Daily entries from the 17th century London diary
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Shouldn’t this “Captain Lambert” be David Lambert (commanding the Norwich)?
Scratch that, it IS James Lambert who commands the Duke’s yacht. Sorry.
L&M Companion reports, “Served in the Commonwealth Navy; captain of the Duke of Yorks’s yacht, Anne 1662; killed in action 1665.”
Captain James Lambert.
Was Captain of the Happy Return in the fleet list of April 1665. 4th rate, 50 guns and 190 men.
(Journal of Edward Montagu edited by Anderson)