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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-12-02
ADM/A/1790/23
Lieutenant Thomas Williams, one of the Lieutenants of the LENOX, is to receive a Bounty for his care and diligence in bringing the EXETER Hulk from Plymouth to Portsmouth.
Document signed by Sir Richard Onslow, Admiralty Commissioner 2nd Baronet, 1654-1717. (Manuscript)
1701-05-06
ADM/A/1882/43
The Commissioners to appear before the Commons and relate their orders from the Lords of the Admiralty for paying the Seamen their Wages and Bounty money after being Discharged.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1701-05-17
ADM/A/1882/134
The men which shall be discharged from the DUNWICH, the SWIFTSURE, the MONTAGUE, and the TILBURY, to be payed their Short Allowance Money when they are payed their Wages and Bounty.
Document signed by Josiah Burchett (c.1666-1746), Secretary to the Admiralty (1694-1742) (Manuscript)
1701-05-13
ADM/A/1882/106
Several of the men lately discharged from the CROWN apply for their Wages and Bounty Money, they being turned over to her from the CENTURIAN.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-03-07
ADM/A/1782/54
Extending the time limit for seamen to register to serve voluntarily and receive a Bounty where the circumstances of the Great Frost had prevented them doing so.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-05-27
ADM/A/1774/437
Agreeing to a grant of Royal Bounty to Sarah Roberts the widow of John Roberts Master of the DARTMOUTH who was killed by rebels in the Isle of Skye. The ship was subsequently lost with most of her crew.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1701-07-31
ADM/A/1884/253
In consideration of his long and faithful service, Sir Richard Haddock, Comptroller of the Royal Navy, shall be restored to the Royal Bounty of five hundred pounds.…
Document signed by Josiah Burchett (c.1666-1746), Secretary to the Admiralty (1694-1742) (Manuscript)
1698-12-29
ADM/A/1860/291
Returning and confirming the estimate for removing a (sand) bank in the Medway together with a Petition of J. Holis regarding Bounty Money and a letter from Jane Vickery concerning a "Q" ordered to be removed from William Stacy.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
ADM/A/1796/88
No date recorded. The Clerks of the Ticket Office are to inform the Board whether Thomas Hunter was not of the number of those Men whe were turned into the RUPERT, and whether he had not Bounty Money paid him in the ST MICHAEL.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1697-06-24
ADM/A/1843/190
Requring that a Commissioner of Victualling be sent to Tor Bay to ensure that ships of the main fleet receive fresh provisions and that short allowance and Bounty money also be sent there.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-08-11
ADM/A/1810/122
A Petition of Susannah, Widow of James Mahiel, Pilot, who was slain in the FALCON, to receive for herself and two children the Bounty allowed in such cases. Signed by Susannah Mahiel, widow of James Mahiel, Pilot of the FALCON.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-06-28
ADM/A/1820/235
1. The widows of seamen lost in the ENGLAND FRIGATE, Hired Ship, sunk in an engagement with the enemy, are petitioning for their husbands' bounty money. Are sending a copy of the court martial findings and an affidavit concerning the ship's loss.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-03-29
ADM/A/1817/341
Not to pay the Volunteers of the QUEEN, the ROYAL WILLIAM, the VANGUARD, and the NEPTUNE, their Bounty Money until they are Sheathed and fallen down again to Blackstakes. The ten men made Run on the books of the QUEEN when they were employed by Lord Berkeley, should be reinstated.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-10-16
ADM/A/1800/155
John Sayers had been entered on the books of the LENOX as a deserter; however an order is given for him to be paid his wages for his time in that ship, including Bounty Money.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-04-21
ADM/A/1774/86
Requiring the payment of the Royal Bounty to all of the able seamen formerly serving in the CORONATION who are willing to serve as Volunteers in the Fleet; and ordering that all assistance be given by the Riggers at Chatham in getting the CHATHAM ready for sea.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-09-22
ADM/A/1787/206
Directing the SMYRNA MERCHANT Hired ship to be urgently refitted by her owners for service in the Channel and supplied with four months Victuals; and requiring the Bounty granted by the Queen to the Crew of the FALCON to be paid forthwith.
Document signed by William Lowndes, 1652-1724, Secretary to the Treasury (from 1695) under King William III and Queen Anne (Manuscript)
1697-05-06
ADM/A/1842/89
The Lords Commissioners of the Treasury direct you forthwith to prepare and send to them an account of what is due to the Seamen for Bounty Money and Short Alloowance.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-01-08
ADM/A/1826/95
Sir Edward Gregory, Commissioner at Chatham, reports that some of the Riggers there wish to take advantage of the bounty offered by the King's Proclamation by entering the Navy. They are to be allowed to enrol.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-08-11
ADM/A/1810/126
Concerning the Petition of Susannah Mahiel, Widow of James Mahiel, Pilot, slain in the FALCON on the 19th May 1692, we direct you to cause the usual allowances of Bounty to be paid to her and her two children.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-10-26
ADM/A/1788/256
We direct you to pay HM Bounty to be paid to the Relations of the men of HMS JERSEY who have apparently been killed when she was taken by the French, notwithstanding that the death Certificates have not been signed by the Surgeon, as is alleged in the West Indies.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1699-03-24
ADM/A/1863/213
Ordering the "Q's" and "R's" on a number of Men listed in a recent Petition to be taken off.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-09-30
ADM/A/1787/302
Petition of several Seamen in which they state that they were present during a recent engage with the enemy but were put ashore sick or wounded and therefore have not received Bounty. On the reverse is a note referring the matter to the Navy Board and suggesting that the seamen should be paid.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1697-08-16
ADM/A/1845/79
Enclosing a copy of a letter from Captain Warrell of the DUKE concerning a James Monkman and a William Edlington who had joined on a voluntary basis and have since been pressganged from a merchant ship to whom they were lent.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-02-04
ADM/A/1772/17
Their Majesties' Proclamation dated January 15th last was for the encouragement of Seamen to enter themselves voluntarily into this service, and promised Bounty Money in the proportions therein expressed, unto such as shall enter themselves within the times limited thereby.…
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