Wheatley Henry Benjamin
Samuel Pepys and the World He Lived In
APPENDIX III.
PEPYS’S MANUSCRIPTS AT OXFORD
CHAPTER V. p. 82.—Pepys’s manuscripts in the Rawlinson Collection at the Bodleian Library, Oxford, are very fully described in the “Oxford Catalogue of Manuscripts,” and the Rev. W. D. Macray’s Index to the same. Besides the letters from various persons which are noted further on in the list of Pepys’s correspondents, are a large number of copies of letters from Pepys himself. The other papers are described as (1) Naval and Official, (2) Personal and Miscellaneous. In the first class are various notes on the state of the navy at different periods, questions respecting shipbuilding, memorials, minutes, and reports. In the second class are accounts of expenses, bonds, inventories, lists of books, &c.; and in both classes are papers of considerable interest for the purpose of elucidating the particulars of Pepys’s life. Besides the above there are papers relating to other members of the family.
APPENDIX IV.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
CHAPTER V. p. 98.—The following notice of old musical instruments will help to illustrate some of Pepys’s allusions:—
“The lute about three hundred years ago was almost as popular as is at the present day the pianoforte. Originally it had eight thin catgut strings arranged in four pairs, each being tuned in unison; so that its open strings produced four tones; but in the course of time, more strings were added. Until the sixteenth century twelve was the largest number, or rather, six pairs. Eleven appear for some centuries to have been the most usual number of strings: these produced six tones, since they were arranged in five pairs and a single string. The latter, called the chanterelle, was the highest. According to Thomas Mace, the English lute in common use during the seventeenth century had twenty-four strings, arranged in twelve pairs, of which six pairs ran over the finger-board and the other six by the side of it. This lute was therefore, more properly speaking, a theorbo. The neck of the lute, and also of the theorbo, had frets consisting of catgut strings tightly fastened round it at the proper distances required for ensuring a chromatic succession of intervals.... The lute was made of various sizes according to the purpose for which it was intended in performance. The treble lute was of the smallest dimensions, and the bass lute of the largest. The theorbo, or double-necked lute, which appears to have come into use during the sixteenth century, had, in addition to the strings situated over the finger-board, a number of others running at the left side of the finger-board, which could not be shortened by the fingers, and which produced the bass tones. The largest kinds of theorbo were the archlute and the chitarrone.
“The most popular instruments played with a bow at that time [1659] were the treble-viol, the tenor-viol and the bass-viol. It was usual for viol players to have ‘a chest of viols,’ a case containing four or more viols of different sizes. Thus Thomas Mace, in his directions for the use of the viol, ‘Musick’s Monument,’ 1676, remarks: ‘Your best provision and most complete, will be a good chest of viols six in number, viz., two basses, two tenors, and two trebles, all truly and proportionably suited.’ The violist, to be properly furnished with his requirements, had therefore to supply himself with a larger stock of instruments than the violinist of the present day.
“That there was, in the time of Shakespeare, a musical instrument called recorder is undoubtedly known to most readers from the stage-direction in ‘Hamlet’: ‘Re-enter players with recorders.’ But not many are likely to have ever seen a recorder, as it has now become very scarce.”—Engel’s Musical Instruments (S. K. M. Art Handbooks), pp. 114–119.
APPENDIX V.
PEPYS’S CORRESPONDENTS
CHAPTER VII.—The following is a list of those friends and acquaintances whose letters to Pepys are still extant. The greater proportion of the letters are at Oxford, but some printed in the “Diary” are at Cambridge.
[The date is that of the letter. B. affixed shows that the MS. is in the Bodleian Library; S. that the letter is printed in Smith’s “Life, &c., of Pepys;” and P. that it is printed in the Correspondence attached to the “Diary.”]
Ackworth, William, Storekeeper in Woolwich Dockyard, 1664. B.
Agar, Thomas, 1679–87. B.
Ailesbury, Robert Bruce, Earl of, 1684. B.
