foretopsail yards, 108; mainmasts, 101, 107, 260-1; maintopmasts, 260-1; mizenmasts, 107, 260 provenance: New England, 22-3, 36 n.2, 50, 54, 55, 71, 73,115,138, 148,174, 273, 275, 311-13, 351-3 & n., 365 (bis), 423; Norway, 9 & n.l, 12, 308, 309; Scotland, 173 & n.2; Sweden/ Goteborg, 36, 54, 55, 174, 273, 275, 308, 309, 314, 346, 362, 363 & n.l mates: duties, 417 ~ alluded to, 134 Mathews, – , bricklayer: 124 Maxwell, – , merchant: 62 May, [Thomas], boatswain: widow of, 248-9 Mayers (Mayors, Meres), Robert, purveyor of timber to the Navy, Woolwich: corrupt, 12-13; letter to, 314; negligent, 79; spiteful, 92 ~ alluded to, 89 & n.l, 189 & n.3 Maynell see Meynell Medcalf, John, soldier: 130 Mediterranean, the: actions in temp. Commonwealth, 237 & n.l; fleets in, (Allin 1668-9) 141, 199-200, 236 & n.l, (Allin 1669-70) 230, 242 & n.l, 243, (Jennens) 181, (Lawson) 144 n.l; provisions for, 105 & n.l; 219; ships for/from, 42 & n.l, 157, 205, 219, 233, 236 Medway, River: Dutch raid (1667), 134 n.l, 176-82, 184 & n.l, 225 n.4, 236, 247 n.l, 357 n.l, 400; protection ordered, 264 n.l; wrecks in, 135-6 & n., 236, 247 & n.l Mennes (Minnes), Sir John, naval commander, Comptroller of the Navy 1661-71: business: accounts, (passed) 21-2, 154, 250, (responsible for Warren’s) 344-5; argues over contracts, 6,11-12; assistance by City merchant, 174; assistance/duties lightened, (proposed by P) 175-6, (provided by Brouncker and Penn) 176 & n.l, 192-4 & n., 211-12 & n., 288 & n.2, 311, 344-5, 359, 399, 406 & n.l, 410 & n.2. 415 & nn.1,6, (provided by clerks) 67, 290, (transferred to Commissionership at large) 148 & n.l; attends pays, 397; buys oil, 63; clerks, 66, 67, 143, 149,152,167,169,195,196,198, 290 n.2, 298 (employed on private business) 197; examines bills, 397; examines journal, 167, 168, 170-1; information from, 148-50,171, 206, 248, 249, 272; knowledge of cloth, 48, 81-2; orders cloth, 49; pays wages of East Indiaman, 205; present at Board, 9, 53, 152,158,176, 179, 202, 246; recovers excessive imprests, 371; responsible for tickets, 410 & n.2, 411, 415 & nn.1,6, (refuses to pay) 247-8; salary and assessment, 101; signature, 21-2 & n., 136, 148, 151, 153^, 166, 169, 172, 186, 188, 198, 241, 275, 299, 311, 415; storekeepers report to, 317 criticized: contrary, 65-6, 67; corrupt, 143-5; forgetful, 202-3, 251; incoherent, 174; negligent, 151, 168-71, 185-6, 192-4, 195, 217, 343, (admitted) 168; P corrects, 115; P’s hostility to, 11; poor book-keeping, 63, 66, 148-50 & n., 174-5, 185-6, (denied) 152-3; records, inadequate, 212; weakness/ inability to do work, 198, 342, 343, 345, 398-9, (P tells Duke of) 192-4 critical of others: Batten, 14-15; Deane, 57-8; Penn, 82: C. Pett, 116; Comr Pett, 20-1 debate before Privy Council: absent, 357; answer to Brooke House Commission, 279, 407; present, 343, 346; records delivered to Treasury, 357; refers Commission to P, 334; reports on Warren’s account, 346; speaks, 344, 345 various: long service/naval and military commands, 28 & n.l, 81-2 & n., 220 & n.l, 342 & n.3; poor health, 102, 175, 342, 398 ~ alluded to, 8, 15, 21, 29, 30, 47, 48, 65, 76, 80, 85, 89, 92, 97, 111, 276, 325, 382 merchants see Andrews; Barker; Barnes; Blackborough; Bland; INDEX 461 Body; Bowyer; Bridges; Burchet; Chester; Child; Chiverton; Clothier; Cocke; Cole; Coleby; Colepeper; Cutler; Davison; Dering; Doggett; Dyson; Ford; Gibbs; Gold; Grey; Harbin; Harrington; Harrison; Harvey; Hebdon; Hill, T.; Houblon; Ingram; Kingsbury; Knip; Lowe; Lucy; Lyell; Mason; Maxwell; Morecock; Nelson; Norwood; Pemble; Play; Potter; Reymes; Rider; Risby; Shaw; Shorter; Smith, A.; Smith, E.; Stacey; Stanley; Stockman; Terrill; Upton; Walker; Warren; Webber; Weston; White; Williamson; Wood, W. (bis); Yorke; Young Meres see Mayers messengers: 64, 172 Meynell (Maynell), Aid. [Francis], banker: customs assigned to, 121; high rate of interest, 122 ~ alluded to, 98-9 Middleton (Midleton), Col. Thomas, Navy Commissioner, Portsmouth 1664-7, Surveyor of the Navy 1667-72: business: accounts, 137, 174-5, 194-9; clerks, 166, 194,195, 196, 198-9, 212; compared favourably with Batten, 184-5; criticizes, (Batten’s negligence) 184, 197, (boatswains) 201-2, 218, (waste) 114; discharges shipwrights, 160; dispute over contract, 190-1; estimate for making hulk, 188; information from, 94-5, 109, 110, 116-117, 119, 124-5, 125-6, 129 & n.l, 131, 132, 134, 135, 139,155-6 & n., 156-7, 173, 182, 184, 186-7, 188, 201 n.l, 214-15 & n., 216, 219-20, 246, 247, 248, 254, 255-6, 258, 261, 261-2, 264; investigates defects in provisioning, 200; knowledge of cordage, 157-8, letters to, 158, 427; present at Board, 152, 168, 176, 179, 199, 202; proposes captains have care of stores, 199; signature, 136, 148, 150,151, 152, 153,169, 172, 188, 194, 247; succeeded by Tippetts, 264 n.2; survey by, 287; tender, 106; visits Chatham, 155, 214 criticized: ignorance, 264; indulgence of boatswain, 157; negligence, 141, 194-6; poor book-keeping, 165, 172; records, inadequate, 212 relations with P: P confronts at Board, 199; P discourses with, 199; withdrawal of Hewer bribery charge, 172 & n.l various: approves seamen as captains, 184; present at debate before Privy Council, 343, 346; security for imprest, 267 ~ alluded to, 146, 152, 274 & n.l, 282 midshipmen: servants and musicians intruded as, 134, 207 ~ alluded to, 204, 233 Milan: hemp from, 74-5 Miller, Henry, boatswain: corruption, 93, 108 Milward, John, MP: xxix Mings see Myngs Minnes see Mennes Minors, – , purser: 144 Mitchell (Michel(l)), [John], flagmaker: advises P, 24, 82-3; patterns, 84; prices, 48-9; unfairly criticized, 52-3, 84-5 ~ alluded to, 86 Molina, Antonio Francesca Mesia de Tobar y Paz, Conde de, Spanish ambassador 1665-9: 220 & n.2 Monmouth and Buccleuch, James Scott, 1st Duke o£ and Duchess Anne: 229 Moore, [John], boatswain, Chatham: 236 Moray (Murray), Sir Robert, Keeper of the King’s Laboratory: 252 & n.3 Morecock, [John or Robert], merchant: 315 Morisco see Marescoe Moxon, Joseph, printer: 68 & n.2 musters: Board’s conduct defended, 291-2, 401-2; muster books, 174, 178, 202-3, 259, 292, 294, 403, 404, 407, 411, 412, 413, 414, 415, 416, (P’s design) 292 n.3, 402; muster-masters, 202, 263, 291-2, (Board’s instructions to) 402 ~ alluded to, 42, 233, 263, 407 462 INDEX mutinies: in captain’s absence, 139-40, mutinous manner of pressed men, 160; revolted fleet (1648), 223 & n.l, 226 & n.l ~ alluded to, 227 & n.3, 419 Myngs (Mings), [Sir Christopher (Kt 1665)], naval commander: 207, 226 Narbrough (Narborough), Capt. John [Kt 1673], naval officer: 159-60, 266 Navigation, Act of: 350, 388 navigation, negligent: 108-9, 110, 265 Navy Board: business/accountability: (i) general responsibilities: accountability of individual officers, 345, 346; accountability to Duke, 405-6; accountability to Parliament, 431; attends Duke, 76, 126-7,133, 158, 176, 179, 183, 199, 216, 219-20, 251, 255-3, 362, 363, 399, 421; attends Treasury, 216; decisions, 210, 242, 247, 256 n.l; impressment, 129; meetings, (adjourned) 253, (disorderly) 140, (diverted) 254, (open then cleared) 170; musters, 291-2; pays, 426; storekeeper’s accounts, 397-8, 401; surveys, 287 (ii) responsibilities disclaimed: appointment of purveyor, 364-5; authentication of bills, 377-81; certain prize goods and ships, 317-23; collective inspection of accounts, 293; collective concern for tickets, 410; misconduct of dockyard officers, 433-4; provisions boarded in kind, 417; supervision of pursers, 417; witness to Treasurer’s pays, 368 clerks and officials: (i) accountants, 344, 373 (ii) clerks: advancement, 76, (by favour) 195-6, 198; dismissal, 408 & n.2; education, 196; extra, 174, 290 n.2; mistakes, 411, 412, (by new men) 351; musters by, 291, 292 & n.2; private work for masters, 196-8; seconded to Treasury, 165-6,195-6, 198-9; ticket duties, 297-9, 411, 412, 414, 415, 416; trusted to make up books, 379; wages (clerks’ own), 195, 196,199 ~ alluded to, 62, 63, 67, 68, 176,195-9, 250, 253, 405, 430 compared with predecessors: (i) Commonwealth: 276, 284-5, 289, 292, 295, 306-7, 312, 349, 360-1, 365, 368, 377-80, 382, 387 (bis), 389-90, 394, 400 (bis), 404,409, 411,419 & n.l, 429, (P’s memoranda/researches) 191 & n.2, 327 n.l, 331 & n.l (ii) other predecessors: 360, 378-9, 387, 400 criticism by P: (i) Board’s failings: negligence, 194-9, 251, (inquiries into losses) 110, 111, (inquiries into masts defective) 139, (of own rules) 202-3, (of P) 140, 252-3 (ii) other: Board’s advice ignored, 41, 159; private entertainment charged to Board, 19 debate before Privy Council: answers not examined by Brooke House Commission, 365; charges against Board, (and P’s General Defence) 271-325, (P’s Particular Defence) 325-30; individual Officers to report to Commission, 345; records delivered to Treasury, 357; ticket irregularities admitted, 409 finance: bills delayed, 61; cash, (advantage of) 94, (lack of) 131, 133, 279, 301-6, 426, 427-8, (provisions in lieu of) 355-6; credits/imprests/loans, 3-4 & nn., 6-9, 66, 143-4, 158, 168, 182, 189-91, 197, 202, 219, 242, 266-7, 273, 276-7, 280, 301-6, 331, 354, 355-6, 368, 371, 417-18, 420, 421 & n.4, 425, (challenged and allowed) 182, (criticized) 112, (interest rates) 3 & n.3, (lack of credit) 131, 284, (P defends) 358-60; salaries and assessments of Principal Officers, 100-1 & n.; taxation funding Navy, 395 n.5; travelling expenses, 68, 244-5; warrants for payments, 377-81 inquiries/reports: administration/ constitution