List of 143 volumes of naval collections, consisting of warrants, orders, estimates, and various other official documents and precedents
MS. Rawl. A. 233
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
List of 143 volumes of naval collections, consisting of warrants, orders, estimates, and various other official documents and precedents
Shelfmark
MS. Rawl. A. 233
Summary
Followed by tables of the contents in full of twenty-nine volumes, two of which, numbered respectively 92 and 34, are now MSS. 214 and 460 in this collection.
A small oval portrait of Pepys, engraved by R. White from a picture by Kneller, is pasted on the inside of the cover.
Date
17th century
Language
English
Physical facet
On paper, in folio
Physical extent
108 Leaves
Custodial history
Number 322 in Pepys' library.
The writer and collector, probably one of Pepys' admiralty clerks, describes vol. 17 in his list as being a MS. "given me by Mr. Pepyes, relateing to the navy in Q. Elizab. time, 1568, by one James Humphrys;" alludes at p. 113 to his cousin Chas. Sergison, and at p. 127 to his French voyage; and at p. 173 has a notice of a letter written by himself to the Navy Board relative to the demands of the commissioners of accounts, 16 Feb 1668.
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Collection contents
Rawlinson A: English History
List of 143 volumes of naval collections, consisting of warrants, orders, estimates, and various other official documents and precedents