Alberville, Marquis d’ [otherwise White], 1687. B.
Alcock, Thomas, Master Caulker at Portsmouth, 1682–6. B.
Allais, Denise d’, 1680. B.
Andrewes, Sir Matthew, 1686–87. B.
Andrews, Thomas, Contractor for the Victualling of Tangier, 1664. B.
Anglesey, Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of, 1672. B., S.
Atkins, Samuel. B.
Aylmer, Lieut. George, 1677–78. B.
Baesh, Sir Edward, 1689. B., S. (spelt Beash).
Bagwell, William, Carpenter of H.M.S. “The Prince,” 1668, 1681. B.
Banks, C., 1678. B.
Banks, Sir John, 1672–9. B.
Barlow, Thomas, Clerk of the Acts, 1660–1. B.
Barrow, Philip, Storekeeper at Chatham, 1663. B.
Barry, James, 1678. B.
Bastinck, Francis, 1674, 1679. B.
Batelier, Joseph, Clerk in the Navy Office, 1681–83. B.
Battine, Edward, Clerk of the Survey at Portsmouth, 1687. B.
Beach, Sir Richard, 1677–88. B.
Beane, R., 1682. B.
Beaumont, Basil, Midshipman in the “Phœnix,” 1687. B.
Bedford, Thomas, Deputy-Registrar of the Admiralty, 1687. B.
Belasyse, John, Lord, 1675. B.
Berkeley, John, 3rd Lord, of Stratton, 1678. B., P.
Bernard, Sir John, 1677. B.
Berry, Sir John, 1674–87. B.
Berry, Captain Thomas, 1673. B.
Bertie, Peregrine, 1688. B.
Betts, Isaac, Master Shipwright at Portsmouth Dockyard. B.
Bibaud, Henry, 1686–7. B.
Bickerstaffe, Sir Charles, 1685–88. B.
Bland, Mrs. Sa., 1664. B.
Blathwayt, William, Secretary to James II., afterwards Clerk of the Council and Secretary at War, 1687. B.
Bodham, W., of Woolwich Ropeyard, 1665–71. B.
Bolland, Captain Richard, 1676–7. B.
Booth, Sir William, Captain of H.M.S. “Adventure,” and Commissioner of the Navy, 1679–88. B.
Bounty, Captain John, 1680. B.
Bourk, William, Purser, 1687. B.
Bowles, George, 1681. B.
Bowles, Phineas, 1680–9. B.
Brisbane, John, 1679. B.
Brooke, Sir Robert, 1667. B.
Brouncker, William, Lord, 1667. B., P.
Browne, Captain John, afterwards a Cutler, 1682. B.
Browne, John, Alderman and Mayor of Harwich, 1689. B.
Bulkeley, Lord, 1687. B.
Bulteel, P., 1687. B.
Bunce, Stephen, 1676. B.
Burchett, Josiah, 1687–8. B., P., S.
Burton, Dr. Hezekiah, 1677. B., P.
Butler, Sir Nicholas, 1688. B.
Canham, Ambrose, 1684. B.
Carteret, Sir Philip, 1686–7. B., S.
Chamberlayne, C., 1687. B.
Chardin, Sir John, 1687. B.
Charlett, Dr. A., 1700–2. P.
Chetwood, K., 1687. B.
Chicheley, Sir John, 1673. B., S.
Child, John, 1680. B.
Child, Sir Josiah, 1673. B.
Churchill, Captain George, 1688. B.
Clarendon, Henry, 2nd Earl of, 1700–1. P.
Clutterbuck, Sir Thomas, 1671. B., S.
Colinge, Richard. B.
Compton, Dr. Henry, Bishop of London, 1691. P.
Cooke, Thomas, 1687. B.
Copleston, Sir John, 1679. B.
Corie, Thomas, 1675. B.
Cotton, Captain Andrew, 1687. B.
Coventry, Sir William, 1664–76. B. 1665, 1673. P.