of Navy Office, INDEX 463 191 & n. 2, 210, 251-2 & n., 332 & n.4, 342 & n.2; collision, 216; prices/victualling, 179-80, 300-6, 314-15, 421-2, (annual account of victuals and wages) 426; pursers’ credits, 418; shipbuilding, 186-7, 220; state of ships, 137; storekeeper’s negligence, 385; tickets, 429 & n.5; wrecks, 188, 247, 255-6 instructions from: tickets (1667), 296-9, 404, 408, 412, 413, 416 instructions/orders to: (i) Admiral’s General Instructions (1662): 189, 194, 214, 274, 279-80, 284, 285, 286, 287-8, 288, 289, 291, 292, 293, 296, 300, 316, 335, 345, 354 & n.l, 365, 369, 370, 377, 386 & n.l, 388 & n.2, 389, 391 & n.l, 396, 397, 398, 403 & n.5, 406 & n.2, 407, 412, 415, 417 & n.2, 419, 420, 426, 428, (not to be interpreted literally) 388-9 (ii) Admiral’s additional instructions: (1665), 279; (1668), 214 & n.2, 252 & n.l, 290, 415 (iii) other orders: purchase by commission, 278 & n.l; wrecks, 188 letters from: quoted, 240-1, 262, 309-10, 311, 314; read at debate before Privy Council, 348; wartime profusion, 397 ~ alluded to, 75,148, 152, 214, 215-16, 246, 247, 250, 264, 357, 399, 415, 423, 424, 427-8 letters/petitions/reports to: quoted, 239-40, 261, 261-2, 271 ~ alluded to, 54 n.2, 139 & n.4, 140 & n.l, 148 & n.3,215-16,219, 232-3, 248-9, 262-3, 263-4, 266, 267, 349, 354 & n.2, 361 & n.2, 406, 415, 429 record keeping: quoted, 275 ~ alluded to, 8, 16, 45, 51, 62, 63, 66, 75, 94, 131, 152-3, 154 & n.l, 158, 165-6,180, 189, 194-9, 201, 212-14, 217, 251, 279-80, 282-6, 287-91, 297-9, 306, 310, 377-81, 384-5, 395 & n.5, 402-16, 424-8 signatures: 53, 65, 136, 137, 145, 147, 150-1, 152-3, 154, 166, 169, 172 (bis), 190-1, 279, 285, 378-84, 395, 424, (counterfeited) 412, (not warranties) 281 various: criticism of Penn, 146 & n.l; opponents of Board, 211 see also Anglesey; Batten; Brouncker; Carteret; Clerk of the Acts; Comptroller; Coventry; Ernie; Hervey; Littleton; Osborne; Penn; Slingsby (bis); Smith, J.; Surveyor; Taylor; Tippetts; Treasurer Navy Office [i.e. the Board’s premises, Seething Lane]: 379 & n.7, 382, 394, 405 Navy Treasury, Broad Street: abuses, 119-23; accounts, 62-3, 119-20, 123 & nn.l, 5; 144 & n.2,193 n.l, 278-82, 368-72, 377-81; premises, 8, 163, 190, 297, 404, 407, 413, 429 n.5; relations with Navy Board, (Board’s advice ignored) 160,163, (Board’s clerks poached) 165-6,195-9; responsibility for widows and orphans, 250-1 & n. ~ alluded to, 9, 297 see also Anglesey; Carteret; Fenn; Hutchinson; Littleton; Osborne; Treasurer; Waith Nelson (Nellson), – , merchant: cloth from, 82-3 & n., 84 Newburne, Thomas, broker: shares Batten’s gratuity, 19-20 Newcastle-upon-iyne, Northumb.: coals from, 209; masts at, 322; seamen recruited, 227 ~ alluded to, 158 New England: masts from, 22-3, 36 n.2, 50, 54, 55, 71, 73, 115, 138 & n.l, 148, 174, 273, 275, 311-13, 351-3 & n., 365, 424; presents from, 137-8, 351 & n.2; tar from, 108; voyage from, 93 New Hall, Essex: Albemarle’s estate, 349 n.2 Newport, Andrew, sub-commissioner of prizes, Portsmouth: 344 Nicolls (Nicholls), Maj. [Henry]: 135-6 & n. Nore, the: accident at, 111; provisions to, 130; ships at, 263, 349 ~ alluded to, 265 n.l Norfolke, – , bricklayer: 124 North Country: impressment in, 206 North Foreland: 265 464 INDEX Northumberland, Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of, Lord High Admiral 1638-42: Instructions, 285, 289, 389 & nn.1,2 Norway: masts from, 9 & n.l, 12, 308, 309; merchants trading with, 364; tar from, 31-2, 39, 79; timber from, 14, 51, 75, 90, 314 Norwich, Norf.: bewpers from, 24 ~ alluded to, 84 Norwood, Col. Henry, DeputyGovernor of Tangier 1665-8: 75 Norwood, John, lighterman and merchant: 137 & n.l oak see timber oars: defective, 85-6; prize, 321 ~ alluded to, 15, 218 O’Brien, (Obrian, Obryan), Capt. Charles, naval officer: 131, 137, 244 & n.l, 229-30 & n., 236-7, 248, 249 oil: 63, 202 Ordnance Office: Commissioners appointed (1664), 120 & n.l; cordage supplied to, 117; corruption, 76-9; finances, 372, (better ordered than Navy) 120, (King subvents from private revenue) 340, 373; letters from/ to Navy Office, 128 & n.4 see also Gomme; Legg Ormond, James Butler, 1st Duke of, Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland 1661-9: present at debate before Privy Council, 337 Osborne (Osbourne), Col. [Henry; Kt 1673], Brooke House Commissioner: present at debate before Privy Council, 343, 431 ~ alluded to, 376 Osborne, Sir Thomas, Bt, [1st Earl of Danby 1674; 1st Duke of Leeds 1694], Joint-Treasurer of the Navy 1668-71: appointment, 158 & n.2, 208 & n.l; censured by Duke, 163; discredits Board, 202; dispute over contracts/ signatures, 189-91; information from, 158,180, 265; payments by, 208; present at Board, 179; pursues pursers’ frauds, 202; records, inadequate, 212; refuses to secure loan, 267 ~ alluded to, 152, 162, 254 Oslo (Christiania): deals from, 75 Oxford: Court at during Plague, 229, 344, 421 Oxford, Aubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of: speaks at debate before Privy Council, 375-6 Page, Damaris, brothel-keeper: 216-17 & n. Palmer, Sir Geoffrey, AttorneyGeneral 1660-70: chamber, 377 ~ alluded to, 211 Palmer see also Castlemaine parish dues: 379, 382, 394 Parliament: Commissions: accounts see Brooke House; paying off armed forces (1660-1), 429 & n.6 finance: Crown’s subordination in, 228; grants for war, 338-9, 372-6 & nn. House of Commons: Committee on Miscarriages, 159 & n.l, 164 n.l, 296 n.2; P’s speech on tickets, 429 & n.4 statutes: 21 Hen. VIII c. 12 (Bridport manufactures) 387 n.3; 12 Car. II c. 4 (tonnage and poundage), 38 n.2; 12 Car. II c. 15 (paying off armed forces), 429 n.6; 12 Car. II c. 27 (arrears of pay), 204 & n.2; 13 Car. II c.4 (free gift), 374 & n.2; 13 Car. II c. 9 (Navy discipline), 208 & n.2; 16 & 17 Car. II c. 1 (Royal Aid), 100 & n.l, 221 & n.2, 373 & n.l; 18 & 19 Car. II c. 1 (Poll Tax), 133 & n.4; 18 & 19 Car. II c. 13 (Eleven Months’ Tax), 133 & n.5, 395 & n.5; 19 & 20 Car. II c. 1 (establishing Brooke House Commission), 306 & n.l, 338 & n.2, 339, 347 & n.2, 348, 365 & n.4. 366-7, 373 & nn.1,2, 374 n.l, 375, 382, 388, 410 n.3, 420-1 & nn., 432, (P resolves to study) 358; Navigation Act [i.e. 1651 c. 22 as reiterated and extended in several Acts of Charles II], 350, 388 various: Batten as MP, 50 & n.2, 102; impeachment threatened, (Carteret) 369 & n.4, (Penn) 244 & n.2; MPs recommend Carkesse, 408; Navy Board accountable to, 431; Navy Treasurer attends, 397; P INDEX 465 defeated in bye-election, 334 & n.4; sessions, 102 & n.2, 244 n.2; 271 & n.3 see also taxation passengers: aboard King’s ships, 164, 181, 229-30 & n.; mistress disguised as man, 248 Pearse (Pierce), [Andrew], purveyor: information from, 66-7 Pemble, [John], merchant: 167, 168, 169 Perm (Pen, Penne), Sir William, Navy Commissioner 1660-8: business: appointment, 212 & n.l; argues/complains, (canvas) 28, 82, (cordage) 125; assists Comptroller, 146-7 & n., 176 n.l, 193 n.l, 212 n.l, 288 n.2, 399, 405, (fails in so doing) 146 n.l; assists P, 173 n.2; assists Victualler, 250 n.2; attends King and Duke, 244; clerks, 147, 298; criticizes captain, 134-5; criticizes carpenters, 132; defends contract, 11; economies, claimed, 146; examines accounts, 137-8; information from, 17, 57, 60,108, 170, 177, 428 & n.5; letters to, 247, 427; orders flags, 84; present at Board, 9, 85, 111, 158, 168, (silent) 150, 151, (supports Duke) 158; salary, extra expected, 147; signature/refuses to sign, 136-7, 144-5, 148, 151, 153, 154, 169, 172; successor, 210-11; wartime duties, 397 & n.2 criticized: avarice, 73-4, 147, 244-5; bad judgement, 126; clerks do his work, 147; corruption in accounts, 143-5; cowardice in battle, 20 & n.4; fraudulent pay claim, 244-5; impeachment, threatened, 244 n.2; incompetent, 138, 146-8; negligent, 146 n.l, 195, 246-7; records, inadequate, 212 naval career, flag captain, 245 & n.2; prize-goods scandal, 244 & n.2 ~ alluded to, 20 & n.4, 237 & n.l various: family, 73-4; health, 6, 244; private dealing, 245; privateer share, 245 n.5; religion, 20; servants fearful of, 172 ~ alluded to, 152, 325 Pepys, Elizabeth: death, 250 & n.l, 273 & n.l, 334 & n.4 Pepys, Samuel: business: Navy Board see Clerk of the Acts; Tangier, 7, 8, 383 & n.3 personal: absent from work after Elizabeth’s death, 250, 252 & n.4, 272-3; eyesight weakening, 148 n.2, 211 n.l, 328; finances, 9, 329-30 & n.; pride in oratory, 429; privateer share, 245 n.5; slide-rule, 70 & n.2; visits France and Netherlands, 332 & n.l; watches execution, 366-7 writings: Diary, 311 n.2, 330 n.l, (would enable him to account for daily employment during war) 326 & n.l; projected history of Navy, 331 & n.l perquisites/gratuities: cordage, 113, 124-5; dinners, 26; fencing, 74 & n.4; financial, 14-15,18,19, 73, 76, 234-5, (in cap) 35 & n.l; firewood, 19 & n.3; gold watch, 73; plate, 9, 19, 50 & n.3; prize goods, (purser denied by captain) 237, (seamen) 208 & n.2; provisions (officers), 114; wine, 19 Perriman (Perryman), Capt. [John], river agent to the Navy Board: information from, 134, 200 Peterborough, Henry Mordaunt, 2nd Earl of, Governor of Tangier 1661-2: 8 Pett, family: domination at Woolwich, 19 n.l Pett, Christopher, master shipwright, Woolwich: employment discussed, 80; estimates from, 91, 186-8; extra pay claim, 116; information from, 6 n.2, 25, 49-50, 55, 68, 91, 130; inquiries by, 108; ships built by, 4-5 & n., 26, 46-7 Pett, Peter, Navy Commissioner, Chatham 1648-60, 1660-7: business: criticizes Warren’s