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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-04-30 ADM/A/1806/285
We approve of the proposal in your letter of today's date of the number of Men and number and nature of Guns for the eight Bomb vessels lately bought for their Majesties' service.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-12-12 ADM/A/1770/401
The Earl of Nottingham has informed the Admiralty that Sir Paul [Rycart], HM Resident at Hamburg, has paid a sum of money to persons in Gluckstadt owes by Seamen of the BERKELEY CASTLE while she was in the river [E…].…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-12-01 ADM/A/1770/403
Thomas Rogers has been appointed Clerk of the Ropeyard at Woolwich in place of William Bodham who has informed the Admiralty that due to infirmity he is no longer able to discharge his duties and wishes to resign. The Navy Board is required to embolden his appointment.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-12-01 ADM/A/1770/405
Warrant appointing Richard Alfrey to be Master Carpenter of the CHARLOTTE Yatch in place of the former who has resigned. Countersigned by James Southerne, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-12-02 ADM/A/1770/407
Warrant appointing Walter Willett to be Purser of the CONCEPTION Prize. Countersigned by James Southerne, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-06-07 ADM/A/1820/58
A report is wanted on the suitability of the ship that Mr Taylor has built at New Bedford for service as a man-of-war.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-03-05 ADM/A/1805/54
Warrant appointing John Maynard to be Master Carpenter 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) 1694-03-06 ADM/A/1805/60
The Master, Wardens and Assistants of Trinity House are to be requested to examine Lieutenant Thomas Poulton, First Lieutenant of the KENT for fitness as Master in HM Ships.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1697-04-22 ADM/A/1841/239
Ordering the DEPTFORD to be cleaned and refitted on arrival at Woolwich for service in the Channel with ten weeks Victuals.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1697-04-22 ADM/A/1841/235
Desperate times. The Commissioners for Victualling are to be ordered to supply the RAINBOW at Spithead with three weeks' Victuals at whole allowance without delay; but the Commissioners have pleaded lack of money or credit and are unable to supply the ships at Portsmouth.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-11-18 ADM/A/1770/154
Countermanding a previous Order to fit the SMYRNA MERCHANT Hired merchant ship for a voyage to the West Indies, she is now required to be supplied with four month's Victuals for service in the Channel.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-11-22 ADM/A/1770/160
Enclosing an extract of a letter from the Commander of the SUDADOES in Yarmouth Roads in which he refers to the damage caused to his ship by a Merchant vessel from Yarmouth in a collision.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-11-17 ADM/A/1770/150
The Commissioners for sick and wounded Seamen have rendered account. I Instructions are given for the Navy Board to pay the Commissioners what they think appropriate.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-11-27 ADM/A/1770/167
The Treasury has authorised the Commissioners for Prizes to release timber and plank on board the Prize at Woolwich brought in by the JERSEY. Instructions are given for the Navy Board to liaise with the Commissioners for Prizes and to make out Bills for the timber judged suitable for Navy use.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-11-29 ADM/A/1770/109
The DRAGON has been ordered into Portsmouth for a refit for service in the Channel. She is to surveyed however and a report on her defects is to be sent to the Admiralty. Repairs are to be carried out urgently and three months Provisions are to be provided.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-11-03 ADM/A/1770/115
Requiring the Master Shipwright to be interviewed regarding four Shipwrights not being entered in Woolwich Yard; and unless the four men are incompetent the Admiralty expects them to be entered in HM Yards at Deptford and Woolwich as previously ordered.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-11-29 ADM/A/1770/101
Colonels Churchill and Hastings and Captains Skelton and Hopson have informed the Admiralty that they are aware of Men who are prepared to serve voluntarily aboard the ships to which the above named Officers may eventually be assigned.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-11-29 ADM/A/1770/105
Following disappointing Spring Tides, the Master Shipwright and Master Attendant at Chatham have opined that the preparing of ships for sea can be satisfactorily and more speedily performed by hauling down and breaming at the Hulk as opposed to be docked.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-11-04 ADM/A/1770/120
Ordering the FUBBS now at Deptford to be cleaned and refitted for service in the Channel. Her Officers and Company are to be paid.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-11-05 ADM/A/1770/122
The eleven Fireships named in the margin of this letter are ordered into the Thames to be paid off and laid up - some at Deptford and others at Woolwich.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-11-08 ADM/A/1770/126
Enquiring as to which Flag Officers serving in the Mediterranean have been paid and whether there is a precedent for paying Flag Officers detached from the Fleet and serving in the Channel.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-11-22 ADM/A/1770/69
Authorising the distribution of a large sum of money under various heads.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-11-27 ADM/A/1770/89
Ordering the PLYMOUTH to be cleaned and refitted at Portsmouth and supplied with three months Victuals as a matter of urgency.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-11-24 ADM/A/1770/79
Requiring the Stores aboard the ST ALBANS at Portsmouth to be urgently made up to four months.