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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1689-07-23 ADM/A/1761/260
Letter requesting refitting of the KITCHEN. Captain Anthony Crow.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) ADM/A/1776/227
No date. Petition of Martin Perse explaining that he has served the Crown for many years both in Tangier and Ireland and that when Collector of Revenue in the latter was dismissed from his post by King James for being a Protestant and was imprisoned.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1691-09-13 ADM/A/1776/241
Enclosure: Copy of a letter from Richard Carter Captain of the VANGUARD that has run aground in Sandwich Bay in which he refers to difficulties in retaining his crew but expresses hope for saving his ship.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1691-09-26 ADM/A/1776/274
Extract of a letter from Sir Edward George Commissioner at Chatham in which he welcomes the proposal for sending Marines to work in the dockyard and suggests tasks with which they could assist.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1691-09-21 ADM/A/1776/293
First part of a list of stores required by Vice Admiral Cullenburgh for various Dutch ships. The ships are named as are their Captains and the stores are described.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) ADM/A/1776/292
No date. Enclosure: Second part of a list of stores required by Vice Admiral Cullenburgh.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1691-08-10 ADM/A/1776/133
Baptismal certificate of Nathaniel son of William, signed Humphrey Smith, Vicar of Dartmouth.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1691-07-09 ADM/A/1776/148
Enclosure: Signed copy of an account of money disbursed by Collectors of Customs in the Out Ports for procuring men for service in the Navy on which a note is appended stating that the account has been examined by J Lyscott, the Commissioner General of Accounts of Customs and that in his opinion the…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1691-08-12 ADM/A/1776/147
Enclosure: Letter to the Lords Commissioners of H.M. Treasury from the Commissioners for Customs in which they state that they are not authorised to reimburse Collectors of Customs for recruiting men themselves.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1691-08-31 ADM/A/1776/152
Enclosure: In effect querying whether the BRITANNIA should be girdled but suggesting a method whereby both oak and fir would be used; and where the strengthening should be applied. Reference is also made to the price of large section timbers and to the time taken to complete the work.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1691-08-31 ADM/A/1776/151
Signed note refering to Item 152. Also advising that the CROWN has sailed to the Blackstakes. Signed by Edward Gregory, Commissioner at Chatham.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) ADM/A/1776/17
Enclosure: Testimonial in support of John Markos contains multiple signatures. n.d.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1691-08-05 ADM/A/1776/19
Service record of John Markos confirming his rank as Carpenter in various ships, the names of their Captains and the years during which he served.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1691-08-18 ADM/A/1776/108
Enclosure: Copy of a letter from Captain Evans of the St.MARTIN at Plymouth relating how he has arrived in Plymouth following being delayed in London to find work on the ship lacking in several respects and requesting that Officers at the Yard be chivvied into action.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-07-10 ADM/A/1768/55
Enclosure relating to item 54. Copy of a letter from George Evans Justice of the Peace in Southwark to Lord Carmarthen in which instructions are given to the Constable of Brixton to search for seamen for service at sea.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-08-09 ADM/A/1768/310
Enclosure. Proposals by John Bowles for the measuring of the Burthen and Tonnage of hired ships. Showing Parts 1 and 2 and part of Part 3. Unsigned.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) ADM/A/1768/377
Enclosure: Draft of a report compliant with the next above in which it is advised that the site proposed by the Admiralty is too narrow and another site is suggested. Dimensions for a dock are given.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-07-07 ADM/A/1768/389
Enclosure: Abstract of part of an Order relating to the Commissioners of Customs concerning disbursements to be made by their Officers and in which the Navy Board is mentioned, unsigned.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1691-09-14 ADM/A/1776/310
Enclosure: Copy of a letter from Thomas Peach at Tower Place Woolwich in which he reports that lighters took a week to retrieve the ROYAL CHARLES guns, blaming various causes for delay, including being hindered by quantities of clapboard and ballast still on board.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1691-09-18 ADM/A/1776/326
Enclosure: A pay-up or else note to the Treasury Secretary written on behalf of Colonel Kendall, signed by William Thornburgh.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1691-09-25 ADM/A/1776/314
Enclosure: Letter concerning a discrepancy in the amount due for reimbursing the inhabitants of Lewes for quartering Marines. Signed by Thomas Pelham.