Navy Office, Seething Lane

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government office building naval administrative headquarters

Navy Office, Seething Lane was the principal administrative headquarters of the English Navy Board in London during the 17th century, notably associated with Samuel Pepys’s work as a naval administrator.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Navy Office, London	2

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government office building ⓘ naval administrative headquarters ⓘ
administrativeScope	Royal Navy ships in home and overseas service ⓘ
associatedWithConflict	Anglo-Dutch Wars ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	Second Anglo-Dutch War ⓘ Third Anglo-Dutch War ⓘ administrative reforms of the Royal Navy under Charles II ⓘ
associatedWithOffice	Clerk of the Acts ⓘ Navy Board ⓘ surface form: Principal Officers of the Navy Board
associatedWithPerson	Sir George Carteret ⓘ Sir John Mennes ⓘ Sir William Batten ⓘ William Coventry ⓘ surface form: Sir William Coventry
cityQuarter	Tower ward of the City of London ⓘ
country	Kingdom of England ⓘ
documentationType	naval accounts and correspondence ⓘ
documentedIn	The Diary of Samuel Pepys ⓘ
era	Restoration England ⓘ
function	administration of dockyards ⓘ administration of shipbuilding ⓘ management of naval finance ⓘ management of naval stores ⓘ
governingBodyType	board of commissioners ⓘ
governingMonarchDuringPeak	Charles II of England ⓘ
governingMonarchDuringUse	James II of England ⓘ
heritageStatus	site of historical naval administration ⓘ
historicalRole	central office for naval contracts and procurement ⓘ coordination point between Navy Board and Admiralty ⓘ
historicalSignificance	key center of professionalization of English naval administration ⓘ
languageOfAdministration	English ⓘ
locatedIn	City of London ⓘ London, England ⓘ surface form: London Seething Lane ⓘ
notableAssociate	Samuel Pepys ⓘ
notableResident	Samuel Pepys ⓘ
operatedBy	Navy Board ⓘ
partOf	administration of the Royal Navy ⓘ naval administration of the Stuart monarchy ⓘ
relatedInstitution	Admiralty (United Kingdom) ⓘ surface form: Admiralty Navy Board ⓘ Royal Navy ⓘ
timePeriod	17th century ⓘ
use	principal administrative headquarters of the English Navy Board ⓘ
usedBy	Board of Admiralty ⓘ surface form: English Navy Board Board of Admiralty ⓘ surface form: Royal Navy administration

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Clerk of the Acts to the Navy Board → location → Navy Office, Seething Lane ⓘ

Navy Board → locationOfHeadquarters → Navy Office, Seething Lane ⓘ

this entity surface form: Navy Office, London

Clerk of the Acts → seat → Navy Office, Seething Lane ⓘ

Clerk of the Acts to the Navy Board → seat → Navy Office, Seething Lane ⓘ

this entity surface form: Navy Office, London