[300] Referred to at [p. 33] as 'Thomas Graves of Limehouse, shipwright and yardkeeper'; the indictment is, however, signed by 'John Greaves' (see [Introduction]), and it may be noted that 'John Graves' was nominated an 'Assistant' by the Charter of 1612. Probably Pett has made a mistake in the forename.
[301] Probably Robert Tranckmore, who with Jonas Day was employed in 1627 in making a dry dock, etc., at Portsmouth. These two with Pett were also ordered to report on the faults in the ships built by Burrell.
[302] Clerk of the Check at Woolwich.
[303] Brother of Sir Peter Buck, Clerk of the King's Ships. It appears from [p. 33] that he was an under clerk to Sir Peter. In October 1607 Thomas Buck and William Holliday were granted 'protection' for a year, and this was renewed in September 1609. On 31st July 1609 Thomas Buck and John Clifton were granted the moiety of all forfeitures, etc., incurred by officers of the navy for frauds against the Crown.
[304] John Clifton (see preceding note); he had been purser in the Answer in the Spanish voyage of 1605.
[305] In October 1604 he was granted with others a reward of 5s. a ton for building five new ships. He was a friend of William Adams, the navigator, who refers to him in his letter from Japan of October 23, 1611, to the East India Company. It would appear that he and Diggens (and possibly Woodcott) would more properly have been included under 'shipwrights.'
[306] Probably the William Bigatt who was master of the Lion under William Borough in 1587. See 'The Mutiny of the Golden Lion' in Oppenheim, Administration of the Royal Navy, p. 382 et seq.
[307] Of Stepney.
[308] Became in 1610 one of the six principal masters. Newport's reversion (see [note 7, p. 54]) was granted 'after the placing of John King.'
[309] Possibly Arthur Pett, the navigator of 1580. He was one of the members incorporated by the second charter of the Virginia Company in 1609.