Robert Brigandyne
Robert Brigandyne, Brygandyne or Brickenden, () was an English :wikt:shipwshipwright and administrator who held the position of Clerk of the Acts#Clerk of the Ships, Clerk of the King's Ships during the reigns of English kings Henry VII of England, Henry VII and Henry VIII of England, Henry VIII. He supervised the construction of several warships in his home town of Small Hythe, Smallhythe in Kent and at the Royal Navy Dockyard, royal dockyard, Portsmouth. At Portsmouth he built England's first dry dock. Early life No record has been found to identify Brigandyne's date or place of birth, but he came from an established family of shipbuilders living in Smallhythe at least from the early fourteenth century. In 1488 he was appointed as a "commissioner" in Kent to Impressment, impress a team of caulkers for work on the king's ship ''HMS Regent, Regent''. Royal service Brigandyne's introduction to the king's service was through Richard Guildford, a favoured courtier of Henry VII who ...
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