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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-09-10 ADM/A/1787/71
Ordering the discharge and purchase of the TARTAN Hired ship employed as an Advice Boat at Portsmouth.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-09-10 ADM/A/1787/65
Instructing the paying of Mr Edward Whittaker Solicitor for services rendered to the Navy.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-09-08 ADM/A/1787/63
Praising the efforts of Mr Joseph Bully of Dartmouth in procuring two hundred Men for the ALBEMARLE last summer and instructing that he be compensated.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-09-08 ADM/A/1787/59
Instructing that the Men of the ships detailed for service in the West Indies be paid their wages up to April and simultaneously paid for their time in any other ships.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-09-13 ADM/A/1787/89
Approving the attending of two Muster Masters on the Fleet in harbour this winter. Mr Timewell will attend the Red Squadron under the Clerks of the Cheque at Chatham and Sheerness and Mr [Gunden] the Blue Squadron at Spithead and Portsmouth.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-09-12 ADM/A/1787/83
Forty Shallops have arrived at Deptford from Flanders. An instruction is given for one of them to be placed in Store at Deptford together with her Stores and Furniture giving John Prince her Master orders to return with her Company to their ship the BRITANNIA.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-09-12 ADM/A/1787/79
Ordering the CONCORD Hired ship to proceed into the Thames for urgent fitting for a voyage to the West Indies as a hospital ship for the Squadron going there. She is to receive eight months Victuals.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-09-10 ADM/A/1787/77
Ordering the YORK, MONTAGU and CENTURION at Portsmouth, and the DEPTFORD at Plymouth to be cleaned and refitted for service in the Channel and victualled for four months. The LION in the Downs has been found to be very leaky and is ordered in to Sheerness for immediate repair.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-09-10 ADM/A/1787/75
Ordering the Victuals on the MONMOUTH, LYON and GRIFFIN Fireship to be made up to four months and those on the WARSPITE and DEFIANCE to three months including the LION at Sheerness, GRIFFIN Fireship at Spithead and the others in the Downs.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-09-28 ADM/A/1787/266
Warrant appointing Samuel Akerman, late Master Carpenter of the Blaze Fireship, to be Master Carpenter of the new Fourth Rate building in HM Yard at Woolwich. Countersigned by James Southerne, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-09-27 ADM/A/1787/258
Directing that the PHEONIX Bomb vessel on arrival at Sheerness is to be sheathed and fitted urgently for service in the West Indies in place of the SALAMANDER. The SUDADOES now at Plymouth is to be cleaned and refitted for service in the Channel.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-09-27 ADM/A/1787/256
Captain Fairborne Commander of the MONCK has reported that deck timbers supporting the mainmast have sprung. An instruction is given for the cause to be enquired into with an opinion given as to whether the damage could have been caused by negligence on the part of Officers.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-09-27 ADM/A/1787/254
Captain [M…..] Commander of the LUMLEY CASTLE Hired ship has reported that he lacks sufficient Crew for bringing the ship down to Longreach. An Order is given for Men from ships fitting out in the River to be made available to him on condition they later return to their respective ships.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-09-28 ADM/A/1787/293
Enclosing a copy of a letter from Sir Cloudesley Shovell in which he complains of the crankness of the ROYAL WILLIAM and proposing that she be girdled. An opinion is required.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-09-30 ADM/A/1787/285
Timber is available to be fetched from Ireland but a lack of available shipping there is causing delays. Approval is given for the Navy Board to procure a new ship recently built in the Thames to transport it.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-09-29 ADM/A/1787/276
Confirming a Warrant given by Sir Edward Russell on 14th May 1692 appointing William Scott to be Master Cook of the ST ANDREW. Countersigned by James Southerne, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-09-29 ADM/A/1787/274
Ordering the PORTSMOUTH Sloop to be cleaned at Sheerness and the HARP Ketch at Chatham, both for service in the Channel together with three months Victuals.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-09-24 ADM/A/1787/239
Urgently requiring the CHARLOTTE Yacht at Deptford to be cleaned and refitted.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-09-24 ADM/A/1787/241
Ordering the hammocks for the use of Soldiers going to the West Indies to be put aboard the MERMAID at the Nore for delivery to Mr Fotherby, Commissary for Land Forces, at Portsmouth; and requesting an Estimate of the Pay due to HM Ships in Pay to the end of 1691.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-09-21 ADM/A/1787/186
Confirming an appointment made by Captain Henry Boteler Commander of the MARY appointing William Sadler Master Cook of the said ship. Countersigned by James Southerne, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-09-21 ADM/A/1787/184
Urgently requiring the recently purchased CANTERBURY to be fitted for sea as a Storeship for the West Indies by the Riggers and Ordinary at Deptford and to take the ship to the Nore where she is to manned by Men from other ships.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-09-21 ADM/A/1787/182
Warrant appointing John Wren, Purser of the ST ALBANS, to be Purser of the WINSOR CASTLE in place of Christopher Reyner who has been Court Martialled and dismissed. Countersigned by James Southerne, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-09-21 ADM/A/1787/180
Confirming a Warrant issued by Captain Henry Boteler Commander of the MARY appointing William Simons to be Master Cook of the ST PAUL Fireship. Countersigned by James Southerne, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-09-21 ADM/A/1787/178
Petition of Richard Ball in which he claims that due to age and decayed teeth he has been obliged to buy his own special food, is much debilitated and can no longer attend to his duties and is applying for superannuation. On the reverse is an instruction to the Navy Board to supply an opinion.