Pett was the most famous of a famous family of shipbuilders, the constructor of the Sovereign of the Seas and the Prince Royal, and a leading figure in the early Stuart Navy. His autobiography covering his life from his birth in 1570 up to 1638 is here printed from the manuscript in his own hand, with a number of related documents.
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ABINGTON, Mr., 23
Adams, Mr., 2
Adams, William, 56 n., 57 n.
Addey, John, master shipwright, xxiii, 11, 173, 174, 178
Admiral, Lord High, xxvii, xxxv–xxxvii, 205
Admiralty, Committee of, xxxvii, xxxix
— Court of, xxxvi
— judge of, xxxv, xxxix, lxxxix, 205
— Lords Commissioners, xxxv, lxxxvi, xcix, 155, 211
— officers of, 205
Adye. See Addey
Alabaster, Mr., lix
Alexander, Mr, 23, 97, 98
Algiers, expedition against, lxxxiii, 122, 124, 139, 211
Alice Holt, 30
Allison, Sir William, 161
Andrews, Lawrence, 57
Anne of Denmark (Queen), visit to ships at Chatham, 29; launch of Prince Royal, 80–81; mentioned, 76
Antwerp, 72
Apsley, Sir Allen, victualler of the navy, 104
Apslyn, John, 178, 183
Apslyn, Nathaniel, assistant master shipwright, 150
Arches, Court of, 14
Arundel, Earl of, 89
Austen, Thomas, master attendant, 166
a Vale, John, boatswain, lvii, 19, 86
Aylesbury, Thomas, xlii, xc; secretary to Nottingham, 104; surveyor of navy, 150 n.
BACON, Sir Francis, lxi n., 103
Bagwell, Mr., 159
Baker, James, xx, xxi, xxii
Baker, Mathew, master shipwright, grants to, xxii, xxiii, xxiv; emoluments, xxviii; master of Shipwrights Company, xxx; instruction given to Phineas, liii; letter of Phineas to, liii; Phineas’ opinion of, lv; his opinion of Phineas, lxvii; report on Prince Royal, lxxv; MS. on shipbuilding, lxxix, lxxxi; Phineas attempts to serve him, 3; rebuilds Triumph; 6; employs Phineas, 6; builds Repulse, 6; employs Phineas and assists his studies, 7; malicious envy of, 11; reversion of post to Phineas, 23; envious enemy, 24; Golden Lion and Swiftsure at Deptford, 29; commission of inquiry, 33; combines against Phineas, 38, 43; evidence before inquiry, 44; inquiry before James at Woolwich, 48, 55, 60; censured by James, 63; appointed to survey materials for Prince Royal, 68; rebuilds Red Lion, 68; Waymouth relates intrigue, 74; rebuilding Merhonour, 112; sickness and death, 112; mentioned, 173, 174, 178, 183, 207
Barbary, voyage to, 5
Barker, Mr. 15, 20
Barking Creek, 150
Barwick, Mr., cousin, 151
Beake, Robert, 207
Beaulieu, 126
Bend, midship, 59
Bent, 128
Bertie, Robert. See Lindsey
Best, T., 216
Bingley, Sir Richard, surveyor of the navy, 92; survey at Chatham, 92–3
Birchington, 85
Bishop Ness, 152
Blackheath, 83
Blacktail Sand, 158
Blackwall, 21, 34, 93, 163
Blankenberghe Sconce, 109
Bludder, Sir Thomas, victualler to the navy, before Commission of Inquiry, 34; inquiry at Greenwich into abuses, 69
Blyth, Prior of, xvi
Boate, Edward, master shipwright, lxxx, 154
Bodman, Thomas, assistant master shipwright, 17
Bonanza, 26
Bond, William, xvii
Borough, William, comptroller of navy, xxiii n.; house at Limehouse, 9
Bostock, Mr., 153
Boulogne, 135
Bourne, Robert, 124, 183
Bowles, Charles, 151, 161
Bradshaw, Captain Robert, 106
Brakes, The, 133
Brancepeth Park, xcviii, 160
Bridlington, 159
Briggs, Henry, inquiry at Woolwich, lxxxii, 59 and n.
Bright, —, senior, shipwright, lxx
Bright, Wm., master shipwright, succeeds to Chapman, xxiv; emoluments, xxviii; his opinion of Phineas, lxix; report on Prince Royal, lxxv; envy of, 11, 24; the Commission of Inquiry, 33; combines against Phineas, 38, 43; evidence before inquiry, 45; inquiry before James at Woolwich, 48, 55, 60; censured by James, 63; Waymouth relates intrigue, 74; mentioned, liv n., 178, 183
Bristol, 178, 205
Bromadge, Robert, 57
Brooke, Francis, clerk of stores at Portsmouth, 144
Brooke, John, clerk of check at Portsmouth, 144
Brooke, Lord. See Greville, Sir Fulke
Brooke, Wm., 78
Brunning, Thomas, 124
Brunswick, Duke of, visits Chatham, 134
Brygandin, Robert, xvii
Buck, Sir Peter, clerk of the check at Chatham, 3; clerk of the ships, 3 n., 55 n.; knighted, 3 n.; mentioned, 15; the commission of inquiry, 33
Buck, Thomas, the Commission of Inquiry, 33; inquiry before James at Woolwich, 55
Buckingham, Duke of, Lord High Admiral, visit to Chatham, 120; obtains blank patent of baronetcy for Phineas, 121; journey to Spain, lxxxviii, 125; lands in Scilly Islands, 131; release of Phineas from prison, 139; mentioned, 133, 138, 139; murder, 140; letter to, 212
Buckwell, 151
Bull, Richard, shipwright, xxi, xxii, xxiii
Bull, Wm., master gunner of England, fires salute at Woolwich, 35, 36
Burgess, Mr., master of Resistance, 26
Burghley, Lord, lord treasurer, model for, 7; house at Theobalds, 8
Burrell, Andrewes, 124, 145
Burrell, Wm., master shipwright, emoluments, xxviii; principal master workman of East India Co., 39; the inquiry at ‘Woolwich, lxxxi, 56 n., 57; ships built for East India Co., 75; proposal to build ship in Ireland, 95; Commissioner of Inquiry (1618), lxxxiii, cii, 119; enemy of Phineas, 119, 120; builds Happy Entrance and Reformation. 121; Algiers committee, 122; malice of, 124, 137; made assistant to the principal officers, 143; repair of ships, 144; Portsmouth Harbour, 145; mentioned, 55 n., 136, 183; death, 145
Bursledon, xlvi
Bury, 12, 161
Button, Captain Sir Thomas, cii; the Commission of Inquiry, 34, 67; inquiry into abuses at Greenwich, 69; ship for n.W. Passage, 95; return to England, 112; captain of Antelope, 133; mentioned, 37, 97, 135
Button, Mrs., 37, 67
Bygatt, Wm., 55
Byland, Mildred, married to Phineas, 168 n.; presented to Charles, 168; death, 171
CADZAND, 111
Caesar, Sir Julius, lxi n.
