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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-09-28 ADM/A/1811/304

John Piggot was appointed Boatswain of the Fireship CIGNET by order of Captain Perry in place of the former who died in the West Indies, and served there from 1st;June 1693 to 20th September 1694.
We direct you to allow his Wages as Boatswain of the said Ship for that time.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-09-28 ADM/A/1811/298

When any of the Marine Soldiers of the two Marine Regiments are mustered by the Clerks of the Cheque of any of their Majesties' Yards and sent to your Board by them, or brought there, we direct you to cause the usual allowance of subsistence money to be made to them while they are on shore.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-09-09 ADM/A/1811/314

In pursuance of her Majesty's pleasure, signified to this Board by the Duke of Shrewsbury, Principal Secretary of State we direct you to imprest to Sir Cloudesley Shovell, Vice Admiral of the Red, five hundred pounds, to enable him to reward such Officers and other Men as shall be observed by h…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-09-10 ADM/A/1811/312

We direct you to cause the SAUDADOES PRIZE to be supplied with a Suit of French Colours out of the Stores at Portsmouth. If there are none there you are to order the same to be sent to the Ship at Spithead with all speed.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-09-27 ADM/A/1811/276

Our Orders to you on 24th August last directed you to cause three months Dry victuals to be provided for the Fleet under the command of Admiral Russell.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-09-27 ADM/A/1811/274

We direct you to send down three months Provisions to the SWIFTSURE at the Buoy of the Nore.
You are also to cause Provisions to be completed for three months for the hired Ship LOYALTY with all possible dispatch.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-09-03 ADM/A/1811/6

The SWEEPSTAKES at the Buoy of the Nore is under sailing orders for conveying some forces to Ostend.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-09-03 ADM/A/1811/4A

We direct you to cause the JOSIAH to be established in the Navy as a fourth Rate.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-09-03 ADM/A/1811/3

We direct you to cause the JAMES GALLY on her arrival at Sheerness to be cleaned and refitted there for service in the Channel, and victualled for three months, with all possible dispatch.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-09-03 ADM/A/1811/1

In case the ASSISTANCE at Plymouth cannot be repaired without laying her ashore, you are to cause her to be cleaned at the same time.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-09-05 ADM/A/1811/14

You have informed us in your letter of the 3rd inst; that the Admirals and Commanders of their Majesties' Ships are generally complaining that the Ensigns established for the Fleet are too small.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-09-04 ADM/A/1811/10

The Ships which you were directed to repair by our Orders of the 30th August are all of 70 Guns and upwards. You have informed us that fitting them for a foreign voyage will take up more time than fitting them for the Channel.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-09-07 ADM/A/1811/28

Colonel Richards has by his letter of the 5th inst; requested some allowance for his reward in consideration of his fitting Bomb vessels so that they are not now liable to miscarriages.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-09-07 ADM/A/1811/26

Having sent Orders to the Commanders of the BRISTOL and LYAM Hospital Ships in Longreach to sail with them into such Dock in the River Thames as you judge proper for their refitting, we ask you to give them directions where to come.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-09-07 ADM/A/1811/44

Warrant for the appointment of Joseph Pryor to be Purser of the hired Ship BONAVENTURE.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-09-08 ADM/A/1811/65

In pursuance of her Majesty's Order in Council dated 6th inst; we direct you to provide four months Provisions at whole allowance for seventeen hundred Men, and sent with the Forces intended for Jamaica on board such Ships as shall be hired by the Commissioners for Transportation.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-09-10 ADM/A/1811/77

Mr Thomas Power of Bideford has presented to this Board an Account of his Expenses procuring Seamen, and performing several other services, at that place between 1689 and this time.
We direct you to pay him the sum of forty pounds as a reward for these services.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-02-25 ADM/A/1816/268

The ENGLAND Hired Frigate has for some time been escorting ships out of Bristol but is required on other service. A replacement is to be hired. The Mayor of Bristol has been asked to advise Officers on the scene.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-02-13 ADM/A/1816/304

Giving assent for the ANTELOPE Hired Hospital ship to receive the armaments and crew suggested by the Navy Board, together with surgeons, medicines, cradles and victuals for four months.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-02-13 ADM/A/1816/300

Men turned over from capital ships into the MONCK, PEMBROKE and GREENWICH are to be paid to the time the ships they formerly belonged to are paid and before they leave for the Straits; and all of the Men who have entered the latter voluntarily - and including Bomb Vessels - are to be paid Bounty mon…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-02-18 ADM/A/1816/172

Warrant appointing John Carlo, Boatswain of the CAPTAIN, to be Boatswain of the ROYAL KATHERINE in place of the former who has been moved to the VICTORY. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-02-16 ADM/A/1816/170

Warrant appointing John Tomson to be Boatswain of the STAR Bomb Vessel in place of the former who has been removed. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-02-16 ADM/A/1816/168

Agreeing that the OWNERS GOODWILL Machine Boat at Woolwich is to be put to use as a Water Boat serving Sheerness Yard in place of the former which is no longer serviceable; and directing that the JOHN and MARTHA and the FIRST ENDEAVOUR be used for the occasional carrying of Stores from Woolwich and …

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-02-20 ADM/A/1816/224

All pressed men procured for the SWIFTSURE are to be entered on the ship's books from the time they joined and are to be paid accordingly.