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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1691-10-19 ADM/A/1777/114

The Officers and Company of the EXETER, being acquitted at a Court Martial (excepting the Gunner) from being any way concerned in the unfortunate loss of the said Ship, we direct you to cause the Wages due to the Officers and Company (excepting the Gunner) to be forthwith paid to them.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1691-10-19 ADM/A/1777/116

We direct you to make an allowance to Captain Matthew Aylmer, late Commander in Chief of their Majesties' Ships in the Mediterranean, of the sum of ten shillings a day (over and above his Pay as Captain of the Ship on which he served) from the date of his Commission for that employment until t…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1698-12-30 ADM/A/1860/303

Authorising Seamen formerly belonging to the RUPERT Prize to be paid to Michaelmas last year.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-08-24 ADM/A/1810/261

Warrant for the appointment of Joseph Dixon to be Master Cook of the hired Ship SEAFLOWER.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-08-24 ADM/A/1810/263

Warrant for the appointment of Thomas Rouncevill to be Master Gunner of the hired Ship SEAFLOWER.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) ADM/A/1784/85

Petition of William Fox in which he claims that after serving in HM Navy for many years, chiefly as a Warrant Officer, he is now incapable of continuing in his present role due to his great age and is applying for superannuation.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-08-24 ADM/A/1810/249

We direct you to cause the LONDON at the Buoy of the Nore to be furnished with fourteen days Provisions.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-08-24 ADM/A/1810/257

We direct you to cause the DUCHESS at Blackstakes to be brought up from there to Chatham by the Ordinary and Riggers of that Yard.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-08-23 ADM/A/1810/218

We direct you to send us as soon as may be the name of some Persons who you judge qualified to command the JOSIAH and to report to this Board your opinion what Officers, Men and Guns will be proper to be established on her, as well in her voyage to the Straights, as to serve as a Hulk there if occa…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-08-23 ADM/A/1810/222

We direct you upon the arrival of the LONDON and DUCHESS at Chatham to cause their repairs to be taken in hand and fitted for the next year's service at Sea, with all possible dispatch.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-08-23 ADM/A/1810/224

You have informed us in your letter of the 11th inst; that Mr Frame has offered to build another of the twenty seven Ships appointed by Act of Parliament to be built for their Majesties, namely one of the 4th Rate of 60 Guns at Hazell near Hull, and that you have agreed to his setting up one of the …

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-08-23 ADM/A/1810/226

Having received a letter from Captain Finch of the GREENWICH complaining of the Commissioners of Victualling, their refusing to pay his bills for victualling the HENRY Prize in Virginia, where he commanded her, we send you a Copy of the letter enclosed.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-08-20 ADM/A/1810/196

Lord Berkeley, Admiral of the Blue, has informed us by his letter of the 18th inst; that there is no further occasion for the PETER Waterboat (now with him) this year. We direct you forthwith to let us know where you would advise her being ordered to be discharged or otherwise disposed of.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-08-18 ADM/A/1810/192

Warrant for the appointment of Humphry Hayward to be Master Sailmaker at the Woolwich Yard.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-06-09 ADM/A/1784/47

The SWALLOW has sunk at Kinsale. The Board asks whether there is any hope of raising her and for a report on progress.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-06-08 ADM/A/1784/41

The LEOPARD is ordered to Chatham to serve as a Hulk as she is too deep of draught to serve at Deptford.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-08-21 ADM/A/1810/204

A Petition has been delivered to this Board praying the Wages of Henry Penning, late Lieutenant of the CHATHAM, which have not been paid for want of a Certificate from his Captain of the Performance of his Duty on board the said Ship..…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-06-09 ADM/A/1784/49

Requiring Captain [Bartholomew] Clements Commander of the AFRICA Hired ship, together with the ship's Company assembled for the LOYAL MERCHANT, to be entered on the books of the LOYAL MERCHANT.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-08-22 ADM/A/1810/212

Warrant for the appointment of John Wilson to be Master Cook of the SALLY ROSE .

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-06-14 ADM/A/1784/77

Warrant appointing James Anderson to be Master Gunner of the BRISTOL in place of the former who has been moved to the ELIZABETH. Countersigned by James Southerne, Admiralty Board Secretary.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-06-13 ADM/A/1784/75

Captain Browne Commander of the FALCON having reported that the sailing abilities of his ship have been severely compromised. An Order is given for her to be fitted with a new main mast, booms and spars.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-06-14 ADM/A/1784/79

Ordering the MILFORD to be cleaned and refitted at Sheerness for service in the Channel and to be supplied with three months' Victuals.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-06-13 ADM/A/1784/71

A Petition from Lord Massereen has been lodged by Thomas Fawle his Agent concerning remuneration for the taking of timber for HM Navy. An opinion is required.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1691-10-16 ADM/A/1777/103

We direct you to cause a survey to be taken of a French Privateer, called the SUBSILE, lately seized by the CHARLES GALLY, and now at Sheerness, and give us your opinion whether she is fitting to be employed as a Man of War, and if so what number of Men, and number and nature of Guns will be proper …