Cales (Cadiz), lxi, 26
Calshot Castle, 127
Cambridge, Emmanuel College, 2, 161; The Falcon, 161; Trinity College 161; mentioned, lii, 59
Camphire, 110
Campion, Sir William, 151
Canewdon, 2
Cant, The, 94
Canterbury, 170
Canterbury, Archbishop of, 101; visits Prince, 115
Carlisle, Earl of, 127
Carpenter, master, xvi, xix
Carr, Leonard, 159
Carr, Sir Robert, 132
Cassant Point, 111
Cateroll, Thomas, 57
Caulker, xix
Cecil, Sir Robert. See Salisbury
Cecil, William. See Burghley
Chadwick; Charles, 2
Chaloner, Sir Thomas, lxxxii, 59, 89
chamber, 35
Chandler, Edward, 124
Channel (English), 109
Channel (Queen’s), 108
Chapman, Richard, master shipwright at Deptford, grant to, xxiv; Phineas bound apprentice to him, liii, 3; death, xxiv, 3
Charing Cross, 114, 138
Charles I, Duke of York, 76, 81; Prince of Wales, visits Woolwich, 114; journey to Spain, lxxxviii, 125; at Santander, 128–30; rescue by Defiance, 129; endeavours to make peace between Dunkirk and Holland men-of-war, 130; lands in Scilly Islands, 131; lands at Portsmouth, 132; gives Phineas gold chain, 132; attends Parliament, 133; proclaimed King at Chatham, 134; visits Rochester, 134; visits Prince Royal at Dover, 135; plans of ships, 136; release of Phineas from prison, 139, 141; gives Phineas blank patent for baronetcy, civ, 139; creates Phineas an assistant principal officer, 143 and n.; principal officer, 145; launch of Vanguard, 146; visit to ships at Portsmouth, 148; visit to Charles, 150; brown paper stuff, 153; launch of Unicorn and James, 154; suspends Phineas and others, xc, 155; favour to Phineas, 155; visit to Leopard, acquaints Phineas of intention to build Sovereign of the Seas, xci, 156–7; renews privy seal for Phineas, 157; visits to Woolwich, 162–63; salvage of Anne Royal, 163; attempted launch of Sovereign, 165; directs Mansell to name her Sovereign of the Seas, 166; visits ship, 167; orders ship from Chatham to, Woolwich, 168; visits her at Gravesend and expresses satisfaction, 168; Phineas and Peter visit, 171
Charles Lewis (afterwards Elector Palatine), 162, 163
Charles, Prince (afterwards Charles II), model for, 156
Chatham, mentioned, passim; Queen’s House on the hill, 2; manor, 15; survey of navy, 78; visit of Prince Henry, 88–90; of his suite, 98; church, 100, 105, 120, 137, 141, 148, 164, 171; preparations for transport of Lady Elizabeth, 103; visit of Nottingham 104, 111; of King of Denmark, 114; the Brook, 116; Commission of Inquiry, 119; visit of Buckingham, 120; survey of Prince, 124; Charles proclaimed at Hill House, 134; survey of ships, 137; general survey of navy, 144; visit of Charles, 147; Sovereign at, 168
Chatham dockyard, surrendered to Parliament, xcix; mutiny, 18; storehouses, 17, 20, 147; old dock, 89, 147; pinnaces built, 96, 137; new dock, 120, 147, 152; Prince Royal docked, 125, 134, 212; Phineas’ house in new dockyard, 149, 170; launch of Sovereign, 165–6
Chelsea, 8, 102
Chester, Mr., Prince Royal inquiry at Woolwich, 54
Chevreuse, Duchess of, 167
Chichester, 151
Child, Mr., 10
Chopwell Woods, xcviii, 160
Cinque Ports, 116, 206
Clay, Nicholas, shipbuilder, report on Prince Royal, lxxv; the Commission of Inquiry, 33; inquiry before James at Woolwich, 49, 55, 60; mentioned, 178, 183
Cleve, Sir Christopher, 121
Clifton, John, purser, the Commission of Inquiry, 33; inquiry before James at Woolwich, 55
Clyncker, xvi, xix
Coke, Sir John, secretary of state, Commission of Inquiry, 119; dislike of Phineas, 126, 155; brown paper stuff, 153, 155, 156; mentioned, xxvi, 165, 216; Coke, Walter, 216
Cole, Katharine, Peter visits, at Woodbridge, 150; match discussed, 152; married, 154
Cole, Mrs., arrangements for marriage of daughter, 152; marriage of daughter, 154; mentioned, 150, 162
Cole, Thomas, 57, 154 n., 178
Collier, Christopher, 116
Collins, George, lvii; action-at-law against Phineas, 18
Commission of Inquiry
(1608), lviii et seq.; procured by Northampton, 32; its proceedings, 33–4, 38–70
(1613), Mansell objects to, 111
(1618), lxxxiii, lxxxix; appointed, 118; Phineas to assist, 119; works at Chatham, 120; plot against Phineas, 120; survey of Prince Royal, 124
(1626), xxxix n.; survey of ships, 137; dissolved 138
Commissioners of the navy. See Navy Commissioners
Committee of Public Safety, xcix
Commons, House of, Shipwrights’ Co., xxxvi, xxxviii
Cooke, William, master attendant, 151, 153, 165, 166
Cooper, Mary. See Pett
Cooper, Mr., death, 117
Corbett, John, lxi n., lxxvii
Cork, 4, 5, 6
Cotton, Sir Robert, lviii n., lxi n., lxiii, lxxvii
Council. See Privy Council
Council of State, xxxviii
Cowes, 123, 148
Cranfield, Sir Lionel, 118
Crompton, Sir Thomas, lxi n.
Cromwell, Sir Oliver, visit to Chatham, 29; re-names Ark Royal as Anne Royal, 37; mentioned, 89; Phineas visits, 161
Crowe, Sir Sackville, treasurer of the navy, 138
DAGENHAM, 19, 20
Dalton, William, 140
Dartford, 112
Dartmouth, 205
Dawes, John, 56
Day, Jonas, 55 n.
Deal, 170
Dearslye, John, 124, 145 n.
Denmark, King of (Christian IV), visit to Chatham, 28; visit to Woolwich and Chatham, 114
Deptford, 80-112, 144
Deptford Dockyard, xlvii, lxxxiii; site, 1; Golden Lion and Swiftsure docked at, 29; Red Lion launched, 68; mentioned, 84; Happy Entrance and Reformation built, 121; Antelope docked, 134; St. Denis at, 146; launch of Henrietta Maria in presence of King and Queen, 149; James launched, 154
Deptford Strond, derivation of name, 1
Diggens, Nicholas, 56 and n., 57 n.
Ditton Park, 143
Doderidge, Sir John, lxi n.
Doncaster, 161
Dorset, Earl of, commissioner of Admiralty, 155
Dover, 25, 172; castle and pier, 116; road, 132, 135; town and castle, 169
Downs, the, lxxxiv, 116, 123, 126, 133, 135, 169, 170
Drake, Sir Francis, 6
Drown devil, 71 n.
Dublin, visit to, 5; Divelinge, 5 n.
Duck, David, shipwright, lviii; friend and neighbour, 19; yard at Gillingham, 24; chooses trees at East Bere, 28; inquiry at Woolwich, 57; mentioned, 93
Duckett, Sir George, possessor of the MS., ix
Duller, 94 n.
Dunkirk, pirate, 16; men-of- war, 130
Dunwich, xlvi
Durham, 159, 160, 161
Durham, Bishop of, xcviii, 160
Dymocke, Thomas, 178, 183
EARL Marshal, xxxvi
East Bere, 27, 28
East Country Merchants, xxxvi
East India Company, lxxxiii
East India Dock, 163
Edisbury, Kenrick, 150; informs against Phineas and Sir H. Palmer, 153, 155; surveyor of navy, 155, 165
Edmondes, Michael, 56
Elizabeth, Princess, mentioned, 76, 81, 162 n.; visit to Woolwich 77; marriage and festivities, 102–3; transportation to Holland, 103–10; at Margate, 108; lands at Flushing, 109; at Middleburg, 110
Elizabeth, Queen, 10, 18, 60
Elye, John, 57
England, 177, 178, 179
Erith, 123, 167
Essex, Earl of, Phineas desires to follow, 8
Etherington, Mr., 171
Eye, xliv
FAIRLIGHT, 126
Fareham, 144
Farnham, 145
Felton, John, 140
Ferne, Sir John, 123
Fleming, Denis, Clerk of the Acts, brown paper stuff, xc, 155
Fleming, Mrs., 152
Flim-flam, 39
Floor, of ship, 37
Flushing, 72, 109, 110, 111
Folly John Park, 143
Foxe, Captain Luke, cii, 159
France, 91
Franklyn, Rev. Mr., 138
Frating, xlviii
Frederick, Elector Palatine, marriage to Lady Elizabeth, 102 n., 103; transportation to Holland, 103–10; at Margate, 108; lands at Flushing, 109
Freeman, Mr., sues Phineas for debt, lxxxvi, 139, 141
Fryer, Colonel Sir Thomas, 140
Fuller, Rev. Thomas, xlii
Fuller, Thomas, 56
Furring, lxviii
GAD’S Hill, 113
Gawdy, Sir Bassingbourn, xlv
Geare (Geere) Captain, 54, 107
Geere, Michael, 54 n.
Geere, William, 54 n.
George, Prince of Denmark, xl
Gibbons, John, 139
Gibbons, William, mate and purser of Resistance, 26; master, 78; North-west Passage, cii, 97
Gibraltar, 123
Giles, Captain Edward, captain of Spy, 122; mentioned, 133, 135
Gillingham, lviii, 17, 24, 94, 104, 105, 111, 125, 151, 153
Glemham, Edward, captain, 4
Goddard, Henry, master shipwright, xxvi, xcix, 144, 150; builds Henrietta Maria, 149
Gofton, Sir Francis, 119
Gondomar, Count of, 129
Gonson, Benjamin, 3 n.
