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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1688-05-27 ADM/A/1759/264
Warrant appointing Thomas Bear[e] to be Boatswain of the CENTURIAN.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-08-30 ADM/A/1768/356
The EDWARD and the SUSAN Hoy in the Thames and recently returned from the Irish Sea are to be paid off.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-08-28 ADM/A/1768/354
Directing that the Master Attendant at Sheerness is to assist the Deputy Governor there in securing Swedish ships suspected of trading with France.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-08-27 ADM/A/1768/352
The PLAY Prize at the Nore is to be supplied with three months provisions for service in the Channel immediately.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-08-27 ADM/A/1768/368
The Board is to negotiate with Mr Barrett for the Frigate he is building at Shoreham and to purchase it if the price is right for fitting as a Man of War; and commanding that the Officers and Crews of the ALBEMARLE and WINDSOR CASTLE shall not be put into other ships as previously instructed but sha…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-08-22 ADM/A/1768/362
Merchant ships are to be hired to convey six month's victuals to the MARY, BRISTOL, ANTELOPE, TIGER Prize, ASSISTANCE, HAMPSHIRE, CORONATION, SUCCESS, PRINCESS ANNE, SWAN, GUERNSEY, QUAKER Ketch, St.PAUL and RICHARD AND JOHN now in the West Indies.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-08-16 ADM/A/1768/370
Captain Robert Audeley, late of the KINGFISHER Ketch and formerly Lieutenant of the TYGER but now a prisoner in France is to have his wages paid to whoever is authorised to receive them.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-08-23 ADM/A/1768/386
Victuals issued to the Governors of Sheerness, The Tower, Deal, the Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and Plymouth are to be returned to stores and account rendered.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-11-06 ADM/A/1768/398
Warrant appointing Arthur Bixon Master Gunner of the ROYAL KATHERINE to be Master Gunner of the DUCHESS in place of the former gunner now moved to the ROYAL KATHERINE.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1680-08-08 ADM/A/1768/396
Warrant appointing Henry Cole to be Clerk at Chatham in place of John Owen who has died.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-08-25 ADM/A/1768/394
Warrant appointing Richard Swale Master Gunner of the NEPTUNE to be Master Gunner of the St.ANDREW in place of the former who has retired.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-08-25 ADM/A/1768/392
Warrant appointing Peter Frazier to be Purser in the VIRGIN PRIZE.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-08-18 ADM/A/1768/404
Warrant appointing Andrew Moss late Master Gunner of the CIGNET to be Master Gunner of the HOPEWELL Fireship.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-07-10 ADM/A/1768/48
Stores in the GUARDLAND at the Nore are to be made up to three months.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-08-27 ADM/A/1768/414
Warrant appointing Philip Roger to be Deputy Purser in the PLYMOUTH in place of Robert Halllows who has requested relief for the duration of her voyage.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-07-11 ADM/A/1768/60
The yacht MERLIN is to be stored and prepared for service in the Channel with all haste.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-07-10 ADM/A/1768/58
A warning is given that no superfluous works are to be undertaken in the fitting out of ships at the Nore, including the re-erection of cabins destroyed by enemy action at sea.The names offending officers are to be collected and given to the Admiralty.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-07-04 ADM/A/1768/68
The merchant ships MODENA, LOYAL MERCHANT, WOOLF, TIGER and PRINCESS at Blackwall; and the BONAVENTURE at Ratcliffe Cross are to be hired and fitted as warships.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-07-12 ADM/A/1768/82
Conduct money is to be allowed to men from the ANNE to proceed to Portsmouth to join the NORTHUMBERLAND.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-07-11 ADM/A/1768/78
Vessels at Milford Haven, Bideford and Plymouth are to be fitted for sea as Advice Boats. Vessels are to be made ready at Portsmouth to act as Fireships.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-07-04 ADM/A/1768/9
The Master and Wardens of Trinity House require a vessel to send a pilot to the fleet. Provisions are to be sent with him for the use of the fleet.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-07-07 ADM/A/1768/76
Dutch survivors of recent engagements are to be given Conduct Money and sent to Chatham where they may join HM ships or remain on subsistance until able to join Dutch ships.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-07-09 ADM/A/1768/72
Henry Johnson the owner of a Yard at Blackwall has at his disposal a ship capable of carrying seventy guns. The Board is to negotiate with him and report on the vessel's conditon and dimensions.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-07-09 ADM/A/1768/70
The Master Warden of Trinity House is to be instructed to take up the various buoys downstream of the Nore Buoy as quickly and quietly as possible.