contract, 348; duties, (superintendent of whole yard) 356, (wartime) 397; examines knees, 92; examines masts, 349-50; information from/ sought from, 23 & n.l, 26 n.l, 466 INDEX 27, 36, 40, 41, 71 & nn.1,3, 72, 85, 110 (bis), 115-16, 132, 350, 354, 399, 427, 428 & n.5, 429 & n.3; orders victuals, 141; signature, 23, 275; visits Deptford, 117 criticized: delay in supplying fleet, 349; ignorant of dimensions of rates, 115-16; imprests, 112; responsible for abuses in Chatham yard, 385; villainy/ hypocrisy, 18-19 & n., 20-1, 103-4, 112, 348-9, 383 dismissal: 349 & n.l ~ alluded to, 274, 284, 325 Pett, Capt. Phineas (I), master shipwright, Chatham: information from, 106; opinion of P, 18; pits carpenters against their apprentices, 261-2; seeks mast timber in Scotland, 173 & n.2 ~ alluded to, 26, 240 Pett, Phineas (II), of Limehouse: stores bought by, 50-1 Petty, Sir William, scholar: doublekeel vessel, 27 & nn. 1-4 petty emptions: Hayter made purveyor, 145 ~ alluded to, 190 Pew see Pugh Philip IV, King of Spain: 238 Pierce see Pearse Pierrepont (Pierrepoint), William, Brooke House Commissioner: 367 pilots: shortage, 129 & n.2, 134 ~ alluded to, 63, 217 see also Trinity House pirates: 27 n.2, 226 pitch: 31-5, 78,108,112,134, 202, 307 see also tar Pitt (Pett), John, secretary and deputy-treasurer of Mediterranean fleet 1662-3: 144 & n.l Plague, Great: Court removes to Oxford, 421; financial consequences, 284; seamen’s distress, 234 ~ alluded to, 139 n.l, 323, 326, 331, 428 n.5 plank see timber plating, platerers: 53 & n.l, 71-2 & n. Play (Plea), Capt. – , merchant: canvas from, 31 plumbers’ work: 133 Plymouth, Devon: defence (1644-5), 228; seamen riot (temp. Charles I), 227 n.3; ships at/to, 76, 170, 172 see also Lanyon; Trelawny Plymouth, Mass.: tar from, 108 Pointer, [Thomas], Navy Office clerk: 143-4, 149, 150, 154, 167, 168, 169, 185, 197 Poole, Capt. William [Kt 1672], naval officer: information from, 231, 258 ~ alluded to, 204, 231-2, 245 port-hinges see ironwork Port Mahon, Minorca: 260 Portman, Edmund, clerk to the Brooke House Commission: information from, 379 ~ alluded to, 289 & n.3, 381 Portsmouth, Hants., dockyard: goods at/for/from: general: 16-17, 130; particular: blocks, 26; cloth, 31, 60, 73; cordage/hemp, 74, 94, 110, 140; masts, 12, 16, 22 & n.3, 35, 53^, 95-6, 106, 166-72, 310; oars, 15; oil, 63; screws, 79; tar, 79, 254; timber, 168, 305 officers: general: mutually uncritical, 113; particular, clerk of the survey, 94; Commissioners, 191-2 & n., 274 & n.l, 284; master attendant, 94; Ordnance officer, 117; storekeeper, 43-4, 60 & n.l, 106 ships: at, 17, 111, 116-17,135, 199; built/launched, 122,125 & n.2, 156; run aground, 110-11 various: economies proposed, 139; harbour’s usefulness, 135 & n.5; pay at, 8; seamen riot (temp. Charles I), 227 & n.3 ~ alluded to, 136, 141, 162, 204, 245 see also Deane; Eastwood; Gyles; Johnson, B.; Ridge; Tinker; Tippetts postage: 381 Potter, – , merchant: canvas from, 44-5,57 Povey (Povy), [Thomas], Treasurer of Tangier Committee 1663-5: dealings with P, 8 press, pressing see impressment Pride, Col. Thomas, regicide: victualling contractor in First Dutch War, 419 & n.l Pritchard (Prichard), [William], ropemaker: 106 INDEX 467 Privy Council: debate on report of Brooke House Commission: preliminaries, 334-7; proceedings, 337-435; P summoned/attends, 334, 366, 403, 419, 424; P’s explanations accepted by Council 401, 403 letters/reports to: tickets, 164-5, 429 & n.5; wartime, 397; wreck, 188 orders from: assistance for Comptroller, 193 n.l; East India Company to pay for Turkish embassy, 229-30; end to tickets, 164 & n.l; 429 n.5; extra dockyard officers, 290 & n.2; Navy Board to defend management of war, 341 & n.3; payment for secret service, 162; payment of smiths, 356; prohibition of trading by King’s ships, 200 n.3; restrictions on pay, 265; Stop of the Exchequer, 258 & nn.1,2; welfare of widows and orphans, 250-1 & nn. various: Committee for the Navy, 186; concern for supply of pipestaves, 392; decision on disputed contract, 167 Prize Commissioners (Prize Office): goods sold, 131; Prize Court, 185 n.l; ship returned to, 319; storekeeper to, 137 ~ alluded to, 131, 317-22 prize goods/ships: general: investigation by Brooke House Commission/debate before Privy Council, 317-23, 344, 432-4; perquisites of seamen/officers, 208 & n.2, 237; required by Board, 137, 185; revenue of Crown, 221, 374 & n.l; scandal concerning, 244 & n.2; sold, 131 & n.l particular, iron, 356; masts, 158; ships, (allowed to Algerians) 200 & n.l, (manning) 210, (serve as auxiliaries) 109, 220, (sunk for foundations) 95 & n.3, 183 n.2 proclamation (Stop of the Exchequer): 258 & n.l Prussia (Sprucia): timber from, 50, 189 Pugh (Pew), [James], Navy Office clerk: 63,196,197 Pulo Run (Polyroon), East Indies: 229 & n.3 Pumpfield (Pumfield), [Edward], ropemaker, Deptford: 74 pursers: accounts/records, (examination) 137, 147, 211, 247, 250, (malpractices) 21, 64 & n.7, 65-6, 66-7, 93, 137-8, 141 & nn.2,3, 142-3, 144, 165, 176-82, 202, 239-42, 257, 292-3, 402-3, 407, 418; credits to, 417-18; faults overlooked, 129; information from, 177; instructions to, 428; maltreatment by captains, 239-40; Navy Board not accountable for, 419; oath, 65 & n.3; provided with cash instead of victuals, 299-300, 416-19; supervision by Board impossible, 417; ticket records not to be meddled with by, 298 purveyors: accounts, 64; appointment not in hands of Navy Board, 365; corrupt, 132; Navy Board empowered to buy goods by purveyance, 386-7; practices, 189; variety of merchants to be sought by, 423 ~ alluded to, 106, 315 see also Mayers quartermasters: duties, 418 ~ alluded to, 204 Quinsborough see Kdnigsberg Rainsborough, [Col. Thomas], Parliamentary naval commander: 226 n.l Rawlinson, [Daniel], innkeeper: P visits, 66 Re, He de (Isle of Rhe): expeditions to (1627-8), 227 & n.3 reed: 173, 305 reformadoes see sea officers Reymes (Reames), Col. [Bullen], merchant and MP: attends Board, 30, 59-60; canvas from, 73; information from, 77; negotiates with P, 28, 29 Ribadeux, [? France]: timber from, 92 Rider, Sir William, merchant: contract for cordage, 74-5; goods from, 391; knowledge of cloth, 82; masts from, 16; ships soldiers to Tangier, 75-6; 468 INDEX surveyor for City ship, 118; tar and pitch from, 33-5, 60, 97-100 ~ alluded to, 86, 107 Ridge, [Richard], agent of the Navy Treasurers, Portsmouth: 243 Riga, Latvia: hemp from, 39, 40 (bis), 74-5 & n., 87-8, 119 n.3, 133, 300 rigging see cordage; sails Risby, Capt. [Henry], merchant: 107 River see Thames Roach, William: 240, 241 Roberts, [George], master: 254 Robinson, Aid. Sir John, Bt, Lieutenant of the Tower 1660-79: entertained by Penn, 172; letters to, 263, 428 ~ alluded to, 238 Robinson, ne Roberts, Capt. [Robert], naval officer: 238, 364 Rolling Grounds, off Aldeburgh, Sufi.: 94 & n.l rope see cordage rosin: lack of, 134 ~ alluded to, 290, 382 Royal Exchange (the Change): Norway merchants at, 363-4; P visits/negotiates at, 7, 11-12, 22, 36, 39, 43, 48, 59, 60, 88, 100, 149; rumours/news at, 201, 230, 248 – alluded to, 190 runaways see seamen Rundall, [Edward], carpenter, Deptford: over-charges, 124 Rupert, Prince, the King’s cousin; joint C-in-C. (‘General’) 1666: naval career, (Civil War) 82 n.l, 237 n.l, 342 n.3, (Second Dutch War) 244 & n.3, 300 & n.l, 364 & n.2, 416 & n.7 Russell, – , purveyor: 103 Russell (Russel), – , official, Chatham: 354, 356 & n.l Russell, Peter, master of the ropeyard, Woolwich: 75 & n.l, 94 Russia: hemp from, 39, 40,112; masts bought from by Dutch, 362; tar from, 31-2 Ruyter, [Michiel Adriaanszoon] de, Dutch naval commander: 261 sailmakers: 43-4, 60 sails: general: abuses/corruption, 27-31, , 255; damage/loss, 129, 156, 200, (in fight) 260; manufacture/preservation, 27-31, (pickling) 156-7, (selvedge) 28-9, 30; trim, 56 particular: mizen, 219; mizen topsail, 218; spritsail, 218; topsails, 157 St James’s Palace: Duke’s chamber, 211 & n.l; P at, 236 St James’s Park: P’s encounters in, 341, 343 St Michel, Balthasar, P’s brother-inlaw: muster-master, 292 n.l sales (surplus stores): canvas, 56; cordage, 6; iron, 36-7; plate, 50-1 ~ alluded to, 58 Salkeld (Salkield), Lieut. Ralph, naval officer: 232 & n.l salt: 156 Sandwich, Edward Mountagu, 1st Earl of, politician and naval commander; P’s patron: Mediterranean voyage (1661-2), 65 & n.2, 204; prizegoods scandal, 244 n.2 Sansum, [Rear-Adm. Robert]: 227 Santa Cruz, Tenerife: 228 n.l Saunders, – , naval officer: 227 Sawyer, Robert [Kt 1677]: Carteret’s counsel, 335 & n.3 Scarborough, Yorks.: seamen recruited, 227 Scave, Nathaniel, master: 131 Scotland: Court and Council, 173; Second Bishops’ War (1640), 342 n.3; timber from, 173 & n.2, 185 Scott, – , former Navy Office clerk: 59 Scott, Capt. [Thomas], naval officer: 232-3 Scott see also Monmouth screws see timber Scale, Capt. [Thomas], naval officer: 249 seamen (King’s ships): general: aspirations to command, 224; aversion to King’s service/ discontent/disorder, 134, 207-10, 215, 231-4, 243, 249, 258-60, 265-6, 267, 315, 426, 428, (thieving) 37, (violent) 411 & n.3, 428; ‘followings’, 209, 216, 227 & n.l, 231; hope of plunder, 208 & n.2, 259 & n.2; irreligious, 260; maltreatment, 207, 231, 232, 233, 236; moved from ship to INDEX 469 ship, 164, 208, 209, 259-60, 266, 426; mutinies, 139-40, (temp. Charles I) 222-3 & n., 225-6 & n., 227 & n.3; runaways/ deserters, 140, 164 & n.2, 165, 174, 177 & n.l, 180, 202, 206, 215, 230, 236, 262-3, 