In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board

Your supplicant served as Master of the MILFORD till he was sent for by your Lordships, and having been a long time out of employment, and my Certificate of behaviour now lying before this Board, I therefore humbly pray to your Lordships your promises considered to grant your Warrant for a Masters Employ of one of the new Ships building at Blackwall. Signed by Richard Lapthorne, Late Master of the MILFORD.

Record Details

Item reference: ADM/A/1831/116
Catalogue Section: Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy
Level: PAGE
Extent: 1 page
Date made: 1696-05-18
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London