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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1699-04-29
ADM/A/1864/232
Confirming the award of a Commission by Admiral Benbow Commander in Chief in the West Indies in January of this year appointing John Oakes to be Lieutenant of the DUNKIRK. And requiring he be paid.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1699-01-13
ADM/A/1861/143
In pursuance of HM's pleasure signified to this Board, we direct you to cause to be delivered to the Master of the Ferry at Kue a Hawser of such dimensions and quality as required by him, and also three Blocks he thinks proper for the Ferry.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1699-04-29
ADM/A/1864/238
Instructing the Navy Board to apply to the Treasury for money to pay off the Officers and Crews of the SOLEBAY and NEWPORT.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1699-04-29
ADM/A/1864/242
A "Q" has been put against the name of John Seville - otherwise known as John Civill - on the Books of the LEWIS Prize. Instructions are given for the "Q" to be removed and for his wages to be paid to Sir John Poole or such other person as he shall nominate.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1699-04-29
ADM/A/1864/246
Proposals put forward by a Mr Hammond for the preservation of ships in harbour from decay are not to be proceeded with; but the suggestions made by Officers at Chatham to remove the bulkheads forming the Powder Rooms and Bread Rooms in the Holds of ships are to go ahead.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1699-01-14
ADM/A/1861/153
Warrant for the appointment of Charles Goodman to be Purser of the FEVERSHAM.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1699-01-14
ADM/A/1861/149
Warrant for the appointment of Gilding Wotton to be Purser of the ASSOCIATION.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1699-04-03
ADM/A/1864/267
Warrant appointing John Pollard to be Purser of the LUDLOW as soon as she is ready to receive him. Countersigned by Josiah Burchett, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1699-04-27
ADM/A/1864/198
Confirming a Commission granted by Captain Phineas Bowles late Commander of the NORWICH when in the West Indies dated 31st July 1698 appointing Mr John Comes to be Lieutenant of the Norwich, and directing that he be paid for his time in that ship provided the Navy Board has no other objections.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1699-01-09
ADM/A/1861/94
Having ordered the MARY GALLY to Portsmouth to be fitted for a voyage to Newfoundland, we direct you to cause her to be paid to Michaelmas 97 before proceeding on her voyage.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1699-01-09
ADM/A/1861/102
We direct you upon the arrival of the RYE in the Downs (where she is ordered) to cause her victualling to be completed to three months for her lowest complement of Men, and furnished with what stores are needed for a voyage to the Canaries with all dispatch.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1699-04-27
ADM/A/1864/204
Enclosing a report on the condition of the Docks at Portsmouth and the Docks and Buildings at Plymouth that indicate that repairs are required and requesting an opinion as to how matters are to be taken forward.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1699-04-29
ADM/A/1864/228
Enclosing the Petition of Lady Laton, the Mother of the late Captain John Laton who was killed taking the MAGDALEN a French Privateer delivered to Officers in the Yard at Plymouth.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1699-04-25
ADM/A/1864/176
A number of ships named in the margin have been ordered to proceed to the Downs. The Commissioners for Victualing are to be instructed to provide a sufficient quantity of victuals to enable all ships to make up their stores to two months.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1699-04-25
ADM/A/1864/178
Requiring that the Commissioners for Victualing be instructed to send a year's foodstuffs to Newfoundland aboard the Hampshire sufficient for sixty-one Soldiers. The money to be requested from the Treasury.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1699-04-25
ADM/A/1864/184
Confirming a Warrant issued by Captain Phineas Bowles of the NORWICH on the 4th August 1698 for George Marshall to be Master Gunner of the NORWICH in place of the former who has died. Countersigned by Josiah Burchett, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1699-04-26
ADM/A/1864/186
Acknowledging the input of the Navy Board in the removal of "Q's" and "R's" from the names of Men listed in a Petition and giving instructions as to the course of action to be taken in each case.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-09-05
ADM/A/1834/76
We direct you to cause the LANCASTER to be fitted out to Sea at Portsmouth for Channel service, manned with her highest complement of Men, and victualled for four months with all dispatch.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-09-05
ADM/A/1834/74
Warrant for the appointment of James Brown to be Master Carpenter of the DEAL CASTLE.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-09-05
ADM/A/1834/72
Warrant for the appointment of Robert Thomas to be Boatswain of the ASSISTANCE.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-09-07
ADM/A/1834/84
We direct you to cause the SOUTHSEA CASTLE to be fitted out to Sea at Portsmouth for a foreign voyage (instead of the POOLE), manned with her highest complement of Men, and victualled as by our Order of the 13th August last.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-09-04
ADM/A/1834/60
We direct you to cause the MAIDSTONE upon her arrival at Sheerness to be cleaned and refitted there for Channel service, and victualled for ten weeks.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-09-04
ADM/A/1834/50
We direct you to cause all possible diligence to be used in the dispatch of the SWAN, she being designed on immediate service.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-09-04
ADM/A/1834/54
We have received a Memorial from the Officers belonging to the first Marine Regiment in which they desire their Pay, and that the six shillings per month may be deducted from their Men to pay for their Clothes, according to his Majesties' Order.…
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