265-6, 267, 292, 294, 295, 402, 414, (legitimate absentees treated as deserters) 233, (seamen pretend to be landsmen) 265; shore leave, 207, 233; shortage 230, 426; sick and wounded, 165, 179, 181, 416, (recovered) 164; survivors, 108, 164 pay: abuses, 64 n.7, 176-82, 208; annual estimate reported to Duke, 426; arrears/owed, 140, 158-61, 204 & n.2, 207-8, 231, 233, 259 & n.l; compared with merchant service, 42-3, 205, 209, 231-3, 258-9, 263, 362-3; covenants for, 204; deductions/ forfeits, (chaplains’ groats) 114 & n.l, (desertion) 233, (failure to re-engage) 230, 243; hi hired ships, 262, 277-8; lack of cash for pay, 135, 208, 265, 266, 427-8; numbers in pay, 129, 258-9 & n.; ‘pinch-gut’, 416 n.6; raised, (false promise) 134, (temp. Commonwealth) 203 & n.4; records/pay books, 177-8 & n., 196, 265, 368, (errors in) 174; short allowance, 181 & n.2, 299-300, 416; soldiers paid and seamen not, 128, 203; wasted because ships idle, 216 ~ alluded to, 209-10, 258, 293, 380, 403-16, 428-9 rates etc.: able, 134, 265; ordinary/ boys/grommets, (paid as able) 294; supernumeraries, 164, 176-82, 209, 234, 300, 416; volunteers, 209, 215, 231, 233, 259 see also impressment; tickets seamen (merchant ships): desert to King’s service, 42-3; mutiny then fight Spaniard, 243; pay, (better than King’s service) 362, (half) 210 n.2, (raised because of impressment) 203 & n.3, 205, 209, 216 Seamour see Seymour sea officers: collude with fraudulent pursers, 165; corrupt, 92-3; extravagant accommodation, 219-20; deceased, care for effects of, 140; gentlemen v. tarpaulins, 222-3, 231-2, 233, 237; junior, 222, 232, 238; negligent, 108-9 & n., 110; pay, 42 & n.2, 140, 207; pension, 160-1 & n.; reformadoes, 164, 232 see also captains; lieutenants; midshipmen secret service: payments for, 161-3; royalist, 342 n.3 Seddon, John, Navy Office clerk: deposition by, 404 ~ alluded to, 196, 297 Seething Lane: 379 n.7 Selden, John, jurist: 228 n.4 Seymour (Seamour), Capt. Hugh, naval officer: 232 & n.2 ~ father Sir Edward, Bt, and brother Sir Edward, Bt, 232 n.2 Shales, [Capt. John], victualling agent, Portsmouth: 180 Shaw, Sir John, merchant: 136 sheathing board see timber Sheeres, John, Navy Office clerk: 196 Sheerness, Kent: foundations, 183 n.2; ships at, 264 n.l Sheldon, William, clerk of the cheque, Woolwich: malpractices, 64 & n.7 Sherwood Forest, Notts.: iron from, 38 shipbuilding and repair: contract, 103 & n.l, 115-16, 117-18,125, 132 & n.l, 140; costs and estimates, 43 & n.l, 73, 90-1, 112, 125 & n.2, 132, 186-9, 257, 304; defective, 131, 132-3, 219-20, 257; delayed, 186-7; economy in building, 156; exceeding dimensions, 187; experimental, 27 & nn.1-4; spasmodic in earlier times, 370 ~ alluded to, 4-5 & n., 37 & n.2, 47 & n.l, 50 & n.l, 161 & n.3 ships (the King’s): general: draughts/capacities, 220, 416-18; economies at sea, 114; fitting/setting out, 3 & n.l, 12, 16 & n.2, 42 & n.l, 48, 65 & n.2, 131-2, 207, 244 & n.l, 245, 373 & n.l, 400, 413, 417-18; lists, (given) 213-14, 256, 318-23, (referred to) 212-13, 317-18,373; 470 INDEX loss/damage/accidents, 418, (collisions) 132, 216, (explosion) 111, (Medway raid) 135-6 & n., 236, 247 & n.l, (run aground) 110-11, (storm) 58 & n.l; loss kept secret, 108-9; lying idle/kept useless in pay, 61, 183, 232, 315-16, 425-6, 427, 428, 429, (not manned) 257; payments to, 380; thefts from, 37; trading, 200; unserviceable, 255-7, 319 paying off. 196, 208, 230, 232, 247, 249,259 & n.l, 265,342, 379, 397, 407, 411-12, 425-9, (efficiency of temp. Elizabeth I) 379 records: books, 377, 379, 380, 416; letters to, 397 repair: by contract/in private docks, 130-1, 140; costs, 376 n.3; defective, 182; during action, 417 & n.l; neglected, 135 types [where so specified]: Ist-rate, 257; 2nd-rate, 91, 156, 257; 3rdrate, 91, 135; 4th-rate, 91, 115-16; 5th-rate, 115-16, 156, 364; ammunition, 128; fire, 128, 246 & n.l, 256 & n.l; flag, 264 n.l; flyboats, 239, 256; frigates, 129; galliots, 109; hoys, 85, 141, 183 & n.2; hulks, 184 & n.l, 188; ketch, 91; lighters, 156-6 & n.; prison, 323; scout, 125 n.2; ships’ boats, 218, 261; sloops, 125; victuallers, 128 & n.3,128-9,130, 142 & n.l; water, 128-9; yacht, 63 & n.2 ships (merchant): compared with King’s ships, (better husbanded) 109, (less so) 231; hired by King, 6 & n.3, 33, 42 & n.l, 101, 110, 111, 116-17, 129, 140, 156 n.l, 173,183-4, 219, 220, 319, 363-4, 426, (discharged) 427, (excessive charge of refuted by P) 277-8, (inconveniences) 262-3; lying long in freight, 128,140; men put in from King’s ships, 164; men take over, 243; molested by press, 216, 233 types [where so specified]: colliers, 129, 205, 209; East Indiamen, 42 & n.l, 200 & n.2, 267, (Dutch) 244 n.2; ketches, 129; lighters, 35, 81, 102, 155-6 & n., 263; smacks, 129; tenders, 262; transports, 75, 95-6, 140,173; victuallers, 262-3; water, 262 ~ alluded to, 27 n.2, 347, 423 ships mentioned by name in text or footnotes: Adam and Eve hoy [Dutch prize 1665; Anderson, no. 359], 183, 214, 256; Adventure [4th-rate; Anderson, no. 28], 213, 258; Advice [4th-rate; Anderson, no. 93], 204, 213; Anne (Ann) [3rdrate; Anderson, no. 210], 144, 213; Anne, the Duke’s yacht [Anderson, no. 295], 63 & n.2, 214; Antelope (Anthelope) [4thrate; Anderson, no. 180], 213; Arthur of Bradley [merchantman], 173; Assistance [4th-rate; Anderson, no. 92], 213; Assurance [4th-rate; Anderson, no. 29], 22, 58 & n.l, 213; Augustine (Augustin) [5thrate; Dutch prize 1653; Anderson, no. 193], 12, 16, 75, 79,95 Bear (Beare) [4th-rate; Dutch prize 1652; Anderson, no. 124], 5-6, 124; Bendick [unidentified], 429; Bezan (Besan) yacht [Anderson, no. 297], 214; Black Dog (Black Dogg) galliot [Dutch prize 1665; Anderson, no. 363], 214, 256; Blue Boar (Blew Boare) [flyboat; Dutch prize 1665; Tanner, Catalogue, i. 286], 319; Bonaventure (Bonadventure) [4th-rate; Anderson, no. 94], 144, 213; Breda [4th-rate; Anderson, no. 219], 22, 248; Bristol (Bristoll) [4th-rate; Anderson, no. 178], 213; Burweek ofAlkmer [unidentified], 322 Cambridge [3rd-rate; Anderson, no. 370], 213; Catherine (Katharine, Katherine) yacht [Anderson, no. 296], 112, 214, 319; Centurion [4th-rate; Anderson, no. 96], 213; Charles (Charles the 2d) [Ist-rate; Anderson, no. 443], 213, 245 & n.l; Charles yacht [Anderson, no. 298], 68 & n.l; Chatham smack, 214; Chestnut [ketch; Anderson, no. 258], 165; INDEX 471 Constant Warwick (Warwick Constant) [4th-rate; Anderson, no. 74], 213; Convertine [4thrate; Portuguese prize 1650; Anderson, no. 91], 133, 364; Crown (Crowne) [4th-rate; Anderson, no. 218], 213 Dartmouth [5th-rate; Anderson, no. 234], 213; Defiance [3rdrate; Anderson, no. 372], 117 & n.2, 132; Deptford ketch [6thrate; Anderson, no. 357], 213; Diamond [4th-rate; Anderson, no. 107], 213; Dove of Sardam [prize; unidentified], 322; Dover [4th-rate; Anderson, no. 217], 213, 260; Dragon (Draggon) [4th-rate; Anderson, no. 26], 213; Drake [6th-rate; Anderson, no. 156], 213; Dreadnought [3rdrate; Anderson, no. 211], 213; Dunkirk (Dunkirke) [3rd-rate; Anderson, no. 106], 213 Eagle [5th-rate; Anderson, no. 221 (as Selby)], 213, 321; Eagle [merchantman hired by King], 111, 117, 119; Edgar [3rd-rate; Anderson, no. 444], 161 n.3, 213; Elias [4th-rate; Dutch prize 1653; Anderson, no. 186], 92-3, 108; Emsworth sloop [6th-rate; Anderson, no. 441], 125 & n.2; Experiment //, 27 & nn.1-4 Fairfax [3rd-rate; Anderson, no. 172], 213, 237; Falcon (Faulcon) [4th-rate; Anderson, no. 377], 213; Fanfan [6th-rate; Anderson, no. 382], 213; Flying Greyhound [6th-rate; privateer; Dutch prize 1665; Anderson, no. 332], 245 & n.5; Foresight [4thrate; Anderson, no. 97], 209, 213, 215; Forester (Forrester) [5thrate; Anderson, no. 266], 213; Fountain (Fountaine) [5th-rate; Algerine prize 1664; Anderson, no. 304], 213; Francis [6th-rate; Anderson, no. 380], 213; Francis [fireship; Anderson, no. 400], 246 n.l; Franekin (Franikin) [flyboat; Dutch prize 1665; Anderson, no. 341], 320; French Ruby (Ruby) [3rd-rate; French prize 1666; rebuilt as 2nd-rate 1672; Anderson, no. 369], 213; French Victory (Victory Prise, Victory Prize) [5th-rate; French prize 1665; Anderson, no. 328], 213, 220 & n.4, 233; Friezland (Freizland) flyboat [Dutch prize 1665; Anderson, no. 342], 214, 256 Garland (Guarland) [5th-rate; Anderson, no. 223], 213, 216; George [E. Indiaman], 205; George ofStrood (George of Stroud) [ketch; hired by King], 319; Gloucester [3rd-rate; Anderson, no. 209], 213; Golden Fortune [dogger; Dutch prize 1665; Tanner, Catalogue, i. 280], 320; Golden Hand [fireship; Dutch prize 1665; Anderson, no. 335], 323; Golden Sun (Sunn) [merchantman], 166-7, 175; Great Alexander [French prize 1651], 237 & n.l; Great Duke of York (Great Duke of Yorke) [merchantman], 148, 154; Great Gift (Guift) [5th-rate; French prize 1652; Anderson, no. 134], 429; Greenwich [4th-rate; Anderson, no. 374], 213; Guernsey [5th-rate; Anderson, no. 225], 213; Guilder de Ruyter (Guilder de Ruiter) [4th-rate; Dutch prize 1665; Anderson, no. 316], 318 Hampshire [4th-rate; Anderson, no. 181], 213; Happy Edward [merchantman hired by King], 117; Happy Return (Happy Returne) [4th-rate; Anderson, no. 214], 213, 265; Harp (Harpe) [6th-rate; Anderson, no. 259], 160 & n.l, 213, 256; Harwich hoy [Anderson, no. 290], 141, 214, 256; Harwich muster boat [cf. Musterboat smack, below], 256; Henrietta [3rd-rate; Anderson, no. 206], 213, 261; Henrietta yacht (Heneretta Yacht) [Anderson, no. 301], 26, 47, 214; Henry (Harry) [2ndrate; Anderson, no. 245], 28 & n.l, 213, 220 & n.l; Hope galliot, 214, 256; Hope of Camp hire [Quimper], Hope of Henlopen [Dutch prizes; c£ Hope, 4th-rate taken 1665; Hope hoy taken 1666 (Anderson, nos 320, 420)], 321, 472 INDEX 322; Horseman (De Ruiter, The Horseman) [flyboat; Dutch prize 1665; Anderson, no. 345], 318; Hoveling [unidentified], 321 James [2nd-rate; built 1634; Anderson, no. 3], 213; James hoy [Anderson, no. 360], 254 & n.2, 256 [as galliot]; James (Jemmy) yacht [Anderson, no. 299], 68 & n.l, 214; James of Southampton [merchantman hired by King], 140; Jersey [4thrate; Anderson, no. 215], 213, 215, 239; Joseph [fireship; Anderson, no. 404], 245 Kent [4th-rate; Anderson, no. 121], 213; King Solomon of Amsterdam [Dutch merchantman; sunk 1664; Diary, vi. 19 & n.3], 321; Kitchen (Kitchin, Roe Kitchin) yacht [Anderson, no. 454], 47, 214 Leopard [4th-rate; Anderson, no. 286], 213, 224 & n.l, 229-30 & n., 236, 247-8, 249; Leopard [E. Indiaman], 42 & n.l; Lighter hoy, 214; Lion (Lyon) [3rd-rate; Anderson, no. 15], 213, 218-19, 261, 266, 430; Little Victory (Victory, Victory Litle) [5th-rate; built 1665; Anderson, no. 330], 174, 213; London [2nd-rate; built 1656; Anderson, no. 244], 111; Loyal London (Loyall London) [2nd-rate; built 1666; rebuilt 1670 as London, 1strate; Anderson, nos 367, 449], 118 & n.l, 236, 257; Loyal Merchant (Loyall Merchant) [merchantman hired by King], 101, 107; Loyalty [E. Indiaman], 75 Madras [E. Indiaman hired by King], 116; Maria Sancta (Sta Maria) [4th-rate; Dutch prize 1665; Anderson, no. 318], 429; Marigold (Marygold) hoy [Anderson, no. 203], 214; Mary [3rd-rate; Anderson, no. 89], 94, 95, 213, 260; Mary yacht [Anderson, no. 292], 214; Maryner [unidentified], 157; Mary Rose [4th-rate; Anderson, no. 216], 213; Merlin yacht [Anderson, no. 383], 161 n.3, 214; Mermaid [5th-rate; Anderson, no. 112], 213; Mermaid of Amsterdam [Dutch prize], 323; Michael (Michaell) [unidentified], 173; Milford [5th-rate; Anderson, no. 224], 182, 213; Monck [3rd-rate; Anderson, no. 285], 213; Monmouth [3rd-rate; Anderson, no. 429], 141 & n.l; 213; Monmouth yacht [Anderson, no. 384], 214; Montagu (Mountague) [3rdrate; Anderson, no. 208], 213, 236 n.l; Morning Star [E. Indiaman], 200 & n.2; Mouse of Amsterdam [Dutch prize], 323; Musterboat (Musterboate) smack [cf. Harwich muster boat, above], 214 Neptune [merchantman], 352 & n.2; Newcastle [4th-rate; Anderson, no. 174], 204, 213; New York (New Yorke) [unidentified], 95; Nightingale [5th-rate; Anderson, no. 113], 213; Nonsuch (Nonesuch) [4thrate; built 1646 wrecked 1664; Anderson, no. 27], 108-9 & n., 213 [where the next is presumably meant]; Nonsuch [5th-rate; built 1668; Anderson, no. 445], 156, ? 213; Norwich [5th-rate; Anderson, no. 233], 213 Orange [5th-rate; Dutch prize 1665; Anderson, no. 329], 213; Oxford [5th-rate; Anderson, no. 248], 213 Pearl (Pearle) [5th-rate; Anderson, no. 115], 213; Phoenix [4th-rate; Anderson, no. 25], 108-9 & n.; Plymouth (Plymoath) [3rd-rate; Anderson, no. 171], 213, 264, 266 Portland [4th-rate; Anderson, no. 176], 108, 213, 220 & nn.2,4; Portsmouth [4th-rate; Anderson, no. 95], 213; Portsmouth ketch [6th-rate; Anderson, no. 358], 213; Portsmouth sloop [6th-rate; Anderson, no. 442], 125 & n.l, 213; Prince [Ist-rate; Anderson, no. 448], 186-8 & n., 257, 261, 266; Princess [4th-rate; Anderson, no. 289], 213; INDEX 473 Prosperous [fireship; Anderson, no. 410], 245 & n.4, 246 & n.l Rainbow (Rainebow) [2nd-rate; Anderson, no. 6], 213; Reserve [4th-rate; Anderson, no. 98], 213; Resolution [3rd-rate; Anderson, no. 205], 133 & n.3, 213, 267; Return (Returne) [E. Indiaman], 205; Revenge [3rdrate; Anderson, no. 207], 213, 217, 233; Richmond [5th-rate; Anderson, no. 247], 213; Roebuck [6th-rate; Anderson, no. 381], 213; Roe ketch [6th-rate; Anderson, no. 242], 213; Royal Charles (Charles, Royall Charles) [Ist-rate; built 1655 taken by Dutch 1667; Anderson, no. 231], 110-11, 125 n.l, 245 & n.2; Royal Charles (Royall Charles) [merchantman], 139; Royal James (Royall James) [Ist-rate; Anderson, no. 276], 184 & n.l, 188, 236, 247; Royal Katherine (Royall Katharine, Royall Katherine) [2nd-rate; Anderson, no. 302], 4-5 & n., 43 & n.l, 73 & n.3, 90, 91 & n.2,186 & n.l, 213, 257; Royal Oak (Royall Oake) [2nd-rate; Anderson, no. 303], 184, 236; Royal Sovereign (Soveraigne) [Ist-rate; Anderson, no. 1], 141 & n.l, 213, 428; Ruby [4th-rate; built 1651; Anderson, no. 108], 177, 180 n.l, 213 [see also French Ruby]’, Rupert [3rd-rate; Anderson, no. 373], 58-9 & n., 213 St Andrew [Ist-rate; Anderson, no. 450], 186-8 & n.; St David [4thrate; Anderson, no. 430], 213, 258; St George [2nd-rate; Anderson, no. 8], 213; St Michael [Petty’s 4th prototype; 1684], 27 n.4; Sampson [unidentified], 100, 106; Sapphire (Saphire) [4th-rate; Anderson, no. 110], 135, 181, 204, 213; Sea Rider (Sea Ruiter) [flyboat; Dutch prize 1665; Anderson, no, 351], 318; Seaventure [transport], 214; Society [merchantman hired by King; Anderson, no. 1191], 128; Sophia [5th-rate; Dutch prize 1652; Anderson, no. 137], 42, 131; Speedwell [5th-rate; Anderson, no. 246], 213; Spy (Spie) sloop [6th-rate; Anderson, no. 426], 213; Stathouse van Harlem [4th-rate; Dutch prize 1667; Anderson, no. 431], 213; Success [5th-rate; Anderson, no. 277], 213, 260; Swallow [built 1634 sold 1653; Anderson, no. 19], 82 n.l; Swallow [4th-rate; built 1653; Anderson, no. 179], 133, 213; Sweepstakes (Sweeptakes) [4thrate; Anderson, no. 378], 213 Thomas and Margaret ketch of Margate, 110; Tiger (Tyger) [4th-rate; Anderson, no. 24], 213, 258; Tower smack [Anderson, no. 446], 214; Triumph (Tryumph) [2nd-rate; Anderson, no. 5], 213; Truelove (Trulove) [6th-rate; royalist prize 1647; Anderson, no. 53], 214, 256 Unicorn (Unicorne) [2nd-rate; Anderson, no. 10], 213 Victory [2nd-rate; built 1620; Anderson, no. 13], 213 [see also French Victory; Little Victory] Warspite (Warrspight) [3rd-rate; Anderson, no. 371], 132, 213; Welcome (Wellcome) [4th-rate; Dutch prize 1652; Anderson, no. 128], 42; Wheel of Fortune (Wheele of Fortune) [perhaps Fortune fireship (Dutch prize 1666; Anderson, no. 399) or Fortune flyboat (Dutch prize 1666; Anderson, no. 418)], 323; White Lamb [Dutch prize], 322; White Rose [flyboat; Dutch prize 1666; Anderson, no. 419], 320; William and Mary [merchantman hired by King], 6 & n.3; Woodmerchant [Dutch prize], 322; Wyvenhoe (Vivenhoe, Wevenho) ketch/ pink [Anderson, no. 425; converted to pink 1668/9 (Tanner, Catalogue, i. 292)] 214, 261 Yarmouth [4th-rate; Anderson, no. 175], 109, 213, 232; York (Yorke) [3rd-rate; Anderson, no. 212], 213; Young Prince [4th- 474 INDEX rate; Dutch prize 1665; Anderson, no. 326], 319 Zealand (Zeland) [4th-rate; Dutch prize 1665; Anderson, no. 322], 172 shipwrights (King’s service): hours of work, 45-6 & nn.; survey repairs in private docks, 130-1 ~ alluded to, 117-18 shipwrights (private): consulted, 118; demands, 130 Shish, [Jonas], assistant shipwright, Deptford: certification questioned, 182; complaint about shipwrights, 45-6; estimates/valuations, (bricklaying) 124, (shipbuilding) 91, (timber) 14, 80,139,174, (wreck) 188-9, 247; incompetent in measuring, 70 & n.3, 138-9; information from, 26, 103, 104, 132, 256; letters to, 102; private work for Batten, 74; private yard, 45 n.l; report on private yard repairs, 130; ship built by, 4-5 & n.; timber work, 117-18 Shorter, Capt. [John], merchant: deposition by, 350, 366, 433; masts from, 388, 423 ~ alluded to, 79, 313 shot, shot-makers: 38 shrouds see cordage silver: lack of for payment, 355 ~ alluded to, 200 n.3, 249 Silvester (Silverster), [Edward], smith: 135 Sindry, Daniel, purser: 239-41 Slater (Sliter), [John], Navy Office messenger: letter to P about cordage, 39 slaves: redeemed, 181 ~ alluded to, 165, 200 n.l Slingsby, Sir Guilford, Comptroller of the Navy 1611-18, 1628-32: 14 Slingsby, Sir Robert, Comptroller of the Navy 1660-1: against perquisites, 50; information from, 419; praised, 195 sloops see ships slops, slop-sellers: accounts, 402; frauds, 92-3,174, 202, 292-3; soldiers better equipped than seamen, 203 Smith, Arthur, merchant: oil from, 63 Smith, [Edward], merchant: 314 Smith, Capt. Sir Jeremy (Kt 1665), Navy Commissioner 1669-75: appointment, 211; clerk, 250; information from, 94, 233, 248-9; pays ships, 265; P appeals to his naval experience, 348; present at Board, 242, 246; present at debate before Privy Council, 346; signature, 241; victualling contract, 250 ~ alluded to, 204, 227, 234 Smith, John, seaman: 204 Smith, [Robert], Navy Office messenger: 381 Smith see also Smyth smiths: payment in kind defended by P, 355 see also iron Smyrna (Smirna): 247 Smyth, Richard, boatswain, Woolwich: 58 & n.3 soldiers: frightened by naval guns, 222; gentility among, 227; numbers greater temp. Commonwealth, 203; paid and seamen not, 128, 203; sent to Tangier, 75; supernumeraries, 164 Sole Bay, Battle of: 260-1 & n. Southampton, Hants.: ship of (named), 140 Southampton, Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of, Lord Treasurer 1660-7: letters/requests to, 301, 397, 420 ~ alluded to, 382, 397 Spain: goods from/of, (cloth) 82, (iron) 38, 354, 356 n. 2, (timber used in their shipbuilding) 104; relations with Britain, (alliance with Commonwealth) 238, (ambassador from) 220 & n.2, (war temp. Commonwealth) 227-8 & n., (war temp. Elizabeth I) 223; ship engaged by merchantman, 243 Spithead: 230, 243 Spragge, (Spragg), Sir Edward, naval commander: 205, 216-17, 233, 234, 235-6, 242 & n. 2, 242-3 Sprucia see