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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-09-14 ADM/A/1799/371
Warrant for the appointment of John Black to be Master Carpenter of the OXFORD.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-11-11 ADM/A/1801/129
Admiral Neville is to be paid for recent service as Admiral of the Blue. First Captains are also to be paid for their time in KENT and the BRITANNIA.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-02-27 ADM/A/1827/287
Advising that Mr Done has been appointed Muster Master at Liverpool and informing that he is to be responsible for the Naval Stores there with a duty to supply HM Ships as did his predecessor Mr Bourke.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-10-05 ADM/A/1800/46
The ships detailed for Winter service are to be victualled for four months, fully complemented and ready to sail by the 10th instant at the latest. Any causes of delay are to be submitted in writing for the attention of the King.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-10-04 ADM/A/1800/42
The LUCAS, a Galley, is being offered for service by her Commander John Hardham. The Board is to survey her and report on her suitability as a War Ship together with complement and number and type of armaments.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-10-05 ADM/A/1800/54
The FRIENDSHIP Pink carrying cables and cordage has been seized by a French Privateer while in sight of the convoy off the Isle of Wight. Her Haster has been repatriated however and is to present himself at the Admiralty.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-09-29 ADM/A/1799/319
We direct you according as you were ordered by our letter of the 25th inst; forthwith to report to us what in your opinion is most proper to be done for what is offered by the Master Attendant at Chatham, touching the entertaining such Men as have leave to be absent from their Majesties' Ships,…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-11-16 ADM/A/1801/184
Estimates of the cost of building, rigging and providing with sea stores two Second Rates of ninety guns, twelve Fourth Rates of the dimensions of the CENTURION, four Fifth Rates and six Fireships of the same dimensions as the Fifth Rate Fireships last built.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-11-16 ADM/A/1801/194
Having received a report on the condition of the SWIFT Prize she is to be laid up at Portsmouth and her crew, excepting her Captain and Warrant Officers, turned over into such Mediterranean bound ships as Sir Francis Wheeler shall direct.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-11-13 ADM/A/1801/147
Warrant appointing Charles Weymouth, Boatswain of the CHARLES, to be Boatswain of the CARLISLE, in place of the former who has been moved to the ROYAL OAK. Countersigned by James Southerne, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-11-13 ADM/A/1801/143
Warrant appointing John [Guter], Master Gunner of the SPEEDWELL Fireship, to be Master Gunner of the MONCK, in place of the former who has retired. Countersigned by James Southerne, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-11-13 ADM/A/1801/139
Sir Cloudesley Shovell is to be paid an allowance for renting a house as he has no accommodation at the Admiralty. He is also to have the same number of Clerks as any other Commissioner. Payment is to be made from the date of his appointment.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-11-13 ADM/A/1801/141
Warrant appointing Edward Fisher to be Master Gunner of the LUCAS Galley. Countersigned by James Southerne, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-11-14 ADM/A/1801/153
The Pursers of the ships of the Straits Squadron are to be allowed funds to enable them to purchase the requirements needed for the voyage, together with money for paying crewmen for short allowance while the squadron is abroad; and as the ships will only be carrying two months beer, the Pursers are…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-11-14 ADM/A/1801/165
The CHARLOTTE Yacht is to be cleaned and refitted at Deptford ready for service in the Channel.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-11-14 ADM/A/1801/167
The SAUDADOES is to be cleaned and refitted at Deptford and provided with three months victuals for service in the Channel with all possible speed.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-11-14 ADM/A/1801/161
Sir Francis Wheeler has requested that in addition to the twelve months stores ordered for the Mediterranean Squadron his ships should be supplied with a spare topmast and a fish piece as these will not be available once they have sailed.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-11-15 ADM/A/1801/178
Doctor Oliver has been appointed physician to the Blue squadron bound to the Mediterranean under Admiral Wheeler. He is now to be paid for his service from last May until his appointment to the Blue squadron.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-11-15 ADM/A/1801/175
John Humphrys, Dennis Fowler, Thomas Dunigan and Benjamin Keech have been recorded as having deserted from the WOOLWICH, having been turned over into that ship from the BRISTOL. The Board is to report whether they have been paid for their time in the BRISTOL.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-02-20 ADM/A/1827/227
Confirming a Warrant issued by the Rt. Hon. Edward Russell appointing John Underhill to be Boatswain of the GREYHOUND in place of the former who has been moved to the ADVENTURE. Countersigned by Josiah Burchett, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-02-21 ADM/A/1827/235
Captain Henry Middleton of the FALCON has been found guilty of an error of judgement at a Court Martial aboard the ST.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-02-18 ADM/A/1827/211
Ordering the Company of the GREYHOUND having returned from the Straits and now at Portsmouth to be paid before returning to sea at the same time as other ships are paid.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-02-18 ADM/A/1827/215
Warrant appointing Richard Boke to be Master Carpenter of the INTELLIGENCE Brigantine. Countersigned by Josiah Burchett, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-02-18 ADM/A/1827/213
Instructing that Mary Poulden of Gillingham be paid a reward of fifty pounds by Edward Gregory Commissioner at Chatham for information received concerning the burning of the ROYAL SOVEREIGN at her moorings.