Cowse, William, 1688. B.
Cramporne, Thomas, 1674. B.
Creed, John, 1667–87. B.
Custis, Edmund, 1675. B.
Cuttance, Sir Roger, 1667. B.
Dartmouth, George Legge, Lord, 1683–4. B., P. 1684–89. S.
Deane, Sir Anthony, 1666–89. B. 1689. S.
Delaune, Dr. W., 1702. P.
Denise, Claude, Secretary to the Consistory of the Savoy, 1679–81. B.
Dering, Sir Edward, 1687–8. B.
Des Glereaux, Paul Thevenin Sieur, 1680. B.
Des Moulins, Mdlle. Marie Lecoq, 1680–1. B.
Done, Andrew, 1679. B.
Donluis, Felix, 1680–88. B.
Dore, James, 1689. B.
D’Oyly, Edmund, 1679. B.
Dryden, John, 1699. S.
Duck, Mrs. Ann, 1682. B.
Dummer, Edmund, 1679. B., S.
Dunlope, Charles. B., S.
Dyre, Captain William, 1679–81. B.
Elkins, Richard, 1667. B.
Ellis, John, Scrivener, 1678. B.
Erlisman, Captain John, 1681. B.
Ernle, Sir John, 1671. B.
Evelyn, John, 1666–89. B. 1667, 1700. P. 1687–9. S.
Evelyn, Mrs. Mary, 1687. B., S.
Fairfax, George, 1677. B.
Falkener, John, Woolwich Ropeyard, 1664. B.
Feilding, Captain Henry, 1682. B.
Ferrer, Mrs. Jane, 1668. B.
Fist, Anthony, 1671. B.
Fitzpatrick, Colonel John, 1687. B.
Flawes, William, Captain of H.M.S. “Falcon,” 1679. B.
Fletcher, Mathias, Carver to the Navy at Deptford, 1689. B.
Ford, Lieut. Samuel, 1678–88. B.
Fowler, Mrs. Anne, Widow of Capt. Fowler, 1687–8.
Fowler, Thomas, Captain of H.M.S. “Swallow,” 1683–87. B.
Fox, Simon, 1675. B.
Francklin, Samuel, 1682. B.
Frederick, Sir John, 1677. B.
Frowde, Philip, Master of the Post Office, 1688. B.
Furzer, Daniel, Assistant Shipwright at Chatham Dockyard, 1685. B.
Gale, Roger, 1702–3. P.
Gale, Thomas, D.D., 1680–90. B. 1680–8. S. 1688–9, 1700. P.
Galenière, Mons. de, 1702–3. P.
Gauden, Sir Denis, 1671–1682. B.
Gauden, Jonathan, 1689. B.
Gelson, John, 1683. B.
George, Lieut. John, 1679. B.
Gibbon, John, 1675. B., S.
Gibbon, Mary, Wife of Capt. Thomas Gibbon, 1681. B.
Gibbon, Captain Thomas, 1681. B.
Gibson, Dr. Edmond, afterwards Bishop of London, 1696. P.
Gibson, Richard, Victualling Agent to the Navy, 1670–88. B. 1688. P.
Gifford, Captain William, 1688. B.
Gordon, Sir Robert, 1687. B.
Gough, Richard, 1683. B.
Gray, J., son of Lord Gray, of Stamford, 1680. B.
Gregory, Edward, Commissioner of Chatham Dockyard, 1670–89. B.
Guilford, Sir Francis North, Lord, 1677–82. B.
Guillym, S., 1688. B.
Guy, Henry, 1680–1. B.
Gwynn, Francis, 1688. B., S.
Haddock, Sir Richard, 1681. B.
Hall, Thomas, 1681. B.
Hamilton, Thomas, 1679. B.
Hancock, Giles, 1682. B.
Harbord, William, M.P., 1679. B.
Hardesnell, J., 1681. B.
Harman, William, Captain of H.M.S. “Bristol,” 1675. B.
