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17 S. Mowat, unpublished database, 'Second Dutch War'; CSPD 1666, 349.
18 Nathaniel Osborne to James Hickes, 15 July 1672, CSPD 1672, 344-5.
19 A. Grosjean, An Unofficial Alliance: Scotland and Sweden 1569-1654 (Leiden, 2003),
132.
20 Sir Thomas Allin, The Journals of Sir Thomas Allin, 1660-1678, ed. R. C. Anderson
(London, 1940), vol. II, 214, citing Edward Popham to Speaker, 27 April 1649.
21 Bruijn, Dutch Navy, 54; Bruijn, Varend Verleden, 71, citing J.C.A. de Meij, De
Watergeuzen en de Nederlanden, 1568-1572 (Amsterdam, 1972), 157-164.
22 Bruijn, Dutch Navy, 55, 133; Bruijn, Varend Verleden, 72, 169, 243.
23 Sir Robert Holmes to Earl of Sunderland, 20 Oct 1688, CSPD 1687-1689, 325; J.D.
Davies, Gentlemen and Tarpaulins: The Officers and Men of the Restoration Navy
(Oxford, 1991), 206, citing British Library [BL], Additional Manuscripts 41816, ff.
124v, 172, 177v, 181, 189. The 1688 operation was under an English commander,
Admiral Herbert.
24 Lorenzo Paulucci to the Venetian Ambassador in France, 13 June 1652, Calendar of
State Papers, Venetian 1647-1652, 245. See also B. Capp, Cromwell's Navy: The Fleet and
the English Revolution 1648-1660, (Oxford, 1989), 258.
25 NA (K), SP 29/305, f. 198. Silas Taylor to Williamson, 18 April 1672. See also Davies,
Gentlemen and Tarpaulins, 84 nlOO.
26 John Drummond M [ember of] Pfarliament], speech in the House of Commons,
March 1728, R. Sedgewick, The House of Commons: The History of Parliament, 1715-
1754 (London, 1970), 623. My thanks to Dr A. MacKillop for this reference. See also
Sir Edward Knatchbull, The Parliamentary Diary of Sir Edward Knatchbull, 1722-1730,
ed. A.N. Newman, Camden Society, 3rd series, no. 94 (London, 1963), 75. Date of
speech 14 March 1728.
27 For the crews of the Zeeland admiralty, see P.F. Poortvliet, De Bemanningen der schepen
van de Admiraliteit van Zeeland (Middelburg, 1995-98) 26 vols. These cover the peri
ods 1610-1619, 1630-1633, 1643-1648 1680-1793.
28 Bruijn, Dutch Navy, 55, 133; Bruijn, Varend Verleden, 72, 169, 243.
29 Francke, Utiliteyt, 95, citing Poortvliet, Bemanningen, vol. 10a-1 lb, passim. My thanks
to drs. I.J. van Loo for this reference in the first instance.
30 Sources: 1643-8: Poortvliet, Bemanningen, vol. 14b, passim, citing Zeeuws Archief,
Middelburg [ZA], Rekenkamer C [Rek. C], Payrolls of Amsterdam-, Armuijden;
Hollandia-, Middelburg, Neptunis (1); Neptuijnis (2); Veere-, Zeelandia. 1672: ZA, Rek. C
8317. Payment of ducatoons, 23 May 1672, to the crews of Lieutenant-admiral
Adriaan Banckert, Vice-admiral Cornelis Evertsen [the Younger], W. Heijndricksz., M.
Loncke, D. Kijella, C. Hollare, C. de Ridder, A. den Boer, Antheunis Janssen, M.
Andriessen, B. Stevenssen, P. Hermanssen, J. van Neer, Adriaen Janssen, T. Jacobssen,
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Schakerloo, October 1672; Payroll of Den Visschers Herder, November 1672. 1700-9:
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31 NA (K), Privy Council 1/2/153. 'Admiralty proposal (by way of a letter from the Earl
of Pembroke) for encouraging the enlistment of British seamen in Holland', 7 March
1709. In 1702, English subjects aboard Brill wanted to be discharged from Dutch serv
ice: the Secretary of State was to procure their discharges from the Dutch Ambassadors.
See George Clarke to Earl of Nottingham, 6 July 1702, CSPD 1702-1703, 164.
32 Viscount Sydney to Captain Piercy Kirke, 11/21 May 1691; Sydney to Kirke, 14/24
May 1691, CSPD 1690-1691, 368, 373.
33 N.A.M. Rodger, The Wooden World: An Anatomy of the Georgian Navy (London, 1986);
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34 Tedder, Navy of the Restoration, 68, citing Orders of the Duke of York, 1660-1665. See
also C. Lloyd, The British Seaman, 1200-1860: A Social Survey (London, 1968), 84,
