table of his relations, l;
of his family, li;
birth, 1;
school at Rochester, 1;
at Greenwich, 2;
enters Emmanuel College, 2;
misfortunes from his mother's second marriage, 2;
apprenticed as shipwright, 3;
serves under Mathew Baker, 3;
ships as carpenter's mate in the _Constance_, 4;
assisted by a stranger, 5;
misery of voyage, 5;
lands in Ireland and visits his uncle at Dublin, 5;
returns to London and lodges with his brother Peter, 5;
assistance of brother Joseph, 5;
employed on _Defiance_ and _Triumph_, 6;
employed by Baker on _Repulse_, 7;
instruction given by Baker, liii, 7;
makes model for Burghley, 8;
presented to Nottingham, lvi, 8;
employed by Joseph, 8;
courtship, 9;
takes house at Limehouse, 9;
married to Ann Nicholls, 10;
unemployed, 10;
purveyor of timber in Suffolk and Norfolk, 11;
trouble over the accounts, lvi, 11;
takes care of his brother and sisters, 12;
model made for Trevor, 14;
studies mathematics, 14;
appointed storekeeper at Chatham, 15;
reconciliation with Joseph, 15;
takes house at Chatham, 16;
nearly captured by Dunkirker, 16;
assistant master shipwright, 17;
contractor for victualling, 17;
sued at law for striking George Collins, lvii, 18;
undertakes to fit out fleet, 18;
voyage to Ipswich, 19;
journey to Highwood Hill, 19;
works on _Answer_, 20;
his letter to Baker, liii;
builds _Disdain_ for Prince Henry, 21;
voyage up the Thames, 21;
presented to Prince Henry, 23;
granted reversion of master shipwright's place, xxvi, 23, 173;
builds _Resistance_, 24;
voyage to Spain in her, lviii, 25;
returns to Chatham, 26;
journeys to East Bere, 26, 28;
succeeds Joseph as master shipwright despite opposition of Stevens,
xxv, 27;
King of Denmark visits Chatham, 29;
works on _Ark Royal_ and _Victory_, lxiv, 30;
journeys to Alice Holt and Shotover, 30;
elected master of Shipwrights' Co., 30;
makes model for Prince Henry, lxvi, 31;
interview with James I, 32;
Commission of Inquiry (1608), lxi, 32;
entertainment of Prince Henry, 34;
launch of _Anne Royal_, 37;
lays keel of _Prince Royal_, 37;
hostility of other shipwrights, 38;
warned by Vicars, 38;
frustrates Waymouth, 40;
seeks help of Mansell and Trevor, 40;
and of Nottingham, 41;
Nottingham visits James, 42;
inquiry ordered, lxxiv, 42;
inquiry at Woolwich, lxxv, 44;
anger of Northampton, 46;
James decides on personal inquiry, 47;
support of Prince Henry, 50;
proceedings of inquiry before James, lxxxi, 51-66;
James exonerates him, 63;
favoured by James, 68;
inquiry into abuses at Greenwich, 69;
the case of the _Resistance_, lviii, 70;
Waymouth appeals to him, 73;
displeasure of Prince Henry, 75;
feast at St. James's, 76;
Prince Henry visits him, 76;
the Prince and James examine the _Prince Royal_, 77;
visitors to the ship, 77;
survey of the navy, 78;
journey to Nonsuch, 78;
preparations for launching, 79;
failure to launch, 81;
disappointment of James, 82;
_Prince Royal_ launched, and named by Prince Henry, 83;
removes from Woolwich to Chatham, 85;
_Resistance_ sails for the Straits, 85, 93;
embarks in _Prince Royal_, and sails to Chatham, 86;
journey to London, 87;
visit of Prince Henry to Chatham, 88;
takes leave at Gravesend, 90;
search for Arabella Stuart, 91;
on board _Resistance_ in storm, 91;
reproved by Prince Henry for survey of navy, 92;
voyage in _Disdain_, 93;
at Woolwich, 94;
choice of, ship for N.W. Passage, 95;
takes leave of Button, 96;