Harris, Alexander, Messenger to the Admiralty, 1679. B.
Hawer, Nathaniel, 1688–9. B. 1688–9. S.
Hayes, Sir James, Commissioner of the Treasury in Ireland, 1666–73. B.
Hayter, Thomas, Clerk of the Acts, and Secretary to the Admiralty, 1673–9. B.
Hebdon, Sir John, 1666, 1681. B.
Herne, Sir Nathaniel, 1674. B.
Hewer, William, 1675–88. B. 1682, 1688. P. 1675–88. S.
Heywood, Captain Peter, 1679. B.
Hickes, Dr. George, 1700–2. P.
Hill, Joseph, B.D., 1676–88. B. 1681–9. S.
Hill, Thomas, 1673–5. B., S.
Hodges, William, Merchant at Cadiz, 1684–88. B.
Holmes, Henry, 1688. B.
Holmes, Sir John, 1677–9. B.
Holmes, Lady M., 1687. B.
Holmes, Sir Robert, 1688. B.
Homewood, Edward, Chatham, 1686–7. B.
Hopson, Sir Thomas, 1688. B.
Hosier, Francis, 1666. B.
Houblon, James, 1674–89. B. 1677–86. S.
Houblon, Mrs., 1683. B., S.
Houblon, Wynne, 1688. B., S.
How, Edward, Carpenter of H.M.S. “Oxford,” 1686. B.
How, Lieut. John, 1675. B.
Howard, Mrs. E., Housekeeper to the Duke of York, 1671. B.
Howard, Sir Robert, 1679. B.
Howe, William, Judge at Barbadoes, 1681–88.
Hughes, Thomas. B., S.
Hunter, S., Clerk to the Trinity House, 1680–87. B.
Jackson, John, brother-in-law of Pepys, 1676. B.
Jackson, John, nephew of Pepys, 1687. B. 1699–1700. P.
Jackson, Samuel, 1688. B., S.
James II., 1688. B., P. 1679–81. P.
Jaques, Captain William, 1678. B.
Jeffreys, George, Lord Chancellor, 1687. B., P.
Jenifer, Captain James, 1667, 1679. B.
Jenkins, Sir Leoline, 1676–85. B. 1678–9. P.
Jenner, Sir Thomas, Baron of the Court of Exchequer 1687. B.
Jodrell, Paul, Clerk of the House of Commons, 1684–5. B.
Jordan, Sir Joseph, 1667. B.
Joyne, John, Watchmaker at Paris, 1680–1. B.
Kember, James. B.
Kennedy, Sir James, Consul in Holland, 1687–8. B.
Killigrew, Admiral Henry, 1679–88. B.
King, Gregory, 1692–3. P.
Kirke, Colonel Piercy, of Tangier, 1683. B.
Kneller, Sir Godfrey, 1690. B., S. 1701–2. P.
Langley, Captain Thomas, Mayor of Harwich, 1667–87. B.
Lanyon, John, Contractor for the Victualling of Tangier, 1664–6. B.
La Pointe, – de, 1683. B.
Latour, Raphael de la Bordasse, Seigneur de, 1680. B.
Lee, Robert, Master Shipwright at Chatham Dockyard, 1685. B.
Legendre-Tunier, T., 1669. B.
L’Estrange, Sir Roger, 1681. B.
Lewsley, Thomas, of Chatham, 1664. B.
Lhostein, Captain Augustus, 1674. B.
Littleton, Edward, 1689. B.
Lloyd, Captain David, 1688. B.
Loke, George, of Brampton, 1681. B.
Lorrain, Jacques, 1680. B.
Lorrain, Paul, son of Jacques, 1681. B. 1700. P.
Loton, Rev. John, of Chatham, 1670–88. B. 1688. S.
Lovelace, Thomas, 1680. B.
Lowther, Sir John, Commissioner of the Admiralty, 1689. B.
Luzancy, Hippolitus de, Vicar of Harwich, 1689. B., P.
