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

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The whole charge of the Navy {illeg}|f|or 27 Naval Months, accounting from y^e 1^st of Sep^t 1664 to y^e last of Sep^t 1666, as it was drawn up at a Committe {sic} of y^e house of Commons & repo{illeg}|r|ted Oct. 11. 166{5}|6|. By S^r W^m Louth{illeg}|e|r Chairman of y^t Committe {sic}

So \by de/deducting\ one Month/ y^e estimate of y^e charge of war at sea for these two last years, being 26 months by naval accompt \(by y^e|d|educting 129735^℔ y^e charge of one month)/, amounts to 3223110^℔. 00^s. 00^d.

Observations upon y^e above stated accompt,

|1^st| That y^e above mentioned rate of 124385^℔ per month for 28410 men & for y^e Office of y^e Ordinance is stated to as great a value as is|f| y^e ships had been full manned victuated {illeg}{e}|ri|gged & Tackled set out to sea & in actual service.

|2^dly| That y^e account is stated for two whole years as well winter as summer deducting only 150000^℔ for wear & Tear. So y^e (y^e deducted only excepted) the charge for all the winter months (when most of y^e 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 g{illeg}|u|ns & few se{illeg}|a|men or soldiers are kept on board, & y^e soldiers pay at land at 8^d per day (if continued standing) but 18^s |& 8^d| per month) is made as big as it i{t}|s| in summer when y^e ships are full manned & in ac{illeg}|t|ual service spending shot & pouder & are estimated at 4^℔ a head per me|a|ns which will fully defray both y^e wages {illeg}|&| diet of all seamen & soldiers & all y^e charges of repairing all ships rigging & Tackle endammaged in Fighting & service. So that by this one thing y^e <460v> the charge is stated as if it amounted to above a 3^d part more then y^e charge could possibly bee, admitting y^e rates {illeg}|&| number of men \above/ propounded, w^ch yet cannot be granted by any one y^t know w^t number of men is requisite to man y^t whole navy &c.

|3^dly| It is stated as if y^t Flee{illeg}|t| had been set out y^t 1^st of Sept 1664, wher{e}|a|s it is notorious it was not set out till spring following, & y^t many of y^e ships were upon y^e stocks & repairing betwixt Christmas & spring

|4^thly| That {If}|Th||e| above stated account includes all y^e charge of y^e Navy & consequently all money arising from y^e Custome house (besides all prises) were as so much ready money, being freed during that war from all that charge of y^e Navy w^ch it annually discharges in time of peace

|5^thly| {illeg}|No| Navy was set out the next year & the{illeg}|re|fore if all this account wa{illeg}|s| allowed the charge was but 3352845^℔, whereas y^e money given for that war amounted to near about f{illeg}|iv|e millions & an half: so y^t y^e couurt {sic} has|d| above two millions clear, besides all pris|z|es & y^e customes cleared of all charges during this war.

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Note y^t in y^t Navy office there is a setled Rule for for {sic} manning his Ma^ties Royal Navy, w^ch rule is called the {illeg}|e|stablishm^t|m|ent, & shews y^t there are most men required to man a ship of war in time of war at home viz^t any war at sea on this side Tangier or y^t Canaries. Fewer men in time of war abroad viz ag^t y^t Algerines {sic} &c And fewest in time of peace viz^t for winter & summer guards & for Convoys And as to y^t 74 ships of war w^ch were to have been part of y^e ninety & to have been set out against France the following numbers of men were to each ship was copied out of M^r Pepys his papers as being y^e numbers of men agreed by y^e said establishm^t to be y^e number requisite for mannig {sic} thos{illeg}|e| ships either in time of peace or in time of war abroad or in time of war at home.

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In a first rate ship in time of war at home