Prussia Stacey (Stacie, Stacy), [John], merchant: contract for tar, 61, 202; informs P about tar, 31, 99-100,106 INDEX 475 Stanes, Thomas, glazier: 53 & n. 1, 71-2 Stanley (Stanly), [William], merchant: 59 Stapely (Staply), [Joseph], ropemaker, Wapping: instructs P, 31, 39-40, 88 Starling, Samuel, ? notary public: 240 Stephens (Stephen), Anthony, Navy Treasury clerk: 430 & n.l Steventon (Stephenton), [? John], purser: 22 steward: 215 Stockholm (Stock(e)holme): tar from, 31-5, 60, 69, 98, 107, (canard of burnt tarhouse) 97-100 Stockman, [Isaac], merchant: 423 Stockwith, Lines.: 183 stores, storekeepers see dockyards, royal Strachan, Capt. John, Navy agent, Leith: 185 Suffolk: cloth from, 29 surgeons: 63 Surveyor of the Navy: duties, 214-15, 274, 290, 293, 386, 396, 397, 397-8, 402 see also Batten; Middleton; Tippetts surveyors: contract building and repairs, 132-3, 140 surveys: 12, 15 & n. 1, 17, 37, 331; books, 360; investigation by Brooke House Commission/ debate before Privy Council, 287-91, 396-^01, (P acknowledges lack of method) 357-8; wartime impossibility, 287, 289-90, 357, 360 Svinesund (Swinsound), Sweden: timber from, 314 Swale, the, channel: 128 & n.6 Sweden: iron from, 38, 77,133, 354-7; masts from, 36, 54-5, 174, 273, 308, 309, 313, 346, 363, (embargo on felling trees for) 361-2; tar from, 31-5, 60, 69, 97-100, 107; timber from, 129, 305, 314 Swins, channels: 265 & n.l Swinsound see Svinesund Symons (Simmons), William, clerk to the Brooke House Commission: 334 & n. 5, 336 tallow: 78 Tangier (Tanger): Commissioners for, 4, 7, 75, 76; finances, 383; P’s service, 8, 383 n.3; ships hired for, 6 & n.3, 75; supplies for, 76-8; women for, 22 & n.2 ~ alluded to, 201 tar: bad, 107; bad supplied with good, 79; barrels, (stolen) 69, (use of empties) 134; contracts, 60, 61, 69, 97-8, 107, 112, 202, 391; prices/purchase, 31-5, 60-1, 78, 79, 97-100, 254, 290, 307, 382; prize, 131; uses, (application to cordage) 119, 157-8, (tarpaulins etc.) 56; varieties compared, 31, 39, 108 provenance: New England, 108; Norway/Bergen, 31-2, 39, 79; Russia/Archangel, 31-2, 39; Sweden/Stockholm, 31-5, 39, 60-1, 69, 97-100, 107 tarpaulin see cloth tarpaulins see captains taxation: 100-1 & n., 133 & nn.4,5, 379, 394 see also Parliament Taylor (Talor), Capt. John, shipbuilder, Navy Commissioner, Harwich 1665-8: bills for hire of ships, 6-9; foreman, 36; gratuity to P, 8-9; information from, 132, 133; letter to, 311; masts from, 36, 53-5,115, 273, 350, 423, (monopoly of trade) 308, (tender) 313; ship built by, 118 & n. 1; storekeeper to yard/Prize Officers, 137 Teate, Capt. [Richard], naval officer: 74,95 Teddeman (Tiddeman), [Sir Thomas], naval commander: 226 tenders: fixed days for, 314; invited, 311-12, 314, 349-50; unreasonable, 420, 423 Terrill, [William], merchant: 382, 394 Teviot (Tiviott), Andrew Rutherford, 1st Earl of, Governor of Tangier 1663-4: 75, 77 Thames, River (‘the River’): blockade feared, 134; Dutch raid (1667), 134 n.l, 176-82; fleet preparing in, 244-5; gossip in, 215; harbours allegedly inferior, 135; masts, (lacking in) 12-13, 476 INDEX (lying idle, etc.) 36, 67, 115; moorings, 39; prison ship, 323; ships idle in, 128 (bis), 134 (bis), 140, 266; ship to be hired in, 16; shipwrights’ advice sought, 188; strategic importance in a civil war, 225; timber kept from being carried away, 92; wear and tear not chargeable in, 263 & n.2; wreck clearance not responsibility of particular Principal Officer, 140 Thompson, ? Robert, banker: 267 & n.3 Thomson (Thompson, Tompson, Tomson), Col. George, Brooke House Commissioner: alone familiar with Navy, 335 n.2, 337 & n.3; criticized, (evidence delayed) 432, (ignorant) 348, (impertinent) 364, 393, (trivial complaint) 395; dissatisfied at P’s appearing in debate before Privy Council, 335; P appeals to, 289 & n.2, 403, 417; present at debate, 337, 376, 377, 431; signature, 271; speaks in debate, 345, 348-9, 356 (bis), 365, 383, 388-9, 390, 417-18, 419, (accuses King of contradiction) 393-4, (Commonwealth precedents) 360-1, 368, (Elizabethan precedents) 378-9, 387, 400, (masts) 348, 351 & n.l, (parish dues) 379, 394, (survey books) 357, (tickets) 404-5, 430, (uses architectural metaphor) 368, 370 Ticket Office: clerks’ errors, 130, 292 n.3; Navy Office clerks sent to, 196 – alluded to, 406, 408 n.2, 411, 413, 414, 415 tickets: abuses: 292, 403-16, (captains’ frauds) 235-6, (clerks’ profits) 196, (entrusted to others) 234, 235-6, (false/irregular) 130, 164-5, 234, 294-9, (payment refused) 164-5, 208, 247-8 criticized/defended: clamour in Parliament/Committee on Miscarriages, 159 & n.l, 164 n.l, 296 n.2; condemned by Council, 164 n.l, 429 n.5; P defends in speech to House of Commons, xxi, 429 n.4 investigation by Brooke House Commission/debate before Privy Council: Observations/answers, 294-9, 315-16; proceedings, 403-10, 424-6, 430-2; P admits possibility of blame, 409; P challenged by Commission, 419, 429-32; P’s notes, 411-16, 426-9 payment: arrears, 158-9, 207-8; instructions by Navy Board, 296-9, 403 & n.4, 404-5, 408, 412, 413, 415-16; notice of encashment, 159, 429 n.5 various: Comptroller’s responsibility, 176 n.l, 410; examination of counterparts impracticable in wartime, 403-4; precedents of First Dutch War, 331, 411, 429; printed forms, 411, 414, 429 ~ alluded to, 368, 383, 397 Tiddeman see Teddeman timber: abuses:embezzed, 69-70; short measures, 36 & n.2, 70, 77-9, 92, 117-18, 132-3 contracts/purchase: 5 & nn.2,3, 6, 15, 89-90, 168, 349 & n.2 defects: bad, 5 & nn.2,3, 6 & n.2, 91-2, 117, 132, 173, n.2; bent, 104 & n.l; cross-grained, 104; rotten, 36, 67, 132, 348, 349-50; rough, 89; unseasoned, 257; worm-eaten, 10 measurement/shape: 6, 70 & nn.1-3, 89, 104 particular cuts/uses: balks, 15, 51, 78; beams, 132; boards, 43; brush faggots, 261; chips, 69 (bis), 261; clapboard, 185; deals, 5 & nn.2,3, 7, 22 & n.4, 35, 43, 50, 70, 77_8, 79-81, 90, 96, 131,189, 305, 314, 323; firewood, 90 & n.l, 106; handspikes, 219; housebuilding, 173 & n.2; knees, 6, 49-50, 88-9, 91-2, 102-5, 131; pipestaves, 391, 392; plank, 6, 47 & n.l, 257, 261, 315, 321; scantlings, 117, 132-3,187; screws, 79; sheathing board, 14, 51, 57, 348; spars, 78, 131, (boathook) 219; treenails, 15 particular woods: ash, 321; deal, 72, 201 n.l, 391; fir, 290, 314, 322; lignum vitae, 15 (bis), 59; oak, INDEX 477 390 n.2; pine, 22 & n.4; spruce, 22 & n.4 provenance: Baltic (East-Country), 6, 47 & n.l; Bohemia, 47 n.l; England, 390 & n.2, (Essex) 15, 58, (Lines.) 183; Ireland, 392; ‘Normer’, 77 & n.l; Norway, (Drammen) 14, 51, 90, 314, (Langesund) 314, (Oslo) 75; prize, 131, 321, 322; Prussia, 50, 189; ‘Ribadeux’, 92; Scotland, 173 & n.2; Sweden, 305, (Svinesund) 314 see also masts and spars Tinker (Tincker), Capt. [John], master attendant, Portsmouth: 6, 111, 135 Tippetts (Tippet, Tippets), John [Kt 1672], master shipwright, Portsmouth 1660-8, Navy Commissioner, Portsmouth 1668-72; Surveyor of the Navy 1672-86, 1688-92: business: appointed Commissioner, 191-2 & n.; appointed Surveyor, 264 n.2; clerk, 196; duped, 59; information from, 16, 50, 54 & n.2, 105, 156, 184, 186-7, 188, 230-1, 264; investigates defects in provisioning, 220; P criticizes, (mast measurement) 54, (overlenient) 113; plank used by, 47; present at Board, 152, 168, 176, 179; signature, 150, 151, 153, 154, 172, 188 debate before Privy Council: P appeals to, 348; present, 346 ~ alluded to, 136, 152 Tooker (Tucker), John, Navy Office messenger and river agent: 382 & n.l, 394-5 Tower of London: official, 77 see also Ordnance Office; Robinson, Sir J. Tower Hill: 379 n.7 Treasurer, Lord see Southampton, Earl of Treasurer of the Navy: accounts/ duties, 276, 278-82, 316, 367-70, 385, 398, 424, 427, (tickets) 294-9, 403-16; comparison with Commonwealth, 370; poundage, 123 & n.5; resignation/removal, 202 & n.l see also Anglesey; Carteret; Littleton; Navy Treasury; Osborne, Sir T. Treasury: bills/orders, 258 n.l, 305; Brooke House Commission mainly concerned with, 337 n.3; P assisted in matters relating to, 337 Treasury, Commissioners (of 1667): letter to, 357; Navy Board attends, 216; P attends, 336, 337; payments, 158, 161-2 & n. Treasury, Commonwealth: 307 Treasury, Irish: 160 n.l treenails see timber Trelawny (Trelawney), Sir Jonathan, Comptroller to the Duke of York 1668-74, Commissioner of Prizes, Plymouth: 344 Trent, River: 183 n.l Trevor, Sir John, Secretary of State 1668-72: present at debate before Privy Council, 337 Trinity House: criticized, 129, 217; masters certified by, 265, 266 n.l; P at Election dinner, 217 & n.2 see also lighthouses; pilots Tucker see Tooker tuns see barrels Turkey: ambassador to (named), 224 & n.l Turner, Thomas, purveyor of petty provisions 1660-8 then storekeeper, Deptford: 66, 73 & n.l, 97 Turner, Aid. Sir William, Lord Mayor 1668-9, Brooke House Commissioner: present at debate before Privy Council, 343, 345, 377, 431; speaks there, 344; ~ mayoralty, 376 turnery ware: 290 Tyburn: execution at, 366 & n.4 United Provinces of the Netherlands: goods from: canvas, 27-8, 29, 30, 31; cordage, 40, 42; iron, 38 navy: Admiralty organisation, 400; P visits/observes naval management, 332, 334, n.2; prisoners, 323; recruitment, 259; seamanship, 224; show of force in English Channel, 16 n.2, 244 n.l; war expenses, 400-1 & n. trade: covert wartime, 350 & n.2; Dutch East India Company, 478 INDEX 209-10 & n., (cargo seized) 244 n.2; freedom of seas claimed, 228 n.4; prevented from obtaining Swedish masts, 362 