Phineas Pett

Abington, Mr., 23
Adams, Mr., 2
Adams, William, 56 n., 57 n.
Addey, John, master shipwright, xxiii, 11, 173, 174, 178
Admiral, Lord High, xxvii, xxxv-xxxvii, 205
Admiralty, Committee of, xxxvii, xxxix
— Court of, xxxvi
— judge of, xxxv, xxxix, lxxxix, 205
— Lords Commissioners, xxxv, lxxxvi, xcix, 155, 211
— officers of, 205
Adye. See Addey
Alabaster, Mr., lix
Alexander, Mr., 23, 97, 98
Algiers, expedition against, lxxxiii, 122, 124, 139, 211
Alice Holt, 30
Allison, Sir William, 161
Andrews, Lawrence, 57
Anne of Denmark (Queen), visit to ships at Chatham, 29;
launch of Prince Royal, 80-81;
mentioned, 76
Antwerp, 72
Apsley, Sir Allen, victualler of the navy, 104
Apslyn, John, 178, 183
Apslyn, Nathaniel, assistant master shipwright, 150
Arches, Court of, 14
Arundel, Earl of, 89
Austen, Thomas, master attendant, 166
a Vale, John, boatswain, lvii, 19, 86
Aylesbury, Thomas, xlii, xc;
secretary to Nottingham, 104;
surveyor of navy, 150 n.
Bacon, Sir Francis, lxi n., 103
Bagwell, Mr., 159
Baker, James, xx, xxi, xxii
Baker, Mathew, master shipwright, grants to, xxii, xxiii, xxiv;
emoluments, xxviii;
master of Shipwrights Company, xxx;
instruction given to Phineas, liii;
letter of Phineas to, liii;
Phineas' opinion of, lv;
his opinion of Phineas, lxvii;
report on Prince Royal, lxxv;
MS. on shipbuilding, lxxix, lxxxi;
Phineas attempts to serve him, 3;
rebuilds Triumph, 6;
employs Phineas, 6;
builds Repulse, 6;
employs Phineas and assists his studies, 7;
malicious envy of, 11;
reversion of post to Phineas, 23;
envious enemy, 24;
Golden Lion and Swiftsure at Deptford, 29;
commission of inquiry, 33;
combines against Phineas, 38, 43;
evidence before inquiry, 44;
inquiry before James at Woolwich, 48, 55, 60;
censured by James, 63;
appointed to survey materials for Prince Royal, 68;
rebuilds Red Lion, 68;
Waymouth relates intrigue, 74;
rebuilding Merhonour, 112;
sickness and death, 112;
mentioned, 173, 174, 178, 183, 207
Barbary, voyage to, 5
Barker, Mr. 15, 20
Barking Creek, 150
Barwick, Mr., cousin, 151
Beake, Robert, 207
Beaulieu, 126
Bend, midship, 59 n.
Bent, 128
Bertie, Robert. See Lindsey
Best, T., 216
Bingley, Sir Richard, surveyor of the navy, 92;
survey at Chatham, 92-3
Birchington, 85
Bishop Ness, 152
Blackheath, 83
Blacktail Sand, 158
Blackwall, 21, 34, 93, 163
Blankenberghe Sconce, 109
Bludder, Sir Thomas, victualler to the navy, before Commission of
Inquiry, 34;
inquiry at Greenwich into abuses, 69
Blyth, Prior of, xvi
Boate, Edward, master shipwright, lxxx, 154
Bodman, Thomas, asst. master shipwright, 17
Bonanza, 26
Bond, William, xvii
Borough, William, comptroller of navy, xxiii n.;
house at Limehouse, 9
Bostock, Mr., 153
Boulogne, 135
Bourne, Robert, 124, 183
Bowles, Charles, 151, 161
Bradshaw, Captain Robert, 106
Brakes, The, 133
Brancepeth Park, xcviii, 160
Bridlington, 159
Briggs, Henry, inquiry at Woolwich, lxxxii, 59 and n.