builds _Phœnix_, 96;
sells _Resistance_, 96;
visit to Prince Henry, 97;
visit of Prince's suite, 98;
master of Shipwrights' Co., 99;
portrait commenced, ci, 100;
grief at death of Prince Henry, 101;
journey to London and preparations for marriage and transport of
Lady Elizabeth, 102;
takes lodging in Westminster, 102;
sham sea-fight, 103;
preparation of fleet, 104;
embarks in _Prince Royal_, 105;
_Prince Royal_ put aground, 106;
sails for Netherlands, 109;
visits Flushing and Middelburg, 110;
returns to England, 111;
takes over _Merhonour_ on death of Baker, 112;
falls from horse, 112;
taken ill on journey to Westminster, 112;
returns to Woolwich, 113;
fall in _Merhonour_, 114;
royal visits to Woolwich and Chatham, 114;
removes to Chatham, 115;
builds _Destiny_ for Raleigh, lxxxviii, 115, 117;
purchases land at Chatham, 116;
master of Shipwrights' Co., 116;
builds pinnace for Lord Zouch and sails to Dover, 116;
employed in New Forest, 118;
Commission of Inquiry (1618), lxxxiii, 119;
placed under Norreys, 119;
makes dock at Chatham, 120;
visit of Buckingham, 120;
James gives him patent for baronetcy, 121;
builds pinnaces for Algiers Expedition, lxxxiii, 122;
sails to Malaga, 123;
returns to Chatham, 124;
_Prince Royal_ prepared for voyage to Spain, 125;
letter to Buckingham, 212;
sails to Santander, lxxxviii, 126;
Prince Charles at Santander, 128;
returns, 130;
at Scilly Islands, 131;
lands at Dover, 132;
presented with gold chain and attends Prince to the Parliament, 133;
colliers fitted as men-of-war, 133;
storm in the Downs, 133;
visited by Charles I, 134;
sails to Boulogne to fetch Henrietta Maria, 135;
plans for small ships, 136;
appointed on Commission of Inquiry (1626), 137;
death of wife, 137;
married to Mrs. Yardley, 138;
building of _Lion's Whelps_, 138;
arrested for debt, lxxxvi, 139;
Charles I gives him patent for baronetcy, 139;
murder of Buckingham, 140;
returns from Portsmouth to Chatham, 140;
imprisoned in the Fleet, 141;
repairs dock at Woolwich, 142;
falls from horse, 142;
surrenders house at Chatham, visits various forests, 142;
appointed assistant principal officer, 144;
at Portsmouth, 144;
taken ill on journey home to Woolwich, 145;
appointed a principal officer, 145;
Charles attends launch at Woolwich, 146;
removes to Chatham, 147;
Charles visits Chatham, 147;
at Portsmouth, 148;
returns to Chatham, 149;
entertains Charles at Woolwich, 149;
returns to Chatham in _Henrietta_, 150;
journeys to Portsmouth, 150;
returns to Chatham, 151;
sails to Harwich in _Henrietta_, 151;
at Woodbridge, 152;
returns to Chatham, 153;
sale of brown paper stuff, lxxxix, 153, 155;
at Harwich, 153;
Woodbridge, 154;
return to Chatham, 154;
arrested at instance of sister-in-law, lxxxvi, 154;
model for Prince Charles, 156;
Charles commissions him to build a great ship, xci, 156;
model of the _Sovereign_, 157;
receives arrears of pension, 157;
voyage to Yorkshire, 159;
visits Foxe, 159;
at Newcastle, 159;
selects trees in Chopwell and Brancepeth, 160;
leaves Durham for London, 161;
visits Cambridge, 161;
returns to Chatham, 162;
keel of _Sovereign_ laid, 162;
assists in salvage of _Anne Royal_, 163;
Charles visits Woolwich, 162, 163;
death of wife, Susan, 164;
failure to launch _Sovereign_, 165;
launched, 166;
royal visit to ship, 167-8;
embarks in _Sovereign_, 169;
in the Downs, 169;
