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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-11-13 ADM/A/1801/145
Confirming the warrant issued by Henry Killigrew, Ralph Delaval and Sir Cloudesley Shovell, appointing Nicholas [Pearse] to be Master Gunner of the RUPERT.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-11-14 ADM/A/1801/155
Rear Admiral John Neville of the Mediterranean Squadron and his servants is to be paid for his time as Captain of the KENT.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-11-14 ADM/A/1801/157
Admiral Sir Francis Wheeler, Commander in Chief of the Mediterranean Squadron, is to be paid two thousand pounds for the use of Sir George Rooke in defraying the expenses of the Straits Squadron incurred last May.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-11-14 ADM/A/1801/151
Vice Admiral Thomas Hopton of the Mediterranean Squadron is to be paid for his time in command of the ST MICHAEL. He is also to be paid the allowance made to the Captain of a Third Rate during the time he acted as Captain of the BREDAH up to the time he was appointed a Rear Admiral.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-11-13 ADM/A/1801/149
Warrant appointing Richard Frost, Boatswain of the HAMPSHIRE, to be Boatswain of the SWIFTSURE, in place of the former who has been moved to the new Third Rate now building at Portsmouth. Countersigned by James Southerne, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-11-14 ADM/A/1801/163
The SWIFT Prize and the SAUDADOES have been ordered into Portsmouth to be cleaned. Orders are given that the work shall be put in hand without delay and that they be supplied with stores and provisions immediately.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-11-14 ADM/A/1801/159
Sir Francis Wheeler is to be paid from the date of his appointment as Rear Admiral of the Blue in 1692/3 up until October last when he was appointed Rear Admiral of the Red Squadron, together with the wages of his servants.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-02-19 ADM/A/1827/221
Orders are given for entering Men in the BONAVENTURE and to provide her with a tender to assist in procuring them.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-02-19 ADM/A/1827/219
Confirming a Warrant issued by Admiral Russell dated 7th June 1695 for Moses Bowles to be Boatswain of the Trident Prize. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-02-20 ADM/A/1827/223
Enclosing the sworn testimony of Mary Poulden of Gillingham regarding the burning of the ROYAL SOVEREIGN at her moorings at that place.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-02-21 ADM/A/1827/233
Difficulties have arisen with the fitting of the ROEBUCK at Harwich as her Commander is insisting on certain alterations being made to the ship and that certain services are not available there.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-02-20 ADM/A/1827/229
Confirming a Warrant issued by the Rt. Hon. Edward Russell appointing William Moore to be Master Gunner of the GREYHOUND in place of the former who has been moved to the WARSPITE. Countersigned by Josiah Burchett, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-02-18 ADM/A/1827/209
Ordering that Captain Thomas Warren of the WNDSOR be paid two thirds of his wages for his time in the MONCK and WINDSOR provided checks are made to ensure that he did not carry supernumeraries unnecessarily and that he followed his service instructions.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-02-26 ADM/A/1827/275
Immediate Orders are to be given to the Commissioners of Victualling to supply a month's sea provisions for four hundred Men together with four hundred tuns of water to be deposited at Sheerness and a similar quantity of provisions only at Tilbury.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-02-26 ADM/A/1827/273
An Order in Council announces that an allowance of twenty shillings per man is to be made for the manning of ships destined for service in the Channel subject to certificates being obtained from the Commanders or Lieutenants etc of Ships and Tenders on which Men are being assembled.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-02-21 ADM/A/1827/241
Requiring the New Africa Hired Ship to be discharged the service on arrival at Blackwall.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-02-21 ADM/A/1827/239
The SHEERNESS is to be cleaned and refitted on arrival at Plymouth and victualled for ten weeks service in the Channel.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-02-21 ADM/A/1827/245
Warrant appointing Richard Banks to be Master Carpenter of the DISPATCH Brigantine in place of the former who is sick. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-02-22 ADM/A/1827/251
The SUDADOES Prize at Deptford has been ordered to proceed to [………..] to take aboard Guns, Stores and Provisions.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-04-04 ADM/A/1829/56
The HIND Pink being ordered to Dover to Tallow, we direct you to cause a sufficient quantity thereof to be supplied her there, and that she be furnished with Provisions for Channel service.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-04-04 ADM/A/1829/50
We are sending herewith Copy of a letter we have received from Captain Charles Cornwall, and direct you to let us know whether you have any objections to paying the Wages due to him during the time he commanded the ADVENTURE and PLYMOUTH.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-02-29 ADM/A/1827/310
Requiring a number of Pilots able to guide Men-of-War throughout the Narrow and the Swin and with experience of the coasts of Holland and Flanders to be put aboard one of the ships at the Nore where they are to remain in constant readiness. They are to receive a small allowance until discharged.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-02-22 ADM/A/1827/337
Seeking an opinion on a Bill of Exchange from Jamaica issued by Captain Wilmott Commander in Chief of HM Ships in the West Indies for the hire of the SWIFT Shallop for Naval service, together with an Order from Colonel Beeston relating thereto.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-04-01 ADM/A/1829/1
We direct you to cause the ROYAL TRANSPORT, now at Deptford, to be victualled from time to time as needed, in the same manner as the Yachts are victualled.