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Austen, Robert
Cary, Anthony
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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-12-19
ADM/A/1814/269
Warrant for the appointment of Robert Bridge to be Master Gunner of the QUEENBOROUGH.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-12-18
ADM/A/1814/265
Warrant for the appointment of George Louch to be Purser of the ASSURANCE.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-12-19
ADM/A/1814/279
Warrant for the appointment of John Wadsworth to be Boatswain of the SOUDADOES PRIZE.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-12-19
ADM/A/1814/273
Warrant for the appoinment of John Chapman to be Master Gunner of the new third Rate Ship building at Chatham.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-12-19
ADM/A/1814/287
Warrant for the appointment of William Crowbeard to be Boatswain of the HASTINGS.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-12-19
ADM/A/1814/285
Warrant for the appointment of Robert Reed to be Boatswain of the QUEENBOROUGH.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-12-19
ADM/A/1814/283
Warrant for the appointment of Charles Pierce to be Boatswain of the GARLAND.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-12-19
ADM/A/1814/281
Warrant for the appointment of James Pybors to be Boatswain of the LINCOLN.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-12-19
ADM/A/1814/291
Warrant for the appointment of Gabriel Howett to be Boatswain of the new fourth Rate Ship building at Portsmouth.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-12-26
ADM/A/1814/373
We direct you to cause the RUPERT's PRIZE to be cleaned and refitted at Sheerness for Channel service, and victualled for three months, notwithstanding our Order of the 24th inst; for this to be done at Woolwich, Captain Wishart having since given us an account that she does not require a Dry D…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-12-31
ADM/A/1814/11
Warrant for the appointment of John Hoar to be Master Carpenter of the Ketch MARTIN.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-12-06
ADM/A/1814/49
We direct you on arrival of the KENT at Chatham to cause her to be laid up and paid off, and then repaired and put into a condition for Sea again as soon as other pressing Works of the Navy admit this.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-05-01
ADM/A/1819/1
Ordering the MAIDSTONE to be cleaned and refitted at Portsmouth for service in the Channel and victualled for ten weeks.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-05-09
ADM/A/1819/94
Captain Douglas of the DOVER is to be paid from the time he began entering Men during the time the ship was last repaired and refitted.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-05-09
ADM/A/1819/90
The WOOLWICH is to be surveyed at the Nore and the Navy Board is to recommend where she is to be refitted.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-05-09
ADM/A/1819/100
Warrant appointing Robert Frost, Boatswain of the YORK, to be Boatswain of the SHREWSBURY. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-05-09
ADM/A/1819/96
Warrant appointing Laurence Oliphant to be Master Gunner of the UNITY. Countersigned by Josiah Burchett, temporary Acting Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-05-09
ADM/A/1819/84
Containing a list on the reverse of the Transports that are to carry troops and provisions to Barbadoes in convoy with the HASTINGS. The Transports are named as the LYON, SAMUEL, NEWPORT and SPEEDWELL. The names of their Commanders are also given.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-05-07
ADM/A/1819/76
Warrant appointing Thomas Cook to be Master Carpenter of the Penzance. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-05-06
ADM/A/1819/62
Warrant appointing John Turner, late Boatswain of the EAGLE Guardship, to be Boatswain of the CHICHESTER in place of the former who has been moved to the VANGUARD. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-05-06
ADM/A/1819/60
Warrant appointing Robert Pittman, Boatswain of the WINCHESTER, to be Boatswain of VANGUARD in place of the former who has been moved to the ST. GEORGE. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-08-01
ADM/A/1822/1
Captain Crow, Commander of the NORWICH lately arrived from the West Indies, has advised us in his letter of 30 July, of an account of Cyprus trees in those parts. You are directed to consider and report your opinion as to whether we can make use of this growth for masts.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-07-12
ADM/A/1821/254
We have directed Mr Mannocke of Rye to pay the sum of one pound five shillings to the Men employed in a Boat of that Town for carrying a letter to the PRINCE GEORGE.
We direct you to cause him to be reimbursed the same.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-07-20
ADM/A/1821/169
Our Orders to you of yesterday's date directed you to fit the MARY Yacht with a Ketch Sail in the same manner as the FUBBS, and with Provisions and Stores for a voyage to the Mediterranean. We now direct you to fit the KATHERINE Yacht for that Service in her place as soon as may be.…
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