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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-03 ADM/A/1812/35
Mark Wilson late Master of the CAMBRIDGE but now in the RUSSELL is being barred from receiving his wages for his time in the former as he is unable to produce a journal.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-09 ADM/A/1812/106
Warrant appointing Stephen Gardner to be Master Cook of the FALCON. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-09 ADM/A/1812/102
Secretary of State Sir John Trenchard acting on an Order in Council has instructed that the stores to be supplied to Admiral Russell's Fleet are to be produced urgently.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-09 ADM/A/1812/112
Confirming that Orders are to be given to the Commissioners for Victualling to provide and have ready thirteen months worth of provisions for thirty-five thousand men next Spring. The names of eleven ports are given, including Livorno, together with numbers of men to be catered for at each port.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-04 ADM/A/1812/51
The GREENWICH is to be forthwith cleaned and victualled for three months service in the Channel.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-09 ADM/A/1812/122
The wages due to Lieutenant [Caleb] Cale of the AFRICA are to be paid despite the absence of a Certificate from the Captain.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-10 ADM/A/1812/130
Countermanding the Order to turn over the men crewing Tenders into other ships. They are to be discharged.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-12 ADM/A/1812/146
Captain Williams has been sent to Cadiz to assist with the refitting of the Fleet in the Straits of Gibraltar. Credits to cover his likely expenses are to be forwarded to him.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-12 ADM/A/1812/144
The SHARKE Brigantine at Deptford is to be laid up and paid off.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-12 ADM/A/1812/158
Warrant appointing John Gray to be Master Caulker at the Port of Kinsale. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-12 ADM/A/1812/156
Warrant appointing Joseph Griffin to be Clerk of the Cheque at the Port of Kinsale. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-12 ADM/A/1812/154
Warrant appointing Thomas Burroughs to be Store keeper at Port of Kinsale. William Bridgeman, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-17 ADM/A/1812/213
Wanting to know the current state of HM Bomb Vessels, when it will be possible to refurbish them and how long it will be likely to take.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-17 ADM/A/1812/209
The HAMPTON COURT is to be fitted at Spithead and supplied with Provisions for six months service in the Mediterranean together with necessary Stores.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-19 ADM/A/1812/225
Sir John Trenchard, Principal Secretary of State, has warned of the possibility of War Ships being set on fire in port. The admiralty is to issue instructions to tighten security and to apprehend all person unable to explain their presence aboard the ships - especially Irishmen.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-19 ADM/A/1812/238
Captain Wilmott Commander of the FIREBRAND Fireship is complaining that his ship will neither tack nor come up to the wind. The Admiralty ask for the matter to be investigated and reported on.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-19 ADM/A/1812/236
Approval is given for the building of five houses at Portsmouth Yard as accommodation for Officers. The estimate is returned.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-19 ADM/A/1812/232
The Navy Board having advised that the new Fourth Rate being built by Mr Snelgrove will soon be ready to launch, the Admiralty instruct them to negotiate with Snelgrove for another 60 gun Fourth Rate on good terms.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-13 ADM/A/1812/168
The SORLING, NEWPORT, RICHMOND and St. ALBANS Prize are all on the East Coast of America for security reasons. Provisions are to be sent to them at the earliest opportunity. Similarly, the ADVICE in Jamaica is to be sent provisions.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-12 ADM/A/1812/160
Warrant appointing Abraham Goodwin Purser of the PRINCE of ORANGE to be Purser of the HAMPTON COURT in place of the former who has been moved to the new Third Rate building at Bursledon.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-15 ADM/A/1812/174
A convoy is to sail for the Canaries and the Admiralty wishes to know whether the defects found during a survey of the KENT undertaken by Commissioner Tymewell can be completed before the convoy sails. A copy of the survey is enclosed.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-15 ADM/A/1812/172
Orders are issued for the repairs required to the VANGUARD to be put in hand as soon as she arrives at Chatham.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-13 ADM/A/1812/170
Eight servants are to be mustered to attend Admiral Berkeley despite their being absent from their ship. Captain King of the CHARLES Fireship, as appointed by Admiral Russell, is to be paid for his time in that ship.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-16 ADM/A/1812/186
Robert Sincklar [Sinclair], Master of the EDGAR is to be paid fourty pounds demurrage for waiting to take on board men from the MORDANT following her being wrecked on the coast of Cuba.