References
- S. P. Dom. This was the number laid down by them in their propositions for reform of the service (Jas. I, c1, 2). They had found nearly 400 on the books, but had reduced this number by eliminating the crews of discarded vessels, many of the standing officers, and 36 “dead pays.”
- S. P. Dom. 1 February 28, 1629; Chas. I, ccix; in addition there were 87 beyond the “ordinary,” taken on to guard the ships
- Ibid. CLVIII, 2
- S. P. Dom. Chas. I, CCLXXXII. In 1633 the numbers allotted to the various rates at Chatham were: 21–24 for vessels of the first rate, g for those of the second, 7 for those of the third, 6 for those of the fourth, and 3 for those of the fifth. At Portsmouth the second rates were allowed 14 (Add. MSS. 9297, ff. 238–9)
- S. P. Dom. Jas. I, XLI, 70–71
- Ibid c1, 2
- Coke MSS. I, 99–100
- An inferior rank of seaman, paid at a lower rate than the ordinary mariner
- 163 Sloane MSS. 3232
- S. P. Dom. 1 January, 1625; Jas. I, CLXXXII, 29
- S. P. Dom. Chas. I, XXVII, 69
- Ibid. LVII, 41
- Ibid. CXIX, 69; and see the remarks of Hollond given below
- S. P. Dom. 1 January 8, 1634, Edisbury to Nicholas; CCLVIII, 30
- Add. MSS. 9300, No. 17
- Add. MSS. 9299, f. 69
- Sloane MSS. 3232, f. 122
- First Discourse of the Navy 14
- Ibid. 15
- First Discourse of the Navy 16 – 17 .
- 1626 . S. P. Dom. A full list, with details in regard to fees and the numbers allotted to the different rates, is given in Chas. I, xxxv, 19 (September
- Coke MSS. I, 450
- S. P. Dom. Chas. I, xxxv, 19
- Tracts. Sloane MSS. 758, f. II; and see also Monson's
- Sloane MSS. 758, f. 12
- Tracts. Monson's
- Sloane MSS. 758, f. 26
- S. P. Dom. Chas. I, xxxv, 19
- Sloane MSS. 758, f. 8
- Ibid. ff. 10–11
- S. P. Dom. Chas. I, xc, 19
- E.g. S. P. Dom. CXCI, 80 (1631); and Northumberland's instructions of 1641 (ibid. ccccLxxx, 52), which imply that the ships were “pestered with idlers.”
- First Discourse of the Navy 22 – 25 .
- S. P. Dom. Examples of applications for such appointments from such applicants occur in Chas. I, ccx, 51;XVIII, 15; CCXXXI, 72; CCXXVII, 72; CCXLVII, 6; CCLXXIII, 17, and many other documents of the period
- S. P. Dom. March 10, 1628, xcv, 56; certificate in favour of Philip Spicer
- Ibid CCLXV, 90
- Ibid. CCCXLIII, 69; and for similar cases see ibid, LXXXI, 36; DXXXIII, 39; CCCXXII, 65; XXXVIII, 69; CXCVIII, 81; CCLXXV, 42, etc
- The British Fleet 352 – 3 . For a description of the development of the midshipman in the seventeenth century see Robinson, pp.; but this description applies to a rather later date than that treated of here; the Dutch Wars made a great difference in all these matters
- S. P. Dem. For examples of appointments under Charles I see LVI, 3; LXXIII, 101