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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-09-18 ADM/A/1834/203
Warrant for the appointment of John Brimson to be Boatswain of the WARSPITE.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-09-18 ADM/A/1834/201
Warrant for the appointment of Alexander Young to be Boatswain of the CHICHESTER.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-09-11 ADM/A/1823/139
Enclosing a copy of Proposals by Richard Burgis for a Smith to be appointed as Surveyor of the ironworks brought into HM Yards.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-09-11 ADM/A/1823/137
Instructing an Order to be sent to the owners of the BERKELEY CASTLE to supply her wanting Stores to enable her to proceed to Holland on Royal duty.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-09-10 ADM/A/1823/131
Admiral Russell has sent a dispatch to say that he is sending a number of ships home to refit, including capital ships the Sovereign, First Rate, SAINT ANDREW and DUKE, Second Rates, and fourteen others of various classes.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-09-29 ADM/A/1787/270
Accepting the Navy Board's estimate of the number of Men and of the various types of Ordnance required to equip the French Privateer Prize lately brought into Plymouth by the SUDADOES as a Man-of-War.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-09-30 ADM/A/1823/338
Sending Instructions for Mr Knatchbull, Muster Master of Marines, to take care not to allow any servants of Marine Officers to be described as Soldiers and to ensure that they are clothed differently from the Marines themselves.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-09-28 ADM/A/1823/334
The ST JOHN, a Prize, has been brought into Plymouth and declared suitable as an Advice Boat. A copy of a survey is enclosed and instructions are given for her to be purchased and an estimate of the number of Men and Guns required to crew and equip her is to be submitted.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-09-28 ADM/A/1787/262
Warrant appointing Christopher Short to be Master Gunner of the SCARBOROUGH Ketch in place of the former who has died. Countersigned by James Southerne, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-09-30 ADM/A/1787/289
Requiring an Account of the cost of Pilotage provided to States General ships for presentation to the Queen; and ordering the payment of Companies of ships going to the West Indies.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-09-30 ADM/A/1787/287
Ordering the purchase of the PHOENIX Hired Bomb vessel on her arrival at Sheerness where she is to be sheathed for service in the West Indies. She is to be manned with a Middle Complement of Men and victualled for eight months.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-09-30 ADM/A/1787/281
Requiring Crew from HM ships fitting out in the Thames to be available to man other ships fitting out in the Thames to enable them to reach Longreach and then return to their original ships.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-09-26 ADM/A/1787/252
Informing that the MARY has been ordered to Woolwich and the ASSISTANCE to Deptford and requesting that they be surveyed and a report issued listing their defects and the time expected to repair them.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-09-23 ADM/A/1787/235
Urgently requiring the FUBBS Yacht now at Deptford to be cleaned and refitted for service in the Channel.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-10-01 ADM/A/1835/6
We have confirmed a warrant given by Sir George Rooke dated 16 January 1696 to Robert Pallister to be Boatswain of the PORTSMOUTH bomb vessel. 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/1835/4
George Ross, Purser, is to be appointed Purser of the MARY galley in place of the former removed to the NORWICH. 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/1835/12
You are directed to have Lieutenant Alexander Ekins, 1st Lieutenant of the MONTAGUE, paid from the time there were ay men entered on her tender to serve in the MONTAGUE, provided his commission is dated before that time and you have no other objection.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-09-27 ADM/A/1823/316
Warrant appointing Richard Newt, Purser of the DEFIANCE, to be Purser of the CAPTAIN, in place of the former who has been moved to the DEFIANCE.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-09-27 ADM/A/1823/312
Confirming that as Captain Cooper Commander of the ENGLAND Hired Frigate had been called to London to give evidence in the Trial of Captain Bridges Commander of the MONTAGU, Lieutenant John Aubin late Lieutenant of the ENGLAND had Orders from the Admiralty to take the ship to sea last year and there…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-09-27 ADM/A/1823/320
Approving the Estimate for the conversion of the old Boathouse at Portsmouth into a two-storey Store - the existing Store being in an advanced state of decay.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-09-30 ADM/A/1834/349
We direct you to cause the Wages due to Captain William Jennifer, late Commander of the Bomb Vessel SOCIETY, to be paid him notwithstanding the want of his Papers for passing his accounts, they being lost (as is alleged) when he was slain at the bombarding of St. Martins.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-09-30 ADM/A/1834/347
Having ordered the BURFORD to sail to Chatham to be refitted we direct you upon her arrival there to cause her repairs to be taken in hand and that she be fitted for Sea for the next Summer service.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-09-30 ADM/A/1834/351
Having ordered the LONDON, ST ANDREW and DUCHESS to Chatham to be refitted, we direct you upon their arrival there to cause their repairs to be taken in hand and they put into a condition for next Summers service at Sea.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-09-21 ADM/A/1834/364
Warrant for the appointment of Anthony Berksdale to be Purser of the new third Rate building at Deptford