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Allen, Robert
Austen, Robert
Blathwayte, William
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Cornwallis, Charles
Delaval, Ralph
Houblon, John
Kendall, James
Killigrew, Henry
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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-03-26
ADM/A/1828/340
Appoint Charles Robertson, purser, of the VIRGIN Prize.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-03-22
ADM/A/1828/294
Appoint Henry Miller, Master Carpenter, of the FAULKLAND.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1697-02-05
ADM/A/1839/45
Zachery Martin is to be appointed Purser of the SHOREHAM, . in place of the former removed into the new 4th Rate building at Plymouth. You are directed to enter him accordingly together with such allowance of wages and victuals for himself and servant as is proper.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1697-02-05
ADM/A/1839/53
In your letter of 29 January, you informed us that the Surveyor of the Navy had viewed a pump which Colonel Richards had made. You having proposed to us that an experiment be made in one of the ships at Deptford, as Colonel Richards proposes, at His Majesty's charge.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1699-02-07
ADM/A/1862/59
John Barnard, late Cook of the LOYAL MERCHANT, hired ship, is to be appointed Master Cook of the KATHERINE storeship. 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 7 February 1699.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1699-02-09
ADM/A/1862/73
A petition has been presented by Robert Hawkins, Master of the ROE ketch, on behalf of himself and Edward Deaves, Thomas Wright and John Cutler, setting out that they were ordered to stay in Virginia after the ketch was cast away, to save what they could of the King's stores.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1697-02-02
ADM/A/1839/17
William Pymm, late Carpenter of the GRANADO bomb vessel, is to be appointed Master Carpenter of the ETNA fireship. 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 2 February 1696/7.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1697-02-02
ADM/A/1839/15
Richard Morley, Purser of the BURFORD, is to be appointed Purser of the ANGLESEA, in place of the former removed to the BURFORD. You are directed to enter him accordingly together with such allowance of wages and victuals for himself and servant as is proper.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1699-02-03
ADM/A/1862/10
Your report of 18 and 25 January sent us an account of the cases of John Willis, Thomas Netchill and John Sargent, and in consideration we direct that the "Run" against them be taken off. You are to act in accordance with our directions of 28 November and 23 December 1697.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1699-02-03
ADM/A/1862/14
We have granted a commission to Captain Peter Pickard, late commander of the ROYAL KATHERINE, to be Captain of the SAUDADOES prize, now at Jamaica. He is ordered to take the first opportunity to proceed to her in any merchant ship bound there.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1697-02-04
ADM/A/1839/39
The ships PORTLAND, PLYMOUTH, SEVERNE and RYE, which are to cruise in the Soundings, are to repair from Plymouth to Cork as soon as they have victuals to carry them there, and there to complete their provisions for 10 weeks.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1697-02-04
ADM/A/1839/35
You are directed to give orders to the Commissioners of the Victualling to pay the Captain of the LIGHTNING, bound for the West Indies, the beer money.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1697-02-04
ADM/A/1839/41
Roger Gray is to be appointed Purser of SMIRNA MERCHANT hired ship, in place of the former removed to the new 4th Rate building at East Cowes. You are directed to enter him accordingly together with such allowance of wages and victuals for himself and servant as is proper.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-03-30
ADM/A/1828/394
Allow Vice Admiral Aylmer five hundred pounds for his service conveying home Turkish and Mediterranean Traders in 1691.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-03-31
ADM/A/1828/402
Cause the VIRGIN prize to be repaired at Sheerness forthwith. To be fitted and victualled for a voyage to the West Indies.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-03-31
ADM/A/1828/398
Appoint Jacob Acworth, Master Carpenter, the SWIFTSURE.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-03-31
ADM/A/1828/406
The FAULKLAND to be furnished with a Tender.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-03-28
ADM/A/1828/421
Refer Petition of John Goodland, Boatswain, of the ALBERMARLE, requesting he may be granted Pension. Report to Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-03-18
ADM/A/1828/419
Appoint John Orchard, Master Gunner, of the VICTORY.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1699-03-21
ADM/A/1863/266
Warrant appointing John Baxter, late Boatswain of the VIRGIN Prize, to be Boatswain of the Bedford Galley in place of the former who is applying to be discharged for reasons of ill-health. Countersigned by Josiah Burchett, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1698-12-24
ADM/A/1860/255
Edmund Dummer, Surveyor to the Navy, has been reported as being involved with irregular practices. He is to be suspended and a replacement found. Countersigned by Josiah Burchett, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1698-12-27
ADM/A/1860/271
Warrant appointing Jacob Ackworth, Carpenter of the SWIFTSURE, to be Master Carpenter of Chatham Yard in place of the former deceased. Countersigned by Josiah Burchett, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1698-12-27
ADM/A/1860/269
Warrant appointing William Ackworth, late Carpenter of the NAVY Yacht, to be Master Carpenter of the MARY Galley in place of Thomas Cooke who has been moved to the SEVERN. Countersigned by Josiah Burchett.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1698-12-27
ADM/A/1860/267
Warrant appointing John Cooke, Carpenter of the MARRY Galley, to be Master Carpenter of the SEVERN, in place of Nicholas Edwin who has been moved to the SWIFTSURE. Countersigned by Josiah Burchett, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
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