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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-09-06 ADM/A/1823/73
A letter has been received from the Commissioner for the Post Office and the Clerk of the Cheque at Harwich concerning a number of matters brought to light by Mr Everet including the alleged misuse of ropes by a Labourer for mooring ships.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-09-07 ADM/A/1823/87
Very urgently requiring the VIRGIN Prize to be cleaned and refitted on arrival at Chatham and supplied with three months Victuals for service in the Channel.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-09-07 ADM/A/1823/85
Ordering the JERSEY to be cleaned and refitted on arrival at Portsmouth and supplied with ten weeks Victauls for service in the Channel.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-09-05 ADM/A/1823/57
Elisha Dobree, a Gurenseyman and ship owner has been detained on Guernsey pending his acting as a French Coast Pilot. He petitions for an allowance to cover the duration of his detention stating that throughout this time his ship has lain idle on The Walls.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-06-28 ADM/A/1784/257
Instructing the Commissioners for Victualling to pay the Commissioners for Transportation for the cost of feeding the Men detailed to man the Shallops on their passage to Portsmouth; and instructing the fitting out of the three Bomb Vessels recently hired.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-06-25 ADM/A/1784/255
Giving the names of the Transport ships deemed suitable for towing the Shallops to Portsmouth for forwarding to the Master Attendant at Deptford.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-09-05 ADM/A/1823/55
Warrant appointing Thomas Elliot, Boatswain of the DOVER, to be Boatswain of the LENOX in place of the former who has been dismissed. Countersigned by Josiah Burchett, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-06-24 ADM/A/1784/247
The Queen has authorised the hiring of three suitable vessels as Bomb Vessels. The Navy Board is to apply to the Treasury for the money.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-06-23 ADM/A/1784/243
Announcing that instructions have been given for equipping Shallops with two small guns each and issuing an Order for Officers at Deptford to supply Captain Philips with the necessary ordnance.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-09-05 ADM/A/1823/61
Ordering Captain Urry to be paid for his time in command of the STROMBOLI Fireship.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) ADM/A/1823/63
No date recorded. Proclamation warning Officers and Workmen of/in H.M. Yards from converting timber into chips and for using/allowing themselves to be used Workmen undertaking tasks for the private benefit of Officers in H.M. Yards.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-09-04 ADM/A/1823/37
Making an allowance to Philip Austin, Boatswain of the NEPTUNE, for travel expenses in first proceeding from the Downs to the Nore to give evidence against Captain Holmes of the HENRY Prize at a Court Martial, and then travelling on to Portsmouth to join his ship.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-09-02 ADM/A/1787/11
Ordering the removal of the stop put on the wages of Captain John Leech of the ANN while employed in the West Indies providing an assurance is given regarding the matter concerning Freight.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-09-01 ADM/A/1787/7
On arrival at Portsmouth the French Privateer taken by the CENTURION is to be surveyed and a Report is to submitted showing whether she would be suitable to serve as a Man-of-War and if so the number of Men and number and nature of guns that would be required to equip her.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-09-01 ADM/A/1787/5
Ordering the very urgent sheathing of the RESOLUTION for service in the West Indies.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-09-02 ADM/A/1787/15
Requiring Provisions to be sent out to the NORWICH and DIAMOND in the West Indies by some of the Merchant ships going there in Convoy, together with Boatswains' and Carpenters' Stores.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-09-04 ADM/A/1823/47
Warrant appointing William Dennison, Boatswain of the HAWK, to be Boatswain of the BURLINGTON. Countersigned by Josiah Burchett, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-09-04 ADM/A/1823/49
Warrant appointing Jeremiah Coniers, Boatswain of the CHARLES GALLEY, to be Boatswain of the DOVER in place of the former who has been moved to the LENOX. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-09-04 ADM/A/1823/43
Ordering the payment by Bill of an allowance to Henry Degaris and [Henry] Bafin for the time they were in London to give evidence at the trial of some Irish Pirates.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-06-28 ADM/A/1784/259
Giving urgent instructions to man the three Bomb Vessels named in the margin with fifteen Men each and to supply the ships with three months Victuals.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-06-29 ADM/A/1784/216
Ordering Men and an Officer to be sent from Plymouth to Falmouth to bring the TARTAN round to Plymouth
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-06-29 ADM/A/1784/210
Authorising the payment of Wages to Lieutenant John Mitchell late of the WARSPIGHT for his time in that ship with a condition attached.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-02-17 ADM/A/1784/211
Josiah Green Master and Owner of the [LAUREL] Ketch of London has applied for an Allowance for the time the ketch served as Tender to the WARSPIGHT for a period beyond its official discharge date.…