Warrant from George Villiers on the payment of master caulker David Duck.
Warrant from George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, dated 1628 as Lord High Admiral to the Navy Commissioners on the appointment of David Duck, Master Caulker at Chatham and the payment due to David Duck.
Administrative / biographical background
A Calker is a person who caulks; drives oakum into the seams of a ship's wooden deck or hull to make it watertight. George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, ( 28 August 1592 – 23 August 1628), was appointed Lord High Admiral in 1619. In 1628, Buckingham was at Portsmouth preparing another expedition to La Rochelle when he was attacked and stabbed to death by a discontented army officer named John Felton.
Administrative / biographical background
A Calker is a person who caulks; drives oakum into the seams of a ship's wooden deck or hull to make it watertight. George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, ( 28 August 1592 – 23 August 1628), was appointed Lord High Admiral in 1619. In 1628, Buckingham was at Portsmouth preparing another expedition to La Rochelle when he was attacked and stabbed to death by a discontented army officer named John Felton.
Record Details
| Item reference: | ADL/C/8; MSS/90/044.0 MSS/90/044 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Manuscript documents acquired singly by the Museum |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Date made: | 1628- 05-12 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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- Ordinary charges sustained at Woolwich and a list of wages paid to warrant officers and men of the PRINCE ROYAL during Lady Quarter. (Manuscript) (ADL/C/1)
- Certificates of charges at Chatham for one month. (Manuscript) (ADL/C/2)
- Certificate of the charges of the yards of Chatham, Deptford, Woolwich and Portsmouth. (Manuscript) (ADL/C/3)
- Navy Office certificate of the charge of the ordinary at Chatham, Deptford, Woolwich and Portsmouth. (Manuscript) (ADL/C/4)
- Payslips for the Ordinary seaman on ships at Chatham, including MERCURY, NONSUCH, MERHONOUR, THE BEAR, GUARDLAND. (Manuscript) (ADL/C/5)
- An Act for Several Lands and Estates Forfeited to the Commonwealth for Treason Appointed to be Sold for the Use of the Navy. (Manuscript) (ADL/C/6)
- Papers concerning dockyard finances, personal expenses and naval stores, 1611-1663. (Manuscript) (ADL/C/7)
- Warrant from George Villiers on the payment of master caulker David Duck. (Manuscript) (ADL/C/8)
- Abstract of the Ordinary Estimate of the Navy for the year 1697. (Manuscript) (ADL/C/9)
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