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

[1571] Harquebus à croc, a musket fired from a rest.

[1572] Biscayan; the St Francisco.

[1573] Silenced their fire or drove them off the deck.

[1574] Going large from the wind; to leeward.

[1575] Came up close to the wind.

INDEX

Men-of-war not especially indexed under their names will be found in the lists of ships of the various periods.

• A
• Administration, disorganisation of, [189-194], [222-229].
• excellence of, [305], [306].
• regulations for, [111], [112], [367].
• re-organisation of, [194-197].
• Adventure, [328].
• Admiral of England, office of, [65].
• Admirals of thirteenth century, [4].
• Admirals, the Lords, [64-66], [86], [104], [111], [112], [148], [166], [189], [194], [195], [199], [215], [240], [279], [280] and [n.], [283], [288], [300], [346].
• Admiralty, Commissioners of (of Charles I), [235], [237], [279] and [n.]
• (of Commonwealth), [306], [319], [327], [328], [346], [347].
• Court of, [317] and [n.]
• Lieutenant of, [85], [86], [104].
• Secretary of, [3], [4].
• Alderne, Thomas, [324 n.], [326].
• Alkin, Elizabeth, [323 n.]
• Allen, Thomas, [150], [394] and [n.], [396].
• Ambassadors, Spanish, reports of, [59], [133].
• Venetian, —— —, [60], [90], [133].
• Anchors, [15], [181], [182], [257], [371].
• Anne Gallant, [49] and [n.], [66], [68].
• Anne Royal, [202], [203], [212], [220], [221], [223], [237], [264].
• Antelope (of Henry VIII), [51], [58].
• (of Mary), [110].
• (of James I), [202], [264].
• Anthony, Anthony, [56], [58].
• Apprentices, [284].
• Apsley, Sir Allen, [189], [228], [230], [233], [236], [238].
• Ark Royal, [121] and [n.], [123], [129], [158], [160], [203], [221].
• Armament, see [Ships, armament of].
• Armies, foreign, [47].
• Army, the English, [47].
• Articles of war, [311], [312].
• Artillery, Garden, [96], [158].
• Artillery, Henry VIII and, [56].
• Artisans, [73], [211].
• Aylesbury, Sir Thomas, [258], [281].
• Audley, Sir Thomas, [63] and [n.]
• B
• Baeshe, Edward, [103], [140], [141], [142], [143], [144].
• Bagg, Sir James, [232].
• Baker, James, [73].
• Baker, Mathew, [132], [151], [152], [162], [163], [203], [204], [208], [209], [266], [267], [395], [396].
• Ballast, [127], [128], [257].
• Balinger, [13] and [n.], [15].
• Baltimore, sack of, [275].
• Banastre, Nicholas, [16].
• Barges, [13].
• Barlow, Thomas, [282] and [n.]
• Barton, John, [70], [72].
• Batten, William, [249], [250], [281], [288].
• Battles, sea (of 1340 and 1350), [5], [7].
• (of 1416 and 1417), [13].
• (of 1458), [27].
• (of 1512-13), [63].
• Beaufort, John, Earl of Somerset, [65 n.]
• Thomas, [65 n.]
• Bedford, John Plantagenet, Duke of, [65 n.]
• Beer, [83], [138], [140], [220], [236], [315], [371].
• Berd, Robert, [14].
• Berg, Christopher van, [274].
• Beverage, [220], [384] and [n.]
• Bigatt, William, [388].
• Bingley, Sir Richard, [189].
• Bitakyll, [15].
• Blake, Robert, [327], [328], [363].
• Bludder, Sir Thomas, [189].
• Boats, [80], [339] and [n.]
• Boat tackles, [339 n.], [374] and [n.]
• Bonaventure (of Elizabeth), [119], [120] and [n.], [123], [131], [140], [195], [206].
• (of James I), [187], [202], [208], [259], [344].
• Bonnets, [14], [127], [377].
• Borough, Stephen, [149].
• William, [126], [129], [149], [152], [167], [382-391], [393], [394], [397].
• Boughton, Sir Edward, [70].
• Bounty system, English, [19], [37], [38], [88], [89], [107], [167], [168], [201], [269].
• Spanish, [37] and [n.], [53].
• Bourne, Nehemiah, [315], [326], [347], [348], [349], [363], [365].
• Bowman, Piers, [31].
• Bray, Sir Reginald, [36].
• Brewhouses, [69].
• Bribery, [194], [280], [282], [286], [317].
• Bristol, [332] and [n.]
• Brittany, [46].
• Brooke, Richard, [78].
• William, [85].
• Browne, John, [213], [288].
• Sir Weston, [79].
• Brygandine, Robert, [36], [39], [53], [83].
• Buck, Peter, [149], [246], [397].
• Buckingham, Duke of. See [Villiers, George, Duke of Buckingham].
• Build. See [Ships, build of].
• Bull, [58].
• Bull, Richard, [73].
• Bulmer, John, [274].
• Burghley, William Cecil, Lord, [113], [137], [141], [142], [146-148], [179], [394-7].
• Burre, Olyff, [167], [169].
• Burrell, William, [195] and [n.], [208], [209], [229], [259], [282].
• Burton, William, [349].
• Butler, Nathaniel, [253].
• C
• Cabins, [23], [129], [206].
• Cadiz voyage of 1625, [219-222], [225], [251].
• Cannon perier, [54 n.], [156], [157], [212].
• petro, [56] and [n.], [155-157].
• Canvas, [15], [98], [103], [181], [182], [363], [371].
• Capstan, [80] and [n.], [127].
• Captains, [26], [77], [146], [152], [154], [226], [229], [232], [285], [287], [312], [352-354].
• servants of, [154].
• Carew, Sir George, [80].
• Carvel build, [54], [255], [256].