Lynch, Thomas, Purser, 1680–1. B.
McDonnell, Captain, afterwards Sir Randal, 1687. B.
Martin, Samuel, Consul at Algiers, 1667–76. B.
Maryon, Joseph, of Clare Hall, Cambridge, 1681. B. 1680–1. S.
Matthews, John, of Huntingdon, 1681–7.
Maulyverer, John, of Magdalene College, Cambridge, 1679. B., P.
Mayden, Thomas, Merchant, 1676. B.
Middleton, Martha, Countess of, 1682. B.
Middleton, Colonel Thomas, 1665–7. B.
Miller, Thomas, of Brampton, 1683. B.
Milles, Daniel, D.D., 1681–2. B. 1687. S.
Mills, Rev. Alexander, of Sandwich, 1687. B., S.
Montagu, Rev. John, 1674. B., S.
Moore, Henry, 1667–9. B.
Moore, Sir Jonas, 1678. B., S.
Morales, – de, Portuguese Captain, 1680. B.
Mordaunt, Lady Elizabeth, 1680–2. B.
Moreau, Claude, Porter in Paris, 1680–3. B.
Morelli, Cesare, 1674–87. B. 1681. P. 1674. S.
Morland, Sir Samuel, 1677–88. B. 1686–8. P. 1687. S.
Munden, Sir Richard, 1679–80. B.
Murcott, Anne, 1687. B.
Narborough, Sir John, 1679. B.
Nelson, Robert, 1702–3. P.
Nevett, Richard, Purser, 1681. B.
Newlin, Robert, of Seville, 1684. B.
Newton, Sir Isaac, 1693. P.
Nicolls, Captain Matthias, 1681–2. B.
Norfolk, Jane Howard, Duchess of, 1681. P. 1687. B., S.
Norfolk, Thomas Howard, 7th Duke of, 1673. B., S.
Norman, James, 1667. B.
Norwood, Colonel Henry, 1679–81. B. 1679. S.
Orford, Edward Russell, afterwards 1st Earl of, 1689. B., S.
Papillon, Thomas, Merchant, 1673. B.
Parker, Abraham, Muster-master in the Navy, 1673–4 B.
Parry, Francis, Envoy to Portugal, 1679. B.
Peachell, John, D.D., 1680–8. B., P. 1680–8. S.
Pearse, Elizabeth, Laundress to the Queen of James II., 1682. B.
Pearse, James, Surgeon-General to the Fleet, 1666–80. B.
Pearse, James, Jun., 1677–86. B. 1679. S.
Pedley, Sir Nicholas, of Huntingdon, 1682. B.
Peletyer, Antoine, of Paris, 1669–80. B.
Pellissary, Madame Bibaud, of Paris, 1680, 1687. B.
Penn, Sir William, 1664. B.
Pepys, Charles, Master Joiner at Chatham Dockyard, 1689. B., S.
Pepys, John, Sen., 1664. B.
Pepys, John, from H.M.S. “Sapphire,” 1687. B.
Pepys, Richard, 1688. B., S.
Pepys, Roger, M.P., 1674. B.
Pepys, Thomas, 1681. B.
Pepys, Mrs. Ursula, 1680–87. B. 1683. P. 1680. S.
Perriman, J., of Rotherhithe, 1668. B.
Peterborough, Penelope Mordaunt, Countess of, 1680. B.
Pett, Mrs. Ann, widow of Christopher Pett, 1670. B.
Pett, Christopher, 1666. B.
Pett, Sir Peter, 1664–1684. B. 1684. S.
Pett, Peter, 1682. B.
Pett, Sir Phineas, 1672–89. B. 1686–88. S.
Pett, Samuel, 1679. B.
Petty, Sir William, 1683–87. B. 1683. S.
Philipson, John, of Newcastle, 1682. B.
Poole, Sir William, Captain of H.M.S. “St. David,” 1675–9. B.
