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Document signed by George Rooke, 1650-1709, Admiral of the Fleet and Admiralty Commissioner under King William III and Charles Cornwallis, Third Baron Cornwallis, 1655-1698, served as First Lord of the Admiralty, 1692-1693. (Manuscript)
1694-11-10
ADM/A/1813/91
When the RUPERT, Prize, arrives at Yarmouth Roads, she is to be provisioned for 6 weeks.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-11-12
ADM/A/1813/109
1. The FUBBS, Yacht, now at Deptford, is to be fitted for sea.
2. Mr Meesters is to be receive £500 for paying several pilots.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-11-12
ADM/A/1813/107
1. The IPSWICH is to proceed from the Downs to Spithead, where she is to be provisioned for a 4 month voyage to the Straits in convoy.
2. The CROWNE and DOVER are to proceed from the Downs to Spithead, where they are to be provisioned for a voyage to Portugal.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-11-17
ADM/A/1813/162
Warrant appointing Thomas Jones to be Master Cook of the BLAZE, Fireship; his predecessor being deceased.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-11-19
ADM/A/1813/174
The SWANN, at Portsmouth, is to be cleaned and refitted for service in the Channel.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-11-17
ADM/A/1813/172
The ANGLESEY, having a sickly crew, is ordered into the Hamoaze, Plymouth, where her stores and provisions are to be landed and her ballast jettisoned. She is then to be scrubbed and tarred, and her decks washed with vinegar.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-11-19
ADM/A/1813/188
Warrant appointing Joseph Dixon, late Cook of the SEA FLOWER, to be Master Cook of the LOYALTY; his predecessor having been removed.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-11-19
ADM/A/1813/182
1. The KATHERINE, Yacht, at Deptford, is to cleaned, refitted and made ready for sea.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-11-23
ADM/A/1813/239
John Hall and Daniel Wilkinson, seamen, have been executed on board the ELIZABETH at the Nore, for mutiny. The wages due to them for their service in the HAMPTON COURT and ELIZABETH, are to be paid to whoever is lawfully empowered to receive them.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-11-22
ADM/A/1813/233
When the LOYALTY, Hired Ship, arrives at the Nore Buoy, she is to be surveyed and an assessment made as to her suitability for continued service.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-11-26
ADM/A/1813/249
Warrant appointing John Crawford, to be Master Gunner of the ALBROUGH, Ketch; his predecessor having been appointed to the HAWK, Fireship.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-11-26
ADM/A/1813/253
The ROEBUCK, Fireship, is to be cleaned and refitted for service in the Channel and victualled for three months.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-11-27
ADM/A/1813/269
When the SWEEPSTAKE arrives at Woolwich, she is to be cleaned and refitted for service in the Channel and victualled for three months.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-11-20
ADM/A/1813/196
Ordering the payment of Philip Hussey's [Hussy?] wages for his service as Third Lieutenant of the SUSSEX; his journal having been lost in the PEMBROKE when she was taken by the French.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-11-21
ADM/A/1813/217
Warrant appointing Daniel Call, late Boatswain of the NEPTUNE to be Boatswain of the ROYAL WILLIAM; his predecessor being deceased.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-11-21
ADM/A/1813/223
The SWIFTSURE, at the Nore Buoy, is to be immediately provisioned for 2 months. When she is next in want of provisions she is to be supplied with sufficient for 3 months.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-11-27
ADM/A/1813/277
Following an enquiry held at the Admiralty yesterday, it has been decided that Robert Barnett, Master Ropemaker at Portsmouth, shall be discharged in consequence of his failing to attend to his duties; this having led to inferior rope being produced and material being wasted.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-11-27
ADM/A/1813/273
The ROCHESTER, now at the Buoy of the Nore, is to supplied with the stores and provisions necessary for a four month voyage to Portugal.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-10-22
ADM/A/1812/267
Directing that the accounts of the Capital Ships are to end at the time the foremast men are paid off together with the second payment to the Petty Officers; and directing that payment be made.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-10-22
ADM/A/1812/263
Requiring more bread to be ordered for the troops destined for the Jamaica Expedition, as well as for the Independent Company of men, their Officers and the men belonging to the Ordnance. An estimate of charge is to be forwarded to the Committee for Trade and Plantations.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-10-23
ADM/A/1812/273
Thomas Power of Bideford is to be paid six pounds for recovering a longboat that had been carried into Ilfracombe before being delivered to the PRINCE of ORANGE whose receipt is enclosed.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-10-23
ADM/A/1812/271
Warrant appointing Edmond Talbott to be Boatswain and Gunner of the GOODWIN Prize in place of the former for not attending to his duty. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-10-27
ADM/A/1812/325
Warrant appointing George Potts to be Master Carpenter of the BONAVENTURE Hired ship in place of the former who has died. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-10-30
ADM/A/1812/335
Warrant appointing John Tucker, late Boatswain of the JULIAN Bomb vessel, to be Boatswain of the MACHINE Fireship in place of the former who has been moved to the BONAVENTURE. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
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