4 Annotations

First Reading

David Quidnunc  •  Link

Valentine Jowles

1658 -- a master's mate
1659 -- captain, the Wexford
1660 -- captain, the Dolphin

T. Bayles, another master's mate, recommended him to Edward Mountagu.

Jowles appears in the diary once, on 31 March 1660.

A Henry Jowles and his wife, Rebecca, also appear in the diary later, but no relationship to this Jowles is mentioned in the Latham and Matthews edition.

-- L&M, Vols. 10 (Companion) & 11 (Index)

David Quidnunc  •  Link

Valentine Jowles

1658 -- a master's mate
1659 -- captain, the Wexford
1660 -- captain, the Dolphin

T. Bayles, another master's mate, recommended him to Edward Mountagu.

Jowles appears in the diary once, on 31 March 1660.

A Henry Jowles and his wife, Rebecca, also appear in the diary later, but no relationship to this Jowles is mentioned in the Latham and Matthews edition.

-- L&M, Vols. 10 (Companion) & 11 (Index)

Emilio  •  Link

As the Wexford was named for one of Cromwell's victories, the Dolphin is likely the same ship renamed after the Restoration. For more info see the ship's own page:
http://www.pepysdiary.com/encyclo…

Second Reading

Bill  •  Link

JOWLES, Valentine,—was appointed, in the year 1660, captain of the Dolphin; but does not appear to have had any command afterwards.
---Biographia Navalis. J. Charnock, 1794.

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References

Chart showing the number of references in each month of the diary’s entries.

1660