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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-01-20
ADM/A/1780/144
Warrant for the appointment of William Floyd to be Master Carpenter of the Fireship EXTRAVAGANT.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-01-20
ADM/A/1780/142
His Majesty has directed us to give Orders for providing a Medal and Chain to the value of fifty pounds to be given to Captain Charles Stocker, Commander of the Privateer CLOUDISLY GALLY, as a reward for his courageous fight and taking a French Privateer called the MERCURY OF DUNKIRK, John Johnson C…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-01-20
ADM/A/1780/152
Warrant for the appointment of George Roberts to be Purser of the DOLPHIN.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-01-20
ADM/A/1780/150
We direct you to cause the Officers and Company belonging to the VANGUARD (except the Commission and Warrant Officers) to be forthwith turned over into the DUKE.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-01-18
ADM/A/1780/137
In your report to this Board of the 5th inst; upon the Petition of the Clerk of the Survey at the Woolwich Yard you informed us that his Salary is fifty pounds per annum, whereas the Salary of the same Officer at Chatham is one hundred, and at Deptford and Portsmouth sixty pounds per annum.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1697-06-24
ADM/A/1843/190
Requring that a Commissioner of Victualling be sent to Tor Bay to ensure that ships of the main fleet receive fresh provisions and that short allowance and Bounty money also be sent there.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1697-06-24
ADM/A/1843/186
Ordering the SUDADOES Prize to be cleaned and refitted on arrival at Deptford and victualled for ten weeks servcie in the Channel.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-01-03
ADM/A/1826/46
Confirming a warrant given by Captain Robert Willmott, appointing Richard Marlow, to be Carpenter of the FIREBRAND, Fireship.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-01-03
ADM/A/1826/44
Confirming a warrant given by Captain Robert Willmott, appointing Matthew Pain, to be Boatswain of the FIREBRAND, Fireship.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-01-13
ADM/A/1780/88
Warrant for the appointment of William Hilton to be Master Carpenter of the new third Rate Ship building in the Deptford Yard.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-01-13
ADM/A/1780/84
Warrant for the appointment of Edmund Lowance to be Master Carpenter of the new third Rate Ship building in a Merchant Yard at Bursledon.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1697-06-19
ADM/A/1843/155
Strictly requiring Provisions to be made available either at Portsmouth or Tor Bay for the ships of the Line of Battle when they return, and to make available a supply for the whole of the Navy until the end of the year.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-01-13
ADM/A/1780/74
We direct you to give us an account which of the new third Rate Ships now building will be ready to be employed in the Fleet designed for this Summer's service, and the time when you judge each of them will be ready to launch.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-06-04
ADM/A/1796/33
Warrant for the appointment of John Kennard to be Boatswain of the Yacht CHARLOTTE.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-01-15
ADM/A/1780/102
Warrant for the appointment of Thomas Rutherford to be Master Gunner of the Fireship EXTRAVAGANT.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-01-15
ADM/A/1780/100
Warrant for the appointment of William Walker to be Master Carpenter of the SALAMANDER.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-01-15
ADM/A/1780/94
Warrant for the appointment of Nicholas Smithitt to be Master Gunner of the new third Rate Ship building in the Deptford Yard.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-01-14
ADM/A/1780/92
We direct you to cause the French Packet Boat now at Plymouth to be fitted out to Sea, that she may be ready to be sent abroad upon any occasion of service for her, and till she be employed at Sea, some of the Hulk's Company there be appointed to look after her.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1697-06-12
ADM/A/1843/149
Warrant appointing John Sanders to be Master Carpenter of the CENTURION in place of the former who has been moved to the new Third Rate of 70 guns building at Deptford. Countersigned by Josiah Burchett, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1697-06-19
ADM/A/1843/145
Warrant appointing William Sherwood, Carpenter of the YORK, to be Master Carpenter of the ALBEMARL in place of the former who has died. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1697-06-19
ADM/A/1843/147
Warrant appointing James Morgan, Boatswain of the CHARLES GALLEY, to be Boatswain of the CANTERBURY in place of the former removed for neglect of duty. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1697-05-26
ADM/A/1842/310
We direct you to cause Captain Lyell, Commander of the WOOLWICH, to be furnished with a Tender for procuring Men to serve in the said Ship.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1697-05-25
ADM/A/1842/292
We are informed by Vice Admiral Aylmer in the Downs that that the Fireship JOSEPH needs refitting. We have given Orders for her to proceed to Portsmouth if there is any Convoy bound there, otherwise she should come to the Nore.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1697-05-26
ADM/A/1842/304
We have appointed Captain Basil Beaumont to command the Squadron which is to lie off Dunkirk. We direct you to cause him to be furnished with the Signal Colours usual in like cases, and a Top Light, taking receipts for the same from the proper Officers of the ESSEX, which Ship he will board.
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