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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-09-05
ADM/A/1834/66
Warrant for the appointment of John Darlin to be Master Cook of the Cornwall.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-09-05
ADM/A/1834/70
Warrant for the appointment of John Fighter to be Boatswain of the SWIFTSURE.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-09-04
ADM/A/1834/64
Warrant for John Littlemore to be Master Carpenter of the CROWN.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-09-04
ADM/A/1834/62
Having ordered the Bomb Vessels named in the margin to sail to Woolwich we direct you upon their arrival there to put into Ordinary.
12 Vessels in the margin commencing with the SALAMANDER.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-09-03
ADM/A/1834/36
As the Master of the BERWICK does not wish to serve in the WARSPIGHT going on a foreign voyage, due to his age, we agree, notwithsatanding our previous Orders, that the Master you have appointed to WARSPIGHT should continue on her.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-09-04
ADM/A/1834/48
We direct you to imprest unto Mr Edward Whitaker, Solicitor for the Affairs of the Admiralty and Navy, the sum of four hundred pounds, for his defraying the Charge of such business as he is employed on by Order of this Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-09-04
ADM/A/1834/46
The hired Ships TIGER and SMYRNA MERCHANT are ordered from Bristol to Plymouth for their being fitted and revictualled. The Commanders of these Ships have informed us that they cannot get such Provisions at Bristol sufficient for for them in their passage to Plymouth.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-09-03
ADM/A/1834/42
Captain Bazil Beaumont, Commander of the PLYMOUTH,is going on a foreign voyage. We therefore direct you to cause the Wages due to him for service in the CANTERBURY to be paid, provided he shall have passed his Accounts for the said Ship, and that you have no objection to the same.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-09-14
ADM/A/1834/9
The Petition of David Elliot to receive a Pension, having been a Warrant Officer for 15 years and being 74 years old. Signed by David Elliot, Warrant Officer (Gunner).
This Petition is referred to the Navy Board for consideration and report.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-09-01
ADM/A/1834/7
We direct you to cause the Brigantine DISPATCH (upon her arrival at Sheerness) to be cleaned and refitted there for Channel service, and victualled for ten weeks as soon as maybe.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-08-17
ADM/A/1833/285
Warrant appointing William Withers to be Boatswain of the LOOE in place of the former who has neglected his duty. Countersigned by Josiah Burchett, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-08-21
ADM/A/1833/289
Lord Berkeley has stated that the Fleet is short of beer but the Commissioners for Victualling have informed the Admiralty that there are several ships with beer available.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-08-21
ADM/A/1833/296
Admiral Benbow has given a report on the condition of several ships including the SUFFOLK, DEPTFORD and ANGLESEY that are with him in the Gunfllet and lacking Stores. Orders are given for him to be supplied from the Stores that have been sent to Yarmouth.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1699-04-22
ADM/A/1864/157
Acknowledging the input of the Navy Board in the removal of "Q's" and "R's" from the names of Men listed in a Petition and giving instructions as to the course of action to be taken in each case.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-09-17
ADM/A/1834/173
We direct you to cause the Fireship CRESCENT to be cleaned and refitted there for service in the Channel and victualled for three months with all dispatch.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-09-17
ADM/A/1834/171
The several Ships named in the margin have arrived at St. Helens from the Soundings under the command of Vice Admiral Mitchel, are in need of Provisions, and are ordered to Spithead.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-09-18
ADM/A/1834/185
We direct you to cause the ROYAL TRANSPORT, now at Deptford, to be cleaned there, and that she be fitted according as the Marquess of Carmarthen shall direct, with all possible dispatch, as you were directed by our Order to you sometime before she sailed out of the River for Holland.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-09-18
ADM/A/1834/183
We direct you to cause the Wages due to Mr Robert Hobbs and Mr John Hare, first and second Lieutenants of the PORTLAND, for the time they served as Lieutenants of the said Ship, to be paid, notwithstanding they do not produce Captain Smith's Certificate of their having complied with their instr…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-09-15
ADM/A/1834/157
Warrant for the appointment of James Trumball to be Master Cook of the Fireship VESUVIUS.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-09-16
ADM/A/1834/169
Hannah Turner has petitioned this Board stating that her husband, Francis Turner, was Lieutenant of the EXPERIMENT in the West Indies where he died, and that during the time of his Illness of twenty days he kept no journals, for want thereof she has not received Pay. …
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-09-16
ADM/A/1834/167
We direct you to cause Captain Fairfax, Commander of the CORNWALL, to be furnished with a Tender for the better enabling him to procure Men for her.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-09-16
ADM/A/1834/165
We direct you to cause the SWIFTSURE at Deptford to be fitted out to Sea for Channel service, manned with her highest complement of Men, and victualled for three months.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-09-12
ADM/A/1834/137
We direct you to cause Doctor Cockburn and Mr Larkin, Deputy Judge Advocates, who are appointed to go with the Squadron designed to go on Foreign Service, to be paid the whole of the Wages due to them before they proceed.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-09-12
ADM/A/1834/131
Having received a letter from Mr Bully, the Muster Master at Dartmouth, together with an account of his disbursements for subsisting several Seamen for the Fleet and other charges, we send you a Copy of his letter and account enclosed, and direct you consider these and report to this Board your opin…
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