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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1699-01-14 ADM/A/1861/151
Warrant for the appointment of Lieutenant Richard Bray to be Master Gunner of the TRIDENT.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1691-11-05 ADM/A/1778/53
Captain Tuckey of the ROE Ketch has reported that his ship has been driven onto the pier at Dover, lost its mainmast and received damage to the hull. An Order is given for a survey to be made and for repairs to be effected as soon as possible.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1699-01-14 ADM/A/1861/157
Upon consideration of a letter from you to our Secretary concerning the debt of £14600 on Bills for Stores and Workmanship in the first Book, we directed the Cashier to the Treasurer of the Navy to give us an Account to whom the said debts were paid.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1691-11-09 ADM/A/1778/59
Wheras the Master and Surgeon of the OXFORD now in the Downs had previously been ordered to come to the Admiralty to attend an Enquiry concerning the conduct of her Commander, they are now to proceed to the ship to take up those duties as the ship is now suddenly required for service.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1691-11-09 ADM/A/1778/61
Requiring the Fleet Chaplains to be paid for service this year on production of Certificates.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1691-11-09 ADM/A/1778/47
Directing the Navy Board to examine the enclosed copy of a Proposal of Sir William Phipps to build some warships in New England and to report on same.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1691-10-19 ADM/A/1777/220
It appearing by the survey of the CONCORD PRIZE, now in the possession of the Naval Officers a Plymouth, that she is not fitting for service in their Majesties' Navy, we direct you to cause her to be delivered to the Officers of their Majesties' Commissioners for Prizes.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1691-10-31 ADM/A/1777/209
By our Order of June 30th last you were directed to stop the payment of Freight due to the SUSAN ANN of Stroud, Master Richard Cleve, upon the information given us that the said Vessel had made two voyages from Newcastle with Salt and Coals while she was actually in their Majesties' service.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1691-10-31 ADM/A/1777/213
It appears by a Certificate from Captain Aylmer, late Commander of the MONCK, that the Lieutenant and twelve Seamen mentioned in the margin were by his Orders put on the Sloop INQUIRY which was taken by the French.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1699-01-10 ADM/A/1861/111
Warrant for the appointment of Thomas Griffin to be Master Cook of the SANDWICH.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1691-11-04 ADM/A/1778/13
Wanting to know to which Yards the BERWICK, LENOX, BURFORD, HAMPTON COURT and PLYMOUTH Fireships should be sent to prepare for service next Summer.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1691-11-04 ADM/A/1778/15
Ordering the Navy Board to apply to the Treasury for money to pay to the First of October 1690 all of HM ships in Sea Pay still in the English Channel and the Irish Sea.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1691-11-02 ADM/A/1778/3
Giving permission for Thomas Williams Master Carpenter of the MORDANT and William Rumny Master Carpenter of the VULTURE Fireship to exchange places, the MORDANT being due to sail to the West Indies.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1691-11-04 ADM/A/1778/7
Ordering Major Mitchell to be paid for his time in the ELIZABETH as Captain serving under the Earl of Torrington Admiral of the Fleet.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1691-11-04 ADM/A/1778/9
Giving an instruction to all Clerks of the Cheque that the food allowances of all Men absent from their ships in harbour are to be stopped, except those granted certificates by their Captains.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1699-01-07 ADM/A/1861/60A
We direct you to imprest to Villers Bathurst, Judge Advocate of HM Fleet, the sum of fifty pounds to enable him to perform the duty of this employment.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-09-03 ADM/A/1823/24
Warrant appointing Jeffry Jones, Boatswain of the MERMAID, to be Boatswain of the SEVERN. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-09-03 ADM/A/1823/22
Warrant appointing Mark Browne, Boatswain of the PENZANCE, to be Boatswain of the MERMAID in place of the former who has been moved to the SEVERN. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-08-31 ADM/A/1810/335
We direct you to give Orders to the Portsmouth and Plymouth Commissioners that as any of their Majesties' Ships come there disabled, their repairs should be taken in hand as soon as possible, and they should be supplied with such Stores as shall be necessary for putting them in a condition for…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-09-02 ADM/A/1823/2
Enclosing an extract of a letter from Captain Papwell Commander of the BETTY Hired ship that he lacks beer and that the Provisions put aboard his ship in Milford Haven were of very poor quality.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-09-02 ADM/A/1823/10
Wanting to know who gave the Order for the building of a Summer House in the Garden of Commissioner Tymewell's house at Portsmouth and whether there were precedents. And requiring a stop to be put to the practice of paying a wage to Shipyard Apprentices.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-09-02 ADM/A/1823/6
Ordering the ELIZABETH to be docked and surveyed at Chatham
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-09-02 ADM/A/1823/8
Ordering two months' Provisions to be sent to the KATHERINE at the Nore for her highest complement of Men.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-08-30 ADM/A/1810/317
Wedirect you forthwith to give directions for the Ordinary and Riggers of Chatham Yard to assist Captain Billop, Commander of the LONDON, in carrying that Ship from Blackstakes up to Chatham.