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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1699-04-04 ADM/A/1864/41
Referring to the Petition of Thomas Harvey forwarded with a letter from the Commissioners for Victualing the Victualing Board is to be instructed to decide what allowance should be made to Harvey now that he is going as an Agent to Cadiz.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1699-04-04 ADM/A/1864/43
Ordering compensation to be paid to the owners of the GABRIEL Machine Vessel off Dunkirk when the Captain was ordered by Lord Berkeley to slip his cable and move in towards the pier and both anchor and cable were lost.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1699-04-04 ADM/A/1864/45
Sir Cloudesley Shovell and Commissioner Willshaw are going to Portsmouth to survey the Docks accompanied by the Master Shipwright from Chatham and his Assistants. Mr Strong and Mr Beauchamp who are skilled in stonework and masonry will also assist.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1699-04-04 ADM/A/1864/47
Enclosing a copy of a list of Stores required for the Squadron in the Straits. The Board is instructed to supplement it with any Stores not previously sent.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1699-04-06 ADM/A/1864/63
Warrant appointing Thomas Jennings, Boatswain of the GUERNSEY, to be Boatswain of the PORTLAND in place of Thomas Wooten who has been moved to the GUERNSEY. Countersigned by Josiah Burchett, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1699-04-06 ADM/A/1864/65
Authorising payment of Richard Terry's wages as Gunner in the ST ALBANS Prize despite the fact that he did not possess a Warrant due to his appointment having been made in Virginia where the ship sailed before the said Warrant could be delivered to him.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1699-04-10 ADM/A/1864/67
Acknowledging the Navy Board's recommendations regarding the removal of "Q's" and "R's" from the names of a number of Men and agreeing to their removal or reduction.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1699-04-15 ADM/A/1864/71
Agreeing to the lengthening of the EDGAR by the keel and authorising other improvements.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1699-03-02 ADM/A/1863/23
Giving the result of a Court Martial held aboard the DREADNOUGHT at Plymouth in which Second Lieutenant Covill Maine was fined two months wages for lewd conduct.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1699-03-03 ADM/A/1863/38
Pumps invented by Robert Ledgingham are to be trialled in the SOUTHAMPTON. Orders are to be given for holes to be cut in her hull as well as apertures in her decks to facilitate the trials.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1699-02-25 ADM/A/1862/287
Our Secretary wrote to you on 22 February about the letter from Captain Braxton and Captain Hargreaves, asking to be reimbursed money they have paid to soldiers of their company that went to Newfoundland, under the command of Colonel Gibson, for their short allowance.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1699-03-17 ADM/A/1863/138
The Guardships at Portsmouth, Plymouth and Chatham are to be maintained as sea-going fighting ships in order to meet contingencies. Three new Lieutenants are to be appointed together with a Midshipman. The Board is asked to advise on the complement of Men required to suit the ships' new status.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1699-03-10 ADM/A/1863/90
The Commissioners of Victualling have been ordered to send further Provisions to Vice Admiral Aylmer, Commander of the Squadron in the Straits; but doubt has arisen as to how long his existing supplies may last, together with concern that the supplies already ordered have still not been dispatched.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1699-03-10 ADM/A/1863/92
Dealing with the action to be taken concerning a number of Petitions for the removal of "Q's" and "R's".
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1699-04-29 ADM/A/1864/232
Confirming the award of a Commission by Admiral Benbow Commander in Chief in the West Indies in January of this year appointing John Oakes to be Lieutenant of the DUNKIRK. And requiring he be paid.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1699-04-29 ADM/A/1864/242
A "Q" has been put against the name of John Seville - otherwise known as John Civill - on the Books of the LEWIS Prize. Instructions are given for the "Q" to be removed and for his wages to be paid to Sir John Poole or such other person as he shall nominate.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1699-04-29 ADM/A/1864/246
Proposals put forward by a Mr Hammond for the preservation of ships in harbour from decay are not to be proceeded with; but the suggestions made by Officers at Chatham to remove the bulkheads forming the Powder Rooms and Bread Rooms in the Holds of ships are to go ahead.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1699-04-27 ADM/A/1864/204
Enclosing a report on the condition of the Docks at Portsmouth and the Docks and Buildings at Plymouth that indicate that repairs are required and requesting an opinion as to how matters are to be taken forward.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1699-04-29 ADM/A/1864/228
Enclosing the Petition of Lady Laton, the Mother of the late Captain John Laton who was killed taking the MAGDALEN a French Privateer delivered to Officers in the Yard at Plymouth.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1699-04-25 ADM/A/1864/176
A number of ships named in the margin have been ordered to proceed to the Downs. The Commissioners for Victualing are to be instructed to provide a sufficient quantity of victuals to enable all ships to make up their stores to two months.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1699-04-25 ADM/A/1864/178
Requiring that the Commissioners for Victualing be instructed to send a year's foodstuffs to Newfoundland aboard the Hampshire sufficient for sixty-one Soldiers. The money to be requested from the Treasury.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1699-04-26 ADM/A/1864/186
Acknowledging the input of the Navy Board in the removal of "Q's" and "R's" from the names of Men listed in a Petition and giving instructions as to the course of action to be taken in each case.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1699-04-22 ADM/A/1864/157
Acknowledging the input of the Navy Board in the removal of "Q's" and "R's" from the names of Men listed in a Petition and giving instructions as to the course of action to be taken in each case.