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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-06-20 ADM/A/1784/129
Instructing a sum of money to be received from Captain Man late Commander of the CADIZ MERCHANT for distributing to the Crew as shares in connection with goods taken from the French when employed in the West Indies.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-06-20 ADM/A/1784/127
Ordering the SHEERNESS to be refitted at Sheerness for a voyage to Newfoundland together with eight months Victuals; and requiring the [RESERVE] in the Downs and the BONAVENTURE at Portsmouth to be similarly victualled.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-06-20 ADM/A/1784/123
Warrant appointing William Rice to be Master Carpenter of the CYGNET Fireship in place of the former who has been removed. Countersigned by James Southerne, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-06-23 ADM/A/1784/158
Enclosing a Paper by Captain Ashe Commander of the Marine Regiment and asking for an opinion.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-06-21 ADM/A/1784/145
Petition of Francis Marsh Gunner who has lost his sight and is applying for a pension. The Potion is referred to the Navy Board for opinion.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-06-21 ADM/A/1784/143
Giving instructions for estimates for building a new Fourth Rate to be obtained from shipbuilders based on the .
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1691-10-28 ADM/A/1777/182
We have considered the Rewards proposed by Captain Carter in his letter to your Board of the 21st of this month to be allowed to several persons for the assistance given by themselves and vessels to the VANGUARD when she was lately onshore on the Goodwin Sands and in Sandwich Bay, and do approve of …
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-06-18 ADM/A/1784/109
Requiring surveys to be made with costs of refitting and victualling the two Fireships called the ST VINCENT and the RUZEE recently taken from the French and now at Portsmouth together with recommendations for the number of Men and Armaments required to equip them.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1691-10-28 ADM/A/1777/188
A Petition by John Pelham, Clerk of the Survey at Woolwich, for an increase in Salary. We refer this Petition to the Navy Board for consideration and report.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1691-10-30 ADM/A/1777/195
We direct you to prepare and present to us an account of the charge of the Victualling of the Navy for the year 1690, together with a calculation at what rate per diem the victuals of each Man for that year amounts to.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-09-05 ADM/A/1787/35
Requiring eight months Victuals together with Boatswain's and Carpenter's Stores to be supplied to the MORDANT at Jamaica by the Merchant ships bound there in convoy with the FALCON.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-09-06 ADM/A/1787/43
Lieutenants of the ST ANDREW have reported that several of the petty officers of that ship on returning to her found that they had been recorded as having deserted and have left the ship again.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-09-09 ADM/A/1823/119
Warrant appointing Robert Pinn to be Boatswain of the JOSEPH Hired ship in place of the former who has resigned. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-09-10 ADM/A/1823/127
Very urgently ordering the NAVY Yacht to be cleaned and refitted at Deptford.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-09-05 ADM/A/1787/33
Ordering the HAWK and CYGNET Fireships to be fitted for a voyage to the West Indies at Sheerness and the OWNER'S LOVE at Portsmouth - all with eight months Victuals.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-09-09 ADM/A/1823/99
Very urgently requiring the LION to be cleaned and refitted on arrival at Plymouth and supplied with ten weeks Victuals for a voyage to the Canaries.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-09-05 ADM/A/1787/29
The FALCON is to be supplied with eight months Provisions at the Nore. Her Crew is to be reduced to her Middle Complement and the surplus Men are to be turned over into the BOYNE.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-09-09 ADM/A/1823/103
Men of the Ordinary together with Riggers from Chatham are to be put aboard the DUTCHESS at Blackstakes in order to bring her up to that port.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-09-09 ADM/A/1823/109
Enclosing an extract of a letter from Captain Benbow informing that he intends to fit the SERPENT, BLAST, GRANADO and CARCASE Bomb vessels for sevice and requires heavier anchors and cables as detailed in the extract. An instruction is given for the ships to be so supplied, together with Victuals.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-09-03 ADM/A/1787/19
Ordering Pilots to be sent urgently to meet the First Four Capital Ships off Dover in order to conduct them to Chatham.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-09-09 ADM/A/1823/105
Sir George Rooke has informed the Admiralty that certain Men belonging to the HOPE before she was captured have volunteered for service in his ship. An instruction is given that they are to be paid as other Men turned over.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-09-09 ADM/A/1823/107
Instructing that Men from the RUPERT and BERKELEY CASTLE who are now serving in the GLOUCESTER are to be discharged from their former ships and paid their wages similar to Men turned over into ships departing for the Straits.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-09-09 ADM/A/1823/113
Enclosing a list of ships coming in convoy from the Baltic with the LION and CENTURION carrying Stores; and asking whether there are any other ships loading important stores remaining in the Baltic such as the SAMUEL and HENRY and the SMYRNA MERCHANT, and whether the convoy should be strengthened.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-09-06 ADM/A/1823/75
Enclosing an extract of a letter from Sir George Rooke complaining of the lack of Provisions at Portsmouth and instructing that the Commissioners for Victualling are to be contacted forthwith in order to rectify the situation.