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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-08-07 ADM/A/1798/73

Your letter of 4 August advised us that you had treated with several merchant shipwrights on the Thames, for building two small 6th Rate frigates for their Majesties, and that they insist on upwards of 4 months time and £8 per ton for building, alleging the dearness of timber.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-03-17 ADM/A/1782/148

Requiring the WOLF Hired ship to be supplied with eight months Victuals for a voyage to New York and Virginia.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-03-11 ADM/A/1782/95

Warrant appointing William Bond to be Master Shipwright's Assistant at Woolwich. Countersigned by James Southerne, Admiralty Board Secretary.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-03-11 ADM/A/1782/85

Warrant appointing Christopher Lovelace, Purser of the new Third Rate building at Portsmouth, to be Purser of the DUKE in place of the former who has been discharged for neglect of duty. Countersigned by James Southerne, Admiralty Board Secretary.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-03-14 ADM/A/1782/122

The Commander of the MONCK has reported that the rudder is unsafe. A survey of the ship is ordered at the Nore with a recommendation as to which Yard she is to be sent for repair.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-03-14 ADM/A/1782/120

Increasing the Salary of the Clerk of the Survey at Sheerness to sixty pounds per annum.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-03-14 ADM/A/1782/111

The Petition of Matthew Wood who has served as a Purser more than twenty years but due to age is no longer able to discharge his duties. 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) 1692-03-14 ADM/A/1782/109

Warrant appointing Thomas Adams, Master Gunner of the LONDON, to be Master Gunner of the PRINCE in place of the former who has been moved to the ST GEORGE. Countersigned by James Southerne, Admiralty Board Secretary.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-03-14 ADM/A/1782/107

Warrant appointing William Hodges, Master Gunner of the ST GEORGE, to be Master Gunner of the LONDON in place of the former who has been moved to the PRINCE. Countersigned by James Southerne, Admiralty Board Secretary.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-08-03 ADM/A/1798/24

We are informed that Robert Wardill and Nich Pamphilion, Shipwrights, who are impressed to serve in the yard at Portsmouth, are Yardkeepers, and the several persons mentioned in this letter who are likewise impressed to serve at that yard are Foremen to Yardkeepers in the River Thames.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) ADM/A/1782/56

The Commander of the WOLF Hired ship has complained that due to their length the culverins with which her Lower Tier is equipped are practically useless and has applied for a smaller version. An opinion is required. The Shipwright at Woolwich has applied for an Assistant.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-03-09 ADM/A/1782/75

Lancelot Snowden, a Seaman belonging to the ALBEMARL, has been found guilty of a crime at the Old Bailey when pressing Men but has been pardoned and is to be compensated.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-03-09 ADM/A/1782/81

Warrant appointing William Robinson, formerly Master Cook of the SAMPSON Hired ship, to be Master Cook of the Etna Fireship in place of the former who has been moved to the DRAGON. Countersigned by James Southerne, Admiralty Board Secretary.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-03-08 ADM/A/1782/66

The QUAKER Ketch has been ordered to Deptford where she is to be prepared for a voyage to the West Indies complete with Stores and eight months Victuals.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-07-19 ADM/A/1785/170

We direct you to cause the RUPERT to be cleaned and refitted at Portsmouth for service in the Channel, and victualled for four months or as much as she can conveniently stow.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-07-19 ADM/A/1785/174

Upon consideration of your letter of the 15th inst; concerning the Disbursements made by Captain Hughes, Commander of the PEARL, at Bilbao, in converting the St.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-07-19 ADM/A/1785/178

We direct you to make an allowance of House Rent to John Hill, one of the Principal Officers and Commissioners of their Majesties' Navy, according as has been usually allowed to Commissioners who have not had houses in the Navy Office.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-07-20 ADM/A/1785/182

We are informed by the Commissioners of Transportation in their letter of today that two of the Transport Ships now at Portsmouth, namely the SPOTTED CALF of Bristol, John Knight Master, and the PELICAN of Bideford, Peter Trings Master, having by accidents, the former lost the Bowsprit, and the othe…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-07-20 ADM/A/1785/184

In your letter of the 16th inst; you informed us that for the better dispatch of the Works In the Deptford Yard there is occasion for building a Storehouse there of one hundred foot long and and twenty foot broad on the back side of the Rigging House, and also a House Crane on the new Wharf befo…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-07-15 ADM/A/1785/148

Understanding by the letter of July 13th from Admiral Russell that the Fleet under his command in Torbay is in need of Beer, Butter and Cheese, and considering the wind hanging out of the way so that the Ships loaded with Provisions for them cannot be expected to reach the Fleet, we direct you to …

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-07-15 ADM/A/1785/150

Our Orders to you of the 6th April last directed you to remove the Stop on some part of the Pay of several Commanders of their Majesties Ships on account of their failure in preforming the Instructions annexed to their Commissions.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-07-15 ADM/A/1785/158

Warrant for the appointment of John Hutchinson to be Purser of the hired Ship PRINCESS ANN

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-07-16 ADM/A/1785/164

We direct you to sign Bills on the Navy Treasure for the Flag Pay of Richard Carter, Rear Admiral of the Blue, from the date of his Commission to the time of his death.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-07-14 ADM/A/1785/126

For preventing any loss of time in the dispatching of such Ships of the Fleet sent in to be cleaned and refitted, we direct you to send Orders to their Majesties' several Yards that such Ships of the Fleet ordered into Port by Admiral Russell be cleaned, refitted and victualled according to suc…