"Orders to be established for the future gouernement of the nauie to preueut the former abuses and wrongs done to his majestie by the principall officers and other subordinate ministers; and first, Of gouernement in generall", early 17th century
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MS. Rawl. A. 458
Held at the Weston Library
The tract consists of one hundred and two suggestions for the improvement of the affairs of the navy, under the heads of government, ships in dock, in harbour and at sea, and victualling.
Beg. "Leauing the particularities in setting forth the speciall functions and boundaries of these great offices, [etc.] 1. Let noe prefermentes in the navie to offices of trust or ymployment be bestowed by favour or purchase uppon persons unfitt or unsufficient."
Beg. "Leauing the particularities in setting forth the speciall functions and boundaries of these great offices, [etc.] 1. Let noe prefermentes in the navie to offices of trust or ymployment be bestowed by favour or purchase uppon persons unfitt or unsufficient."
Dates
- early 17th century
Extent
14 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. Rawl. A. 458
Other Finding Aids
William D. Macray, Catalogi codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Bodleianae partis quintae fasciculus primus viri munificentissimi Ricardi Rawlinson, J.C.D., codicum classes duas priores, ad rem historicam praecipue et topographicam spectantes, complectens (Oxford, 1862), no. A. 458.
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. III, no. 11332.
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. III, no. 11332.
Custodial History
Bears number 2287 in the catalogue of the duke of Chandos' library.
Physical Facet
On paper, in folio
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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