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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-06-24 ADM/A/1831/203

We direct you to cause the Yacht KATHERINE at Deptford to be refitted, cleaned and put into a condition for the Sea with all dispatch.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-10-23 ADM/A/1835/247

Charles Lownsdall is to be appointed Master Carpenter of the ROEBUCK. You are to enter him accordingly together with such allowance of wages and victuals for himself and servant. His warrant is to be dated 23 October 1696.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-10-21 ADM/A/1835/219

You are directed to have the ST MICHAEL furnished with a tender, and also the VICTORY, in case she has not one already.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-10-20 ADM/A/1835/217

Richard Bubb, late Master Cook of the CORNWALL, has been appointed Master Cook of the NAMURE, the new 2nd Rate building at Woolwich. You are to enter him accordingly together with such allowance of wages and victuals for himself and servant. His warrant is to be dated 21 October 1696.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-06-23 ADM/A/1831/179

Warrant for the appointment of Isaac Gardner to be Master Gunner of the ESSEX Prize.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-10-22 ADM/A/1835/235

You are directed upon the arrival of the CROWN, HARWICH and DOVER at Plymouth and the WINCHELSEA at Sheerness, to have them cleaned and refitted for service in the Channel. The three former ships are to be victualled for 10 weeks, and the WINCHELSEA for 3 months.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-10-22 ADM/A/1835/231

We are advised that a number of disaffected persons are involved in criminal activity against the Navy, magazines and ships building in His Majesty's yards.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-06-18 ADM/A/1831/148

Rear Admiral Benbow has informed us by his letter of the 15th inst; that the Squadron under his command has not above forty five days Provisions.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-06-19 ADM/A/1831/150

Warrant for the appointment of John Collard to be Purser of the DEAL CASTLE.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-06-18 ADM/A/1831/146

You have recommended to this Board Richard Rogers to be Surgeon at the Kinsale Yard at the Salary of twenty five pounds per annum, and William Bennett to be Boatswain and Porter at the Salary of thirty pounds per annum, which Officers we have thought fit to grant Warrants to.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-10-17 ADM/A/1835/199

The MESSENGER, being ordered to cruise between the South Foreland and the Ness to intercept orders, you are directed to to have her cleaned at Dover and, during her ordinance on this service, she be cleaned once a month.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-10-17 ADM/A/1835/201

A petition has been presented to this Board by William Carbonell and other merchants of London, owners of the ships CORONATION and ENGLAND frigates, setting forth that they were taken into His Majesty's service in the West Indies in an engagement with the enemy off Gardelope in the squadron com…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-10-20 ADM/A/1835/215

A warrant was given by Admiral Russell dated 20 May 1691 for Thomas Stevens, gentleman, to be a volunteer on board the ROYAL SOVEREIGN. You are directed to make the usual allowance to him during the time her served in that capacity.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-06-17 ADM/A/1831/132

John Say, late Surgeon of the CAPTAIN,has by his Petition to this Board set forth that upon the turning over of the PLYMOUTH's Officers and Company into the CAPTAIN, he was put by his employment, and that he has since made application to Surgeons Hall for another Ship, but they will not grant h…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-06-15 ADM/A/1831/125

We refer to the Petition of Jacob Penn and ask you to consider the facts contained and report to us whether a Pension may be given in this case.
The Petition of Jacob Penn for a Pension due infirmity. Signed by Jacob Penn, Gunner in various HM Ships.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-10-16 ADM/A/1835/185

Your letter of 2 April asked to know our pleasure on the account of disbursements made by the Admiral of the Fleet in 1693 out of contingent money imprested.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-10-16 ADM/A/1835/177

You are directed to have the VULCAN and St. PAUL fireships, upon their arrival at Deptford laid up and paid off and their repairs got in hand. They should be fitted for the next summer service

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-10-16 ADM/A/1835/179

Captain Wivell left command of the BERWICK and discharged 29 men by ticket, and being ordered to send them on board the BERWICK going to the Straits, he wrote to them accordingly for them to return. Some men returned, but many being distant from Portsmouth they did not return in time.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-06-17 ADM/A/1831/140

Warrant for the appointment of Robert Warren to be Boatswain of the Bomb Vessel COMET.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-06-17 ADM/A/1831/138

Warrant for the appointment of James Bridger to be Purser of the RYE.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-10-17 ADM/A/1835/195

You are directed to treat and agree with the owners of the BONADVENTURE merchant ship, which was lately discharged from the service, to serve His Majesty as a man-of-war on the best terms you can. You are to give us an account of this and in what readiness she is for sea.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-10-14 ADM/A/1835/165

Robert Hallowes, formerly Purser of the ADVICE, is to be appointed Purser of the STERLING CASTLE, in the room of the former deceased. You are to enter him accordingly together with such allowance of wages and victuals for himself and servant. His warrant is to be dated 14 October 1696.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) ADM/A/1835/159

We lately directed that the tenders belonging to shipping at the Nore and in the Medway, be discharged except for a smack for the Commander-in-Chief. We now direct that the smack be discharged.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-10-14 ADM/A/1835/157

We have given orders to the Commander-in-Chief in the Thames and Medway to direct the commanders of the following ships viz BRITANNIA, ROYAL WILLIAM, NEPTUNE, ALBERMARLE, SANDWICH, OSSARY and RESOLUTION, now at the Buoy of the Nore, to go to Blackstakes to take out their guns and provisions and then…