| PAGE |
| List of Illustrations | [viij] |
| Preface | [ix] |
| Introduction—The Navy before 1509 | [1] |
| Henry VIII, 1509-1547 | [45] |
| Edward VI, 1547-1553 | [100] |
| Mary and Philip and Mary, 1553-1558 | [109] |
| Elizabeth, 1558-1603 | [115] |
| James I, 1603-1625 | [184] |
| Charles I, 1625-1649, Part I—The Seamen | [216] |
| —— Part II—Royal and Merchant Shipping | [251] |
| —— Part III—The Administration | [279] |
| The Commonwealth, 1649-1660 | [302] |
| Appendix A—Inventory of the Henry Grace à Dieu | [372] |
| —— B—The Mutiny of the Golden Lion | [382] |
| —— C—Sir John Hawkyns | [392] |
| —— D—A Privateer of 1592 | [398] |
| Index | [401] |