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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-07-22 ADM/A/1821/175
Our Order of the 10th inst; directed you to provide eight months dry and two months wet Provisions for the CHICHESTER, CAMBRIDGE, SHREWSBURY and YARMOUTH.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-07-19 ADM/A/1821/147
We direct you to imprest to Captain James Gother, Commander of the ROYAL KATHERINE, the sum of one hundred pounds to be distributed by him to such Officers he employs in the Tenders belonging to this Ship to imprest Men.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-07-19 ADM/A/1821/153
Having ordered the Ketch QUAKER to Portsmouth to be cleaned and refitted, we direct you to cause this to be completed as soon as may be, and that her Provisions be completed to two months and furnished with a proportion of Stores for Channel service.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-07-19 ADM/A/1821/151
Lieutenant Edward Manning, 2nd Lieutenant of the MONTAGU, gave evidence in Town at the trial of Captain William Bridges, her former Commander. He was in Town from February 1st until April 17th last until appointed Lieutenant of the RUBY Prize.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-07-25 ADM/A/1821/214
In pursuance of an Order of the Lord Justices of England dated 6th June last, you are to pay Captain Benjamin Hoskins,Captain of the ROYAL WILLIAM, allowances made in respect of the taking of the French Man of War FRIPPON when he commanded the CROWN.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-07-23 ADM/A/1821/185
A Petition has been presented to this Board in the name of the Seamen of the JAMES GALLEY, stating that when Captain William Vickers commanded her he took two Prizes for which he has received Ninety five pounds from the Prize Office, but they have not had their shares.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-07-30 ADM/A/1821/234
The GLOUCESTER has arrived at Spithead and is suddenly ordered to the Straights.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-07-29 ADM/A/1821/228
The Ships named in the margin are designed on a voyage to the Mediterranean, and ordered to be victualled for that purpose. We direct you to furnish them with such Stores proper for such a voyage with all possible dispatch. Eight vessels in the margin, commencing with the ROYAL WILLIAM.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-08-12 ADM/A/1822/111
Several seamen are daily deserting from His Majesty's ships in the Downes and we have given orders to the Constables of Deal, Dover and other places, that for each seaman that they deliver to the Muster Master at Deal as a deserter they shall receive 20 shillings.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-08-12 ADM/A/1822/109
Several seamen are daily deserting from His Majesty's ships at Spithead and Portsmouth and we have given orders to the Constables at Petersfield and others, that for each seaman as they shall deliver to the Clerk of the Cheque at Portsmouth as a deserter they shall be allowed 20 shillings.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-08-12 ADM/A/1822/103
Upon arrival at Spithead of the LITCHFIELD you are directed to have her fitted for a voyage to the Mediterranean and victualled for 3 months for her highest complement of men with all dispatch.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-08-12 ADM/A/1822/113
Nicholas Edwin, late Carpenter of the ASSURANCE, is appointed Master Carpenter of the SEVERN. You are directed to enter him accordingly together with such allowance of wages and victuals for himself and servant as is proper. His warrant is to be dated 12 August 1695.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-08-12 ADM/A/1822/119
Robert Bagster is to be appointed of the SPEEDWELL. You are directed to enter him accordingly together with allowance of wages and victuals for himself and servant as is proper. His warrant is to be dated 12 August 1695.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-08-10 ADM/A/1822/85
You are directed to have the bomb vessels with the Lord Berkeley, now in the Downes, to be immediately supplied with what stores they need to enable them to proceed over to the coast of France.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-08-09 ADM/A/1822/83
Robert Munnings, late Purser of the DARTMOUTH, is to be appointed Purser of the DREADNOUGHT in place of the former deceased. You are directed to enter him accordingly together with such allowance of wages and victuals for himself and servant as is proper. His warrant is to be dated 9 August 1695.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-08-12 ADM/A/1822/101
The CHICHESTER being ordered on a voyage to the Mediterranean, her Commander has advised us that she wants caulking within and without and her bowsprit being weak needs to be fished. You are directed to have her fitted for this voyage with all dispatch upon her arrival at Spithead.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-08-12 ADM/A/1822/93
The KATHERINE yacht, being ordered to the Mediterranean to attend on Sir George Rooke, Commander-in-Chief there, you are directed to give orders, upon her arrival at Portsmouth, for furnishing her with an awning for sheltering her men as some other of His Majesty's yachts have.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-08-05 ADM/A/1822/41
Your letter to our Secretary informed us that the VICTORY will be in a condition to be put in the water and we wish to know whether she will be sheathed before she comes out of the dock. You are directed to have her sheathed before she is launched.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-08-05 ADM/A/1822/37
We have appointed the NORWICH to carry Mr Timewell and his family to Kinsale, and to convoy the KATHERINE storeship. Upon her arrival at Spithead, you are directed to have her supplied with what stores and other necessaries she wants to proceed to Kinsale where she is to be cleaned and refitted.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-08-01 ADM/A/1822/11
Your report of 30 July has given an account of the failure of Captain Frederick Barker on the performance of his instructions during his command of the LYON as the reason why he has not received his wages.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-08-01 ADM/A/1822/9
Your report to this Board of 30 July gave an account of the failure of Captain William Harman during his command of the ADVICE from 23 June 1693 to 8 October 1694 in the West Indies.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-08-01 ADM/A/1822/7
You are directed that upon arrival at Sheerness of the HENRY prize you are to have her cleaned and refitted for service in the Channel and victualled for 10 weeks with all dispatch.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-08-01 ADM/A/1822/5
Henry Dogaris and Henry Bafin, late of the JAMES galley, were sent to London by our order of 12 January 1693 to give evidence against some Irish prisoners at the Admiralty Session and were detained in town for some time on that account.…