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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-03-29 ADM/A/1817/337
To know what ships from 60-90 Guns may be built in England in a reasonable time. How many may be made in the Thames and Medway.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-03-28 ADM/A/1817/313
Mr Harding, Master Shipwright at Deptford informs the Board that he is allowed wood for fuel if it is not useful in the yard.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-03-29 ADM/A/1817/327
Provide stores and hire ships to transport same to Admiral Russell's Fleet in the Mediterranean.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-03-29 ADM/A/1817/361
Desire and direct an account of the Perquisites formally enjoyed by the Officers of the Yards.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-05-01 ADM/A/1819/3
The Navy Board has been unable to persuade the Officers of the Ordnance to pay for the guns and gunner's stores bought with the RUBY'S Prize at Kinsale. Orders are given for the guns and stores to be sold and the proceeds awarded to the Navy.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1697-01-07 ADM/A/1838/51
Giving instructions to buy two French Prizes at Portsmouth viz the LEWIS [ST. LEWIS] and the RAINBOW at knockdown prices or not at all.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1697-01-06 ADM/A/1838/49
The BURLINGTON has arrived at Spithead and has been ordered by the Admiralty into Portsmouth Harbour. Orders are given for her to be cleaned and refitted for service in the Channel together with ten weeks Provisions.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1697-01-07 ADM/A/1838/55
Concerning delayed victualling accounts for the Straits and other foreign parts and ordering them to be forwarded to the relevant Navy Board official responsible for dealing with them.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1697-01-07 ADM/A/1838/57
Instructing that two thirds only of the wages due to Captain John Wooden of the BLAZE Fireship bound for the West Indies be paid to him. Captain Clements of the MAIDSTONE has met with an accident and has gone ashore at Rye.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1697-01-08 ADM/A/1838/65
Enclosing proposals made by the Colonels of the two Marine regiments as to their better regulation and requesting an opinion from the Navy Board before the Admiralty attends at Kensington on Sunday.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-01-04 ADM/A/1838/33
Urgent proposals for the victualling of ships detailed for voyages to the West Indies are called for. The names of the vessels are given in the margin.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-01-04 ADM/A/1838/39
The Navy Board has reported on Second, Third and Fourth Rate ships both sheathed and unsheathed which are in good condition as regards the condition of their hulls and which are fit to proceed to the West Indies including the NORWICH which the Board claims has been sheathed; but a letter from her Co…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-01-04 ADM/A/1838/37
Confirming a warrant issued by Sir George Rooke for Christopher Skeines to be Master Carpenter of the JULIAN Bomb Vessel in place of the former who has deserted.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-01-05 ADM/A/1838/43
Warrant appointing Edward Horton to be Master Carpenter of the SHEERNESS in place of the former who has been moved to the new Fourth Rate on the Isle of Wight.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-01-14 ADM/A/1838/95
The NORWICH, currently in the Downs, is to proceed either to Portsmouth or Chatham depending on the wind. Once there she is to be sheathed and fitted for a voyage to the West Indies. She is to receive eight months victuals for a middle complement of Men.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-03-26 ADM/A/1817/297
Pay Mr Burchett one hundred pounds for his late passage from Cadiz to England.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-03-28 ADM/A/1817/307
The QUEEN, the ROYAL WILLIAM, the NEPTUNE, and the VANGUARD, to be sheathed at Chatham.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1697-01-13 ADM/A/1838/101
Instructing that Lord Berkeley is to receive twenty shillings a day table money from the time he was last paid and in the future as Ordered as an Admiral of the Blue and Commander in Chief of the Fleet over and above the last Establishment.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-01-08 ADM/A/1838/76
Warrant appointing George Moor to be Boatswain of the DUNWICH in place of the former who has surrendered his warrant. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-05-09 ADM/A/1819/92
Sir Cloudesley Shovell is to be paid as an Admiral of the Blue from the first of January 1693/4 and as a Vice Admiral of the Red since that time.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-05-09 ADM/A/1819/98
Warrant appointing William Watson, Boatswain of the MERMAID, to be Boatswain of the WOOLWICH in place of the former who has been moved to the YORK. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Secretary to the Navy Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-05-07 ADM/A/1819/74
Warrant appointing Robert Niven to be Master Gunner of the DREADFUL Bomb Vessel. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-05-07 ADM/A/1819/72
Warrant appointing Thomas Coates, Boatswain of the GREYHOUND Bomb Vessel, to be Boatswain of the RUBY Prize. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.