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Christopher Myngs (1)

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Officer of the British Navy

 

Christopher Myngs (1)

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Personal Details
Date of Birth 1625 W031
Place of Birth Salthouse, Norfolk  
Father John Myngs, shoemaker  
Mother Katherine Parr  
Son Christopher Myngs  
Date of Death 1666/06/14 W031
Place of Death Goodman's Fields in Whitechapel  
Naval Service Events
Ship Date From Date To Event Source
Promoted to Lieutenant, December 1651 W031
Paradox 1651/12 1652 Lieutenant W031
Elizabeth 1652 1653/05 Lieutenant W031
Promoted to Post Captain, May 1653 W031
Elizabeth 1653/05 1655/01 As Captain W031
Marston Moor 1655/10 1662/09 As Captain W031
Marston Moor 1655/10 The crew of the Marston Moor, who had been denied pay on return to Portsmouth from the West Indies, mutinied and were dismissed W031
Marston Moor 1655/11/10 Left Portsmouth for the West Indies W031
Marston Moor 1656/01/15 Arrived in Jamaica W031
Marston Moor 1656/05/04 Attack on Rio del Hacha (in modern Colombia) W031
Marston Moor 1657/07 Returned to England W031
Marston Moor 1657/12 Returned to Jamaica carrying £2,500 with which to fortify Jamaica W031
Marston Moor 1658/03/02 Arrived in Jamaica having taken three victuallers and six Dutchmen off Barbados, alleging they were trading in contravention of English regulations, only one was eventually declared prize (in 1659) W031
Marston Moor 1659 Sweep of the Spanish main, with three frigates and 300 or more soldiers. After attacks on Cumaná and Puerto Cabello along the coast to Coro. Seized twenty-two chests of bullion, estimated at £200,000 to £300,000, and £50,000 more in specie. When the ships returned to Jamaica the treasure chests were empty. W031
Marston Moor 1659 Sent back to England W031
Marston Moor 1660/01 Arrived back in Jamaica W031
Centurion 1662 1662 As Captain W014
Gloucester 1664 1664 As Captain B051
Portland 1664 1664 As Captain B051
Royal Oak 1664 1665 As Captain B051
Promoted to Vice-Admiral, 1665 W031
Triumph 1665   As Flag Officer W031
Fairfax 1665 1666/05 As Captain W031
Victory 1666/05 1666/06/11 As Flag Officer B051
Personal Events
Date Event Source
1625/11/22 Baptized at Salthouse, Norfolk W031

 

Notes on Officer
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Sources
Id Link or Description Author
W031 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Oxford University Press
W014 Anglo-Dutch Wars BLOG James C Bender
B051 Biographia Navalis - Volume I John Charnock

Last Updated :2009/01/23 at 12:30:40 by Cy

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