Goodale, Edward, master carpenter of Gallion Constance, 4
Goodwin, John, master attendant, 150
Goodwin, John, professor of mathematics, 14
Gore, The, 85, 123
Gore End Road, 91
Grantham, 161
Grass, 127
Graves, Thomas. See Greaves, John
Gravesend, 21, 26, 85, 87, 89, 90, 91, 93, 95, 99, 111, 113, 114, 116, 123, 148, 168, 169, 171Gravesend ferry, 162
Greaves, John, report on Prince Royal, lxxv; the Commission of Inquiry, 33; inquiry before James at Woolwich, 55; survey of Prince, 124; worm at Portsmouth, 145; mentioned, 183
Greenhithe, 20, 167, 168
Greenwich, school at; 2; Court at, 14; inquiry at, 68; Park, 126; mentioned, 25, 82, 84, 91, 95, 98, 111, 142, 148, 157, 166
Grene, Ralph atte, xvi
Grent, John, 196
Griffin, John, 116
Griffin, Robert, 116
Greville, Sir Fulke (Lord Brooke), treasurer of the navy, lvi, lxv; disfavour of, 11, 15, 17; favour of, 18; chancellor of the exchequer, 117; plots against Phineas, 126
Groyne (Coruna), lx, 25, 26
Guildford, 151
Guisborough, 159
Gunfleet, 111, 126, 169
Gunter, Edmund, xci n.
HALFWAY tree, 87
Hamilton, Marquis of, 126; 146
Hamon, Christopher, 116
Hampton Court, 92, 127, 136, 141, 157, 167, 171
Hampton, Thomas, 57
Handcraft, John, boatswain of Prince Royal, 136
Harling, xlv
harten, 106
Harwich, xlvii, 151, 152, 153, 154, 158, 172 n.
Hawkridge, William, cousin, cii; 116, journey to Portsmouth, 151; Arctic exploration and capture by pirates, 151 n.
Hawkridge (niece), 120
Hawkyns, Sir John, last voyage, 6
Head, John, 178
Hedger, William, 183
Hendon, 28
Henrietta Maria, Queen, transportation to England, 135; launch of ship named after her, 149; attempted launch of Sovereign, 165; visits ship, 167
Henry VIII, shipwrights under, xvii; annuity granted, xx
Henry, Prince, lxvi; small vessel for, 21; visits ship, 21; receives Phineas as his servant, 23; visit to Chatham, 29; model presented to, 31; visit to Woolwich, 34–6; inquiry before James at Woolwich, 52, 61, 62; encouragement of Phineas, 50, 60; satisfaction at result of inquiry, 66; launch of Red Lion, 68; pardons Waymouth, 75; feast and tournament at St. James’s, 76; visit to Woolwich, 76, 77; gives Phineas a buck, 78–9; launch of Prince Royal, 81–4; visit to, 86; visit to Chatham, 88–90; to Gravesend, 90; dissatisfaction at survey made at Chatham, 92; proposal to build ships in Ireland, 95; pinnace for, 96; his trust in Phineas, 97; intention to provide for him, 98; sickness and death, 100; funeral, 101; mentioned, 25, 27, 63, 72, 73, 75, 87, 174
Hepworth, xlv
Herbert, Sir Arnold, 121
Herbert, Philip. See Montgomery
Herbert, William. See Pembroke
Heyward, Samuel, 122
Heywood, Thomas, xlii
Highwood Hill, 9, 10, 17, 19, 20, 28, 117
Hobart, Sir Henry, lxi n.
Hodierne, John, 164
Hoggekyns, John, xvi
Holborn, Robert, shipwright, xxi
Holder, xvi, xix
Holderness, Earl of, 127
Holding, John, timber keeper at Chatham, 15
Hole Haven, 93, 169
Holland, 110
Holland, Earl of, 146
Holliday, William, 55 n.
Hollond, John, c
Hone, Dr., 14, 16
Hooton, xliv
Horsleydown, 178
Howard, Charles. See Nottingham
Howard, Henry. See Northampton
Howard (Lord) of Effingham. See Nottingham
Howard, Lord Thomas, lord chamberlain, requests James to restrain Phineas from quarrelling with the in formers, 65; mentioned, 23
Howard, Lord William, Vice-Admiral in Anne Royal, 105
Howell, Rev. Mr., assists Phineas to enter Emmanuel College, 2
Hudson, Henry, Hudson’s Strait, lxx, ciii; North-west Passage, 95 n.
Hull, 205
Huntingdon, 161
INCOME, 9 n.
Ingram, Sir Arthur, 161
Inquiry, into case of Prince Royal before James I at Woolwich, 52–68; into abuses in the navy at Greenwich, 68–70. See also Commissions of Inquiry
Ipswich, 19, 178, 205; Angel Inn, 151; Greyhound Inn, 162; shipwrights of, xxxvi
Ireland, building ships in, 95; mentioned, 133, 136
Ireland, George, 55
Isackson, Paul, 207
Isackson, Richard, ship-painter, 142, 151
JACKSON, George. See Duckett
Jackson, Sir Robert, 142
James I, mentioned, lxvi, 45, 50, 72, 75, 99, 121, 125; proclamation of, 19; at Tower, 21; journey by water to Parliament, 25; visit to ships at Chatham, 24, 29; model of great ship, 32; story of the ravens at Lisbon, 32; Northampton’s inquiry, 32; Nottingham delivers Phineas’ letter, 42; orders investigation at Woolwich, 42; report, 46; Northampton complains, 47; resolves on personal inquiry, at Woolwich, 47, 51; directions to Phineas, 48; surveys Prince Royal and opens inquiry, 52; conducts the inquiry, lxxxi, 58, 61; speech at conclusion, 62; thanks Northampton, 61; censures the informers, 63; encourages Phineas, 63; clears and commends Nottingham, 64; acknowledges Nottingham’s services, 65; charges Phineas not to quarrel with the informers, 66; attitude to Phineas during inquiry, 67; launch of Red Lion, 68; inquiry at Greenwich into abuses in the navy, 68–70; launch of East India Company’s ships, 75–6; feast and tournament at St. James’s, 76; visit to Prince Royal at Woolwich, 77; launch of Prince Royal, 80–2; imprisons Mansell in Marshalsea, 111; concern at sickness of Phineas, 113; visits Woolwich, 114; commands Phineas to assist Commissioners (1618), 119; gives Phineas blank patent for baronetcy, ciii, 121; names the Happy Entrance and Reformation, 121; Phineas takes leave of, 126; visits fleet at Portsmouth, 126; death of, 134
James II, warrant to Shipwrights Co., xxxix
Jenkins, Thomas, 57, 85, 86, 183
Jobson, Humfrey, 197
Johnson, Thomas, 56
Jones, William, 56
Jordan, Edward, 56, 57 n.
Jordon, Edmund, 183
KECH, John, xvi
Keling, Edward, xxxviii
Kellie, Earl of, 127
Kelm, William de, xvi
Kent, 151
Keymer, Mr., mediates between Waymouth and Phineas, 72–3
King, John, master attendant, master of Flemish ship, 9; Prince Royal inquiry, 56; captain of Mathew, 85, 86; master of Prince Royal, 86, 104; master of Rainbow, 130; mentioned, 89, 91, 93, 97, 99, 115
King, William, assists Phineas, 5
King’s Bench, Court of, xxxvi
Kingston, 127, 171, 172
LA BODERIE, Sieur de, French Ambassador, visit to Prince Royal, 79
Lambeth, 22, 127, 140
Landguard Point, 152
Launching, ceremony at, 81, 83
Lawrence, William, xc
Legatt, John, clerk of the check at Chatham, the Commission of Inquiry, 34; inquiry into abuses at Greenwich, 69; Prince Henry stays at his house, 88; dinner at, 99; Nottingham stays at, 105, 111; mentioned, 89, 98
Legatt, Mrs., 122
Leigh, 91
Lennox, Duke of, 167
Levant, voyage to, 5
Leveson, Sir Richard, lx
Lewes, 15I
Light horseman, 91 n.
