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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-03-01 ADM/A/1782/10

Ordering a number of Pilots for the Coast of Holland to be sent down to the Nore to serve aboard Sir Cloudesley Shovell's ships.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-03-01 ADM/A/1782/8

Four Dutch Men of War are understood to have come into Portsmouth for cleaning and refitting. Instructions are given for them to be hauled ashore onto Ways and to make use of the Hulk so long as work on HM Ships is not delayed.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-07-29 ADM/A/1797/203

Captain Holman, Commander of the WILLIAM and MARY Galley, is offering his ship as a Man-of-War. Instructions are given for it to be surveyed and a report issued stating whether she would be suitable for that role together with recommendations as to how she is to be crewed and armed.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-07-29 ADM/A/1797/205

Captain Andrew Elton has a ship at Redrith that he considers suitable to serve as a Man-of-War. Instructions are given for it to be surveyed and a report issued stating whether she would be suitable for that role together with recommendations as to how she is to be crewed and armed.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-07-27 ADM/A/1797/199

The ADVENTURE Hired ship has been found to be in poor condition and is not fit to go to sea unless she iscleaned and repaired. She is ordered to proceed to Blackwall where she is to be paid off and discharged and her Crew turned over into the DARTMOUTH.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-03-04 ADM/A/1782/42

The LONDON MERCHANT hired as a HOSPITAL ship is to have a forty-five man Crew and is to be supplied with six months Victuals.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-03-04 ADM/A/1782/38

An Order is given agreeing to the bearing of Supernumeraries aboard Capital Ships for strictly limited periods during their fitting out.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-03-04 ADM/A/1782/34

Ordering the DUNKIRK now building in a Private Yard at Blackwall to be sheathed before launching.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-07-29 ADM/A/1797/217

Instructing that the wages of the late Captain Tollmarsh are to be paid following the taking of his ship the JERSEY in the West Indies despite no Books or papers being available.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-03-04 ADM/A/1782/28

Dutch Men of War at Portsmouth are to be supplied with Stores. Receipts for goods received are to be obtained from their Commanders.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-07-29 ADM/A/1797/209

Mr Barrett has a ship called the ST MICHAEL which has been surveyed and considered suitable as a Man-of-War and that she could carry a hundred Men and 28 guns. Instructions are fgven for her to either hired or purchased provided the Navy Board has no objections.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-02-29 ADM/A/1781/187

We have received reports from you of several commanders who have not observed the General Printed Instructions annexed to their commissions. You have put a stop to the payment of their wages as is directed by the Instructions and we are well satisfied that you have advised us of their failures.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-02-29 ADM/A/1781/183

We understand that the Carpenter of the FUBBS yacht, removed from the HIND ketch, is not yet come from the ketch because his replacement is not yet on board.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-02-29 ADM/A/1781/188

Your letter of 20 February, informed us that there was lately brought into Cowes by two privateers as a prize, a large flyboat laden with masts, deals, and other naval stores, which you judge will be very useful at Portsmouth.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-02-27 ADM/A/1781/172

You are directed to imprest to Mr John Trevour the sum of £20 over and above the £10 lately impressed to him, towards paying such necessary charges in the prosecution of the persons concerned in embezzling some tar and other goods from their Majesties stores at Portsmouth.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-07-24 ADM/A/1797/189

Warrant appointing Edward Burkett to be Master Carpenter of the DELAVALL Hired ship

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-07-25 ADM/A/1797/197

John Coanant has been pressed to serve as a Carpenter in the Yard at Portsmouth but is unfit and is to be discharged.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-02-29 ADM/A/1781/178

You are directed to have 3 months victuals sent down to the PLAY PRIZE at the Buoy of the Nore, and 2 months to the SALLY ROSE at the same place.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-02-01 ADM/A/1781/204

The petition of John Treemaine, Cook of the DREADNOUGHT.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-02-01 ADM/A/1781/201

Your report of 29 January proposed the number of hulks which you judge necessary. You are directed to have two hulks more for Chatham and one for Deptford provided as soon as may be. The LEOPARD hulk expected from Cadiz is to be one of them if she is found fitting.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-02-17 ADM/A/1781/198

Captain John Benbow, Master Attendant at Deptford, having served as Master of the SOVEREIGN in 1690.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-02-26 ADM/A/1781/164

The Commissioners of the Victualling have advised us that their agent at Dover advises that some part of the quay there is so much decayed that it is ready to sink and if not speedily repaired will cost treble the cost of repairs estimated at £40.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-02-27 ADM/A/1781/170

The Commander of the LARK, ordered to the Buoy of the Nore, advises us that she is in want of two cables. You are directed to supply her with such cables as she shall need and also with 2 months victuals.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-07-24 ADM/A/1797/187

Warrant appointing John By to be Boatswain of the DELAVALL Hired ship. Countersigned by James Southerne, Admiralty Board Secretary.