• Cat, the, [239].
• Catton, William, [12].
• Caverle, Jeronimo Cæsar de, [264].
• Cecil, Edward, Viscount Wimbledon, [220].
• Cecil, Sir Robert, [166], [171].
• Channel, English, command of, [2], [16], [18], [31], [32], [37], [68], [101], [105], [184], [302], [343].
• lordship of, [6], [291 n.]
• Chapman, Richard, [151], [152], [209], [395].
• Charles, [254], [257], [269], [338], [344].
• Charles I, political conditions under, [217-219].
• and the seamen, [242], [243].
• interference of, in naval affairs, [252], [261] and [n.], [263].
• as a naval organiser, [295 n.]
• Chatham Chest, [145], [192], [245-247], [323], [324].
• Chips, [73], [285].
• Christ, [49] and [n.], [66].
• Cinque Ports, [2] and [n.], [7], [26].
• Civil War, seamen and the, [240-242].
• Clere, Sir Thomas, [85], [86], [104].
• Clerk of the Ships. See [Ships, Clerk of].
• Clerks of the check, [349], [356].
• Clifton, Gervays, [26].
• Clinker build, [54], [255], [256].
• Clynton, Edward, Lord, [104], [111], [148].
• Clyvedon, Richard, [24], [31].
• Coast defences, [92], [289].
• line of France, [3], [24], [46].
• Coke, Sir John, [192], [195] and [n.], [196], [234], [279 n.]
• Colours, Tudor, [41], [62], [182].
• Combresale, Wm., [33], [36].
• Commissions of Inquiry, [147], [162], [191], [193], [229], [246], [324] and [n.]
• Commissioners, see [Admiralty], and [Navy].
• Commonwealth, increase of Navy under, [302], [303], [338].
• finance of, [303] and [n.]
• Conduct money, [72], [164], [197], [311].
• Constant Reformation, [202], [207], [208], [228], [230], [259], [264].
• Constant Warwick, [255] and [n.]
• Contracts, registration of, [134], [135], [243].
• Convoys, [68], [139], [312], [313], [342].
• Cook-room, [128], [206].
• Cordage, [15], [92], [113], [150], [181], [182], [209], [217], [257], [363], [371].
• Corporals, [154], [225] and [n.], [226].
• Cotton, Sir Robert, [193], [194], [397].
• Council of State, [319], [346], [348].
• Courts-martial, [311 n.], [312], [354], [357], [382], [391].
• Cox, Owen, [345].
• Crane, John, [238].
• Cranfield, Sir Lionel, [194], [195 n.]
• Cranley, Richard, [288].
• Crews, character of, [188], [221], [223], [227], [228], [231], [237], [314].
• proportions of, [56] and [n.], [124], [134], [214], [341].
• Cromwell, Oliver, [318], [319], [320] and [n.]
• Richard, [320].
• Crossbar shot, [57], [289].
• Crowe, Sir Sackville, [245], [281] and [n.]
• Culverins, [55], [155-157], [212], [341], [380].
• Curtalls, [55], [157 n.], [380].
• Customs Department, [171], [201].
• D
• Darell, Marmaduke, [144], [189].
• Sampson, [190].
• Darts, [57].
• Davis, John, [152].
• Davits, [339 n.], [374 n.]
• Dead Shares, [75], [152].
• Dean Forest, [288], [367].
• Debts, Commonwealth, [294], [319], [351], [368], [369], [370].
• crown, [21], [27], [108], [194], [227], [228], [236], [288], [294], [298].
• Decoration, see [Ships, Decoration of].
• Defiance (of Elizabeth), [121], [129], [131], [158], [344].
• Demi cannon, [55], [56], [155-157], [212], [262], [341].
• culverin, [55], [56], [155-157], [212], [262], [341].
• Denbigh, Wm. Fielding, Earl of, [233].
• Desertion, [223], [224], [227], [228], [237], [242].
• Digby, Sir Kenelm, [244], [282].
• Discipline, [3], [79], [188], [214], [220], [221], [229], [239], [307 n.], [312], [349], [367].
• Disease, see [Fleets, disease on board].
• Docks (under Henry VI), [29], [30].
• (under Henry VIII), [68], [72].
• Deptford, [14], [285].
• Dry, [39], [40], [210], [297], [364], [365].
• Southampton, [23].
• Dockyard expenditure, [102], [103], [113], [149], [294], [299], [368].
• Dockyards,
• Chatham, [101], [102], [113], [149-151], [209], [210], [297], [298], [299], [348], [364].
• Deptford, [70], [71], [102], [103], [113], [119], [149], [150], [209], [299], [364].
• Erith, [71], [72].
• Harwich, [102], [315], [348], [362], [363].
• Portsmouth, [39], [40], [68], [69], [102], [103], [113], [119], [210], [296], [297], [348], [364], [365].
• Rouen, [9].
• Woolwich, [69], [70], [102], [103], [113], [119], [150], [209], [297], [364].
• Downing, Joshua, [284].
• Dragon, (of Henry VIII), [51], [58], [59], [101].
• Drake, Sir Francis, [129], [136], [140], [143], [145], [164], [165], [167], [168] and [n.], [382-391].
• Dreadnought (of Elizabeth), [119], [120], [126], [131], [235], [263].
• Drebbel, Cornelius, [256 n.]
• Dryngs, [80] and [n.], [373].
• Ducat, value of, [37 n.]
• Dudley, John, Lord Lisle, [64], [66], [77], [93], [104].
• Dudley, Robert, Earl of Leicester, [139], [171].
• Duro, C. Fernandez, referred to, [13 n.], [37 n.], [46], [53 n.], [116 n.], [154 n.]
• Dutch War of 1652-4, [240] and [n.], [242], [304-308].
• Dyse of iron, [57], [96].
