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Austen, Robert
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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-10-26
ADM/A/1824/327
The PENSANCE at Sheerness and the ROE ketch at Harwich to be cleaned and refitted for service in te channel.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-10-25
ADM/A/1824/321
The SHARK and DISCOVERY Brigatines and the WRENN Pink to sail to Dover or Rye, to be cleaned and fitted for service in The Channel.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-10-25
ADM/A/1824/325
Crew of the KENT to be turned over to the SMERNA MERCHANT at Spithead, and the said men to be paid wages due to them.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-10-25
ADM/A/1824/323
The NORTHUMBERLAND, the DREADNAUGHT, and the HAWKE Fireships to be cleaned and refitted for a voyage to Bilboa.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-05-30
ADM/A/1795/247
Petition of Walter Barneby Master of the SANDWICH who, through age, wounds and deteriorating eye-sight, is seeking superannuation. On the reverse is a note referring the Petition to the Navy Board for opinion and report.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-05-30
ADM/A/1795/256
Mr Holt, Deputy Vice Admiral of Hampshire is seeking reimbursement for procuring Men. A report is required.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-05-29
ADM/A/1795/240
Admirals are reporting that the Carpenter of the Victory has informed them that at her last refit at Chatham he notified the Master Shipwright of her defects and that significant repairs have not been carried out including to her Beach Plank and her Ironwork.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-05-26
ADM/A/1795/236
Warrant appointing John Winder to be Master Carpenter of the JULIAN Prize in place of the former who has been moved to the ASSURANCE. Countersigned by james Southerne, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-02-24
ADM/A/1772/264
Warrant for the appointment of Jacob Edwards to be Master Gunner of the EAGLE.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-02-24
ADM/A/1772/266
Warrant for the appointment of Nicholas Taylor to be Master Gunner of the Fireship SPY.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-02-23
ADM/A/1772/252
Warrant for the appointment of Thomas Masters to be Master Cook of the FORESIGHT.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-02-23
ADM/A/1772/256
Warrant for the appointment of Thomas Clements to be Master Carpenter of the FORESIGHT.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-02-24
ADM/A/1772/268
Warrant for the appointment of Hugh Pattison to be Boatswain of the Fireship GRIFFIN.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-02-24
ADM/A/1772/270
Warrant for the appointment of John Johnson to be Cook of the Fireship VULCAN.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-02-25
ADM/A/1772/276
Warrant for the appointment of Stephen Fisher to be Master Gunner of the new 4th Rate Shipbuilding at Deptford.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-01-21
ADM/A/1780/167
Warrant for the appointment of Richard Steeres to be Master Gunner of the hired Hospital Ship CONCORD.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-03-25
ADM/A/1773/137
You are directed to have 6 weeks victuals for their Majesties' fleet, under the command of Admiral Russell (over and above the 4 months already ordered) to be provided and shipped on board the ships to be taken up so that they are ready to sail and accompany the fleet.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-01-20
ADM/A/1780/160
Warrant for the appointment of John Swaine to be Purser of the ROYAL KATHERINE.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-03-25
ADM/A/1773/129
You are directed to have the sum of £3,300 of the money remaining in the hands of the Treasurer of the Navy, applied to the annual service of the Ordnance.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-03-25
ADM/A/1773/131
You are directed to have the CHARLES galley, now in the Downes, furnished with 2 months victuals from Dover.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-01-22
ADM/A/1780/189
Warrant for the appointment of George Stuart to be Master Gunner of the SALAMANDER.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-01-21
ADM/A/1780/185
We direct you to cause the GREYHOUND upon her arrival at Sheerness to be refitted for service in the Channel and victualled for three months or as much as she can conveniently stow, and that her Steerage and Forecastle be taken down, and her Deck made flush in order to make her sail better than she …
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-01-21
ADM/A/1780/183
Warrant for the appointment of Hugh Dawson to be Boatswain of the hired Hospital Ship SOCIETY.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-01-21
ADM/A/1780/179
We direct you to cause one months victuals to be sent down to the MARY GALLY at the Buoy of the Nore with all possible dispatch.
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