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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-03-28 ADM/A/1805/418

Warrant appointing David Orris, late Master Gunner of the DIAMOND, to be Master Gunner of the new Third Rate building at Southampton. Countersigned by James southerne, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-03-28 ADM/A/1805/420

Warrant appointing Edward Collingwood to be Boatswain of the DOVER Prize. Countersigned by James Southerne, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-12-08 ADM/A/1770/271

Authorising the payment of money for the services of the Navy to be paid to the Board of Ordnance.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-03-28 ADM/A/1805/386

The Dutch Men of War at Portsmouth are to be cleaned by careening or docking using the Dockyard's Hulks and Ways.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-04-10 ADM/A/1806/100

You are to give directions to the Wardens and Assistants of Trinity House of Deptford Strand to examine Lieutenant Thomas Legg, First Lieutenant of the RUPERT, as to his capacity of being Master of their Majesties' Ships.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-04-13 ADM/A/1806/118

You have informed us that the Westermost new third Rate Ship building at Harwich will be ready to launch by the 1st or 2nd of May next, which we have named the IPSWICH, and established her with the same Ordnance as allowed to the BREDAH. …

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-04-02 ADM/A/1806/12

Henry Tilden, late Carpenter of the ROYAL CHARLES, is to be granted a Pension, having served twenty years.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-03-30 ADM/A/1805/434

The JULIAN Prize Bomb vessel is to be established with forty-five men and eight guns together with a mortar.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-03-30 ADM/A/1805/436

The ARCHANGEL Hired ship is to be cleaned and refitted for service in the Channel by her owners at one of the Merchant docks in the Thames. She is to receive her highest complement of men and victaulled for four months.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-03-19 ADM/A/1805/254

Confirming a Commission granted by Henry Killigrew Esquire, Sir Ralph Delavall and Sir Cloudesley Shovell for Captain […….] Billop to be Captain of the VICTORY and requiring the wages due to him for his time in that ship to be paid.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-03-19 ADM/A/1805/256

The Board is to negotiate with the Masters of Merchant ships bound for Barbadoes for transporting three hundred troops. An estimate of charges is to be submitted and instructions are to be given to the Commissioners of Victualling to supply provisions for the voyage.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-12-13 ADM/A/1770/291

Directing that the HANNIBAL and SOCIETY Hospital ships are to hired again on the same terms and with the same crew numbers as those secured last year.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-12-13 ADM/A/1770/295

The Dover is to be cleaned and refitted at Plymouth for service in the Channel and supplied with three month's Victuals. The wages due to the Officers and Company of the DARTMOUTH are to be paid up to the time she was lost.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-12-15 ADM/A/1770/297

Instructing the impressment to Captain Matthew Aylmer Commander-in-Chief of the Squadron destined for the Mediterranean of a thousand pounds, some in cash and some in Letters of Credit.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-03-14 ADM/A/1805/192

Warrant appointing Thomas Thredder to be Master Cook of the JOSEPH Hired ship. Countersigned by James Southerne, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-03-14 ADM/A/1805/196

The wages of Captain Richard Cotton and of his son Lieutenant Cotton both of the DIAMOND are to be paid to the persons authorised to receive them, up to the time of their deaths in the West Indies, despite it not being possible to produce their journals and other papers.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-03-28 ADM/A/1805/369

The Master, Wardens and Assistants of Trinity House are asked to examine Captain Gabriel Millison of the Advice Boat FLY for his suitabilty for serving as Master in HM Ships.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-12-11 ADM/A/1770/279

Directing that the BONAVENTURE be hired at Blackwall and specifying the number of Men and Guns with which to equip her. An opinion is required as to the types of guns that should be put aboard.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-03-28 ADM/A/1805/380

Captain George Purvis is to be paid his wages for his time in command of the WOLF Hired ship; but if he has kept any men in wages or victuals longer than he should the money is to be taken out of his pay.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-12-12 ADM/A/1770/287

Schedule showing the quantities of Slops and Bedding recommended by the Navy Board for a number of named ships and authorising their distribution.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-03-20 ADM/A/1805/290

The CORNWALL has been ordered to Chatham for refit for service next Summer. She is to be provided with the same quantity of stores as for other ships of her Rate.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-12-27 ADM/A/1770/470

Warrant appointing William Meadle to be Boatswain of the RICHMOND in place of the former who has died. Countersigned by James Southerne, Admiralty Board Secretary.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-12-31 ADM/A/1770/472

Warrant appointing John Calk, Boatswain of the DUNKIRK, to be Boatswain of the WINDSOR CASTLE in place of George Spilsby who through age and infirmities is no longer able to perform his duties. Countersigned by James Southerne, Admiralty Board Secretary.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-06-14 ADM/A/1820/106

Are sending a list of seamen whose wages have been stopped as a result of them being marked Q or R. Each individual case is to be looked into and an opinion given as to what is to be done about them.