• E
• Echyngham, Sir Edward, [61].
• Eden, Alexander, [26].
• Edisbury, Kenrick, [258], [274], [281].
• Edward III, commercial policy of, [7].
• fighting ships under, [9].
• general policy of, [5].
• gold noble of, [6], [7].
• Edward IV, commercial policy of, [34].
• naval policy of, [31].
• navy of, [33].
• Edward VI, maintenance of navy under, [100], [108].
• Elizabeth, naval policy of, [115-118].
• ships in commission under, [118].
• Elizabeth Jonas, [120], [122], [131], [132], [133] and [n.], [135], [137], [206].
• Elton, Richard, [349].
• Elyot, Hugh, [38].
• Embezzlements. See [Thefts].
• Enriquez, Alonso, [65 n.]
• Equipment. See [Ships, equipment of].
• Evelyn, George, [160].
• John, [160].
• Ewe, Sir William, [26].
• Exeter, Henry Holland third Duke of, [65 n.]
• John Holland, second Duke of, [65 n.]
• Expeditions under Edward IV, [31].
• Henry VIII, [74], [77].
• Elizabeth, [117], [136], [137], [140], [160], [164].
• James I, [187].
• Charles I, [219-222], [228], [231], [233], [251], [277], [278].
• Expenditure, dockyard. See [Dockyard].
• naval, under Henry VI, [22], [23], [24].
• Henry VII, [35].
• Henry VIII, [93], [94].
• Edward VI, [102], [103], [108].
• Mary, [111], [112], [113].
• Elizabeth, [117], [160-165].
• James I, [195], [197] and [n.]
• Charles I, [293-295].
• during Interregnum, [303], [304], [368-370].
• F
• Fauconberg, Bastard of, [32].
• Ferrers, Walter Devereux, Lord, [77].
• Figure heads, [61], [131], [341].
• Fisheries, [42], [89], [92], [107], [108], [167], [200].
• Fitzwalter, Lord, [27].
• Fitzwilliam, Wm., Earl of Southampton, [52], [61], [66].
• Flags, [15], [41], [62] and [n.], [182], [183], [213], [214], [300], [370], [377].
• Fleming, Denis, [282], [283 n.]
• Fleet, of 1588, cost of, [163].
• epidemic in, [137], [138].
• formations, [59], [307 n.]
• regulations, [3], [63], [64].
• Fleets, armament of, [155].
• Cinque Ports, [2], [26].
• contracted for, [24], [27], [28], [31].
• cost of, [26], [163], [164], [197] and [n.], [198], [225], [295].
• disease in, [77], [114], [136], [137], [183], [219], [220], [228], [231], [235], [237], [321], [323].
• division of, [64], [183], [307 n.]
• during Civil war, [264], [295].
• during Commonwealth, [302], [303], [307], [323], [341], [342].
• maintenance of, [5].
• manning of, [74], [242], [311], [314].
• merchantmen in, [35], [118], [163], [251], [295], [342].
• of Richard I, [3].
• John, [3].
• Edward III, [6].
• Edward VI, [101].
• Mary, [110], [111].
• Elizabeth, [164].
• James I, [188].
• Charles I, [219], [222], [225], [231], [233], [235], [237], [238], [239], [251], [252], [276], [277].
• Foresight (of Elizabeth), [120], [122], [166] and [n.], [206].
• Forests, [288], [367].
• Foster, Edward, [79].
• France, Navy of, [9], [21], [264-266], [304].
• Freight, cost of, [343].
• from Spain to America, [398].
• Frigates, [255 n.], [338].
• Furring, [187] and [n.]
• G
• Gabriel Royal, [49] and [n.], [70], [77].
• Galleasses, [57], [58], [128] and [n.]
• Galley Blancherd, [78].
• Galley oarsmen, [5], [78], [126].
• Galley Subtylle, [51] and [n.], [59], [78], [100].
• Galleys, English, [5] and [n.], [12], [41], [57-60], [78], [101], [121], [123], [125] and [n.], [126], [207].
• foreign, [5], [9], [60], [78], [126].
• Garland (of Elizabeth), [121], [129], [131], [205], [206], [210].
• (of James I), [188], [202], [208], [344].
• Gibbs, Stephen, [274].
• Gibson, Richard, [307 n.], [308].
• Gillingham. See [Dockyards], [Chatham].
• Girdling, [187] and [n.], [258].
• Gloucester, Richard, Duke of, [65 n.]
• Golden Hind. See [Pelican].
• Golden Lion. See [Lion (of Elizabeth)].
• Gonson, Benjamin, [85], [86], [104], [108], [112], [144], [145].
• Junior, [149].
• William, [81], [84], [85], [93].
• Grace Dieu (of Henry V), [12 n.], [13], [14], [15], [19], [23], [29].
• (of Edward IV), [33], [36].
• (merchantman), [19], [37].
• Grand Mistress, [51] and [n.], [55], [58], [59], [101], [109].
• Great Barbara, [49] and [n.], [55].
• Great Christopher, [51] and [n.], [122], [123].
• Great Elizabeth, [49] and [n.], [54], [66].
• Great Michael, [47].
• Great Nicholas, [49] and [n.], [71].
• Green, Mrs J. R., referred to, [11].
• Grenades, [361].
• Grent, Thomas, [274].
• Grevill, Sir Fulke, [149], [189].
• Greyhound (of Henry VIII), [51], [55], [58], [59], [110], [123].
• Greyle, Richard, [21].
• Gromets, [314] and [n.]
• Guldeford, Sir Richard, [35], [36].
• Gun carriages, [96], [157], [361].
• Gun founders, [96], [159], [213], [289], [360] and [n.], [361].
• Gunners, [56], [57], [157-159], [290], [358].
• Gunpowder, [33], [56], [97] and [n.], [155], [158], [159], [160], [239] and [n.], [240], [288], [289], [361], [362].
