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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-07-26 ADM/A/1821/218
In pursuance of the Lord Justices' directions to this Board we direct you to cause an allowance of half pay to be made to the Widow of Captain John Bridges, late Commander of the VANGUARD, from the time that Captain Fairborne succeeded him in that Ship until his death on the 3rd July 1694.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1691-06-12 ADM/A/1775/42
A pension of £300 a year to be paid to Mrs Rebeccah Hayter, widow of Mr Thomas Hayter, late Principal Officer and Commissioner.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-08-05 ADM/A/1822/39
A petition has been presented by Mary Nichols, widow, setting forth that her late husband Isaac Nichols going to New England as Master of the CONCEPTION prize, was accidentally killed on board on 5 March 1691.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-08-09 ADM/A/1822/71
Elizabeth Taylor, widow of Captain Thomas Taylor, late Captain of the NONSUCH, has petitioned this Board setting forth that her husband disbursed the sum of £350 for fitting out His Majesty's ships in New England.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) ADM/A/1778/125
Petition of the widow of [Blansh] Collwine late Gunner of the TIGER Prize who is applying for compensation for the loss of her husband following a shore engagement.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-09-12 ADM/A/1811/122
Sarah Andrews, Widow of James Andrews, late Master of the DOVER, YORK and SUSSEX has presented a Petition to this Board stating that her Husband was removed at sea from one of these Ships to another, giving him no opportunity of delivering into your Office the respective Journals, but that he had th…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-02-07 ADM/A/1827/83
Issuing instructions for a pension of seventy pounds per annum is to be paid to Elizabeth Harman widow of Captain William Harman late Commander of the ADVICE who died on active service in the West Indies.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-02-29 ADM/A/1781/194
Upon the humble petition of the widows of the seamen of the CORONATION, which by weather and the springing of a leak was cast away near Plymouth, praying His Majesty's Bounty Money for their loss, His Majesty is pleased to grant 4 1/2 months of their husbands' pay and allowances at the ti…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-02-17 ADM/A/1781/105
Your report of 12 February on the petition of Margaret Pratt, widow of John Pratt, Mariner which states that it appears by a certificate from Captain Carter, late Commander of the PLYMOUTH, that John Pratt was killed in an engagement with the French at Bantry Bay on 1 May 1689.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-04-21 ADM/A/1829/209
In pursuance of HM 's pleasure signified to this Board you are directed to cause a Pension of fifty pounds per annum to be settled and paid to Elizabeth Taylor, Widow of Captain Thomas Taylor, late Commander of the NONSUCH, in consideration of the loss of her husband, who was killed in service …
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-07-27 ADM/A/1785/252
We direct you to make inquiry and Report to this Board what Pensions have been settled on the Navy, or otherwise, to the Widows of Flag, and other Commissioned Officers, who have been slain in their Majesties' service at Sea.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-07-06 ADM/A/1785/45
We direct you to cause the Guns and Shot which the Plymouth Yard Commissioner informed you had been found on board the Hulk in Cattwater, to be delivered into the custody of the Ordnance Officers at Plymouth, and a receipt taken for the same.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1691-05-30 ADM/A/1774/330
Vessels are required for carrying impressed Watermen to ships fitting out in the Thames; and apportioning them between the ADVENTURER, the MARY GALLEY and the CONSTANT WARWICK.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-06-24 ADM/A/1784/249
Enclosing a list of names of Watermen who are to proceed to Deptford to man the forty Shallops ordered to be brought round to Portsmouth at the rate of five watermen per Shallop one of whom is to be made responsible for the equipment and Stores belonging to each vessel.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-02-13 ADM/A/1804/178
The Masters and Rulers of Watermens' Hall have been directed to deliver three hundred watermen to Captain Holyman of the CHARLES Fireship and to Lieutenant Johnson of the ST.ANDREW for onward delivery to Portsmouth.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-09-01 ADM/A/1799/12
Pursuant to her Majesties pleasure signified to this Board by the Rt. Hon.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-09-27 ADM/A/1799/285
In pursuance of her Majesty's pleasure, signified by Sir John Trenchard, Principal Secretary of state, we are sending enclosed a list of their Majesties' Ships and Vessels of the Main Fleet for 1693.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-09-27 ADM/A/1799/289
Having appointed the ROYAL KATHERINE to lie at the Buoy of the Nore for procuring Men in place of the EAGLE, we direct you to cause the vessels which were appointed to EAGLE to attend on the ROYAL KATHERINE, enabling the Commander of that ship to perform his expected Service.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-09-14 ADM/A/1799/153
Direct you, upon the arrival of the GUERNSEY and ASSURANCE at Deptford, to cause them to be surveyed and report to this Board what repairs will be necessary to put them into a condition for the Sea again, and how long will these take.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-09-05 ADM/A/1799/50
Direct you to give immediate Orders for putting some Tarpaulin Covering on the Well Boats at Portsmouth , to keep out the weather and sea, as also making some convenience abaft the said Boats for sheltering men in bad weather according as the person shall desire , which will be sent to Portsmouth b…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-09-08 ADM/A/1799/77
It appears to us by an Oath, enclosed in your letter of the 6th inst; taken by several Masters of Fishing Smacks before the Mayor of Rye, that the Smack HOPEWELL belonging to Thomas Hipper of Barking in Essex, together with her apparel, lost in attempting to assist the FALMOUTH in distress in Rye B…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-09-19 ADM/A/1799/205
In explanation to what is desired by the Victualling Commissioners in a letter to you of the 15th inst; concerning our former Orders for Victualling the Ships and vessels named in the margin, which are appointed for a particular service, we direct you to cause such of the ships that have not alread…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-09-05 ADM/A/1799/52
A letter from John Pollard has informed us that notwithstanding he acted as a Clerk to Captain Lawrence Wright, Commander of the MARY, in the West Indies, he is paid only as an able seaman.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-09-27 ADM/A/1799/283
Warrant for Thomas Teage, Master Carpenter of the Fireship JOSEPH, to be appointed Master Carpenter of the new Fourth Rate ship building at Southampton.