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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-03-16
ADM/A/1805/225
Warrant appointing Richard Parker to be Boatswain of the SALAMANDER Bomb vessel in the place of Thomas King who has been moved to the PEARL. Countersigned by James Southerne, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-12-19
ADM/A/1802/169
Warrant for the appointment of John Sutton to be Purser of the ADVENTURE.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-12-19
ADM/A/1802/173
Sir Francis Wheeler has informed us that the HUMBER, on plying to Spithead, ran aground on the Horse.
We direct you to give the necessary orders for taking a careful survey of the Ship and report to us what damage, if any, she has received.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-12-19
ADM/A/1802/175
The GARLAND at the Buoy of the Nore has been ordered on immediate service to Yarmouth,
and from there to Holland, and needs Provisions.
We direct you to cause two months Provisions to be sent down to her without any loss of time.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-12-19
ADM/A/1802/177
Upon consideration of your Report of the 8th December concerning Captain Vickars compliance with Admiralty instructions when he commanded the JAMES GALLEY, from the 9th February 1690 to the 20th February 1691, we direct you cause him to be paid his Wages for this time, taking care that any damage th…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-12-07
ADM/A/1802/62
Your letter of the 1st inst; informed us that a Prize Ship now at Plymouth, lately taken by the CHATHAM, called the MARGARET, is fitting to serve as a Fireship.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-12-18
ADM/A/1802/163
Having received an Account from Thomas Gallway, Second Lieutenant of the NORWICH, which was lost in the West Indies, that on the 6th October 1692 she was driven out to sea by stress of weather from St. Christophers Island, we direct you to pay the Wages of the Officers and Company of the Ship.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-12-04
ADM/A/1802/21
We direct you to cause the Shallops lately returned to Portsmouth to be forthwith laid up there, and their Furniture and Stores taken onshore, and the Men belonging to them returned to the several Ships to which they belong.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-12-15
ADM/A/1802/131
You have informed us by your letter of the 12th inst; that you have hired the BASING GALLEY at Southampton to serve as a Man of War of the 6th Rate, and you opine that she may carry seventy Men and eighteen Guns Saker.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-12-18
ADM/A/1802/155
Warrant for the appointment of George Sutharn to be Master Gunner of the JULIAN PRIZE.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-12-18
ADM/A/1802/157
Warrant for the appointment of Thomas Miller to be Master gunner of the RUBY.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-12-18
ADM/A/1802/159
Warrant for the appointment of Christopher Cockerell, Purser of the ADVENTURE, to be Purser of the SUFFOLK.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-03-01
ADM/A/1805/1
The wages of the late Captain Wrenn of the NORWICH are to be paid to his executrix as well as those of his son Ralph Wrenn despite journals not having been produced.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-12-04
ADM/A/1802/27
Warrant for the appointment of John Crew, Master Carpenter of the CHATHAM to be Master Carpenter of the new third Rate building at Chatham.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-12-11
ADM/A/1802/97
Warrant for John Starling to be appointed Purser of the CROWN.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-12-11
ADM/A/1802/99
Warrant for Alexander Watson, late Master Gunner of the SUN Prize, to be appointed Master Gunner of the PLAY PRIZE.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-12-20
ADM/A/1802/185
Your Report to this Board dated December 13th on the Petition of some of the Officers and Company belonging to the late Ketch DEPTFORD, requesting some allowance for their Service and time in endeavouring to save the Stores of this Vessel after she was lost, opined that a month's pay after her …
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-12-14
ADM/A/1802/123
Warrant for Robert Luke to be appointed Purser of the DRAGON.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-12-14
ADM/A/1802/127
We direct you to cause the Officers and Companies of the Ships and Vessels now in Pay to be paid their Wages to the 30th September last, dispatching first the First, Second and Third Rates, and then proceeding with the rest as opportunity arises as they come into Port.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-12-15
ADM/A/1802/133
This Board, in pursuance of His Majesty's commands, have given strict Orders to the several Commanders of their Majesties' Ships that on no pretence whatsover, they, nor any of their Officers or Company, shall demand or receive any Money,Gratuity, Reward or other consideration from any of …
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-12-15
ADM/A/1802/139
We direct you to sign bills on the Treasurer of the Navy for paying Captain Nivelle, Commander of the CAPTAINE, for the capture of the French privateer WYLDE when he commanded the CENTURION, this payment to be divided between Captain Nivelle and the other Officers and Men who belonged to the CENTURI…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-12-07
ADM/A/1802/64
You informed us by your letter of the 5th inst; that you have not received any Muster Books from John Maplesdon for the time he officiated as Muster Master of the West Indies Squadron.
We direct you to cause the Wages due to him for this Service to be stopped till further Order.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-12-07
ADM/A/1802/70
Your letter of the 4th inst; informed us that following our directions, you have treated with Mr Barratt for a Vessel of his lately built at Shoreham, and that she is very fit to serve as a Fireship.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-12-08
ADM/A/1802/75
We direct you to cause the hired Ship BONAVENTURE to be forthwith furnished with Stores for a voyage to the West Indies, and supplied with eight months Victuals proper for such a voyage, and that she be manned with her middle Complement of Men.
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