• H
• ‘H.M.S.,’ its equivalents, [9 n.]
• Hamble, the river, [14], [23].
• Hammocks, [134], [235], [300].
• Hansa League, [11].
• Steelyard, [150].
• Happy Entrance, [202], [207], [208], [228], [237], [344].
• Harbours, [92].
• Hart (of Henry VIII), [51], [58].
• (of Mary), [110].
• (of Commonwealth), [310 n.]
• Hatsell, Henry, [349].
• Hawkyns, Sir John, [91], [129], [134], [135], [144], [145-148], [150], [162-164], [167], [173], [392-397].
• Sir Richard, [136].
• William, [91].
• Henrietta Maria, [254], [269], [344].
• Henry III, [4].
• IV, [10], [11].
• V, naval policy of, [11].
• ships of, [12].
• will of, [16].
• VI, naval policy under, [24], [25].
• VII, commercial policy of, [42].
• general policy of, [37].
• VIII, as designer, [48], [59].
• as naval organiser, [98], [99].
• causes of increase of navy under, [45-48].
• embarkation of, at Dover, [57].
• personal interest of, in artillery, [56].
• in shipping, [48], [60], [62].
• Henry Grace à Dieu, [47], [49], [53], [55], [61], [62], [69], [70], [73], [75], [80], [91], [109].
• inventory of, [372-381].
• Heron, John, [26], [81].
• Heywood, Thomas, [260].
• Hoggekyns, John, [15].
• Holborn, Robert, [73].
• Holigost, [12], [13], [15], [22], [23].
• Holland, Navy of, [219], [253], [305], [307].
• Holland, Edmund, Earl of Kent, [65 n.]
• Henry. See [Exeter, Duke of].
• John. See [Exeter, Duke of].
• 261, [284], [286], [347] and [n.], [348 n.]
• Holstock, William, [85], [104], [105], [140], [149].
• Hopton, John, [70], [71], [83], [84], [372].
• Hospitals, [321].
• Hospital ships, [188].
• Howard, Lord Thomas, [65].
• Sir Edward, [61], [63], [64], [65], [74], [76], [81].
• Sir John, [32].
• of Effingham, Charles, Lord, [117], [135], [137], [138], [148], [166], [189], [190], [193], [194], [204], [209], [216], [383], [397].
• William, Lord, [111].
• Howlett, Richard, [85], [149].
• Hull, Sir William, [26].
• Hutchinson, Richard, [296 n.], [351], [352].
• I
• Impressment, [164], [197], [234], [241], [311] and [n.]
• Improvements and inventions, [128], [274], [367]. See also [Shipbuilding, improvements in].
• J
• James, [237], [254], [257].
• James I, Navy at accession of, [184], [185].
• retrogression of navy under, [215].
• Duke of York, xi, [27], [283] and [n.]
• Jennet (of Henry VIII), [50], [58], [59].
• Jermyn, Thomas, [84].
• Jesus of the Tower, [12] and [n.], [14], [23].
• Jesus of Lubeck, [51], [107], [139], [183 n.]
• John, [3].
• Johnson, Peter, [23].
• K
• Kateryn Fortileza, [49] and [n.], [61].
• Keeper of King’s ships, [316]. See also [Ships, Clerk of].
• Kent, Earl of. See [Holland, Edmund].
• Kent, William Neville, Earl of, [65 n.]
• King’s spears, [77].
• Knight, Richard, [93].
• Knight, Dr William, [79].
• Knyvet, Sir Thomas, [81].
• L
• Langford, Roger, [148], [189], [246].
• Last, of tonnage, [293] and [n.]
• Laughton, Professor J. K., referred to, ix, [154 n.], [265].
• Legge, Robert, [85], [93], [94], [104].
• Libel of English Policie, [6], [7], [15], [23].
• Lieutenants, [154], [225] and [n.], [226], [359].
• Lighthouses, [199], [201].
• Lindsey, Robert Bertie, Earl of, [236], [251], [279 n.], [291].
• Lion (of Henry VIII), [50], [58], [59], [101].
• (of Elizabeth), [120], [128], [132], [382-391].
• (of James I), [202], [206], [220].
• Lisle, John Dudley, Lord. See [Dudley, John].
• Loans to the crown, [27].
• Logbooks, [354].
• Lopez, Dr Roderigo, [398].
• M
• Madre de Dios, [125], [138], [165] and [n.], [166], [167].
• Mansell, Sir Robert, [189-192], [195], [196], [202], [204], [209], [215], [260], [397].
• Manwayring, Sir Henry, [208], [258 n.]
• Maravedis, value of, [37 n.]
• Margaret of Anjou, [26], [31].
• Marsden, R. G., referred to, [4 n.]
• Marshmen, [70] and [n.], [72].
• Mary, maintenance of Navy under, [109], [110].
• Mary Guildford, [50] and [n.], [68], [91].
• Mary Rose (of Henry VIII), [5 n.], [49], [52 n.], [55], [61], [66], [67], [70], [72], [73], [76], [80].
• (of Edward VI), [109].
• (of Elizabeth), [121], [128], [131], [206], [210].
• (of James I), [202], [208], [344].
• Masts, [4], [13], [14], [40], [53], [58], [126], [208], [299], [363], [374 n.]
• Maydman, Henry, [350].
• Medals, [278 n.], [328].
• Medium, the, [309 n.]
• Medway chain. See [Upnor].
• ships moored in, [151], [284] and [n.]
• Men-of-war, lists of. See [Ships, Lists of].
• Mennes, Sir John, [287].
• Merchant Shipping. See [Shipping, merchant].
• Merhonour, [121], [129], [131], [181], [182], [187], [196], [201], [202] and [n.], [205], [344].
