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Herbert, Arthur
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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-11-26
ADM/A/1764/135
The Men of the Assurance are to be turned over into the CROWN and not the FALCON as previously instructed. They are to be provided with Stores and Provisions appropriate for Channel service.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-11-26
ADM/A/1764/137
The ST DAVID having sunk at Portsmouth, her Men are to be turned into the FALCON at Deptford and provided with victuals. Notices are to be posted at the Office directing stragglers from the ST DAVID to join the FALCON.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1690-05-16
ADM/A/1767/264
Richard Greene, late Master Gunner of the KINGFISHER ketch, is to be appointed Master Gunner of the JULIAN prize. 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 16 May 1690.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1690-05-14
ADM/A/1767/190
You are directed to have the ASSURANCE, now at the Buoy of the Nore, supplied with 3 months victuals with all possible dispatch.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-11-20
ADM/A/1764/85
Informing that the LARK and the PORTSMOUTH Sloop have been ordered to Sheerness for refitting for service in the Channel. They are to be provided with a suitable amount of Provisions to enable them to perform that task.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-11-21
ADM/A/1764/91
Informing that Lieutenant Hawkins has reported that the KINGFISHER has suffered damage during recent bad weather. She has been ordered to proceed to Plymouth for repair and is to be urgently refitted and supplied with Stores and provisions. No mention is made of her future role.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-11-21
ADM/A/1764/93
Requiring a sum of money and credits to be impressed to Admiral Killigrew for the purchase of necessaries by the Mediterranean Squadron. Similarly, a sum of money is to be provided to Captain […] Wright Commander in Chief of the West Indies Squadron together with credits at Barbados.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-11-21
ADM/A/1764/99
Requiring the Commissioned Officers and Crew of the ASSURANCE to be turned over into the FALCON and not the CROWN as soon as the FALCON is ready to receive them, and that she be supplied with Stores and Provisions to enable her to serve in the Channel.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-11-22
ADM/A/1764/101
Informing that the JAMES Galley has been ordered to proceed to Chatham for refitting where she is to be supplied with Stores and Provisions for service in the Channel.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-11-22
ADM/A/1764/103
Ordering the TIGER to proceed to Portsmouth for refitting and supplying with Stores and Provisions for twelve months service in the Mediterranean together with her middle complement of Men, the WOOLWICH having been found unfit.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-11-23
ADM/A/1764/109
Captain Deering of the MARY GALLEY and Captain Harding of the SUPPLY Hired ship at Greenock are both in acute want of Provisions. Orders are given for their needs to be met without delay either by supplying them with specie or with credits.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1690-05-01
ADM/A/1767/152
You are directed to have the victualling of the NONSUCH and PEMBROKE, now in the Downes, completed with all possible dispatch.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1690-04-24
ADM/A/1767/109
Your letter of 19 April to our Secretary advised that you had treated with several Masters of merchant ships to be employed as men-of war, but that none of them would make any agreement unless they had command of the ships.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1690-04-24
ADM/A/1767/146
Your letters of 18 and 22 April, advised us of the proposal made by you to Mr Bond for him to weigh the ST DAVID, which now lies sunk in Portsmouth Harbour. He is to perform this service upon being allowed materials and workmen and allowed £500.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1690-05-01
ADM/A/1767/148
From the accounts received from you from time to time, it appears that the sum of £2,409.14.08 is due to their Majesties for stores and workmanship for the several Dutch men-of-war at Portsmouth and Plymouth. Also for pilotage for the Dutch ships for the sum of £101.15.0.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1690-04-05
ADM/A/1767/15
Captain Tollemache, Commander of the JERSEY, in his letter of 28 March, advised us that the ship, on passage to the West Indies, had lost her mainmast and received other damage.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1690-05-06
ADM/A/1767/162
We have ordered the CROWN from Plymouth to Portsmouth to be refitted and you are directed to have this put in hand upon her arrival. She is to be supplied with a fitting proportion of stores for service in the Channel in addition to what she has, and her provisions completed for 4 months.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1690-05-08
ADM/A/1767/172
Colonel Granville has advised us that there are about a dozen men , now belonging to the LENOX, who have wages due to them for service in the BONADVENTURE. You are directed to have the wages paid as the turned over men of the fleet are paid.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-11-18
ADM/A/1764/73
Ordering the Provisions aboard the hired ships HANNIBAL and CORONATION currently in the Downs to be made up to five months each.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-11-19
ADM/A/1764/79
Concerning previously issued Orders to provide Victuals for the Regiment destined for the Caribbean and ordered to be put aboard the ships transporting them.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-12-24
ADM/A/1764/442
Warrant appointing William Sadler to be Cook of the ST PAUL Fireship. Countersigned by Phineas Bowles, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-12-27
ADM/A/1764/446
Ordering the SAMPSON at Sheerness to be sunk as protection for the graving dock and requiring a report on what other ships past their useful lives could be sunk there to enhance the protection.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-12-23
ADM/A/1764/448
Authorising the payment of Bounty to the relations of Men who were reported killed by Captain George St. Lo Commander of the PORTSMOUTH including those who have died of their wounds fighting the French at Brest. Care is to be taken in proving entitlement.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-12-22
ADM/A/1764/455
Warrant appointing John Teal to be Purser of the SWIFTSURE. Countersigned by Phineas Bowles, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
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