A Privy Council document Appointment of Sir Marmaduke Darrell and Sir A Apsley to Oversee the Victualling of HM Ships 9 February 1613 written on vellum.

Administrative / biographical background
Sir Marmaduke was active in the court of Queen Elizabeth I. He was present at the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots. He was Victualler to the Navy, and he sent news of the first contact between the British ships and the Spanish Armada. Sir Allen Apsley was appointed joint Surveyor of Marine Victuals of the Royal Navy (with Sir Marmaduke Darrell) – a post usually held for life.