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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-12-13 ADM/A/1770/439
Warrant appointing Edward Bronsden to be Master Caulker at Sheerness in place of Edward Lovell who has been moved to Deptford. Countersigned by James Southerne, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-12-13 ADM/A/1770/443
Warrant appointing John Handcock to be Master Carpenter of the Society Hired Hospital ship during her continuing in TM Service and no longer. Countersigned by James Southerne, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-02-13 ADM/A/1804/164
The HUMBER and the BERWICK are to be cleaned and refitted at Portsmouth and victualled for four months service in the Channel.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-02-13 ADM/A/1804/166
Instructing a new yacht to be built at Chatham to a design submitted by the Surveyorr to the Navy; and at a cost of two thousand and sixty pounds.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-02-28 ADM/A/1804/339
The King has instructed that shipping is to be made available to transport the effects of Colonel Francis Russel to Barbados where he is to be Governor. Furthermore, extra shipping is to be provided to ship two coaches, a number of horses and servants and a quantity of coal.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-04-30 ADM/A/1806/298
Warrant for the appointment of John Norton to be Master Carpenter of the Bomb vessel TRUE LOVE.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-04-30 ADM/A/1806/300
Warrant for the appointment of Robert Long to be Master Carpenter of the CROWNED HERRING.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) ADM/A/1770/394
Petition of Peter White in which he informs that he has served in the Navy since 1655, that he took part in the siege of Carrick Fergus, and that due to his age and infirmities he now applies for some form of pension.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-12-02 ADM/A/1770/397
An allowance of half a crown per head is to be made to the Surgeons of the Merchant ships carrying Soldiers to the West Indies. As this is judged not to be a service normally provided by the Navy, application is to be made to the Treasury for the funds required.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-04-30 ADM/A/1806/296
We direct you to cause all possible dispatch to be made in fitting out to Sea the six Machine vessels named in the margin, and that they be manned with the numbers of Men lately appointed for them, victualled for four months, and established as vessels of the sixth Rate.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-12-31 ADM/A/1770/387
Calling for an Estimate for fitting the CONCEPTION Prize at Plymouth.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-03-05 ADM/A/1805/38
Warrant appointing John Dykes, late Master Gunner of the EAGLE Fireship, to be Master Gunner of the BLAZE Fireship. Countersigned by James Southerne, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-03-05 ADM/A/1805/42
Warrant appointing William Parker to be Master Cook of the Fireship being built by Mr Dalton as soon as she is ready to receive him. Countersigned by James Southerne, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-03-05 ADM/A/1805/44
Warrant appointing Samuel [Hending], Master Carpenter of the DILLIGENCE Brigantine, to be Master Carpenter of the Firership being built by Mr Haydon. Countersigned by James Southerne, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-03-05 ADM/A/1805/48
Warrant appointing Robert Hamblin, Boatswain of the DISPATCH Brigantine, to be Boatswain of the SPEEDWELL Fireship, in place of Robert Foster who has been moved to the RUPERT. Countersigned by James Southerne, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-12-05 ADM/A/1770/411
Warrant appointing John Merritt to be Blockmaker at Portsmouth. Countersigned by James Southerne, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-06-06 ADM/A/1820/46
James Sothern, Principal Officer and Commissioner is to be allowed the appropriate number of clerks, and is to receive the same salary, as other Board members. He is also to receive the same allowance for house-rent as is awarded to other Commissioners who do not reside in the Navy Office.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-03-05 ADM/A/1805/52
Warrant appointing William Rice to be Boatswain of the FRIENDLY SOCIETY Hired ship. Countersigned by James Southerne, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-12-08 ADM/A/1770/413
Warrant appointing [Jonathan] Noke to be Purser of the DREADNOUGHT lately bought at Blackwall. Countersigned by James Southerne, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-03-20 ADM/A/1805/292
Ordering the men of the St.MARTIN Prize to be turned over to the St.ANDREW at Portsmouth.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-06-07 ADM/A/1820/54
The four 50-gun ships being built at Deptford and Blackwall are to be sheathed.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-03-23 ADM/A/1805/322
Warrant appointing John Morris to be Master Carpenter of the DOVER Prize. Countersigned by James Southerne, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-04-11 ADM/A/1806/112
Having ordered the Fireship VULTURE into Portsmouth Harbour for repairing damage sustained in collision with another Ship, we direct you to take this in hand and completed as soon as possible, and that she be cleaned and supplied with such a proportion of Provisions and Stores as the other Fireships…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-04-20 ADM/A/1806/170
Warrant for the appoinment of Mathias Fletcher, Master Carver of the Deptford and Woolwich Yards, to be Master Carver of the Chatham and Sheerness Yards, in place of John Fletcher, deceased.