Limehouse, model built at, 7; yard at, 7, 8, 24; house at, 9, 10, 13, 17, 19; mentioned, 21, 27, 178
Lindsey, Earl of, 143
Lisbon, visit in Resistance, lix, 25; ravens of St. Vincent, 32
Lizard, 25
London, mentioned, 5, 91, 93, 101, 102, 126, 127, 136, 137, 139, 151, 161, 171; Algiers committee of merchants, lxxxiv, 122; All Hallows, Barking, 16; Birchin lane, 5; Bridge, 21; Compter in the Poultry, 139; Dolphin, 16; Fleet prison, 139, 141; Friday Street, 76; Gresham College, 59; Inns of Court, 103; King’s Head, 31, 99, 112; Lord Mayor, 205; Marshalsea, xxxv, lvii, 111; Mincing lane, 144, 154; Paul’s wharf, 22; plague, 19; St. Dunstan’s church, lxxxvii; St. James’s, 50; St. Mary Overy, 103; shipwrights, vide sub voce; Somerset House, 114; Three Cranes, 73; Tower, 35; Tower Street, lxxxvii, 79
Long Sand Head, 108
Love, Captain Thomas, 125, 133
Lydiard, Hugh, clerk of the check at Woolwich, xci n.; Joseph and Phineas lodge with, 9; the Commission of Inquiry, 33; Joseph born in his house, 34; salute in his garden, 35, 36; banquet in parlour, 36; Phineas and friends dine in his parlour, 37; Northampton at his house during inquiry, 51; inquiry before James, 55; Prince Henry at his house, 81
MAINWARING, Sir Arthur, purchase of Resistance, 96, Mainwaring, Sir Henry, purchases Resistance, 96; pinnace for Lord Zouch, 116, 117; captain of Prince Royal, 131
Malaga; lxxxiv, 123
Man-of-war, private, 4 n.
Mansell, Lady, 37, 67
Mansell, Sir Robert, xiii, lix, lx, lxi, lxvi, xci; treasurer of the navy, 24; part owner of Resistance, 25; purchases trees, 27; the Commission of Inquiry, 34, 38; plot revealed to, 40; inquiry before James at Woolwich, 49, 51, 57, 67; inquiry at Greenwich, 69; launch of Prince Royal, 80, 82, 83; sails to Chatham in, 86–7; Prince Henry’s visit to Chatham, 88–90; sham sea-fight, 102; committed to Marshalsea, 111; attends King of Denmark on visit to Woolwich and Chatham, 114; entertains Archbishop of Canterbury, 115; visits Chatham with Buckingham, 120; expedition against Algiers, lxxxiv, 122; names the Leopard at Woolwich, 157; launch and naming of the Sovereign of the Seas, 166–7; mentioned, 27, 28, 37, 68, 79
Mar, Earl of, 89
Margate, Lady Elizabeth at, 108; road, 108; mentioned, 92, 169
Marie de Medicis, Queen Mother of France, 172
Marsh, James, 183
Marten, Sir Henry, judge of Admiralty, xxxv, xxxvii
Mason, Captain, 140
Masters attendant, 102, 119, 145, 166
Maurice, Prince of Orange, on board Prince Royal, 109
May, John, 183
Medway, lxxix, 152
Melcheburn, Thomas de, xvi
Melcheburn, William de, xvi
Meriall, Michael, 56
Meritt, Hugh, master attendant, the Commission of Inquiry, 33; inquiry at Woolwich, 54; master of Anne Royal, 106
Meritt, Richard, liii; report on Prince Royal, lxxv; purveyor in forest of Shotover, 30
Meryett. See Meritt
Middleburg, 110
Middleton, David, captain of Expedition, 91
Middleton, Sir Henry, Prince Royal inquiry at Woolwich, 54
Milbourne, Rev. Dr., 99, 100
Miller, Captain, 54
Mins, Jarvis, 19
Minster, church, 94
Models, for Lord Treasurer, 7; for John Trevor, 14; for Prince Henry, 31; James intends to compare it with Prince Royal, 32; upon wheels for Prince Charles, 156; of Sovereign of the Seas, 157
Mompesson, Sir Giles, waste of timber, 118
Montgomery, Earl of, 127
Moore, Captain, 54
Moptye, John, xlvii n.
Morgan, Captain, lx, 25
Morice, Roger, master attendant, 108
Mould, 95 n.
Moyle, Captain, 151
Murray, Sir David, 31
NAVY (abuses in), inquiry moved by Mr. Wiggs, 10; Northampton’s inquiry, 32; See also Commissions of Inquiry
Navy Commissioners, xxxix, xl, lxxx, lxxxv, lxxxix, xcviii, c, 136; their actions questioned, 137
Needles, The, 123
Newark-upon-Trent, 161
Newcastle, carvel, 14; mentioned, 158, 159, 180, 205
New Forest, 118
Newman, Rev. Mr., marries Rachel Pett, 2
Newman, Richard, 186
Newport, Captain Christopher, Prince Royal inquiry at Woolwich, 54; master of Centaur, 85; mentioned, 56 n.
Nicholas, Edward, lxxxvii, 211
Nicholls, Ann, Phineas meets, 9; and marries, 10; sickness, 17; birth of John, 17; of Henry, 18; at Highwood Hill, 19; birth of Richard, 28; of Joseph, 34; of Peter, 78; of Ann, 100; sickness and birth of Phineas, 115; of Mary and Martha, 117; sickness, 118; birth of Phineas, 120; birth of Christopher, 121; death, 137; mentioned, 20, 77, 85, 93, 111, 113, 123, 124, 127, 132
Nicholls, John, death, 76
Nicholls, Katherine, 78; death of, 136
Nicholls, Richard, father-in- law, 10; death of, 117
Noise, band of musical instruments, 20, 21, 34
Noman’s Land, 132
Nonsuch, 78
Nore, 87, 150; head, 21, 91
Norreys, Captain Thomas, the Commission of Inquiry, 33; Prince Royal inquiry at Woolwich, 54; inquiry into abuses at Greenwich, 70; Commissioner of Inquiry (1618), lxxxiii, 119; Phineas under him, 120
Northallerton, 161
North America, cii
Northampton, Earl of, lxx, lxxvii; inquiry into abuses in the navy, lxi, 32; his book of reformation, lxiii, 37; combination against Phineas, 38, 43; result of inquiry reported, 46; complains to James, 47; inquiry before James at Woolwich, 51, 52, 57; James thanks him, 62; discontent at result of inquiry, 67, inquiry at Greenwich, 69; attempts to reopen inquiry into Prince Royal, 69; Waymouth relates intrigue, 74; the Anne Royal, 107; imprisonment of Mansell, 111; death, 114
North Foreland, 71, 108, 116, 126, 169
Northumberland, Duke of, Lord High Admiral, xxxv; Phineas and Peter visit, xcix, 172
Northwest Passage, Waymouth, lxx, ciii, 71; Button, 95, 97, 112
Nottingham, Earl of, Lord High Admiral, xlix, lvi, lix; commission of inquiry, lxi; house at Deptford, 7; expedition to Cadiz, 7; Phineas becomes his servant, 8; gives employment, 10; gives appointment at Chatham, 15; order to build small vessel for Prince, 20; visits ship, 22; christens it as Disdain, 23; presents Phineas to Prince Henry, 23; grants Phineas reversion of master shipwright, 23; supports Phineas against Baker and Bright, 24; journey to Spain, 25; makes Phineas master shipwright on death of Joseph, 27; model for Prince Henry, lxvi, 31; the Commission of Inquiry, 33; plot revealed to, 41; delivers Phineas’ letter to James, 42; inquiry at Woolwich, lxxiv, 42; ordered to arrange for inquiry before James at Woolwich, 48; consults on course to be taken, 49; inquiry at Woolwich, 51, 57; receives James there, 52; cleared and commended by James, 64; speech in reply, 64; brings Phineas to take leave of James, 66; returns to Whitehall, 67; appointment of master shipwrights to survey the materials for Prince Royal, 68; orders for apprehension of Waymouth, 72; pardons him, 75; launch of Prince Royal, 81–3; survey at Chatham, 92; arrangements for transport of Lady Elizabeth, 101–3; sham fight, 102; commands fleet, 103; visits Chatham, 104–5; favour to Phineas during voyage, 105; Anna Royal aground, 106; at Margate, 108; at Flushing, 110; Middelburg, 110; at Chatham, 111; deputation of shipwrights, 112; concern at sickness of Phineas, 113; visits Woolwich and Chatham with King of Denmark, 114; Phineas takes leave, 127; mentioned, 20, 21, 28, 29, 32, 40, 50, 70, 73, 103, 112, 116, 176
Nunn, Rev. Thomas, xlviii; marries mother of Phineas, 2; sisters and brother left in his care, 11; manslaughter of Abigail and trial, 11; conviction and pardon, 12; death, 12
OAKHAM Ness, 150, 154
Ooze edge, 94
Orlop, 79 n.
