XVI.—On certain Passages in the Life of Sir John Hawkins, temp. Elizabeth. In a Letter from Captain W. H. Smyth, R.N., K.S.F., D.C.L., Director, President of the Royal Geographical Society of London, &c. to Sir Henry Ellis, K.H., Secretary
| Autor: | W. H. Smyth |
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| Rok vydání: | 1849 |
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| Zdroj: | Archaeologia. 33:195-208 |
| ISSN: | 2051-3186 0261-3409 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/s026134090000268x |
| Popis: | Adverting to the Letter addressed to me by John Payne Collier, Esq. V.P. recently read to the Society, which accompanies a valuable statement from Sir John Hawkins, I perceive he mentions that excellent old seaman's having been called by his biographers “Treasurer of the Navy,” and also “Treasurer of Ships.” To these I take occasion to add a third official designation, namely, that of “Treasurer of the Queen's Majesty's Marine Causes,” as may be seen in the Cottonian MSS. Otho, E. IX. and elsewhere. In 1573 he seems to have succeeded the brave William Holstock as Comptroller of the Navy, a high and arduous office, the duties of which he discharged so ably that Sir William Monson, a man by no means given to flatter him, assures us, that he introduced more useful inventions and better regulations into the service than any of his predecessors had done. |
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