[1203] State Papers, Dom., clxxiii, 6. Mervyn to Nicholas.
[1204] The Duke of York was ‘declared’ Lord Admiral at a meeting of the Council on 18th March 1638. There was no patent.
[1205] Rot. Pat., 13th April 1638.
[1206] Add. MSS., 9297, f. 178
[1207] The price of beer at this time was about £1, 10s a tun.
[1208] In 1634 Palmer, the Comptroller, Denis Fleming, Clerk of the Acts, Phineas Pett, another Principal Officer, and several storekeepers and masters attendant had all been suspended for selling government stores for their own profit.
[1209] State Papers, Dom., cccliii, f. 88.
[1210] State Papers, Dom., cccliii, f. 55.
[1211] State Papers, Dom., xiii, 70, (1625), i.e., by the system of servants and apprentices. It was not until 1647 that the shipkeepers in the Medway were ordered to strike the bell on board every half-hour through the night (Add. MSS., 9306, f. 103).
[1212] State Papers, Dom., cclviii, 30.