Ortegal, Cape, 128
Osborn, Richard, xxi
Osborne, Sir John, 119
Oxford, 142
PAGLESHAM, 8
Palmer, Henry, junior, 151
Palmer, Lady, 151
Palmer, Sir Henry, comptroller of navy, mentioned, liv, lvii, lxiii 15, 27; the Commission of Inquiry, 34; launch of Prince Royal, 80, 83, 84; captain of Rainbow, 130; journey to Portsmouth, 151; brown paper stuff, lxxxix, 153, 155; release of Phineas from arrest, 154; Phineas visits, 170
Parker, George, 151
Parkins, Sir Charles, lxi n.
Parry, Sir Thomas, lxi n.
Pay, Rev. Dr., 99; chaplain to Lord William Howard, 105
Peers, House of, xxxviii
Pembroke, Earl of, lord chamberlain, 126
Pennington, Sir John, dimensions of Royal Sovereign, xci; appointment as Lord HighAdmiral, xcix; captain of Vanguard, 135; Rochelle expedition, 138; release of Phineas from prison, 139; assists Phineas in prison, 141; sells baronetcy for him, 142; Admiral of fleet in Downs, 169, 170
Pepys, Samuel, transcribes the MS., vii, ix, x, civ; mentioned, xl, liii, xcvii
Perin, Robert, 19
Petre, Lord, mentioned, 34
Pett, early instances of the name, xliii; family of, xlii; genealogical tables, 1, li
Pett, Abigail, killed by stepfather, 12
Pett, Ann (wife). See Nicholls
Pett, Ann (daughter), birth of, 100
Pett, Ann (wife of Christopher), 168
Pett, Arthur, 56
Pett, Christopher, xcvii; birth of, 121; voyage to Harwich, 151, 153; in north of England, 161
Pett, Elizabeth (mother). See Thornton
Pett, Elizabeth (sister), ill-treatment by stepfather, 11; at Limehouse, 13; death, 13
Pett, Elizabeth (widow of Peter), arrest of Phineas for debt due to her, lxxxvi, 154
Pett, Henry, birth, 18, 28; death, 112
Pett, John (great-grandfather), xlvi
Pett, John (son), birth, 17, 28; voyage to Spain, 125; return, 132; goes to Ireland, 133; married, 136, 138; captain of merchant ship, 137; captain of Sixth Whelp, 138; takes leave, 140; lost at sea, 140–1
Pett, Joseph, master shipwright, grant to, xxiv; mentioned, xlvii, xlviii, liii; succeeds his father, Peter, 4; unkindness to Phineas and Noah, 4; loan to Phineas, 5; sheathes Defiance, 6; employs Phineas, 6; rebuilds Triumph, 6; yard at Limehouse, 7, 8; employs Phineas on Elizabeth Jonas, 9; lack of assistance from, 13, 15; reconciliation, 15; reversion of post to Phineas, 23; wharf at Limehouse, 24; death, burial at Stepney, 27; mentioned, 174, 178
Pett, Joseph (son), birth, 34; death, 136
Pett, Joseph (nephew), mentioned, 151, 153; his wife mentioned, 158
Pett, Katharine. See Cole
Pett, Lydia, xlviii; death, 76
Pett, Martha, birth of, 117; married to John Hodierne, 164
Pett, Mary (sister), ill treatment by stepfather, 12; at Limehouse, 13; sickness, 14; death of husband, 117; death, 137
Pett, Mary (daughter), birth of, 117; death, 118
Pett, Mildred. See Byland
Pett, Noah, xlviii; emigrates to Ireland, 4; master in Popinjay, 5; drowned at Cork, 6
Pett, Peter (of Harwich), xliv, xlvii
Pett, Peter (of Deptford), master shipwright: grants to, xxi, xxii, xxiii, xxiv; grant of arms, xliv, 218; father of Phineas, 1; lodging at Chatham, 2; death, 2; ships built by, xlvii; lxx; his children, lxviii, l
Pett, Peter (of Wapping), xlii, xlv, xlviii, lxix; death, lxxxvi; assists his brother, 4, 5; woods at Paglesham, 8; purveyor in forest of Alice Holt, 30; mentioned, 78, 113, 178, 183
Pett, Peter (son of Peter of Wapping), voyage in Disdain, 93; builds the Sixth Whelp, 139; builds James, 154; mentioned, 120, 145 n.
Pett, Peter (the younger), service as tutor, 12; ill-treatment by father-in-law, 12; lives at Limehouse, 13; clerk in Arches, 14; death, 16
Pett, Peter (son), commissioner at Chatham, ix; Shipwrights’ Company, xxxvii, xxxix; rebuilds Prince Royal, lxxxi; plan of Sovereign, cxvii; portrait, ci; birth of, 78; builds Charles, 149; voyage in Henrietta, 151; arrangements for marriage, 152; journey to Woodbridge, 152; to build new ship, 153; married to Mr. Cole’s daughter, 153; visit to father at Chatham, 156; builds Leopard at Woolwich, 156–7; sets out for north of England, 158; timber for Sovereign, 160; return to Woolwich, 162; on board Sovereign, 169, accompanies father to King, 171; and Lord Admiral, 172
Pett, Phineas, the manuscript, vii; table of his relations, 1; of his family, li; birth, 1; school at Rochester, 1; at Greenwich, 2; enters Emmanuel College, 2; misfortunes from his mother’s second marriage, 2; apprenticed as shipwright, 3; serves under Mathew Baker, 3; ships as carpenter’s mate in the Constance, 4; assisted by a stranger, 5; misery of voyage, 5; lands in Ireland and visits his uncle at Dublin 5; returns to London and lodges with his brother Peter, 5; assistance of brother Joseph, 5; employed on Defiance and Triumph, 6; employed by Baker on Repulse, 7; instruction given by Baker, liii, 7; makes model for Burghley, 8; presented to Nottingham, lvi, 8; employed by Joseph, 8; courtship, 9; takes house at Limehouse, 9; married to Ann Nicholls, 10; unemployed, 10; purveyor of timber in Suffolk and Norfolk, 11; trouble over the accounts, lvi, 11; takes care of his brother and sisters, 12; model made for Trevor, 14; studies mathematics, 14; appointed storekeeper at Chatham, 15; reconciliation with Joseph, 15; takes house at Chatham, 16; nearly captured by Dunkirker, 16; assistant master shipwright, 17; contractor for victualling, 17; sued at law for striking George Collins, lvii, 18; undertakes to fit out fleet, 18; voyage to Ipswich, 19; journey to Highwood Hill, 19; works on Answer, 20; his letter to Baker, liii; builds Disdain for Prince Henry, 21; voyage up the Thames, 21; presented to Prince Henry, 23; granted reversion of master shipwright’s place, 23 173; builds Resistance, 24; voyage to Spain in her, lviii, 25; returns to Chatham, 26; journeys to East Bere, 26, 28; succeeds Joseph as master shipwright despite opposition of Stevens, xxv, 27; King of Denmark visits Chatham, 29; works on Ark Royal and Victory, lxiv, 30; journeys to Alice Holt and Shotover, 30; elected master of Shipwrights’ Co., 30; makes model for Prince Henry, lxvi, 31; interview with James I, 32; Commission of Inquiry (1608), 32; entertainment of Prince Henry, 34; launch of Anne Royal, 37; lays keel of Prince Royal, 37; hostility of other shipwrights, 38; warned by Vicars, 38; frustrates Waymouth, 40; seeks help of Mansell and Trevor, 40; and of Nottingham, 41; Nottingham visits James, 42; inquiry ordered, lxxiv, 42; inquiry at Woolwich, lxxv, 44; anger of Northampton, 46; James decides on personal inquiry, 47: support of Prince Henry, 50; proceedings of inquiry before James, lxxxi, 51–66; James exonerates him, 63; favoured by James, 68; inquiry into abuses at Greenwich, 69; the case of the Resistance, lviii, 70; Waymouth appeals to him, 73; displeasure Prince Henry, 75; feast at St. James’s, 76; Prince Henry visits him, 76; the Prince and James