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The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 01Hakluyt, Richard

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The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 01

Name: The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 01
Author: Hakluyt, Richard

Hakluyt, Richard

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they holde within the liberties and Portes aforesayd, for the which their
seruice aforesaid, and for which wee and our predecessors the wardships and
mariages haue not had in times past, But our aforesayd confirmation of
their liberties and freedomes aforesaid and other grants following to them
of our especiall grace of new we haue caused to bee made. Sauing alwayes
and in all things our regall dignity. And sauing vnto vs and our heires the
pleas of our crowne of life and member as is aforesayd. These being
witnesses, the reuerend father Robert of Portuens Cardinall of the holie
Church of Rome, frier William of Southhampton Prior prouincial of the
friers preachers in England, William of Valencia our vncle, Roger of the
dead sea, Roger of Clifford, Master Robert Samuel deane of Sarum, Master
Robert of Scarborough the Archdeacon of East Riding, Master Robert of
Seyton, Bartholomew of Southley, Thomas of Wayland, Walter of Hoptan,
Thomas of Normannel, Steuen of Pennester, Frances of Bonaua, Iohn of
Lenetotes, Iohn of Metingham and others. Giuen by our hand at Westminster
the fourteenth day of Iune, in the sixth yeare of our reigne.

[Sidenote: Thomas Walsingham writeth that he had once 1100. strong
shippes.] The roll of the huge fleete of Edward the third before Calice,
extant in the kings wardrobe in London, whereby the wonderfull strength of
England by sea in those days may appeare.

The South fleete.

The Kings   /Shippes    25.     Lyme         /Ships        4.
            \Mariners  419.                  \Mariners    62.
London      /Shippes    25.     Seton        /Ships        2.
            \Mariners  662.                  \Mariners    25.
Aileford    /Shippes     2.     Sydmouth     /Ships        3.
            \Mariners   24.                  \Mariners    62.
Hoo         /Shippes     2.     Exmouth      /Ships       10.
            \Mariners   24.                  \Mariners   193.
Maydstone   /Shippes     2.     Tegmouth     /Ships        7.
            \Mariners   51.                  \Mariners   120.
Hope        /Shippes     2.     Dartmouth    /Ships       31.
            \Mariners   59.                  \Mariners   757.
New Hithe   /Shippes     5.     Portsmouth   /Ships        5.
            \Mariners   49.                  \Mariners    96.
Margat      /Shippes    15.     Plimouth     /Ships       26.
            \Mariners  160.                  \Mariners   603.
[1]Motue    /Shippes     2.     Loo          /Ships       20.
            \Mariners   22.                  \Mariners   315.
Feuersham   /Shippes     2.     Yalme        /Ships        2.
            \Mariners   25.                  \Mariners    47.
Sandwich    /Ships      22.     [2]Fowey     /Ships       47.
            \Mariners  504.                  \Mariners   770.
Douer       /Ships      16.     Bristol      /Ships       22.
            \Mariners  336.                  \Mariners   608.
Wight       /Ships      13.     Tenmouth     /Ships        2.

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