Elizabethan Naval Administration
2013, First Edition. Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : published by Ashgate for the Navy Records Society. Near fine copy in contemporary gilt-blocked blue cloth boards, showing faints scuffs and dust only. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #470409
Series; Publications of the Navy Records Society ; v. 160. Physical description; xxxix, 777 pages ; 24 cm. Notes; "This volume has been designed to stand alongside 'The Navy of Edward VI and Mary I' (NRS, Vol. 157, 2011)" – preface. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; Introduction; Editorial Procedures; Dates, Weights and Measures; Note on Terms; I First Naval Business in the State Papers; II The Navy Treasurer's Quarter Book for 1562-1563; III The Navy Treasurer's Declared Account for 1562-1563; IV Extracts from James Humphrey's Book of Forms, 1568; V Papers relating to Wages and Wage Rates; VI The Navy Victualler's 1565 Contract and related papers; VII Papers relating to Sir John Hawkins as Treasurer of the Navy; VIII Edward Fenton's Notebook and other papers relating to the Expedition of 1590; Appendices (1. Lists of Accounts: Treasurer and Surveyor-General of Victualling; 2. Glossary; 3. Table of Manuscript Descents; 4. Description of BL Add. MSS 78169-78171); List of Sources; Index. Subjects; Great Britain. Royal Navy – History – 16th century – Sources. Great Britain. Royal Navy – Management – History – 16th century. Great Britain – History, Naval – Tudors, 1485-1603 – Sources. Great Britain – History – Elizabeth, 1558-1603 – Sources.
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