Bright, —, senr., shipwright, lxx
Bright, Wm., master shipwright, succeeds to Chapman, xxiv;
emoluments, xxviii;
his opinion of Phineas, lxix;
report on Prince Royal, lxxv;
envy of, 11, 24;
the Commission of Inquiry, 33;
combines against Phineas, 38, 43;
evidence before inquiry, 45;
inquiry before James at Woolwich, 48, 55, 60;
censured by James, 63;
Waymouth relates intrigue, 74;
mentioned, liv n., 178, 183
Bristol, 178, 205
Bromadge, Robert, 57
Brooke, Francis, clerk of stores at Portsmouth, 144
Brooke, John, clerk of check at Portsmouth, 144
Brooke, Lord. See Greville, Sir Fulke
Brooke, Wm., 78
Brunning, Thomas, 124
Brunswick, Duke of, visits Chatham, 134
Brygandin, Robert, xvii
Buck, Sir Peter, clerk of the check at Chatham, 3;
clerk of the ships, 3 n., 55 n.;
knighted, 3 n.;
mentioned, 15;
the commission of inquiry, 33
Buck, Thomas, the Commission of Inquiry, 33;
inquiry before James at Woolwich, 55
Buckingham, Duke of, Lord High Admiral, visit to Chatham, 120;
obtains blank patent of baronetcy for Phineas, 121;
journey to Spain, lxxxviii, 125;
lands in Scilly Islands, 131;
release of Phineas from prison, 139;
mentioned, 133, 138, 139;
murder, 140;
letter to, 212
Buckwell, 151
Bull, Richard, shipwright, xxi, xxii, xxiii
Bull, Wm., master gunner of England, fires salute at Woolwich, 35, 36
Burgess, Mr., master of Resistance, 26
Burghley, Lord, lord treasurer, model for, 7;
house at Theobalds, 8
Burrell, Andrewes, 124, 145
Burrell, Wm., master shipwright, emoluments, xxviii;
principal master workman of East India Co., 39;
the inquiry at Woolwich, lxxxi, 56 n., 57;
ships built for East India Co., 75;
proposal to build ship in Ireland, 95;
Commissioner of Inquiry (1618), lxxxiii, cii, 119;
enemy of Phineas, 119, 120;
builds Happy Entrance and Reformation, 121;
Algiers committee, 122;
malice of, 124, 137;
made assistant to the principal officers, 143;
repair of ships, 144;
Portsmouth Harbour, 145;
mentioned, 55 n., 136, 183;
death, 145
Bursledon, xlvi
Bury, 12, 161
Button, Captain Sir Thomas, cii;
the Commission of Inquiry, 34, 67;
inquiry into abuses at Greenwich, 69;
ship for N.W. Passage, 95;
return to England, 112;
captain of Antelope, 133;
mentioned, 37, 97, 135
Button, Mrs., 37, 67
Bygatt, Wm., 55
Byland, Mildred, married to Phineas, 168 n.;
presented to Charles, 168;
death, 171
Cadzand, 111
CÆsar, Sir Julius, lxi n.
Cales (Cadiz), lxi, 26
Calshot Castle, 127
Cambridge, Emmanuel College, 2, 161;
The Falcon, 161;
Trinity College, 161;
mentioned, lii, 59
Camphire, 110
Campion, Sir William, 151
Canewdon, 2
Cant, The, 94
Canterbury, 170
— Archbishop of, 101;
visits Prince, 115
Carlisle, Earl of, 127
Carpenter, master, xvi, xix
Carr, Leonard, 159
Carr, Sir Robert, 132
Cassant Point, 111
Cateroll, Thomas, 57
Caulker, xix
Cecil, Sir Robert. See Salisbury
Cecil, William. See Burghley
Chadwick, Charles, 2
Chaloner, Sir Thomas, lxxxii, 59, 89
Chamber, 35
Chandler, Edward, 120;
survey of Prince Royal, 124
— — — (1626), xxxix n.;
survey of ships, 137;
dissolved, 138
Commissioners of the navy. See Navy Commissioners
Committee of Public Safety, xcix
Commons, House of, Shipwrights' Co., xxxvi, xxxviii
Cooke, William, master attendant, 151, 153, 165, 166
Cooper, Mary. See Pett
Cooper, Mr., death, 117
Corbett, John, lxi n., lxxvii
Cork, 4, 5, 6
Cotton, Sir Robert, lviii n., lxi n.,

lxiii, lxxvii
Council. See Privy Council
Council of State, xxxviii
Cowes, 123, 148
Cranfield, Sir Lionel, 118
Crompton, Sir Thomas, lxi n.
