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First edition. Tall octavo. 288, [6 ads] pp. Frontispiece plate and adjacent leaves with some foxing else just about fine, lacking the dustwrapper. Seller Inventory # 458922
This volume prints, from a manuscript in the National Maritime Museum, the accounts kept by the official in charge of the King’s ships during these years, translated from medieval Latin. The accounts are concerned largely with the disposal of the vessels owned by Henry V after his death. Also printed are further fragmentary accounts relating to ship repairs and ship building in 1416 and 1417.
The income and expenditure sections show clearly the sources of finance for royal vessels and also their value on disposal. The inventory section consists of lists of the fittings, rigging and armaments on board the vessels.
The volume also includes an introduction dealing with Soper’s career, as a merchant in Southampton as well as a royal official, and with the administration and operation of royal ships in the early fifteenth century. The volume also contains a full list of ships owned by Henry V, select biographies and a glossary of technical terms.
About the Author: Susan Rose obtained her degree in Modern History from Oxford in 1958, and her PhD from Birkbeck College, London, in 1974 with a thesis on The Accounts and Inventories of William Soper, Clerk of the King’s Ships, 1422-27. Between 1959 and 1973 she was concerned with her own children and voluntary work in various fields, including running charity shops and fundraising. Between 1974 and 1986 she taught in various secondary schools. In 1976 she joined the Open University as an associate lecturer (part-time) and worked with them in various roles until her retirement in 2010. In 1991 she joined the staff of the History department at what was then Roehampton Institute of Higher Education, also part-time, and remained with them until 2004, when she retired as Senior Lecturer. At Roehampton University (as it became) she taught mainly medieval history at both undergraduate and post-graduate levels, and was also Director of the British Academy Hearth Tax project.
Title: The Navy of the Lancastrian Kings: Accounts ...
Publisher: George Allen & Unwin for the Navy Records Society, (London)
Publication Date: 1982
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Near Fine
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller: Hay Cinema Bookshop Limited, Hay on Wye, United Kingdom
1st edition. 8vo. [xiii] + 288pp. + adverts. B/w. frontispiece. Original blue boards with gilt device to upper board and gilt lettered spine. Spine faded. Navy Records Society Volume 123. ISBN 0049421751 US$12. Seller Inventory # 189227
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Seller: Lewes Book Centre, LEWES East Sussex, ES, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine hardback,no inscriptions.1998,1st edition.288,pages. Seller Inventory # 30155
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Seller: MARK POST, BOOKSELLER, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Hard Cover. First Edition, First printing. FINE, VIRTUALLLY AS NEW, BOOK. NO DUST JACKET. Seller Inventory # 32567
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Seller: CHILTON BOOKS, SUDBURY, United Kingdom
1st ed. "The manuscript on which this volume is based is an account book of the early fifteenth century in the library of the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich. The accounts are those of the Keeper of the King's Ships and the period covered, 1422-1427, is that in which Henry V's navy was sold off after his death to pay some of his debts." Pp.14/288/6(list of publications of the Navy Records Society), b/w frontis. Blue cloth, dustwrapper. VG/VG. Seller Inventory # 30355
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Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. 294pp. Fine in about fine dustwrapper. Scarce in jacket. Seller Inventory # 415418
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