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HISTORY OF MARINE ARCHITECTURE.
For the furniture of all these' shipps, wee have also caused a deligent surveyto bee taken by the princip" masters of the navy, assisted with the choice mastersof the Trinity-house, who have accordingly collected into bookes the perticulerwants of every shipp both for rigging and sailes.
The defects of rigging (as they shew) doe require for supplyof all sizes of cordage the full quantitye ofWhich in money at y € price now paid comes toThe deflects of sailes are allso sett downe perticulerly for everyshipp in. the survey booke thereof, whereby appeareth thatmany shipps are- altogether unfurnished, and few or nonehave full sailes, &c. as the number of sailes wanting to settout y e serviceable shipps are -The supply whereof to bee made new would require a farthercharge of - - -
For anchors there’s a like survey taken,, and-noe deflect found.
3. This being the Number and present Condicon of the Shipps, the Chargethereof followeth, which is yearely paid out of his Ma" Exchequer,partly imediately to the Trearer of the Navy, and Surveyor of Victualls.
The Pattents are for Officers and Services, whereof some are of ancientConstitution, and many of late Errection since his Ma u Reigne.
The auntient Pattentees and their Payments are these :
£■
5.
d.
The lord high adm u of England
J 33
6
8
The lieutenant of y* admiralty, w ch was not bestowed all queenElizabeth’s reign -
322
18
4
The trea~rer of the navy, for his fee, travelling charges, boat-hire, and clerke -
220
l 3
4
Comptroller of the navy the like -
1 55
6
8
Surveyor of the navy for the like
145
6
8
Surveyor of victuall for the like
*59-
10
0
Clerke of the navy for the like -
100
3
‘ 4
Keeper of the stoares generall for the like -
78
5
10
Keeper of the stoares at Portsmouth -
20
0
0
Three
t. h. q. lb.93, 18 2 12£.3287. 11 o.
182 sailes.jT.2000. © o