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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-03-15 ADM/A/1817/184
Enter men for service on the new 5th rate the LYME, building at Plymouth.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-06-15 ADM/A/1808/144
John Adams is to be appointed Purser of the PEARL, in place of the former who is to be dismissed. You are directed to enter him accordingly together woth such allowance of wages and victuals for himself and servant as is proper. His warrant is to be dated 15 June 1694.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-02-13 ADM/A/1816/140
Enquiring whether it might be acceptable to keep back a quarter of crews' beer allowance and substitute payment in lieu.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-12-01 ADM/A/1814/5
The NORWICH, PRINCE OF ORANGE, FRIENDLY SOCIETY, and OWNERS LOVE FIRST being designed Convoys to Virginia, and the CROWN and ROCHESTER to Portugal, the former of which are ordered to be victualled for six months and the other for four, and the NORWICH and PRINCE OF ORANGE being daily expected in th…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1691-04-20 ADM/A/1774/216
Granting a Pension to John Gray, late Boatswain of the VICTORY.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-12-11 ADM/A/1814/123
You have informed us that the new 6th Rate building at Sheerness, which we have named QUEENBOROUGH, will be ready to launch the next Spring. …
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-12-02 ADM/A/1837/12
Warrant for the appointment of James Cresswell to be Purser of the DOLPHIN.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-12-14 ADM/A/1837/160
The Victualling Commissioners have given us an account today that the Enemy have taken one of the Victualling Ships, the MARY, on passage to the Straights and taken her to Brest.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-10-05 ADM/A/1769/217
The SALLY ROSE being come up to Deptford, a survey to be taken for her to be refitted for the sea.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-08-02 ADM/A/1822/15
You are directed to have 2 months provisions immediately sent to the ESSEX prize at Sheerness.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-11-12 ADM/A/1813/113
The SAPHIRE and the GARLAND are to cleaned and refitted at Sheerness for 3 month's service in the Channel.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-11-26 ADM/A/1813/261
Mr South is offering a newly built merchant ship for service in the Navy. She is about 400 tunes [tons] and could carry 46 guns. She is to be surveyed and an opinion given as to her suitability for service as a man-of-war.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-11-21 ADM/A/1813/225
The PRINCE GEORGE, Hired Ship, and the LYON, being ordered to sea, are to be provisioned for 6 weeks.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-06-06 ADM/A/1820/52
A quantity of sheathing stuff is to be sent to the Straits; sufficient for sheathing three or four ships.
The Commissioners for Victualling have stated that, in the event of the fleet being required to remain in the Mediterranean for another year, it will be necessary to send thither:…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-03-02 ADM/A/1828/13
Captain Fitzpatrick, commander the BURFORD, requests another Tender be hired to better dispatch men and stores to her.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-02-14 ADM/A/1816/211
The petition of Thomas Humphries seventy-six years of age who has endured much hardship in service and is now blind and deaf. He asks for favour and assistance in being granted an allowance.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-02-01 ADM/A/1781/203
The petition of Ralph Williams, Boatswain of the DREADNOUGHT. The Petitioner has served in the MARY ROSE, NEWCASTLE, old DREADNOUGHT and new DREADNOUGHT. He is 65 years old and is suffering from the loss of his hearing and is not able to perform his duty. He petitions for superannuation.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1691-02-17 ADM/A/1772/206
Warrant for the appointment of William Crossley to be Cook of the HOPE.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-01-12 ADM/A/1803/151
Men procured by Captain Figgings, the MONTAGU, to be victualed on board the EXPEDITION until the MONTAGUE be ready to receive them.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1698-12-05 ADM/A/1860/27
Captain Dampier of the ROEBUCK is to be supplied with hatchets and other things. He is also to be supplied with a sum of money for purchasing looking glasses, beads and other trifles for bartering with people in various places around the world.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-12-20 ADM/A/1770/345
Authorising the payment of the Officers and Men of the PONTOON which served at Lisbon, Gibraltar and Cadiz. A report is also required as to whether William Bond is suitable to succeed the Master Mastmaker at Chatham. If he is not, an alternative is to be recommended.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-02-20 ADM/A/1816/234
Captain Thompson of the NEW AFRICA Hired ship bound for New England has notified the Admiralty that he is short of Men and is asking to be allowed some of the soldiers currently aboard the HOPE that is sailing for New England with masts.…