Samuel Pepys and the Royal Navy

by J. R. Tanner

INDEX

• Absence of commanders, [67]
• Abuses in the navy, [5]-[10]
• Administration, [18]-[36]
• Admiralty commissions:
• 1659-60, [18];
• 1673-79, [30];
• 1679-84, [32];
• special commission of 1686, [34], [48]
• Aldeburgh, [49]
• Algiers, [35]
• Allin, Sir Thomas, comptroller of the navy [24], [67]
• Anglesey, Earl of, treasurer of the navy, [24]
• Bagwell, Mr, [46]
• Barber Surgeons, Company of, [39]
• Barlow, Thomas, clerk of the acts, [21]
• Batten, Lady, [20]
• —— Sir William, surveyor of the navy, [20], [24]
• Berkeley, Lord, commissioner of the navy, [22]
• Billingsgate, [45]
• Birch, Colonel, [70]
• Black Book of the Admiralty, [3]
• Blackwall, [70]
• Blake, Robert, [22], [23], [78]
• Boatswains' stores, establishment for (1686), [73]
• Boteler, Captain, [62]
• Bowles, Phineas, secretary of the admiralty, [36]
• Bristol, [39]
• Brouncker, Lord, commissioner of the navy, [25], [33]
• Cabins, establishment for (1673), [66]
• 'Calentures,' [62], [63]
• Capel, Sir Henry, commissioner of the admiralty, [32]
• Captains' tables, establishment for (1686), [72]
• Carpenters' stores, establishment for (1686), [73]
• Carteret, Sir George, treasurer of the navy, [19], [24]
• Chaplains, establishment for (1677), [71]
• Charles I, [19], [21]
• —— II, [4], [18], [33], [43], [44], [54];
• his interest in the sea, [19], [31], [33], [77]
• Chatham, [22], [45], [46], [49], [65], [72 n.], [74]
• —— Chest, [51], [67]
• Civil War, [48]
• Clerk of the Acts, [18]
• Cocke, Captain, hemp contractor, [29]
• Cockerell, Pepys, [11]
• Coke, Lord Chief Justice, [16]
• Commissions:
• of 1608, [5], [8];
• of 1618, [5];
• of 1626, [5];
• for sick and wounded (1664 and 1672), [48], [49];
• for widows and orphans (1673), [49];
• see also [Admiralty Commissions]
• Commons, House of, [31], [70]
• Commonwealth, [37], [48]
• Comptroller of the Navy, [18]
• Cordage, abuses in, [10]
• Cottenham, Earl of, [11]
• Covent Garden, [67]
• Coventry, Sir William, commissioner of the navy, [13], [20], [25], [27], [55 n.], [69];
• his financial scheme (1667), [41]
• Cox, John, [74]
• Dartmouth, [49]
• 'Dead pays,' [7], [54]
• Deal, [49]
• Deane, Sir Anthony, commissioner of the navy, [31], [32];
• his appointment on the Special Commission of 1686, [35], [36];
• his Doctrine of Naval Architecture, [3]
• —— Richard, [55]
• Deptford, [22], [46], [65], [74]
• Devonshire, [46]
• Discipline of the navy, [64]-[75];
• Act of 1661, [64]
• Dockyards, troubles in, [45], [46], [74]
• Dover, [49]
• Drunkenness in the navy, [73]
• Dugdale, Sir William, [1]
• Dutch Wars:
• first, [40], [78];
• second, [24], [27], [38], [40 n.], [44], [48], [55], [58], [75];
• third, [30], [42], [47], [49], [56], [60]
• Edward VI, [22]
• Embezzlement, Act against (1664), [64]
• Evelyn, John, [1], [3], [25];
• commissioner for sick and wounded (1664 and 1672), [48], [49], [50]
• Finance, [27], [37]-[56]
• Finch, Daniel (afterwards Earl of Nottingham), commissioner of the admiralty, [32]
• Fireships, [75]
• France, [43]
• French Admiralty, report from, [34]
• Galleys, [75 n.]
