Penn, Sir William, Admiral, 1621-1670.

Sir William's life after 1650 is well covered but for the earlier period there are only a few orders, instructions and isolated documents. The collection includes a log, 1650 to 1651, accounts of battles, 1652 to 1653, a log of the Swiftsure and sailing and fighting instructions, both to and from Penn, for the expedition to the West Indies. The 1665 campaign is covered by an incomplete log of the Royal Charles, a description of the battle of Lowestoft, several sailing and fighting instructions and orders of battle. There are also administrative papers and personal letters covering Penn's tenure of office at the Navy Board.

Part of WYN/10/1 has been published in “Richard Rooth’s Sea Journal of the Western Design, 1654-55,” edited by John F. Battick, in Jamaica Journal V (December 1971). Parts of WYN/10/2 and WYN/18 are published in volume two of Granville Penn's 'Memorials of the Professional Life and Times of Sir William Penn' (1833).