Holograph copy of accounts submitted by the Navy for 1664-6

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The whole charge of the Navy for 27 Naval Months, accounting from the 1st of Sept 1664 to the last of Sept 1666, as it was drawn up at a Committee of the house of Commons & reported Oct. 11. 1666. By Sir Wm Louther Chairman of that Committe

			One month			27 months
			℔	s	d	℔	s	d
For 28410 men at 4℔ a head per month		}	113640.	00.	00	3068280.	00.	00
For that Office of that Ordnance			010745.	00.	00	0290115.	00.	00
For building new ships			002993.	00.	00	0080811.	00.	00
For widdows & Orphans			000447.	00.	00	0012069.	00.	00
For sick & wounded men & for the charg of prisoners		}	001481.	00.	00	0039987.	00.	00
For Merchants vessels lost in the 27 months		}	00429.	00.	00	0011583.	00.	00
	Remain		129735.	00.	00	3502845.	00.	00
To be abated for wear & tear for the two winters whilst the ships were in Harbour					}	150000.	00.	00
The charge remaining for the 27 Nov						3352845.	00.	00
		Deduct one month				129735.	00.	00
				Remains		3223110.	00.	00

So deducting one Month the estimate of the charge of war at sea for these two last years, being 26 months by naval accompt (by deducting 129735℔ the charge of one month), amounts to 3223110℔. 00s. 00d.

Observations upon the above stated accompt,

1st That the above mentioned rate of 124385℔ per month for 28410 men & for the Office of the Ordinance is stated to as great a value as if the ships had been full manned victuated rigged & Tackled set out to sea & in actual service.

2dly That the account is stated for two whole years as well winter as summer deducting only 150000℔ for wear & Tear. So the (the deducted only excepted) the charge for all the winter months (when most of the Navy (except a few ships for a winter guard) is laid up in harbour & there is no expence of shot or pouder or breaking of guns & few seamen or soldiers are kept on board, & the soldiers pay at land at 8d per day (if continued standing) but 18s & 8d per month) is made as big as it is in summer when the ships are full manned & in actual service spending shot & pouder & are estimated at 4℔ a head per mans which will fully defray both the wages & diet of all seamen & soldiers & all the charges of repairing all ships rigging & Tackle endammaged in Fighting & service. So that by this one thing the <460v> the charge is stated as if it amounted to above a 3d part more then the charge could possibly be, admitting the rates & number of men above propounded, which yet cannot be granted by any one that know what number of men is requisite to man that whole navy &c.

3dly It is stated as if that Fleet had been set out that 1st of Sept 1664, wheras it is notorious it was not set out till spring following, & that many of the ships were upon the stocks & repairing betwixt Christmas & spring

4thly The above stated account includes all the charge of the Navy & consequently all money arising from the Custome house (besides all prises) were as so much ready money, being freed during that war from all that charge of the Navy which it annually discharges in time of peace

5thly No Navy was set out the next year & therefore if all this account was allowed the charge was but 3352845℔, whereas the money given for that war amounted to near about five millions & an half: so that the court had above two millions clear, besides all prizes & the customes cleared of all charges during this war.

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Note that in that Navy office there is a setled Rule for manning his Majesties Royal Navy, which rule is called the establishmment, & shews that there are most men required to man a ship of war in time of war at home vizt any war at sea on this side of Tangier or that Canaries. Fewer men in time of war abroad viz against that Algerians &c And fewest in time of peace vizt for winter & summer guards & for Convoys And as to that 74 ships of war which were to have been part of the ninety & to have been set out against France the following numbers of men to each ship was copied out of Mr Pepys his papers as being the numbers of men agreed by the said establishment to be the number requisite for manning those ships either in time of peace or in time of war abroad or in time of war at home.

