Contents

pp v-v

List of Illustrations

pp vi-viii

Foreword

pp ix-x

Preface and Acknowledgements

pp xi-xiii

List of Abbreviations

pp xiv-xxii

Part 1 - 1600–1689

pp 1-2

Introduction: A Small Port in Yorkshire

pp 3-17

1 - Foundations

pp 18-33

2 - The Early Seventeenth Century

pp 34-49

3 - Upheaval

pp 50-57

4 - Stabilisation and Confidence

pp 58-81

5 - Overview of the Seventeenth Century

pp 82-98

Part 2 - 1690–1750

pp 99-100

6 - The Established Port

pp 101-127

7 - ‘They That Go Down to the Sea in Ships’

pp 128-151

Conclusion

pp 152-158

Appendix 1 - The Size of the Fleet

pp 159-164

Appendix 2 - Pressgang Instructions

pp 165-167

Appendix 3 - The Naming of Ships

pp 168-170

Appendix 4 - The Burnett Papers

pp 171-171

Glossary and Definitions

pp 172-176

Selected Bibliography and further reading

pp 177-184

Index

pp 185-189

Miscellaneous Endmatter

pp 190-190