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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1697-01-25 ADM/A/1838/379

Warrant appointing William Lowther to be Purser of the RAINBOW Prize. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-05-23 ADM/A/1819/215

Instructing that a survey be taken of the ROEBUCK now at Kinsale and to convert her to a Fifth Rate Frigate should this prove possible; and requiring to know the size of crew and the number and nature of guns that would be required to man and equip her.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-01-02 ADM/A/1838/359

Countermanding an Order for David Kilpatrick, late Surgeon of the DUNWICH who was appointed to the ASSURANCE Guardship, to be discharged and provided for in another ship not going on foreign service, and for the former Surgeon of the ASSURANCE to be restored to that ship.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-05-27 ADM/A/1819/251

In the event that the nine Third Rates detailed for service in the Channel this Summer and named in the margin have not already been supplied with four months' victuals they are to be provisioned immediately; and any victuals that they are not able to take on board are to be put aboard Victuall…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-05-27 ADM/A/1819/259

Sir George Rooke, who has lately returned form Holland, has informed the Admiralty that Admiral Almonde, the Minister of State there, has orders that upon arrival at Spithead he is to engage in agreeing the account between the King and the States General for the supplying of Stores to their ships; a…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-01-05 ADM/A/1838/390

Settling a pension on Edmund Lowance late Carpenter of the DEVONSHIRE.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-05-23 ADM/A/1819/225

John Taylor, late Boatswain and William Platt, late Carpenter, both of the LUMLEY CASTLE Hired ship are to be paid in recognition of their having been employed in salvaging guns, anchors, cables and stores from that ship, from the time of her loss until the First of June 1694.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1697-01-20 ADM/A/1838/386

Warrant appointing Thomas Robinson, Boatswain of the BURFORD, to be Boatswain of the new Second Rate building at Deptford as soon as she is ready to receive him. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-01-16 ADM/A/1838/398

Warrant appointing Thomas Honey to be Master Carpenter of the EXPRESS Advice Boat in place of the former who has been moved to the SPEEDWELL. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1697-01-16 ADM/A/1838/396

Warrant appointing John Markin to be Boatswain of the EXPRESS Advice Boat. Countersigned by William Bridgeman; Secretary to the Admiralty Board.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1697-02-22 ADM/A/1838/402

Warrant appointing Thomas Lindsey, late Master Cook of the ESSEX Prize, to be Master Cook of the new Fourth Rate building by Mr Herring on the Isle of Wight as soon as she able to receive him. Countersigned by Josiah Burchett, Joint Secretary to the Admiralty Board.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-05-29 ADM/A/1819/291

Regarding one Isaac Cleford, and requiring the Books of Portsmouth Yard and the PORTSMOUTH be examined and the findings be reported on the following day.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-05-29 ADM/A/1819/300

Directing that the sum of one thousand eight hundred plus pounds be paid to Mr Meester in respect of the Machine Vessels during last year and the present year provided he can produce vouchers showing the amounts disbursed.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-05-27 ADM/A/1819/265

Captain Hammond, Commander of the ANTELOPE Hospital ship is complaining that he lacks the crew required to sail her, or even to raise her anchors. The Navy Board are to investigate and report.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-05-01 ADM/A/1819/5

Warrant appointing John Britton to be Master Cook of the SWALLOW Prize. Countersigned by Josiah Burchett, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.

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) 1697-01-01 ADM/A/1838/7

Confirming a warrant issued by Captain John Fletcher Commander of the HAMPSHIRE dated 10th September 1695 for William Payne to be Purser of the HAMPSHIRE in place of the former deceased.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-01-02 ADM/A/1838/25

Ordering the FOWEY at Plymouth and the GOSPORT at Portsmouth to be sheathed, fitted, victualled and stored, the first for a voyage to New York and the second for the West Indies, notwithstanding any directions to the contrary.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-01-05 ADM/A/1838/41

Funds are to be made available to the Colonels of the Marine Regiments for the subsistence of various ranks engaged in recruiting.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-01-06 ADM/A/1838/45

A number of ships listed on the reverse destined for places in the Caribbean and North America are reported to have parted with part of their Provisions in order to aid other ships - some of them to a considerable extent.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1697-01-12 ADM/A/1838/93

Sir Cloudlessly Shovell has returned from off Brest. His Men have been on short allowance throughout the cruise. Instructions are given for them to be paid the monies owing to them and to make good their need for victuals.

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/1819/88

The ADVICE is to be supplied with a Tender for recruiting Men.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-05-09 ADM/A/1819/86

Ships' Companies, having been turned over to capital ships at the Nore from the YORK, are to be paid. Her Officers are also to be paid when she arrives at Woolwich for paying off, with the exception of Officers joining her there.