The Autobiography of Phineas PettNavy Records Society, 1918 - 244 pages |
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... Master , four Wardens , and twelve Assistants . Baker , as the most noted ship- builder of the period , was rightly made the Master ; the wardenships were divided between the remaining two master - shipwrights and two of the most ...
... Master , four Wardens , and twelve Assistants . Baker , as the most noted ship- builder of the period , was rightly made the Master ; the wardenships were divided between the remaining two master - shipwrights and two of the most ...
Page xxxii
... master under the new charter was a government official , the wardens , reduced to three in number , were all private shipbuilders , and only three of the sixteen assistants were in the service of the State . In the year following the ...
... master under the new charter was a government official , the wardens , reduced to three in number , were all private shipbuilders , and only three of the sixteen assistants were in the service of the State . In the year following the ...
Page xxxiii
... Master and Wardens to apprehend all persons using the art of - shipbuilding contrary to the Charter , and all apprentices or journeymen departing unlawfully from their masters ; and by an order of the Lord High Admiral directing the ...
... Master and Wardens to apprehend all persons using the art of - shipbuilding contrary to the Charter , and all apprentices or journeymen departing unlawfully from their masters ; and by an order of the Lord High Admiral directing the ...
Page xxxvii
... Master , Wardens and Assistants were told , in 1638 , ' to cause their charters to be published and put in execution , ' while the Vice - Admirals , Mayors and other Officers ' were charged to assist them . In 1641 the right of freedom ...
... Master , Wardens and Assistants were told , in 1638 , ' to cause their charters to be published and put in execution , ' while the Vice - Admirals , Mayors and other Officers ' were charged to assist them . In 1641 the right of freedom ...
Page xxxviii
... Master and Wardens were complaining of individual refusals to pay assess- ments due to the Company . This state of affairs was still in evidence in 1648 , when Edward Keling , the Clerk , and the existing and late Beadles of the Company ...
... Master and Wardens were complaining of individual refusals to pay assess- ments due to the Company . This state of affairs was still in evidence in 1648 , when Edward Keling , the Clerk , and the existing and late Beadles of the Company ...
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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.