Select Pleas in the Court of Admiralty, Vol. 2: The High Court of Admiralty (A. D. 1547-1602) (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Select Pleas in the Court of Admiralty, Vol. 2: The High Court of Admiralty (A. D. 1547-1602) AT the accession of Edward VI., in 1547, Lord Seymour of men M. Sudeley was appointed Lord High Admiral.’ Upon his impeachment mini in 1549 two of the charges brought against him were, that be con nived at piracy, and that he seized wrecked goods and refused to restore them to their owners.2 Shortly after his execution, the Earl of Warwick was, on the 19th October, 1549, appointed Lord High Admiral for the second time.3 On the 14th Of May, 1550, Lord Clinton, afterwards Earl of Lincoln, was appointed; but on the accession of Queen Mary he ceased to be Admiral; and on the 8th of May, 1554, Lord William Howard, afterwards Lord Howard of Eflingham, was appointed.’ On the loth February, 1558, Clinton was reappointed,’5 and he remained Admiral for nearly thirty years. Upon his death Charles, Lord Howard of Efingham,6 afterwards Earl of Nottingham, on the 15th January, 1585, succeeded to the Office, which he held until his retirement in 1618. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.