Chapter I: Front Matter

A HISTORY OF THE ADMINISTRATION
OF THE ROYAL NAVY

VOLUME I

MDIX-MDCLX

A HISTORY OF THE ADMINISTRATION
OF THE ROYAL NAVY
AND OF MERCHANT SHIPPING
IN RELATION TO THE NAVY

BY M. OPPENHEIM

VOL I
MDIX-MDCLX

JOHN LANE THE BODLEY HEAD
LONDON AND NEW YORK
MDCCCXCVI

A HISTORY OF THE ADMINISTRATION
OF THE ROYAL NAVY
AND OF MERCHANT SHIPPING
IN RELATION TO THE NAVY
FROM MDIX TO MDCLX WITH
AN INTRODUCTION TREATING
OF THE PRECEDING PERIOD

BY M. OPPENHEIM

JOHN LANE THE BODLEY HEAD
LONDON AND NEW YORK
MDCCCXCVI

J. MILLER AND SON, PRINTERS, EDINBURGH

CONTENTS

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_LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS_ viij

_PREFACE_ ix

_INTRODUCTION_—THE NAVY BEFORE 1509 1

HENRY VIII, 1509-1547 45

EDWARD VI, 1547-1553 100

MARY AND PHILIP AND MARY, 1553-1558 109

ELIZABETH, 1558-1603 115

JAMES I, 1603-1625 184

CHARLES I, 1625-1649, _PART I_—THE SEAMEN 216

—— _PART II_—ROYAL AND MERCHANT SHIPPING 251

—— _PART III_—THE ADMINISTRATION 279

THE COMMONWEALTH, 1649-1660 302

_APPENDIX A_—INVENTORY OF THE _HENRY GRACE À DIEU_ 372

—— _B_—THE MUTINY OF THE _GOLDEN LION_ 382

—— _C_—SIR JOHN HAWKYNS 392

—— _D_—A PRIVATEER OF 1592 398

INDEX 401

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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_THE TIGER_ (OF HENRY VIII). HAND-COLOURED IN FACSIMILE
OF A PORTION OF THE ORIGINAL MS. IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM,
(_Add. MSS._, 22047) _FRONTISPIECE_

WYARD’S MEDAL, 1650. FROM ONE OF THE FOUR REMAINING
MEDALS (BRITISH MUSEUM) _TITLE PAGE_

THE SEAL OF THE NAVY OFFICE xiij

AN ELIZABETHAN MAN-OF-WAR. FROM A CONTEMPORARY DRAWING IN
THE BODLEIAN LIBRARY, OXFORD, (_Rawlinson MSS._, A 192, 20) 130

THE _MEDWAY_ ANCHORAGE (_TEMP._ ELIZABETH). HAND-COLOURED IN
FACSIMILE OF A PORTION OF THE ORIGINAL MS. IN THE BRITISH
MUSEUM, (_Cott. MSS._, Aug. I, i, 52) 150