• Mervyn, Sir Henry, [231], [235], [239], [267], [282], [287].
• Midshipmen, [226], [314] and [n.]
• Minion (of Henry VIII), [50], [68], [91], [101], [106].
• (of Elizabeth), [120], [123], [139].
• Moleyns, Adam de, [16 n.], [22].
• Monk, George, [321], [328].
• Monson, Sir William, [165], [184 n.], [292], [397].
• More, Edmund, [84].
• Morfote, William, [18].
• Morley, Thomas, [85].
• Murderers, [54] and [n.]
• Mutinies, [152], [224], [228], [230], [233], [234], [235], [236], [248-250], [310 n.], [315], [382-391].
• N
• Navigation Acts, [10], [34], [42], [167].
• Navy, a personal possession of the King, [17].
• a subsidiary force in early reigns, [6].
• Board, [104], [111], [189-194], [264], [280-284], [287 n.], [292], [394].
• duties of, [190].
• formation of, [86].
• salaries of members of, [85], [280], [394].
• Burgundian, [32].
• Commissioners of, and Customs, [287], [346].
• (of Civil War and Commonwealth), [287], [288], [306], [311], [326], [327], [329], [347] and [n.], [358], [359].
• (James I and Charles I), [187], [191], [195] and [n.], [205], [206], [209], [215], [222], [224], [227], [228], [237], [275], [279], [282], [298].
• Committees of Long Parliament, [241], [287], [346], [351].
• Comptroller of, [85], [126], [129], [149], [167], [189], [191], [282].
• expenses of. See [Expenditure].
• French. See [France, Navy of].
• government of, in thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, [4].
• under Mary, [111-113].
• growing sense of importance of, [45].
• increase in, at certain periods, [11], [52], [110], [112].
• influence of, on Wars of Roses, [27].
• lists. See [Ships, lists of].
• Master of Ordnance of, [85], [104], [111], [149].
• of fourteenth and fifteenth centuries underrated, [9], [20], [21].
• Office, [283], [349], [350].
• Seal, [300 n.]
• origin of, [1], [2].
• modern, [1].
• sale of, [15], [17], [22].
• Saxon, [2].
• ships purchased into, [33], [34], [52], [53], [120], [123], [255], [330] and [n.]
• Surveyor of, [85], [104], [149], [189], [191], [258], [281], [288], [347 n.]
• Treasurer of, [85], [86], [104], [112], [144], [145-148], [149], [162], [164], [167], [173], [189], [191], [192], [195], [240], [245], [280], [287], [295], [349], [351], [352], [392-397].
• Necessary money, [83], [141].
• Nettings, [182] and [n.]
• Nicholas, Edward, [231], [232], [259], [280], [285].
• Nicholas of the Tower, [12], [13], [25].
• Nicolas, Sir N. H., referred to, [2], [15] and [n.], [62 n.]
• Nomenclator Navalis referred to, [29], [187], [208] and [n.], [339 n.]
• Norreys, Thomas, [192], [195] and [n.]
• Northumberland, Algernon Percy, tenth Earl of, [238], [239], [240], [278 n.], [283], [286], [292].
• Nottingham, Charles Howard, Earl of, see [Howard of Effingham, Charles, Lord].
• Nuestra Señora del Rosario, [121] and [n.], [210].
• O
• Officers, dishonesty of, [82], [146], [187], [191-194], [220], [283-286], [316], [353-355].
• incapacity of, [221], [287].
• pay of, [26], [41], [42], [75], [152-154], [226], [360].
• professional feeling among, [229], [232], [352], [355].
• see also [captains].
• Oleron, [98] and [n.]
• Ordnance, improvements in, [288].
• office, [85], [86], [158], [289], [290], [361].
• price of, [159], [212], [262], [288], [360 n.], [361].
• recovery of, [345].
• secret exportation of, [159], [213].
• stores, [96], [97], [155-160], [289], [301]. See also, [Ships, ordnance stores of].
• want of, [360], [361].
• Orlop, [129], [130 n.], [205].
• Oxford, John de Vere, twelfth Earl of, [27].
• thirteenth ——, [65].
• P
• Paget, Sir William, [93].
• Painting, see [Ships, painting of].
• Palmer, Sir Henry, [149], [189].
• Jr., [227], [266], [282], [283 n.]
• Parliament Joan, see [Alkin, Elizabeth].
• Partriche, Nicholas, [70].
• Pavesses, [41], [61].
• Paymaster of Marine Causes, [149].
• the sea, [85].
• Pelican, [168] and [n.], [210].
• Pennington, John, [223-225], [229], [239], [240], [253], [257], [258] and [n.], [261 n.]
• Pensions, [25], [247], [322], [324].
• Peppercorn, [201].
• Peter Pomegranate, [49], [55], [62], [68], [70], [72], [73], [75], [76].
• Petitions, [235], [317], [318], [340].
• Pett, John, [74].
• Joseph, [152].
• Peter (died 1589), [74], [113], [151], [162], [163], [395], [396].
• (son of above), [255].
• (nephew of Phineas Pett), [255], [288], [338].
• (son of —— ——), [338], [347].
• Phineas, [152], [186], [192], [203], [204], [208], [209], [255], [260], [261], [282], [283 n.], [288].
• Thomas, [74].
• Phœnix, [345].
• Philip and Mary, [109], [120 n.], [122].
• Pierriers, see [Stone guns].
• Pilgrimage, over-sea, [18].
• Pilot, Chief, of England, [149].
• Major, of Spain, [149].
• Piracy, supporters of, on shore, [95], [96], [178], [198].
• under Henry IV, [10].
• Henry VI, [17], [18].
• Edward IV, [32].
• Henry VIII, [94], [95], [96].
• Edward VI, [104], [105].
• Mary, [114].
• Elizabeth, [177-180].
• James I, [198], [199].
