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Austen, Robert
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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-08-20
ADM/A/1833/181
Warrant appointing Richard Phillips Master House Carpenter at Woolwich Yard in place of the former who has been dismissed. Countersigned by Josiah Burchett, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-08-19
ADM/A/1833/157
The Lord Justices have requested that a Six Oared Boat be supplied to the Governor of Hurst Castle. The Navy Board is instructed to maintain the boat as required. (The text describes Hurst Castle as being on the Isle of Wight.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-08-19
ADM/A/1833/155
The WARWICK, now in the Thames, is to be substituted for the CHATHAM and victualled to go on a Foreign Voyage.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-08-17
ADM/A/1833/151
Putting a stop to the Victualling of the IPSWICH and ordering the ESSEX to be victualled instead.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-08-19
ADM/A/1833/171
Pursers have complained strongly of shortage of money for incidental items. The Board is required to report on the reality of the Purses' claim.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-08-19
ADM/A/1833/169
Very urgently requiring the RUPERT Prize to be cleaned and refitted at Sheerness for service in the Channel and supplied with three months' Victuals; and ordering the NAVY Yacht to be cleaned and refitted at Deptford and put in condition for the sea; and for the FLY Brigantine and the BRILLIANT…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-08-19
ADM/A/1833/163
Confirming an appointment made by Sir George Rooke dated the ninth of Januart 1695/6 for Henry Kennis to be Master Cook of the SUFFOLK Storeship in place of the former who was moved to the TORBAY. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-08-15
ADM/A/1833/135
Authorising the payment of Wages to John Morris during the time he served in the HAMPSHIRE having been appointed to that post by Sir William Beeston, Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica, in 1694.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-08-15
ADM/A/1833/139
Warrant appointing Mathew Allen, Boatswain of the SWIFTSURE, to be Boatswain of the RUBY Hulk. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-08-15
ADM/A/1833/137
Confirming a Warrant given by Admiral Russell for Joseph Slack to be Purser of the HUMBER in place of the former who had died. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-08-15
ADM/A/1833/131
The SHEERNESS is ordered to be cleaned and refitted urgently for service in the Channel on her arrival at Plymouth and supplied with ten weeks Victuals.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-08-15
ADM/A/1833/133
Requiring the PARAMOUR Pink to be laid up in the Wet Dock at Deptford.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-08-17
ADM/A/1833/145
The Navy Board has asked which ships detailed to go on a Foreign Voyage should be sheathed. The Admiralty reply that only those ships that can be sheathed without delaying the departure of the squadron should be sheathed.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-08-17
ADM/A/1833/149
Ordering the PEARL to be cleaned and refitted on arrival at Woolwich for service in the Channel and supplied with three months' Victuals.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-08-17
ADM/A/1833/147
Lord Berkeley has opined that the CUMBERLAND ought to be girdled and the Admiralty wishes to know in what Yard this should be done.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-08-15
ADM/A/1833/115
Concerning the stamp duty to be charged on Letters of Attorney being sent to Men of the Fleet and the sum of money to be paid to the Commissioners of the Registry.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-08-13
ADM/A/1833/94
Ordering the SUFFOLK Haggboat to be fitted for foreign service and to be supplied with Stores for nine Third Rates and six Fourth Rates for foreign service. In the event that the SUFFOLK cannot stow these quantities another ship is to be provided.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-08-12
ADM/A/1833/88
Very urgently requiring the FURNACE, GRANADA, SERPENT and COMET at the Nore to be fitted for sea for foreign service and with Stores.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-08-11
ADM/A/1833/86
Ordering the hospital ships SIAM and BRISTOL to sail to the Thames and to be discharged.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-08-12
ADM/A/1833/90
Warrant appointing John Brittin, late Cook of the SWALLOW, to be Cook of the COMETT Bomb Vessel. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-08-14
ADM/A/1833/103
Ordering a Tender to be made available to the new Fifth Rate Being built by Mr Ellis at Shoreham to assist in recruiting; and announcing that the salary of the Master of the Admiralty Barge is to be the same as that of the Master of the Treasury Commissioner's Barge.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1699-03-28
ADM/A/1863/232
Requiring Richard Hart to be paid as Provost Marshall of the Fleet between April and December of 1697 providing there are no objections.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1699-03-29
ADM/A/1863/236
Instructing the repairs due to various ships and vessels named in the margin to be put in hand at Plymouth; and giving orders for preservation work to be carried out on the Hulks in Ordinary at Portsmouth and Chatham, including applying rosin and tallow every Spring and a coat of tar in winter but r…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1699-03-21
ADM/A/1863/187
Agreeing to pay Edward Horton, Carpenter's Mate, as Carpenter for his time in the ANGLESEY in response to his Petition.
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