examine the Prince Royal, 77; visitors to the ship, 77; survey of the navy, 78; journey to Nonsuch, 78; preparations for launching, 79; failure to launch, 81; disappointment of James, 82; Prince Royal launched, and named by Prince Henry, 83; removes from Woolwich to Chatham, 85; Resistance sails for the Straits, 85, 93; embarks in Prince Royal, and sails to Chatham, 86; journey to London, 87; visit of Prince Henry to Chatham, 88; takes leave at Gravesend, 90; search for Arabella Stuart, on board Resistance in storm, 91; reproved by Prince Henry for survey of navy, 92; voyage in Disdain, 93; at Woolwich, 94; choice of, ship for n.W. Passage, 95; takes leave of Button, 96; builds Phoenix, 96; sells Resistance, 96; visit to Prince Henry, 97; visit of Prince’s suite, 98; master of Shipwrights’ Co., 99; portrait commenced, ci, 100; grief at death of Prince Henry, 101; journey to London and preparations for marriage and transport of Lady Elizabeth, 102; takes lodging in Westminster, 102; sham sea fight, 103; preparation of fleet, 104; embarks in Prince Royal, 105; Prince Royal put aground, 106; sails for Netherlands, 109; visits Flushing and Middelburg, 110; returns to England, 111; takes over Merhonour on death of Baker, 112; falls from horse, 112; taken ill on journey to Westminster, 112; returns to Woolwich, 113; fall in Merhonour, 114; royal visits to Woolwich and Chatham, 114; removes to Chatham, 114; builds Destiny for Raleigh, lxxxviii, 115, 117; purchases land at Chatham, 116; master of Shipwrights’ Co., 116; builds pinnace for Lord Zouch and sails to Dover, 116; employed in New Forest, 118; Commission of Inquiry, (1618), lxxxiii, 119; placed under Norreys, 119; makes dock at Chatham, 120; visit of Buckingham, 120; James gives him patent for baronetcy, 121; builds pinnaces for Algiers Expedition, lxxxiii, 122; sails to Malaga, 123; returns to Chatham, 124; Prince Royal prepared for voyage to Spain, 125; letter to Buckingham 212; sails to Santander, lxxxviii, 126; Prince Charles at Santander, 128; returns, 130; at Scilly Islands, 131; lands at Dover, 132; presented with gold chain and attends Prince to the Parliament, 133; colliers fitted as men-of-war, 133; storm in the Downs, 133; visited by Charles I, 134; sails to Boulogne to fetch Henrietta Maria, 135; plans for small ships, 136; appointed on Commission of Inquiry (1626), 137; death of wife, 137; married to Mrs. Yardley, 138; building of Lion’s Whelps, 138; arrested for debt, lxxxvi, 139; Charles I gives him patent for baronetcy, 139; murder of Buckingham, 140; returns from Portsmouth to Chatham, 140; imprisoned in the Fleet, 141; repairs dock at Woolwich, 142; falls from horse, 142; surrenders house at Chatham, visits various forests, 142; appointed assistant principal officer, 144; at Portsmouth, 144; taken ill on journey home to Woolwich, 145; appointed a principal officer, 145; Charles attends launch at Woolwich, 146; removes to Chatham, 147; Charles visits Chatham, 147; at Portsmouth, 148; returns to Chatham, 149; entertains Charles at Woolwich, 149; returns to Chatham in Henrietta, 150; journeys to Portsmouth; 150; returns to Chatham, 151; sails to Harwich in Henrietta, 151; at Woodbridge, 152; returns to Chatham, 153; sale of brown paper stuff, lxxxix, 153, 155; at Harwich, 153; Woodbridge, 154; return to Chatham, 154; arrested at instance of sister-in-law, lxxxvi, 154; model for Prince Charles, 156; Charles commissions him to build a great ship, xci, 156; model of the Sovereign, 157; receives arrears of pension, 157; voyage to Yorkshire, 159; visits Foxe, 159; at Newcastle, 159; selects trees in Chopwell and Brancepeth, 160; leaves Durham for London, 161; visits Cambridge, 161; returns to Chatham, 162; keel of Sovereign laid, 162; assists in salvage of Anne Royal, 163; Charles visits Woolwich, 162, 163; death of wife, Susan, 164; failure to launch Sovereign, 165; launched, 166; royal visit to ship, 167–8; embarks in Sovereign, 169; in the Downs, 169; disembarks at Deal and returns to Chatham, 170; death of wife, Mildred, 171; visits Charles, 171; visits Northumberland, 172; the last years, xcix; his death, c; character and ability, ci; interest in arctic exploration, cii; Virginia Co., ciii; income, ciii: motive in writing the autobiography, civ
Pett, Phineas (seventh child), birth of, 115; death, 118
Pett, Phineas (tenth child), birth of, 120
Pett, Phineas (son of John), birth of, 141
Pett, Phineas (grandson), lends Pepys the MS., ix
Pett, Sir Phineas, ci
Pett, Rachel, marries Rev. Mr. Newman, 2; death, 3
Pett, Richard (son of Peter), xlviii
Pett, Richard (son), birth of, 28; mentioned, 127, 140; foreman at Chatham, 137; accompanies father to prison, 141; death, 143
Pett, Thomas, of Skipton, xliv, xlv
Pett, William, master shipwright, xxiii, xlvii
Pett, William, xlix n.
Pett, William (nephew), 120
Pette, William, xlvi
Phillips, Sir Edward, lxi n.
Phineas, derivation of name, lii, l
Pickasee, Mr., victualling at Chatham, 17
Picks, William, 183
Pitt, William, 119
Plague, 19
Plats, 95
Plumstead, 77
Plymouth, 205; Sound, 128, 214
Popham, Sir John, lord chief justice, 13
Pole, William de la, xvi
Pope, Mr., lvii
Portsmouth, xxi, xlvi, 126, 127, 132, 138, 140, 151; Dock, 144; examination of harbour, 144; worm at, 145; Queen’s Head, 148; King at, 148; survey at, 150
Pory, John, mediates between Waymouth and Phineas, 72–3
Price, Rev. Dr., 101
Prime, Thomas, 57, 178
Principal Officers of the Navy, 81, 99, 102, 119, 138–9, 142, 145, 147, 148; Phineas, created assistant to, 143; meet in Mincing Lane, 144, 146
Privy Council, inquiry before James at Woolwich, 52; release of Phineas from prison, 139; mentioned, 29, 68, 72, 76, 81, 122, 138
Prytly, 108
Puniett, Thomas, 85, 86, 123
Pyham, Rev. John, 120, 136
QUEENBOROUGH, 25, 88, 89, 91, 93, 105, 106, 126, 158
RABYE, Nicholas, 178
Radclyffe, Francis, 121
Rainham, 16
Ralegh, Sir Walter, lxxxviii; Phineas contracts to build Destiny, 115; launched, 116; mentioned, 116, 139, 211
Rammekens, 110
Ratcliff, 20, 77, 91, 118, 139, 178; Phineas lodges at, 101; Mercury and Spy built at, 122
Redriff (Rotherhithe), company of shipwrights, xxxii; court of shipwrights, 40; common hall, 116; mentioned, 178, 181, 182, 205
Red Sand, 123
Redwood, Thomas, 54
Reynolds, Henry, appointed to survey materials for Prince Royal, 68
Reynolds, John, master gunner of Prince Royal, 86, 90, 97, 107; mentioned, 98; master gunner of England, 133
Rich, Henry. See Holland
Richmond, 31, 92, 97, 98
Rickman, Robert, 54
Rochelle, ships for expedition, 138; mentioned, 140
Rochester, Free School, 2; Boley Hill, 16, 20; proclamation at, 19; college of, 116; St. Margaret’s Church, 138; Crown Inn, 147; King at, 148; mentioned, 99, 100, 115, 205
Rock, Thomas, ship-painter, ci, 19, 100
Rogers, Thomas, xlvii n.
