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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-07-30 ADM/A/1832/302
A commission was granted by Rear Admiral Benbow, dated 12 June 1696, for Mr Edward Harrison to be First Lieutenant of the PEMBROKE.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-08-04 ADM/A/1786/49
The SUN PRIZE is established as a sixth rate, manning and armament established.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-08-04 ADM/A/1786/47
Appoint Henry Dunster, Master Cook, the hired ship WARRINGTON.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-07-02 ADM/A/1832/312
We have confirmed a warrant given by the Rt Hon Admiral Russell, dated 26 July 1695, for John Laws to be Master Gunner of the HUMBER in place of the former deceased. You are to enter him accordingly together with such allowance of wages and victuals for himself and servant.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-04-20 ADM/A/1783/108
The petition of Anne Whitlock, widow. Petitions for pay due to her late husband Joseph Whitlock, employed as Muster Master of ships on Channel service. Petitions for £56.14.02 which is due to her but the Navy Board will not pay without an Admiralty order.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-10-01 ADM/A/1835/8
We have received a petition by Mrs Hannah Turner, widow of Francis Turner, setting forth that her husband was Lieutenant of the RUBY and that she cannot receive his wages because she does not have the Captain's certificate.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-06-10 ADM/A/1831/84
Mary Kercher, Widow of Thomas Kercher, late Commander of the RUPERT, has petitioned in respect of his Wages stopped for Supernumerary Men when he commanded the DOLPHIN, and Imprest Money when he commanded the RUPERT.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-02-08 ADM/A/1792/90
Authorising the payment of a Pension to Frances Jennifer the widow of Captain John Jennifer Commander of the EDGAR.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1691-01-18 ADM/A/1780/133
Your Report to this Board of December 22nd last concerning the Petition of Blanch Colvin, Widow of James Colvin, informed us that the Petitioner's husband, a Quarter Gunner of the TIGER PRIZE, voluntarily went onshore in the Expedition against St Christopher's and received a facial woun…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-07-13 ADM/A/1785/118
Captain John Votear, formerly Commander of the FIREDRAKE, and the Widow of William Rogers, Gunner of the PORTSMOUTH, which were taken by the French, have presented their Petitions, stating that upon their return from Prison there to Plymouth in March 1689, Sir Cloudesley Shovell ordered them on boar…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-02-01 ADM/A/1781/3
Application has been made by Mary Swarton, widow of John Swarton a Midshipman in the PRINCESS ANN hired ship, praying their Majesties' Bounty for the loss of her husband, alleged to have been in command on shore at Guadalupe in the West Indies when killed by enemy shot.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-02-06 ADM/A/1781/40
You are directed to have allowances made of their Majesties' Bounty to the widows and relatives of men who were slain in the HAPPY RETURN in a fight with the French, notwithstanding that their Captain has not signed their certificate.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-07-24 ADM/A/1832/232
Upon consideration of your report of 30 June of the petition of Hannah Budwell, widow of Mathias Budwell, you are directed to make the usual allowance to him for the time he served as Provost Marshall of the fleet.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) ADM/A/1786/140
Petition for the Widow of William Penn. Forwarding petition.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-06-25 ADM/A/1784/253
Urgently requiring the Commissioners for Victualling to be instructed to reach agreement with the Commissioners for Transportation, or the Masters of the Transport ships, for feeding the Watermen manning the Shallops round to Portsmouth
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-03-18 ADM/A/1782/166
Officers in the Fleet have notified the Admiralty that certain Seamen and Watermen are claiming Protection from being pressed. The Admiralty asks for a list of all persons who have been granted Protection showing the date granted and the duration of Protection.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-01-10 ADM/A/1791/109
Your letter of the 7th inst; informed us that the French Privateer taken by the RUPERT, and now at Portsmouth, is fitting to be employed as a Man of War, and sets out the number of Men and number and nature of Guns fitting to be established on her in War and Peace, and that she be established as a …
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-06-30 ADM/A/1831/268
You have informed us that George Dennett , Blacksmith, who lost his right thumb while refitting the Fleet at Cadiz, is not relievable by the Chatham Chest as he does contibute any of his Wages to it.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-09-12 ADM/A/1823/170
The CORONATION and PRINCE GEORGE Hired ships are bound for the Baltic are to have their Provisions made up to three months at the Nore. They are also to be provided with necessary stores.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-11-16 ADM/A/1789/120
You are directed to have a survey taken of the ANTELOPE upon her arrival at Deptford, and to give us an account of her defects and in what time she may be refitted for sea.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-11-16 ADM/A/1789/118
You are directed to have the PRINCE OF ORANGE, hired ship, now in the Downs, supplied with 4 months victuals from Dover.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-11-16 ADM/A/1789/114
Phillip Austen, Boatswain of the MONCK, is to be appointed Boatswain of the ELIZABETH, in place of the former moved into the ST MICHAEL. You are to enter him accordingly together with such allowance of wages and victuals for himself and servant. His warrant is to be dated 16 November 1692.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-11-15 ADM/A/1789/110
The 3rd Rate ships CAPTAIN, SUFFOLK, HOPE, ESSEX, GRAFTON, HAMPTON COURT, BURFORD, RESTORATION and KENT, are ordered to Chatham to be refitted for next year's service. You are to have a survey taken of their defects and to have the work put in hand.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-11-11 ADM/A/1789/80
Samuel Fitch is to be appointed Boatswain of the UNITY hired ship, in place of the former dismissed for neglect of duty. You are to enter him accordingly together with such allowance of wages and victuals for himself and servant. His warrant is to be dated 11 November 1692.