The Autobiography of Phineas PettNavy Records Society, 1918 - 244 pages |
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... sail and every way best fashioned for a ship of war , ' but this attempt to erect it into a board of design seems to have failed completely . In 1683 the Corporation attempted to set its affairs on a more satisfactory basis by obtaining ...
... sail and every way best fashioned for a ship of war , ' but this attempt to erect it into a board of design seems to have failed completely . In 1683 the Corporation attempted to set its affairs on a more satisfactory basis by obtaining ...
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... sails and rigged with the King's tackling . ' When she set sail for Spain in 1605 ' under colour of a transporter of my Lord Admiral's provisions , ' she was furnished out of the King's store with cables , anchors , flags , pitch , and ...
... sails and rigged with the King's tackling . ' When she set sail for Spain in 1605 ' under colour of a transporter of my Lord Admiral's provisions , ' she was furnished out of the King's store with cables , anchors , flags , pitch , and ...
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... set out their objections in the following document : 1 Imperfections found upon view of the new work begun at ... sail . Her breadth lieth too high , and so she will draw too 1 S.P. Dom . , James I , xlv . 33 . See note on p . lxviii ...
... set out their objections in the following document : 1 Imperfections found upon view of the new work begun at ... sail . Her breadth lieth too high , and so she will draw too 1 S.P. Dom . , James I , xlv . 33 . See note on p . lxviii ...
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... set sail ; one William King , a yeoman in Essex and a stranger to me , lent me 37. in ready money to help to furnish my necessaries , which afterward I repaid him again . In this voyage I endured much misery for want of victuals and ...
... set sail ; one William King , a yeoman in Essex and a stranger to me , lent me 37. in ready money to help to furnish my necessaries , which afterward I repaid him again . In this voyage I endured much misery for want of victuals and ...
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... set sail of her voyage from Woolwich , which was about the latter end of April 1596 . All that winter , in the evenings , commonly I spent my time to good purposes , as in cyphering , drawing , and practising to attain the knowledge of ...
... set sail of her voyage from Woolwich , which was about the latter end of April 1596 . All that winter , in the evenings , commonly I spent my time to good purposes , as in cyphering , drawing , and practising to attain the knowledge of ...
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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.