Cromwell, Sir Oliver, visit to Chatham, 29;
re-names Ark Royal as Anne Royal, 37;
mentioned, 89;
Phineas visits, 161
Crowe, Sir Sackville, treasurer of the navy, 138
Dagenham, 19, 20
Dalton, William, 140
Dartford, 112
Dartmouth, 205
Dawes, John, 56
Day, Jonas, 55 n.
Deal, 170
Dearslye, John, 124, 145 n.
Denmark, King of (Christian IV), visit to Chatham, 28;
visit to Woolwich and Chatham, 114
Deptford, 80-112, 144
Deptford Dockyard, xlvii, lxxxiii;
site, 1;
Golden Lion and Swiftsure docked at, 29;
Red Lion launched, 68;
mentioned, 84;
Happy Entrance and Reformation built, 121;
Antelope docked, 134;
St. Denis at, 146;
launch of Henrietta Maria in presence of King and Queen, 149;
James launched, 154
Deptford Strond, derivation of name, 1
Diggens, Nicholas, 56 and n., 57 n.
Ditton Park, 143
Doderidge, Sir John, lxi n.
Doncaster, 161
Dorset, Earl of, commissioner of Admiralty, 155
Dover, 25, 172;
castle and pier, 116;
road, 132, 135;
town and castle, 169
Downs, the, lxxxiv, 116, 123, 126, 133, 135, 169, 170
Drake, Sir Francis, 6
Drown devil, 71 n.
Dublin, visit to, 5;
Divelinge, 5 n.
Duck, David, shipwright, lviii;
friend and neighbour, 19;
yard at Gillingham, 24;
chooses trees at East Bere, 28;
inquiry at Woolwich, 57;
mentioned, 93
Duckett, Sir George, possessor of the MS., ix
Duller, 94 n.
Dunkirk, pirate, 16;
men-of-war, 130
Dunwich, xlvi
Durham, 159, 160, 161
— Bishop of, xcviii, 160
Dymocke, Thomas, 178, 183
Earl Marshal, xxxvi
East Bere, 27, 28
East Country Merchants, xxxvi
East India Company, lxxxiii
East India Dock, 163
Edisbury, Kenrick, 150;
informs against Phineas and Sir H. Palmer, 153, 155;
surveyor of navy, 155, 165
Edmondes, Michael, 56
Elizabeth, Princess, mentioned, 76, 81, 162 n.;
visit to Woolwich, 77;
marriage and festivities, 102-3;
transportation to Holland, 103-10;
at Margate, 108;
lands at Flushing, 109;
at Middelburg, 110
Elizabeth, Queen, 10, 18, 60
Elye, John, 57
England, 177, 178, 179
Erith, 123, 167
Essex, Earl of, Phineas desires to follow, 8
Etherington, Mr., 171
Eye, xliv
Fairlight, 126
Fareham, 144
Farnham, 145
Felton, John, 140
Ferne, Sir John, 123
Fleming, Denis, Clerk of the Acts, brown paper stuff, xc, 155
Fleming, Mrs., 152
Flim-flam, 39
Floor, of ship, 37
Flushing, 72, 109, 110, 111
Folly John Park, 143
Foxe, Captain Luke, cii, 159
France, 91
Franklyn, Rev. Mr., 138
Frating, xlviii
Frederick, Elector Palatine, marriage to Lady Elizabeth, 102 n.,
103;
transportation to Holland, 103-10;
at Margate, 108;
lands at Flushing, 109
Freeman, Mr., sues Phineas for debt, lxxxvi, 139, 141
Fryer, Colonel Sir Thomas, 140
Fuller, Rev. Thomas, xlii
Fuller, Thomas, 56
Furring, lxviii
Gad's Hill, 113
Gawdy, Sir Bassingbourn, xlv
Geare (Geere) Captain, 54, 107
Geere, Michael, 54 n.
