mster of brge or bllinger, 6s. 8d. The James md Swan
were attached, probably s tenders, to the Holy Ghost md the Trinity respectively)
It is notexvorthy that the revolution which, in 1460, deposed the ouse of Lmctster, nd set up the House of York, ws, to ltrge extent, nawfl one. The ttitude of the nyy was the almost inevitM.de result of the commerciM policy which hd been pursued by the Lancstrian kings, nd especiMly hy the lst two of them. Vith the exception of decreasing number of king's ships,
Mr. M. (pl,uhein ('History of the .dministration of the Royal Navy,' vol. i. p. 12) has compiled frmn the ccomts of William Catton and WiIlialu Soper, successive keepers of the ships, a list, which he believes to be the fullest so ikr printed, vf tile navy of Henry V. This list is given below, 1,ut, fin' the sake of brevity, the affix "of the Tower," which is therein applied to each of the vessels, except the 3bo'ic IIamptvn and Marie S, ndwicA, and wldch is iml,ly equivalent to the'modern prefix "U.M.S.." is ondtted. The list is, of course, of a date a lw years later th the one given in the text :
] Built. Taken. Tons. Built. Take. I To. hips : Carracks (cvt.) :- Thomas 142( ittle 3Iarie .... 140 Ide, tine 1418 .. 100 Katrine .. Marie Bretton ...... ('ristoper,S))ayne .. 1417 Ballingers : Alark paye .. (10 . Holiyost ,5ctpiie . .. 1417 ](ttrine ]Irelion 21416 .. Philip ....... James 1i7 .... ittle Trinity .... 120 Aun . 1417 .. 120 (b'e,t Gabriel ...... Swan. 1417 .. 120 t'og John ...... 'icholas 141 .. 120 ]:,.,l Co 9 ...... G,,orge .... 120 illa. rgaret ...... Gabrld ........ Gabriel de ]lalfleur . ..... Carracks : Little Joh ..... Marie Itampton . .. 1416 5(0 Fawcot .... Marie ,5?tmhvich . .. 1416 550 Ifoos ..... 30 George .. 1416 6 f'facclwre ..
leblt. a faken in uthamptou Water or at mouth.
Captured by the ke of .lford. 4 Captured by the rl of IItdm.
The !Ivligost seems to have carrie,l six, the omas four, the Geore anti Gre Dieu, eh three, tl the Katrine and ndrew qch two grins. The b'ace accidentally buntt at Bursledon in 14:. The Georges, both carrack and ballinger, Ubristoher, trine Bretton, 7'hotas, Grande M, rie, Holigost ,Styte, zYicholas, Swan, and Craccbere, were all sold in 1423. Only two of the vsels, the riity and vllgost, seem to have remained in 1452; when they, rotteu and useless, practically constituted the entire Royal Navy of England.