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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-12-14
ADM/A/1814/209
Warrant for the appointment of John King to be Boatswain of the third Rate Ship building in the Deptford yard.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-03-28
ADM/A/1817/313
Mr Harding, Master Shipwright at Deptford informs the Board that he is allowed wood for fuel if it is not useful in the yard.
Volumes relating to the history of the Navy compiled in the 1880s and 1890s by Francis H Miller (Manuscript)
REC/28
See item/file level records.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-09-05
ADM/A/1823/69
Having received information regarding embezzlement of ironwork at Deptford Yard Officers are ordered immediately to arrest and prosecute a local person named Maynard.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-02-25
ADM/A/1792/247
Ordering the removal of the charge of desertion from the name of John Brooker, lately of the GRAFTON, who is now serving in the Yard at Deptford.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-05-08
ADM/A/1830/75
We feel fit to appoint Captain William Wright to be Master Attendant at HM Yard Deptford, having received very good testimony and require you to entered in that post, with the Salary, Wages and Privileges.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1690-11-17
ADM/A/1770/203
Warrant appointing James Fearne to be Storekeeper and Muster Master of HM Navy at Harwich in place of Joseph Townes who has been appointed Clerk of the Cheque at Deptford Yard. Countersigned by James Southerne, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-01-26
ADM/A/1780/246
Warrant for the appointment of Richard Tarleton to be Master Cook of the new third Rate Ship building in the Yard at Deptford.
Wilkinson, William, Commander, 1777-1857. (Manuscript)
1807-1833
WIL
The papers comprise fifty-six letters written by Wilkinson to his wife, other members of his family, and notible figures such as Admiral Yorke and John Franklin, 1807 to 1833.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-10-26
ADM/A/1835/279
We have received your letter of 24 October about the preservation of the magazines in the yards and the ships building there, as well as those in ordinary and we give you the following directions: (1) the yards at Chatham, Portsmouth and Plymouth are to be supplied with such firearms, swords and amm…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-09-26
ADM/A/1762/322
Samuel Gransdon is to be appointed Teamer of the Deptford yard. You are directed to enter him accordingly with such allowances, privileges and immunities as is proper. His warrant is to be dated 25 September 1689.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-09-26
ADM/A/1762/318
Isaac Loader is to be appointed Anchor Smith at the Deptford yard. You are directed to enter him accordingly with such allowances, privileges and immunities as is proper. His warrant is to be dated 25 September 1689.
Document signed by James Southerne, Secretary to the Admiralty, fl. 1690-1694 (Manuscript)
1693-12-29
ADM/A/1802/324
According to your request in your letter of December 27th I send you enclosed a Warrant for impresting Shipwrights to serve in Deptford Yard.
Let me know to whom it shall be directed, in order to its being inserted in the Books of this Office.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-03-09
ADM/A/1793/71
Report whether the house and garden in poor repair at Deptford Dockyard be taken down and used for the Yard. Cause a boat to be built for the ROYAL WILLIAM as the Earl of Denby shall direct.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-10-07
ADM/A/1763/296
John Bowyer is to be appointed Purveyor for the Out Stores for timber and plank for the yard at Deptford. You are directed to enter him accordingly together with such allowances, benefits, perquisites and advantages belonging thereto until further order. His warrant is to be dated 7 October 1689.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1690-11-03
ADM/A/1770/115
Requiring the Master Shipwright to be interviewed regarding four Shipwrights not being entered in Woolwich Yard; and unless the four men are incompetent the Admiralty expects them to be entered in HM Yards at Deptford and Woolwich as previously ordered.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-06-20
ADM/A/1796/134
We are informed by your letter to our Secretary of the 16th inst; that the Bomb Vessel building in the Deptford Yard will be ready to launch on on the 23rd of June.
We direct you to cause her to be launched at that time accordingly.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-01-25
ADM/A/1826/286
Henry Holden, Thomas Wood, Luke Dodd and John Heath from the Deptford Yard are attending at the prosecution of some persons for sedition. Their wages are to be paid for the time they are absent as certified by Aaron Smith.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-07-20
ADM/A/1785/290
We direct you to settle a Pension on Peter Rowley during his natural life equal to the Wages and known allowances allowed to the Boatswain of the Deptford Yard, commencing from the time he was discharged from the said employment.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-12-26
ADM/A/1814/375
We are informed that Arthur Christmas, a Carpenter belonging to a Ship called the KING WILLIAM, employed by the Greenland Company, is lately impressed out of this Ship to work in the Deptford Yard. We direct you forthwith to give orders for his being discharged.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-11-28
ADM/A/1813/299
An order is to be placed with the Deptford Yard for the building of a twenty-oared boat for the use of the Right Honourable Lord Berkeley, Admiral of the Blue. She is to be of the same dimensions as that recently built for Admiral Aylmer.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-12-30
ADM/A/1802/332
We direct you to call before you Captain John Benbow, Master Attendant of the Deptford Yard, and Mr Furnier, and consider with them what alterations may be made on the Bomb vessels for rendering them more serviceable than they are at present, reporting to us your opinion.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-04-28
ADM/A/1806/242
In answer to your Order of the 24th inst; the two Bomb vessels now fitting in Mr Snelgrove's Dock will require the following Men and Guns;-
ANGEL 25 Men 6 Guns
SOCIETY-20 Men 6 Guns. Signed H. Harding and others, Deptford Yard Officers.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-02-07
ADM/A/1792/70
Warrant appointing John Tippets, late Purser of the SCEPTRE, to be Purser of the ARCHANGEL in place of the Purser of the new Fourth Rate building in Mr Castle's Yard at Deptford. Countersigned by James Southerne, Admiralty Board Secretary.
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