	Ships	In war at home	In war abroad	In time of peace		Fourth rates
	First rates	men	men	men	26	Adventure	190	160	120
1	Charles	710	605	500	27	Antelope	230	200	150
2	Charles royall	780	670	560	28	Assistance	230	200	150
3	Prince royal	780	670	560	29	Assurance	180	150	115
4	James royall	780	670	560	30	Bristol	230	200	150
		3050			31	Centurion	230	200	150
	Second rates				32	Charles Friggot	220	220	220
5	French Ruby	520	435	350	33	Constant Warwick	180	150	115
6	Catherine royal	540	450	300	34	S. David	280	240	185
7	Rainbow	410	335	270	35	Diamond	230	200	150
8	Victory	530	440	350	36	Dover	230	200	150
9	Vnicorn	410	335	270	37	Falcon	180	150	115
	Third rates	2410			38	Foresight	230	200	150
10	Cambridge	420	345	270	39	Greenwich	280	240	185
11	Defiance	390	310	245	40	Hampshire	220	185	140
12	Dread nought	355	280	215	41	Happy return	260	240	185
13	Dunkirk	340	270	210	42	James Friggot	200	200	200
14	Edgar	445	370	290	43	Iersey	230	200	150
15	Harwich	420	345	270	44	Kings Fisher	220	185	140
16	Henrietta	355	280	215	45	Leopard	280	240	185
17	Lyon	340	270	210	46	Mary Rose	230	200	200
18	Mary	365	280	215	47	Newcastle	280	240	150
19	Mountague	355	280	215	48	Nonsuch	180	150	140
20	Monmouth	400	320	255	49	Oxford	280	240	185
21	Oak royall	470	390	310	50	Phoœnix	180	150	115
22	Plymouth	340	270	210	51	Portland	240	210	155
23	Rupert	400	320	255	52	Portsmouth	220	185	140
24	Swift sure	400	320	255	53	Reserve	230	200	150
25	York.	360	285	220	54	Ruby	230	200	150

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55	Stavoreen	230	200	150	Sixt
56	Swallow	130	200	150	Drake	75	65	45
57	Sweepstakes	180	150	115	Francis	75	65	45
58	Woolwich	280	140	185	Grey hound	75	65	45
		7540			Lark	85	70	50
	Fift rates				Roebuck	75	65	45
59	Darmouth	135	115	90	Swadadoes	75	65	45
60	Guardland	130	110	85		460
	Guernsey	130	110	85	Total of men	20930	17510	13775
	Hunter	130	110	85
	Mirmaid	135	115	90
	Norwich	130	110	85
	Pearl	130	110	85
	Rose	125	105	80
	Sapphire	135	115	90
	Swan	135	115	90
		1315

In a first rate ship in time of war at home

						Number of men	Weight of each cannon		Weight of each sort of Cannon
On the lower Deck		{	To every whole Canon	7 men			Tun	cwt	Tun	cwt
			Twenty six whole canon	—		182.	3.	5	84.	10
			To carry pouder for them one man to every four guns		}	6
			To overlook those Guns	4 men		4
On the middle Deck		{	To every whole Culverin	5 men
			Twenty eight whole Culverins			140.	2.	2	58.	16
			To carry powder for them one man to every three gunns		}	9
			To overlook those gunns	4 men		4
On the upper		{	To every Saker 3 men
			Twenty eight Sakers			84	1.	0	28.	0
			To carry powder for them one man to every two gunns		}	14
			To overlook those guns	4 men		4
On the Quarter Deck Poop & Forecastle		{	To every Saker 3 men
			Sixteen Sakers			48	1.	0	16.	0
			To carry powder for them one man to every two gunns		}	8
To fill pouder		{	In the fire Pouder Room	8 men		8
			In the after Pouder Room	5 men		5
			In theHatch 3 men			3
To guard the Hatch ways & carry wounded men down 4 men at each deck					}	12
	The Chirurgeons crew Eight					8
	Carpenters crew eight					8
	Stewards Room & Coppers crew six					6
	To Cux the ship two men					2
	To stear the ship two men					2
	For small shot an hundred men					100
	To trim or hand the Sails Eighty					80
	For the main top six					6
	For the fore top four					4.
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To such a ship three boats with each of them ten men					}	30.
			Total of men			777
			Total weight of all the Guns						187.	6