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V. A complete List of the Royal Navy of England in 1599. Extracted from an Original Manuscript in the Possession of Dr. Leith of Greenwich, exhibited to the Society of Antiquaries by William Latham, Esq. F.S.A.
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 July 2012
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A complete List of the Royal Navy of England in the year 1599, together with the number of Brass and Cast-Iron Ordnance, of the different species then in use, viz. Cannon, Demi-Cannon, Culverins, Demi-Culverins, Sakers, Mynions, Falcons, Falconetts, Portpecehalls, Portpece-Chambers, Fowler-Halls, Fowler-Chambers, and Curtalls, on board of each, or, as it is expressed in the title-page, “At the Shippes or Navy Royall lying in harborowe as well in the Roade by Chatham in the Ryver of Medwey-waters, as also upon present occasyons by Gravesend in the Ryver of Thames. And lastly, at her Highenes Shippes then serving abroade on the Seas.” Taken by the Queen's Commission, dated at Westminster 3d of March, in the 37th Year of her Reign, and directed to William Lord Burleigh, Lord High Treasurer of England, Charles Lord Howard, Lord High Admiral of England, Henry Lord of Hunsdon, &c. &c. and subsequent Orders of the above Commissioners, the last whereof is dated April 6, 1599.
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page 28 note [a] “Dromunder. Navigii genus apud veteres, quod Latini inserioris ævi Dromundos nec non Dromundes dixêre. Vide Du Fresne, in Gloss. Et Cassiodorus. Lib. v. Epist 17. Gall. vet. Dromond. Angl. Drumbler. Vid. Nicod. Lex. Angl. A Græco δζομος, cursus, derivat Spelmannus, et cum ilk) quicquid sere eft criticorum. Solus indiversa Abit Verelius, qui exinde, quod Dronmnder apud nos naves onerarias tantum designare videtur, eas a Gothico Droma, lento gradu procedere, derivat.”
Johannis Ihre Gloslarium Suio-Gothicum in Verba.
page 29 note [b] In an original: MS. account of Ordnance, &c. I Ed. VI. in the Archives of this Society, in the account of Calis, is the following article: “Shott of yrone for gret Curtowes two hundred; as are the subsequent in the account of Hurst Castle,
“Curtall Cannon of brasse oone.”
Curtoll Cannon Shot of six ynches and a quarter thirty-five,”
The following, Ibid, is in the account of West Cowes Castle;
“Curtoll Cannon of brasse surnyshed, oone.
The same entry occurs in the account of Yarmouth Castle.
In the account of East Tilbury Bulwark, Essex, we read of
“Curtall Sacres of yron mounted uppon cariage with shodde wheles.”
page 29 note [c] In an original MS. containing an account of Ordnance, &c. I Ed. VI. in the Archives of this Society, in the account, of those in Wark Castle, in Northumberland, is the following article:
“Halls of a ports pecc dismounted, oone.”
page 29 note [d] In “England's Elizabeth by Heywood, 1632,” p. 186. is the following passage, wherein the word “Chambers” stands alone for a piece of ordnance.
“As she went through Temple Barre, the ordinance and Chambers of the Tower went off, the report whereof gave much content.”
In the above-mentioned original MS. in the Archives of this Society, in the account of Calis, is the following entry:
“Great Chambers of yron serving no piece, eight.”