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Stowe MS 431
- Record Id:
- 040-001953240
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001952775
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000493.0x0003c6
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Stowe MS 431
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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" THE METHOD Of building, rigging, apparelling and furnishing his Majesties ships of war, according to their rates; with the exact proportion and charge of all things requisite thereunto also the charge of wages, victualls, and necessaries, as well for ships in harbour as at sea. The number and charge of officers and workmen at each dockyard for building and repairing his Majesties ships, with the salaries and allowances granted by his Majestie to commanders and officers appointed for the government of the same," by Edward Battine, Clerk of the Survey at Portsmouth. With a dedication to Sidney [Godolphin], Baron Godolphin, ono of the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, dated Portsmouth, 12 April, 1688. This work, apparently never published, was sent out by the author from time to time with a fresh dedication (cf. Harley MS. 1283, dedicated to George, Lord Dartmouth, Portsmouth, 13 April, 1685; and Add. MS. 9957, dedicated to the Right Hon. Richard Hampden, Portsmouth, 3 Aug. 1689). In the dedication of the present copy the writer mentions it as one " I laid at his Majesties feet about 3 years since." At f. 62 is a tabular statement of ships completely built, rigged, and stored for six months. Paper; ff. 62. Belonged to Thomas Astle. Octavo.
Navy; England: Method of building ships of war, with other matters relating to the Navy: 1688.
Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin: MS. 431 dedicated to him: in 1688.
Edward Battine, Clerk of the Survey at Portsmouth: Method of building ships, etc., with other naval matters: 1688.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Stowe Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001952775
036-001953234
040-001953240 - Is part of:
- Stowe Ms 1-1085 : Stowe Manuscripts
Stowe MS 426-437 : CLASS VIII.NAVY.
Stowe MS 431 : " THE METHOD Of building, rigging, apparelling and furnishing his Majesties ships of war, according to their rates; with the… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001952775[0008]/036-001953234[0006]/040-001953240
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Stowe Ms 1-1085
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1685
- End Date:
- 1688
- Date Range:
- 1685-1688
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Custodial History:
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Thomas Astle, ob. 1803: Owned.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Astle, Thomas, archivist and collector of books and manuscripts, 1735-1803
Battine, Edward, Clerk of the Survey at Portsmouth, fl 1680-1688
Godolphin, Sidney, 1st Earl of Godolphin, politician and statesman, 1645-1712
Navy of England