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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1689-11-07 ADM/A/1764/233
Warrant appointing Robert Sliter to be Master Ropemaker to the Yard and HM Vessels at Chatham. Countersigned by Phineas Bowles, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1689-11-07 ADM/A/1764/237
Warrant appointing Edward Springfield to be Master Boatmaker at Chatham. Countersigned by Phineas Bowles, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1689-11-07 ADM/A/1764/235
Warrant appointing George Shephard to be entered Master Bricklayer at Chatham. Countersigned by Phineas Bowles, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1689-11-23 ADM/A/1764/241
Warrant appointing Thomas [Alcocke] to be Master Caulker at Portsmouth. Countersigned by Phineas Bowles, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1689-11-19 ADM/A/1764/239
Warrant appointing Thomas Gibbins to be Master Carpenter of the SPRAGG Fireship. Countersigned by Phineas Bowles, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-04-25 ADM/A/1767/111
Your letter of 23 April advised us that at your meeting with the Lords of the Treasury, their Lordships desired that the Commissioners of the Victualling be given £10,000 out of the £400,000 appropriated for the service of the Navy.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1689-11-16 ADM/A/1764/187
Warrant appointing Nicholas Taylor to be Master Gunner of the THOMAS AND ELIZABETH. Countersigned by Phineas Bowles, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1689-11-14 ADM/A/1764/185
Warrant appointing Robert Street to be Boatswain of the HAPPY RETURN. Countersigned by Phineas Bowles, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1689-11-07 ADM/A/1764/191
Warrant appointing David Carner to be Master Gunner of the HAPPY RETURN. Countersigned by Phineas Bowles, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1689-11-18 ADM/A/1764/193
Warrant appointing Thomas Sheppard to be Cook of the CONSTANT WARWICK in place of the former who has died. Countersigned by Phineas Bowles, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1689-11-19 ADM/A/1764/199
Warrant appointing Thomas Larnett to be Master Carpenter of the OXFORD. Countersigned by Phineas Bowles, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1689-12-27 ADM/A/1764/380
The Master of the MOUNTJOY, the ship that broke the boom at London Derry, has been detained by the Navy Board pending the recovery of the freight on his ship. This is delaying his return to Bristol where his ship remains ready loaded to proceed on HM business.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1689-12-30 ADM/A/1764/401
Countermanding an Order to put Men from the PENDENNIS into the BURFORD and HOPE and requiring them to be put into the BURFORD and DUKE in the Downs (as previously ordered - see Item 399 above) and paid for six months of their service in the PENDENNIS. They are also to be supplied with victuals.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1689-12-30 ADM/A/1764/395
Mr John Addis, the Storekeeper at Plymouth, is to receive a sum of money for paying the Master of a vessel he has hired for conveying a Packet to John Berkeley.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1689-12-30 ADM/A/1764/393
Requiring the PLAY Prize to be supplied from Dover with as many Provisions as she can stow for service on the coasts of Scotland and Ireland.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1689-12-30 ADM/A/1764/397
Captain James Salmon of the SMYRNA MERCHANT hired ship at the Nore is in want of Stores. Instructions are given for him to be supplied either from the Owner's stores or from the Navy's; but if the latter, the cost is to be deducted from the cost of the hire.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-05-17 ADM/A/1767/219
You are directed to let us know what care is taken for furnishing their Majesties fleet, now going to sea, with slop clothes and bedding.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-05-17 ADM/A/1767/266
Richard Paull is to be appointed Boatswain of the PORTSMOUTH. You are directed to enter him accordingly together with such allowance of wages and victuals for himself and servant as is proper. His warrant is to be dated 17 May 1690.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-05-20 ADM/A/1767/270
John Zeal Senior, Purser of the SWIFTSURE, has requested that he may have leave to act by deputy during the ship's present voyage by reason of sickness. We have appointed John Zeal Junior to be Deputy Purser of the ship during the voyage.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-04-15 ADM/A/1767/132
There having been two lieutenants appointed to the ESSEX hired ship, before the arrival of the NORTHUMBERLAND at Spithead, which ship's company is to be turned over to the ESSEX, you are directed not to turn over the lieutenants of the NORTHUMBERLAND.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-05-30 ADM/A/1767/247
You are directed to have the officers and company of the DEPTFORD ketch, paid the wages due to them to the time she was lost at Virginia. Also, you are to propose a person whom you shall judge fitting to be employed as Master Attendant at Plymouth.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-05-06 ADM/A/1767/256
Nicholas Edwin is to be appointed Master Carpenter of the JULIAN prize. You are directed to enter him accordingly together with such allowance of wages and victuals for himself and servant as is proper. His warrant is to be dated 6 May 1690.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-04-30 ADM/A/1767/123
Your letter today states that the small privateer lately taken by the FORESIGHT and sent to Portsmouth, is fit to be employed as a man-of-war to carry 65 men and 14 guns. You are directed to have her fitted for sea for service in the Channel and victualled for 3 months .
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1689-12-18 ADM/A/1764/325
The SAPHIRE, LARK and MARY Hired ship are to receive four months victuals for service on the coast of Scotland.