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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-07-11 ADM/A/1785/87
We direct you to make an allowance to Captain Wivell, Commander of the CENTURION, of the Victuals of such Danes transported in her from Ireland to Ostend as shall appear to have been victualled by him in this passage.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-07-07 ADM/A/1785/55
Warrant for the appointment of John Mackey to be Boatswain of the Hulk SUCCESS.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-07-07 ADM/A/1785/63
We direct you to cause the Ketch ROE upon her arrival at Sheerness to be forthwith cleaned and refitted for Channel service, and furnished with three months Victuals or as much as she can conveniently stow.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-07-07 ADM/A/1785/65
Warrant for the appointment of Thomas Rutherford to be Master Gunner of the Fireship EAGLE Guardship.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-07-06 ADM/A/1785/41
We direct you to order Captain Stephen Akerman, Master Attendant on Floats, to do the Duty of Master Attendant at the Deptford Yard during the absence of Captain Benbow, Master Attendant of the said Yard, who is appointed to attend the Duke of Leinster in the present Expedition.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-07-07 ADM/A/1785/51
Some of the Owners of the Merchant Ship LUMLEY CASTLE, having at their attending us last night offered to let the said Ship to serve as a Man of War in their Majesties' service, at eight shillings a ton per month, we direct you to hire her accordingly and cause her to be fitted out to Sea by th…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-07-07 ADM/A/1785/53
Upon application to this Board by the relations of Captain Clifford Chamberlain, late Commander of the hired Ship BERKELEY CASTLE, for payment of his Wages for the time he commanded the Ship, and in consideration of what was discussed with you when attending us, touching the supernumeraries borne on…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) ADM/A/1785/17
We direct you to cause two months Victuals to be immediately sent on board the TIGER Prize in the Downs, together with what Anchors and Cables she needs, enabling her to proceed to Sea, according to such Orders as shall be sent from this Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-07-02 ADM/A/1785/15
Warrant for the appointment of Charles Weymouth to be Boatswain of the Fireship CHARLES.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-07-05 ADM/A/1785/27
Captain Orton, Commander of the hired Ship LONDON MERCHANT, who was ordered to convoy the Transport Ships and forty Shallops to the Downs, has informed us by his letter of July 2nd that the two months victuals directed by us to be sent down to the said Ship have not arrived.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-07-05 ADM/A/1785/31
We direct you to make enquiry what Merchant Ships there are in the River Thames fitting to be employed in their Majesties' Service as Men of War of the 5th Rate, and return an account thereof to this Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1691-07-07 ADM/A/1775/284
Recto:The petition of John White, aged 72, requesting he be superannuated in view of his incapacity for further service. White has served as Boatswain in the AUGUSTINE, AMITY, DOVER and DIAMOND, and as Gunner in the GUERNSEY, PEARL and ANTELOPE et al.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1691-07-16 ADM/A/1775/282
Order to pay a pension to John Evans, late Carpenter of the NAVY, Yacht, discharged from that ship on grounds of his age and infirmity.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-07-01 ADM/A/1785/1
In pursuance of the letter of today's date by the Earl of Nottingham we direct you to give Orders to Captain Benbow, Master Attendant at the Chatham Yard, to go down to Portsmouth and embark with the Duke of Leinster upon the present expedition, and that you represent to this Board a fitting Pe…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-07-02 ADM/A/1785/11
We direct you to cause two months Victuals to be immediately sent on board the SMYRNA MERCHANT at the Buoy of the Nore.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-07-01 ADM/A/1785/9
We direct you to send to this Board as soon as possible a List of the names of such Merchant Ships as by inquiry have been judged fitting to be employed in their Majesties' service as Men of War of the 4th Rate, that are now in the River Thames.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-07-02 ADM/A/1785/13
Warrant for the appointment of Emannuel Lee to be Master Gunner of the Fireship CHARLES.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1691-07-05 ADM/A/1775/167
1. Forty of the ordnance of the ROYAL CHARLES to be mounted in her before she makes her passage from Portsmouth to the Thames and the rest put in her hold.
2. Advise how many men to be put aboard her for the passage.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1691-07-01 ADM/A/1775/145
Captain Dorrill [Dorell], late Commander of the SAINT ANDREW, has been questioned concerning his ship having a greater complement than established.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1691-07-03 ADM/A/1775/155
Approving the suggested complement of inferior officers and servants to be borne on the REBECCA, Hired Ship, stationed at the Nore and employed in procuring men for the fleet.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1691-07-03 ADM/A/1775/157
Instruction to pay Mr Edward Randolph, Surveyor of the Woods, in Maine, the wages due to him and also to reimburse him for the costs of procuring, measuring and shipping 23 large masts and 17 bowsprits to Chatham and Portsmouth.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1691-06-03 ADM/A/1775/123
Warrant appointing Thomas Goslin, late Boatswain, of the MONMOUTH, Yacht, to be Boatswain of the new 4th-Rate building at Portsmouth.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1691-06-03 ADM/A/1775/125
Warrant appointing Nicholas Randall, to be Cook of the new 4th-Rate building at Portsmouth.