• Charles I, [252], [272], [274-276].
• Commonwealth, [345], [346].
• Pirates, Turkish, [198], [199], [252], [274], [275], [345].
• Plantagenet, Arthur, [66].
• Plymouth, [219], [223], [231], [235], [363].
• Poldavies, [98] and [n.], [103], [182].
• Pole, William de la, Duke of Suffolk, [17], [26], [65 n.]
• Pond at Deptford, [70].
• Portholes, [40], [41], [206], [257], [258], [259], [261 n.], [268].
• Ports, condition of, under Charles I, [271], [272].
• Portsmouth, town of, [69], [297], [321].
• Poundage, [192].
• Pride, Thomas, [324] and [n.]
• Primrose (of Edward VI), [101] and [n.], [109] and [n.]
• (of Elizabeth), [120], [123], [139].
• Prince Royal, [186], [202], [203], [204], [207], [247], [257 n.], [261], [338].
• Prisoners, in Sallee, [275], [277].
• ransom of, [95].
• treatment of, [63], [78], [322], [323 n.]
• Privateering, English, [104], [105], [106], [114], [140], [180], [181], [343], [344], [398-400].
• French, [94], [179].
• Scotch, [179].
• Prize money, [26], [165], [166], [273], [292], [293], [308], [309].
• Commissioners of, [309 n.], [316], [317].
• Prizes, [12], [13], [61], [78], [88], [101], [107], [120], [121], [123], [165], [166], [185], [254], [305], [307], [330-337], [399]. See also [Ships, lists of].
• Provisions, price of, [82]. See also [Victualling].
• want of, [81], [82], [83], [142], [143], [220-224], [233], [236], [326-328].
• Pumps, [15], [127].
• Punishments, [79], [188], [221], [228], [229], [239], [244], [312], [349], [352], [353], [357], [358].
• Purchases of ships. See [Navy, ships purchased into].
• Pursers, [41], [42], [82], [146], [194], [285], [286], [356], [357].
• Purveyance, abolition of, [140], [141].
• Q
• Quarles, James, [142] and [n.]
• Quintal, [398] and [n.]
• R
• Rainsborow, Thomas, [248-50].
• William, [258], [277 n.]
• Ralegh, Sir Walter, [66], [156], [184 n.], [186], [187].
• Ramsay, David, [274].
• Redynge, John, [81].
• Regent, [35], [36], [40], [41], [66], [68], [74].
• Revenge, [120], [130], [135], [178], [183 n.]
• Revenue, English national, [17], [21], [25], [27], [219], [223], [303], [368] and [n.]
• French ——, [219].
• Richard II, [10].
• Richelieu, Cardinal de, [264], [265].
• Richmond, Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, [66].
• Roger, Thomas, [32], [36].
• Ropehouses, [150].
• Roses, wars of, [21], [27].
• Round robin, [230].
• Rupert, Prince, [303], [309], [353].
• Russell, Sir William, [195], [240], [245], [281], [293].
• William, Lord, [66].
• S
• Sails, [4], [13], [14], [40], [53], [54], [127], [208], [257], [299], [338], [377].
• St Andrew (of Elizabeth), [121], [123], [206].
• (of James I), [202], [208], [259], [335].
• St George, [202], [208], [220], [259], [338].
• St John, William Paulet, Lord, [81], [93].
• St Mary’s Creek, [151], [211].
• St Matthew, [121], [123], [206].
• Salisbury, Richard Neville, Earl of, [27].
• Sallee, expedition to, [277] and [n.]
• Saltpetre, [97].
• Salute, claim to the, [106], [183], [291], [292], [307].
• Saluting, [111], [213], [290], [291], [370].
• Sandwich, sack of, [27].
• Sapphire, [319] and [n.]
• Scotland, Navy of, [47].
• Seamanship, English, [19], [154].
• Spanish, [154].
• Seamen and Commonwealth, [318], [322].
• Long Parliament, [240], [242], [250], [308], [314].
• clothes of, [34], [41], [68], [76], [113], [138], [139], [223], [229], [230], [234], [286], [329].
• condition of, [21], [42], [74], [79], [138], [187], [222], [238], [318].
• English, foreign opinion of, [133], [187].
• foreign, [23], [78], [87].
• in Wars of Roses, [27].
• merchant, [79], [243], [244], [314], [350].
• numbers of, available, [74], [176], [242], [244], [314].
• pay of, [25], [26], [28], [34], [41], [75], [106], [113], [134], [197], [225], [232], [241], [314].
• delayed, [187 n.], [226], [228], [231], [240], [316], [320], [368 n.], [369].
• rewards to, [106], [135], [136], [245], [328]; see also [Medals].
• sick and wounded, [76], [77], [135], [137], [188], [221], [223], [224], [231], [235], [237], [238], [320], [323].
• Commissioners of, [322].
• unwillingness of, to serve, [187], [188], [237], [316].
• Search, right of, [80].
• Serpentines, [41], [54] and [n.], [96], [379], [380].
• Seymour, Sir Thomas, [101], [104], [105].
• Sheathing, [103], [110], [126], [187].
• Sheerness, [150].
• Shipbuilding abroad, [14].
• criticism of (under James I), [185-187].
• (under Charles I), [258].
• effects of Crusades on, [3].
• improvements in, [14], [40], [41], [53], [54], [126], [127], [128] and [n.], [129], [130], [185], [205], [206], [253], [287], [338].
• Norman superiority in, [3].
• Shipkeepers, [23], [188], [191], [284].
• Ship-money, [218], [236], [237], [238].
• Shipping, merchant, destruction of, [7], [271], [272].
• lists of, [19], [20], [90], [172-175], [269-271].
• under Edward III, [7], [8].
• Henry IV, [11].
• Henry VI, [18], [19], [20], [21].
• Henry VII, [37].
