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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-06-14 ADM/A/1820/120
Warrant appointing John Lock, late Second Assistant to the Master Shipwright at Chatham, to be Second Assistant to the Master Shipwright at Portsmouth; his predecessor, Thomas Allen having been appointed to First Assistant.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-06-17 ADM/A/1820/128
Following the loss of the JAMES GALLEY, her Captain and Master were court-martialled aboard the SWIFTSURE, at the Nore, and subsequently imprisoned and fined.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-06-17 ADM/A/1820/140
Warrant appointing Stephen Fisher, to be Gunner of the CENTURION; his predecessor having been turned out.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-06-17 ADM/A/1820/138
Warrant appointing Charles Cuthbert, late Master Gunner, of the VIRGIN PRIZE, to be Master Gunner of the CENTURION; his predecessor having been appointed to the LYON.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-06-12 ADM/A/1820/83
Countermands previous instructions not to pay any wages on the tickets of William Bristow for service in the SWIFTSURE and SMIRNA MERCHANT because the letter-of-attorney made to Jane Webster had been mislaid.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-06-11 ADM/A/1820/81
1. Twelve pinnaces are to be provided. Eight of them with eight oars and four with six oars.

2. Three smacks are to be hired or bought, each capable of carrying five men and fitted with three small machines. They are to be victualled for ten weeks.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-06-10 ADM/A/1820/79
Warrant appointing Edmund Talbot, late Boatswain, of the GOODWIN, Prize, to be Boatswain of the ROSE, Fireship.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-06-12 ADM/A/1820/85
The stores now in the River that had not been delivered to the bomb vessels before they sailed for Portsmouth are to be sent to Spithead using a suitable hired vessel.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-06-13 ADM/A/1820/91
The vessel proposed by the Marquess of Carmarthen is to be built at Chatham, but is to be constructed so that she may be conveniently converted into a 6th Rate, if required.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-06-12 ADM/A/1820/89
Warrant appointing David Thompson, to be Master Cook of the northernmost of the ships (a 4th Rate) building at Mr Castle's yard at Deptford.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1697-05-15 ADM/A/1842/210
Warrant for the appointment of Hugh Williams to be Boatswain of the Brigantine SHARK.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1697-05-13 ADM/A/1842/174
We direct you to give the necessary Orders to the Officers of his Majesty's several Yards that as any of His Majesty's Ships or Vessels shall be sent in by order of Sir George Rooke, C-in-C of His Majesty's Fleet, to be cleaned and refitted, they cause them to be taken in hand and dis…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1697-05-10 ADM/A/1842/143
We direct you to give us an opinion whether the RUPERT Prize is in a condition as to her Hull for a twelve months' voyage, and if not, whether she can speedily be made so.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1697-05-12 ADM/A/1842/159
Warrant for the appointment of Erasmus Tether to be Purser of the SHEERNESS
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1697-05-09 ADM/A/1842/129
We direct you to cause the Wages due to Captain Lyell for the time he commanded the MILFORD to be paid , notwithstanding the loss of his Journals, Books and Papers of accounts, he having informed us that they were all lost when the MILFORD was taken by the Enemy.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1697-05-10 ADM/A/1842/133
John Oswald and Christopher Short, late Gunner and Carpenter of the BONAVENTURE, being ordered last October to to Portsmouth to give evidence at the trial of Captain Watkins, and other officers appointed in their stead, we direct you to make them an allowance equal to their Pay from the time of thei…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-06-10 ADM/A/1820/70
Are sending, for consideration and report, a copy of a letter and a draught warrant received from Mr Lowndes, Secretary to the Treasury, empowering Mr Gibson to investigate alleged frauds in the payment of tickets for seamen's wages.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1697-05-07 ADM/A/1842/113
A letter of the Principal Officers and Commisioners of the Registry dated May 4th after their consideration of the late Act of Parliament for the increase and encouragement of Seamen.
This sets out their proposals according to what is directed in the new Act.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-06-04 ADM/A/1820/26
When the WINCHELSEA arrives at Sheerness, she is to be cleaned and refitted for service in the Channel, and victualled for three months.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-06-05 ADM/A/1820/34
A Treasury Bill is to be signed for paying the sum of fifty pounds to Thomas Neale, Master of the Mint, who is to provide a medal and chain to be given to William Thompson of Poole, as a reward for his having taken a French Privateer with his hoy, crewed by himself, two men and a boy.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-06-06 ADM/A/1820/44
Warrant appointing Henry Axton, to be Purser of the TYGER [TIGER], Hired Ship.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-06-05 ADM/A/1820/40
Warrant appointing David Elliot, late Gunner, of the SWALLOW, Prize, to be Master Gunner of the DEFIANCE [DEFYANCE]; his predecessor having died.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-06-06 ADM/A/1820/50
In consideration of the care shown by Captain Misters in preserving the guns and stores of the LUMLEY CASTLE, Hired Ship, lost in the Mediterranean, it is thought reasonable to allow him, and his servant, to be paid their wages from the time the vessel was lost until the date of his departure from C…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-06-06 ADM/A/1820/48
The ROCHESTER and the CROWN are in the Downs and have been ordered to either Portsmouth or Sheerness, as the wind serves. Upon arrival they are to be cleaned and refitted for service in the Channel, and victualled for ten weeks each.