Appendix N° 40.

After some progress had been made in printing the foregoing pages, I was favoured by George Palliser, Esq. of Chatham Dock-yard, with sundry Papers from the collection of the late Sir Hugh Palliser; among which was a copy of a List of the Navy in 1546, the original said to have been written by Anthony Anthony, one of the Officers of the Ordnance, and presented by him to Henry the Eighth, in the 38th year of his reign; of which copy the following is a transcript.

A List of the Royal Navy in 1546.

Quality.	Shyppes Names.	Tunnage.	Soldiers.	Mariners.	Soldiers & Mariners.	Gunners.	Total N° of Men.
Shyppes	Harry Grace a Dieu	1000	349	301	…	50	700
	Mary Roase	700	185	200	…	30	415
	Peter	600	185	185	…	30	400
	Mathew	600	138	138	…	24	300
	Great Barke	500	136	138	…	26	300
	Jhesus of Lubeck	700	118	158	…	24	300
	Pawncy	450	136	140	…	24	300
	Murryan	500	138	142	…	20	300
	Struce	450	140	96	…	14	250
	Mary Hamborow	400	119	111	…	16	246
	Xtopher of Bream	400	119	111	…	16	246
	Trinity Harry	250	100	100	…	20	220
	Smaell Barke	400	105	122	…	23	250
	Swypstake	300	100	109	…	21	230
	Mynnion	300	100	100	…	20	220
	Larticque	100	80	52	…	8	140
	Mary Thomas	90	25	47	…	8	80
	Hope Barke	80	28	28	…	4	60
	George	60	18	18	…	4	40
	Mary Jaymes	60	18	18	…	4	40
Galleasses	Graunde Masterys	450	…	…	220	30	250
	Anne Gallante	450	…	…	220	30	250
	Harte	300	…	…	170	30	200
	Antelop	300	…	…	170	30	200
	Tegar	200	…	100	…	20	120
	Bulle	200	…	100	…	20	120
	Salamander	300	…	200	…	20	220
	Unicorne	240	…	124	…	16	140
	Swallowe	240	…	130	…	30	160
	Galie Subtile	200	…	242	…	8	250
	New Barke	200	…	124	…	16	140
	Greyhounde	200	…	124	…	16	140
	Jennet	180	…	106	…	14	120
	Lyon	140	…	88	…	12	100
	Dragon	140	…	98	…	12	110
Pynnasses	Phawcon	80	…	54	…	6	60
	Sacar	80	…	54	…	6	60
	Hynde	80	…	54	…	6	60
	Roo	80	…	46	…	4	50
	Phenyx	40	…	46	…	4	50
	Marlyon	40	…	46	…	4	50
	Lesse Pinnas	40	…	40	…	4	44
	Bryggendyn	40	…	40	…	4	44
	Hare	15	…	28	…	2	30
	Trego-Ronnyger	20	…	24	…	1	25
Roo-Baergys	Double Rose	20	…	39	…	4	43
	Flowre de Luce	20	…	39	…	4	43
	Portquillice	20	…	34	…	4	38
	Harpe	20	…	36	…	4	40
	Clowde in the Sonne	20	…	36	…	4	40
	Rose in the Sonne	20	…	36	…	4	40
	Hawthorne	20	…	34	…	4	38
	Thre Ostrydge Feathers	20	…	33	…	4	37
	Fawcon in the Fetterlock	20	…	41	…	4	45
	Maydenhede	20	…	33	…	4	37
	Rose Slype	20	…	33	…	4	37
	Jyllyver Flowre	20	…	34	…	4	38
	Sonne	20	…	36	…	4	40

Abstract.	N°	Tunnage.	Soldiers.	Mariners.	Soldiers & Mariners.	Gunners.	Total N° of Men.
Shyppes	20	7940	2337	2314	…	386	5037
Galleasses	15	3740	…	1436	780	304	2520
Pynnaces	10	515	…	432	…	41	473
Roo-Baerges	13	260	…	464	…	52	516
Total	58	12455	2337	4646	780	783	8546

The following mention is made of Mr. Anthony's foregoing List of the Navy, in the 6th vol. of the Archæologia, page 207 (Note):— "This curious book, beautifully drawn and written upon vellum, and embellished with gold, is inituled, 'A Declaration of the Royal Navy of England, composed by Anthony Anthony, one of the Officers of the Ordnance, and by him presented to King Henry the Eighth, an. regni. 38 Dni. 1546*, in three parchment rolls, containing roll 1st, Shyppes — 2d, Galliasses — 3d, Pinasses and Rowe Bargys.' "These rolls were kept in the Royal Library until the year 1680, when King Charles the Second presented the first and third of the rolls to Samuel Pepys, Esq. then Secretary to the Admiralty; the second roll being afterwards found, was remaining in 1690 in the Royal Library at St. James's, which Library was given by King George II. to the British Museum; but this roll probably did not accompany that collection, it not being now to be found in that valuable repository of useful knowledge."

Charles Derrick: Memoirs of the Rise and Progress of the Royal Navy.
Blacks & Parry; Cadell & Davies; G. & W. Nicol; H. Teape, London, 1806. pp 303-307.

Transcribed by Lars Bruzelius

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