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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-12-24 ADM/A/1814/349
Warrant for the appointment of William Bovis to be Master Carpenter of the MERMAID.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-12-24 ADM/A/1814/359
By your letter of the 6th June last you have stated the Account of Disbursements said to be made by Captain John Benbow and the late Captain Phillips in their late expedition against St.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-12-24 ADM/A/1814/355
Warrant for the appointment of George Chilcott to be Master Gunner of Bomb Vessel TRUE LOVE.
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) 1694-12-05 ADM/A/1814/37
Captain Thomas Ekins, late Commander of the SEA FLOWER, has sent a letter to this Board offering the purchase of a new Ship similar to the CROWN or HAMPSHIRE, very cheap.…
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) 1694-12-08 ADM/A/1814/70
Warrant for the appointment of Richard Bramble to be Master Ropemaker of the Portsmouth Yard.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-12-08 ADM/A/1814/72
Warrant for the appointment of Samuel Jordan to be Master Cook of the WINCHESTER.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-12-10 ADM/A/1814/100
The Owners of a Merchant Ship now at Limehouse have offered her as a Man of War. We are sending you a Copy of their letter and direct you cause a Survey to be taken of her and make a Report to this Board if in your opinion she is a fit Ship to be employed as a Man of War.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-12-10 ADM/A/1814/94
Philip Simpkins has attended for a considerable time in Town giving evidence for their Majesties against some prisoners being tried at the Commission of Oyez and Terminor, and was borne in Wages on the BRITANNIA.
We direct you to discharge him from this Ship from the 28th November last.…
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) 1694-12-11 ADM/A/1814/127
Warrant for the appointment of Bennet Goodwyn to be Master Cook of the Fireship ROEBUCK.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-12-11 ADM/A/1814/125
Warrant for the appointment of William Bicken to be Master Gunner of the Bomb vessel MARY ANN.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-11-26 ADM/A/1836/248
A commission was granted by the Rt. Hon. Admiral Russell, dated 19 June 1695, to Captain John Johnson to be Captain of the MONMOUTH. You are directed to have the wages due him for the time he acted in that capacity paid to him.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-11-25 ADM/A/1836/242
We wrote to you on 23 November about the 6 brigantines mentioned therein. We have resolved that they shall be fitted out this winter to press men for the fleet in the River, besides the tenders allowed for that service and are not to be appropriated to any of the Flag Ships or others.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-11-25 ADM/A/1836/240
The ships ordered to be fitted for foreign convoys will soon be ready to sail, and we observe that not all of them have their provisions, particularly the RUBY. You are directed to have the provisions and stores ordered to be put aboard them with all dispatch.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-11-26 ADM/A/1836/250
You are directed to have the CHICHESTER, EXPEDITION, ROYAL OAK, BOYNE and DEVONSHIRE, upon arrival at Portsmouth, to be cleaned and refitted for service in the Channel and victualled for 4 months.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-11-14 ADM/A/1836/288
William Gillet, late Cook of the MEDWAY, is to be appointed Master Cook of the BONADVENTURE. 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 14 November 1696.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-11-24 ADM/A/1836/298
We understand by your letter of 15 November, that the ST LEWIS of St Malo, lately taken by the MEDWAY and brought into Portsmouth, is a ship of about 460 tons burthen, about 4 years old and indifferently well found and qualified to serve His Majesty as a man-of-war of the 5th Rate.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-11-30 ADM/A/1836/294
Joseph Pryor, late Purser of the BONADVENTURE, is to be appointed Purser of the said ship. 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 November 1696.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-11-30 ADM/A/1836/292
Thomas Legg, Gunner of the EDGAR, is to be appointed Master Gunner of the NAMUR a new 2nd Rate building at Woolwich. 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 30 November 1696.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-11-30 ADM/A/1836/290
Mr Mannock, Muster Master at Rye, has advised us that he has expended £2.10.06 for subsistence and conduct money to 11 men of the YORK, who were cast away in a pink. You are directed to have the sum of £2.10.06 reimbursed to him.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-11-28 ADM/A/1836/278
You are directed to give your opinion of where it is proper to order the MONK to be sheathed, when she comes to the Buoy of the Nore.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-11-29 ADM/A/1836/274
WARSPITE which sailed with Rear Admiral Nevill for the Straits, is now returned to Spithead and in want of repair. A list of her defects is enclosed and you are directed to have a survey taken of her and to report to this Board your opinion of where it is best to have her ordered to be refitted.