disembarks at Deal and returns to Chatham, 170;
death of wife, Mildred, 171;
visits Charles, 171;
visits Northumberland, 172;
the last years, xcix;
his death, c;
character and ability, ci;
interest in arctic exploration, cii;
Virginia Co., ciii;
income, ciii;
motive in writing the autobiography, civ
Pett, Phineas (seventh child), birth of, 115;
death, 118
Pett, Phineas (tenth child), birth of, 120
Pett, Phineas (son of John), birth of, 141
Pett, Phineas (grandson), lends Pepys the MS., ix
Pett, Sir Phineas, ci
Pett, Rachel, marries Rev. Mr. Newman, 2;
death, 3
Pett, Richard (son of Peter), xlviii
Pett, Richard (son), birth of, 28;
mentioned, 127, 140;
foreman at Chatham, 137;
accompanies father to prison, 141;
death, 143
Pett, Thomas, of Skipton, xliv, xlv
Pett, William, master shipwright, xxiii, xlvii
Pett, William, xlix _n._
Pett, William (nephew), 120
Pette, William, xlvi
Phillips, Sir Edward, lxi _n._
Phineas, derivation of name, lii, 1
Pickasee, Mr., victualling at Chatham, 17
Picks, William, 183
Pitt, William, 119
Plague, 19
Plats, 95
Plumstead, 77
Plymouth, 205;
Sound, 128, 214
Popham, Sir John, lord chief justice, 13
Pole, William de la, xvi
Pope, Mr., lvii
Portsmouth, xxi, xlvi, 126, 127, 132, 138, 140, 151;
Dock, 144;
examination of harbour, 144;
worm at, 145;
Queen's Head, 148;
King at, 148;
survey at, 150
Pory, John, mediates between Waymouth and Phineas, 72-3
Price, Rev. Dr., 101
Prime, Thomas, 57, 178
Principal Officers of the Navy, 81, 99, 102, 119, 138-9, 142, 145, 147,
148;
Phineas, created assistant to, 143;
meet in Mincing Lane, 144, 146
Privy Council, inquiry before James at Woolwich, 52;
release of Phineas from prison, 139;
mentioned, lxxxiv, 29, 68, 72, 76, 81, 122, 138
Prytly, 108
Puniett, Thomas, 85, 86, 123
Pyham, Rev. John, 120, 136
Queenborough, 25, 88, 89, 91, 93, 105, 106, 126, 158
Rabye, Nicholas, 178
Radclyffe, Francis, 121
Rainham, 16
Ralegh, Sir Walter, lxxxviii;
Phineas contracts to build _Destiny_, 115;
launched, 116;
mentioned, 116, 139, 211
Rammekens, 110
Ratcliff, xxxiv, 20, 77, 91, 118, 139, 178;
Phineas lodges at, 101;
_Mercury_ and _Spy_ built at, 122
Redriff (Rotherhithe), company of shipwrights, xxxii;
court of shipwrights, 40;
common hall, 116;
mentioned, 178, 181, 182, 205
Red Sand, 123
Redwood, Thomas, 54
Reynolds, Henry, appointed to survey materials for _Prince Royal_,
68
Reynolds, John, master gunner of _Prince Royal_, 86, 90, 97, 107;
mentioned, 98;
master gunner of England, 133
Rich, Henry. _See_ Holland
Richmond, 31, 92, 97, 98
Rickman, Robert, 54
Rochelle, ships for expedition, 138;
mentioned, 140
Rochester, Free School, 2;
Boley Hill, 16, 20;
proclamation at, 19;
college of, 116;
St. Margaret's Church, 138;
Crown Inn, 147;
King at, 148;
mentioned, 99, 100, 115, 205
Rock, Thomas, ship-painter, ci, 19, 100
Rogers, Thomas, xlvii _n._
Rotherhithe. _See_ Redriff
Rupert, Prince, 162
Russell, James, 178
Russell, Mrs., 120
Rutland, Earl of, Admiral of fleet fetching Prince Charles from Spain,
127, 131
Rye, 26
Sackville, Edward. _See_ Dorset
St. Helens, 132
St. James's Palace, 23, 88, 100, 101, 132, 156
St. John, Captain Sir William, 88
St. Mary Creek, 87, 105, 125, 126, 154, 171
St. Vincent, ravens of, 32
St. Vincent, Cape, 123
Salisbury, Earl of, lord high treasurer, advises James not to discharge
men working on _Prince Royal_, 48;
the inquiry before James at Woolwich, 57;
