tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432133643734415429.post7606807911388852123..comments2024-03-15T07:29:28.378+00:00Comments on OLD DEPTFORD HISTORY: The Druid.Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318768945646828358noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432133643734415429.post-43158382856326749882021-08-06T22:29:01.686+01:002021-08-06T22:29:01.686+01:00Today descendent of the Family is Ian Petts (the s...Today descendent of the Family is Ian Petts (the s) was added as so many of them that the Royal Navy admitted they gave up determining who was who, even though they were so close it was said even the devil could not split them up. Ian has been a Finance Director of companies that built a couple of the worlds biggest Royal yachts whilst at YCO and Hill Robinson and is now Head of Yachting and Aviation at Equiom Trust Group. ianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15204169387208173917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432133643734415429.post-28084419238571354112011-10-23T09:51:49.075+01:002011-10-23T09:51:49.075+01:00Sorry Shipwrights ..didn't know you posted it....Sorry Shipwrights ..didn't know you posted it..Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10318768945646828358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432133643734415429.post-25584849357473175392011-10-22T17:57:01.896+01:002011-10-22T17:57:01.896+01:00http://shipwrightspalace.blogspot.com/2011/07/last...http://shipwrightspalace.blogspot.com/2011/07/last-launch-at-deptford.htmlshipwright's palacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11900117587967981962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432133643734415429.post-6606562554614040812011-10-22T12:57:14.556+01:002011-10-22T12:57:14.556+01:00Spot on John! That's where the name comes from...Spot on John! That's where the name comes from.<br /><br />Peter Pett, Master Shipwright of Deptford, was granted a Coat of Arms in 1563. His son, Joseph Pett of Limehouse, succeeded his father as Master Shipwright before Peter's death in 1605. Joseph surveyed the timber for the construction of a ship named Sovereign of the Seas, and married Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Hoborn, another shipwright and churchwarden at Chatham. Joseph died in 1652, aged about 60. Joseph's son, the second Peter Pett, carried on the private family business of shipbuilding at Wapping. Joseph's other son, also named Joseph, became the master carpenter employed at Chatham in 1643 by the then Earl of Warwick.<br /><br />Another son of the first Peter Pett was Richard Pett, who raised his son (Peter of Deptford (1593–1652) and the third Peter Pett) to be a shipwright. The sons of this Peter Pett were Phineas (a captain in the Royal Navy) and another Peter (the fourth).<br /><br />This fourth Peter was baptised in St Nicholas' Church in 1630, and was later educated in St Paul's School and Sidney Sussex College of Cambridge, where he was admitted in 1645. He then graduated to Pembroke College, Oxford, and in 1648 was elected to a fellowship at All Soul's College. He was bachelor of civil law to Gray's Inn from 1657 to 1658, and was knighted in 1661, after which he sat as a Member of Parliament for Askaeton in the Irish Parliament. He was called to the bar in 1664, as a barrister in law of the Middle Temple, and one of the original Fellows of the Royal Society in 1663, from which he was later expelled in 1675 for "not performing his obligations to the society". He also became Advocate-General in Ireland, before his death in 1699. Peter was a learned author and many of his manuscripts have survived him.<br /><br />PETT FAMILY<br />Shipbuilders. This family had been in the trade since the reign of Edward VI and owned woodlands in Kent (Petts Wood) which provided timber. Peter was master shipwright until his death in 1589 followed by his son Joseph. Phineas Pett was born at Deptford Strand in 1570 and lodged in Deptford Green. He worked on the Ark Royal and Drake’s ship. His nephew, another Peter, introduced the frigate to the English Navy. He died in 1652 and has a memorial on the north wall in St Nicholas Church.<br /><br />Extract from Wiki.Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10318768945646828358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432133643734415429.post-53265038830530828662011-10-22T07:38:16.471+01:002011-10-22T07:38:16.471+01:00Hi Andy
Great Poem to read. Its interesting how r...Hi Andy<br /><br />Great Poem to read. Its interesting how reading about the past it tends to jog ones memory about things apparent this day and age. Particularly "The Petts" ship builders and "Petts Wood" in Kent. This was probably where a lot of Oak was felled for the ships of the line.? maybe.<br />john.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com