Rotherhithe. See Redriff
Rupert, Prince, 162
Russell, James, 178
Russell, Mrs., 120
Rutland, Earl of, Admiral of fleet fetching Prince Charles from Spain, 127, 131
Rye, 26
SACKVILLE, Edward. See Dorset
St. Helens, 132
St. James’s Palace, 23, 88, 100, 101, 132, 156
St. John, Captain Sir William, 88
St. Mary Creek, 87, 105, 125, 126, 154, 171
St. Vincent, ravens of, 32
St. Vincent, Cape, 123
Salisbury, Earl of, lord high treasurer, advises James not to discharge men working on Prince Royal, 48; the inquiry before James at Woolwich, 57; mediates on behalf of Waymouth, 72, 74; search for Arabella Stuart, 91
Salmon, R., 216
Sandis, Edwyn, xcix
Sandwich, 135, 136
San Lucar, lix, 26
Santa Maria (Cape), 26
Santander, 26, 125, 128, 130
Scarborough, 159
Scavelmen, 82 n.
Scilly Islands, mentioned, 130; Prince Charles lands, 131; stays in Castle Hugh, 132; leaves, 132
Scotland, xlvi
Scotland Yard, 156
Seames, The, 141
Seaton, Colonel Sir John, xcix
Seville, 26
Sharpe, Robert, 57, 93
Sheerness, 87, 94
Sheldon, Francis, clerk of check at Woolwich, 153
Sheppey, Isle, 94
Ships, Shipwrights’ Company to examine, xxxii; armament of, of Holland, lxxiii, 130; Flemish, 9; Newcastle carvel, 14; little, for the Prince, 21; pinnace for the Prince, 96; for Lord Zouch, 116; general survey, 119; ketch, 130; Dunkirk, 130. See also Models
Ships, named, merchant:
Althea, 85
Archangel, lxx
Centaur, 85
Constance, 4
Destiny, lxxxvi, lxxxviii, ciii, 54 n., 117, 211, 217
Discovery, lxx 95 n., 97 n.
Dolphin, 133
Expedition, 54 n., 91 n.
Godspeed, lxx
Mathew, 85
Mercury, lxxxiv, ciii, 122, 217
Peppercorn, 75, 76
Resistance, lviii, lxiii, lxviii, cii, 24–26, 70, 77, 78, 84, 85, 91–3, 95. 96, 217
Resolution, cii, 95 n., 97 n.
Spy, ciii, 122, 217
Trade’s Increase, 75, 76
Ships named, royal:
Achates, xlvii
Advantage, xlvii
Anne Royal (See also Ark Royal), lxiv, 34, 35, 37, 103, 105–7, 163
Answer, liii, lxviii, 20, 24, 217
Antelope, 125, 133, 134, 213
Ark Royal, 21, 29, 30, 37, 217
Bear, lxx, 25, 29
Bonaventure, 95
Britannia, ci
Charles, 149, 150, 164 n., 217
Convertive, lxxxvii. See also Destiny
Crane, lvii
Defiance, xlvii, 6, 94–5, 112, 114, 115, 129, 217
Disdain, 23, 93, 102, 217
Dreadnought, 95
Elizabeth Jonas, lxxx, 9, 10, 24, 29, 115
Foresight, lix, lx
Fortune Pink, 156
Garland, 170
George, 213
Golden Lion, 29, 56 n.
Grace Dieu, xvii, xlvi
Greyhound, xlvii, 163, 217
Happy Entrance, 121
Henrietta, 137, 151, 153, 217
Henrietta Maria, 149
Henri Grace à Dieu, xvii
James, 154
Leader barge, xxii
Leopard, 156, 157
Lion, 103, 147
Lion barge, xxii
Lion’s Whelps, 17, 138, 149
Maria, 137, 148, 217
Mary Rose, 215
Merhonour, lxvii, 94, 95, 112, 114, 115, 217
Moon, xlvii, lxviii, 17, 217
Pheonix, 96, 104, 217
Popinjay, 5
Primrose, 19
Prince Royal, lxvi–lxxxii, lxxxix, civ, 37–68, 77, 79–87, 90, 99, 103–110, 114, 115, 119, 124–7, 134, 147, 207, 212, 214, 217
Rainbow, xlvii, 130
Red Lion (See also Golden Lion), 68
Reformation, 121
Regent, xvii, xlvi
Repulse, lvii, 6
Roebuck, 163, 217
St. Denis, 146, 151 n.
St. George, 125, 132
Sovereign of the Seas, ix, xlii, lxxix, xci–xcix, c, ci, 156, 162, 164–171, 214, 217
Spy, 103
Swiftsure, xlvii, 29
Triumph, 6, 7, 115
Unicorn, lxxx, 154
Vanguard, 135, 142, 146
Victory, lxiv, lxvi, 29, 146
Warspite, xxii
Shipwright, master, origin of, xv; rate of pay, xviii, xxvii; two classes, xxviii; mentioned, xxi, lxiv, 95, 102, 145, 119
Shipwrights, early, xv; scale of pay, xix; petition for incorporation, xxix, 175; Waymouth’s criticisms of, lxxi; deputation to Lord High Admiral concerning arrears of pay, 112; Commission of Inquiry (1618), 119; of Thames, 124; launch of Sovereign, 164
Shipwrights, Company of (incorporated), origin of, xxix; charter of 1605, xxix, 176; charter of 1612, xxx, 179; its powers, xxxii; opposition of rivals, xxxiii; parliamentary powers sought, xxxvii, xxxviii, xl; in difficulties, xxxviii; ceases to function, surrenders charter and attempts to obtain new one, Phineas elected master, 30, 99, 116; Court at Redriff, 40
Shipwrights, Company of (London), origin, xxxiii; disputes with incorporated company, xxxiv; exempted from its jurisdiction, xxxv
Shoreham, 72, 151, 171
Shorn, xliii
Short, John, clerk of check at Chatham, 171
Shorten, 109 n., 127 n.
Shotover, 30, 142, 149, 153
Shrewsbury, Earl of, 89
Simonson, Martha, 20
Simonson, Mrs., 20, 115
Simonson, Nicholas, dock at Ratcliff, 77; launch of Prince Royal, 80; suicide, 118; mentioned, 9, 57, 178, 183
Sion House, 172
Skipton, xliv
Sluis, 109
Smith, Robert, messenger, 146
Smith, Sir Thomas, 118, 122, 126
Smith, Thomas, c n., ci
Smyth, John, shipwright, xxi
Southampton, xlvii, 178, 205
South Sand Head, 169
Southwark, 103 n.
Southwold, 10
Spain, voyage to, lix, lxxxi, lxxxviii, 2, 125–32, 214
Spencer, Lawrence, boatswain of Prince Royal, 86
Spicke, Mrs., 113
Spits, The, 108, 158
Stamford, 161
Starland, Mr., 147
Start, The, 26
Stephins, William, shipwright, xxii
Stepney, 10, 27
Stevens, Edward, master shipwright, xxii; grant to, xxv; report on Prince Royal, lxxv; reversion of master shipwright’s place, 20, 23; fails to obtain it on death of Joseph, 27; the Commission of Inquiry, 33; combines against Phineas, 38, 43; evidence before inquiry, 45; inquiry before James at Woolwich, 49, 55, 60; censured by James, 63; at Chatham with Phineas, survey of Prince, 124; mentioned, 178, 183
Stevens, Edward, junior, shipwright, 149
Steward, Sir Francis, voyage to Spain, 125, 132, 213
Stockton, 159
Stokes Bay, 126, 127
Stonham Aspul, xliii
Stowmarket, 161
Stowood, 142, 149, 153
Straits, The, 26, 91, 93
Strood, 90, 147
Stuart, Arabella, escape search for, 91
Stuart, James. See Lennox Suffolk, 151
Suffolk, Earl of, lord high chamberlain, inquiry on Prince Royal, lxxiv, 42; lord treasurer, 117
Sunderland, 160
Sunning Park, 143
Surtis, Nicholas, 57, 93
Sussex, 148
Sutton, Sir Richard, 119
Swatchway, 17
TAYLOR, John, 145 n.
Tayte, Lewis, lxxxviii, 211
Terne, Nathaniel, xc
Terringham, Francis, 153
Thames, River, mentioned, 49, 53, 176; ice in, 123
Theobalds Park, 8, 80, 125, 212
Thetford, xliv
Thornton, Elizabeth (mother of Phineas), wife of Peter Pett, xlviii, 1; marries Rev. T. Nunn, 2; death, 8
Thornton, George, captain in navy; assists his nephew, Noah, 4; visited at Dublin, 5
Through head, 9 n.