various: Charles I’s navy in, 226 n.l; coast raided (1666), 162 n.l; Englishmen serve in, 165 see also War[s], Dutch Upton, [Hugh], merchant: 87,133 Uthwayt (Urthwaite, Uthwayte), John, clerk of the survey, Deptford: information from, 52, 104, 127 n.l, 402; malpractice suspected by P, 102; private work for Batten, 74 Vane, Sir Henry, republican politician: protects Perm, 20 Viborg (Wibrough, Wiburg), Sweden: tar from, 98 (bis), 107 Victualler of the Navy: accounts, 193 n.l, 403, 406 n.2, 407 see also Gauden Victualling Office, East Smithfield: 380 n.4 victualling, victuallers: abuses/ defects, 64 & n.7, 75-6, 123 & n.3, 128, 129-30, 133,138, 141-3, 178-9, 181 & nn.1,2, 215, 263; accounts/charges, 126, 176 n.l, 178, 183, 185, 211-12, 250, 402-3, 403, 406, (annual estimate to Duke) 426; investigation by Brooke House Commission/ debate before Privy Council, 299-300, 416-19; Navy Board’s ignorance, 129; payment in kind, 424-5; variety of employed in wartime, 418 victuals: carried to fleet, 364; extra for supernumeraries, 416; forfeiture, 233; freshness, 181; jettisoned, 141, 300, 416, 418-19; savings, 232; wastage, 216, 246, 266 particular beef, 105; beer, 105,128, 135, 220, 418; biscuit, 71 n.4; brandy, 105; bread, 7, 418; butter, 7,105; cheese, 105; cider, 105; fish, 105; flour, 105; fruit, 105; oatmeal, 105; oil, 105; pease, 105; pork, 105; rice, 105; suet, 105; water, 418; wine, 19, 105, 322, 418 Vyner (Viner), [Aid. Sir Robert (Kt 1665, Bt 1666)], goldsmithbanker: advice from, 3 & n.4. Wager, Capt. [Charles], naval officer: 207, 227, 232 Waith (Wayth), Robert, cashier to the Navy Treasurer: accompanies P, 67; contract for canvas, 44-5; criticized by Board, 161; grudge with Shish, 46; information from, 69, 69-70, 74,104; knowledge, (of cloth) 29, (of ironwork) 36-8; payment to, 63; present at passing accounts, 15 & n.2, 176, 250-1; undercuts competitor, 57 Walker, -, merchant: 314 Walker, Sir Edward, Garter King of Arms: 227 Walthamstow, Essex: Batten’s house, 74 & n.4 War, First Dutch: charge/expenses, 378 & n.2, 409, (iron) 38 & n.l, (uncleared at Restoration) 276; comparisons with second war, 330-1, 371, 378 & n.2; credits to pursers, 418; impressment rare, 203; prize, 95 n.3; purveyance, 365; smiths paid in kind, 356; soldiers, 222; tickets, 406 ~ alluded to, 20 & n.4, 284-5, 289-90 War, Second Dutch: approach: 16 & n.2, 59, 87, 97, 108, 134, 308, (causes discussed) 228-9, (date of commencement debated) 338 & n.2, 360, 366, 372 & n.3, 373 events: Four Days’ Fight, 239 & n.l, 364 & n.3; Holmes’s Bonfire, 162 n.l; Medway Raid, 134 n.l, 176-82,184 & n.l, 225 & n.4, 236, 247 n.l, 357 n.l, 400; other actions, 239, 416; termination, 112 finance: alleged diversion of funds, 336 & n.2, 366-7, 372-5; charge/ expenses, 221 & n.2, 279, 284-5, 339 & n.l, 378 & n.2, 426, (compared with Dutch) 400-1 & n. management: comparisons with first war, 330-1, 371, 400; impressment, 204, 205-6; Navy Commissioners’ duties, 397 reflections/repercussions: effect on INDEX 479 pay, 259; P’s memoranda, 128 x 143; rise in prices, 274, 301-7, 309; seamen’s distress, 234 War, Third Dutch: 260 n.l Ward, Lieut. James, naval officer: 243 Warren (Waren), Sir William, merchant: accounts/charges: alleged double payment, 395, 424-5; freight charges disputed, 166-71; imprests to defended by P, 358-60; long-delayed settlement, 148-54 & nn., 174-6, 192-4, 307-14, 344-5, 392 n.l, 422-3; passed, 393; prices, 14, 36, 307-9, (low/reasonable) 9-10, 11, 57,106, 115, 423-4, (overcharges) 174 n.l contracts with/goods from: Board’s favouritism alleged/refuted, 307-15; commission purchases in Hamburg, 174 n.l, 278 n.l, 392-3; particular commodities, (deals) 5 & nn.2,3, 79-81, (iron) 133, (knees) 6 & n.2, 49-50, 89, 91-2, (masts) 9-12, 13, 15-16, 18, 35-6, 80, 90, 106, 138-9, 344-66, 423-4 criticized: by Batten, 9-11, 51; by P, 311 n.2; by Wood, 22, 36 various’, commended by King and Duke, 422-3; information from, 12-13, 15-16, 36, 73, 148 n.3, 148-9, 192, 361 n.2, 366; letters to, 148, 310, 311; marine insurance, 392-3; partnership with Taylor, 7; pilots recommended, 129; present at Board, 149; security for imprests, 358-60; ship sold to, 319 ~ alluded to, 86, 285, 383, 387, 388, 390 Warwick (Warrick), Sir Philip, Treasury official: attends Lords Commissioners, 336, 337; business with P, 341, 366 ~ alluded to, 372 water bailliage: 35 & n.3 watermen: unfit or unwilling, 139 Waterson, Simon, Navy Office clerk: 196, 298, 299 & n.l Wayth see Waith wear and tear: 263 & n.2, 266, 403 Webber, -, merchant, Greenwich: 104 Wells, John, storekeeper, Deptford: 127 & n.l West Country: cloth from, 27-31; impressment in, 206 West Indies: fleets for, 134 (bis), 137-8, 245 & n.3 Weston, -, merchant: information from about iron, 38 We twang, Capt. [John], naval officer: 227 Whistler, [Henry], flagmaker: contract with, 24 & n.2, 52-3; goods from, 56 & n.l; tender, 49 ~ alluded to, 81, 82, 83 & n.2 White, -, merchant: 314 White, John, master: 173 Whitehall, Palace of: Duke’s Closet, 191; Robes Chamber, 179 ~ alluded to, 27, 131, 158, 243, 251, 252, 362 Whitfield (Whitfeild, Wittfeild), Nathaniel, Ticket Office clerk: information from, 404, 411, 414 & n.l ~ alluded to, 130, 297, 298 Wibrough, Wiburg see Viborg widows and orphans: 250-1 & n. Williamson, -, merchant, Thames Street: 82 Williamson, Sir Joseph, Undersecretary to Arlington and Keeper of State Papers 1660-74, [Secretary of State 1674-8]: signature, 265 Wilson (Willson), T[om], Navy Office clerk; storekeeper, Chatham 1667-76: information from, 154-5, 236; victualling business, 67 Winchester, Hants.: gaol delivery, 125 Winter, Sir John, Secretary to Queen Henrietta Maria: iron interests, 356 n.3 Winter, [Thomas], merchant: contract for timber, 6 & n.2 Wood, Capt. [Robert], naval officer: 319 Wood, William (I), merchant: charges, 73, 107, 423, (freight) 364, (high) 424; checks Warren’s masts, 73; contract for masts, 16, 35-6, 309-10; criticizes Warren’s contract, 349-50; deals from valued, 50; deposition by, 433; favoured by Batten, 10 & n.3, 16 & n.l, 23; insists on seaman 480 INDEX to command his ship, 183-4; letters to, 309-10, 311; masts from, 53-5, 67-8, 73, 95-6, 101, 107; monopoly of mast trade, 308; partnership with Howell and others, 122; P argues with, 11-12 & nn., 22-3; ropeyard practices, 40; sale of old cordage to, 6; tenders, 10-11 & nn., 67, 80-1, 349-50, 361; trickery, 114-15 ~ alluded to, 89-90, 102, 422 Wood, William (II), [son of the above]: deals in masts, 54, 81 wool see cloth Woolwich, Kent, dockyard: abuses: 64-5, (negligence) 108, (theft) 63-4 goods at/from: canvas, 52 n.l; cordage, 74; flags, 56; hemp, 140; masts, 35-6, 55, 309; timber, 15, 80, 91-2; treenails, 15 officers: assistant shipwright, 116; clerk of the cheque, 90; glazier’s shop, 25; letter to, 140; Pett family’s domination, 19 n.l P visits: 56, 68, 74 ships: building/launch, 5 & n.l, 37 & n.2, 43 & n.l, 47, 73, 186-8 & n.; hulk, 184, 247; sunk for blockade, 318-19 ~ alluded to, 95, 351 see also Ackworth; Bodham; Bowyer; Byland; Deane; Dowson; Falconer; Fletcher; Mayers; Pett, C; Russell; Sheldon; Smyth Worcester House, Strand, [Lord Chancellor Clarendon’s residence]: 362 workmen: wages, 139 & n.l Wren, Sir Christopher, architect: 136 n.3 Wren, John, messenger: 136 & n.3 Wren (Wrenn), Matthew, Secretary to the Duke of York 1667-72: clerk, 136 & n.3; discusses finance with P, 159; favours gentlemen/noble commanders on land/at sea, 223^1; information from, 216-17, 230, 236-7, 252; letters/orders to, 136, 193, 210; present at Board, 179, 185; sympathetic to Mennes, 193^ ~ alluded to, 148 n.l, 192, 211, 245 yachts see ships Yarmouth, Great, Norf.: goods from/ via, 40, 387; schoolmaster, 238; seamen recruited, 227 York (Yorke), James, Duke of, the King’s brother and heirpresumptive, Lord High Admiral 1660-73, [King James II 1685-8]: appointments/personnel: agrees to removal of Mennes, 148 n.l, (to his being assisted) 311, 345, 359; approves seamen as commanders, 183-4; chooses Smith as Commissioner, 211; commends Warren, 423, (appoints him purveyor) 365, (receives his advice) 361-2; dismisses master, 131; fixes carpenters’ hours of work, 45 & n.l; increases Navy Office staff, 284; increases storekeepers’ salaries, 288; orders to Capt. O’Brien, 224 n.l; prevented from evaluating captains, 209; promises advancement to Navy Office clerks, 76; punishes negligent muster-masters, 291-2 & n.; punishes pursers, 418; rebukes Jennens, 179 business: authority as Lord High Admiral, 158, 162; business submitted to for decision, 178, 181, 242; care for balancing storekeepers’ accounts, 401; consulted over contracts, 53, 347; Navy Board attends/reports to, 76,126-7, 133, 158-9, 161, 176, 179-80, 183, 199, 216, 219-20, 251, 255-6, 301-5, 362, 385, 399, 420, 421, (Mennes only) 85, (Penn only) 244; Navy Board responsible to, 405; recommends register of attendance at Board, 253 n.5; reforms urged, 342 & n.2; saves ships from sale, 256-7; warrants, 418 debate before Privy Council: criticizes Brooke House Commissioners, 433; dissatisfied with their report, 375; examines ticket produced by Brouncker, 430; letter read, 401; proposes publication, (of Commission’s satisfaction by Board) 343, (of INDEX 481 vindication of King’s conduct) 374-5; speaks, 347, 366, 381, 386; supports Board over imprests, 360 instructions/orders from: (i) General Instructions to Navy Board (1662): 189, 194, 214, 274, 279-80, 284, 285, 286, 287-8, 288, 289, 291, 292, 