Autobiography of Phineas Pett

Phineas Pett (1570 - 1647)

Phineas Pett was a Master Shipbuilder from one of England's greatest shipbuilding families of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries and kept a journal of his experiences and thoughts at this important and turbulent time in the industry. Although some pages were damaged or lost, the diary was transcribed by Samuel Pepys and preserved in the British Library. It was edited and published in the form of an autobiography by William Gordon Perrin of The Council of the Navy Records Society in 1918. - Summary by Lynne Thompson

Genre(s): Biography & Autobiography

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Preface Lynne T
00:11:18
Play 01 Introduction - The Shipwrights Lynne T
00:45:09
Play 02 Introduction - The Family of Pett Lynne T
00:12:28
Play 03 Introduction - Phineas Pett Lynne T
00:49:35
Play 04 Introduction - Phineas Pett, Continued Lynne T
00:43:36
Play 05 The Autobiography Part 1 Lynne T
00:56:31
Play 06 The Autobiography Part 2 Lynne T
00:56:20
Play 07 The Autobiography Part 3 Lynne T
00:53:00
Play 08 The Autobiography Part 4 Lynne T
00:51:14
Play 09 The Autobiography Part 5 Lynne T
00:50:08
Play 10 The Autobiography Part 6 Lynne T
00:13:03
Play 11 Grant to Phineas Pett Lynne T
00:05:32
Play 12 Petition of Shipwrights for Incorporation Lynne T
00:02:13
Play 13 Charter to Shipwrights (1605) Lynne T
00:07:45
Play 14 Charter to Shipwrights (1612) Lynne T
00:42:23
Play 15 Charter to Shipwrights (1612) continued Lynne T
00:27:28
Play 16 New Building the Prince Royal at Woolwich Lynne T
00:10:09
Play 17 Petition to the Admiralty Lynne T
00:04:26
Play 18 Stowe MS Lynne T
00:02:58
Play 19 Protest of Trinity House against the Building of the Sovereign Lynne T
00:05:27
Play 20 Ships Built or Rebuilt by Phineas Pett Lynne T
00:06:10