• Henry VIII, [88], [89], [90].
• Edward VI, [107].
• Elizabeth, [167-176].
• James I, [199].
• Charles I, [269-271].
• Commonwealth, [343].
• Ships, appearance of, [263].
• armament of, [13], [29], [33], [41], [54] and [n.], [55], [124], [125], [155-157], [212], [229], [256], [262], [341], [379], [380] and [n.]
• arrest of, [2], [3].
• build of, [4], [14], [40], [41], [53], [58], [59], [60], [124], [125], [185], [186], [205], [253], [254], [259], [267], [268], [307], [338].
• Clerk Comptroller of, [70], [84].
• Clerk of, [3], [4], [12], [13], [14], [16], [18], [22], [24], [31], [32], [33], [36], [53], [83], [84-87], [144], [149], [282].
• cost of, [128], [129], [195], [196], [204], [208], [256], [257], [260], [261], [339].
• decoration of, [15], [41], [57], [60], [130], [131], [204], [205], [261], [340].
• early fighting, [4].
• English, foreign opinion of, [133].
• hired by the crown, [8], [10], [17], [21], [32], [35], [38], [39], [74], [87], [88], [169], [171], [201], [229], [273], [343].
• size of, [4], [13], [124], [270], [271].
• equipment of, [13], [14], [29], [40], [41], [53], [54], [124], [257].
• foreign, hired by the crown, [12], [13], [27], [38], [39], [87], [88], [164].
• size of, [13], [265] and [n.]
• hiring, difficulty in, [88], [252], [273].
• lists of:—
• under Henry V, [12].
• Edward IV, [32], [33].
• Henry VII, [34].
• Henry VIII, [49-51].
• Edward VI, [100], [101].
• Mary, [109].
• Elizabeth, [120], [121], [124].
• James I, [202], [207].
• Charles I, [254], [255].
• Commonwealth, [329-337].
• lost during Interregnum, [330], [337], [344], [345].
• Master of Ordnance of, [85], [86], [149].
• merchant, bought. See [Navy, ships purchased into].
• names of. See [Ships, lists of].
• names of, changed, [338].
• number of, commissioned each year under Elizabeth, [118].
• fighting, under Edward III, [9].
• under Commonwealth, [338].
• Elizabeth, [115], [119].
• Henry VIII, [52].
• office expenses in moving, [70].
• on seals and coins, [7] and [n.]
• ordnance stores of, [33], [56], [124], [155], [213], [289], [341].
• painting of, [41], [62], [130], [340].
• royal, hired out, [4], [22], [34], [42], [67], [68], [107], [139], [140], [293 n.]
• lost, [66], [67], [68], [80], [123], [254 n.], [256], [264], [344], [345]. See also, [Ships lost during Interregnum].
• sailing qualities of, [61], [185-187], [205], [252], [257], [259], [338].
• soldiers on board, [26], [41], [56], [134], [214], [314].
• various forms of, [57-60], [126], [256], [257], [338].
• wooden, life of, [110].
• Shipwrights, [72], [73], [146], [151], [211], [230], [298], [340] and [n.], [366], [369].
• foreign, [59].
• master, [15], [73], [74], [113], [151], [152], [162], [163], [186], [203], [204], [208], [209], [257], [266], [267], [268], [298], [340], [365],366, [395], [396].
• blunders of, [186], [203], [257-259], [340].
• contracts with, [162], [163], [340], [395], [396].
• Shipwrights’ Company, [187], [258].
• Shot, [33], [57], [97], [158], [159], [160], [213], [289], [341], [361], [367], [371], [380].
• Shrewsbury, John Talbot, Earl of, [27].
• Shurly, John, [81].
• Signalling, [62], [63], [213], [214].
• Slings, [54], [96], [155] and [n.]
• Slingsby, Sir Guildford, [189], [196], [282].
• Sir Robert, [326 n.]
• Smalhithe, building at, [14], [35 n.], [51 n.]
• Smith, Thomas, [286], [288], [347] and [n.], [348 n.]
• Smyth, John, [73].
• Somerhuche, [15] and [n.]
• Somerset, John Beaufort, Earl of, [65 n.]
• Soper, William, [12], [13], [14], [16], [18], [22], [24], [31].
• Southampton, William Fitzwilliam, Earl of, [52], [61], [66].
• Sovereign, [35], [36], [39], [40], [42], [49], [55], [57], [61], [68], [72], [77], [127].
• Sovereign of the Seas, [247], [252 n.], [255], [260-262], [268 n.], [338].
• Spain, Navy of, [37], [43], [46] and [n.], [116] and [n.], [349].
• peace with, [185].
• Speedwell, [202], [203], [214], [251 n.]
• Speke, Sir John, [25].
• Spert, Sir Thomas, [84] and [n.], [91].
• Stapylton, Miles, [26].
• Station lists (Fleets), [342].
• (Ships), [80], [214], [262].
• Mediterranean, [303].
• North American, [303], [336 n.]
• Stodynges, [373] and [n.]
• Stone guns, [54], [379], [380].
• Storehouses, [15], [22], [23], [40], [71], [364].
• keepers of, [71], [83], [84].
• Stores, prices of, [98], [181], [182], [301], [371].
• purchase of, [33], [181].
• quantities of, in hand, [71], [181], [211], [299], [363].
• sale of, [22], [23], [97].
• Stourton, John, Lord, [27].
• Stow, John, referred to, [13], [36].
• Straits, The, [343 n.]
• Stryks, [80] and [n.]
• Stubbs, Bishop, referred to, [8], [21 n.]
• Suffolk, Duke of, see [Pole, William de la].
• Summer-castle, [15].
• Swallow, (of Henry VIII), [51], [55], [59].
• (of Mary), [110].
• (of Charles I), [259], [261 n.], [264].
