A HISTORY OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE ROYAL NAVY VOLUME I MDIX-MDCLX A HISTORY OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE ROYAL NAVY AND OF MERCHANT SHIPPING IN RELATION TO THE NAVY BY M. OPPENHEIM VOL I MDIX-MDCLX JOHN LANE THE BODLEY HEAD LONDON AND NEW YORK MDCCCXCVI [Illustration] A HISTORY OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE ROYAL NAVY AND OF MERCHANT SHIPPING IN RELATION TO THE NAVY FROM MDIX TO MDCLX WITH AN INTRODUCTION TREATING OF THE PRECEDING PERIOD BY M. OPPENHEIM [Illustration] JOHN LANE THE BODLEY HEAD LONDON AND NEW YORK MDCCCXCVI J. MILLER AND SON, PRINTERS, EDINBURGH CONTENTS PAGE _LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS_ viij _PREFACE_ ix _INTRODUCTION_—THE NAVY BEFORE 1509 1 HENRY VIII, 1509-1547 45 EDWARD VI, 1547-1553 100 MARY AND PHILIP AND MARY, 1553-1558 109 ELIZABETH, 1558-1603 115 JAMES I, 1603-1625 184 CHARLES I, 1625-1649, _PART I_—THE SEAMEN 216 —— _PART II_—ROYAL AND MERCHANT SHIPPING 251 —— _PART III_—THE ADMINISTRATION 279 THE COMMONWEALTH, 1649-1660 302 _APPENDIX A_—INVENTORY OF THE _HENRY GRACE À DIEU_ 372 —— _B_—THE MUTINY OF THE _GOLDEN LION_ 382 —— _C_—SIR JOHN HAWKYNS 392 —— _D_—A PRIVATEER OF 1592 398 INDEX 401 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE _THE TIGER_ (OF HENRY VIII). HAND-COLOURED IN FACSIMILE OF A PORTION OF THE ORIGINAL MS. IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM, (_Add. MSS._, 22047) _FRONTISPIECE_