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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-11-02 ADM/A/1813/5
Warrant appointing John Baxter, to be Boatswain of the PHOENIX, Bomb Vessel.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-11-01 ADM/A/1813/3
Warrant appointing Richard Bayley, Carpenter of the ST. PAUL, Fireship, to be Master Carpenter of the ANGLESEY.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-11-02 ADM/A/1813/15
An agreement to be made with Mr Castle of Deptford for him to build two fourth-rate ships of 50 guns to the same dimensions as those built by Mr Henry Johnson at a price of £9-7-6 per ton. Construction to begin as soon as possible for completion within 8 or 9 months.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-11-02 ADM/A/1813/13
Commissioner of the Victualling to be ordered to send Captain Ayles to the Straights by the next convoy bound thither.
The Friendly Society, Hired Ship, to be stored for a voyage to Virginia at the charge of her owners as soon as possible and to be provisioned for a 6 month voyage.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-11-05 ADM/A/1813/23
Mr Mannock, Muster Master at Rye, to be reimbursed six pounds for sending two impressed men to the CHARLES, Galley, and the RUPERT, Prize.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-11-09 ADM/A/1813/77
The Commanders' and Officers' Servants of The ROYAL WILLIAM and the DUCHESS were discharged when these ships recently paid off at Chatham but were not re-entered because the Clerk of the Cheque refused to do so without an order to that effect.
Those discharged are to be re-entered.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-11-08 ADM/A/1813/73
£500 is to be paid to William Meester so that he may pay the Dutch Pilots from Ostend who were employed in the squadron of ships stationed off Dunkirk and Calais and commanded by Sir Cloudesley Shovell.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-11-08 ADM/A/1813/71
Edward Thomas having informed their Lordships that he was not wounded in the CAMBRIDGE, never having belonged to her, but was in fact wounded on board the WINDSOR CASTLE, an investigation is to be made into whether anyone with the same name has been paid
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-11-06 ADM/A/1813/35
Require an account of what use has been made of several Protections for Lightermen and Coal Heavers that were lately sent to the Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-11-06 ADM/A/1813/33
When the MARIANA, Prize, arrives at Deptford she is to be cleaned and refitted for service in the Channel, then victualled for 3 months.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-11-07 ADM/A/1813/49
Captain Ayles is to be sent to the Straights by the next convoy bound thither.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-11-07 ADM/A/1813/43
Warrant appointing John Short to be Boatswain of the LOYALTY, Hired Ship.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-11-08 ADM/A/1813/69
1. Captain Love's wages for his time in the PHOENIX, Bomb Vessel, are to be paid when his victualling account has been passed, notwithstanding the loss of his journals and papers…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-11-08 ADM/A/1813/67
When the DOVER, Prize, and the MAIDSTON(E) arrive at Plymouth they are to be cleaned and refitted for service in the Channel and victualled for 3 months.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-01 ADM/A/1812/7
The BONAVENTURE and the WOOLWICH are expected in the Downs at any time. Their provisions are to be made up to four months for a voyage to Portugal as are their stores. The LION has been ordered into Sheerness for fitting out in order to convey the King from Holland to England.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-01 ADM/A/1812/1
Informing that the UNITY Hired ship has been ordered into Marchants Dock to be fitted out by her owners and requiring a survey and report to made on her arrival together with an estimate as to when she will be ready for sea.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-02 ADM/A/1812/17
By an Order in Council the Queen has directed that all ordinary seamen who are not intended to be turned over into other ships are be paid and discharged.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-02 ADM/A/1812/23
Requiring action in despatching the victuals urgently needed for sending to the Straits for Admiral Russell's fleet and instructing that Mr Shortess, Assistant to the Master Shipwright at Chatham, be sent to the Straits to attend the refitting of the fleet in preference to Mr Allen at Portsmout…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-02 ADM/A/1812/21
The WINCHESTER has been ordered to proceed to Spithead. Her crew is to be reduced to Middle Complement and she is to be supplied with eight months full provisions for a voyage to the West Indies together with appropriate stores, all without delay.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-02 ADM/A/1812/19
List of Bomb and Machine vessels and the places to which they have been ordered. Eight Bomb vessels are ordered to go to Deptford, six Machine vessels to Woolwich and six Bomb vessels to Chatham. They are to be laid up and paid off on arrival.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-03 ADM/A/1812/37
Warrant appointing Thomas Langley to be Master Cook of the ESSEX Prize Sixth Rate. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Secretary to the Admiralty.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-03 ADM/A/1812/35
Mark Wilson late Master of the CAMBRIDGE but now in the RUSSELL is being barred from receiving his wages for his time in the former as he is unable to produce a journal.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-08 ADM/A/1812/86
Informing that the CENTURION has been ordered to Deptford. She is to be cleaned and refitted on arrival and supplied with three months victuals for service in the Channel.