Journal 46, fos. 19b, 43b, 44.
Pepys, Diary, 8 March, 1665.
Journal 46, fo. 68; Repertory 70, fo. 74.
Diary, 10 March, 1665.
Captain John Taylor, who was selected immediately, expressed his willingness to abate £1,000 of the whole sum to be paid for the ship, the contract price being £12 per ton.—MS. Record "Ship London," fos. 3b-5b.
Journal 46, fo. 26.
Id., fo. 99.
"He [Major Halsey, 'a great creature of the Duke of Albemarle's'] tells me also, as he says of his own knowledge, that several people before the duke went out did offer to supply the king with £100,000, provided he would be treasurer of it, to see it laid out for the navy: which he refused, and so it died."—Pepys, Diary, 24 June, 1666.
Pepys, Diary, 10 and 26 June and 23 July. 1666.
"All this day by all people upon the river, and almost every where else hereabout were heard the guns, our two fleets for certain being engaged; which was confirmed by letters from Harwich, but nothing particular; and all our hearts full of concernment for the duke."—Pepys, Diary, 3 June.