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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-08-12 ADM/A/1822/119

Robert Bagster is to be appointed of the SPEEDWELL. You are directed to enter him accordingly together with allowance of wages and victuals for himself and servant as is proper. His warrant is to be dated 12 August 1695.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-08-09 ADM/A/1822/83

Robert Munnings, late Purser of the DARTMOUTH, is to be appointed Purser of the DREADNOUGHT in place of the former deceased. 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 9 August 1695.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-08-12 ADM/A/1822/93

The KATHERINE yacht, being ordered to the Mediterranean to attend on Sir George Rooke, Commander-in-Chief there, you are directed to give orders, upon her arrival at Portsmouth, for furnishing her with an awning for sheltering her men as some other of His Majesty's yachts have.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-08-02 ADM/A/1822/27

The NORWICH being lately arrived in the Downes from Virginia and ordered to Kinsale to be cleaned and refitted for service in the Channel, you are directed to have her present complement of men increased to the highest number established for her.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-08-05 ADM/A/1822/41

Your letter to our Secretary informed us that the VICTORY will be in a condition to be put in the water and we wish to know whether she will be sheathed before she comes out of the dock. You are directed to have her sheathed before she is launched.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-08-05 ADM/A/1822/37

We have appointed the NORWICH to carry Mr Timewell and his family to Kinsale, and to convoy the KATHERINE storeship. Upon her arrival at Spithead, you are directed to have her supplied with what stores and other necessaries she wants to proceed to Kinsale where she is to be cleaned and refitted.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-08-01 ADM/A/1822/13

Upon the arrival of the SAMUEL & HENRY and the SMIRNA MERCHANT at the Buoy of the Nore, you are directed to have their provisions completed to 3 months each with all possible dispatch for their voyage to Gottenburgh [Gothenburg].

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-08-02 ADM/A/1822/17

Representation has been made that the HENRY prize, now at Sheerness, may have more men and guns than is now allowed her. You are directed to have her surveyed, particularly what decks she has and the height between decks and how many spare ports she has.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-08-07 ADM/A/1822/63

Thomas Jones, late Gunner of the JAMES galley, is to be appointed Master Gunner of the SEVERN. You are directed to enter ham accordingly together with such allowance of wages and victuals for himself and servant as is proper. His warrant is to be dated 7 August 1695.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-08-09 ADM/A/1822/73

You are directed to take care that ships on foreign voyages are supplied with brass box compasses according to the establishment and particularly those bound for the Mediterranean with Sir George Rooke.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-08-05 ADM/A/1822/43

We have confirmed a warrant given by The Rt. Hon. John Lord Berkeley, Admiral of the Blue, to Walter Lugger on 25 June 1695, appointing him Master Cook of the MARY ANN bomb vessel.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-08-07 ADM/A/1822/59

Thomas Cranmore, Carpenter of the MAIDSTONE is to be appointed Master Carpenter of the WINCHELSEA. You are directed to enter home accordingly together with such allowance of wages and victuals for himself and servant as is proper. His warrant is to be dated 7 August 1695.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-05-30 ADM/A/1819/329

Warrant appointing Edward Clarke, late Carpenter of the JAMES Galley, to be Master Carpenter of the DOVER in place of the former who has been moved to the new Third Rate at Deptford. Countersigned by Josiah Burchett, temporary acting Secretary to the Admiralty Board.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-05-30 ADM/A/1819/327

Warrant appointing William Bodycott to be Boatswain of the ARCHANGEL Hired Ship. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-05-31 ADM/A/1819/331

Admiral Russell has informed the Board that Captain Mister, Commander of the COVENTRY, has performed sterling service in saving the Stores of the LUMLEY CASTLE and other ships lost in the Straits. The Navy Board is to advise what reward they think fitting to give to Captain Mister.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-05-31 ADM/A/1819/337

The Master Shipwright at Chatham has written to Sir Edward Gregory Commissioner complaining of a bad practice that is becoming prevalent in the Navy - that of scraping the decks, gratings and ladders of HM ships to the point where they return from sea after only a few months and in poor condition.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-05-30 ADM/A/1819/312

John Grahme is to be paid for his service in the PRINCE GEORGE despite his not being able to produce Captain's Certificates.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-05-30 ADM/A/1819/310

The NONSUCH has been taken by the enemy; but the Officers and Men are judged by Court Martial to be fit to receive their wages up to the time she was lost; but Richard Clements, her Master, has been sentenced never to serve again as a Warrant Officer in any ship.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-07-01 ADM/A/1821/5

In pursuance of an Order from the Lord Justices we direct you to imprest to Mr Meesters the sum of one thousand eight hundred and twenty one pounds two shillings and five pence, on account of his disbursements for HM service, without insisting at present on his producing vouchers for clearing his …

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-07-01 ADM/A/1821/3

We direct you to cause the GLOUCESTER at Kings Road near Bristol to be supplied with a month's Provision, she being under Sailing Orders.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-07-01 ADM/A/1821/1

We direct you to cause the SWEEPSTAKES, now at the Buoy of the Nore, to be furnished with such a quantity of Provisions to complete what she has to ten weeks, as soon as possible.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-07-02 ADM/A/1821/7

We direct you to sign a Bill on the Navy Treasurer for paying Thomas Neale, Master of HM Mint, the sum of one hundred pounds for enabling him to provide a Medal and Chain of that value for Captain William Holman, Commander of the WILLIAM & MARY Galley, as a reward for his good service against t…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-05-04 ADM/A/1819/362

Dealing with various claims made by Phineas Bowles former Storekeeper at Tangier after the arrival of Mr St. Mitchel is successor. Mention is made of the purchase of a boat and sails from Captain Pritchard for the use of the Navy and of its onward sale to Mr Ganden at Gibraltar.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-07-03 ADM/A/1821/25

A Petition has been presented to us by William Distance praying an allowance for his service as Gunner of the NONSUCH, to which employment he was appointed by the Governor of New England.…