Povey, Thomas, 1672–86. B. 1672. P. 1680. S.
Prestman, John, 1679. B.
Priaulx, Thomas, of Seville, 1684. B.
Prowd, Captain John, 1676. B., S.
Puckle, James, 1679–80. B.
Raines, Sir Richard, Judge of the Court of Admiralty, 1686–88. B.
Rand, William, Governor of the Sea-Chest, 1672. B.
Reay, Lord, 1699–1700. P.
Reresby, Gars, 1683–4. B.
Rich, Peter, 1680. B.
Richmond, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1671–2. B., S.
Robins, Judith, 1687. B.
Robinson, Sir Robert, 1667–79. B.
Rochester, Laurence Hyde, Earl of, 1677. B.
Rolfe, John, Alderman of Harwich, 1689. B.
Rooke, Sir George, 1679.
Rooke, Colonel W., 1679. B.
Rooth, Sir Richard, 1674–87. B.
Ross, Thomas, 1674. B., S.
Row, Richard, 1675. B.
Roydon, Charles, Captain of H.M.S. “Guernsey,” 1677–8. B.
Rushworth, Mrs. Hannah, 1676–7. B.
Russell, Charles, 1683. B., S.
Ruvigny, Henri, Marquis de, 1679, 1681–2. B.
Rycaut, Paul, 1686. B.
Sackville, Captain Edward, 1679. B.
St. John, Dr. John, Judge in the East Indies, 1688. B.
St. John, Lady, 1687. B.
St. Michel, Balthasar, 1670–89. B. 1672. P. 1673–4, 1689. S.
St. Michel, Mrs. Esther, 1681–2. B., S.
St. Michel, Samuel, 1689. B., S.
Salisbury, Hugh, 1670. B.
Sandford, S., Alderman of Harwich, 1683, 1686, 1689. B.
Sandwich, Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of, 1665. B., P.
Sandwich, Edward, Lord Hinchinbroke, 2nd Earl of, 1667. B., S.
Sansom, John, 1675. B.
Savile, Henry, 1672–9. B. 1672. P.
Scott, Robert, Bookseller, 1681–8. B. 1688. P. 1681. S.
Seaman, Dr. Robert, Alderman of Harwich. 1688–9. B.
Shadwell, Edward, 1688. B.
Shales, Captain John, 1688. B.
Sheres, Sir Henry, 1675–87. B. 1683. S.
Sheridan, Thomas, 1680. B., S.
Sherwin, Judith, 1680. B.
Shish, Jonas, Shipwright at Sheerness and Deptford, 1664. B.
Silvester, Edward, 1671. B.
Skelton, Bevil, 1686. B.
Skinner, Daniel, 1676–7. B.
Skinner, Ephraim, 1674. B.
Skinner, Mrs. Frances, 1699. B., S.
Skinner, O’Brien, 1679–82. B.
Skinner, Peter, 1686–89. B. 1689. S.
Slingar, Roger, 1684. B., S.
Slingsby, Sir Henry, 1687. B., P.
Smith, Sir Jeremiah, 1667. B.
Smith, Dr. Thomas, 1702. P.
Sotherne, James, 1680. B.
Southwell, Edward, 1682. B.
Southwell, Sir Robert, 1671–88. B. 1681–8. S.
Spencer, William, Bursar of Peter House, Cambridge, 1686. B.
Spragg, Captain Thomas, 1688–9. B.
Spragge, Sir Edward, 1672. B.
Stock, Abraham, of Dover, 1677–88. 1688. S.
Stockdale, Robert, 1674. B.
Stokes, W., Mayor of Dover, 1678. B.
Strickland, Sir Roger, 1688. B.
Sussex, Anne Fitzroy Lennard, Countess of, 1688. B., S.
Taylor, Captain John, of Chatham Dockyard, 1667. B.
Taylor, Captain Silas, 1672. B.
Teddiman, Thomas, 1681. B., S.
Thynne, Henry Fred, 1687. B.