• Gauden, Sir Denis, victualler of the navy, [29], [58], [59]
• Gentlemen captains, [68]
• Gosport, [49]
• Gravesend, [49], [50]
• 'Gromets', [52]
• Grove, Captain, [29]
• Guardboats at Chatham and Portsmouth, instructions for (1685), [72 n.]
• Gunfleet, [63]
• Guns, [75];
• establishment for (1677), [76]
• 'Haberdine,' [61]
• Half-pay, [56]
• Harbour wages, [52]
• Harwich, [41], [49]
• Hawkyns, Sir John, [5]
• Hayter, Thomas, clerk of the acts, [30], [79 n.]
• Hollond, John:
• his Discourses of the Navy, [4];
• Pepys's opinion of them, [5]
• Hull, [45]
• Ipswich, [49]
• Jamaica, [22]
• James I, [10], [28]
• James, Duke of York (James II), [13], [19 n.], [35], [43], [44], [59], [73], [77];
• appointed lord high admiral (1660), [18];
• his knowledge of naval affairs, [19];
• his instructions of 1662, [26];
• resigned (1673), [30];
• went abroad (1679), [32];
• his own lord high admiral (1685) [34];
• withdraws from the kingdom (1688), [36]
• Kent, [51]
• Kneller's portrait of Pepys, [78]
• Labour troubles in the dockyards, [74]
• Lawrence, Mr, master shipwright at Woolwich, [36]
• Lee, Sir Thomas, commissioner of the admiralty, [33]
• Lely's portrait of Pepys, [78]
• Lieutenants, examination for (1677), [70]
• London, [39], [45], [46], [49]
• —— Bishop of, [14 n.], [71]
• Long Parliament, [48]
• Lord High Admiral:
• Duke of York appointed (1660), [18];
• in the hands of the King and an admiralty commission (1673), [30];
• entirely in commission (1679), [32];
• restored to Charles II (1684), [34];
• James II (1685), [34];
• lord high admiral's instructions (1662), [26]
• Lord Treasurer, [36]
• Lowestoft, [24]
• Maidstone, [38]
• Manuscripts in the Pepysian Library, [2]
• Meadows, Sir Philip, [3]
• Mediterranean, [70];
• victualling contract in, [62]
• Mennes, Sir John, comptroller of the navy, [24], [45]
• Merchants' goods in the King's ships, [66]
• Middleton, Colonel Thomas, commissioner and surveyor of the navy, [24], [45], [46], [58]
• Midshipmen, establishments for (1676 and 1686), [73]
• Monck, George, [12], [23]
• Monson, Sir William, [2], [5], [9], [24]
• Myngs, Sir Christopher, [13], [14]
• Narbrough, Sir John, [70];
• on special commission of 1686, [35]
• Naval Discipline Act (1661), [64]
• Naval stores, embezzlement of, [64]
• Navy Board:
• in 1659, [18];
• in 1660, [22];
• in 1673, [30];
• in 1679, [33];
• in 1688, [35];
• a body of experts, [18], [23], [27], [30], [33];
• its functions, [26], [50]
• North Foreland, [13]
• Northumberland, Earl of, [5]
• Nottingham, Earl of;
• see [Finch]
• Orange, Prince of, [36]
• Ordnance Office, [40], [76 n.]
• Parliament, [76];
• vote of 1665, [40];
• of 1666, [41];
• of 1677, [32];
• of 1678, [43]
• Pay, rates of, [52];
• continuous pay for naval officers, [55];
• see also [Wages]
• Pearse, James, chirurgeon-general of the navy, [51]
• Penn, Sir William, commissioner of the navy, [22], [25];
• his Naval Collections, [2]
• Pension Parliament, [31]
• Pensions, [56]
• Pepys, John, clerk of the acts, [30]
• —— Mrs, [20]
• —— Paulina, [11]
• Pepys, Samuel:
• clerk of the acts (1660), [21];
• treasurer of Tangier commission (1665), [28];
• surveyor-general of victualling (1665), [28], [59];
• secretary of the admiralty (1673), [30];
• his speech in Parliament (1677), [31];
• involved in the Popish Plot and resigned (1679), [32];
• second secretaryship (1684), [34];
• deprived (1689), [36].
