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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-08-31
ADM/A/1833/273
Warrant appointing Benjamin Wilson to be Boatswain and Gunner of the SHARK Brigantine. Countersigned by Josiah Burchett, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-08-29
ADM/A/1833/260
Captain Constable of the SHOREHAM is complaining of a lack of Provisions. Instructioins are to be given to the Commissioners of Victualling to suplly him with what he needs. An extract of his letter is enclosed.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-08-24
ADM/A/1810/261
Warrant for the appointment of Joseph Dixon to be Master Cook of the hired Ship SEAFLOWER.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-08-24
ADM/A/1810/263
Warrant for the appointment of Thomas Rouncevill to be Master Gunner of the hired Ship SEAFLOWER.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-08-29
ADM/A/1833/266
Agreeing to the laying up of the PEARL at Deptford. In the event that she is unable to sail through lack of Crew, the Ordinary and Riggers from Woolwich are to be supplied.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-08-31
ADM/A/1833/271
Warrant appointing Daniel Heath to be Boatswain of the Bomb vessell BLAST. Countersigned by Josiah Burchett, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-08-24
ADM/A/1810/257
We direct you to cause the DUCHESS at Blackstakes to be brought up from there to Chatham by the Ordinary and Riggers of that Yard.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-08-23
ADM/A/1810/218
We direct you to send us as soon as may be the name of some Persons who you judge qualified to command the JOSIAH and to report to this Board your opinion what Officers, Men and Guns will be proper to be established on her, as well in her voyage to the Straights, as to serve as a Hulk there if occa…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-08-23
ADM/A/1810/222
We direct you upon the arrival of the LONDON and DUCHESS at Chatham to cause their repairs to be taken in hand and fitted for the next year's service at Sea, with all possible dispatch.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-08-24
ADM/A/1833/209
Requiring a ship to be hired to take water urgently to Admiral Benbow's Suadron at the Gunfleet and then to be discharged; and informing that Benbow has been ordered to send the BIDEFORD to Harwich for cleaning and refitting.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-08-23
ADM/A/1810/226
Having received a letter from Captain Finch of the GREENWICH complaining of the Commissioners of Victualling, their refusing to pay his bills for victualling the HENRY Prize in Virginia, where he commanded her, we send you a Copy of the letter enclosed.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-08-20
ADM/A/1810/196
Lord Berkeley, Admiral of the Blue, has informed us by his letter of the 18th inst; that there is no further occasion for the PETER Waterboat (now with him) this year. We direct you forthwith to let us know where you would advise her being ordered to be discharged or otherwise disposed of.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-08-21
ADM/A/1810/204
A Petition has been delivered to this Board praying the Wages of Henry Penning, late Lieutenant of the CHATHAM, which have not been paid for want of a Certificate from his Captain of the Performance of his Duty on board the said Ship..…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-08-22
ADM/A/1810/212
Warrant for the appointment of John Wilson to be Master Cook of the SALLY ROSE .
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-08-17
ADM/A/1810/178
Your letter of the 15th to our Secretary opined that the new Yacht building in the Chatham Yard should be allowed the same complement of Men as is established for the FUBBS Yacht, namely forty Men in War at home and thirty in War abroad, and Peace at at home and abroad.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-08-17
ADM/A/1810/180
Upon consideration of your Report to this Board dated the 14th August concerning the Petition of David Bartlett, Master of the HUMBER, stating that he had a Warrant for the said Ship dated the 17th January 1693, and was employed as a Tender from the 14th February following, and praying Wages from t…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-08-17
ADM/A/1810/172
George Winsley, Fort Major of Sheerness, has Petitioned for an allowance for his extraordinary attendance and pains upon occasions of all Tide services there for the dispatch in fitting their Majesties' Ships.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1699-04-04
ADM/A/1864/41
Referring to the Petition of Thomas Harvey forwarded with a letter from the Commissioners for Victualing the Victualing Board is to be instructed to decide what allowance should be made to Harvey now that he is going as an Agent to Cadiz.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1699-04-04
ADM/A/1864/43
Ordering compensation to be paid to the owners of the GABRIEL Machine Vessel off Dunkirk when the Captain was ordered by Lord Berkeley to slip his cable and move in towards the pier and both anchor and cable were lost.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1699-04-04
ADM/A/1864/45
Sir Cloudesley Shovell and Commissioner Willshaw are going to Portsmouth to survey the Docks accompanied by the Master Shipwright from Chatham and his Assistants. Mr Strong and Mr Beauchamp who are skilled in stonework and masonry will also assist.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1698-12-29
ADM/A/1860/293
Requiring five hundred pounds to be paid to Mr John Fawler Chief Clerk to Josiah Burchett for defraying the expenses of the Admiralty Office.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1699-04-04
ADM/A/1864/47
Enclosing a copy of a list of Stores required for the Squadron in the Straits. The Board is instructed to supplement it with any Stores not previously sent.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1698-12-29
ADM/A/1860/289
Continuing to prevaricate regarding the appointment of one particular individual Navy Board Commissioner as successor to Edmund Dummer and insisting that blanket coverage for the role be provided by all of the Seamen Commissioners on the Navy Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1698-12-28
ADM/A/1860/287
The Ordnance Store at Chatham has run out of space to store ship's gun's carriages. Permission is given for surplus carriages to be stored vessels in Ordinary as is the practice at Portsmouth.
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