The Autobiography of Phineas PettNavy Records Society, 1918 - 244 pages |
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... clock in the morning , 25th day , we were like to be surprised by a picking Dunkirk full of men who , being at our passing by ( although it was very dark ) at an anchor , suddenly weighed and gave us chase , and had boarded us had not ...
... clock in the morning , 25th day , we were like to be surprised by a picking Dunkirk full of men who , being at our passing by ( although it was very dark ) at an anchor , suddenly weighed and gave us chase , and had boarded us had not ...
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... clock in the afternoon . The sickness beginning to be very hot at Chatham , upon the persuasions of some of my friends I removed my wife and children from thence to my wife's father's in Middlesex , shipping them away in the same vessel ...
... clock in the afternoon . The sickness beginning to be very hot at Chatham , upon the persuasions of some of my friends I removed my wife and children from thence to my wife's father's in Middlesex , shipping them away in the same vessel ...
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... clock that afternoon . This summer I began to new - build the Answer , being hauled up and blocked at the end of the storehouse at Chatham . The 10th of November my landlord Mr. Barker , with some of his family , sojourned with me at ...
... clock that afternoon . This summer I began to new - build the Answer , being hauled up and blocked at the end of the storehouse at Chatham . The 10th of November my landlord Mr. Barker , with some of his family , sojourned with me at ...
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... clock at night . In the midst of July , after my return home , I let out my ship , the Resistance , to merchants for a voyage into the Straits by the month , one Mr. Burgess going master , and my friend William Gibbons , his mate and ...
... clock at night . In the midst of July , after my return home , I let out my ship , the Resistance , to merchants for a voyage into the Straits by the month , one Mr. Burgess going master , and my friend William Gibbons , his mate and ...
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... clock in the forenoon , being Friday . He was buried in the chancel in Stepney Church the 18th day of November in the forenoon , accom- panied with my good friends Sir Robert Mansell , Sir Henry Palmer , Sir John Trevor , then Principal ...
... clock in the forenoon , being Friday . He was buried in the chancel in Stepney Church the 18th day of November in the forenoon , accom- panied with my good friends Sir Robert Mansell , Sir Henry Palmer , Sir John Trevor , then Principal ...
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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.