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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-02-27 ADM/A/1781/174
You are directed to have their Majesties yachts FUBBS and HENRIETTA refitted and cleaned at Deptford, in the dispatch of which not a moments time is to be lost as they are ordered to attend His Majesty in his passage to Holland.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-02-29 ADM/A/1781/192
Godfrey Gravatt is to be appointed Purser of the BONADVENTURE hired ship, during her continuing in their Majesties service. You are directed to enter him accordingly together with such allowance of wages and victuals for himself and servant. His warrant is to be dated 29 February 1692.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-02-29 ADM/A/1781/190
Anthony Penwarden is to be appointed Master Gunner of the FOX fireship, in place of the former removed. You are directed to enter him accordingly together with such allowance of wages and victuals for himself and servant. His warrant is to be dated 29 February 1692.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-02-26 ADM/A/1781/162
You are directed to have the CHATHAM and SAPHIRE cleaned and refitted at Plymouth by careening or otherwise, as you shall judge they are soonest ready for sea. They are for service in the Channel and to be victualled for 4 months with all possible dispatch.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-02-26 ADM/A/1781/168
Robert Lightfoote is to be appointed Master Gunner of the HALFMOON fireship, in place of the former removed. You are directed to enter him accordingly together with such allowance of wages and victuals for himself and servant. His warrant is to be dated 26 February 1692.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-02-23 ADM/A/1781/146
Gilbert Cule is to be appointed Master Cook of the new 3rd Rate ship building at Portsmouth. You are directed to enter him accordingly together with such allowance of wages and victuals for himself and servant . His warrant is to be dated 23 February 1692.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-02-23 ADM/A/1781/144
Captain Mathew Aylmer was appointed last year as Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean, and had under his command 12 ships, over and above fireships and other small craft.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-02-22 ADM/A/1781/135
We are informed by the late Commander of the JAMES galley, now at Plymouth, that she was lately aground at Kinsale from where, he believes, she was damaged being now leaky.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-02-20 ADM/A/1781/131
George Thomson is to be appointed Purser of the EXPERIMENT, in place of John Nevett dismissed for neglect of duty. You are to enter him accordingly together with such allowance of wages and victuals for himself and servant. His warrant is to be dated 20 February 1692.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-02-20 ADM/A/1781/132
Abraham Daniel, late Master Cook of the THOMAS & ELIZABETH fireship, is to be appointed Master Cook of the GRIFFIN in place of the former removed to the JULIAN PRIZE. You are to enter him accordingly together with an allowance of wages and victuals for himself and servant.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-02-26 ADM/A/1781/160
You are directed to have one month's victuals sent down to the RICHMOND at the Buoy of the Nore with all dispatch.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-03-16 ADM/A/1782/142
Warrant appointing David Pondry, late Master Cook of the DRAKE, to be Master Cook of the PRINCE of ORANGE Hired ship for the duration of her service in HM Navy. Countersigned by James Southerne, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-03-14 ADM/A/1782/126
Warrant appointing Captain Gyles Shelley, Master Gunner of the PRINCE, to be Master Gunner of the ST GEORGE in place of the former who has been moved to the LONDON. Countersigned by James Southerne, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-03-14 ADM/A/1782/124
Warrant appointing John Tilly, late Master Gunner of the CONSTANT WARWICK, to be Master Gunner of the ADVICE in place of the former who has been moved to a new Third Rate building in a Private Yard. Countersigned by James Southerne, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-03-17 ADM/A/1782/148
Requiring the WOLF Hired ship to be supplied with eight months Victuals for a voyage to New York and Virginia.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-03-14 ADM/A/1782/122
The Commander of the MONCK has reported that the rudder is unsafe. A survey of the ship is ordered at the Nore with a recommendation as to which Yard she is to be sent for repair.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-03-14 ADM/A/1782/120
Increasing the Salary of the Clerk of the Survey at Sheerness to sixty pounds per annum.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-03-14 ADM/A/1782/111
The Petition of Matthew Wood who has served as a Purser more than twenty years but due to age is no longer able to discharge his duties. On the reverse is a note referring the Petition to the Navy Board for opinion and report.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-03-14 ADM/A/1782/109
Warrant appointing Thomas Adams, Master Gunner of the LONDON, to be Master Gunner of the PRINCE in place of the former who has been moved to the ST GEORGE. Countersigned by James Southerne, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-03-14 ADM/A/1782/107
Warrant appointing William Hodges, Master Gunner of the ST GEORGE, to be Master Gunner of the LONDON in place of the former who has been moved to the PRINCE. Countersigned by James Southerne, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-03-09 ADM/A/1782/75
Lancelot Snowden, a Seaman belonging to the ALBEMARL, has been found guilty of a crime at the Old Bailey when pressing Men but has been pardoned and is to be compensated.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-03-09 ADM/A/1782/81
Warrant appointing William Robinson, formerly Master Cook of the SAMPSON Hired ship, to be Master Cook of the Etna Fireship in place of the former who has been moved to the DRAGON. Countersigned by James Southerne, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1691-01-25 ADM/A/1780/238
Warrant for the appointment of Joseph Barber to be Master Cook of the new third Rate Ship building at the Woolwich Yard.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1691-01-25 ADM/A/1780/236
Warrant for the appointment of Richard Collins to be Master Gunner of the new third Rate Ship building at Chatham.