mediates on behalf of Waymouth, 72, 74;
search for Arabella Stuart, 91
Salmon, R., 216
Sandis, Edwyn, xcix
Sandwich, 135, 136
San Lucar, lix, 26
Santa Maria (Cape), 26
Santander, 26, 125, 128, 130
Scarborough, 159
Scavelmen, 82 _n._
Scilly Islands, mentioned, 130;
Prince Charles lands, 131;
stays in Castle Hugh, 132;
leaves, 132
Scotland, xlvi
Scotland Yard, 156
Seames, The, 141
Seaton, Colonel Sir John, xcix
Seville, 26
Sharpe, Robert, 57, 93
Sheerness, 87, 94
Sheldon, Francis, clerk of check at Woolwich, 153
Sheppey, Isle, 94
Ships, Shipwrights' Company to examine, xxxii;
armament of, xxxii;
of Holland, lxxiii, 130;
Flemish, 9;
Newcastle carvel, 14;
little, for the Prince, 21;
pinnace for the Prince, 96;
for Lord Zouch, 116;
general survey, 119;
ketch, 130;
Dunkirk, 130;
_See also_ Models
Ships, named, merchant:
_Althea_, 85
_Archangel_, lxx
_Centaur_, 85
_Constance_, 4
_Destiny_, lxxxvi, lxxxviii, ciii, 54 _n._, 117, 211, 217
_Discovery_, lxx, 95 _n._, 97 _n._
_Dolphin_, 133
_Expedition_, 54 _n._, 91 _n._
_Godspeed_, lxx
_Mathew_, 85
_Mercury_, lxxxiv, ciii, 122, 217
_Peppercorn_, 75, 76
_Resistance_, lviii, lxiii, lxviii, cii, 24-26, 70, 77, 78, 84,
85, 91-3, 95, 96, 217
_Resolution_, cii, 95 _n._, 97 _n._
_Spy_, lxxxiv, ciii, 122, 217
_Trade's Increase_, 75, 76
Ships named, royal:
_Achates_, xlvii
_Advantage_, xlvii
_Anne Royal_ (_See_ also _Ark Royal_), lxiv, 34, 35,
37, 103, 105-7, 163
_Answer_, liii, lxviii, 20, 24, 217
_Antelope_, 125, 133, 134, 213
_Ark Royal_, 21, 29, 30, 37, 217
_Bear_, lxx, 25, 29
_Bonaventure_, 95
_Britannia_, ci
_Charles_, 149, 150, 164 _n._, 217
_Convertive_, lxxxviii; _See_ also _Destiny_
_Crane_, lvii
_Defiance_, xlvii, 6, 94-5, 112, 114, 115, 129, 217
_Disdain_, 23, 93, 102, 217
_Dreadnought_, 95
_Elizabeth Jonas_, lxxx, 9, 10, 24, 29, 115
_Foresight_, lix, lx
_Fortune Pink_, 156
_Garland_, 170
_George_, 213
_Golden Lion_, 29, 56 _n._
_Grace Dieu_, xvii, xlvi
_Greyhound_, xlvii, 163, 217
_Happy Entrance_, 121
_Henrietta_, 137, 151, 153, 217
_Henrietta Maria_, 149
_Henri Grace à Dieu_, xvii
_James_, 154
_Leader_ barge, xxii
_Leopard_, 156, 157
_Lion_, 103, 147
_Lion_ barge, xxii
_Lion's Whelps_, 17, 138, 149
_Maria_, 137, 148, 217
_Mary Rose_, 215
_Merhonour_, lxvii, 94, 95, 112, 114, 115, 217
_Moon_, xlvii, lxviii, 17, 217
_Phœnix_, 96, 104, 217
_Popinjay_, 5
_Primrose_, 19
_Prince Royal_, lxvi-lxxxii, lxxxix, civ, 37-68, 77, 79-87, 90,
99, 103-110, 114, 115, 119, 124-7, 134, 147, 207, 212, 214, 217
_Rainbow_, xlvii, 130
_Red Lion_ (_see_ also _Golden Lion_), 68
_Reformation_, 121
_Regent_, xvii, xlvi
_Repulse_, lvii, 6
_Roebuck_, 163, 217
_St. Denis_, 146, 151 _n._
_St. Esprit_, 138
_St. George_, 125, 132
_Sovereign of the Seas_, ix, xlii, lxxix, xci-xcix, c, ci, 156,
162, 164-171, 214, 217
_Spy_, 103
_Swiftsure_, xlvii, 29
_Triumph_, 6, 7, 115
_Unicorn_, lxxx, 154
_Vanguard_, 135, 142, 146
_Victory_, lxiv, lxvi, 29, 146
_Warspite_, xxii
Shipwright, master, origin of, xv;
rate of pay, xviii, xxvii;
two classes, xxviii;
mentioned, xxi, lxiv, 95, 102, 145, 119
Shipwrights, early, xv;
scale of pay, xix;
petition for incorporation, xxix, 175;
Waymouth's criticisms of, lxxi;
deputation to Lord High Admiral concerning arrears of pay, 112;
Commission of Inquiry (1618), 119;
of Thames, 124;
launch of _Sovereign_, 164
Shipwrights, Company of (incorporated), origin of, xxix;
