The Autobiography of Phineas PettNavy Records Society, 1918 - 244 pages |
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... England , prior to 1752 , did not commence until the 25th March , and Pett usually gives his dates by this reckoning , but in one or two instances he writes as though the year had begun on 1st January and ended on 31st December . To ...
... England , prior to 1752 , did not commence until the 25th March , and Pett usually gives his dates by this reckoning , but in one or two instances he writes as though the year had begun on 1st January and ended on 31st December . To ...
Page xvii
... England . ' ' With the sale of most of the royal navy on the death of Henry V , the need for a ' master carpenter of the King's Ships ' must have passed away , and no trace of any further appointment of this character has been found for ...
... England . ' ' With the sale of most of the royal navy on the death of Henry V , the need for a ' master carpenter of the King's Ships ' must have passed away , and no trace of any further appointment of this character has been found for ...
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... England . These are therefore to will and require you to cause the said Henry Goddard to be entered one of his Majesty's Master Shipwrights with such allowances as is usual . Hereof we require you not to fail . And for your so doing ...
... England . These are therefore to will and require you to cause the said Henry Goddard to be entered one of his Majesty's Master Shipwrights with such allowances as is usual . Hereof we require you not to fail . And for your so doing ...
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... England and Wales were to be compelled to become members . The government of the cor- poration and therefore of the whole ship- building industry of the country - was placed in the hands of a Master , four Wardens , and twelve ...
... England and Wales were to be compelled to become members . The government of the cor- poration and therefore of the whole ship- building industry of the country - was placed in the hands of a Master , four Wardens , and twelve ...
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... England became the ' Ship- wrights of Redrithin the County of Surrey , ' a step so retrograde that it is difficult to imagine what possible argument could have been adduced to justify such a change : some reason , no doubt , there was ...
... England became the ' Ship- wrights of Redrithin the County of Surrey , ' a step so retrograde that it is difficult to imagine what possible argument could have been adduced to justify such a change : some reason , no doubt , there was ...
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AUTOBIOG OF PHINEAS PETT Phineas 1570-1647 Pett,W. G. (William Gordon) 1874 Perrin No preview available - 2016 |
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Page vi - SOCIETY desire it to be understood that they are not answerable for any opinions or observations that may appear in the Society's publications; the Editors of the several Works being alone responsible for the same.
Page 174 - Society was first incorporated by letters patent under the great seal of England, bearing date at Westminster the...
Page 173 - England, by his letters patent, under the great seal of England, bearing date at Westminster, the...
Page 177 - Wales had been incorporated under the style of the Master, Wardens and Commonalty of the Art or Mystery of Shipwrights of England (SP Dom.
Page xlii - -• I am credibly informed that that mystery of shipwrights for some descents hath been preserved faithfully in families, of whom the Petts about Chatham are of singular regard.
Page xlii - Majesty's navy, whose ancestors, as father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, for the space of two hundred years and upwards, have continued in the same name officers and architects in the Royal Navy,' he was, it may be presumed; recording the local tradition of the Pett family.
Page 206 - ... or provided or any other matter cause or thing whatsoever to the Contrary thereof in any wise Notwithstanding...
Page 206 - ... or discharge such President, Vice-President, Treasurer or Secretary, from their offices respectively, although the yearly or other time for their respective services shall not be expired, any thing before in these presents contained to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding.
Page lxi - Chancellor of the Exchequer ; Sir Thomas Parry, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster...
Page 182 - SALTERS' HALL, OXFORD COURT, ST. SWITHIN'S LANE, the Hall of the Master, Wardens, and Commonalty of the Art or Mystery of Salters.