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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-03-30
ADM/A/1782/248
Ordering the ST ALBANS to be cleaned and refitted at Portsmouth for service in the Channel and victualled for four months.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-03-30
ADM/A/1782/246
Approving and returning an Estimate for constructing a new hatchelling house at Chatham.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-08-24
ADM/A/1798/208
Your letter of 22 August proposed that ships and vessels employed in the Irish Sea, should be mustered upon their coming to Liverpool and parts thereabouts, and that Mr Bourk, an ancient Purser, is proposed for that employment with a salary of £50 per annum.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-07-29
ADM/A/1832/294
The Commissioners of the Victualling have advised us in their letter of 28 July, that the 4 months victuals which they were ordered to supply to the fleet will be sent on 20 August.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-07-29
ADM/A/1832/292
Edward Urine, late Carpenter of the QUAKER ketch is to be appointed Master Carpenter of the MAIDSTONE, in place of the former dismissed for embezzlement. You are to enter him accordingly together with such allowance of wages and victuals for himself and servant.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-08-17
ADM/A/1798/182
Your letter of yesterday advised us that the new 4th Rate building by Mr Robert Castell at Deptford, will be ready to launch on 24 August and we have named her the NORWICH.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-08-17
ADM/A/1798/178
You are directed to have the GOODWIN, upon her arrival at Sheerness, cleaned and refitted for service in the Channel and victualled for 2 months.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-07-27
ADM/A/1832/268
Elias Luney, late Gunner of the JOSEPH hired ship, is to be appointed Master Gunner of the THUNDERBOLT prize. You are to enter him accordingly together with such allowance of wages and victuals for himself and servant. His warrant is to be dated 27 July 1696.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-08-21
ADM/A/1798/192
You are directed to consider the survey we sent to you of the ships in the fleet and to report your opinion of which ships are in condition for sea, and which are to be brought into harbour and where will be most convenient to lay up the other great ships when they are ordered into harbour.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-07-27
ADM/A/1832/278
You are directed to have the JOLLY prize on her arrival at Plymouth, cleaned and refitted for service in the Channel and victualled for 10 weeks with all dispatch. The LANCASTER now at Portsmouth is to be cleaned and refitted for service in the Channel and victualled for 10 weeks.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-07-27
ADM/A/1832/272
John Maynard, late Carpenter of the FRIENDLY SOCIETY hired ship, is to be appointed Master Carpenter of the THUNDERBOLT prize. You are to enter him accordingly together with such allowance of wages and victuals for himself and servant. His warrant is to be dated 27 July 1696.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-08-16
ADM/A/1798/158
Having ordered the GOODWIN prize to Dover to be cleaned and refitted for service in the Channel, you are directed to have this done as soon as possible and to have her provisions completed to 2 months.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-03-26
ADM/A/1782/222
Confirming the hiring of NEW AFRICA as a Man-of-War and ordering its fitting out. Details are given of the ship and armaments and the size of Crew to be employed in given circumstances.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-03-26
ADM/A/1782/220
The Navy Board has proposed that the TANGERINE should serve in the West Indies but the Admiralty are doubtful whether the recent repairs to her hull have been truly effective. And require confirmation. Ten named Fireships have been ordered to proceed to Sheerness for cleaning.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-08-15
ADM/A/1798/154
Upon consideration of your letter of 24 July, we agreed to pay Captain Torpley wages due to him for his service in the ships LION and EDGAR, to the time when we agreed to forgive Commanders for not complying with the Instructions of the Admiralty, but not to pay him to the time of his suspension.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-03-25
ADM/A/1782/218
Warrant appointing Christopher Brimsden to be Boatswain of the LENNOX in place of the former who has been moved to the Hulk at Plymouth. Countersigned by James Southerne, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-08-15
ADM/A/1798/156
John Greirson is to be appointed Gunner of the ENGLAND hired ship. You are to enter him accordingly together with such allowance of wages and victuals for himself and servant. His warrant is to be dated 15 August 1693.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
ADM/A/1832/248
The ST MALO at Kingroad, having lain so long for want of her ordnance and stores that her provisions are almost expended. She being required on immediate service you are directed to give orders that her provisions be completed to 10 weeks from Bristol, as soon as possibly may be.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-08-16
ADM/A/1798/162
Captain Wisheart was removed from the PEARL into the MARY galley, in 1690, and was then immediately ordered away to Carrickfergus Roads to Dublin by Sir Cloudesley Shovell and had no opportunity to deliver the muster books and other papers to his successor.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-08-16
ADM/A/1798/168
Joseph Gascoigne is to be appointed Purser of the CORONATION hired ship. You are to enter him accordingly together with such allowance of wages and victuals for himself and servant. His warrant is to be dated 16 August 1693.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-08-16
ADM/A/1798/164
John Bately, late Master Carpenter of the HAWK fireship, is to be appointed Master Carpenter of the new 5th Rate building by Mr Ellis at Shoreham. You are to enter him accordingly, as soon as she is ready to receive him, together with such allowance of wages and victuals for himself and servant.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-07-25
ADM/A/1832/254
You are directed to have the MONK, upon arrival at Sheerness, supplied with a new foremast and cleaned and refitted for service in the Channel, victualling her for 10 weeks.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-07-24
ADM/A/1832/250
John Reed is to be appointed Purser of the THUNDER BOLT prize. You are to enter him accordingly together with such allowance of wages and victuals for himself and servant. His warrant is to be dated 24 July 1696.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-08-14
ADM/A/1798/136
James Peake is to be appointed Master Carpenter of the SMYRNA MERCHANT hired ship. You are to enter him accordingly together with such allowance of wages and victuals for himself and servant. His warrant is to be dated 14 August 1693.
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