English Captain: Henry Teddiman (or Teddeman or Tiddeman)

Henry Teddiman (Pepys spells the name Teddeman, but usually spelled Tiddeman) served in both the Commonwealth and Restoration navies. From 1652 to 1653, he commanded the hired merchantman Exchange (30 guns). Prior to that, in August 1652, he was lieutenant of the Sovereign, while she was fitting out. He fought in the Battle of Portland in early 1653, where he took the Dutch merchantman "Berck Howter Church of Saerdam" (250 tons), which he took into Dover. On 30 March, he and the Exchange were ordered to be part of a convoy to bring shot from Rye to London, along with the Old Warwick and the Gift. At the Battle of the Gabbard, he was in William Penn's (Admiral of the White) division. After the Restoration, he commanded the 2nd Rate Unicorn from 1664 to 1665. In 1665, his son, Henry Teddiman, Jr. was his lieutenant. Henry Teddiman fought in the battle of Lowestoft, and was in Sir George Ayscue's (Vice-Admiral of the Blue) division. He also fought in the Four Days Battle, where he was in Sir Thomas Teddiman's division (Vice-Admiral of the Blue). At the Four Days Battle, he made some grievous misbehavior and was sacked on the spot. Apparently, he was too timid in the battle. Andrew says that according to Pepys, Henry Teddiman was Thomas's cousin. Sources:

1. R. C. Anderson, List of English Naval Captains 1642-1660, 1964.
2. C. T. Atkinson, Ed., The First Dutch War, Vol.IV, 1910.
3. C.T. Atkinson, Ed., The First Dutch War, Vol.V, 1912.
4. Frank Fox, A Distant Storm: the Four Days' Battle of 1666, 1996.
5. Dr. S.R. Gardiner, Ed., The First Dutch War, Vol.II, 1900.
6. J.R. Tanner, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Naval Manuscripts in the Pepysian Library at Magdalene College, Cambridge, Vol.I, 1903.