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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-07-17
ADM/A/1809/257
Warrant appointing Isaac Burnlie to be Boatswain and Gunner of the Mercury Advice Boat. Countersigned by James Southerne, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1996-01-05
ADM/A/1838/404
Warrant appointing John Johnson, late Master Cook of the PRUDENCE Hired Ship, to be Master Cook of the new Fourth Rate building at Rotherhithe as soon as she is able to receive him. Countersigned by Josiah Burchett, Joint Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-07-31
ADM/A/1809/251
Warrant appointing Robert Baker, Master Carpenter of the HENRIETTA Yacht, to be Master Carpenter of the new Yacht building at Chatham. Countersigned by James Southerne, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-07-31
ADM/A/1809/249
Warrant appointing Francis Lambert, Master Gunner of the HENRIETTA Yacht, to be Master Gunner of the new yacht building at Chatham. Countersigned by James Southerne, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1697-01-22
ADM/A/1838/409
Warrant appointing William Young to be Master Cook of the new [Third} Rate building by Mr Snelgrove at Deptford as soon as she is able to receive him. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-01-22
ADM/A/1838/411
Warrant appointing Joseph Pittock, late Carpenter of the CROWN, to be Master Carpenter of the new Third Rate building by Mr Snelgrove at Deptford as soon as she is able to receive him. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-02-26
ADM/A/1816/276
Sir Cloudesley Shovell has reported that the Julian Bomb Vessel is over manned. Orders are given for her crew to be reduced to an appropriate level.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-02-26
ADM/A/1816/274
Soldiers employed in HM Yards and now going to the Mediterranean with the Marine Regiments are to be paid for their work before they sail.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-02-26
ADM/A/1816/272
The SEAHORSE has been ordered to Sheerness where she is to be cleaned and refitted for service in the Channel with Victuals for ten weeks.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-02-28
ADM/A/1816/284
The MARY Yacht is to be cleaned at Deptford forthwith.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-02-26
ADM/A/1816/278
Vice Admiral Hopson is to be replaced by the Marquis of Carmarthen. Hopson is to be paid twenty shillings a day when no longer at sea provided he is prepared to relinquish his command.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-02-23
ADM/A/1816/308
Master Carpenters John Scatliffe of the NORWICH and Elias Long of the PRINCE of ORANGE having been ordered aboard the OWNER'S LOVE Fireship in order to conduct a survey have now been stranded, their ships having sailed.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-02-18
ADM/A/1816/174
Warrant appointing Robert Reed to be Boatswain of the VIRGIN Prize in place of the former who has been moved to the CAPTAIN. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-02-20
ADM/A/1816/228
Captain John Benbow is to be paid two hundred pounds for the King's [tenth] of Prizes taken from the enemy while serving on a Bomb Vessel when on the coast of France.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-02-20
ADM/A/1816/226
Orders are given for men who have been turned over or are to be turned over into ships at the Nore going to the Straits to be paid their wages for the time they were in their last ships.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-02-20
ADM/A/1816/222
The wages of Marines going to the Straits who belonged to the First Marine Regiment before the last Establishment are to be paid at the Nore.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-02-22
ADM/A/1816/240
Complaining that despite Standing Orders no details of victualling ship movements have been from the Victualling Board for some two weeks, leaving the Admiralty unable to issue orders for ships at the Nore.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-02-20
ADM/A/1816/232
Several sworn complaints made against Captain Christopher Billop have been received by the Admiralty. He is to be dismissed.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-02-22
ADM/A/1816/248
Warrant appointing George Castell to be Master Carpenter of the ANTELOPE Hired Hospital Ship. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-02-22
ADM/A/1816/242
Enclosing a copy of the Orders given to various Vice Admirals for procuring Men for the Fleet this Summer and instructing that a sum of one hundred pounds is to be impressed to each of the Clerks of the Cheque and Muster Masters mentioned on the reverse.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-02-23
ADM/A/1816/262
Instructions are given for the alterations required by the Marquis of Carmarthen to the masts and hull of the BRIDGET Galley and for her to be prepared for sea.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-02-22
ADM/A/1816/256
Warrant appointing Thomas Cowdrey to be Boatswain of the QUEENBOROUGH. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-02-22
ADM/A/1816/254
Warrant appointing Thomas Martin to be Boatswain of the ANTELOPE Hired Hospital Ship. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-02-19
ADM/A/1816/190
Ordering Riggers to be hired at Shoreham and Brighton to complete the rigging of the HASTINGS at Shoreham as was done recently for the FALCON.
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