Geere, William, 54 n.
George, Prince of Denmark, xl
Gibbons, John, 139
Gibbons, William, mate and purser of Resistance, 26;
master, 78;
North-west Passage, cii, 97
Gibraltar, 123
Giles, Captain Edward, captain of Spy, 122;
mentioned, 133, 135
Gillingham, lviii, 17, 24, 94, 104, 105, 111, 125, 151, 153
Glemham, Edward, captain, 4
Goddard, Henry, master shipwright, xxvi, xcix, 144, 150;
builds Henrietta Maria, 149
Gofton, Sir Francis, 119
Gondomar, Count of, 129
Gonson, Benjamin, 3 n.
Goodale, Edward, master carpenter of Gallion Constance, 4
Goodwin, John, master attendant, 150
Goodwin, John, professor of mathematics, 14
Gore, The, 85, 123
Gore End Road, 91
Grantham, 161
Grass, 127
Graves, Thomas. See Greaves, John
Gravesend, 21, 26, 85, 87, 89, 90, 91, 93, 95, 99, 111, 113, 114, 116,
123, 148, 168, 169, 171
— ferry, 162
Greaves, John, report on Prince Royal, lxxv;
the Commission of Inquiry, 33;
inquiry before James at Woolwich, 55;
survey of Prince, 124;
worm at Portsmouth, 145 n.;
mentioned, 183
Greenhithe, 20, 167, 168
Greenwich, school at, 2;
Court at, 14;
inquiry at, 68;
Park, 126;
mentioned, 25, 82, 84, 91, 95, 98, 111, 142, 148, 157, 166
Grene, Ralph atte, xvi
Grent, John, 196
Griffin, John, 116
Griffin, Robert, 116
Greville, Sir Fulke (Lord Brooke), treasurer of the navy, lvi, lxv;
disfavour of, 11, 15, 17;
favour of, 18;
chancellor of the exchequer, 117;
plots against Phineas, 126
Groyne (CoruÑa), lx, 25, 26
Guildford, 151
Guisborough, 159
Gunfleet, 111, 126, 169
Gunter, Edmund, xci n.
Halfway tree, 87
Hamilton, Marquis of, 126, 146
Hamon, Christopher, 116
Hampton Court, 92, 127, 136, 141, 157, 167, 171
Hampton, Thomas, 57
Handcroft, John, boatswain of Prince Royal, 136
Harling, xlv
Harten, 106
Harwich, xlvii, 151, 152, 153, 154, 158, 172 n.
Hawkridge, William, cousin, cii, 116;
journey to Portsmouth, 151;
Arctic exploration and capture by pirates, 151 n.
Hawkridge (niece), 120
Hawkyns, Sir John, last voyage, 6
Head, John, 178
Hedger, William, 183
Hendon, 28
Henrietta Maria, Queen, transportation to England, 135;
launch of ship named after her, 149;
attempted launch of Sovereign, 165;
visits ship, 167
Henry VIII, shipwrights under, xvii;
annuity granted, xxxxxix
Jenkins, Thomas, 57, 85, 86, 183
Jobson, Humfrey, 197
Johnson, Thomas, 56
Jones, William, 56
Jordan, Edward, 56, 57 n.
