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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-12-08 ADM/A/1790/56
Six Third Rates are not to be continued in service next year. The Navy Board is to advise which six ships are to be chosen based on their current state of dilapidation and the time it would take to repair them.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-09-10 ADM/A/1769/47
Request payment of £600 for the Subsistence of the Marine Regiments.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-02-03 ADM/A/1792/42
The Navy Board has nominated a replacement for Mr Ganden the Muster Master of the Fleet but the Admiralty wants one further name before making a choice.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-02-04 ADM/A/1792/48
A question mark has arisen as to the sea worthiness of the SMYRNA MERCHANT now at the Nore. A Survey and Report are ordered.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-02-04 ADM/A/1792/52
Enclosing a copy of a letter from Mr Samuel Duncalfe of Hull to a Member of Parliament concerning embezzlement of Stores intended for a new ship building there and requiring the matter to be investigated.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-02-04 ADM/A/1792/58
Confirming a Warrant issued by Sir Edward Russell on the twentieth of August 1692 appointing Richard Lovelace Master Gunner of the ELIZABETH. Countersigned by James Southerne, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-02-03 ADM/A/1792/34
Warrant appointing Bartholemew Angood to be Gunner of the MUSCOVIA MERCHANT Hired ship. Countersigned by James Southerne, Admiralty Board Clerk.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-02-03 ADM/A/1792/32
The Captains of several ships have been reported for not following their Orders. They are, nevertheless, to be paid.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-10-08 ADM/A/1835/77
You are directed to have the provisions aboard the LITCHFIELD and DEPTFORD at the Buoy of the Nore to be completed to 10 weeks each, and upon the arrival of the PORTSMOUTH to have her provisions completed to that proportion with all possible dispatch, as these ships are to go to the East Country to …
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-02-01 ADM/A/1792/8
Ordering the NEWCASTLE at the Nore to have her Victuals made up to eight months and the ships of the Mediterranean Squadron in the Downs to have theirs made up similarly.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-10-09 ADM/A/1835/91
You are directed to prepare and present to this Board an estimate of the following: wages, victuals, wear and tear and ordnance; stores for 40,000 men serving in ships at sea for 13 months at £4.10.0 per man per month; the Ordinary of the Navy for next year; the officers of the two Marine Regiments;…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-11-30 ADM/A/1789/228
His Majesty has signified his pleasure, that two of the 40 shallops be lent in the condition they are to Captain Thomas Phillips, to be employed as privateers and to be returned in the same condition as lent.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-11-30 ADM/A/1789/237
Upon consideration of your letter of 31 October, you are directed to have the new 3rd Rate building at Hull as soon as launched, to be fitted in all respects for service at sea and victualled for 4 months with her highest complement of men.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-10-07 ADM/A/1835/73
George Daw is to be appointed Master Gunner of the BRISTOL. You are to enter him accordingly together with such allowance of wages and victuals for himself and servant. His warrant is to be dated 7 October 1696.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-10-07 ADM/A/1835/69
The TRIDENT, ASSISTANCE, FORESIGHT, GOSPORT, SHOREHAM and FAVERSHAM, being ordered to Portsmouth; the BRISTOL and CHESTER to Plymouth; the RUBY and SCARBOROUGH to Chatham; you are directed to have these ships fitted for foreign convoys, and those not sheathed to be sheathed.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-09-04 ADM/A/1823/375
Concerning the naming, crewing, arming and victualling of the new ships building at Blackwall and Deptford as concerning the Burlington, HARWICH and PENDENNIS.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-12-02 ADM/A/1790/7
Phillip Devall, a Jersey Pilot, has been ordered to present himself at Portsmouth to be ready for HM Service. The Navy Board is asked to determine what compensation he should receive for having been diverted from his private work.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-09-04 ADM/A/1823/371
Warrant appointing William Flood to be Master Carpenter of the DREADFUL Bomb vessel in place of the former who has been moved to the WINCHESTER. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-09-07 ADM/A/1769/27
Declaration of Victuals for 2000 men for Three months, over and above that requested for this years service.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-09-20 ADM/A/1787/303
Warrant appointing Thomas Brooks Purser of the RESOLUTION in place of William Chappel who has retired. Countersigned by James Southerne, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-09-30 ADM/A/1787/302
Petition of several Seamen in which they state that they were present during a recent engage with the enemy but were put ashore sick or wounded and therefore have not received Bounty. On the reverse is a note referring the matter to the Navy Board and suggesting that the seamen should be paid.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-09-18 ADM/A/1823/383
Granting the Petition of Thomasin [Triglith] whose husband Thomas died of wounds received in battle.