Tilbury, 21
Tilbury Hope, 19, 87, 88, 93, 123, 163
Titchfield Haven, 148
Together, 96
Tonnage, measurement of, 96
Tranckmore, Robert, the Commission of Inquiry, 33; inquiry before James at Woolwich, 55
Treswell, Robert, 143
Trevor, Lady, 37
Trevor, Sir John, surveyor of the navy, lvi, lix, lx, lxvi; especial friend, 11; model for, 14, 15; sick, 18; part owner of Resistance, 25; purchases trees, 27; the Commission of Inquiry, 38; plot revealed to, 40; inquiry before James at Woolwich, 49, 51, 57, 67; inquiry into abuses at Greenwich, 69; survey of navy, 78; launch of Pince Royal, 80, 83; transfers post of surveyor to Bingley, 92; mentioned, 23, 27, 28, 37, 68, 138
Trevor, Sir Sackville, 129
Trinity House, report on Shipwrights’ Company, masters of, on inquiry of 1618, 119; examination of Portsmouth Harbour, 145; masters of, 165, 166, 167; protest against building Royal Sovereign, xci, 314
Tuck, 44 n.
Tuxford, 161
UNGLE, Robert, 11
Upnor, lxxix, 87, 89, 93, 104 n.
VALE. See a Vale
Valladolid, lix
Vane, Sir Henry, c; comptroller of household, 155
Vaughan, Rev. Mr., 164
Vere, 110
Vicars, Sebastian, carver, warns Phineas of combination against him, 38, 39; death, 112, mentioned, 207
Virginia Company, ciii
WAADE, Sir William, lxi n.
Wales, 177, 179, 180
Wales, Prince of. See Henry and Charles
Walsham-le-Willows, xlv
Wanstead, 157
Wapping, xlviii, 5
Warwick, Earl of, Lord Admiral, xxxvii, xcix
Waterford, 5
Watford, Richard, 183
Wattisfield, xliii, xlv
Watts, Captain, Prince Roy inquiry at Woolwich, 54
Waymouth, Captain George, arctic exploration, lxx, ciii; knowledge of shipbuilding, lxx–lxxiv; report on Prince Royal, lxxv; the Commission of Inquiry, 33; combines against Phineas, 38; reveals plot to Burrell, 40; evidence before inquiry, 45; inquiry before James at Woolwich, 49, 51, 54, 55, 60; failure in building small ship, 70; goes to Flushing and Antwerp, 72; ordered to be apprehended as a pirate, 72; applies to Earl of Salisbury for protection, 72; pension as master engineer, 72; advised to get Phineas to mediate with Lord Admiral, 73; Phineas invited to supper, 73; Mr. Pory attempts reconciliation, 73; asks Phineas to pardon him, 74; explains how he was induced to act against him, 74; pardoned, 75; death, 75; North-west Passage, 95 n.
Webb, Mr., master of free school at Rochester, 2
Wells, John, xci
Wells, Thomas, 183
Wentbridge, 161
Westminster, mentioned, 19, 33, 40, 88, 112, 143, 211; Abbey, 101; St. Stephen’s Alley, 102
Weston, Richard (Lord), commissioner for the navy, 119; lord treasurer, 139, 143, 146, 148
Weymouth, 128
Whitaker Spit, 126
Whitby, 159
Whitechapel, lvii
Whitehall, 22, 31, 32, 40, 46, 50, 67, 89, 114, 149, 164, 165; sham sea-fight, 102; masque water, 103; privy stairs, 103; privy gallery, 157
Whitehead, Esau, 178
Whiting, Walter, master of Prince Royal, 131
Wiggs, Thomas, 10
Wight, Isle of, 148, 214
Wilkinson, Robert, 178
Williams, Thomas, shipwright, 136
Wills, Mr., 85
Wilson, George, boatswain of Lion, 21; master attendant, 138, 142
Wilson, Mr., Prince Henry’s tailor, 97
Windebank, Sir Francis, secretary of state, 155
Windebank, Sir Thomas, 23, 24
Windsor, 112, 143
Witham, 162
Wolstenholme, Sir John, 119
Wood, Gilbert, presents Phineas to Lord High Admiral, 8
Wood, John, first servant, 6
Woodbridge, The Crown, church, 154; collier of, 160; mentioned, 150, 156, 162, 178, 205
Woodcott, James, 54
Woodcott, John, 56
Woodcott, Mathew, 54
Woolwich, Defiance brought into dock, 6; Triumph at, 7; Elizabeth Jonas brought into dock, 9; launched out, 10; Ark Royal and Victory docked, 29, 30; new gates for dock, 34; church, Ark Royal renamed, 37; investigation into state of Prince Royal, 42, 44; James resolves on personal inquiry at, 47; Merhonour and Defiance docked, 94; and rebuilt, 112; neglect at, 113; Phineas returns to, 113, 143; visit of King of Denmark, 114; Merhonour and Defiance launched, 115; Elizabeth Jonas and Triumph docked, 115; Destiny built in galley dock, 116; Vanguard docked, 142; dock renewed, 142; Richard Pett buried at, 143; Phineas returns ill from Portsmouth, 145; launch of Vanguard and Victory, 146; Charles built, 149; King visits, 149; Peter to build ship at, 153; Unicorn launched, 154; Leopard built, 156; launched, 157; visit of Charles to, 156; Sovereign to be built at, 158; timber for, 160; keel laid, 162; visit of Charles I, 162; and Palsgrave, 162, 163; launch of the Sovereign, 166; docked, 167; mentioned, passim
Worcester, Earl of, master of the horse, visits ship, 22; mentioned, 27, 28; inquiry on Prince Royal, lxxiv, 42
Wotton, Lord, lxi n.
Wright, Robert, 56
YACHT, 109
Yardley, Catherine, married to John, 136; married to Edward Stevens, 149
Yardley, Edward, 146, 151
Yardley, Robert, 115, 136; 138
Yardley, Susan, married to Phineas, 138; mentioned, 142; journey to Chatham, 146, 164; death, 164
Yarmouth, 205; road, 158, 178
York, 161
York, Duke of. See Charles I
ZAPATA, Cardinal, 129
Zouch, Lord, lord warden of cinque ports, lxi, lxxvii; pinnace built for, ciii, 116, 117
William Perrin was born on 10 February 1874, and lost his father at a very early age. His education was thus limited, and he progressed through hard work and industry. He entered the Civil Service by examination and was posted to the Admiralty on 2 August 1893, serving first in the Record Office, where he acquired an aptitude for original research, and later in the legal branch, where he developed an interest in flag questions, upon which he became a recognised authority, and wrote the standard work. In December 1900 he became private secretary to Sir Evan MacGregor, Secretary to the Admiralty, and then to his successor, Sir Inigo Thomas. His services here were recognised by the First Sea Lord, Jackie Fisher, with a glowing tribute.
He was appointed Librarian at the Admiralty on 10 April 1908. The completion of the Admiralty arch over the Mall afforded accommodation for the reorganisation of the Library, and Perrin was the ideal man to undertake this. He gathered from attics and disused rooms throughout the Admiralty many volumes lying idle and uncared for, giving them a proper home, and took in hand the task of compiling an catalogue. Within two years he had succeeded to such an extent that his work was recognised in a special article in The Times on 16 September 1910, which referred to the transfer of some 5,000 volumes to their new, spacious and well-lit apartments. A year later a new reading room attached to the Library was opened by the First Lord, Reginald McKenna.
From 1922 until his death on 12 February 1931 Perrin was Honorary editor of The Mariner’s Mirror and honorary secretary of the Navy Records Society, and, by appointment of the Admiralty, secretary to the Trustees of the National Maritime Museum and the Macpherson Collection. His death was brought on by overwork, causing a breakdown in January, swiftly leading to his death.
His publications include
• Nelson’s Signals: the evolution of the signals flags (H.M.S.O., 1908).
• The Autobiography of Phineas Pitt (Navy Records Society,1917
• The Life and Works of Sir Henry Mainwaring Volume II (Navy Records Society, 1921).
• British Flags, their early history, and their development at sea, with an account of the origin of the flag as a national device (C.U.P., 1922).
• The Naval Miscellany volume III (Navy Records Society, 1922
• The Letters and Papers of Admiral Viscount Keith, volume I (Navy Records Society, 1926).
• Boteler’s Dialogues (Navy Records Society, 1928).
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