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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-08-31 ADM/A/1810/327

Warrant for the appointment of Michael Bowen to be Master Cook of the JOSIAH

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-08-31 ADM/A/1810/333

You have informed us by your report of the 14th inst; on the Petition of John Stephenson, Boatswain of the HUMBER, that he and his servant were employed in fitting the Ships Rigging from January 15th 1693 to the 30th March following, when she was launched.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-08-29 ADM/A/1810/311

We direct you, upon the arrival of the hired Ship DELAWALL at the Buoy of the Nore (where she is ordered) to cause her Officers and Company, excepting the Commissioned and Warrant Officers, to be forthwith turned over into the SWIFTSURE at that place.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-08-28 ADM/A/1810/303

Warrant for the appointment of George Agar to be Master Joiner of the Woolwich Yard.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-08-27 ADM/A/1810/278

We direct you to give directions for the Ordinary and Riggers of the Woolwich and Deptford Yards to assist Captain Hughes, Commander of the ROCHESTER, in carrying her from Woolwich to Longreach.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-08-28 ADM/A/1810/280

We direct you to send an account to this Board as near as you can judge by what times the Stores designed for the Straights for refitting the Fleet will be shipped, as well as those that are ordered to be first got ready as the rest, and cause the same to be distibuted in the Ships that are to trans…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-08-25 ADM/A/1810/274

We direct you to cause the RUPERT at Plymouth to be cleaned and refitted for service in the Channel and victualled for three months with all possible dispatch.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-08-28 ADM/A/1810/285

We direct you to imprest unto Mr Edward Whittaker, Solicitor for the Affairs of the Admiralty and Navy, the sum of five hundred pounds for his paying Advance Money for buiding a new house for an Admiralty Office. You are also to sign the Articles of agreement made for the said Office.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-08-28 ADM/A/1810/282

In return to your letter of the 25th inst; concerning the sending of Caulkers, Smiths etc; along with the Hulks and Magazines for refitting the Fleet in the Mediterranean under the command of Admiral Russell, we direct you to cause to be provided and got ready with all dispatch, as well as all such …

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1699-04-22 ADM/A/1864/157

Acknowledging the input of the Navy Board in the removal of "Q's" and "R's" from the names of Men listed in a Petition and giving instructions as to the course of action to be taken in each case.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-09-17 ADM/A/1834/173

We direct you to cause the Fireship CRESCENT to be cleaned and refitted there for service in the Channel and victualled for three months with all dispatch.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-09-17 ADM/A/1834/171

The several Ships named in the margin have arrived at St. Helens from the Soundings under the command of Vice Admiral Mitchel, are in need of Provisions, and are ordered to Spithead.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-09-18 ADM/A/1834/185

We direct you to cause the ROYAL TRANSPORT, now at Deptford, to be cleaned there, and that she be fitted according as the Marquess of Carmarthen shall direct, with all possible dispatch, as you were directed by our Order to you sometime before she sailed out of the River for Holland.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-09-18 ADM/A/1834/183

We direct you to cause the Wages due to Mr Robert Hobbs and Mr John Hare, first and second Lieutenants of the PORTLAND, for the time they served as Lieutenants of the said Ship, to be paid, notwithstanding they do not produce Captain Smith's Certificate of their having complied with their instr…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-09-15 ADM/A/1834/157

Warrant for the appointment of James Trumball to be Master Cook of the Fireship VESUVIUS.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-09-16 ADM/A/1834/169

Hannah Turner has petitioned this Board stating that her husband, Francis Turner, was Lieutenant of the EXPERIMENT in the West Indies where he died, and that during the time of his Illness of twenty days he kept no journals, for want thereof she has not received Pay. …

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-09-16 ADM/A/1834/167

We direct you to cause Captain Fairfax, Commander of the CORNWALL, to be furnished with a Tender for the better enabling him to procure Men for her.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-09-16 ADM/A/1834/165

We direct you to cause the SWIFTSURE at Deptford to be fitted out to Sea 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) 1696-09-12 ADM/A/1834/137

We direct you to cause Doctor Cockburn and Mr Larkin, Deputy Judge Advocates, who are appointed to go with the Squadron designed to go on Foreign Service, to be paid the whole of the Wages due to them before they proceed.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-09-12 ADM/A/1834/131

Having received a letter from Mr Bully, the Muster Master at Dartmouth, together with an account of his disbursements for subsisting several Seamen for the Fleet and other charges, we send you a Copy of his letter and account enclosed, and direct you consider these and report to this Board your opin…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-09-12 ADM/A/1834/141

We direct you to impress to Sir Cloudesley Shovel the sum of three thousand pounds for defraying the Contingent Services of the Squadron which is going on foreign Service under his Command.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-09-14 ADM/A/1834/139

We are informed by Sir Cloudesley Shovel that upon the sudden surprise of the late intended invasion, and being ordered by Admiral Russell to make all possible dispatch with the Ships then at the Nore to the Downs, he was obliged to take about one hundred and fifty Men out of the DUCHESS to put the …

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-09-14 ADM/A/1834/145

A Commission was granted by Admiral Russell to Lieutenant Westcomb to be third Lieutenant of the ROYAL OAK and also to be third Lieuteant of the BOYN.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-09-14 ADM/A/1834/143

The Surgeons appointed to Ships in the Fleet fitting out for a Foreign voyage have been disappointed by their replacement by Officers and Companies from other Ships, and have Petitioned to be restored or appointed to other Ships.…