Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles I, 1625-26. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1858.
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'Charles I - volume 16 and 17: Undated 1638', in Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles I, 1625-26, (London, 1858) pp. 212. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/domestic/chas1/1625-6/p212a [accessed 19 April 2024]
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Undated 1638
Trinity House Certificates.
Among the papers of this period there occur a considerable number of formal documents ordinarily termed "Trinity House Certificates." These are letters addressed by the authorities of the Corporation of the Trinity House to the Duke of Buckingham, as Lord High Admiral, and after his death to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Their object was to solicit a warrant for "laying aboard" a particular specified ship, a certain number of pieces of ordnance, deemed necessary for the ship's defence. One of these certificates was issued in relation to every ship, the owners of which desired to have the protection of great guns. They are all substantially in one form, and in most cases specify the place where the ship was then lying, its name, by whom built and where, its tonnage, the names of its owners and master, and the number and particular character of the ordnance desired. As these certificates form one collection, comprised in Vols. XVI. and XVII. of the Domestic Papers of Charles I., and, for a certain period, are extremely numerous, it is thought better to insert a brief notice of them at the end of every year, rather than overload the Calendar by entering each certificate separately on the day of its date. Certificates with reference to the following ships occur in the year 1625.