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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-09-12
ADM/A/1787/81
Mr George Dickinson Collector of Customs at Plymouth has asked to be supplied with some timber from HM Stores in order to complete a boat for Customs use on the understanding that the supply will be made good within a few weeks. Permission is granted.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-09-29
ADM/A/1787/272
Petition of Walter Dougherty in which he claims that due to valour in the face of the Enemy in the West Indies and having amassed a considerable sum of money he was advised to invest it in something of value rather than hazard sending it by sea to England, and as a consequence has bought the wage T…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-09-29
ADM/A/1787/270
Accepting the Navy Board's estimate of the number of Men and of the various types of Ordnance required to equip the French Privateer Prize lately brought into Plymouth by the SUDADOES as a Man-of-War.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-09-28
ADM/A/1787/268
Warrant appointing Thomas Richardson, late Purser of the PORTLAND, to be Purser of the ST ALBANS in place of the former who has been moved to the WINDSOR CASTLE. Countersigned by James Southerne, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-09-28
ADM/A/1787/262
Warrant appointing Christopher Short to be Master Gunner of the SCARBOROUGH Ketch in place of the former who has died. Countersigned by James Southerne, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-09-30
ADM/A/1787/289
Requiring an Account of the cost of Pilotage provided to States General ships for presentation to the Queen; and ordering the payment of Companies of ships going to the West Indies.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-09-24
ADM/A/1787/246
Requesting a survey to be taken of the ARCHANGEL on arrival at Blackwall and a report to be supplied stating her defects and the time taken to rectify them.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-09-24
ADM/A/1787/244
Ordering the PLAY Prize at Sheerness to be very urgently refitted for service in the Channel, together with four months Victuals. The CENTURION at Portsmouth is to receive a lesser quantity of Victuals than previously instructed.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-09-26
ADM/A/1787/252
Informing that the MARY has been ordered to Woolwich and the ASSISTANCE to Deptford and requesting that they be surveyed and a report issued listing their defects and the time expected to repair them.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-09-21
ADM/A/1787/190
Ordering the PHEONIX Hired ketch Bomb Vessel to be discharged from HM Service on arrival at Deptford.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-09-21
ADM/A/1787/188
Requiring the Navy Board to provide Transport by Order of the Privy Council in the form of Merchant ships to convey the household goods of Colonel Beeston in going to Jamaica as Governor. An Estimate is required and the Board is instructed to apply to the Treasury for the necessary funds.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1699-01-13
ADM/A/1861/143
In pursuance of HM's pleasure signified to this Board, we direct you to cause to be delivered to the Master of the Ferry at Kue a Hawser of such dimensions and quality as required by him, and also three Blocks he thinks proper for the Ferry.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1699-01-09
ADM/A/1861/94
Having ordered the MARY GALLY to Portsmouth to be fitted for a voyage to Newfoundland, we direct you to cause her to be paid to Michaelmas 97 before proceeding on her voyage.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1699-01-09
ADM/A/1861/102
We direct you upon the arrival of the RYE in the Downs (where she is ordered) to cause her victualling to be completed to three months for her lowest complement of Men, and furnished with what stores are needed for a voyage to the Canaries with all dispatch.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1699-04-27
ADM/A/1864/204
Enclosing a report on the condition of the Docks at Portsmouth and the Docks and Buildings at Plymouth that indicate that repairs are required and requesting an opinion as to how matters are to be taken forward.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1699-01-10
ADM/A/1861/113
Warrant for the appointment of John Tricker to be Master Gunner of the CHATHAM.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1699-01-10
ADM/A/1861/123
Warrant for the appointment of Richard Lucas to be Boatswain of the CHATHAM.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1699-01-11
ADM/A/1861/131
Warrant for the appointment of John Watson to be Purser of the MERMAID.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-06-24
ADM/A/1784/178
Warrant appointing Thomas Segoe, late Cook of the HOPEWELL, to be Cook of the CYGNET Fireship in place of the former who has been removed.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-06-24
ADM/A/1784/176
Warrant appointing John Hall to be Boatswain of the Cygnet Fireship in place of the former who has been removed. Countersigned by James Southerne, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-06-24
ADM/A/1784/172
Warrant appointing Thomas Jones to be Master Gunner of the CYGNET Fireship in place of the former who has been removed. Countersigned by James Southerne, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-06-27
ADM/A/1784/196
Petition of Martin Riches Cook who, following forty years service including surviving various Naval Actions, finds himself worn out and now discharged with others at Chatham is asking to be superannuated. On the reverse is an instruction to the Navy Board to report on the matter.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-06-27
ADM/A/1784/194
Ordering the JULIAN Prize to be cleaned and refitted at Portsmouth for service in the Channel and supplied with three months Victuals.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-06-20
ADM/A/1784/137
Very urgently requiring the ST MARTIN Price to be cleaned and refitted at Plymouth for service in the Channel.
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