Jordon, Edmund, 183
Kech, John,

xvi
Keling, Edward, xxxviii
Kellie, Earl of, 127
Kelm, William de, xvi
Kent, 151
Keymer, Mr., mediates between Waymouth and Phineas, 72-3
King, John, master attendant, master of Flemish ship, 9;
Prince Royal inquiry, 56;
captain of Mathew, 85, 86;
master of Prince Royal, 86, 104;
master of Rainbow, 130;
mentioned, 89, 91, 93, 97, 99, 115
King, William, assists Phineas, 5
King's Bench, Court of, xxxvi
Kingston, 127, 171, 172
La Boderie, Sieur de, French Ambassador, visit to Prince Royal,
79
Lambeth, 22, 127, 140
Landguard Point, 152
Launching, ceremony at, 81, 83
Lawrence, William, xc
Legatt, John, clerk of the check at Chatham, the Commission of Inquiry,
34;
inquiry into abuses at Greenwich, 69;
Prince Henry stays at his house, 88;
dinner at, 99;
Nottingham stays at, 105, 111;
mentioned, 89, 98
Legatt, Mrs., 122
Leigh, 91
Lennox, Duke of, 167
Levant, voyage to, 5
Leveson, Sir Richard, lx
Lewes, 151
Light horseman, 91 n.
Limehouse, model built at, 7;
yard at, 7, 8, 24;
house at, 9, 10, 13, 17, 19;
mentioned, 21, 27, 178
Lindsey, Earl of, 143
Lisbon, visit in Resistance, lix, 25;
ravens of St. Vincent, 32
Lizard, 25
London, mentioned, 5, 91, 93, 101, 102, 126, 127, 136, 137, 139, 151,
161, 171;
Algiers committee of merchants, lxxxiv, 122;
All Hallows, Barking, 16;
Birchin lane, 5;
Bridge, 21;
Compter in the Poultry, 139;
Dolphin, 16;
Fleet prison, 139, 141;
Friday Street, 76;
Gresham College, 59;
Inns of Court, 103;
King's Head, 31, 99, 112;
Lord Mayor, 205;
Marshalsea, xxxv, lvii, 111;
Mincing lane, 144, 154;
Paul's wharf, 22;
plague, 19;
St. Dunstan's church, lxxxvii;
St. James's, 50;
St. Mary Overy, 103;
shipwrights, vide sub voce;
Somerset House, 114;
Three Cranes, 73;
Tower, 35;
Tower Street, lxxxvii, 79
Long Sand Head, 108
Love, Captain Thomas, 125, 133
Lydiard, Hugh, clerk of the check at Woolwich, xci n.;
Joseph and Phineas lodge with, 9;
the Commission of Inquiry, 33;
Joseph born in his house, 34;
salute in his garden, 35, 36;
banquet in parlour, 36;
Phineas and friends dine in his parlour, 37;
Northampton at his house during inquiry, 51;
inquiry before James, 55;
Prince Henry at his house, 81
Mainwaring, Sir Arthur, purchase of Resistance, 96
Mainwaring, Sir Henry, purchases Resistance, 96;
pinnace for Lord Zouch, 116, 117;
captain of Prince Royal, 131
Malaga, lxxxiv, 123
Man-of-war, private, 4 n.
