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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-05-13 ADM/A/1819/122

Warrant appointing Thomas Lowry to be Master Carpenter of the BASILISK Bomb Vessel. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-05-18 ADM/A/1819/172

Fifty shillings is to be sent to Mr Manoock the Muster Master at Rye to defray the expense of sending expresses to the CHARLES Galley and the SEAHORSE.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-05-18 ADM/A/1819/170

Giving consent for the alterations that the Navy Board has proposed for the Yard at Chatham including the removal of the Mast Houses in the new Yard and the depositing of masts on marshland adjoining and that the Mast Dock - which has become insanitary - is to be filled in as there is very little r…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-05-18 ADM/A/1819/166

Enclosing an account of Stores embezzled at HM Yard Portsmouth since August 1693 for which no prosecutions have resulted and demanding an explanation.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-05-20 ADM/A/1819/184

Warrant appointing Thomas Ronnsevall, Master Gunner of the St. PAUL Fireship, to be Master Gunner of the RUBY Prize. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-05-20 ADM/A/1819/178

HM Yacht the NAVY at Sheerness is to be cleaned and readied for the sea without delay.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-05-20 ADM/A/1819/176

The Board has been ordered to lay up the BERWICK at Chatham. Repair work is to commence as soon as she arrives there with a view to getting her ready for sea with the minimum of delay.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-05-16 ADM/A/1819/154

Sir Richard Onslow has delivered a list of Marines in his Company who owe him for clothing.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-05-16 ADM/A/1819/152

Warrant appointing Ambrose Fellows, Master Carpenter of the LENOX, to be Master Carpenter of the new Second Rate building at Chatham. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-05-15 ADM/A/1819/146

Requiring a survey to be made of the MONTAGNE now at the Nore and a report to be submitted estimating the time to be allowed in refitting her for service at sea, together with a recommendation as to which Yard is to undertake the work.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-05-22 ADM/A/1819/207

Warrant appointing Thomas Kirkton to be Master Gunner of the TERROR Bomb Vessel. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-05-22 ADM/A/1819/205

Warrant appointing Nicholas Taylor, Master Cook of the MARY ANN Bomb Vessel, to be Master Cook of the RUBY Prize. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-05-23 ADM/A/1819/213

Requesting a report on a proposal by the Marquis of Carmarthen to build a small Sixth Rate at Chatham.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1697-01-23 ADM/A/1838/377

Requiring a sum of money to be made available to Captain George Maise [Meese] Commander in the Chief of the West Indies Squadron for the purchase of wine instead of beer.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-05-23 ADM/A/1819/215

Instructing that a survey be taken of the ROEBUCK now at Kinsale and to convert her to a Fifth Rate Frigate should this prove possible; and requiring to know the size of crew and the number and nature of guns that would be required to man and equip her.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-05-27 ADM/A/1819/251

In the event that the nine Third Rates detailed for service in the Channel this Summer and named in the margin have not already been supplied with four months' victuals they are to be provisioned immediately; and any victuals that they are not able to take on board are to be put aboard Victuall…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-05-23 ADM/A/1819/225

John Taylor, late Boatswain and William Platt, late Carpenter, both of the LUMLEY CASTLE Hired ship are to be paid in recognition of their having been employed in salvaging guns, anchors, cables and stores from that ship, from the time of her loss until the First of June 1694.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-05-29 ADM/A/1819/291

Regarding one Isaac Cleford, and requiring the Books of Portsmouth Yard and the PORTSMOUTH be examined and the findings be reported on the following day.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-05-29 ADM/A/1819/304

The CENTURION is to be cleaned and refitted at Sheerness for service in the Channel on her return from Holland and victualled for ten months.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-05-29 ADM/A/1819/300

Directing that the sum of one thousand eight hundred plus pounds be paid to Mr Meester in respect of the Machine Vessels during last year and the present year provided he can produce vouchers showing the amounts disbursed.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-05-28 ADM/A/1819/269

In the event that the SWEEPSTAKES, GUARLAND, WINCHELSEA and BONAVENTURE Hired ship in the colliery convoy at Newcastle are in need of provisions, orders are to be issued for their being supplied with credits at Newcastle to enable each ship to obtain a fortnight's supplies.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-05-28 ADM/A/1819/283

Warrant appointing Thomas Charlton to be Master Carpenter of the RUBY Prize. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-05-28 ADM/A/1819/277

Warrant appointing Charles Duckworth to be Master Cook of the CARCASS. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-05-28 ADM/A/1819/275

The Officers and Men of the DARTMOUTH and the ENGLAND Hired Frigate sunk and taken by the French respectively have been exonerated at Court Martial and are to be paid for their time in the ships.