[320] MS. 'Androes.'
[321] Shipbuilder at Gillingham, see [p. 24]. He was also a shipwright in Chatham Yard.
[322] Referred to at [p. 93] as 'friends in the navy.'
[323] See [Introduction].
[324] MS. 'directed.'
[325] See [Introduction].
[326] The transverse section of the ship at the greatest breadth.
[327] Henry Briggs (1561-1630), mathematician. First Professor of Geometry at Gresham College.
[328] The futtocks or foothooks are the timbers between the floor timbers and the top timbers. The floor timbers, lower and upper futtocks, and top timbers, when put together, form a complete frame-bend.
[329] Redness being a sign that the wood was past its prime and beginning to decay.