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INDEX 



Dover, 49, 73, 103, 145 n., 204, 205, 265, 

 400 ; straits of, 6, 8, 16, 18, 36, 104, 273, 

 330, 397, 401, 515 

 Downing, Sir George, English ambassador 



at The Hague, 454, 482, 483, 488 

 Downs, The, 120, 245, 259, 260, 265, 268, 

 270, 274, 290, 323, 330, 331, 332, 334, 

 335, 336, 400 

 Drake, Sir F., 5, 107 

 Drechsel, C. F., Captain, 647 n., 707 n. 

 Dudley, Sir Henry, 116 

 Dues levied at Scarborough Castle, 64 

 Dunbar, 59, 153 n., 166, 221 n. 

 Dunedin, Lord, Lord Justice-General, on 



territorial sea, 724 



Dunfermline, Earl of, 80, 179 n., 223 

 Dunkirk, 73, 125, 215, 242, 267, 278, 

 282, 327; blockade of, 253, 265, '266, 

 268, 270, 273-275, 276, 290, 327, 330, 

 334 



Dunkirk privateers, 1], 243, 247-250, 261, 

 263, 265, 273, 282, 289, 291, '296, 302, 

 304, 318, 322, 327, 328, 330 

 Dunn, Sir Dauiel, 146, 155 

 Dunwich, 90 n. 

 Durham, 133 

 Dussen, E. van der, Dutch ambassador, 



185 n. 



Dutch, 5, 69, 77, 79. 81, 143, 217, 243, 

 253, 255, 261, 263, 275, 289 ; commercial 

 jealousy of, 10, 125, 142, 413; encour- 

 aged to settle in England, 515 ; growth 

 of fisheries and commerce, 10, 62, 87, 

 143 ; fisheries, growth and extent of, 

 125, 126, 127, 128, 130, 142 ; on British 

 coasts, 62, 64, 605 ; on Scottish coast, 

 82, S3, 187 n., 201 ; statistics of, 125-132, 

 158 190, 438, 439 and n., 534; strength 

 of lishing fleet, 98, 101, 125, 126, 127, 

 129, U4, 321 ; value of, 125, 131, 132, 

 142, 292, 3(56, 515; exports of tish, 87, 

 135 ; embargo on, 460, 462, 489 ; supply 

 England with fish, 93 ; herring fishery, 

 10, 61, 78-85, 87, 93, 95, 112, 122, 125, 

 131, 134-137, 143-145, 157, 208, 214, 215, 

 247, 250, 273, 277, 296, 316, 407, 415, 

 424, 428, 449, 450, 451, 515, 534; de- 

 scription of, 131 ; exports of herrings, 

 132, 134 ; herring fleet attacked by 

 Blake, 406, 407; whale fishing, 194 n., 

 181, 183, 184, 185, 407, 528 ; fishermen, 

 frugality and industry of, 137, 141 ; 

 settled at Stornoway, 216, 221, 237; 

 complaints against, 144, 154, 168, 175, 

 177, 187, 234, 257, 292, 301, 438 ; pro- 

 posal to tax, 141, 214 ; assize herring, 

 169-171, 197, 198 ; licenses to be forced 

 on, 264, 300 ; proceedings with refer- 

 ence to Northumberland's fleet, 301-305, 

 312, 313 ; payments for licenses to fish, 

 309, 310, 311 ; attempt to distribute 

 licenses, 320, 321. See also Fisheries 

 and Sovereignty of Sea. 

 Dutch, first war with England, 405 ; 



second, 457 ; third, 474 

 Dutch fleet to protect fishermen. 321 

 Dutch East India Company, 185, 343, 344 



Dutch Republic. See United Provinces. 



Dyer, Sir Edward, 103 



Dymes, Captain John, 216, 217 n. 



East India Company, 194 



East Indies, 105, 184, 185, 193, 194, 198, 

 199, 200, 257, 339, 340, 343, 350, 393, 

 430, 457, 482 



Eastland Merchants Company, 160 



Eddy stone, territoriality of, 641, 642, 643 



Edgar, King, 26, 27, 28, 141, 158, 326, 

 365, 409 



Edinburgh, 216, 228, 298, 324, 351 



Edmonds, Sir Thomas, 243 



Edward I., 7, 32, 40, 42, 43, 44, 49, 51, 

 58 11., 60, 66, 67, 213, 214, 363, 365 



Ed ward II., 52 n., 56, 67, 254 



Edward III., 7, 33, 36, 37, 38, 41, 42, 43, 

 44, 51, 53, 64, 66, 67, 211, 254, 365, 409 



Edward IV., 63, 71, 110 



Edward VI., 88, 89, ]16 



Elbe, 28 



Elector Palatine, 198, 271, 303, 315, 316, 

 320 



Elizabeth, Queen, 17, 65-85, 86, 87, 88, 91, 

 96, 102, 104, 115, 117, 118, 124, 136, 

 204, 246, 361, 433; asserts freedom of 

 seas, 5, 108-112, 118 ; opposes claims of 

 Denmark in northern seas, 86, 108-112 ; 

 opposes Spanish and Portuguese claims, 

 86, 107 ; opposes mare clausum, 105, 

 338 ; made no claim to sovereignty of 

 seas, 107, 108 ; policy to foster fisheries, 

 93 ; fishing declared free, 111 ; fishery 

 disputes with Denmark, 106-112; policy 

 regarding 1 territorial waters, 111, 543 



Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia, 167 n., 198, 

 303, 305, 314, 315, 316, 321, 385 



Emden, 129, 130, 195 



England, Sea of. See Sea. 



English, new spirit of commercial enter- 

 prise in, 124, 136 ; irritation against 

 Dutch, 134 ; jealous of their commerce, 

 413 ; fisheries, yield of, 215 ; condition 

 of, 133; decay of, 75, 112, 358; de- 

 scription of, 133 ; fishermen, indolence 

 of, 91, 137, 516 ; at Iceland, 108, 109, 

 110 ; at Norway, 108 ; molested by 

 Dutch, 438 



Enkhuisen, 139, 170, 171, 173, 298 n., 

 397 n., 439 n. 



Eutick, on Sovereignty of Sea, 311 n., 522 



Essex, Earl of, 128 n., 473 



Ethelred, King, 26 



Evelyn, John, 312 n., 508 ; on Sovereignty 

 of Sea, 514 and n. 



Eversley, Lord, 702 n. 



Evertsen, Vice-Admiral Jan, 399, 408 



Exeter, 96 



Exton, Sir Thomas, 513 



Faeroe Isles, 175, 176, 528, 5'29, 545, 647, 



711 



Fair Isle, 126, 131 

 Fairlea, 65 

 Fairlight, 65, 402 

 i Fajardo, Don Louis, 206 n. 



