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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-11-28 ADM/A/1813/289
The WINCHELSEA and BLAZE, Fireship, are at Spithead and are to be victualled for 4 months, from Portsmouth, ready for a voyage to the Canaries.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-11-28 ADM/A/1813/287
Warrant appointing Benjamin Nobbs, late Purser, of the SAPPHIRE, to be Purser of the ELIZABETH; his predecessor having been dismissed.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-11-28 ADM/A/1813/285
Confirmation of a warrant given by the Marquis of Carmarthen, Rear Admiral of the Blue, dated 6th October 1694, appointing John Browne to be Master Carpenter of the CAPTAIN
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-11-27 ADM/A/1813/281
Warrant appointing Thomas Maine, Gunner, of the ALDBROUGH, Ketch, to be Master Gunner of the HAWKE, Fireship; his predecessor having died.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-11-28 ADM/A/1813/299
An order is to be placed with the Deptford Yard for the building of a twenty-oared boat for the use of the Right Honourable Lord Berkeley, Admiral of the Blue. She is to be of the same dimensions as that recently built for Admiral Aylmer.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-11-28 ADM/A/1813/297
1. The CONCEPTION, Prize, having been cast and dismantled at New England, is to be sold by inch of the candle and some fitting person is to be appointed to deal with the sale and to send the proceeds to the Treasurer of the Navy.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-11-28 ADM/A/1813/295
The 5th Rate being built by Mr Ellis at Shoreham is reported to be ready to be launched at the end of December. She is to be named the HASTINGS and launched and fitted out as soon as possible for service in the Channel, with her full complement of men and victualled for three months.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-11-28 ADM/A/1813/291
Richard Bull, Anthony Palmer, James Lewis, and John Goodwin, employed in the Portsmouth Ropeyard, having been brought to London in furtherance of their complaint against Robert Barnett, Master Ropemaker at Portsmouth until his recent dismissal, are to be paid their wages for the time they were away…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-11-30 ADM/A/1813/317
1. Another month's provisions for the two companies of Foot Soldiers being sent to New York is to be obtained and put aboard the ship carrying them.
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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-11-29 ADM/A/1813/313
The GARLAND is to be cleaned and refitted for service in the Channel and provisioned for three months. This is to be done at Deptford and not at Sheerness as first intended.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-12-04 ADM/A/1814/25
In pursuance of the request of the Lords of the Committee of Trade and Plantations we direct you to order the Victualling Commissioners to consign by Invoice or Inventory to Mr John Murray, Commissary of the Stores and Provisions, all the Provisions they have shipped on board the Transport Ships for…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-11-30 ADM/A/1813/330
Warrant appointing John Arthur, late Boatswain, of the CROWNE, to be Boatswain of the DEFIANCE; his predecessor having been appointed to the CHATHAM, Hulk.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-11-30 ADM/A/1813/328
1. Ordering a 20-oared boat to be built at Deptford for the use of Sir Cloudesley Shovell, Vice Admiral of the Red, having the same dimensions as that lately built for Vice Admiral Aylmer.
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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-11-30 ADM/A/1813/324
Jonathan Freeman, former Midshipman aboard the YORKE, came to London on the 26th April 1693; he having been required to give evidence at the Court of Oyer and Terminer against some prisoners taken in the PRINCE OF WALES, Privateer.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-11-30 ADM/A/1813/322
1. Captain Wishart, Commander-in-Chief of ships in the Thames and Medway, has been ordered to turn over 30 men from the SWIFTSURE, at the Nore, into the DOVER, in the Downs. The men are to be paid their wages from the ships they are leaving.
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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-11-29 ADM/A/1813/338
Warrant appointing Francis Emmet, to be Boatswain of the PRINCE OF ORANGE, Hired Ship.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-11-30 ADM/A/1813/334
Warrant appointing Robert Pittman, to be Boatswain of the 3rd Rate building at Deptford.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-11-30 ADM/A/1813/332
Warrant appointing John Shoales, to be Boatswain of the HENRIETTA, Yacht; his predecessor having been appointed to the 3rd Rate building at Deptford.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-12-03 ADM/A/1814/13
The CHARLES GALLEY and the PRINCE GEORGE at the Buoy of the Nore are ordered on immediate service. We direct you to cause a supply of Provisions to be sent down to the Ships to complete their victualling, the former to two months, and the latter to three.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-12-04 ADM/A/1814/23
A Petition has been presented to this Board in the name of of the Pursers of their Majesties Ships at Chatham stating that at the last payment of these Ships their Coopers and Stewards Mates and the Cooks Mates were paid off with the Seamen, and desiring that they may be entered again.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-12-07 ADM/A/1814/68
Warrant for the appointment of Thomas Cravat to be Boatswain of the KINGFISHER.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-12-07 ADM/A/1814/64
Warrant for the appointment of William Rowe to be Master Gunner of the PEMBROKE.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-12-07 ADM/A/1814/62
We direct you to cause Captain Gallway, late Lieutenant of the RUPERT, to be paid Wages as Commander of a fourth Rate for the time he commanded the ST. DAVID Hulk to Kinsale, taking care he does not receive Pay as Lieutenant of the RUPERT during this time.