charter of 1605, xxix, 176;
charter of 1612, xxx, 179;
its powers, xxxii;
opposition of rivals, xxxiii;
parliamentary powers sought, xxxvii, xxxviii, xl;
in difficulties, xxxviii;
ceases to function, xxxix;
surrenders charter and attempts to obtain new one, xxxix;
Phineas elected master, 30, 99, 116;
Court at Redriff, 40
Shipwrights, Company of (London), origin, xxxiii;
disputes with incorporated company, xxxiv;
exempted from its jurisdiction, xxxv
Shoreham, 72, 151, 171
Shorn, xliii
Short, John, clerk of check at Chatham, 171
Short, Mrs., 171
Shorten, 109 _n._, 127 _n._
Shotover, 30, 142, 149, 153
Shrewsbury, Earl of, 89
Simonson, Martha, 20
Simonson, Mrs., 20, 115
Simonson, Nicholas, dock at Ratcliff, 77;
launch of _Prince Royal_, 80;
suicide, 118;
mentioned, 9, 57, 178, 183
Sion House, 172
Skipton, xliv
Sluis, 109
Smith, Robert, messenger, 146
Smith, Sir Thomas, 118, 122, 126
Smith, Thomas, c _n._, ci
Smyth, John, shipwright, xxi
Southampton, xlvii, 178, 205
South Sand Head, 169
Southwark, 103 _n._
Southwold, 10
Spain, voyage to, lix, lxxxi, lxxxviii, 2, 125-32, 214
Spencer, Lawrence, boatswain of _Prince Royal_, 86
Spicke, Mrs., 113
Spits, The, 108, 158
Stamford, 161
Starland, Mr., 147
Start, The, 26
Stephins, William, shipwright, xxii
Stepney, 10, 27
Stevens, Edward, master shipwright, xxii;
grant to, xxv;
report on _Prince Royal_, lxxv;
reversion of master shipwright's place, 20, 23;
fails to obtain it on death of Joseph, 27;
the Commission of Inquiry, 33;
combines against Phineas, 38, 43;
evidence before inquiry, 45;
inquiry before James at Woolwich, 49, 55, 60;
censured by James, 63;
at Chatham with Phineas, survey of _Prince_, 124;
mentioned, 178, 183
Stevens, Edward, junior, shipwright, 149
Steward, Sir Francis, voyage to Spain, 125, 132, 213
Stockton, 159
Stokes Bay, 126, 127
Stonham Aspul, xliii
Stowmarket, 161
Stowood, 142, 149, 153
Straits, The, 26, 91, 93
Strood, 90, 147
Stuart, Arabella, escape and search for, 91
Stuart, James. _See_ Lennox
Suffolk, 151
Suffolk, Earl of, lord high chamberlain, inquiry on _Prince Royal_,
lxxiv, 42;
lord treasurer, 117
Sunderland, 160
Sunning Park, 143
Surtis, Nicholas, 57, 93
Sussex, 148
Sutton, Sir Richard, 119
Swatchway, 17
Taylor, John, 145 _n._
Tayte, Lewis, lxxxviii, 211
Terne, Nathaniel, xc
Terringham, Francis, 153
Thames, River, mentioned, 49, 53, 176;
ice in, 123
Theobalds Park, 8, 80, 125, 212
Thetford, xliv
Thornton, Elizabeth (mother of Phineas), wife of Peter Pett, xlviii, 1;
marries Rev. T. Nunn, 2;
death, 8
Thornton, George, captain in navy, assists his nephew, Noah, 4;
visited at Dublin, 5
Through head, 9 _n._
Tilbury, 21
Tilbury Hope, 19, 87, 88, 93, 123, 163
Titchfield Haven, 148
Together, 96
Tonnage, measurement of, 96
Tranckmore, Robert, the Commission of Inquiry, 33;
inquiry before James at Woolwich, 55
Treswell, Robert, 143
Trevor, Lady, 37
Trevor, Sir John, surveyor of the navy, lvi, lix, lx, lxvi;
especial friend, 11;
model for, 14, 15;
sick, 18;
part owner of _Resistance_, 25;
purchases trees, 27;
the Commission of Inquiry, 38;
plot revealed to, 40;
inquiry before James at Woolwich, 49, 51, 57, 67;
inquiry into abuses at Greenwich, 69;
survey of navy, 78;
launch of _Prince Royal_, 80, 83;
transfers post of surveyor to Bingley, 92;
mentioned, 23, 27, 28, 37, 68, 138
Trevor, Sir Sackville, 129
Trinity House, report on Shipwrights' Company, xxxix;
