The Press-Gang Afloat and AshoreHutchinson, J. R. (John Robert)
History
The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore
Hutchinson, J. R. (John Robert)
Great Britain -- History, Naval; Impressment
Dryden's sister,
Dublin, sham gangs at, the press-gang at,
Duke, H.M.S.,
Duke of Vandome, H.M.S.,
Duncan case, the,
Dundas, Henry,
Dundonald, Lord, Autobiography,
Dunkirk, H.M.S.,
Eccentricity leads to impressment,
Eddystone lighthouse, building delayed through impressment of workmen,
builders of the third, protected, keepers at, put inward-bound,
ships' crews ashore,
Edinburgh, press-gang at,
Edmund and Mary Collier,
Edward III. on the Navy,
Elizabeth, Queen,
Elizabeth ketch,
Ely bargemen, press-gang among,
Emergency crews of men unfit for pressing supplied to merchant-men by
the crimps,
Emergency men working on their own account, places of muster for,
English Eclogues. See Southey, R.,
Evading the press-gang. See under Press-gang, How it was evaded.,
Evans, Richard, keeper of Gloucester Castle,
Exemption from impressment,
not a right, of foreigners, negroes not included,
of landsmen only theoretical,
property no qualification for exemption,
of harvesters,
of gentlemen, judged by appearances,
below 18 and over 55 years,
of apprentices dependent on circumstances,
of merchant seamen dependent on circumstances,
of masters, mates, boatswains, and carpenters dependent on
circumstances,
of some of crew of whalers,
of Thames wherrymen by quota system,
of Tyne keelman by the same,
of Severn and Wye trow-men by 10% levy,
did not extend to turf boats on Shannon and Blackwater,
special for four on each fishing vessel, and later for all engaged
in taking, curing, and selling fish,
of Worthing fishermen for a levy,
of Scottish and Manx fishermen, on similar terms,
worthless without a document of protection,
Exeter, the press-gang at,
_Falmouth_, H.M.S.,
Falmouth, press-gang at,
Faversham, the press-gang at,
_Ferme_, H.M.S.,
Ferries, a favourite haunt of the press-gang,
_Feversham_, H.M.S.,
Fifers pressed for the Navy,
Fire on ship board,
Fisheries, carefully fostered,
three fish days made compulsory, became a great nursery for seamen,
few exemptions granted, at first special concessions only to the
whale and cod fisheries,
later only such number as the warrant specified might be taken, and
these the Justices chose; in 1801 no person employed in taking,
curing, or selling fish could be impressed,
with their best men impressed, only small smacks could be worked,
a quota system preferred by the fishermen of some ports,
in Cornwall, the men turned tinners in the off-season,
Flags, flying without authority, omission to dip,
Fleet, Liberty of,
Folkstone market-boats,
Folkstone, press-gang at,
Forcible entry by the press-gang illegal,
Foreigners impressed, theoretically exempt, married to English wives considered naturalised,
in emergency crews,
Frederick the Great,
Freeholders at one time exempt from impressment,
_Fubbs_, H.M.S.,
Gage, Capt.,
_Galloper_, tender to the _Dreadnought_,
_Ganges_, H.M.S.,
Garth, Dr.,
Gaydon, Lieut.,
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