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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-05-30
ADM/A/1830/323
Warrant for the appointment of Thomas Griffin to be Master Cook of HM Sloop BRILLIANT.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-05-30
ADM/A/1830/325
Warrant for the appointment of Richard Webb to be Purser of HMS POOLE building at the Isle of Wight.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-06-03
ADM/A/1820/5
The CHARLES, Galley, is to be cleaned and refitted at Portsmouth for service in the Channel and victualled for six weeks.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-06-03
ADM/A/1820/3
Warrant appointing Charles Hill, late Master Gunner, of the MACHINE, Fireship, to be Master Gunner of the ST PAUL, Fireship; his predecessor having been appointed to the RUBY, Prize.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-06-03
ADM/A/1820/1
Warrant appointing Thomas Burton, to be Boatswain of the UNITY, Hired Ship.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-06-10
ADM/A/1820/11
A list giving the names of the Master Shipwrights and their Assistants at the several yards; viz.
Deptford: Harding/Miller
Woolwich: Lawrence/Bonds
Chatham: Leo/Leo Junior/Lock
Sheerness: Bagwells/no assistant
Harwich: Shortiss/no assistant…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-06-03
ADM/A/1820/7
Having agreed that the complement of men allowed for the ANTELOPE, Hospital Ship, should be increased, a further 20 men are to be assigned to her and her establishment is to be increased to 80 men.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-06-03
ADM/A/1820/16
Captain Redman, commanding the BONAVENTURE, Hired Ship, currently at the Nore, requires provisions. Two months provisions are to be supplied to him, at the Nore.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-06-03
ADM/A/1820/14
Orders were issued some time ago for a yacht to be built at Chatham for the Marquess of Carmarthen but the Master Shipwright there denies having received instructions, Wish to know what is being done about this.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1697-05-06
ADM/A/1842/96
Warrant for the appointment of Thomas Undy to be Master Gunner of the BEDFORD galley.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1697-05-06
ADM/A/1842/98
Warrant for the appointment of John Brockwell to be Purser of the BEDFORD galley.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1697-05-05
ADM/A/1842/71
We direct you upon the return of the VINE Pink, a Tender on the ASSOCIATION, to Portsmouth to cause her to be discharged from the Service.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1697-05-06
ADM/A/1842/85
Warrant for the appointment of John Staines to be Master Carpenter of the JOLLY Prize.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1697-05-06
ADM/A/1842/81
Warrant for the appointment of Richard Claredge to be Boatswain of the BEDFORD GALLEY.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1697-05-06
ADM/A/1842/79
We understand by your letter of the 3rd inst; that you have bought the BEDFORD GALLEY for HM's service and ordered her to be received by the Deptford Yard.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1697-05-04
ADM/A/1842/49
We direct you forthwith to contract with Mr Loftis at the cheapest possible rate for the building for the use of this Board, a Wherry, and the supplying her with Masts, Sails, Oars and all other things according to such directions as have been given to Mr Loftis.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1697-05-05
ADM/A/1842/51
We lately directed you to order the Victualling Commissioners to cause the DEPTFORD and OWNERS LOVE Fireship to be victualled for four months at whole allowance for their highest complement of Men.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1697-05-05
ADM/A/1842/55
Having ordered John Cliff, a Servant to the late Carpenter of the FALMOUTH, to be discharged from the said Ship in order to his being employed in the Deptford Yard, we direct you forthwith to give Orders for his being employed in the said Yard.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1697-05-04
ADM/A/1842/31
The Commander of the FORESIGHT in the Downs has informed us that he cannot stow the whole quantity of Beer ordered for her, and desires therefore that he may receive Money for the remainder.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1697-05-04
ADM/A/1842/29
We direct you to cause an allowance of Salary of fifty pounds per annum to be settled on Mr Thomas Power, Muster Master at Bideford, to commence from the 10th April 1696, the date of his Warrant for that employment, and you are to sign Bills quarterly on the Navy Treasurer for paying him according t…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1697-05-03
ADM/A/1842/23
We direct you to cause the QUEENBOROUGH upon her arrival at Highlake to be cleaned and refitted, and victualled for ten weeks for Channel service.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1697-05-04
ADM/A/1842/41
Warrant for the appointment of William Chadder to be Master Cook of the hired Hospital Ship SOCIETY.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1697-05-04
ADM/A/1842/39
Warrant for the appointment of William Garrett to be Master Mast Maker of the Woolwich Yard.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-06-14
ADM/A/1820/106
Are sending a list of seamen whose wages have been stopped as a result of them being marked Q or R. Each individual case is to be looked into and an opinion given as to what is to be done about them.
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