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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-08-03
ADM/A/1810/53
Warrant for the appointment of Ralph Peach to be Boatswain of the Yacht FUBBS.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-04-15
ADM/A/1783/69
You are directed to order sufficient men from the DOVER to be sent on board the LEOPARD to bring her up to Deptford, and then returned to the DOVER. Your letter of 12 April advised us that the DOVER was so weak that she was not fitted for a long voyage without repairs.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-04-15
ADM/A/1783/65
You are to have the PLAY prize cleaned and refitted at Chatham for service in the Channel and victualled for 4 months with all possible dispatch.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-04-13
ADM/A/1783/63
A Dutch ship the NORTH QUARTER has come to Portsmouth to repair her leaks and other damage. They are to have the use of the hulk there, so far as this may be done without hindrance to our ships.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-08-04
ADM/A/1833/19
In the event that Rear Admiral Benbow has sailed from the Downs to Hamburg, the Stores intended for him must be forwarded to Yarmouth Roads to await his return. The same applies to his Surgeons' requirements.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-08-13
ADM/A/1786/103
Appoint John Young, master gunner, the UNITY hired ship
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-04-11
ADM/A/1783/53
You are directed, notwithstanding our former orders, to forbear turning over the men of the RESERVE to any other ships.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-08-05
ADM/A/1833/27
Warrant appointing John Beach to be Boatswain of the KATHERINE Yacht in place of the former dismissed fro bringing over Merchant Goods from Holland. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-08-01
ADM/A/1810/9
Warrant for the appointment of John Parsons to be Master Gunner of the Bomb Vessel ANGEL
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-08-01
ADM/A/1810/3
In pursuance of her Majesty's pleasure, signified by Sir John Trenchard, Principal Secretary of State, in his letter today , we direct you to cause such Stores and Provisions as are necessary for for refitting the Fleet under the command of Admiral Russell in Cadiz Bay, to be got ready with all…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-08-01
ADM/A/1810/5
Warrant for the appointment of Luke John Rose to be Master Cook of the new Yacht now building at Chatham
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-08-03
ADM/A/1833/3
Ordering the MILFORD to Sheerness for cleaning and refitting together with victuals for ten weeks for service in the Channel.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-08-01
ADM/A/1810/17
We direct you to cause the great Machine Vessels, so soon as they have taken in the two Machines from the YOUNG LADY and the WHITE POTT at Deptford, as also the twelve Vessels with the little Machines, and any other Vessels in the River which you were directed to provide by our Orders of the 16th la…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-08-01
ADM/A/1810/19
We direct you to make allowance to Captain Sanderson for the victuals issued by him for victualling the servant of Vice Admiral Hopson, which he carried in the HENRIETTA Yacht from the River to Portsmouth, by Order of the Board dated 14th February last.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-04-18
ADM/A/1783/77
You are directed to order the Commissioners of the Victualling to supply quantities of cloth for making bags for the men to boil their puddings.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-08-01
ADM/A/1810/13
We direct you to cause the the ROCHESTER upon her arrival at Woolwich (where she is ordered from the Downs) to be cleaned and refitted for Channel service, manned with her highest complement of Men, and victualled for three months.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-08-01
ADM/A/1810/15
Warrant for the appointment of Thomas Mill to be Purser of the EDGAR.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-04-15
ADM/A/1783/71
You are directed to have the bills for the salaries of this office for Lady Day quarter last, to be assigned for payment.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-08-04
ADM/A/1833/13
Warrant appointing Charles Horne to be Master Gunner of the MARY Yacht in place of the former who has been dismissed for bringing Merchant Goods over from Holland. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-08-03
ADM/A/1833/7
Warrant appointing Thomas Graycock to be Boatswain of the MARIANNA Prize in place of the former who has been moved to the GOSPORT. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-08-01
ADM/A/1810/21
We direct you to cause fourteen days' Provisions to be furnished to the LONDON at the Buoy of the Nore.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-08-29
ADM/A/1798/236
You are asked to let us know as soon as possible, whether there are sufficient quantities of naval stores, either in the King's stores or in the merchants' yards, to fit the fleet for sea next year, without depending on supplies from the Baltic, or whether such stores can be had from Holla…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-04-04
ADM/A/1783/26
You are directed to have the ships of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Rates, supplied with such part of their provisions as they have already expended, before the fleet sails from the Downs. You are also to pay the wages of the officers and company of the ST ALBANS ordered to Portsmouth to refit.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-08-29
ADM/A/1798/238
You are directed to have their Majesties bomb vessels to be got out of Deptford wet dock and rigged as soon as possible.
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