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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-03-30
ADM/A/1828/388
Appoint Thomas Fisher. Boatswain, of the Bomb vessel GRANADO
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-03-30
ADM/A/1828/386
Appoint John Dork, Master Cook, of the Fireship FIREBRAND.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-03-30
ADM/A/1828/392
Cause a pension to be settled on Thomas Busbridge from the time he was discharged as Master Carpenter the DREADNAUGHT.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-03-31
ADM/A/1828/404
Impress £400 to Mr Edward Whittaker towards him defraying charges for such business as he is employed on by order of the board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1699-01-27
ADM/A/1861/268
This Board has taken notice that no Money has been sent down lately to pay the Ships being discharged and laid up for easing the growing Charges. Frequent applications have been made lately by Officers whose Ships are paid off, who have passed their accounts, and who request their Wages.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-03-06
ADM/A/1828/418
Appoint Robert Young to be Clerk of His Majesties' Rope Yard at Plymouth, with such Salary, Allowances, and Privileges as he is entitled.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1698-12-22
ADM/A/1860/229
Enclosing a Certificate provided by Sir Cloudesley Shovell appointing Mr Nathaniel Bull Deputy Judge Advocate of HM Fleet; and requiring Mr Bull to be paid the usual allowance during the time he remains in that role.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1699-03-29
ADM/A/1863/262
Warrant appointing Robert Philpot, Minister of the Garrison and Chaplain of the Guardship at Sheerness, to be Minister and Preacher to ships and vessels in Ordinary and those on Rigging Wages, and to be payed four pence per man per month in wages.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1699-03-30
ADM/A/1863/264
Countermanding a Warrant whereby Anthony Barkesdale Purser of the RANELAGH was to exchange with William Worseley Purser of the MEDWAY during the MEDWAY'S voyage, Richard Williams Purser of the DEPTFORD is now to be entered on the Books of the RANELAGH during the MEDWAY'S present voyage.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1699-05-01
ADM/A/1864/3
Urgently requiring the MONMOUTH at Plymouth to be fitted for Summer service in the Channel.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1699-04-01
ADM/A/1864/5
Giving specific instructions for preserving ships in Ordinary at Chatham and Portsmouth by scraping the hulls and the coating of masts with tar, rosin and tallow as appropriate. Ships in Ordinary in other Yards are to be treated similarly.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1699-04-01
ADM/A/1864/7
Giving Orders for the ships at Deptford still in pay to continue to be victualed until the Master Attendant can say which Men are to be spared for taking the KENT and the REVENGE to their moorings at Chatham.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1698-12-24
ADM/A/1860/253
The GREENWICH has been ordered into Portsmouth. On arrival she is to be surveyed and a report is to be sent to the Admiralty stating how long it will take to refit her for the sea.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1698-12-23
ADM/A/1860/251
Requiring the DEAL CASTLE, now lying in the Hope, to be provided with two months provisions for her lowest complement of Men.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1698-12-20
ADM/A/1860/201
Warrant appointing Edward Sergeant lately warranted Cook of the New Third Rate building at Deptford, to be Master Cook of the CHARLES Galley in place of the former who has deserted. Countersigned by Josiah Burchett, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1698-12-19
ADM/A/1860/195
Giving instructions for the removal of "Q's" and "R's" from the names of Petitioners pursuant to the Navy Board's letters of the 5th and 7th of December and the Petitions sent to them for analysis and determination.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1698-12-20
ADM/A/1860/203
Warrant appointing Thomas Williams, Carpenter of the DORSETSHIRE, to be Master Carpenter of the DEVONSHIRE in place of the former who has been turned over into the DORSETSHIRE. Countersigned by Josiah Burchett, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1698-12-20
ADM/A/1860/205
Warrant appointing John Mingo, formerly Boatswain of the MORTAR BOMB VESSEL, to be Boatswain of the MARY Yacht in place of the former who has been dismissed. Countersigned by Josiah Burchett, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1699-03-30
ADM/A/1863/248
Warrant appointing Lullum Wood, formerly Purser of the FORESIGHT, to be Purser of the DEPTFORD in place of the former who has been promoted.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-08-20
ADM/A/1833/179
Leah Wilkinson has been indicted for forging Letters of Attorney with which she has received about fifty Pounds. Justices have ruled that she must return the money to the Treasurer of the Navy.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-08-20
ADM/A/1833/177
Ordering the Fireships FLAME, STROMBOLI and FIREBRAND to be cleaned and refitted on arrival at Portsmouth for a Foreign Voyage, and supplied with Victuals in common with other ships bound for foreign service.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-08-20
ADM/A/1833/183
Warrant appointing Abraham Barton, late Carpenter of the Loyalty, to be Master Carpenter of the WARWICK in place of the former who has resigned.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-08-20
ADM/A/1833/181
Warrant appointing Richard Phillips Master House Carpenter at Woolwich Yard in place of the former who has been dismissed. Countersigned by Josiah Burchett, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-08-19
ADM/A/1833/157
The Lord Justices have requested that a Six Oared Boat be supplied to the Governor of Hurst Castle. The Navy Board is instructed to maintain the boat as required. (The text describes Hurst Castle as being on the Isle of Wight.…
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