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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-08-07 ADM/A/1798/77
Your letter of 4 August desired to know whether the EAGLE at the Buoy of the Nore should be put on Petty Warrant for provisions as the commander had informed you that he had been directed not to spend his sea provisions.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-07-17 ADM/A/1832/169
You are directed to have the LINCOLN at Plymouth, cleaned and re-fitted there for service in the Channel and victualled for 3 months.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-08-08 ADM/A/1798/89
You are directed to have the company of the JOSEPH fireship, at Portsmouth, except commissioned and warrant officers, turned over to the CAMBRIDGE.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-07-22 ADM/A/1785/203
We direct you to cause the CROWN upon her arrival at Portsmouth, where she is ordered to be cleaned and refitted for Channel service, to be victualled for three months, or as much as she can conveniently stow.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-08-08 ADM/A/1798/85
You are directed, upon the arrival of the DOVER at Portsmouth, to have her cleaned and refitted for service in the Channel and victualled for 3 months with all possible dispatch.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-03-14 ADM/A/1782/126
Warrant appointing Captain Gyles Shelley, Master Gunner of the PRINCE, to be Master Gunner of the ST GEORGE in place of the former who has been moved to the LONDON. Countersigned by James Southerne, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-03-14 ADM/A/1782/124
Warrant appointing John Tilly, late Master Gunner of the CONSTANT WARWICK, to be Master Gunner of the ADVICE in place of the former who has been moved to a new Third Rate building in a Private Yard. Countersigned by James Southerne, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-07-17 ADM/A/1832/175
You are directed to have a survey taken of the ESSEX prize, now at the Buoy of the Nore, and report you opinion whether she is in a fit condition to go to sea.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-07-17 ADM/A/1832/173
By our order of yesterday you were directed to have Captain Sanderson, Commander of the WILLIAM & MARY yacht, Captain Guy of the MARY yacht, and Captain Milleson of the KATHERINE yacht, to be suspended until His Majesty's pleasure is known.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-08-05 ADM/A/1798/61
Whereas you have informed us by your letter of the 2nd instant that twill be more for their Majesties' Service to hire the Merchant ship now in the river of Thames called the ST MICHAEL, than to buy her of the owner, we do hereby desire and direct you, forthwith to proceed to the hiring of the …
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-08-07 ADM/A/1798/63
Several Hamburg merchants, having been with us this afternoon, desired that one of their ships appointed convoy to go to the East Country, may proceed before that convoy as far as the River Elbe, and then on to Elsinore to join the other ships.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-08-05 ADM/A/1798/59
You are directed to proceed to hire a merchant ship the ENGLAND frigate from her owners at easiest rate that may be, to serve as a man-of-war, and to let us know your opinion as to what number of men and number and nature of guns will be fitting.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-08-05 ADM/A/1798/55
Your letter of yesterday informed us that two merchant ships, the CORONATION and the RUSSELL galley, now in the Thames, are the most fitting to be employed as men-of-war in their Majesties' service.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-07-15 ADM/A/1832/147
You are directed to pay Mrs Penotier the sum of £100, out of the money in the hands of the Treasurer of the Navy, for his Majesty's tenths of prizes taken from the enemy, in consideration of the loss of Mr Edward Penotier, late first Lieutenant of the WINCHESTER killed on shore in the West Indi…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-08-07 ADM/A/1798/73
Your letter of 4 August advised us that you had treated with several merchant shipwrights on the Thames, for building two small 6th Rate frigates for their Majesties, and that they insist on upwards of 4 months time and £8 per ton for building, alleging the dearness of timber.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-03-17 ADM/A/1782/148
Requiring the WOLF Hired ship to be supplied with eight months Victuals for a voyage to New York and Virginia.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-07-16 ADM/A/1832/159
You are directed to have the ANGLESEA, upon arrival at Portsmouth, to be cleaned and refitted there for service in the Channel and victualled for 10 weeks.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-03-11 ADM/A/1782/95
Warrant appointing William Bond to be Master Shipwright's Assistant at Woolwich. Countersigned by James Southerne, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-03-11 ADM/A/1782/85
Warrant appointing Christopher Lovelace, Purser of the new Third Rate building at Portsmouth, to be Purser of the DUKE in place of the former who has been discharged for neglect of duty. Countersigned by James Southerne, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-03-14 ADM/A/1782/122
The Commander of the MONCK has reported that the rudder is unsafe. A survey of the ship is ordered at the Nore with a recommendation as to which Yard she is to be sent for repair.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-03-14 ADM/A/1782/120
Increasing the Salary of the Clerk of the Survey at Sheerness to sixty pounds per annum.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-03-14 ADM/A/1782/111
The Petition of Matthew Wood who has served as a Purser more than twenty years but due to age is no longer able to discharge his duties. On the reverse is a note referring the Petition to the Navy Board for opinion and report.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-03-14 ADM/A/1782/109
Warrant appointing Thomas Adams, Master Gunner of the LONDON, to be Master Gunner of the PRINCE in place of the former who has been moved to the ST GEORGE. Countersigned by James Southerne, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-03-14 ADM/A/1782/107
Warrant appointing William Hodges, Master Gunner of the ST GEORGE, to be Master Gunner of the LONDON in place of the former who has been moved to the PRINCE. Countersigned by James Southerne, Admiralty Board Secretary.