Recto: The MONKE winters at Chatham and Barlow complains about the food and the lack of due pay. Unusual fish called garfish are seen in the river. Verso: Barlow meets his old master. A chain is placed across the Medway at Gillingham. The MONKE undertakes convoying and cruising duties.
Page 103 and 104 of Edward Barlow's journal. [The preceding four pages of the diary are missing].
Page 103 (recto): A Dutch ship is taken, and Barlow fires one piece of cannon at it. The fleet sees the Dutch ships as it steers towards Dover, but the weather prevents an engagement. The MONKE winters at Chatham and the men receive meagre rations to eat. The Purser withholds some of their pay and they complain to the Commissioners. Barlow laments this abuse of sailors. Unusual fish called garfish are seen in the river at Chatham this winter.
Page 104 (verso): Barlow meets his old master at Chatham, not long before he dies. A chain is placed across the Medway at Gillingham to thwart possible attacks. The commander of a fireship that abandoned the SAINT PATRICK when she was attacked is shot for cowardice. The MONKE convoys some merchant ships part of the way from Plymouth to the Caribbean, then cruises in the Channel on the lookout for enemy ships. They put into Bantry Bay to re-water..
Page 103 (recto): A Dutch ship is taken, and Barlow fires one piece of cannon at it. The fleet sees the Dutch ships as it steers towards Dover, but the weather prevents an engagement. The MONKE winters at Chatham and the men receive meagre rations to eat. The Purser withholds some of their pay and they complain to the Commissioners. Barlow laments this abuse of sailors. Unusual fish called garfish are seen in the river at Chatham this winter.
Page 104 (verso): Barlow meets his old master at Chatham, not long before he dies. A chain is placed across the Medway at Gillingham to thwart possible attacks. The commander of a fireship that abandoned the SAINT PATRICK when she was attacked is shot for cowardice. The MONKE convoys some merchant ships part of the way from Plymouth to the Caribbean, then cruises in the Channel on the lookout for enemy ships. They put into Bantry Bay to re-water..
Record Details
| Item reference: | JOD/4/103-104 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Manuscript volumes acquired singly by the Museum |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Extent: | 1 page |
| Date made: | 1666-1667 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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