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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-10-20 ADM/A/1835/215

A warrant was given by Admiral Russell dated 20 May 1691 for Thomas Stevens, gentleman, to be a volunteer on board the ROYAL SOVEREIGN. You are directed to make the usual allowance to him during the time her served in that capacity.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-02-10 ADM/A/1792/104

Ordering public notices to be displayed announcing that certain ships are to be paid either at Blackstakes or at the Nore and that the Men who had been absent from their ships but have now returned should have the entry "Run" removed from their names.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-02-10 ADM/A/1792/102

Warrant appointing Hathan Plie, late Master Carpenter of the SCARBOROUGH Ketch, to be Master Carpenter of the VULTURE Fireship. Countersigned by James Southerne, Admiralty Board Secretary.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-02-10 ADM/A/1792/96

Warrant appointing John Dykes, late Master Gunner of the PHAETON Fireship, to be Master Gunner of the EAGLE Fireship in place of the former who has been moved to the ROCHESTER. Countersigned by James Southerne, Admiralty Board Secretary.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-06-17 ADM/A/1831/132

John Say, late Surgeon of the CAPTAIN,has by his Petition to this Board set forth that upon the turning over of the PLYMOUTH's Officers and Company into the CAPTAIN, he was put by his employment, and that he has since made application to Surgeons Hall for another Ship, but they will not grant h…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-06-15 ADM/A/1831/125

We refer to the Petition of Jacob Penn and ask you to consider the facts contained and report to us whether a Pension may be given in this case.
The Petition of Jacob Penn for a Pension due infirmity. Signed by Jacob Penn, Gunner in various HM Ships.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-10-16 ADM/A/1835/185

Your letter of 2 April asked to know our pleasure on the account of disbursements made by the Admiral of the Fleet in 1693 out of contingent money imprested.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-10-16 ADM/A/1835/177

You are directed to have the VULCAN and St. PAUL fireships, upon their arrival at Deptford laid up and paid off and their repairs got in hand. They should be fitted for the next summer service

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-10-16 ADM/A/1835/179

Captain Wivell left command of the BERWICK and discharged 29 men by ticket, and being ordered to send them on board the BERWICK going to the Straits, he wrote to them accordingly for them to return. Some men returned, but many being distant from Portsmouth they did not return in time.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-06-17 ADM/A/1831/140

Warrant for the appointment of Robert Warren to be Boatswain of the Bomb Vessel COMET.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-02-11 ADM/A/1792/106

Requiring Bills to be signed in order to reimburse Sir John Petham for recruiting work in Sussex.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-06-17 ADM/A/1831/138

Warrant for the appointment of James Bridger to be Purser of the RYE.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-02-11 ADM/A/1792/108

Vice Admiral Rooke is to be credited with a sum of money to defray the expenses of the Mediterranean Squadron, plus Short Allowance money.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-10-17 ADM/A/1835/195

You are directed to treat and agree with the owners of the BONADVENTURE merchant ship, which was lately discharged from the service, to serve His Majesty as a man-of-war on the best terms you can. You are to give us an account of this and in what readiness she is for sea.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-12-20 ADM/A/1790/127

Ordering a number of small ships to be made available for recruiting Men for next year's service and for the depleted stores of the ships destined for the West Indies under Sir Francis Wheeler to be made good.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-12-20 ADM/A/1790/125

Requiring five hundred pounds to be made available to Mr Samuel Pett one of the Admiralty Clerks to meet the expenses of the Office.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-12-19 ADM/A/1790/121

Wanting to know if the Navy Board are confident that the monies required to build the twenty-seven new ships planned will become available in time to complete the project; and asking urgently for the account of Stores remaining in HM Yards by order of the Commissioners for Public Accounts.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-12-19 ADM/A/1790/119

Requiring the SUDADOES, now in the Downs, to be supplied with two month's Victuals from Dover. The ST ALBANS; BONAVENTURE and MARY Galley at Portsmouth are to urgently receive three months Victuals each.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) ADM/A/1835/159

We lately directed that the tenders belonging to shipping at the Nore and in the Medway, be discharged except for a smack for the Commander-in-Chief. We now direct that the smack be discharged.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-10-14 ADM/A/1835/157

We have given orders to the Commander-in-Chief in the Thames and Medway to direct the commanders of the following ships viz BRITANNIA, ROYAL WILLIAM, NEPTUNE, ALBERMARLE, SANDWICH, OSSARY and RESOLUTION, now at the Buoy of the Nore, to go to Blackstakes to take out their guns and provisions and then…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-12-19 ADM/A/1790/117

James Fitchet a Shipwright working for Mr Collins in his Yard at Shoreham has been pressed into service at Portsmouth but as Collins pleads that all his Men except Apprentices have already been taken he is unable to continue building. An Instruction is given for Fitchet to be released.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-02-09 ADM/A/1792/94

Ordering the JAMES GALLEY at Plymouth to be cleaned and refitted for service in the Channel and victualled for two months.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-06-18 ADM/A/1831/119

The ROEBUCK having sprung a leak we have ordered the Commander to sail with her to Sheerness, if she can come there, otherwise to Harwich, and we direct you upon her arrival at either of these places, to cause her to be cleaned and refitted there for service in the Channel, and her victualling compl…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-12-19 ADM/A/1790/109

Confirming an appointment made by Sir Edward Russell dated 10th June 1692 for John Foulks to be Boatswain of the Greenwich. Countersigned by James Southerne, Admiralty Board Secretary.