[12]. Brodie, vol. ii., note, from Ayscough’s MSS. Brit. Mus., 4161, vol. ii.
[13]. Ibid.
[14]. Brodie, from Hacket’s Life of Williams, part ii., p. 96.
[15]. Brodie, from Rushworth, vol. i., p. 424.
[16]. Letter from Admiral Pennington to Buckingham, State Paper Office, inedited.
[17]. Letter from Admiral Pennington to Buckingham.
[18]. Ibid.
[19]. A request which was quickly complied with, as we find in the State Paper Office: “Orders given to impress men for the fleet,” addressed to Admiral Pennington.
[20]. Ibid.
[21]. Ibid.