masters of, on inquiry of 1618, 119;
examination of Portsmouth Harbour, 145;
masters of, 165, 166, 167;
protest against building _Royal Sovereign_, xci, 214
Tuck, 44 _n._
Tuxford, 161
Ungle, Robert, 11
Upnor, lxxix, 87, 89, 93, 104 _n._
Vale. _See_ a Vale
Valladolid, lix
Vane, Sir Henry, c;
comptroller of household, 155
Vaughan, Rev. Mr., 164
Vere, 110
Vicars, Sebastian, carver, warns Phineas of combination against him,
38, 39;
death, 112;
mentioned, 207
Virginia Company, ciii
Waade, Sir William, lxi _n._
Wales, 177, 179, 180
Wales, Prince of. _See_ Henry _and_ Charles
Walsham-le-Willows, xlv
Wanstead, 157
Wapping, xlviii, 5
Warwick, Earl of, Lord High Admiral, xxxvii, xcix
Waterford, 5
Watford, Richard, 183
Wathsfield, xliii, xlv
Watts, Captain, _Prince Royal_ inquiry at Woolwich, 54
Waymouth, Captain George, arctic exploration, lxx, ciii;
knowledge of shipbuilding, lxx-lxxiv;
report on _Prince Royal_, lxxv;
the Commission of Inquiry, 33;
combines against Phineas, 38;
reveals plot to Burrell, 40;
evidence before inquiry, 45;
inquiry before James at Woolwich, 49, 51, 54, 55, 60;
failure in building small ship, 70;
goes to Flushing and Antwerp, 72;
ordered to be apprehended as a pirate, 72;
applies to Earl of Salisbury for protection, 72;
pension as master engineer, 72;
advised to get Phineas to mediate with Lord Admiral, 73;
Phineas invited to supper, 73;
Mr. Pory attempts reconciliation, 73;
asks Phineas to pardon him, 74;
explains how he was induced to act against him, 74;
pardoned, 75;
death, 75;
North-west Passage, 95 _n._
Webb, Mr., master of free school at Rochester, 2
Wells, John, xci
Wells, Thomas, 183
Wentbridge, 161
Westminster, mentioned, 19, 33, 40, 88, 112, 143, 211;
Abbey, 101;
St. Stephen's Alley, 102
Weston, 8, 11, 12
Weston, Richard (Lord), commissioner for the navy, 119;
lord treasurer, 139, 141, 142, 143, 146, 148
Weymouth, 128
Whitaker Spit, 126
Whitby, 159
Whitechapel, lvii
Whitehall, 22, 31, 32, 40, 46, 50, 67, 89, 114, 149, 164, 165;
sham sea-fight, 102;
masque by water, 103;
privy stairs, 103;
privy gallery, 157
Whitehead, Esau, 178
Whiting, Walter, master of _Prince Royal_, 131
Wiggs, Thomas, 10
Wight, Isle of, 148, 214
Wilkinson, Robert, 178
Williams, Thomas, shipwright, 136
Wills, Mr., 85
Wilson, George, boatswain of _Lion_, 21;
master attendant, 138, 142
Wilson, Mr., Prince Henry's tailor, 97
Windebank, Sir Francis, secretary of state, 155
Windebank, Sir Thomas, 23, 24
Windsor, 112, 143
Witham, 162
Wolstenholme, Sir John, 119
Wood, Gilbert, presents Phineas to Lord High Admiral, 8
Wood, John, first servant, 6
Woodbridge, The Crown, 152;
church, 154;
collier of, 160;
mentioned, 150, 156, 158, 162, 178, 205
Woodcott, James, 54
Woodcott, John, 56
Woodcott, Mathew, 54
Woolwich, _Defiance_ brought into dock, 6;
_Triumph_ at, 7;
_Elizabeth Jonas_ brought into dock, 9;
launched out, 10;
_Ark Royal_ and _Victory_ docked, 29, 30;
new gates for dock, 34;
church, 34;
_Ark Royal_ renamed, 37;
investigation into state of _Prince Royal_, 42, 44;
James resolves on personal inquiry at, 47;
_Merhonour_ and _Defiance_ docked, 94;
and rebuilt, 112;
neglect at, 113;
Phineas returns to, 113, 143;
visit of King of Denmark, 114;
_Merhonour_ and _Defiance_ launched, 115;
_Elizabeth Jonas_ and _Triumph_ docked, 115;
_Destiny_ built in galley dock, 116;
_Vanguard_ docked, 142;
dock renewed, 142;
