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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-07-12 ADM/A/1785/116

Warrant for the appointment of William Marlen to be Master Carpenter of the hired Bomb Vessel CHARITY.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-08-01 ADM/A/1798/6

We think it necessary for the EAGLE, appointed to lie at the Buoy of the Nore to procure men for the fleet, should have such quantity of provisions, both wet and dry, constantly on board so that ships and vessels coming to the Buoy of the Nore and in want of provisions, may receive them more speedil…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-07-12 ADM/A/1785/99

Warrant for the appointment of William Coates to be Boatswain of their Majesties' Yard at Deptford.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-07-11 ADM/A/1797/255

Settling a Pension on Captain Captain Christopher Mason of the LONDON now discharged.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-07-11 ADM/A/1785/95

Admiral Russell has in a late letter informed us that the most part of the Surgeons now in the Fleet are not much better than Barbers Boys.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1691-01-11 ADM/A/1780/285

Her Majesty has by her Order in Council dated the 4th June 1691 referred to this Board the Petition of the late Company of Shipwrights in Redrith in the County of Surrey, and other Master Shipwrights of England and Wales, together with some additional heads thereunto annexed, proposed by the Petiti…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1691-01-29 ADM/A/1780/283

Warrant for the appointment of William Marline to be Master Carpenter of the Fireship FOX.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1691-01-29 ADM/A/1780/271

By our Order to you of the 19th inst; you were directed to give notice to the Seamen belonging to their Majesties' Ships that no Tickets which had already been or should thereafter be given them by the Commanders of the Ships to which they belong would protect them longer than the 30th day of…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1691-01-29 ADM/A/1780/279

The Court Martial which lately enquired into the loss of the MARY ROSE and CONSTANT WARWICK, having adjudged that the Commanders and Officers of these Ships did their duty in the fight which they had with the French Men of War, which took the Ships, we direct you to cause the Commanders and Officers…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1691-01-27 ADM/A/1780/260

Warrant for the appointment of Thomas Moullam to be Boatswain of the Fireship HUNTER.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-06-02 ADM/A/1796/219

The Victualling Commissioners informed your Board that they cannot give you any account of what Provisions have been put on board the Ships of the Main Fleet till they receive the indents and accounts from Portsmouth of the ships that were victualled there.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-06-28 ADM/A/1796/204

Warrant for the appoinment of John Whitnall to be Boatswain of the Bomb Vessell FIREDRAKE.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-06-27 ADM/A/1796/198

We direct you to cause the Commander, Lieutenants and all other Officers and Company of the OXFORD (except the Warrant Officers) to be turned over to the SWIFTSURE, and that the repairs of the OXFORD ( which is ordered into Portsmouth for that purpose) be forthwith taken in hand and dispatched as so…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-06-28 ADM/A/1796/200

Pursuant to her Majesty's pleasure, signified to this Board by Sir John Trenchard, Principal Secretary of State, we direct you to cause all possible dispatch be made in the fitting out of the Ships designed for the Fleet, and particularly the the SWIFTSURE, EAGLE and DEFIANCE, and you are to or…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-06-29 ADM/A/1796/208

Having received from the Admirals, the Agent for Commissioning of the Victualling Accounts of provisions in the fleet, by which it appears that the same is far short of the proportion ordered for them when they first went to sea, which was four months at whole allowance, we send you the said account…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-06-29 ADM/A/1796/213

We send you enclosed an extract of a letter from the Admirals of the Fleet concerning the want of Necessaries for Sick Men in the Fleet, and direct you to take care that a fitting supply thereof is hastened to the Fleet.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-06-29 ADM/A/1796/211

We direct you to cause the DEFIANCE to be carried down to and moored in safety at Blackstakes by the Riggers and Ordinary at Chatham, without staying for the arrival of the Commander of the said Ship.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1691-01-26 ADM/A/1780/248

Warrant for the appointment of Thomas Crisp to be Master Cook of the new third Rate Ship building in a Merchant Yard at Bursledon.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-06-26 ADM/A/1796/182

We direct you to cause the DEFIANCE at Chatham to be fitted out for Channel service and supplied with four months Victuals or as much as she can conveniently stow.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-06-24 ADM/A/1796/176

We direct you, as soon as the CHARLES GALLEY has taken on board her Guns, Stores and Provisions, to cause her to be carried down to the Buoy of the Nore by the Ordinary and Riggers, where she will be furnished with Men from the hired Ship WOLF.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1691-01-26 ADM/A/1780/244

Warrant for the appointment of Thomas Bryon to be Purser of the FALCON.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-06-26 ADM/A/1796/178

Warrant for the appointment of John Richards to be Purser of the DREADNOUGHT.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-06-27 ADM/A/1796/192

Warrant for the appointment of Thomas Skelton to be Master Cook of the Bomb Vessel MORTAR.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-06-27 ADM/A/1796/190

The Fleet Admirals have informed us that the Agent to the Victualling Commissioners at Plymouth had no Provisions at that place sufficient for two ships lately sent in there.…