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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-07-22 ADM/A/1821/175
Our Order of the 10th inst; directed you to provide eight months dry and two months wet Provisions for the CHICHESTER, CAMBRIDGE, SHREWSBURY and YARMOUTH.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-07-25 ADM/A/1821/202
Warrant for the appointment of Thomas Bickham to be Master Carpenter of the new 4th Rate Ship building by Mr Henry Johnson in the Dock at Blackwall.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-07-25 ADM/A/1821/206
We direct you to cause the BERWICK to be fitted out to Sea for a voyage to the Mediterranean, manned to her highest complement of Men and furnished with six months Dry and two months Wet Provisions, with all possible dispatch.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-07-25 ADM/A/1821/214
In pursuance of an Order of the Lord Justices of England dated 6th June last, you are to pay Captain Benjamin Hoskins,Captain of the ROYAL WILLIAM, allowances made in respect of the taking of the French Man of War FRIPPON when he commanded the CROWN.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-07-25 ADM/A/1821/212
Captain Sanderson, Commander of the Yacht WILLIAM & MARY, has informed us that its Mast is not taut enough to hoist the Sail, and otherwise inconvenient.
We direct you to cause her to be Masted as you judge best to contribute to her sailing and working.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-07-25 ADM/A/1821/210
The WEYMOUTH has taken from the Enemy and brought into Plymouth a Ship called the COUNT ROUEL, which is said may carry forty eight Guns.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-07-23 ADM/A/1821/185
A Petition has been presented to this Board in the name of the Seamen of the JAMES GALLEY, stating that when Captain William Vickers commanded her he took two Prizes for which he has received Ninety five pounds from the Prize Office, but they have not had their shares.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-07-29 ADM/A/1821/226
We are informed that Francis Graham of Ipswich, aged about sixty years, was lately pressed to serve aboard the ROYAL KATHERINE, turned over to one of the Bomb Vessels at the late Expedition against St. Malo, was blown up and badly wounded, and is now sick ashore at Portsmouth.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-07-31 ADM/A/1821/236
Lieutenant Nicholas Snow, late Lieutenant of the SWIFTSURE, was employed to press Men for the HASTINGS, and continued in that service for some time after the SWIFTSURE was laid up.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-07-30 ADM/A/1821/234
The GLOUCESTER has arrived at Spithead and is suddenly ordered to the Straights.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-07-29 ADM/A/1821/228
The Ships named in the margin are designed on a voyage to the Mediterranean, and ordered to be victualled for that purpose. We direct you to furnish them with such Stores proper for such a voyage with all possible dispatch. Eight vessels in the margin, commencing with the ROYAL WILLIAM.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-08-12 ADM/A/1822/111
Several seamen are daily deserting from His Majesty's ships in the Downes and we have given orders to the Constables of Deal, Dover and other places, that for each seaman that they deliver to the Muster Master at Deal as a deserter they shall receive 20 shillings.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-08-12 ADM/A/1822/109
Several seamen are daily deserting from His Majesty's ships at Spithead and Portsmouth and we have given orders to the Constables at Petersfield and others, that for each seaman as they shall deliver to the Clerk of the Cheque at Portsmouth as a deserter they shall be allowed 20 shillings.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-08-12 ADM/A/1822/103
Upon arrival at Spithead of the LITCHFIELD you are directed to have her fitted for a voyage to the Mediterranean and victualled for 3 months for her highest complement of men with all dispatch.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-08-12 ADM/A/1822/119
Robert Bagster is to be appointed of the SPEEDWELL. You are directed to enter him accordingly together with allowance of wages and victuals for himself and servant as is proper. His warrant is to be dated 12 August 1695.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-08-12 ADM/A/1822/101
The CHICHESTER being ordered on a voyage to the Mediterranean, her Commander has advised us that she wants caulking within and without and her bowsprit being weak needs to be fished. You are directed to have her fitted for this voyage with all dispatch upon her arrival at Spithead.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-08-12 ADM/A/1822/93
The KATHERINE yacht, being ordered to the Mediterranean to attend on Sir George Rooke, Commander-in-Chief there, you are directed to give orders, upon her arrival at Portsmouth, for furnishing her with an awning for sheltering her men as some other of His Majesty's yachts have.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-08-02 ADM/A/1822/27
The NORWICH being lately arrived in the Downes from Virginia and ordered to Kinsale to be cleaned and refitted for service in the Channel, you are directed to have her present complement of men increased to the highest number established for her.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-08-05 ADM/A/1822/41
Your letter to our Secretary informed us that the VICTORY will be in a condition to be put in the water and we wish to know whether she will be sheathed before she comes out of the dock. You are directed to have her sheathed before she is launched.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-08-05 ADM/A/1822/37
We have appointed the NORWICH to carry Mr Timewell and his family to Kinsale, and to convoy the KATHERINE storeship. Upon her arrival at Spithead, you are directed to have her supplied with what stores and other necessaries she wants to proceed to Kinsale where she is to be cleaned and refitted.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-08-01 ADM/A/1822/11
Your report of 30 July has given an account of the failure of Captain Frederick Barker on the performance of his instructions during his command of the LYON as the reason why he has not received his wages.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-08-01 ADM/A/1822/9
Your report to this Board of 30 July gave an account of the failure of Captain William Harman during his command of the ADVICE from 23 June 1693 to 8 October 1694 in the West Indies.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-08-01 ADM/A/1822/7
You are directed that upon arrival at Sheerness of the HENRY prize you are to have her cleaned and refitted for service in the Channel and victualled for 10 weeks with all dispatch.