| 
| Rate
of pay per month for an English ship in 1588 (Revenge, Captain Francis
Drake): |
| Position |
£ |
S |
D |
| Master |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| Masters
Mate |
1 |
5 |
0 |
| Pilot |
1 |
5 |
0 |
| Boatswain
|
1 |
5 |
0 |
| Boatswains
Mate |
|
17 |
6 |
| Quarter-Masters
|
|
17 |
6 |
| Quarter-Masters
Mate |
|
13 |
9 |
| Master
Carpenter |
1 |
5 |
0 |
| Caulker,
Carpenters Mate |
|
17 |
6 |
| Purser
|
|
16 |
8 |
| Steward
|
|
17 |
6 |
| Stewards
Mate |
|
13 |
9 |
| Cook |
|
17 |
6 |
| Cooks
Mate |
|
13 |
9 |
| Surgeon
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Trumpeters
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Drum |
|
15 |
0 |
| Fife |
|
15 |
0 |
| Coxwain
|
|
17 |
6 |
| Coxwains
Mate |
|
13 |
9 |
| Swabber
|
|
13 |
9 |
| Swabbers
Mate |
|
11 |
3 |
| Armourer
|
|
18 |
8 |
| Gunmaker
|
|
18 |
8 |
| Master
Gunner |
|
15 |
0 |
| Quarter
Gunner |
|
11 |
3 |
| Quarter
Gunners Mate |
|
11 |
3 |
| Yeoman
of the Powder Room |
|
11 |
3 |
| Regular
Crewman |
|
10 |
3 |
| Ships
Boy |
|
5 |
0 |
|
