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Austen, Robert
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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-11-26
ADM/A/1778/180
The JAMES GALLEY is to be cleaned and refitted on arrival at Woolwich and provisioned for three months service in the Channel.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-11-20
ADM/A/1778/136
Warrant appointing Barnaby Swire to be Master Bricklayer at Plymouth Yard. Countersigned by James Southerne, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-11-18
ADM/A/1778/117
Ordering the SPEEDWELL and HOUND to be paid off on arrival at Deptford.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-11-18
ADM/A/1778/119
Ordering the SALLY ROSE to be cleaned, refitted and victualled at Sheerness where she is bound.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-11-21
ADM/A/1778/152
Authorising the release of Gratuities to persons who assisted the VANGUARD.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-11-20
ADM/A/1778/138
Alexander Kelso has been appointed Boatswain of the FUBBS Yacht in place of the former who has resigned. An Order is given for an inventory of her Boatswain's Stores to be made and given to the Boatswain's Mate before Kelso comes aboard.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-11-21
ADM/A/1778/146
Giving permission to the Commanders of Third Rates which are to be kept in Sea Pay over winter to grant shore leave to their crews. Each Man to be given a Ticket.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-11-17
ADM/A/1778/87
Warrant appointing John Pickett to be Cook of the NEWCASTLE.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-11-17
ADM/A/1778/95
Warrant appointing John Phinnis to be Boatswain of the Crown Prize. Countersigned by James Southerne, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-11-17
ADM/A/1778/97
Ordering the Men of the MONCK who were put aboard the Galley Prize to be returned to the MONCK.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1697-08-11
ADM/A/1845/160
Warrant appointing Henry Chapman to be Master Carpenter of the new Sixth Rate building at Deptford when ready to receive her Officers.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1697-08-12
ADM/A/1845/162
Warrant appointing Abraham Lamb, Carpenter of the QUEENBOROUGH, to be Master Carpenter of the new Fifth Rate building at Portsmouth when ready to receive her Officers. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1697-08-30
ADM/A/1845/147
Ordering the FOWEY to be paid the seven months' short allowance money due to her provided she is not delayed embarking on her voyage to New York.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1697-08-27
ADM/A/1845/137
Enclosing a copy of a Survey taken by Vice Admiral Aylmer of the EXPEDITION which he had ordered to Spithead. On passage there however she encountered two French Men-of-War and is now ordered into Portsmouth to be cleaned and refitted for service in the Channel.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1697-08-26
ADM/A/1845/135
Captain Jackson of the SMYRNA MERCHANT has informed the Admiralty that he is short of provisions. An Order is given for him to be suplied on arrival at the Nore and that he must be instructed to return immediately to Newcastle to convoy the colliers
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1697-08-27
ADM/A/1845/141
The Admiralty has written to the Earl of Romney with instructions to establish the Medway's Prize with her highest complement of Men and guns for service in the Channel. The letter continues with a review of the current situation regarding her guns and liaison with the Officers of the Ordnance.
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)
1697-08-23
ADM/A/1845/121
Concerning the naming of the Prize taken by the Medway, her arming and Crew. She is to be fitted at Kinsale for service in the Channel.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1697-08-18
ADM/A/1845/95
Ordering the ESSEX Prize at Deptford to be supplied with six months' Victuals for a voyage to Virginia.
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)
1697-08-16
ADM/A/1845/99
The current Master of the PELICAN now in the Thames is refusing to proceed with the PELICAN as a Transport to Newfoundland. An instruction is given for a replacement Master to be found.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1697-08-18
ADM/A/1845/91
Concerning staffing metters and the salary of a Chief Clerk.
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.
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