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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-10-01 ADM/A/1835/2
William Morrill, Purser of the MARY galley, is to be appointed Purser of the NORWICH in place of the former preferred. You are to enter him accordingly together with such allowance of wages and victuals for himself and servant. His warrant is to be dated 1 October 1696.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-10-01 ADM/A/1835/10
Jewell Guy is to be appointed Master Carpenter of the EAGLE advice boat. You are to enter him accordingly together with such allowance of wages and victuals for himself and servant. His warrant is to be dated 1 October 1696.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-10-01 ADM/A/1835/14
Having ordered the RESOLUTION to Blackstakes, you are directed to have her surveyed and to give us an account of her defects, together with your opinion where it will be best to have her refitted.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-09-30 ADM/A/1834/366
Warrant for the appointment of John Sealliff to be Master Carpenter of the new third Rate building at Chatham.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-09-23 ADM/A/1787/233
Robert Pitman, Boatswain of the SAPHIRE has been fined three months Pay at a Court Martial held aboard the ROYAL SOVEREIGN.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-09-24 ADM/A/1823/295
Ordering that the SERPENT, BLAST, GRANADA and CARCASS Bomb Vessels be paid off and laid up at Deptford.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-09-23 ADM/A/1787/228
Admiral Rooke has been ordered to bring the ten Second Rate ships round to Chatham. An Order is given for competent Pilots to meet the ships off Dover.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-09-24 ADM/A/1823/291
Ordering the CHANDOISE Merchant ship to be supplied with a stout new cable should she put in at Spithead.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-09-23 ADM/A/1787/221
Petition of Thomas Bates in which he claims that due to infirmity he has been unable to collect the pension granted him and assumes that he may have been declared dead and applies for reinstatement.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-09-25 ADM/A/1823/301
The Lords Justices have issued an Order in Council requiring Victuals for forty thousand Men to be provided from next January for the year ahead. An opinion is required regarding the proportions to be distributed between the various ports.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-09-30 ADM/A/1834/345
The Advice boat EXPRESS has returned to the Downs from the Cape of Good Hope, and is ordered to Sheerness to refit. We direct you cause her to be cleaned and refitted for Channel Service and victualled for two months for the highest complement of Men.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-09-30 ADM/A/1834/343
Warrant for the appointment of John Miller to be Master Carpenter of the DUCHESS.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-09-23 ADM/A/1823/275
Captain Douglas of the HARWICH has informed the Admiralty that the Masters of Surgeons' Hall has appointed a non Naval Surgeon's Mate to her. An Order is given for him to be discharged and for George Dundall to be appointed in his stead.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-09-20 ADM/A/1823/255
Requiring the ENDEAVOUR Smack Machine Vessel to be used for the occasional carrying of Stores to HM Vessels in Longreach, the Hope, Buoy of the Nore and including the Downs as formerly employed.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-09-21 ADM/A/1787/186
Confirming an appointment made by Captain Henry Boteler Commander of the MARY appointing William Sadler Master Cook of the said ship. Countersigned by James Southerne, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-09-20 ADM/A/1823/253
Ordering a sum of money to be paid to Mrs Judith Gourney Widdow of the late Captain Edward Gourney out of Prize Money and in recognition of his good service.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-09-21 ADM/A/1787/184
Urgently requiring the recently purchased CANTERBURY to be fitted for sea as a Storeship for the West Indies by the Riggers and Ordinary at Deptford and to take the ship to the Nore where she is to manned by Men from other ships.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-09-22 ADM/A/1823/269
An Order requiring the sixteen ships accompanying Sir George Rooke to the Straits amongst which were the QUEEN, ROYAL WILLIAM and NEPTUNE to be supplied with fresh food twice a week during their stay at Spithead.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-09-21 ADM/A/1787/182
Warrant appointing John Wren, Purser of the ST ALBANS, to be Purser of the WINSOR CASTLE in place of Christopher Reyner who has been Court Martialled and dismissed. Countersigned by James Southerne, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-09-21 ADM/A/1787/180
Confirming a Warrant issued by Captain Henry Boteler Commander of the MARY appointing William Simons to be Master Cook of the ST PAUL Fireship. Countersigned by James Southerne, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-09-20 ADM/A/1823/265
Warrant appointing Mathew Allen to be Boatswain of the SWIFTSURE in place of the former who has been removed. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-09-21 ADM/A/1787/178
Petition of Richard Ball in which he claims that due to age and decayed teeth he has been obliged to buy his own special food, is much debilitated and can no longer attend to his duties and is applying for superannuation. On the reverse is an instruction to the Navy Board to supply an opinion.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-09-20 ADM/A/1823/261
Requiring the DEFIANCE and PENDENNIS to be provided with Tenders.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-09-20 ADM/A/1823/263
Ordering the DEFIANCE to be manned with her Highest Complement of Men for service in the Channel, and the FRIENDLY SOCIETY at the Nore is to have her Provisions urgently made up to three months as she is about to depart for Hamburg.