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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-08 ADM/A/1812/94

The OWNER'S LOVE Fireship now in the Downs is to be fitted for a voyage to Virginia and supplied with six months provisions and stores appropriate for that undertaking.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-08 ADM/A/1812/92

Sir Cloudesley Shovell has informed the Admiralty that the WOOLWICH has a leak in her breadroom and that her rudder has worked loose. She has been ordered to Spithead for the leak to be stopped.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-09 ADM/A/1812/106

Warrant appointing Stephen Gardner to be Master Cook of the FALCON. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-09 ADM/A/1812/102

Secretary of State Sir John Trenchard acting on an Order in Council has instructed that the stores to be supplied to Admiral Russell's Fleet are to be produced urgently.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-09 ADM/A/1812/100

The two new Fourth Rates being built in Sir Henry Johnson's yard at Blackwall will soon be ready for launching. Instructions are given that they are to be made ready for sea and supplied with the highest complement of men together with victuals for three months.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-09 ADM/A/1812/114

The wages of Lieutenant Austin Lucas late of the BRISTOL are to be paid despite the alleged loss of his Journals when he was killed aboard his ship.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-09 ADM/A/1812/112

Confirming that Orders are to be given to the Commissioners for Victualling to provide and have ready thirteen months worth of provisions for thirty-five thousand men next Spring. The names of eleven ports are given, including Livorno, together with numbers of men to be catered for at each port.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-05 ADM/A/1812/53

The WILD Prize has been taken by the enemy and the LUCAS Hired Galley has been wrecked on the Dutch coast but the wages of the Officers and the ships' companies are to be paid.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-05 ADM/A/1812/63

One hundred and eighty suits of bedding are to be sent to Deal by land for the use of soldiers aboard ships in the Downs bound for Gothenburg.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-05 ADM/A/1812/61

Enquiring whether the men to be discharged from Tenders are paid by the Navy or by their Masters. A list of the names of all of the Clerks at the Navy Office is to be submitted together with Offices they belong to and their salaries.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-05 ADM/A/1812/59

The Board is to survey and report on a Merchant vessel the BENGALL MERCHANT currently at Bristol as to her suitability as a Man of War.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-09 ADM/A/1812/124

While Captain Frederic [Weghman] of the QUEEN has been sentenced to lose all his sea pay by being found wanting in his duties when at sea off Brest by a Court Martial presided over by Admiral Lord Berkeley in the Downs, an Order from HM the Queen requires that what was formerly due to him is to be r…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-09 ADM/A/1812/122

The wages due to Lieutenant [Caleb] Cale of the AFRICA are to be paid despite the absence of a Certificate from the Captain.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-11 ADM/A/1812/138

Provisions for thirty men of the Ordnance Stores on Transports bound for Jamaica are urgently required to be sent aboard.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-12 ADM/A/1812/146

Captain Williams has been sent to Cadiz to assist with the refitting of the Fleet in the Straits of Gibraltar. Credits to cover his likely expenses are to be forwarded to him.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-12 ADM/A/1812/144

The SHARKE Brigantine at Deptford is to be laid up and paid off.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-12 ADM/A/1812/142

Mr Gerard is to be interviewed by the Navy Board regarding his claim to have invented a vessel that moves without sails or oars.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-12 ADM/A/1812/158

Warrant appointing John Gray to be Master Caulker at the Port of Kinsale. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-12 ADM/A/1812/156

Warrant appointing Joseph Griffin to be Clerk of the Cheque at the Port of Kinsale. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-12 ADM/A/1812/154

Warrant appointing Thomas Burroughs to be Store keeper at Port of Kinsale. William Bridgeman, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-12 ADM/A/1812/150

Officers destined for Kinsale Yard are to receive the same pay as those at Plymouth.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-17 ADM/A/1812/207

Alexander Stewart having been appointed Third Lieutenant of the DEFIANCE by Sir Francis Wheeler Commander in Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet is to be paid his wages from 13th February 1693.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-17 ADM/A/1812/213

Wanting to know the current state of HM Bomb Vessels, when it will be possible to refurbish them and how long it will be likely to take.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-17 ADM/A/1812/211

Warrant appointing Benjamin Kerby to be Purser of the PRINCE of ORANGE Hired ship in place of the former who has been moved to the HAMPTON COURT. Countersigned by Henry Bridgeman, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.