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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1697-04-22 ADM/A/1841/239
Ordering the DEPTFORD to be cleaned and refitted on arrival at Woolwich for service in the Channel with ten weeks Victuals.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1697-04-22 ADM/A/1841/235
Desperate times. The Commissioners for Victualling are to be ordered to supply the RAINBOW at Spithead with three weeks' Victuals at whole allowance without delay; but the Commissioners have pleaded lack of money or credit and are unable to supply the ships at Portsmouth.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-11-18 ADM/A/1770/154
Countermanding a previous Order to fit the SMYRNA MERCHANT Hired merchant ship for a voyage to the West Indies, she is now required to be supplied with four month's Victuals for service in the Channel.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-11-22 ADM/A/1770/160
Enclosing an extract of a letter from the Commander of the SUDADOES in Yarmouth Roads in which he refers to the damage caused to his ship by a Merchant vessel from Yarmouth in a collision.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-11-17 ADM/A/1770/150
The Commissioners for sick and wounded Seamen have rendered account. I Instructions are given for the Navy Board to pay the Commissioners what they think appropriate.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-11-27 ADM/A/1770/167
The Treasury has authorised the Commissioners for Prizes to release timber and plank on board the Prize at Woolwich brought in by the JERSEY. Instructions are given for the Navy Board to liaise with the Commissioners for Prizes and to make out Bills for the timber judged suitable for Navy use.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-11-29 ADM/A/1770/109
The DRAGON has been ordered into Portsmouth for a refit for service in the Channel. She is to surveyed however and a report on her defects is to be sent to the Admiralty. Repairs are to be carried out urgently and three months Provisions are to be provided.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-11-03 ADM/A/1770/115
Requiring the Master Shipwright to be interviewed regarding four Shipwrights not being entered in Woolwich Yard; and unless the four men are incompetent the Admiralty expects them to be entered in HM Yards at Deptford and Woolwich as previously ordered.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-11-29 ADM/A/1770/101
Colonels Churchill and Hastings and Captains Skelton and Hopson have informed the Admiralty that they are aware of Men who are prepared to serve voluntarily aboard the ships to which the above named Officers may eventually be assigned.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-11-29 ADM/A/1770/105
Following disappointing Spring Tides, the Master Shipwright and Master Attendant at Chatham have opined that the preparing of ships for sea can be satisfactorily and more speedily performed by hauling down and breaming at the Hulk as opposed to be docked.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-11-04 ADM/A/1770/120
Ordering the FUBBS now at Deptford to be cleaned and refitted for service in the Channel. Her Officers and Company are to be paid.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-11-05 ADM/A/1770/122
The eleven Fireships named in the margin of this letter are ordered into the Thames to be paid off and laid up - some at Deptford and others at Woolwich.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-11-08 ADM/A/1770/126
Enquiring as to which Flag Officers serving in the Mediterranean have been paid and whether there is a precedent for paying Flag Officers detached from the Fleet and serving in the Channel.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-11-22 ADM/A/1770/69
Authorising the distribution of a large sum of money under various heads.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-11-27 ADM/A/1770/89
Ordering the PLYMOUTH to be cleaned and refitted at Portsmouth and supplied with three months Victuals as a matter of urgency.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-11-24 ADM/A/1770/79
Requiring the Stores aboard the ST ALBANS at Portsmouth to be urgently made up to four months.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1697-04-21 ADM/A/1841/327
Warrant appointing John Oswale, late Master Carpenter of the BONAVENTURE, to be Master Carpenter of the new Fourth Rate ship building at Plymouth as soon as she is ready to receive him. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1697-04-09 ADM/A/1841/333
Enclosing a copy of Mr Charles Ardisoif's petition espousing the advantages of using a special compound invented by him for use on ships' hulls and recommending it be tried either on an Advice Boat or a Sixth Rate.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1697-04-13 ADM/A/1841/305
Granting Captain Lionel Ripley a Pension for life in recognition of his length service and great age. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1697-04-22 ADM/A/1841/313
Confirming an appointment made by Captain Andrew Leake Commander of the CANTERBURY dated 20th August 1696 for Thomas Gift to be Purser of the CANTERBURY in place of the former who died. Countersigned by Josiah Burchett, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1697-04-30 ADM/A/1841/291
Captain Moodie of the YARMOUTH has been carrying goods from the Straits aboard his ship contrary to Orders. His pay is to be stopped until the amount owing in freight is balanced out.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-12-06 ADM/A/1770/255
Requiring the Navy Board to submit an Estimate for the partial payment of the Crews of ships designated for service next Summer and currently at the Buoy of the Nore.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-11-14 ADM/A/1770/193
Warrant appointing Elisha Dann, Boatswain of the HAWKE, to be Boatswain of the SWALLOW in place of the former who has been invalided out.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-11-14 ADM/A/1770/195
Warrant appointing Richard Bramble to be Ropemaker of the twice laid cordage at Portsmouth Yard. Countersigned by James Southerne, Admiralty Board Secretary.