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JOURNAL OF THE PLYMOUTH INSTITUTION. 
differ in spelling from those in Yonge, the Black Book form follows between 
brackets. Where the autographs of the mayors themselves as preserved in 
the Records vary from either, the variation is also given between brackets, in 
italic. The White Book, named, like the Black Book, from the colour of its 
back, may be described as the Corporation Statute Book, since it chiefly con- 
tains entries of the acts and orders of the council, for which purpose it was 
presented to them by John Ford, mayor in 1555. The first entry is dated 
1560, and the book continued to be used down to nearly the middle of the 
last century. The letters B.B. and W.B. distinguish the notes derived from 
either of these sources. 
Dr. Yonge, the writer of this book, was born at Plymouth February 27th, 
164f. At nine he had learnt to read and write, and was sent to the Latin 
school under Mr. Horsman. At eleven his father, who was a surgeon, bound 
him apprentice to Mr. Silvester Richmond, surgeon of the Constant Warwick, 
for eight years. In 1660 he became surgeon's assistant on board the Montague, 
in w^hich vessel he took part in the expedition to Algiers. Subsequently he 
made sundry voyages as surgeon on board fishing vessels to Newfoundland, 
and in May, 1666, was captured by a Dutch vessel, and imprisoned at Am- 
sterdam and Rotterdam until the following year. Returning home, he 
again went surgeon to Newfoundland, but finally settled down in Plymouth 
in 1671, on March 28th of which year he married his wife, Jane Crampporne. 
He became surgeon to the hospital and troops, and to the Dockyard when 
that was founded, won high reputation, and enjoyed large practice, making 
frequent journeys into different parts of the country. In 1694 he w r as chosen 
mayor, and in 1702 was elected a fellow of the Royal Society, and made a 
licentiate of the College of Physicians. He died on the 25th July, 1721. 
From him are descended the Yonges of Puslinch. Dr. Yonge wrote several 
scientific treatises, and was a learned man after the fashion of the time. He 
appears to have been very successful in his profession, and by it amassed a 
good estate. He was, as the pages of these Memoirs indicate, a staunch 
Church and King man — indeed a Jacobite— a firm friend, and a good hater. 
