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Adamson, John, ed. The English Civil War: Conflicts and Contexts, 1640-1649.  London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009, vii, 314 pp.

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, Civil War, English, English, England, Royal Navy, Britain

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Allen, D.F. "The Order of St. John and Cromwell's Navy, 1649-1660." MM, 79 (May 1993): 142-54. Foundation of Hospitaller Order; on continent but when protectors, Spain & France, at war, English Commonwealth steped in.

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, Anglo-French, France , Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia , Civil War, English, English, England, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , association, society, group, organization, organisation, conference, conference paper, symposium, Royal Navy, Britain, England

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Allen, David. "From George Monck to the Duke of Albemarle: His Contribution to Charles II's Government, 1660-1670." Biography, 2 (1979): 95-124.

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, age of sail, Civil War, English, English, England, personality, prominent leader, noted person , Royal Navy, Britain, England, leadership, leader, command, commander in chief

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Anderdon, Roger Charles. "The Operations of the English Fleet, 1648-1652." EnHR, 31 (1916): 406-28.

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, age of sail, Anglo-Dutch, Netherlands, Low Country, Holland, Civil War, English, English, England, Royal Navy, Britain, England, battles

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Anderson, Roger Charles. "The Royalists at Sea in 1648-1653." 4 parts. MM, 14 (1928); 14 (1928); 17 (April 1931): 135-68; 21 (January 1935): 61-90.

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, age of sail, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Civil War, English, English, England, Royal Navy, Britain, England

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Andrews, Kenneth Raymond, Canny, Nicholas & Hair, P.E.H., eds. The Westward Enterprise: English Activities in Ireland, the Atlantic and America, 1480-1650. Liverpool: Liverpool UP; Detroit: Wayne State UP, 1978, 1979, xiv, 326 pp. 15 essays, some cited; in honor of David Quinn.

Keywords:

15th century, fifteenth, 16th century, sixteenth, 17th century, seventeenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Anglo-Irish, Ireland, Eire, Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia , Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , colonialism, colony, expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , Festschrift, dedication, memorial, collection, tribute , Civil War, English, English, England, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing

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Armitage, David. "The Cromwellian Protectorate and the Language of Empire." HJ, 35 (September 1992): 531-55.

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , Civil War, English, English, England, colonialism, colony

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Bailey, Sarah Barter. Prince Rupert's Patent Guns. Leeds: Royal Armouries, 2000, 153 pp.

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Civil War, English, English, England, gunnery, gun, weapon

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Baumber, Michael L. "Cromwell's Soldier-Admirals." Hist Tod 39 (October 1989): 42-47. E.g., Blake, Deane, Popham, Monck, Penn & Montagu.

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Civil War, English, English, England, leadership, leader, command, commander in chief , officer, quarterdeck, leader , Royal Navy, Britain, England

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Baumber, Michael L. General-at-Sea: Robert Blake and the Seventeenth-Century Revolution in Naval Warfare. London: Murray, 1989, x, 284 pp. Important assessment.

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, officer, quarterdeck, leader , personality, prominent leader, noted person , Royal Navy, Britain, England, Civil War, English, English, England

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Baumber, Michael L. "Parliamentary Naval Politics, 1641-1649." MM, 82 (November 1996): 398-408.

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Civil War, English, English, England, Royal Navy, Britain, England

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Baumber, Michael L. "The Navy and the Civil War in Ireland, 1641-1643." MM, 57 (November 1971): 385-98.

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Anglo-Irish, Ireland, Eire, Civil War, English, English, England, Royal Navy, Britain, England

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Baumber, Michael L. "The Navy and the Civil War in Ireland, 1643-1646." MM, 75 (August 1989): 255-68. Fleet forced to withdraw; near mutiny, September 1643.

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Anglo-Irish, Ireland, Eire, Civil War, English, English, England, Royal Navy, Britain, England

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Baumber, Michael L. "The Navy during the Civil War and the Commonwealth, 1642-1651." Master's thesis, Manchester, 1967. (ASLIB 17-711).

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Civil War, English, English, England, Royal Navy, Britain, England

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Beadon, Roger Hammet. Robert Blake: Sometime Commanding All the Fleets and Naval Forces of England. London: Edward Arnold, 1935, 308 pp. Neglected naval hero.

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Civil War, English, English, England, personality, prominent leader, noted person , officer, quarterdeck, leader , Royal Navy, Britain, England

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Brenner, Robert Paul. "Commercial Change and Political Conflict; The Merchant Community of Civil War London." Ph.D. diss, Princeton, 1970, 603 pp. Under Lawrence Stone; (DAI 32/07, p. 3908).

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, commerce, trade, business, economics, economic policy, merchant marine, Civil War, English, English, England, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing

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Brenner, Robert Paul. "The Civil War Politics of London's Merchant Community." P & P, 58 (February 1973): 53-107. Role of London overseas merchants.

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, Civil War, English, English, England, commerce, trade, business, enterprise, commerce, trade, business, economy, economic , trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing

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Bull, Stephen B. The Furie of the Ordnance: Artillery in the Engish Civil War. Woodbridge: Braudell & Brewer, 2008, xviii, 247 pp. King vs. Parliament; latter at advantage because of control of London & navy.

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, gunnery, gun, weapon , Civil War, English, English, England, Royal Navy, Britain, port, commercial center, seaport, trade center, entrepot

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Bull, Stephen. The Furie of the Ordnance: Artillery in the Engish Civil War. Woodbridge: Braudell & Brewer, 2008, xviii, 247 pp. King vs. Parliament; latter at advantage because of control of London & navy.

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, gunnery, gun, weapon , Civil War, English, English, England, Royal Navy, Britain, port, commercial center, seaport, trade center, entrepot

Abbreviations
AHR American Historical Review
Alb Albion
alt alternate
Am Nep American Neptune
AQ & DJ Army Quarterly and Defence Journal
ASLIB Association of Libraries (Dissertations & Master's Theses)
BIHR Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research
Can His Rev Canadian Historical Review
Can J His Canadian Journal of History
comp Compiled by
DAI Dissertation Abstracts International
EcHR Economic History Review
ed editor or edited by
EnHR English Historical Review
HisAHR Hispanic American Historical Review
HJ Historical Journal (Cambridge Historical Journal)
His Res Historical Research
His Tod History Today
Intell & Nat Sec Intelligence and National Security
IJ Mar His International Journal of Maritime History
IJ Nau Arch International Journal of Nautical Archaeology
IHR International History Review
intro introduction
J Am His Journal of American History
J Asian His Journal of Asian History
JBS Journal of British Studies
J Cont His Journal of Contemporary History
J Econ His Journal of Economic History
JI & CH Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History
J Mar Res Journal for Maritime Research
J Mil His Journal of Military History
J Mod His Journal of Modern History
JRUSI Journal of the Royal United Service Institution or Institute
J Soc His Journal of Social History
JSAHR Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research
J Stra Stu Journal of Strategic Studies
J Trans His Journal of Transport History
J Wor His Journal of World History
MM Mariner's Mirror
Mil Aff Military Affairs
NHS Naval History Symposium (USNA)
NMM National Maritime Museum
Nav Rev Naval Review
NWCR Naval War College Review (US)
Nel Dis Nelson Dispatch
NIP Naval Institute Press
Nor Mar Northern Mariner
Pac His Rev Pacific Historical Review
P & P Past and Present
Traf Chron Trafalgar Chronicle
trans translated by
UP University Press
USNIP Proceedings of the Naval Institute
Vic Stu Victorian Studies
War & Soc War and Society
War in His War in History
W&MQ William and Mary Quarterly
WSS World Ship Society

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