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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1691-04-13 ADM/A/1774/52
Reducing the CHARLES, JAMES, MARY Galley, SWEEPSTAKES, PHOENIX, NONSUCH and ASSURANCE from Fourth to Fifth Rates.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1691-03-24 ADM/A/1773/378
Thomas Wiggins, late Carpenter of the SANDWICH, by reason of age and infirmity is incapable of further employment.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1691-03-25 ADM/A/1773/382
Abraham Hamm, late Boatswain of the BERWICK, by reason of age and infirmity is incapable of further employment.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1697-02-12 ADM/A/1839/134
We have confirmed the warrant given by the Rt. Hon. Lord Berkeley, Admiral of the Blue, of 13 August, appointing John Thomas, Master Gunner of the LANCASTER. You are directed to enter him accordingly together with such allowance of wages and victuals for himself and servant as is proper.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1691-03-25 ADM/A/1773/370
Thomas Austin, late Gunner of the VICTORY, by reason of age and infirmity is incapable of further employment.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1697-02-12 ADM/A/1839/138
You are directed to have Captain Fogg, Commander of the ESSEX, furnished with a tender to enable him to procure men to serve.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1697-02-12 ADM/A/1839/140
You are directed to order the Commissioners of the Victualling to supply the ships ordered to be fitted for the Straits and on foreign voyages, with provisions either in England or in Ireland, according to what is expedient, and to give this Board an account.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1697-02-16 ADM/A/1839/162
Captain Barker, Commander of the STERLING CASTLE, has informed us that Robert Molton, William Herring, Jonathan Child, Jonathan Phillips, Sam Swanson, Anthony Horley, Peter Oger and William Calmisten, being absent from the ship when she last went to sea, were made Run on the books by Captain Fowlkes…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1697-02-09 ADM/A/1839/99
The DEPTFORD has been ordered from the Downes to Sheerness to be fitted for Channel service. You are directed to have this done and completed as soon as possible and that the provisions on board be made up to 10 weeks.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1691-03-09 ADM/A/1773/360
Sir John Guise, Vice Admiral of Gloucestershire, has advised this Board that some ships for their Majesties' service may be conveniently built in parts of Bristol, where he states there are considerable quantities of timber and iron works may also be procured in Gloucestershire.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1691-03-24 ADM/A/1773/364
Thomas Wadland, late Gunner of the ROYAL OAK, by reason of age and infirmity is incapable of further employment.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1699-02-13 ADM/A/1862/103
Your letters of 31 January and 3 February advised us that you had perused the petitions about Qs and Rs and sent us the state of each man's case. The Qs and Rs on Samuel Hake and 22 others you advised should be taken off.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1691-03-27 ADM/A/1773/354
James Smiter, late Master Gunner of the GEORGE hired ship, is to be appointed Master Gunner of EXETER in place of the former removed to the ROYAL KATHERINE. You are directed to enter him accordingly with such allowance of wages and victuals for himself and servant as is proper.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1697-02-11 ADM/A/1839/123
You are directed to have the DUNKIRK at Chatham, cleaned and refitted for service in the Channel and victualled for 3 months to her highest complement.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1699-02-14 ADM/A/1862/117
We have considered your letter of 2 February and the enclosure from the Commissioners of the Victualing, about the retrenchments to be made to their office now in time of peace.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1697-02-11 ADM/A/1839/117
The DEPTFORD and SMIRNA MERCHANT, now in Yarmouth Roads, are ordered to convoy the trade from there to Holland, and to stay there 8 days for them.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1697-02-07 ADM/A/1839/74
The LINCOLN, one of the ships in the squadron to go to the West Indies under the command of Captain Meese, is arrived at Spithead and under orders to proceed to the Downes.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1691-04-10 ADM/A/1774/154
Warrant appointing William Rowe to be Master Gunner of the HIND Ketch. Countersigned by James Southerne, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1691-04-08 ADM/A/1774/146
Warrant appointing William Macquill to be Boatswain of the EAGLET Ketch. Countersigned by James Southerne, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1691-04-25 ADM/A/1774/114
Ordering the non-commissioned Officers of the Marine Regiments to be paid as private soldiers with deductions for allowances at sea. The Officers and Company of the MARY GALLEY (but not the Commissioned or Warrant Officers) are to be turned over into the CHATHAM.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1699-02-23 ADM/A/1862/245
You received direction to have a stop put on any wages assigned by Rice Lloyd to others without order from this Board on information received that he had been forging letters of attorney assigning wages to others.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1697-02-23 ADM/A/1839/255
We have received a petition from James Lordeau, lately belonging to the VICTORY, that by a fall he broke his back but could not get a certificate from the Surgeon. He is unable to get a pension from the Chest at Chatham and prays to be received as a cripple on board one of His Majesty's ships.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1691-04-27 ADM/A/1774/136
Approving the number of Men and Guns proposed by the navy Board for the REBECCAH which has been hired for receiving Men. She is to receive six months' Victuals.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1691-04-13 ADM/A/1774/138
Calling for a close Estimate of the value of the Stores bought for the Navy in January to cover the current year.