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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1698-12-15 ADM/A/1860/157

Giving directions for the Clerks of Admiral Aylmer and others to be retained until the end of the present Quarter.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1698-12-15 ADM/A/1860/155

Confirmation that Richard Brookes, a Boy belonging to the SPEEDWELL, was instrumental in exposing a conspiracy to seize the ship and sail it away together with the QUEENBOROUGH for which a man was hanged. Brookes is to be awarded twenty pounds for advancement in the Navy.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1699-03-23 ADM/A/1863/207

Requiring the NORWICH to be paid off and laid up on arrival at Woolwich.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1699-03-24 ADM/A/1863/211

Requiring the MONMOUTH to be supplied with Provisions at the Nore to enable her to proceed to Portsmouth to take on money and proceed further to Plymouth to pay the dockyard.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1699-03-24 ADM/A/1863/213

Ordering the "Q's" and "R's" on a number of Men listed in a recent Petition to be taken off.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1699-03-25 ADM/A/1863/215

Approving credit for the East India Squadron to be sent after them by the first available Merchant ship. The money is to be charged to Captain Warren, Commander in Chief of the said Squadron.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1699-03-25 ADM/A/1863/221

Lifting the Order for mulcting the wages of Captain Billop for failure to comply with his instructions provided the Navy Board, upon review, is satisfied he should be paid - including money due for his servant William Bedford.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1699-04-20 ADM/A/1864/120

The money sent to Plymouth to pay the Men of the WINCHELSEA has proved insufficient. Instructions are given for the Books of the ship to be sent to Plymouth when the next issue of money to that port is made in order to rectify matters.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1699-01-03 ADM/A/1861/19

Warrant for the appointment of John Bright to be Master Gunner of the RUSSELL.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1699-01-03 ADM/A/1861/15

An application has been made to us by Captain Cleveland concerning his Pay for the MEDWAY. We direct you cause him to be paid as Captain of this Ship to the 20th June 1697, and that Captain Burke's Pay, who succeeded him, begins from that time.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1699-01-05 ADM/A/1861/35

Warrant for the appointment of Thomas Eastwood to be Purser of the CHATHAM.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1699-04-21 ADM/A/1864/126

A survey is to be made of the TRIDENT as it is thought that a major overhaul may be required.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1699-04-21 ADM/A/1864/128

Warrant appointing James Smith, Gunner of the WARWICK, to be Master Gunner of the ADVICE in place of Clement Nicholls who has been moved to the WARWICK. Countersigned by Josiah Burchett, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1699-04-21 ADM/A/1864/151

Confirming a Warrant granted by Captain Martin Gardiner, Commander of the NORWICH dated 31st January 1699 for Jonathan Nickolson to be Master Carpenter of the NORWICH. Countersigned by Josiah Burchett, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1699-04-13 ADM/A/1864/77

Warrant appointing John Pickett, late Cook of the LION, to be Master Cook of the LENOX in place of the former who has died.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1698-12-31 ADM/A/1860/311

The CHATHAM, inbound from the West Indies, has arrived at Plymouth in a leaking condition. Orders are to be given for her leaks to be stopped and for her to proceed to the Nore. The Navy Board is to advise where she is to be paid off and laid up.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1698-12-31 ADM/A/1860/307

Enclosing a letter from Richard Philips, Master House Carpenter at Woolwich, exposing the embezzlement of Stores. The Navy Board is directed to prosecute the offenders.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1698-12-31 ADM/A/1860/313

Instructing that the three Clerks loaned to the Registry to aid it in its work of caring for the Sick and Wounded are to be returned to that department.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1699-04-15 ADM/A/1864/91

Ordering the CENTURION to be cleaned and refitted on arrival at Woolwich and victualed for three months for her lowest complement of Men.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1698-12-20 ADM/A/1860/320

Warrant appointing Thomas Davison to be Master Cook of the new Third Rate building at Deptford as soon as she is ready to receive him. Countersigned by Josiah Burchett, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1699-04-13 ADM/A/1864/85

Requiring the Guardships at Chatham, Portsmouth and Plymouth to be kept in greater readiness for service at sea by retaining their rigging and guns. Details of how they are to be officered and crewed are given. Emphasis is placed on the role of their boats in constant scouting.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1698-12-20 ADM/A/1860/330

Warrant appointing John Eady, late Cook of the ASSURANCE, to be Master Cook of the new Third Rate building at Portsmouth as soon as she is ready to receive him. Countersigned by Josiah Burchett, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1698-12-08 ADM/A/1860/328

Commanding that very strict examination of ships coming into dock be undertaken and every care be taken with their repair now in times of peace, particularly ships of the First to the Third Rate.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1699-01-02 ADM/A/1861/1

We understand by your letter of the 28th past to our Secretary that that you have considered the proposal of the Master Attendant at the Sheerness Yard, and what the Chatham Commissioners wrote to you, of adding some hands to the Ships in Ordinary at that place for their greater safety.…