The Autobiography of Phineas Pett
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 (abuses 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, 132
Nonsuch, 78
Nore, 87, 150;
head, 21, 91
Norreys, Captain Thomas, the Commission of Inquiry, 33;
_Prince Royal_ inquiry at Woolwich, 54;
inquiry into abuses at Greenwich, 70;
Commissioner of Inquiry (1618), lxxxiii, 119;
Phineas under him, 120
Northallerton, 161
North America, cii
Northampton, Earl of, lxx, lxxvii;
inquiry into abuses in the navy, lxi, 32;
his book of reformation, lxiii, 37;
combination against Phineas, 38, 43;
result of inquiry reported, 46;
complains to James, 47;
inquiry before James at Woolwich, 51, 52, 57;
James thanks him, 62;
discontent at result of inquiry, 67;
inquiry at Greenwich, 69;
attempts to reopen inquiry into _Prince Royal_, 69;
Waymouth relates intrigue, 74;
the _Anne Royal_, 107;
imprisonment of Mansell, 111;
death, 114
North Foreland, 71, 108, 116, 126, 169
Northumberland, Duke of, Lord High Admiral, xxxv;
Phineas and Peter visit, xcix, 172
North-west Passage, Waymouth, lxx, ciii, 71;
Button, 95, 97, 112
Nottingham, Earl of, Lord High Admiral, xlix, lvi, lix;
commission of inquiry, lxi;
house at Deptford, 7;
expedition to Cadiz, 7;
Phineas becomes his servant, 8;
gives employment, 10;
gives appointment at Chatham, 15;
order to build small vessel for Prince, 20;
visits ship, 22;
christens it as _Disdain_, 23;
presents Phineas to Prince Henry, 23;
grants Phineas reversion of master shipwright, 23;
supports Phineas against Baker and Bright, 24;
journey to Spain, 25;
makes Phineas master shipwright on death of Joseph, 27;
model for Prince Henry, lxvi, 31;
the Commission of Inquiry, 33;
plot revealed to, 41;
delivers Phineas' letter to James, 42;
inquiry at Woolwich, lxxiv, 42;
ordered to arrange for inquiry before James at Woolwich, 48;
consults on course to be taken, 49;
inquiry at Woolwich, 51, 57;
receives James there, 52;
cleared and commended by James, 64;
speech in reply, 64;
brings Phineas to take leave of James, 66;
returns to Whitehall, 67;
appointment of master shipwrights to survey the materials for
_Prince Royal_, 68;
orders for apprehension of Waymouth, 72;
pardons him, 75;
launch of _Prince Royal_, 81-3;
survey at Chatham, 92;
arrangements for transport of Lady Elizabeth, 101-3;
sham fight, 102;
commands fleet, 103;
visits Chatham, 104-5;
favour to Phineas during voyage, 105;
_Anne Royal_ aground, 106;
at Margate, 108;
at Flushing, 110;
Middelburg, 110;
at Chatham, 111;
deputation of shipwrights, 112;
concern at sickness of Phineas, 113;
visits Woolwich and Chatham with King of Denmark, 114;
Phineas takes leave, 127;
mentioned, 20, 21, 28, 29, 32, 40, 50, 70, 73, 103, 112, 116, 176
Nunn, Rev. Thomas, xlviii;
marries mother of Phineas, 2;
sisters and brother left in his care, 11;
manslaughter of Abigail and trial, 11;
conviction and pardon, 12;
death, 12
Oakham Ness, 150, 154
Ooze edge, 94
Orlop, 79 _n._
Ortegal, Cape, 128
Osborn, Richard, xxi
Osborne, Sir John, 119
Oxford, 142
Paglesham, 8
Palmer, Henry, jun., 151
Palmer, Lady, 151
Palmer, Sir Henry, comptroller of navy, mentioned, liv, lvii, lxiii,
15, 27;
the Commission of Inquiry, 34;
launch of _Prince Royal_, 80, 83, 84;
captain of _Rainbow_, 130;
journey to Portsmouth, 151;
brown paper stuff, lxxxix, 153, 155;
release of Phineas from arrest, 154;
Phineas visits, 170
Parker, George, 151
Parkins, Sir Charles, lxi _n._
Parry, Sir Thomas, lxi _n._
Pay, Rev. Dr., 99;
chaplain to Lord William Howard, 105
Peers, House of, xxxviii
Pembroke, Earl of, lord chamberlain, 126
Pennington, Sir John, dimensions of _Royal Sovereign_, 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;