Vice-Admiral of Devon

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Vice-Admiral of Devon was a senior naval and administrative office in the English county of Devon responsible for maritime defense, local naval administration, and jurisdiction over coastal and shipping matters.

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instanceOf county vice-admiralcy
naval office
appliesTo coastal jurisdiction
local naval administration
maritime defence
shipping matters
appointedBy Crown of England NERFINISHED
Lord High Admiral of England NERFINISHED
country Kingdom of England
duty defence of the Devon coast
enforcement of maritime law
jurisdiction over prize ships
jurisdiction over wrecks
oversight of privateering commissions
protection of trade
recruitment of seamen
suppression of piracy
governmentalBodyType county-level maritime authority
historicalPeriod Stuart period
Tudor period
early modern England
jurisdiction Devon NERFINISHED
coast of Devon
legalAuthorityOver disputes over wreck and salvage
maritime contracts in Devon
prize courts in Devon
locatedIn Devon
southwest England
surface form: South West England
officeHolder Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham NERFINISHED
Francis Drake NERFINISHED
George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle NERFINISHED
John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford NERFINISHED
Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury NERFINISHED
officeType maritime judicial office
regional naval command
partOf English vice-admiralty system
Royal Navy shore administration NERFINISHED
relatedTo Vice-Admiral of Cornwall NERFINISHED
Vice-Admiral of Dorset NERFINISHED
Vice-Admiral of Hampshire NERFINISHED
responsibleFor coastal signal and watch systems
issuing commissions to privateers in Devon
mustering local naval forces
status defunct office
subordinateTo Admiralty NERFINISHED
Lord High Admiral NERFINISHED
usedLanguage English

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Sir John Eliot positionHeld Vice-Admiral of Devon