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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-05-09 ADM/A/1819/100
Warrant appointing Robert Frost, Boatswain of the YORK, to be Boatswain of the SHREWSBURY. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-05-09 ADM/A/1819/96
Warrant appointing Laurence Oliphant to be Master Gunner of the UNITY. Countersigned by Josiah Burchett, temporary Acting Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-05-09 ADM/A/1819/84
Containing a list on the reverse of the Transports that are to carry troops and provisions to Barbadoes in convoy with the HASTINGS. The Transports are named as the LYON, SAMUEL, NEWPORT and SPEEDWELL. The names of their Commanders are also given.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-05-08 ADM/A/1819/80
The GOODWIN Prize has been lost off Dover but the crew, with the exception of Captain Martin, have been acquitted at Court Martial. Martin however had left the ship before she came to anchor and has been sentenced to serve as a Volunteer for three months aboard a Ship of the Line during the Summer.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-05-07 ADM/A/1819/76
Warrant appointing Thomas Cook to be Master Carpenter of the Penzance. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-01-15 ADM/A/1838/129
Enclosing an extract of a letter from Captain Weghman Commander of the COLCHESTER in the Leeward Islands in which he complains that he is short of a variety of Provisions. Orders are given for supplies to be sent out to him, sufficient to enable his ship to return home.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1697-01-15 ADM/A/1838/141
Ordering the ESSEX to be cleaned and refitted at Chatham for service in the Channel as part of the main fleet and victualled as one of them.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1697-01-14 ADM/A/1838/119
Enclosing a Certificate attesting to Francis Farndell, Gunner of the CONCEPTION, as having acted as Lieutenant from July 1692 to June 1693 as sanctioned by Captain Fairfax Commander of that ship and requiring him to be made up to receive the pay of a Lieutenant provided no other person was so paid.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1697-01-19 ADM/A/1838/170
Confirming a Warrant granted by […] Richard Kirkby Commander in Chief of HM Ships in Jamaica for Gregory Turner to be Master Gunner of the HAMPSHIRE in place of the former who has died. Countersigned by Josiah Burchett, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-05-02 ADM/A/1819/9
Warrant appointing John Browne, Boatswain of the SHREWSBURY, to be Boatswain of the Dockyard at Plymouth. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-05-02 ADM/A/1819/7
Warrant appointing John Turner to be Boatswain of the HIND Pink in place of the former who has been moved to the HASTINGS. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-05-02 ADM/A/1819/13
The YARMOUTH has been ordered into Chatham to be sheathed. Orders are given for her Stores and Provisions to be removed.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-01-19 ADM/A/1838/182
Warrant appointing William Hayes to be Boatswain and Gunner of the DISCOVERY Brigantine in place of the former who has been removed. Countersigned by Josiah Burchett, Joint Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-05-03 ADM/A/1819/23
Ordering six new Fifth Rates to be built to the same dimensions as those recently built; and requiring to be notified as to where they are to be built.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1697-01-26 ADM/A/1838/155
Requiring the ST. LEWIS and the RAINBOW both bought Prizes at Portsmouth to be fitted out as 5th Rates as a matter of urgency for service in the Channel. The ST. LEWIS is to receive the same armaments as the SWEEPSTAKES and the RAINBOW as one of the new 5th Rates.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1697-01-16 ADM/A/1838/153
Warrant appointing George Symmons to be Boatswain of the Thunder Bomb Vessel in place of the former who has been removed. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-05-06 ADM/A/1819/62
Warrant appointing John Turner, late Boatswain of the EAGLE Guardship, to be Boatswain of the CHICHESTER in place of the former who has been moved to the VANGUARD. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-05-06 ADM/A/1819/60
Warrant appointing Robert Pittman, Boatswain of the WINCHESTER, to be Boatswain of VANGUARD in place of the former who has been moved to the ST. GEORGE. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-05-06 ADM/A/1819/58
Warrant appointing John Price late Master Gunner of the Talbot Pink to be Master Gunner of the SEAHORSE in place of the former who has died. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-05-06 ADM/A/1819/56
The YORK is being ordered to proceed to Woolwich for repair where her crew is to be paid off. The Commander in Chief at the Nore has been instructed to turn her crew over into other capital ships there. The Men are to be paid their wages on being turned over.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-05-03 ADM/A/1819/33
Vice Admiral Hopson is to receive an allowance of twenty shillings a day from the time he left his Flag Ship on returning from the Mediterranean to cover the period April to June 1694.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-05-03 ADM/A/1819/31
Giving directions that the mark "R" put against the name of Marine Sargeant Joseph Eastwood is to be removed from the books of Captain Gibson as it has been established that while absent from his post Eastwood was engaged in recruiting.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-05-03 ADM/A/1819/27
Accepting the Navy Board's proposal that the RUBY Prize at Kinsale be established as a Fifth Rate with the same number of Men and number and nature of Guns as the ADVENTURE; and ordering it to be victualled for three months service in the Channel.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-05-03 ADM/A/1819/35
Warrant appointing Arnold [Roulson] to be Master Cook of the KINGFISHER in place of the former who has become disabled. Countersigned by Josiah Burchett, believed to be temporary Acting Secretary.