293, 296, 300, 316, 335, 345, 354 & n.l, 365, 369, 370, 377, 386 & n.l, 388 & n.2, 389, 391 & n.l, 396, 397, 398, 403 & n.5, 406 & n.2, 407, 412, 415, 417 & n.2, 419, 420, 426, 428, (not to be literally interpreted) 389 (ii) additional instructions to Board: (1665), 279; (1668), 146-7, 214 & n.2, 252 & n.l, 253 n.5, 290, 401, 402, 415 (Hi) instructions to commanders: (1669), 176 & n.2, 178-9, 300, 412 & n.3, 417 & n.2; (1672), 264 & n.l (iv) occasional orders: captains’ pay, 244 & n.l; collisions/leaks, 131-2; commission purchases, 174 n.l, 278 & n.l; finance, 77, 133, 158-61, 161 & n.2,162 & n.l, 163, 175, 344; fleets to sea, 16 n.2, 48; hire of ship for ambassador, 220; hulks, 185, 188; laying up ship, 160; report on administration, 191 & n.2: sale of small vessels, 256-7; stop to press warrants, 210 letters/information from: 181-2, 209, 210, 251-2, 258, 362, (‘farewell’ letter) 354 & n.2, 388, 420 letters/petitions/reports to: 134-5, 136, 137, 146, 176, 179-80, 181, 184, 187, 191-2, 230, 249, 265, 283, 299, 301-7, 315, 347, 415, 426-7 relations with P: address from P, 332-3; attended by P, 339, 341-2; comments recalled by P, 138, 209, 220; orders P to attend examination of Carteret’s business, 334; P advises/reports to, (defence of Navy Board) 334, 341-2, (impressment) 203-10, (naval administration) 191 & n.2, 210, 251-2 & n., 342 & n.2, (personnel) 192-3, 230, (Stop of the Exchequer) 258; P meets in Park, 341; P’s service to, 324, 328-9; seconds/supports P, 211, 230, 340, 342, 359, 389, 419; special command for absence, 326, 397 sea command: 125 n.l, 158, 238-9 & n., 244, 245, 266, 354 n.2, (attended by Coventry) 397 & n.2 various: at Oxford during Plague, 421; friends, 232 n.2, 239 n.l; mocks Petty’s ship, 27; opponents, 225 n.2; recollections, 362; reflections on naval architecture, 220; ship admired by, 59 n.l; wit, 408; yacht Anne, 63 & n.2, 214 ~ alluded to, 275 Yorke, Edmond, merchant: 33 Young, -, merchant [? the following]: 172 Young, [John], flagmaker: bill, 63; contract, 48-9, 52-3, 81-5; fear of impressment, 84; goods from, 56 & n.l ~ alluded to, 24, ? 172 APPENDIX TO INDEX Authority is here cited where possible for the forenames supplied (in square brackets) in the Index for these categories of persons: Navy Office officials, dockyard officials, sea officers, merchants. In addition to abbreviations listed above, pp. xv-xvi, the following are here used: Collinge J. M. Collinge, Navy Board Officials 1660-1832 (1978) DNB Dictionary of National Biography (1st edn) Heal A. Heal, The London Goldsmiths 1200-1800 (1935) Ackworth, William: CSPD 1658-9, p. 431 Aldridge, Henry: Collinge, p. 81 Andrews, Thomas: Diary, x. 8 Baddicott, William: CSPD Add. 1660-85, p. 431 Badiley, William: Diary, x. 17 Barker, William: Diary, vii. 420 Barnes, Alexander: CSPD 1666-7, p. 390 Barrow, Philip: Diary, x. 20 Beach, Richard: CSPD 1665-6, p. 108 Berry, John: CSPD 1665-6, p. 131 Blackborough, Peter: CSPD Add. 1660-85, p. 420 Bland, John: Diary, iii. 158 Body, George: CSPD 1668-9, p. 126 Bowen, Peter: Tanner, Catalogue, i. 328 Bowyer, Thomas: Bodl. Lib., Rawl. MSS A 180, p. 375 Bowyer, William: CSPD 1665-6, p. 134 Boyce, Richard: CSPD 1665-6, p. 554 Bridges, Richard: Diary, . 292 Burroughs, William: Collinge, p. 89 Cadbury, Humphrey: Bodl. Lib., Rawl. MSS A 180, p. 375 Capp, John: Further Corr., p. 263 Chester, Thomas: CSPD 1664-5, p. 131 Chicheley, Thomas: Diary, x. 60-1 Child, Josiah: Diary, vi. 255 Chiverton, Richard: Diary, x. 62 Clapham, John: CSPD 1667, p. 185 Clothier, John: CSPD Add. 1660-85, p. 420 Cocke, George: Diary, x. 69 Cole, Christopher: CSPD Add. 1660-35, p. 427 Coleby, Philip: CSPD 1666-7, p. 390 Colepeper, Judith: DNB (Colepeper, John) Cowley, Thomas: CSPD 1666-7, p. 509 Creed, John: Diary, i. 86 Darcy, Thomas: Tanner, Catalogue, i. 342 Dering, Edward: Diary, iv. 415 Doggett, John: CSPD 1665-4, p. 130 Dowson, Richard: Bodl. Lib., Rawl. MSS A 180, p. 375 Dry, James: CSPD Add. 1660-85, p. 126 Dyson, John: CSPD 1664-5, p. 131 Eastwood, Roger: Bodl. Lib., Rawl. MSS A 180, p. 375 Edgehill, William: Bodl. Lib., Rawl. MSS A 180, p. 375 Elliott, Thomas: CSPD 1665-6, p. 259 Errington, ? Ralph: CSPD 1666-7, p. 314 Ferrer, Robert: Diary, x. 130 Fist, Anthony: Collinge, p. 101 Foley, Robert: Diary, x. 142 Fownes, William: Bodl. Lib., Rawl. MSS A 180, p. 375; A 212, p. 425 Gibbons, Thomas: Collinge, p. 103 Gibbs, John: CSPD 1664-5, p. 134 APPENDIX TO INDEX 483 Godolphin, Francis: CSPD 1668-9, p. 234 Grey, Edward; CSPD Add. 1660-85, p. 429 Grimsditch, John: Tanner, Catalogue, i. 357 Haddock, Richard: Tanner, Catalogue, i. 358 Halsall, James: Diary, vii. 145 Harper, Thomas: Diary, x. 169 Harrington, William: Diary, x. 169 Harris, John: CSPD 1664-5, p. 134 Hart, John: Tanner, Catalogue, i. 362 Hayter, Thomas: Collinge, p. 109 Hayward, John: Tanner, Catalogue, i.363 Hebdon, John: Diary, iv. 175 Heling, Daniel: Tanner, Catalogue, i. 364 Herbert, Charles: Tanner, Catalogue, i. 364 Hill, William: Tanner, Catalogue, i. 365 Holt, Nathaniel: PRO, ADM 20/9, p. 2 Houblon (brothers): Diary, x. 193 Hubbard, John: Tanner, Catalogue, i. 369 Johnson, Benjamin: Bodl. Lib., Rawl. MSS A 212, p. 447 Johnson, Henry: Diary, vi. 236 Kingdon, Richard: Diary, vi. 319 Kingsbury, Austin: CSPD 1668-9, p. 635 Knip, William: CSPD 1664-5, p. 132 Langston, Anthony: Tanner, Catalogue, i. 375 Lanyon, John: Diary, x. 229 Legg, William: Diary, x. 230 Le Neve, Richard: Tanner, Catalogue, i. 378 Lewsly, Thomas: PRO, ADM 106/ 3520, f. 18r Lloyd, John: Tanner, Catalogue, i. 378 Lowe, Henry: CSPD 1664-5, p. 135 Lyell, Patrick: CSPD 1665-6, p. 548 Mason, John: CSPD 1667-8, p. 122 May, Thomas: CSPD 1665-6, p. 9 Meynell, Francis: Heal, p. 205 Mitchell, John: CSPD Add. 1660-85, p. 425 Moore, John: CSPD 1668-9, p. 2 Morecock, John or Robert: CSPD 1664-5, p. 131 Myngs, Christopher: DNB. Tanner, Catalogue, i. 387 Nicolls, Henry: CSPD 1667-8, p. 401 Osborne, Henry: CSPD 1667-8, p. 11 Pearse, Andrew: CSPD 1656-7, p. 517 Perriman, John: CSPD Add. 1660-85, p. 185 Pointer, Thomas: Collinge, p. 132 Poole, William: Tanner, Catalogue, i. 394 Povey, Thomas: DNB Pritchard, William: Tanner, Catalogue, i. 396 Pugh, James: Collinge, p. 132 Pumpfield, Edward: CSPD Add. 1660-85, p. 110 Rainsborough, Thomas: DNB (Rainborow) Rawlinson, Daniel: CSPD 1663-4, p. 638 Reymes, Bullen: CSPD Add. 1660-85, p. 171 Rider, William: Further Corr., p. 19 Ridge, Richard: CSPD 1668-9, p. 649 Risby, Henry: CSPD Add. 1660-85, p. 242 Roberts, George: CSPD 1668-9, p. 497 Robinson, Robert: Tanner, Catalogue, i. 399 Rundall, Edward: CSPD 1663-4, p. Ill Sansum, Robert: Tanner, Catalogue, i. 402 Scott, Thomas: Tanner, Catalogue, i. 403 Scale, Thomas: Tanner, Catalogue, i. 403 Shales, John: Further Corr., pp. 68, 69 Shish, Jonas: Diary, x. 397 Shorter, John: CSPD Add. 1660-85, p. 428 Silvester, Edward: CSPD 1664-5, p. 131 Slater, John: Bodl. Lib., Rawl. MSS A 212, p. 425 Smith, Edward: CSPD 1664-5, p. 136 Smith, Robert: Collinge, p. 139 Stacey, John: CSPD 1664-5, p. 132 Stanley, William: Further Corr., p. 288 Stapely, Joseph: CSPD 1665-6, p. 132 Stockman, Isaac: CSPD Add. 1660-85, p. 424 Teate, Richard: Tanner, Catalogue, i. 412 484 APPENDIX TO INDEX Teddeman, Thomas: Tanner, Wetwang, John: Tanner, Catalogue, Catalogue, i. 413 i. 421 Tinker, John: CSPD Add. 1660-85, Whistler, Henry: CSPD 1664-5, p. 135 p. 232 Wilson, Tom: Diary, x. 488 Upton, Hugh: CSPD Add. 1660-85, Winter, Thomas: CSPD Add. p. 331 1660-85, p. 89 Vyner, Robert: DNB. Heal, p. 261 Wood, Robert: Tanner, Catalogue, i. Wager, Charles: Tanner, Catalogue, 426 i. 418 Young, John: Diary, x. 493
Robert Latham was born 11 March 1912 and was educated at Wolstanton Grammar School, Newcastle-under-Lyme and Queen’s College, Cambridge where he received a double first in History. In 1935 he was appointed an Assistant Lecturer at King’s College, London and a Lecturer in 1939. After the war he was promoted to Reader in History (1947 – 1972) and Dean of Men at Royal Holloway College. In 1968-69 he was Professor of History at the University of Toronto. In 1970 he moved to Magdalene College Cambridge initially as Research Fellow, and then from 1972 as Pepys Librarian and to 1984 as a Fellow of the College. From 1984 to 1994 he was an Honorary Fellow. As Pepys Librarian he had charge of the remarkable collection of books, prints and manuscripts which Pepys left to his old College. He devoted the best part of his life to the study of the diary, and to producing the definitive edition of The Diary of Samuel Pepys. He was awarded the CBE in 1973, and was fellow of the British Academy in 1982He died at Cambridge on 4 January 1995.
This work – The Diary of Samuel Pepys: A New and Complete Transcription – was published over the period 1970 – 83. It was described in The Times by Bernard Levin as “the absolutely complete and un-improvably definitive edition … so exceptional that it can be said to have set new standards of scholarship. The index to the Diary series, completed with his wife, is a full volume itself, made up of about 900 pages.
His published works include
• The Illustrated Pepys (Bell & Hyman, 1978).
• With William Matthews The Diary of Samuel Pepys, G Bell, 1970 – 1983.
• Pepys: Extracts From The Diary (Bell & Hyman, 1983).
• The Shorter Pepys (Bell & Hyman, 1985).
• A Pepys Anthology (Unwin Hyman, 1987).
• Samuel Pepys and the Second Dutch War (Navy Records Society, 1995).
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