• His projected history of the navy, [1], [2];
• pronunciation of his name, [11];
• the Diary, [11];
• his official style, [14];
• services to the navy, [16], [77];
• question of his corruption, [28];
• a disciplinarian, [66];
• his views on gentlemen captains, [70];
• on drunkenness in the navy, [73];
• a framer of 'establishments,' [70], [71]
• Pepysian Library, [1], [49], [76]
• Pett, Peter, commissioner of the navy, [22], [38]
• —— Phineas, [7]
• —— Sir Phineas, [35]
• Petty, Sir William, [4], [22]
• Plate carriage, establishment for (1686), [72]
• Plymouth, [49]
• 'Poor John,' [61]
• Popish Plot, [32]
• Portsmouth, [5], [39], [44], [45], [46], [58], [72 n.], [74]
• Principal Officers, [18], [35], [41];
• see also [Navy Board]
• Prisoners of war, care of, [49]
• Public accounts, commission of, [41], [54]
• Puritans, [37]
• Pyend, Captain Stephen, [61 n.]
• Riot, Act against (1664), [64]
• Rochester, [50]
• Royal Society, [4], [25]
• Rump Parliament, [18]
• Rupert, Prince, commissioner of the admiralty, [24], [30], [60]
• Sandwich, Earl of, [21], [58]
• Scurvy, [63]
• Seymour, Sir Edward, commissioner of the navy, [26]
• Shipbuilding, [75];
• Act of 1677, [31], [75]
• Ships:
• Augustine, [60]
• Centurion, [43]
• Coventry, [58]
• Diamond, [73]
• Gloucester, [60]
• James, [9]
• Lark, [67]
• Little Victory, [45]
• Pearl, [45]
• Reserve, [60]
• Rupert, [43]
• Swan, [43]
• Shipwrights' Company, [3]
• Shish, Jonas, [46]
• Sick and wounded seamen, [48]
• Slyngesbie, Sir Robert, comptroller of the navy, [20], [24];
• his Discourse of the Navy, [4]
• Southampton, [49]
• Southwell, Sir Robert, [4]
• Southwold, [49]
• Special Commission of 1686, [34], [48]
• Spithead, [47 n.]
• Stratton, [22]
• Surveyor of the Navy, [18]
• Tangier, [28], [29]
• Test Act (1673), [30]
• Tickets, wages paid by, [7], [47], [53]
• Tilbury Hope, [9]
• Timber, abuses in, [10]
• Tippetts, Sir John, commissioner and surveyor of the navy, [25], [35]
• Tower, Pepys sent to the, [32]
• Treasurer of the Navy, [18]
• Treasury Chamber, [36]
• Trinity House, [3]
• Turenne, [22]
• Victualling, [57]-[64];
• abuses in, [5], [9];
• victualling 'upon account,' [10], [57], [63];
• contract of 1677, [61];
• contract for the Mediterranean, [62]
• Volunteers, establishments for (1676 and 1686), [73]
• Wages, abuses in, [6];
• tickets for, [7], [47], [53];
• 'dead pays,' [7], [54]
• Wapping, [70]
• Warren, Sir William, timber contractor, [28]
• Warwick, Sir Philip, [40]
• Watermen's Hall, [46], [47]
• Weymouth, [49]
• Wounded seamen, scale of relief for (1685), [51];
• see also [Sick and Wounded]
• Yachts, [75]
• Yarmouth, [49]

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