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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-08-30
ADM/A/1810/317
Wedirect you forthwith to give directions for the Ordinary and Riggers of Chatham Yard to assist Captain Billop, Commander of the LONDON, in carrying that Ship from Blackstakes up to Chatham.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-08-30
ADM/A/1810/319
We direct you to cause the SANDADOES Prize and the HIND Pink at Portsmouth, and the MONTAGUE at Sheerness, to be cleaned and refitted at those places with all possible dispatch for Service in the Channe, and furnished with three months Provisions.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-06-24
ADM/A/1784/174
Requiring a small sum of money to be imprest to Mr Samuel Pett for meeting the expenses of this Office.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-06-24
ADM/A/1784/180
Requiring that William Burrell late Boatswain of the GREENWICH who lost a leg in an action with the enemy be paid a full year's pay as ordered by Court Martial.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-06-23
ADM/A/1784/168
Requiring the DOVER to be surveyed at the NORE following her running aground at Gravelines together with a recommendation as to which Yard she is to be sent for repair.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-06-23
ADM/A/1784/166
Very urgently requiring the MARY Yacht to cleaned and refitted.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-06-23
ADM/A/1784/164
Very urgently requiring the PEARL to be refitted for service in the Channel and supplied with three months Victuals.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-06-23
ADM/A/1784/162
Requiring that the Commissioners for Victualling be instructed to order their Agent at Plymouth to make the CRESCENT Prize available to Commissioner Greenhill to assist in raising the wreck of the HENRIETTA.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-08-28
ADM/A/1810/299
Warrant for the appointment of John Windell to be Master Bricklayer of the Woolwich Yard.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-08-28
ADM/A/1810/301
Warrant for the appointment of Richard Coaker to be Master Boat Maker of the Woolwich Yard.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-08-28
ADM/A/1810/295
Warrant for the appointment of Robert Odell to be Master Mast-Maker of the Woolwich Yard.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-08-28
ADM/A/1810/297
Warrant for the appointment of William Reeve to be Master House Carpenter of the Woolwich Yard.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-06-25
ADM/A/1784/188
A Contract is to be placed for three vessels which Captain Phillips has surveyed and considers suitable as Bomb Vessels to accompany a current Expedition. On conclusion they are either to be discharged or purchased.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-06-25
ADM/A/1784/190
Requiring two months Provisions to be sent to the LONDON MERCHANT Hired ship at the Nore.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-06-20
ADM/A/1784/133
Very urgently requiring the KATHERINE Yacht now at Deptford to be cleaned and refitted for service in the Channel.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-06-20
ADM/A/1784/129
Instructing a sum of money to be received from Captain Man late Commander of the CADIZ MERCHANT for distributing to the Crew as shares in connection with goods taken from the French when employed in the West Indies.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-08-25
ADM/A/1810/272
We direct you to cause the MERCURY Advice Boat to be cleaned at Dover and put into a condition for the Sea. You are to give Orders that all Advice Boats be cleaned once every month for the future at any Ports where they come in for that purpose.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-06-20
ADM/A/1784/127
Ordering the SHEERNESS to be refitted at Sheerness for a voyage to Newfoundland together with eight months Victuals; and requiring the [RESERVE] in the Downs and the BONAVENTURE at Portsmouth to be similarly victualled.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-06-20
ADM/A/1784/123
Warrant appointing William Rice to be Master Carpenter of the CYGNET Fireship in place of the former who has been removed. Countersigned by James Southerne, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-06-23
ADM/A/1784/158
Enclosing a Paper by Captain Ashe Commander of the Marine Regiment and asking for an opinion.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-06-21
ADM/A/1784/145
Petition of Francis Marsh Gunner who has lost his sight and is applying for a pension. The Potion is referred to the Navy Board for opinion.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-06-21
ADM/A/1784/143
Giving instructions for estimates for building a new Fourth Rate to be obtained from shipbuilders based on the .
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-10-27
ADM/A/1777/178
A request has been made to us by Thomas Hopkins, Cook of the Fireship ROEBUCK, and William Allin, Cook of the Fireship CHARLES, that they may have leave to exchange places, which we think fit to grant.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-10-27
ADM/A/1777/180
The Officers and Company of the CORONATION, being acquitted at a Court Martial from being in any way concerned in the loss of the said Ship, we direct you to cause the Wages due to the Officers and Company for their service on board the said Ship to be paid.
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