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The Autobiography of Phineas Pett

Phineas Pett

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, 124 Channel (English), 109 Channel (Queen's), 108 Chapman, Richard, master shipwright at Deptford, grant to, xxiv; Phineas bound apprentice to him, liii, 3; death, xxiv, 3 Charing Cross, 114, 138 Charles I, Duke of York, 76, 81; Prince of Wales, visits Woolwich, 114; journey to Spain, lxxxviii, 125; at Santander, 128-30; rescue by _Defiance_, 129; endeavours to make peace between Dunkirk and Holland men-of-war, 130; lands in Scilly Islands, 131; lands at Portsmouth, 132; gives Phineas gold chain, 132; attends Parliament, 133; proclaimed King at Chatham, 134; visits Rochester, 134; visits _Prince Royal_ at Dover, 135; plans of ships, 136; release of Phineas from prison, 139, 141; gives Phineas blank patent for baronetcy, civ, 139; creates Phineas an assistant principal officer, 143 and _n._; principal officer, 145; launch of _Vanguard_, 146; visit to ships at Portsmouth, 148; visit to _Charles_, 150; brown paper stuff, 153; launch of _Unicorn_ and _James_, 154; suspends Phineas and others, xc, 155; favour to Phineas, 155; visit to _Leopard_, acquaints Phineas of intention to build _Sovereign of the Seas_, xci, 156-7; renews privy seal for Phineas, 157; visits to Woolwich, 162-63; salvage of _Anne Royal_, 163; attempted launch of _Sovereign_, 165; directs Mansell to name her _Sovereign of the Seas_, 166; visits ship, 167; orders ship from Chatham to Woolwich, 168; visits her at Gravesend and expresses satisfaction, 168; Phineas and Peter visit, 171 Charles Lewis (afterwards Elector Palatine), 162, 163 Charles, Prince (afterwards Charles II), model for, 156 Chatham, mentioned, _passim_; Queen's House on the hill, 2; manor, 15; survey of navy, 78; visit of Prince Henry, 88-90; of his suite, 98; church, 100, 105, 120, 137, 141, 148, 164, 171; preparations for transport of Lady Elizabeth, 103; visit of Nottingham 104, 111; of King of Denmark, 114; the Brook, 116; Commission of Inquiry, 119; visit of Buckingham, 120; survey of _Prince_, 124; Charles proclaimed at Hill House, 134; survey of ships, 137; general survey of navy, 144; visit of Charles, 147; _Sovereign_ at, 168 Chatham dockyard, surrendered to Parliament, xcix; mutiny, 18; storehouses, 17, 20, 147; old dock, 89, 147; pinnaces built, 96, 137; new dock, 120, 147, 152; _Prince Royal_ docked, 125, 134, 212; Phineas' house in new dockyard, 149, 170; launch of _Sovereign_, 165-6 Chelsea, 8, 102 Chester, Mr., _Prince Royal_ inquiry at Woolwich, 54 Chevreuse, Duchess of, 167 Chichester, 151 Child, Mr., 10 Chopwell Woods, xcviii, 160 Cinque Ports, 116, 206 Clay, Nicholas, shipbuilder, report on _Prince Royal_, lxxv; the Commission of Inquiry, 33; inquiry before James at Woolwich, 49, 55, 60; mentioned, 178, 183 Cleve, Sir Christopher, 121 Clifton, John, purser, the Commission of Inquiry, 33; inquiry before James at Woolwich, 55 Clynker, xvi, xix Coke, Sir John, secretary of state, Commission of Inquiry, 119; dislike of Phineas, 126, 155; brown paper stuff, 153, 155, 156; mentioned, xxvi, 165, 216 Coke, Walter, 216 Cole, Katharine, Peter visits, at Woodbridge, 150; match discussed, 152; married, 154 Cole, Mrs., arrangements for marriage of daughter, 152; marriage of daughter, 154; mentioned, 150, 162 Cole, Thomas, 57, 154 _n._, 178 Collier, Christopher, 116 Collins, George, lvii; action-at-law against Phineas, 18 Commission of Inquiry (1608), lviii _et seq._; procured by Northampton, 32; its proceedings, 33-4, 38-70 -- -- -- (1613), Mansell objects to, 111 -- -- -- (1618), lxxxiii, lxxxix; appointed, 118; Phineas to assist, 119; works at Chatham, 120; plot against Phineas, 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