The Autobiography of Phineas Pett
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_, xlvii, lxviii, 17, 217
_Phœnix_, 96, 104, 217
_Popinjay_, 5
_Primrose_, 19
_Prince Royal_, lxvi-lxxxii, lxxxix, civ, 37-68, 77, 79-87, 90,
99, 103-110, 114, 115, 119, 124-7, 134, 147, 207, 212, 214, 217
_Rainbow_, xlvii, 130
_Red Lion_ (_see_ also _Golden Lion_), 68
_Reformation_, 121
_Regent_, xvii, xlvi
_Repulse_, lvii, 6
_Roebuck_, 163, 217
_St. Denis_, 146, 151 _n._
_St. Esprit_, 138
_St. George_, 125, 132
_Sovereign of the Seas_, ix, xlii, lxxix, xci-xcix, c, ci, 156,
162, 164-171, 214, 217
_Spy_, 103
_Swiftsure_, xlvii, 29
_Triumph_, 6, 7, 115
_Unicorn_, lxxx, 154
_Vanguard_, 135, 142, 146
_Victory_, lxiv, lxvi, 29, 146
_Warspite_, xxii
Shipwright, master, origin of, xv;
rate of pay, xviii, xxvii;
two classes, xxviii;
mentioned, xxi, lxiv, 95, 102, 145, 119
Shipwrights, early, xv;
scale of pay, xix;
petition for incorporation, xxix, 175;
Waymouth's criticisms of, lxxi;
deputation to Lord High Admiral concerning arrears of pay, 112;
Commission of Inquiry (1618), 119;
of Thames, 124;
launch of _Sovereign_, 164
Shipwrights, Company of (incorporated), origin of, xxix;
charter of 1605, xxix, 176;
charter of 1612, xxx, 179;
its powers, xxxii;
opposition of rivals, xxxiii;
parliamentary powers sought, xxxvii, xxxviii, xl;
in difficulties, xxxviii;
ceases to function, xxxix;
surrenders charter and attempts to obtain new one, xxxix;
Phineas elected master, 30, 99, 116;
Court at Redriff, 40
Shipwrights, Company of (London), origin, xxxiii;
disputes with incorporated company, xxxiv;
exempted from its jurisdiction, xxxv
Shoreham, 72, 151, 171
Shorn, xliii
Short, John, clerk of check at Chatham, 171
Short, Mrs., 171
Shorten, 109 _n._, 127 _n._
Shotover, 30, 142, 149, 153
Shrewsbury, Earl of, 89
Simonson, Martha, 20
Simonson, Mrs., 20, 115
Simonson, Nicholas, dock at Ratcliff, 77;
launch of _Prince Royal_, 80;
suicide, 118;
mentioned, 9, 57, 178, 183
Sion House, 172
Skipton, xliv
Sluis, 109
Smith, Robert, messenger, 146
Smith, Sir Thomas, 118, 122, 126
Smith, Thomas, c _n._, ci
Smyth, John, shipwright, xxi
Southampton, xlvii, 178, 205
South Sand Head, 169
Southwark, 103 _n._
Southwold, 10
Spain, voyage to, lix, lxxxi, lxxxviii, 2, 125-32, 214
Spencer, Lawrence, boatswain of _Prince Royal_, 86
Spicke, Mrs., 113
Spits, The, 108, 158
Stamford, 161
Starland, Mr., 147
Start, The, 26
Stephins, William, shipwright, xxii
Stepney, 10, 27
Stevens, Edward, master shipwright, xxii;
grant to, xxv;
report on _Prince Royal_, lxxv;
reversion of master shipwright's place, 20, 23;
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;