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Alexander, John Richard
Austen, Robert
Austin, Horatio Thomas
Bell, Richard Frederick
Birdwood, Field Marshal William Riddell
Bonner-Smith, David
Burridge, Richard
Captain Richard Woodget
Cary, Anthony
Christie, William Henry Mahoney
Collinson, Richard
Cornwallis, Charles
Cotten, Richard
Cunningham, Andrew Browne
Dawkins, Richard
Dewar, Kenneth Gilbert Balmain
Ellis, Richard
Foot, George Alfred
Grindall, Richard
Haddock, Richard
Hall Gower, Richard
Hamilton, Richard Vesey
Herbert, Thomas
Hildyard, Richard
Hinks, Arthur Robert
Howe, Richard
Howe, Richard, Admiral Of The Fleet, 1st Earl Howe, 1726-1799
Keats, Richard Goodwin
Keppel, Colin Richard
Lee, Thomas
Lickis, Thomas Richardson
Lord-Macquitty Collection
Lowther, John
McClintock, Francis Leopold
Merrony, Richard
Nicholson, Richard Lindsay
Oliphant, Laurence Richard
Oliver, Richard Aldworth
Oliver-Bellasis, Richard
Onslow, Richard
Parr, Richard
Petty Officer Richard Cotten
Pitcairn-Jones, Charles Gray
Pitcairn-Jones, Lewis John
Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax, Reginald Aylmer Ranfurly
Poulden, Richard
Priestman, Henry
Purefoy, Richard Purefoy FitzGerald
Relf, Richard
Rich, Robert
Richard
Richards, Frederick William
Richardson, James
Richmond, Herbert William
Ross, James Clark
Russell, Edward
Southerne, James
Strachan, Richard John
Thomas & Richard Walker, Manufacturers & Merchants Of Manchester
Thursfield, James Richard
Tiddeman, Richard, Captain, Ca.1702-1762
Vaughan, John
Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Collinson
Wace, Oliver Richard
Webb, Richard
Williams, Richard Norris
Woodget, Richard
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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-10-23
ADM/A/1777/151
We direct you to cause one month's victuals to be immediately sent down to the VIRGIN PRIZE at the Buoy of the Nore, she being ordered on present Service.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-10-19
ADM/A/1777/120
We direct you to cause the SHEERNESS, now at Portsmouth, to be cleaned and refitted for service in the Channel, and victualled for three months, or as much as she can conveniently stow.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-10-19
ADM/A/1777/122
Her Majesty has been pleased by her Order in Council of the eighth of this month to declare that timely provisions of Sea Victuals be made for thirty thousand Men for thirteen Lunar months, commencing the first of January next 1691.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-06-15
ADM/A/1784/96
Wanting to know how many Captains of Fireships who, having lost their ships in the service of the Navy, have continued to serve and be paid as Captains until receiving promotions or otherwise.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-06-15
ADM/A/1784/94
Requiring that the remnant of the Crew of the PORTLAND who are believed to have entered themselves in the BOYNE be paid for their time in the PORTLAND when the BOYNE arrives at the Nore.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-06-10
ADM/A/1784/59
Countermanding a previous general instruction and now requiring the urgent fitting out of the Fireships CHARLES and CYGNET with their highest Complements of Men and Victuals for three months.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-06-08
ADM/A/1784/45
Naming endangered persons who are willing to give evidence on behalf of the Crown regarding embezzlement of Stores at Portsmouth Yard. An Order is given for the names persons to remain in secure employment at Portsmouth until such time as they be called to give evidence.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-06-08
ADM/A/1784/43
Requiring an Account of the cost of victualling the Navy during 1691 together with a breakdown of the cost of victualling each Seaman and Warrant Officer in Sea Victuals, with a copy to the Commissioners for Victualling.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-06-08
ADM/A/1784/39
Ordering a survey to be made of the PEARL at Deptford and submission of an Estimate of time and cost to effect repairs together with a survey of Fifth Rates and an opinion of which of them should be converted to Fireships.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-06-11
ADM/A/1784/67
The DUNKIRK has run aground at the Hook of the Black-rate but is now at the Nore. Instructions are given for her to be inspected and a report made as to whether she is capable of going to sea before being brought in for refitting.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-06-11
ADM/A/1784/65
Ordering the Officers and Men of the PORTLAND and PHOENIX which were burnt at Malaga to be paid (excepting the Commissioned and Warrant Officers). Notice is to be given that those crew members currently in London should go aboard the BREDA to collect their wages.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-06-13
ADM/A/1784/69
The TIGER is to be sheathed before she is launched and the FALCON and VIRGIN are to be refitted at the NORE, the former with one and the latter with two months Victuals for convoy work to the eastern counties.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-10-14
ADM/A/1777/99
We direct you to cause the ENQUIRY Sloop, lately hired into service from Dover, to be discharged the service and her Commander and Company to be paid off.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-10-13
ADM/A/1777/91
Warrant for the appointment of Ralph Hanson to be Master Gunner of the St. ALBANS Prize.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-06-01
ADM/A/1784/1
Captain ST.Lo, Commander of the PORTSMOUTH, is asking to be discharged from an Imprest for procuring Men, claiming that he had already laid out a considerable sum in hiring vessels and recruiting Men and that the remainder of the money was lost when the ship was taken by the French.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-10-13
ADM/A/1777/97
Warrant for the appointment of John Greenwater to be Boatswain of the EAGLET.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-06-07
ADM/A/1784/33
Requiring a month's pay to be awarded to all Seamen involved in the late engagement with the French by order of the Queen.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-06-07
ADM/A/1784/31
Captain Elwes has reported the RICHMOND much damaged by weather. She is ordered into Liverpool for refit and Stores.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-06-07
ADM/A/1784/29
Ordering the fitting out of the recently launched RUPERT at Portsmouth with her highest Complement of Men and Victuals for four months.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-06-06
ADM/A/1784/25
Calling for an audit of all Vessels and Stores remaining in H.M. Yards that are no longer fit for purpose so that they may be sold.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-06-06
ADM/A/1784/23
Halting the fitting out of Fireships previously ordered.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-06-04
ADM/A/1784/19
Wanting to know whether the French Prize brought into Portsmouth by the late Admiral Carter would be suitable for service in H.M. Navy and if so how many Men and number and types of guns she would be required to man and equip her.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-10-09
ADM/A/1777/58
We direct you to sign a Bill of Imprest on the Treasurer of the Navy for the Sum of sixty one pounds seventeen shillings and seven pence unto Mr John Travel for paying what is due to the inhabitants of the Town of East Grinsted in Sussex, for the Quarters of Captain Spicers Company in one of the Mar…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-10-09
ADM/A/1777/66
We direct you to sign Bills of Imprest on the Navy Treasurer for paying the Sum of three hundred pounds to each of the Colonels of the two Marine Regiments, or to their Order, for enabling them to pay Subsistence Money to the Soldiers of the Regiments while they are onshore.
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