Mansell, Lady, 37, 67
Mansell, Sir Robert, xlii, lix, lx, lxi, lxvi, xci;
treasurer of the navy, 24;
part owner of Resistance, 25;
purchases trees, 27;
the Commission of Inquiry, 34, 38;
plot revealed to, 40;
inquiry before James at Woolwich, 49, 51, 57, 67;
inquiry at Greenwich, 69;
launch of Prince Royal, 80, 82, 83;
sails to Chatham in, 86-7;
Prince Henry's visit to Chatham, 88-90;
sham sea-fight, 102;
committed to Marshalsea, 111;
attends King of Denmark on visit to Woolwich and Chatham, 114;
entertains Archbishop of Canterbury, 115;
visits Chatham with Buckingham, 120;
expedition against Algiers, lxxxiv, 122;
names the Leopard at Woolwich, 157;
launch and naming of the Sovereign of the Seas, 166-7;
mentioned, 27, 28, 37, 68, 79
Mar, Earl of, 89
Margate, Lady Elizabeth at, 108;
road, 108;
mentioned, 92, 169
Marie de Medicis, Queen Mother of France, 172
Marsh, James, 183
Marten, Sir Henry, judge of Admiralty, xxxv, xxxvii
Mason, Captain, 140
Masters attendant, 102, 119, 145, 166
Maurice, Prince of Orange, on board Prince Royal, 109
May, John, 183
Medway, lxxix, 152
Melcheburn, Thomas de, xvi
Melcheburn, William de, xvi
Meriall, Michael, 56
Meritt, Hugh, master attendant, the Commission of Inquiry, 33;
inquiry at Woolwich, 54;
master of Anne Royal, 106
Meritt, Richard, liii;
report on Prince Royal, lxxv;
purveyor in forest of Shotover, 30
Meryett. See Meritt
Middleburg, 110
Middleton, David, captain of Expedition, 91
Middleton, Sir Henry, Prince Royal inquiry at Woolwich, 54
Milbourne, Rev. Dr., 99, 100
Miller, Captain, 54
Mins, Jarvis, 19
Minster, church, 94
Models, for Lord Treasurer, 7;
for John Trevor, 14;
for Prince Henry, 31;
James intends to compare it with Prince Royal, 32;
upon wheels for Prince Charles, 156;
of Sovereign of the Seas, 157
Mompesson, Sir Giles, waste of timber, 118
Montgomery, Earl of, 127
Moore, Captain, 54
Moptye, John, xlvii n.
Morgan, Captain, lx, 25
Morice, Roger, master attendant, 108
Mould, 95 n.
Moyle, Captain, 151
Murray, Sir David, 31
Navy (ab uses in), inquiry moved by Mr. Wiggs, 10;
Northampton's inquiry, 32;
see also Commissions of Inquiry
Navy Commissioners, xxxix, xl, lxxx, lxxxv, lxxxix, xcviii, c, 136;
their actions questioned, 137
Needles, The, 123
Newark-upon-Trent, 161
Newcastle, carvel, 14;
mentioned, 158, 159, 180, 205
New Forest, 118
Newman, Rev. Mr., marries Rachel Pett, 2
Newman, Richard, 186
Newport, Captain Christopher, Prince Royal inquiry at Woolwich,
54;
master of Centaur, 85;
mentioned, 56 n.
Nicholas, Edward, lxxxvii, 211
Nicholls, Ann, Phineas meets, 9;
and marries, 10;
sickness, 17;
birth of John, 17;
of Henry, 18;
at Highwood Hill, 19;
birth of Richard, 28;
of Joseph, 34;
of Peter, 78;
of Ann, 100;
sickness and birth of Phineas, 115;
of Mary and Martha, 117;
sickness, 118;
birth of Phineas, 120;
birth of Christopher, 121;
death, 137;
mentioned, 20, 77, 85, 93, 111, 113, 123, 124, 127, 132
Nicholls, John, death, 76
Nicholls, Katherine, 78;
death of, 136
Nicholls, Richard, father-in-law, 10;
death of, 117
Noise, band of musical instruments, 20, 21, 34
Noman's Land, xci;
appointment as Lord High Admiral, xcix;
captain of Vanguard, 135;
Rochelle expedition, 138;
release of Phineas from prison, 139;
assists Phineas in prison, 141;
sells baronetcy for him, 142;
Admiral of fleet in Downs, 169, 170
Pepys, Samuel, transcribes the MS., vii, ix, x, civ;
mentioned, xl, liii, xcvii
Perin, Robert, 19
Petre, Lord, mentioned, 34
