The Autobiography of Phineas PettNavy Records Society, 1918 - 244 pages |
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... according to the Julian year , commencing on 1st January . Pett invariably wrote and signed ' Phinees , ' but it has been thought better to adhere to the spelling ' Phineas , ' which appears from time to time in documents from 1605 ...
... according to the Julian year , commencing on 1st January . Pett invariably wrote and signed ' Phinees , ' but it has been thought better to adhere to the spelling ' Phineas , ' which appears from time to time in documents from 1605 ...
Page xlv
... According to Bardsley , Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature , p . 3 , ' Among the middle and lower classes these ( descriptive surnames ) did not become hereditary till so late as 1450 or 1500. ' In 1497 William Pette of Dunwich left by ...
... According to Bardsley , Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature , p . 3 , ' Among the middle and lower classes these ( descriptive surnames ) did not become hereditary till so late as 1450 or 1500. ' In 1497 William Pette of Dunwich left by ...
Page lxix
... according to their own humour . Five days later , Bright came up for examina- tion and was required to give answers to seventeen questions , apparently the same as those put to Baker . Six of them he did not answer , but planks and to ...
... according to their own humour . Five days later , Bright came up for examina- tion and was required to give answers to seventeen questions , apparently the same as those put to Baker . Six of them he did not answer , but planks and to ...
Page lxxix
... according to which it should have worked out at 10 feet 3 inches ; but as Waymouth had , as we have already seen , been advocating a broader floor , a change that subsequently took effect , it is difficult to understand why he , at any ...
... according to which it should have worked out at 10 feet 3 inches ; but as Waymouth had , as we have already seen , been advocating a broader floor , a change that subsequently took effect , it is difficult to understand why he , at any ...
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... according to Elizabeth Pett , his sister - in - law , Peter had been often arrested on this account , ' and Phineas himself had , as he tells us , been arrested and imprisoned in 1628 at the suit of ' one Freeman , ' by whom the timber ...
... according to Elizabeth Pett , his sister - in - law , Peter had been often arrested on this account , ' and Phineas himself had , as he tells us , been arrested and imprisoned in 1628 at the suit of ' one Freeman , ' by whom the timber ...
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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.