Tilghman, Abraham, Clerk to the Commissioners at Deptford, 1687. B., P., S.
Tippetts, Sir John, Commissioner of the Navy at Portsmouth, 1664–85. B.
Torrington, Arthur Herbert, Earl of, 1679. B.
Tosier, Captain John, 1679. B.
Trenchepain, François, 1679–80. B.
Trevanion, Ri, 1680. B.
Trevor, Sir John, 1687. B.
Tuke, Lady (M.), 1687. B., S.
Turner, Dr. John, 1682–87. B. 1680–88. S.
Turner, Mrs. Mary, 1682. B.
Turner, Tim, 1680. B., S.
Tyler, Richard, 1667. B.
Tyrrell, Captain John, 1687. B.
Tyrrell, Sir Timothy, 1679–80. B.
Vernon, John, 1681. B.
Villiers, Sir Edward, 1681. B.
Vincent, Nathaniel, D.D., 1682–8. B. 1682–8. S.
Vittells, Captain Richard, Master Superintendent at Chatham, 1687–8. B.
Walbanke, John, 1681. B.
Wallis, John, D.D., 1688. B., S. 1699–1702. P.
Waltham, Thomas, 1667. B.
Warner, John, 1685. B., S.
Warren, Sir William, 1664–88. B.
Wells, Jeremiah, Rector of West Hanningfield, Essex, 1670–9. B.
Wescombe, Sir Martin, Consul at Cadiz, 1686. B.
Wheler, George, 1681. B.
Williamson, Sir Joseph, 1689. B., S.
Wivell, E., 1674–87. B.
Wood, Dr. Robert, 1682. B., S.
Woolley, William, 1684. B.
Wren, Matthew, 1669–70. B., P.
Wrenn, Captain Ralph, 1687. B.
Wright, Edward, 1680. B. 1696. P.
Wyborne, Sir John, Deputy Governor of Bombay, 1680–8. B. 1686–8. S.
Wyborne, Lady (K.), 1683–8. B. 1686–7. S.
Wylde, Captain Charles, 1683. B., S.
Yeabsley, Thomas, Contractor for the Victualling of Tangier, 1664–5.
APPENDIX VI.
LISTS
Of the Secretaries of the Admiralty, and Principal Officers of the Navy; viz., Treasurers, Comptrollers, Surveyors, Clerks of the Acts, and Commissioners of the Navy at Chatham; to the beginning of the 18th century. (Compiled by Colonel Pasley, C.B., R.E.)
FROM the middle of the 16th to the end of the 17th century, Chatham was by far the most important of the English naval stations, and the Commissioner resident there had from the first a seat and vote at the Board in London—a privilege which was not extended to his colleague at Portsmouth until a much later date. The rise of the latter port dates from the alliance with the Dutch, and war with France which followed the accession of William and Mary, and which made it necessary to establish a first-class naval yard at a less distance from the French coast than Chatham. The same cause led to the construction of a dry dock at Plymouth. See “Edmund Dummer,” in the list of Surveyors of the Navy.
The figures in the first column represent the year of appointment, when that can be ascertained. The prefix “circ.” implies that the person named in the second column is known to have held the office at the time stated, although the date of first appointment is not known. In some cases the only date that can be found is that of an order to the Attorney-General to prepare letters patent; sometimes that of the patent itself; sometimes of a warrant to execute the office, notwithstanding that the patent is not yet passed; and occasionally that of a letter from some person at Court informing his correspondent that the King or Queen has signed such and such a patent. It has been thought better, therefore, to state only the year of appointment, as the insertion in lists of this kind of the month and day tends to give them a delusive appearance of accuracy.
The scantiness of MS. records before the Revolution arises from the practice which existed of retiring Officers taking away with them their office books and papers, which they regarded as their own property. This was put a stop to in the Dockyards by a Navy Board Order of the 18th August, 1692. Unless otherwise stated, the manuscripts in the following lists are in the British Museum.
