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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-09-29 ADM/A/1787/272
Petition of Walter Dougherty in which he claims that due to valour in the face of the Enemy in the West Indies and having amassed a considerable sum of money he was advised to invest it in something of value rather than hazard sending it by sea to England, and as a consequence has bought the wage T…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-09-28 ADM/A/1787/268
Warrant appointing Thomas Richardson, late Purser of the PORTLAND, to be Purser of the ST ALBANS in place of the former who has been moved to the WINDSOR CASTLE. Countersigned by James Southerne, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-09-28 ADM/A/1787/262
Warrant appointing Christopher Short to be Master Gunner of the SCARBOROUGH Ketch in place of the former who has died. Countersigned by James Southerne, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-09-30 ADM/A/1787/289
Requiring an Account of the cost of Pilotage provided to States General ships for presentation to the Queen; and ordering the payment of Companies of ships going to the West Indies.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-09-30 ADM/A/1787/287
Ordering the purchase of the PHOENIX Hired Bomb vessel on her arrival at Sheerness where she is to be sheathed for service in the West Indies. She is to be manned with a Middle Complement of Men and victualled for eight months.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-09-30 ADM/A/1787/281
Requiring Crew from HM ships fitting out in the Thames to be available to man other ships fitting out in the Thames to enable them to reach Longreach and then return to their original ships.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-09-24 ADM/A/1787/246
Requesting a survey to be taken of the ARCHANGEL on arrival at Blackwall and a report to be supplied stating her defects and the time taken to rectify them.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-09-24 ADM/A/1787/244
Ordering the PLAY Prize at Sheerness to be very urgently refitted for service in the Channel, together with four months Victuals. The CENTURION at Portsmouth is to receive a lesser quantity of Victuals than previously instructed.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-09-26 ADM/A/1787/252
Informing that the MARY has been ordered to Woolwich and the ASSISTANCE to Deptford and requesting that they be surveyed and a report issued listing their defects and the time expected to repair them.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-09-23 ADM/A/1787/235
Urgently requiring the FUBBS Yacht now at Deptford to be cleaned and refitted for service in the Channel.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-10-01 ADM/A/1835/6
We have confirmed a warrant given by Sir George Rooke dated 16 January 1696 to Robert Pallister to be Boatswain of the PORTSMOUTH bomb vessel. You are to enter him accordingly together with such allowance of wages and victuals for himself and servant. His warrant is to be dated 1 October 1696.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-10-01 ADM/A/1835/4
George Ross, Purser, is to be appointed Purser of the MARY galley in place of the former removed to the NORWICH. You are to enter him accordingly together with such allowance of wages and victuals for himself and servant. His warrant is to be dated 1 October 1696.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-10-01 ADM/A/1835/12
You are directed to have Lieutenant Alexander Ekins, 1st Lieutenant of the MONTAGUE, paid from the time there were ay men entered on her tender to serve in the MONTAGUE, provided his commission is dated before that time and you have no other objection.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-09-30 ADM/A/1834/347
Having ordered the BURFORD to sail to Chatham to be refitted we direct you upon her arrival there to cause her repairs to be taken in hand and that she be fitted for Sea for the next Summer service.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-09-30 ADM/A/1834/351
Having ordered the LONDON, ST ANDREW and DUCHESS to Chatham to be refitted, we direct you upon their arrival there to cause their repairs to be taken in hand and they put into a condition for next Summers service at Sea.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-09-23 ADM/A/1787/231
Requiring three months Victuals to be sent down to the DOVER at the Nore.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-09-23 ADM/A/1787/229
Giving the go-ahead for the work required to the ROYAL WILLIAM to make her more stable and enabling her to be re-launched by next Spring.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-09-24 ADM/A/1823/297
Warrant appointing James Poundy to be Boatswain of the DUNWICH. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-09-23 ADM/A/1787/226
Warrant appointing John Amery, late Boatswain of the Woolf Fireship, to be Boatswain of the TIGER in place of the former who has ben moved to the DREADNOUGHT. Countersigned by James Southerne, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-09-24 ADM/A/1823/293
Confirming that the wages of Lieutenant Jacob L'Evesque, Lieutenant in Captain Gibbon's Company of the first Marine Regiment are to be paid.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-09-23 ADM/A/1787/222
Warrant appointing Thomas Ratcliffe, Boatswain of the TIGER, to be Boatswain of the DREADNOUGHT in place of the former who has retired. Countersigned by James Southerne, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-09-26 ADM/A/1823/306
Requiring the Purser of the Friendly Society Hired ship to be suspended until further notice.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-09-23 ADM/A/1787/214
Petition of Ralph Williams Boatswain of the DREADNOUGHT in which he claims that due to an accident aboard ship he is now very deaf and applies for superannuation. On the reverse is a note referring the petition to the Navy Board for an opinion, signed by James Southerne, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-09-23 ADM/A/1823/277
Enclosing a list of Men belonging to the KENT and the MARY who have been put aboard the DEVONSHIRE to enable her to sail from Portsmouth to the Nore; and ordering Protections to be sent there for them to facilitate their return to Portsmouth to rejoin their ships.