Pett, early instances of the name, xliii;
family of, xlii;
genealogical tables, l, li
Pett, Abigail, killed by stepfather, 12
Pett, Ann (wife). See Nicholls
Pett, Ann (daughter), birth of, 100
Pett, Ann (wife of Christopher), 168
Pett, Arthur, 56
Pett, Christopher, xcvii;
birth of, 121;

voyage to Harwich, 151, 153;
in north of England, 161
Pett, Elizabeth (mother). See Thornton
Pett, Elizabeth (sister), ill-treatment by stepfather, 11;
at Limehouse, 13;
death, 13
Pett, Elizabeth (widow of Peter), arrest of Phineas for debt due to
her, lxxxvi, 154
Pett, Henry, birth, 18, 28;
death, 112
Pett, John (great-grandfather), xliv, xlvi
Pett, John (son), birth, 17, 28;
voyage to Spain, 125;
return, 132;
goes to Ireland, 133;
married, 136, 138;
captain of merchant ship, 137;
captain of Sixth Whelp, 138;
takes leave, 140;
lost at sea, 140-1
Pett, Joseph, master shipwright, grant to, xxiv;
mentioned, xlvii, xlviii, liii;
succeeds his father, Peter, 4;
unkindness to Phineas and Noah, 4;
loan to Phineas, 5;
sheathes Defiance, 6;
employs Phineas, 6;
rebuilds Triumph, 6;
yard at Limehouse, 7, 8;
employs Phineas on Elizabeth Jonas, 9;
lack of assistance from, 13, 15;
reconciliation, 15;
reversion of post to Phineas, 23;
wharf at Limehouse, 24;
death, burial at Stepney, 27;
mentioned, 174, 178
Pett, Joseph (son), birth, 34;
death, 136
Pett, Joseph (nephew), mentioned, 151, 153;
his wife mentioned, 158
Pett, Katharine. See Cole
Pett, Lydia, xlviii;
death, 76
Pett, Martha, birth of, 117;
married to John Hodierne, 164
Pett, Mary (sister), ill-treatment by stepfather, 12;
at Limehouse, 13;
sickness, 14;
death of husband, 117;
death, 137
Pett, Mary (daughter), birth of, 117;
death, 118
Pett, Mildred. See Byland
Pett, Noah, xlviii;
emigrates to Ireland, 4;
master in Popinjay, 5;
drowned at Cork, 6
Pett, Peter (of Harwich), xliv, xlvii
Pett, Peter (of Deptford), master shipwright:
grants to, xxi, xxii, xxiii, xxiv;
grant of arms, xliv, 218;
father of Phineas, 1;
lodging at Chatham, 2;
death, 2;
ships built by, xlvii, lxx;
his children, lxviii, l
Pett, Peter (of Wapping), xlii, xlv, xlviii, lxix;
death, lxxxvi;
assists his brother, 4, 5;
woods at Paglesham, 8;
purveyor in forest of Alice Holt, 30;
mentioned, 78, 113, 178, 183
Pett, Peter (son of Peter of Wapping), voyage in Disdain, 93;
builds the Sixth Whelp, 139;
builds James, 154;
mentioned, 120, 145 n.
Pett, Peter (the younger), xlviii;
service as tutor, 12;
ill-treatment by father-in-law, 12;
lives at Limehouse, 13;
clerk in Arches, 14;
death, 16
Pett, Peter (son), commissioner at Chatham, ix;
Shipwrights' Company, xxxvii, xxxix;
rebuilds Prince Royal, lxxxi;
plan of Sovereign, xci;
portrait, ci;
birth of, 78;
builds Charles, 149;
voyage in Henrietta, 151;
arrangements for marriage, 152;
journey to Woodbridge, 152;
to build new ship, 153;
married to Mr. Cole's daughter, 153;
visit to father at Chatham, 156;
builds Leopard at Woolwich, 156-7;
sets out for north of England, 158;
timber for Sovereign, 160;
return to Woolwich, 162;
on board Sovereign, 169,
accompanies father to King, 171;
and Lord Admiral, 172
Pett, Phineas, the manuscript, vii;
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 Phoenix, 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 m internal">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, 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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