A history of the administration of the Royal Navy and of merchant shipping in relation to the Navy from MDIX to MDCLX, with an introduction treating of the preceding period

by M. Oppenheim

[294] Chapter House Books, vol. vi.

[295] Ibid., f. 40.

[296] Letters and Papers, 28th Feb., 1527, and Aug. Office Book, No. 317, (second part), f. 22.

[297] Chapter House Books, vol. v, f. 133.

[298] Rot. Claus. 10, Henry VIII, m. 6, and Lansd. MSS. 16, f. 120.

[299] Acts of the Privy Council, 15th Jan. and 14th Mar. 1546.

[300] Chapter House Books, vol. xi, f. 107.

[301] Ibid., f. 44. The principal men employed about dock construction are always called ‘marshmen,’ probably persons with special experience of work in swampy ground, and ‘inning,’ from the Romney Marsh district.

[302] Add. Charters (B.M.), 6289.

[303] Letters and Papers, i. 4387, (3rd Aug).