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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-08-05
ADM/A/1786/55
The DISCOVERY Brigantine to be cleaned and supplied with stores at Sheerness.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-08-10
ADM/A/1786/69
To allow Joseph Batt the same salary as allowed to the Purveyors at Deptford and Woolwich Yards.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-08-08
ADM/A/1786/67
Appoint John Chamberlain, Master Boatmaker at Deptford and Woolwich
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-08-24
ADM/A/1798/216
Your letter of 22 August proposed that workmen at Sheerness at a time when no ships or vessels are to be refitted, should be employed in setting up a ship of the 6th Rate. You are directed to have this done with the ship to have the same dimensions of those now in hand.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-08-24
ADM/A/1798/214
You are directed to have the ASHBY Privateer, now at Plymouth, to be surveyed and report your opinion whether she is fitting to serve as a man-of-war. If so, what number of men and number and nature of guns will be proper.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-07-31
ADM/A/1832/308
The late Captain of the SWALLOW prize, Captain Urry, has stated that when the ship was taken he lost all his accounts and papers. We direct you to have the wages due to him.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-07-27
ADM/A/1832/316
John Davis, late Boatswain of the KINGFISHER, is to be appointed Boatswain of the NONSUCH. You are to enter him accordingly together with such allowance of wages and victuals for himself and servant. His warrant is to be dated 27 July 1696.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-11-28
ADM/A/1789/208
In pursuance of His Majesty's pleasure signified on 14 November, on our report on the petition of Mary Carter, widow of Rear Admiral Carter, who was slain in the late engagement with the French.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-08-11
ADM/A/1810/126
Concerning the Petition of Susannah Mahiel, Widow of James Mahiel, Pilot, slain in the FALCON on the 19th May 1692, we direct you to cause the usual allowances of Bounty to be paid to her and her two children.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-04-27
ADM/A/1783/150
Petition of Triphona Wild, widow of William Wild [Mariner] deceased. He having served on board the LOYAL MERCHANT hired ship, lost his life in an engagement against the French.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-04-27
ADM/A/1783/180
The Petition of Ann Sheldon Widow.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-09-03
ADM/A/1834/40
A letter concerning the late Act of Parliament which directed that sixpence per month shall be deducted out of the Wages of all Seamen serving in HM Ships and the Money so deducted shall be employed for support of the Hospital building at Greenwich for the relief of disabled Seamen and their childre…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-06-29
ADM/A/1784/218
Questions have arisen concerning the entitlement of the widows of serving personnel who are killed at sea applying for Bounty after they have remarried. An Order in Council however has ruled in favour of such widows continuing to be awarded compensation regardless of subsequent status.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-06-06
ADM/A/1831/43
After consideration of the Petition of Mary Wren, Widow of John Wren, who served in the Navy as a Purser for twenty five years, we direct you to cause the Wages due to John Wren in respect of his service on the PEARL; St.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-12-30
ADM/A/1790/219
The Widows and Relations of some of the Marines said to have served in the CHARLES GALLEY have Petitioned for compensation. An Order is given for strict enquiry to be made as to their entitlement.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-02-08
ADM/A/1792/84
Authorising the payment of an annual Pension to Ellen Wrenn the widow of Captain Ralph Wrenn who died while Commander-in-Chief of the West Indies Squadron.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1697-05-28
ADM/A/1842/329
The Lord Justices of England have directed that a Pension of eighty pounds a year should be granted to Mary Allen, Widow of Captain William Allen, late Commander of the BONAVENTURE, who was slain in a fight with with a French Man of War in October last off Scilly, in consideration of the loss of her…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-02-29
ADM/A/1781/194
Upon the humble petition of the widows of the seamen of the CORONATION, which by weather and the springing of a leak was cast away near Plymouth, praying His Majesty's Bounty Money for their loss, His Majesty is pleased to grant 4 1/2 months of their husbands' pay and allowances at the ti…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-07-21
ADM/A/1797/157
Concerning the balance of a payment to be made to the widow of Captain Anthony Hastings.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-01-14
ADM/A/1826/158
£200 to be paid from His Majesty's Tenths of Prizes money to Mrs Mary Launce, widow of Captain James Launce, late Commander of the EXPERIMENT, who died of a pestilential distemper in the West Indies.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-02-17
ADM/A/1781/105
Your report of 12 February on the petition of Margaret Pratt, widow of John Pratt, Mariner which states that it appears by a certificate from Captain Carter, late Commander of the PLYMOUTH, that John Pratt was killed in an engagement with the French at Bantry Bay on 1 May 1689.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-07-27
ADM/A/1832/264
You are directed to give orders to the Commissioners of the Victualling to send one of their members to Torbay to provide fresh provisions for the seamen in the fleet.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-05-01
ADM/A/1795/10
John Carpenter, a supplier of shoes and buckles to the Marine Regiments has died. His widow is to be paid a substantial sum together with a reimbursement for Carpenter having provided accommodation and clothing for the same.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-07-06
ADM/A/1785/45
We direct you to cause the Guns and Shot which the Plymouth Yard Commissioner informed you had been found on board the Hulk in Cattwater, to be delivered into the custody of the Ordnance Officers at Plymouth, and a receipt taken for the same.…
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