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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1697-06-04
ADM/A/1843/37
Conduct money is to be given to Lieutenant [Sailes] and fifty Men who were put aboard a Merchant ship by Captain Wivell of the ASSOCIATION in order to bring her up to London. They are to return to Portsmouth overland.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-02-23
ADM/A/1772/252
Warrant for the appointment of Thomas Masters to be Master Cook of the FORESIGHT.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-02-23
ADM/A/1772/254
Warrant for the appointment of William Barrett to be Master Carpenter of the DUNKIRK.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-02-23
ADM/A/1772/256
Warrant for the appointment of Thomas Clements to be Master Carpenter of the FORESIGHT.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-12-30
ADM/A/1779/249
Appoint Roger Slade, Gunner, the FLAME Fireship.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-12-30
ADM/A/1779/247
To hire fitting vessels for procuring men for ships fitting out at Portsmouth and thereabouts.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-12-30
ADM/A/1779/243
Appoint John Robinson, master Carpenter, the PLYMOUTH.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-02-24
ADM/A/1772/268
Warrant for the appointment of Hugh Pattison to be Boatswain of the Fireship GRIFFIN.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-02-24
ADM/A/1772/270
Warrant for the appointment of John Johnson to be Cook of the Fireship VULCAN.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-12-28
ADM/A/1779/234
Appoint Henry Newman, Boatswain, the PEMBROKE.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-12-28
ADM/A/1779/232
Appoint Robert Shephard, Master Carpenter the ASSURANCE.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-02-25
ADM/A/1772/276
Warrant for the appointment of Stephen Fisher to be Master Gunner of the new 4th Rate Shipbuilding at Deptford.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-01-21
ADM/A/1780/167
Warrant for the appointment of Richard Steeres to be Master Gunner of the hired Hospital Ship CONCORD.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-01-20
ADM/A/1780/162
Warrant for the appointment of Charles Lightfoot to be Purser of the RUPERT.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-01-20
ADM/A/1780/160
Warrant for the appointment of John Swaine to be Purser of the ROYAL KATHERINE.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1697-06-24
ADM/A/1843/234
Warrant appoiting John Hancock, late Purser of the MILFORD, to be Purser of the MEDWAY Prize. Countersigned by Josiah Burchett, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-03-25
ADM/A/1773/131
You are directed to have the CHARLES galley, now in the Downes, furnished with 2 months victuals from Dover.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1697-06-02
ADM/A/1843/244
Warrant appointing John Wheeler, late Master Gunner of the VULCAN Fireship, to be Master Gunner of the new 5th Rate building at Deptford as soon as she is ready to receive her Officers. Countersigned by Josiah Burchett, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-01-21
ADM/A/1780/185
We direct you to cause the GREYHOUND upon her arrival at Sheerness to be refitted for service in the Channel and victualled for three months or as much as she can conveniently stow, and that her Steerage and Forecastle be taken down, and her Deck made flush in order to make her sail better than she …
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-01-21
ADM/A/1780/183
Warrant for the appointment of Hugh Dawson to be Boatswain of the hired Hospital Ship SOCIETY.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-01-21
ADM/A/1780/179
We direct you to cause one months victuals to be sent down to the MARY GALLY at the Buoy of the Nore with all possible dispatch.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-01-21
ADM/A/1780/175
Warrant for the appointment of John Hancock to be Master Carpenter of the hired Hospital Ship SOCIETY.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-01-21
ADM/A/1780/173
Warrant for the appointment of John Snow to be Master Gunner of the hired Hospital Ship SOCIETY.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-01-21
ADM/A/1780/171
Warrant for the appointment of James Emmserson to be Boatswain of the hired Hospital Ship CONCORD.
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