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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-12-10 ADM/A/1814/98
Your letter of the 7th inst; concerns their Majesties' Bounty being claimed by the Widow of John Hall, late Midshipman in the STERLING CASTLE and killed on that Ship in a fight against a Danish Man of War.
We opine that his Widow and Children are by Establishment entitled to this Bounty.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-09-08 ADM/A/1787/55
Joseph Wood, the Master of the LOYAL MERCHANT which was taken into service by Captain Laurence Wright in the West Indies, has died and his Widow is seeking compensation. An instruction is given for his wages to be paid over to her, or her representatives.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-06-29 ADM/A/1784/218
Questions have arisen concerning the entitlement of the widows of serving personnel who are killed at sea applying for Bounty after they have remarried. An Order in Council however has ruled in favour of such widows continuing to be awarded compensation regardless of subsequent status.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-05-13 ADM/A/1819/128
Giving instructions that the wages due to Lieutenant Jasper Bourne who died in the West Indies in 1693 are to be paid following receipt of a Petition from his widow.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-05-15 ADM/A/1819/142
The widow of Captain Grenville Collins is to be paid two hundred pounds from funds held by the Treasurer of the Navy in consideration of her husbands work in surveying the coastline of Britain and in escorting the King to Ireland and Holland.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-08-05 ADM/A/1822/39
A petition has been presented by Mary Nichols, widow, setting forth that her late husband Isaac Nichols going to New England as Master of the CONCEPTION prize, was accidentally killed on board on 5 March 1691.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-08-09 ADM/A/1822/71
Elizabeth Taylor, widow of Captain Thomas Taylor, late Captain of the NONSUCH, has petitioned this Board setting forth that her husband disbursed the sum of £350 for fitting out His Majesty's ships in New England.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-05-11 ADM/A/1830/95
An application has been made by the Widow of Captain Anthony Hastings for the sum of £168 9s 0p disbursed by her Husband upon the procurement of men for his command HMS SANDWICH in 1692. She had 539 men entered in her books, but you report that there are no vouchers for the disbursements. Mrs.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-11-27 ADM/A/1813/275
The widow of Mr Austin Lucas, late Lieutenant of the MONMOUTH, has petitioned for his wages to be paid; his sudden death having resulted in the loss of his papers. His wages are to be paid to anyone lawfully empowered to receive them.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-02-07 ADM/A/1827/83
Issuing instructions for a pension of seventy pounds per annum is to be paid to Elizabeth Harman widow of Captain William Harman late Commander of the ADVICE who died on active service in the West Indies.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-04-21 ADM/A/1829/209
In pursuance of HM 's pleasure signified to this Board you are directed to cause a Pension of fifty pounds per annum to be settled and paid to Elizabeth Taylor, Widow of Captain Thomas Taylor, late Commander of the NONSUCH, in consideration of the loss of her husband, who was killed in service …
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-07-27 ADM/A/1785/252
We direct you to make inquiry and Report to this Board what Pensions have been settled on the Navy, or otherwise, to the Widows of Flag, and other Commissioned Officers, who have been slain in their Majesties' service at Sea.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-07-06 ADM/A/1785/45
We direct you to cause the Guns and Shot which the Plymouth Yard Commissioner informed you had been found on board the Hulk in Cattwater, to be delivered into the custody of the Ordnance Officers at Plymouth, and a receipt taken for the same.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-30 ADM/A/1812/345
A survey of the UNITY Hired ship has been received but due to her defects she is to be discharged the service and paid off.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-06-24 ADM/A/1784/249
Enclosing a list of names of Watermen who are to proceed to Deptford to man the forty Shallops ordered to be brought round to Portsmouth at the rate of five watermen per Shallop one of whom is to be made responsible for the equipment and Stores belonging to each vessel.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-08-05 ADM/A/1786/256
Allow the Watermen employed in carrying 40 Shallops to Portsmouth half a crown each day for their service. Recommend a fitting person for Master Boatmaker at Deptford.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-08-31 ADM/A/1786/254
Pay the officers and company the CROWN'S PRIZE to the time of her being lost. What wages are fit to be allowed to the Watermen employed in carrying about 40 Shallops from Deptford to Portsmouth.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-09-01 ADM/A/1799/12
Pursuant to her Majesties pleasure signified to this Board by the Rt. Hon.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-09-27 ADM/A/1799/285
In pursuance of her Majesty's pleasure, signified by Sir John Trenchard, Principal Secretary of state, we are sending enclosed a list of their Majesties' Ships and Vessels of the Main Fleet for 1693.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-09-27 ADM/A/1799/289
Having appointed the ROYAL KATHERINE to lie at the Buoy of the Nore for procuring Men in place of the EAGLE, we direct you to cause the vessels which were appointed to EAGLE to attend on the ROYAL KATHERINE, enabling the Commander of that ship to perform his expected Service.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-09-14 ADM/A/1799/153
Direct you, upon the arrival of the GUERNSEY and ASSURANCE at Deptford, to cause them to be surveyed and report to this Board what repairs will be necessary to put them into a condition for the Sea again, and how long will these take.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-09-05 ADM/A/1799/50
Direct you to give immediate Orders for putting some Tarpaulin Covering on the Well Boats at Portsmouth , to keep out the weather and sea, as also making some convenience abaft the said Boats for sheltering men in bad weather according as the person shall desire , which will be sent to Portsmouth b…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-09-08 ADM/A/1799/77
It appears to us by an Oath, enclosed in your letter of the 6th inst; taken by several Masters of Fishing Smacks before the Mayor of Rye, that the Smack HOPEWELL belonging to Thomas Hipper of Barking in Essex, together with her apparel, lost in attempting to assist the FALMOUTH in distress in Rye B…