"SIGNAL-BOOK for the Ships of War, 1799 " : the printed official code issued by the Admiralty, with MS. additions. Preceded (f. 2) by a printed circular to " the respective captains and commanders of His Majesty's ships," signed by [Sir] T[homas] Troubridge, [Bart., Admiral], James Adams and J[o...
"AN AWAKT MEMORYE, or A callinge to acounte of those Preceptts and Dutyes which belonge to the Captayns, Muster-masters, and other Offycers of ye Trayned Bandes. . . . . By Gervase Markham." Printed, with enlargements, under the title of The Souldier's Accidence, [by] G. M., London, 1625, 4o. Pa...
PREFACE, Introduction, and Prospectus to a proposed work on Military Science and Tactics, based on the Prussian system. The author speaks of himself as having had " a service of many years in varied situations, of much regimental practice, and of five campaigns in the war of 1756 "; he attended ...
" NAMES [with other particulars] of the Nobility and others reteyned to serve the Kings of England in their warrs, from Ed[ward] the 3d to Hen. 8. Extracted out of [the Indentures of Military Service preserved in] the Office of Pells, by the industry of Sr William Le Neve, Knt., Clarentius King ...
RETURNS of the trained bands of Buckingham and Newport hundreds, co. Bucks; 1660-1662. Included also are:-(a) Copies of old levies in 1637 and 1638. ff. 1, 39;-(b) Warrants of Sir Richard Temple and Sir William Tyringham, Deputy-Lieutenants. ff. 10-12, 15, 24 ; - (c) Letter from John [Egerton] E...
" RULES, orders, and instructions for the future Government of the office of the Ordnance, Anno Regni 35 " [Chas II., 1683]; with additional regulations by James II., 4 Feb. 1685 [6]. At f. 40 is "an establishment of the Annuall Payments and Allowances to be made upon the Quarter Bookes of the o...
REGISTER of warrants, lists of officers and mon and of artillery, and instructions relating to the Ordnance department; 1693 [4]- 1714. Paper; ff. 75. In vellum cover, stamped with the arms of Qu. Anne. Folio. England; Ordnance Office: Warrants, lists of officers, etc., relating to: 1694-1714.
1. JOURNAL of the campaign of William III. in the Netherlands, 1692-3, by Lieut.-Col. Jacob Richards, of the field-train of artillery; beginning with his departure from Woolwich for Rotterdam, 26 May, 1692, and ending 29 July, 1693, and including accounts of the battles of Steenkirk and Landen, ...
" RULES, Orders and Instructions for the future Government of the office of the Ordnance (being another copy of No. 442), confirmed by his present Majesty, Febry 27th, 1761." Paper; ff. 48. In blue morocco binding, tooled. Folio. England; Ordnance Office: Rules, orders, etc., for: 1683, 1686. ...