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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-04-24 ADM/A/1829/241
Mr Roger Tubeley was appointed by Order of Admiral Russell dated July 26th 1695 to serve as a Volunteer on board the SUFFOLK, Captain Roger Belwood Commander. We direct you to make the usual allowance to Mr Tubeley for the time he served in that capacity on the said Ship.
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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-04-24 ADM/A/1829/239
Warrant for the appointment of Humphrey Hayward to be Carpenter of the Bomb Vessel BASILISK.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-04-22 ADM/A/1829/221
Warrant for the appointment of Abraham Daniel to be Master Cook of the BLACKWALL.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-04-22 ADM/A/1829/225
According to what you propose in your letter of yesterday's date we have ordered the DISCOVERY Brigantine to Sheerness to be cleaned and refitted. We direct you to do this without any loss of time, and the Provisions on board her to be completed to the proportion first ordered.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-04-25 ADM/A/1829/251
Some days since, the HARWICH ran upon the rocks when leaving Hamoze, between the Island and the Mainland on the Cornwall side.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-09-30 ADM/A/1799/331
Her Majesty having been pleased by her two Orders in Council dated September 12th to refer to this Board two Petitions, one of John Hocker, late Instrument to the Clerk of the Cheque at Portsmouth, and the other of Robert Ruffen, House Carpenter, Anthony Surrenden, Bricklayer, and other Workmen of t…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-02-27 ADM/A/1827/285
The Navy Board has written to the Secretary of the Admiralty Board with a copy to the Treasurer of the Navy stating that the Comptroller has returned from paying the ships at Spithead and Portsmouth due to lack of ready money and that the service has come to a full stop.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-10-03 ADM/A/1800/20
The careening and provisioning of the ROYAL OAK at Portsmouth is to be proceeded with without delay.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-02-26 ADM/A/1827/279
A letter has been received from Colonel Richards concerning the fitting out of Bomb Vessels a copy of which is enclosed.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-10-06 ADM/A/1800/62
Requiring works to ships recalled and paid off to be put in hand as soon as funds become available.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-10-06 ADM/A/1800/68
Orders are to be sent by express requiring that the ten ships at Portsmouth, together with the Fireships, Bomb Vessels and Brigantines that are to accompany them, are to be victualed for two months as a matter of urgency.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-02-26 ADM/A/1827/291
Directing that all necessary Orders be sent by express covering the supplying of all HM Ships with Stores, Provisions and necessaries as Admiral Russell shall require, without waiting for corroborative Orders from the Admiralty; and that the ships shall be cleaned and refitted if the Admiral require…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) ADM/A/1800/44
Warrant appointing Robert Morshead to be Master Blockmaker at Plymouth Yard.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-10-03 ADM/A/1800/22
The Master Attendant at Chatham has reported a severe shortage of Riggers. Instructions are given to divert suitable seamen from ships to fill their places.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-11-11 ADM/A/1801/131
A detailed survey is to be undertaken of the Victuals held in various ports; and a report is to be submitted.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-10-07 ADM/A/1800/84
The GREENWICH is expected at Spithead but should she call at Plymouth first she is to be taken in hand there.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-09-13 ADM/A/1799/145
In pursuance of her Majesty's pleasure, signified to this Board by Sir John Trenchard , a Principal Secretary of State, we direct you to cause the eleven Ships named in the margin to have such works performed to them at Spithead as may be needed for fitting them for Sea Service this Winter , an…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-09-28 ADM/A/1799/308
We direct you to cause some of your Board Members to go down the River Thames and make diligent enquiries what Merchant Ships to carry thirty Guns and upwards, fitting to be employed as Men of War, can be hired, and in what time they can be got ready . Report as soon as may be.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-09-01 ADM/A/1799/20
Warrant for Thomas Smith to be appointed Master Cook of the hired ship SMIRNA MERCHANT
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-09-29 ADM/A/1799/325
In our letter of yesterday we directed you to furnish the hired Ship CORONATION with so many Men from the ASSURANCE and GUERNSEY (with a fitting Officer from each Ship to Command them) as with those she now has will be sufficient to sail her from Longreach to the Nore, but the CORONATION not yet bei…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-09-30 ADM/A/1799/363
We direct you to cause the Company belonging to the Fireships MACHINE and GRIFFIN, now in the River Thames, to be put to whole allowance of Provisions, and that they do spend on their Sea Victuals, or be furnished with Petty Warrant, according as the Victualling Commissioners think most for the Serv…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-11-16 ADM/A/1801/188
Bills of Exchange drawn for Sir George Rooke are to be made over to Sir Francis Wheeler for use of the squadron bound for the Mediterranean and requiring that the provisions earmarked for the squadron be despatched without delay.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-11-16 ADM/A/1801/186
Enclosing a copy of a report from the Commissioners for Public Accounts that was today presented to the House of Commons and requiring the Navy Board to make their observations by tomorrow evening. The copy is to be returned. (No report enclosed).
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-11-15 ADM/A/1801/180
The PRINCE GEORGE, now at the Nore, is said to be unseaworthy. She is to be carefully surveyed and the Board is to advise where she is to be repaired.