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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-05-08 ADM/A/1830/373
Confirmation of a Warrant given by Admiral Rooke dated 25 November 1695 for the appointment of William Platt to be Boatswain of HMS PEMBROKE.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-05-08 ADM/A/1830/375
Confirmation of a Warrant given by Admiral Rooke dated 27 August1695 for the appointment of William Barron to be Master Carpenter of HMS PEMBROKE
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-05-02 ADM/A/1830/381
Warrant for the appointment of William Barron to be Boatswain of HM Bomb Vessel GRANADA.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-05-21 ADM/A/1830/343
The MERCURY Advice boat has brought into Plymouth a French Privateer which carried 34 men and 4 Patereroes, and will row with 20 Oars. This vessel maybe useful in chasing small enemy boats. It could be manned by men from the Port Guard ship.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1697-04-13 ADM/A/1841/146
A better vessel for use in recruiting Men is to be found for the Captain of the Kingston at Hull. And enclosing a copy of a list of the faults found with the FAVERSHAM and directing that they be attended to when she arrives at Kinsale.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1697-04-14 ADM/A/1841/158
Announcing that the ship building at Woolwich is to be launched this month and named the NAMUR. She is to be manned and armed the same as the VANGUARD and is to be fiited for service in the Channel and victualled accordingly.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1697-08-26 ADM/A/1845/131
Concerning the remuneration of Seamen and Officers under Pays and Recalls provisions and an arrangement made by Captain Richard Finch Commander of the GREENWICH before his death where he nominated his Brother Charles Finch Clerk of the Survey at Chatham to become his sole Executor and to receive his…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1697-04-12 ADM/A/1841/134
The Storekeeper at Harwich is to be directed to contact the Vice Admiral for Suffolk over the removal of part of the wreck of the CARLISLE at Bardsey and is to receive salvage.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-01-13 ADM/A/1791/159
We direct you to cause the fourth Rate Ship building at Burseledon to be named the WINCHESTER, and the fourth Rate Ship now building at Southampton, to be named SOUTHAMPTON, and that they be registered accordingly in the Navy List.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-06-13 ADM/A/1767/301
You are directed to have the ASSURANCE, now at the Buoy of the Nore, supplied with 3 months victuals with all possible dispatch.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-06-18 ADM/A/1767/309
You are directed to have the PEARL, upon arrival at Plymouth, cleaned and refitted for service in the Channel and furnished with 3 months victuals with all possible dispatch.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-11-21 ADM/A/1770/65
Masters of First and Second Rate ships are to receive half pay when not employed during the present War with France as per an ordinance of Charles II.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1697-04-09 ADM/A/1841/116
Warrant appointing John Oliver, late Carpenter of the SERPENT Bomb vessel, to be Master Carpenter of the BETTY. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1697-04-09 ADM/A/1841/118
Confirming an appointment made by Admiral George Rooke on the 13th December 1695 for Robert Butt to be Master Carpenter of the FALMOUTH in place of the former who was drowned. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-01-13 ADM/A/1791/149
We are informed by a letter to our Secretary that the DEVONSHIRE is not yet launched out of the Dock and it is feared that she cannot be got out this Spring tide.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-01-13 ADM/A/1791/155
Warrant for the appointment of Nathaniel Bayley to be Master Cook of the WINCHESTER.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-11-12 ADM/A/1770/33
The BONAVENTURE at Plymouth is short of Men. Instructions are given for her Captain to be supplied with suitable vessel for a limited period for pressing Men
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-11-12 ADM/A/1770/37
The PLAY Prize has been ordered to proceed from Yarmouth Roads to Harwich and is to be supplied with a month's Provisions.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-01-11 ADM/A/1791/119
The Petition of Nathaniel Doggett, Surgeon, to receive a Pension by reason of his age and infirmity.

This Petition is referred to the Navy Board for consideration and Report…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-01-11 ADM/A/1791/117
Warrant for the appointment of William Clarke to be Master Gunner of the FORESIGHT.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-11-14 ADM/A/1770/41
The GUARDLAND has been ordered to Deptford for cleaning and refitting. She is to be supplied with three month's Provisions or as much as she can stow, together with Stores. The ANNE Ketch is to go to the Straits and is to be put in good condition as regards her Hull, Stores and Provisions.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1697-04-05 ADM/A/1841/65
Ordering Victuals to be provided for extra Soldiers going to Newfoundland.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-11-18 ADM/A/1770/55
The SAMUEL and HENRY and the SCEPTRE have ben detailed to act as Convoy for the Merchant ships bound for Cadiz. Instructions are given for the ships to be supplied in the Downs with four months .
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1690-11-18 ADM/A/1770/57
Captain Hicks of the ARCH ANGEL is reporting the loss of his Pinnace in the recent bad weather. Instructions are given for him to be supplied with a suitable replacement - complete with oars - at Portsmouth. The Owner of the ship is to pay for it.