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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1697-06-24
ADM/A/1843/186
Ordering the SUDADOES Prize to be cleaned and refitted on arrival at Deptford and victualled for ten weeks servcie in the Channel.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1697-06-24
ADM/A/1843/188
Accepting the opinion of the Navy Board that Kinsale is a suitable port for the use of ships requiring cleaning and refitting.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-01-03
ADM/A/1826/46
Confirming a warrant given by Captain Robert Willmott, appointing Richard Marlow, to be Carpenter of the FIREBRAND, Fireship.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-01-03
ADM/A/1826/44
Confirming a warrant given by Captain Robert Willmott, appointing Matthew Pain, to be Boatswain of the FIREBRAND, Fireship.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-01-13
ADM/A/1780/88
Warrant for the appointment of William Hilton to be Master Carpenter of the new third Rate Ship building in the Deptford Yard.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-01-13
ADM/A/1780/84
Warrant for the appointment of Edmund Lowance to be Master Carpenter of the new third Rate Ship building in a Merchant Yard at Bursledon.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-06-03
ADM/A/1796/31
The ADVENTURE Prize at Plymouth, being to be employed in getting and leaving Seamen at that Port, we direct you to cause her to be forthwith fitted for the Sea at that place , and that she be allowed ten Men, and furnished with three months Provisions.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-06-04
ADM/A/1796/33
Warrant for the appointment of John Kennard to be Boatswain of the Yacht CHARLOTTE.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-06-03
ADM/A/1796/27
We direct you to cause the hired Ship WOLF to be surveyed and report to us your opinion whether she can be made fit for service, and by what time she may be got ready.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-06-03
ADM/A/1796/29
The ST ALBANS Prize being suddenly designed for a Foreign voyage, we direct you to cause her to be paid at Spithead, to the time the Ships in the Fleet are paid.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-01-15
ADM/A/1780/102
Warrant for the appointment of Thomas Rutherford to be Master Gunner of the Fireship EXTRAVAGANT.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-01-15
ADM/A/1780/100
Warrant for the appointment of William Walker to be Master Carpenter of the SALAMANDER.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-01-15
ADM/A/1780/94
Warrant for the appointment of Nicholas Smithitt to be Master Gunner of the new third Rate Ship building in the Deptford Yard.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-01-14
ADM/A/1780/92
We direct you to cause the French Packet Boat now at Plymouth to be fitted out to Sea, that she may be ready to be sent abroad upon any occasion of service for her, and till she be employed at Sea, some of the Hulk's Company there be appointed to look after her.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-02-24
ADM/A/1772/101
Having ordered the SAUDADOES to Deptford to be refitted for Channel service, we direct you to cause this to be taken in hand on arrival there, and that she be supplied with a fitting proportion of Stores for this service, together with three months Provisions, or as much as she can conveniently stow…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-02-24
ADM/A/1772/103
A Petition by Thomas Swanne, gunner of the ROYAL CHARLES and ROYAL SOVEREIGN, to receive a Pension by reason of his age and infirmity
Petition referred to the Navy Board Commissioners for examination and report back.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-02-25
ADM/A/1772/106
We direct you to cause two months Provisions to be sent down immediately to the GARLAND at Sheerness.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-02-21
ADM/A/1772/91
A Petition by John Piggott, late carpenter of the KENT, to receive a Pension by reason of his age and infirmity.
Petition referred to the Navy Board Commissioners for examination and report back.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-02-02
ADM/A/1772/127
Warrant for the appointment of Thomas Elliot to be Boatswain of the Fireship ROSE.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-02-03
ADM/A/1772/117
A Petition by Philip White, gunner of the SWEEPSTAKE, ROYAL KATHERINE and LONDON, to receive a Pension by reason of his infirmity.
Petition referred to the Navy Board Commissioners for examination and report.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-06-24
ADM/A/1820/180
Several men have been turned over from Great Ships to other ships and borne on the books thereof for victuals only. These ships having been sent to sea, it is necessary that the men turned over are now borne for wages as well as victuals.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-06-24
ADM/A/1820/176
Warrant appointing Thomas Andrews, to be Master Gunner of the BETTY, Hired Ship.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-06-24
ADM/A/1820/184
1. Enclosing an extract of a letter from William Meesters in which he gives particulars of some Machine Vessels and others lately taken up. These to be fitted for sea with all speed.
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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-06-25
ADM/A/1820/193
Mr Robert Foreman of Rotterdam, is to be reimbursed the ten pounds he had to spend to recover a longboat belonging to the Navy,
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