Manuscript, The length of all the Mastes and yards of his Ma[jesty's] ships and Pinnaces

Made:
1640

[Manuscript] The length of all the Mastes and yards of his Ma[jesty's] ships and Pinnaces; A proportion of cables and anchors to furnish them to sea; All their standing roapes; Dimentions of their boates; Breadth and depth of their sayles; their burthen, number of men and ordnance. 1640 Jan. [30 ms. leaves (29 leaves not used). With fold-out list (45 x 25cm) of over thirty named ships giving full particulars of all their sails. The largest ships named in the book include (with 'the tyme of their building') Soveraigne 1637, Prince 1639, Merhonor 1616, Defiance 1616, James 1633 (all rebuilds), Tryumph 1623, Charles 1632, St. George 1622, St. Andrew 1622 and Swiftsure 1621. Formerly in Petworth library since time of 10th Earl of Northumberland]

Details

Category:
Archive
Object Number:
1928-292
Measurements:
: 190 x 155 mm
type:
manuscript
credit:
Sotheby and Compan