Richard Pett buried at, 143;
Phineas returns ill from Portsmouth, 145;
launch of _Vanguard_ and _Victory_, 146;
_Charles_ built, 149;
King visits, 149;
Peter to build ship at, 153;
_Unicorn_ launched, 154;
_Leopard_ built, 156;
launched, 157;
visit of Charles to, 156;
_Sovereign_ to be built at, 158;
timber for, 160;
keel laid, 162;
visit of Charles I, 162;
and Palsgrave, 162, 163;
launch of the _Sovereign_, 166;
docked, 167;
mentioned, _passim_
Worcester, Earl of, master of the horse, visits ship, 22;
mentioned, 27, 28;
inquiry on _Prince Royal_, lxxiv, 42
Wotton, Lord, lxi _n._
Wright, Robert, 56
Yacht, 109
Yardley, Catherine, married to John, 136;
married to Edward Stevens, 149
Yardley, Edward, 146, 151
Yardley, Robert, 115, 136, 138
Yardley, Susan, married to Phineas, 138;
mentioned, 142;
journey to Chatham, 146, 164;
death, 164
Yarmouth, 205;
road, 158, 178
York, 161
York, Duke of. _See_ Charles I
Zapata, Cardinal, 129
Zouch, Lord, lord warden of cinque ports, lxi, lxxvii;
pinnace built for, ciii, 116, 117
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Transcriber's note:
Italic text is denoted by _underscores_.
Bold text is denoted by =equal signs=.
A superscript is denoted by ^; for example, Cap^n and Ma^{ty}.
Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been
corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within
the text and consultation of external sources.
Footnotes [298], [319] and [322] are referenced more than once (they
have multiple anchors).
Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text,
and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained. For example,
Raleigh, Ralegh; sweet meats, sweetmeats; sea captain, sea-captain;
connexion; throughly; cozened.
Pg vii, the etext has 'subtraction sums of the form 1612 - 1570 = 42';
the original text has a three-line math format for the subtraction.
Pg xliii Footnote [73], 'see Rye' replaced by '_see_ Rye'.
Pg lvii Footnote [103], the two dates are on separate lines one above
the other, and are braced together with } in the original text;
this is replaced in the etext by '1602 Oct 14, 1603 June 19'.
Pg lxxiii, 'shipwrights a r no' replaced by 'shipwrights are no'.
Pg lxxvii, 'HNorthampton.' replaced by 'H. Northampton.'.
Pg lxxviii, 'HNorthampton.' replaced by 'H. Northampton.'.
Pg lxxxii, missing anchor [141] added to 'Appendix,[141] which are'.
Pg 45, 'any the materials used' replaced by 'any of the materials used'.
Pg 119, 'Richard[445] Sutton,' replaced by 'Richard Sutton,[445]'.
Pg 120, '3rd day of the same month' replaced by '3rd day of the next
month'.
Pg 136, the sentence between the lines of asterisks has been moved to
the top of the paragraph from the middle of it.
Pg 153, 'of out Stowood' replaced by 'out of Stowood'.
Appendix IV, italic formatting of heading 'Charter to Shipwrights'
removed for consistency with headings of other Appendices.
Index, 'Caesar, Sir' replaced by 'Cæsar, Sir'.
Index, 'Pett, Peter (son)' reference to page cxvii changed to xci.
Index, 'Trinity House', reference to page 314 changed to 214.
Some abbreviations used in the text are explained below:
A^o Anno (in the year)
Cal. S.P. Dom. Calendar of State Papers Domestic
H.C.A. High Court of Admiralty
N.E.D. New English Dictionary (late 1800s)
N.R.S. Navy Records Society
P.R.O. Public Records Office
S.P.D. State Papers Domestic