• Sweepstake (of Henry VII), [41], [58].
• Symonson, Marcus, [33].
• T
• Tampons, [97].
• Taverner, John, [19], [37].
• Thefts, [107], [146], [158], [166], [167], [191], [192], [193], [194], [211], [213], [283-286], [290], [291], [316], [324], [325], [353], [354], [358], [359], [366].
• Thompson, Robert, [326], [347] and [n.], [348 n.]
• Thoreton, Leonard, [84].
• Thorne, Robert, [38].
• William, [38].
• Tickets for wages, [228], [287], [359].
• Tiger (of Henry VIII), [51], [58], [60], [130].
• (of Elizabeth), [120], [123], [130].
• Tonnage, measurement of, [8], [20], [30], [132], [208], [260], [266-268].
• Spanish, [53 n.], [132], [133].
• proportion of men to, [74].
• Ton-tight, [8] and [n.]
• Top-armours, [60].
• Trade, coast, [3], [167].
• decline of, [199], [200], [272].
• effects of Reformation on, [91], [92].
• growth of, [3], [10], [11], [18], [34], [42], [90], [91], [167-170], [273], [343].
• Trade’s Increase, [201].
• Trade to Africa, [11], [91], [176].
• to America, [91], [92].
• to Baltic, [11], [42], [169], [200].
• to East Indies, [91], [170], [200] and [n.], [271] and [n.]
• to France, [3], [11], [171], [176], [272].
• to Iceland, [11], [89].
• to Low Countries, [43], [176].
• to Mediterranean, [11], [34], [42], [91], [169], [170], [176], [200], [273].
• to Spain, [170], [272].
• Trading Companies, [108], [169], [174], [182], [272].
• Treasurer by sea, [83].
• Treaties, commercial, [34], [42], [108].
• Trevilian, Sir William, [77].
• Trevor, Sir John, [149], [189], [192].
• Trin, [80] and [n.]
• Trinity Corporation, [92], [148], [167], [258], [260], [264], [268], [273].
• fund, [243].
• Trinity Royal 12, [13], [15], [23].
• Triumph (of Elizabeth), [120], [122], [128], [155], [156], [157], [206].
• (of James I), [202], [208], [259], [328] and [n.]
• Tunnage and poundage, [10] and [n.], [17], [34].
• Tweedy, Roger, [288], [347 n.]
• U
• Unicorn (of Henry VIII), [50], [58], [59], [101], [109].
• (of Charles I), [237], [254], [257], [258].
• Upnor, chain at, [151], [211], [299], [367].
• fort at, [150], [156], [211], [213].
• V
• Vane, Sir Henry (the elder), [279 n.]
• (the younger), [240], [281], [295] and [n.]
• Vere, John de. See [Oxford, Earl of].
• Sir Robert, [27].
• Victory (of Elizabeth), [119], [120], [122], [123], [129], [155], [156], [157 n.], [158], [206], [207].
• (of James I), [202], [208], [259].
• Victualling agreement, conditions of, [140], [141], [324].
• buildings, [140], [141], [144], [325].
• Commissioners of, [324 n.], [326].
• department, [103], [113], [136], [140-144], [189], [222], [233], [324-328], [368].
• during Civil war, [308].
• frauds in, [81], [107], [143], [146], [194], [227], [236], [237], [325].
• rate, [25], [26], [34], [41], [73], [81], [82], [140-144], [190], [238], [324] and [n.]
• Surveyors of, [103], [140],142, [144], [222], [236], [238]; see also [Victualling, Commissioners of].
• under Henry VIII, [81-83].
• Mary, [112].
• Victuals, badness of, [77], [81], [82], [137], [138], [142], [143], [220], [223], [236], [237], [326], [327], [384].
• daily allowance of, [82], [140], [238].
• special kind of, [134].
• stowage of, [82], [144].
• want of, [82], [136], [142], [143], [228], [229], [235], [236], [320], [327], [328].
• Villiers, George, Duke of Buckingham, [194], [199], [207], [215], [223], [224], [227], [231], [233], [234], [252], [253 n.], [267], [270], [280] and [n.]
• Voyages of discovery, [43], [91], [94].
• W
• Wager, George, [352].
• Wages. See [Seamen, pay of]; [Officers, pay of].
• Waistcloths, [182] and [n.], [257].
• Wapping, [362].
• Warspite, [121], [129], [130], [156], [263].
• Warwick, Richard Neville, Earl of, [27], [28], [31], [32], [65 n.]
• Robert Rich, Earl of, [240], [249], [250], [288], [346].
• Watchword, [64].
• Water, Edmund, [85].
• Watermen, [177 n.], [244].
• Watts, Sir John, [224], [228], [231].
• Waymouth, George, [186], [203].
• Wells, John, [230], [260] and [n.], [266 n.], [267], [282].
• Weston, Richard, Lord, [234], [235], [279 n.]
• Whelps, the ten, [256], [344].
• White, Philip, [274 n.], [367].
• Thomas, [349].
• White Bear, [120], [122], [129], [130], [131], [263].
• William I, [1].
• Willoughby, Francis, [326], [347] and [n.], [349], [365].
• Wiltshire, James Butler, Earl of, [27].
• Winchester House, [210].
• Windebank, Sir Francis, [246], [279 n.]
• Winter cruising, [111].
• Wolstenholme, Sir John, [195 n.], [246], [349].
• Woodhouse, Sir William, [85], [86], [104].
• Worcester, John Tiptoft, Earl of, [27], [31].
• Wyard, Robert, [328].
• Wyndham, Sir Thomas, [76], [83].
• Wynter, George, [149].
• John, [85], [93], [94].
• Sir William, [102], [104], [107], [108], [111], [149], [156], [160], [393].
• Y
• Yards, [208].
• York, Duke of, see [James, Duke of York].

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