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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1688-05-17
ADM/A/1759/144
Warrant appointing Joseph Short Master Carpenter of the RUPERT to the VICTORY in place of Matthew [Safford].
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1688-05-09
ADM/A/1759/140
Warrant appointing William [Kileridge] Master Carpenter of the ALBEMARLE to the ROYAL PRINCE in place of William Bagwell who has been appointed Master Shipwright at Chatham.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1688-05-13
ADM/A/1759/156
Warrant appointing Thomas Miller to be Boatswain of the hired ship BERKELEY CASTLE for the duration of her service in HM Navy.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1688-05-14
ADM/A/1759/150
Warrant appointing John Goodland to be Boatswain of the HAMPTON COURT now in the Captain.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1688-05-13
ADM/A/1759/164
Warrant appointing Joseph Edwards to be Master Carpenter of the hired ship SAMUEL AND HENRY for the duration of her service in HM Navy.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1688-05-14
ADM/A/1759/162
Warrant appointing Symon Davy to be Purser of the hired ship CORONATION for the duration of her service in HM Navy.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1688-05-21
ADM/A/1759/160
Warrant appointing Richard Long to be Master Carpenter of the hired ship SCEPTRE for the duration of her service in HM Navy.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1688-05-21
ADM/A/1759/158
Warrant appointing William Browne to be Master Gunner of the KENT.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-04-25
ADM/A/1758/269
Direct you cause the SUFFOLK to be fitted for Sea for Channel service, and manned with her highest complement and victualled for for two months for said number of men.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-04-24
ADM/A/1758/267
It being very necessary for their Majesties Service that Naval Stores should be lodged at Plymouth for ships coming into that Port, we desire you to send such Stores immediately there as you think will meet the needs of ships arriving there.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-04-24
ADM/A/1758/265
Captain Graydon has informed by letter from Plymouth that the St. DAVID under his command has received considerable damage in the late bad weather on the Irish Coast.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-04-27
ADM/A/1758/275
Captain Simon Foulkes informs that he has entertained several seamen in order to put them on board such ship as he is appointed to.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-04-25
ADM/A/1758/273
Direct the DUNKIRK to be sheathed and fitted to sea for service in the West Indies in place of the MONTAGUE, and manned with the middle complement of men, and a proportion of Victuals you judge necessary for that voyage
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-04-25
ADM/A/1758/271
Sir Richard Beach informs that he has been on board the RUPERT and paid off those men turned over on the CENTURION and GUERNSEY, and that almost one thousand pounds remains of that money left by the Clerks for paying them off, so that five or six hundred pounds now would pay off all of the BRISTOL&#…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-04-27
ADM/A/1758/277
HM was attended by us about the Principal Officers and Commissioners of his Navy, and he signified that the Officer employed as Commissioner of the Deptford and Woolwich Yards ( which by Patent from the late King James was officiated by Mr. Balthazar St.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-04-27
ADM/A/1758/285
Direct you to pay the Company of the Ketch QUAKER to the end of December.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-04-27
ADM/A/1758/283
The Master General of HM Ordnance desires us to to provide a ship to transport such part of the soldiers to Holland which the ship appointed for that purpose cannot. Direct you give orders for providing such shipping, and give us an account of what you do.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-04-08
ADM/A/1758/295
Warrant for the appointment of Thomas Summers, Master Gunner of the NAVY Yacht, to be Master Gunner of the CHARLOTTE in place of John Day, removed into the KINGFISHER.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-04-03
ADM/A/1758/293
We understand that there is no Boatswain at the Sheerness yard, and that you have recommended Hugh Baker for this employment.
Direct you enter him at the Yard accordingly with the usual salary etc; for this position.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-04-30
ADM/A/1758/291
Understand from our evening meeting yesterday that there are men at present belonging to the NEWCASTLE and GUERNSEY, now refitting at Woolwich, (which by reason of the time these ships will be fitted in) ought to be (for saving of charges) otherwise disposed of.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1688-03-25
ADM/A/1758/29
Nominated ships for transportation of men for Holland.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-04-27
ADM/A/1758/279
Direct you to consider and report whether the SOPHIA Fireship is thought a proper vessel to be fitted out as a Man of War, and what men should be allowed her, as also to the PORTSMOUTH Bomb Yacht, now ordered to be fitted out for Coastal cruising, and likewise what other small vessels can be fitted …
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-04-15
ADM/A/1758/305
Warrant for the appointment of Charles Day, Master Carpenter of the QUAKER Ketch, to be Master Carpenter of the CENTURION in place of Jacob Lands deceased.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-04-15
ADM/A/1758/303
Warrant for the appointment of John Combes to be appointed Master Carpenter of the CHARLES & HENRY in place of Jeremiah Osborne, who has absented himself.
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