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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-10-08 ADM/A/1835/79
You are directed to have the BURLINGTON upon her arrival at Portsmouth, cleaned and refitted there for service in the Channel and victualled for 10 weeks.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-10-08 ADM/A/1835/83
You proposed bringing the ten bomb vessels MORTAR, GRANADA, COMET, CARCASS, FIREDRAKE, SERPENT, BLAST, BASILISKE, FURNACE and TERROR to Deptford and putting them into the wet dock.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-10-09 ADM/A/1835/97
At the Buoy of the Nore are the ships BRITANNIA, ROYAL WILLIAM, SANDWICH, NEPTUNE, ALBERMARLE and OSSORY, not yet ordered to Chatham where they are to be fitted for next summer's service.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-10-09 ADM/A/1835/95
Your letter of today sent an extract from one of the Commissioners of the Victualling, advising that they were unable to victual the ten ships which were ordered for foreign convoys, for want of money.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-10-08 ADM/A/1835/89
A commission was granted by the Hon. Sir George Rooke, Admiral and Commander-in-Chief of His Majesty's fleet, to Mr Robert Pennecuik to be Master and Commander of the OWNERS ADVENTURE bomb vessel, dated 24 May 1696.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-10-06 ADM/A/1835/57
Sir George Rooke, Admiral and Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean, granted a commission dated 20 January 1696, for Captain Robert Hollqinan to be Captain of the FIREDRAKE bomb vessel.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-10-06 ADM/A/1835/61
You are directed to have the allowance of 6 shillings per diem, made out to Mr George Larkin, Deputy Judge Advocate, for as many days as it appears to you he has attended at Courts Martial out of the fleet, since the date of his commission, over and above his allowances of 8 shillings per diem, in t…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-10-06 ADM/A/1835/59
Renatus Jordam, who is going as Secretary of Languages with the squadron bound for foreign service under command of Sir Cloudlessly Shovell, was appointed Muster Master of the Red Squadron in the Mediterranean by the Rt. Hon. Edward Russell.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-10-07 ADM/A/1835/75
Abraham Jones is to be appointed Boatswain of the BRISTOL. You are to enter him accordingly together with such allowance of wages and victuals for himself and servant. His warrant is to be dated 7 October 1696.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-10-07 ADM/A/1835/71
William Hartrope, Carpenter of the DISCOVERY brigantine, is to be appointed Master Carpenter of the LOOE, in place of the former deceased. You are to enter him accordingly together with such allowance of wages and victuals for himself and servant. His warrant is to be dated 7 October 1696.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-10-03 ADM/A/1835/38
You are directed to have all the tenders of the great ships at the Nore and in the River Medway, discharged, except for one smack to attend the Commander-in-Chief.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-10-05 ADM/A/1835/52
Jonathan Cole, Purser of the STERLING CASTLE, is to appointed to Purser of the RUPERT, in place of the former removed to the STERLING CASTLE. You are to enter him accordingly together with such allowance of wages and victuals for himself and servant. His warrant into be dated 5 October 1696.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-10-05 ADM/A/1835/46
You are directed to have the MONMOUTH at Blackstakes, surveyed, reporting to us what condition she is in and where it is most proper to have her refitted.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-10-05 ADM/A/1835/48
You are directed to have the GREYHOUND at Portsmouth, cleaned and refitted for service in the Channel and victualled for 10 weeks.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-10-02 ADM/A/1835/28
We have confirmed a warrant given by Sir George Rooke, Admiral of the Fleet in the Mediterranean, dated 25 November 1695, for John Merchant to be Boatswain of the LYME in place of the former removed into the COVENTRY.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-10-24 ADM/A/1835/241
Sir Edward Gregory, Commissioner at Chatham, in his letter of 21 October, advised us what has been done for the better security of the yard there. We send you a copy of this.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-10-21 ADM/A/1835/221
A warrant was given by Henry Killigrew Esq., Sir Ralph Delavall, and Sir Cloudesley Shovell, joint Admirals of His Majesty's fleet, dated 27 August 1693, for Mr William Harriot to be a volunteer on board the WINCHESTER.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-10-22 ADM/A/1835/233
David Kilpatrick, Surgeon of the DUNWICH is bound for the Straits, but being material evidence for His Majesty against Captain Smith, late commander of the DUNWICH. You are directed to have another Surgeon sent in place of David Kilpatrick so that he may be present at the trial.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-10-19 ADM/A/1835/205
Your letter of 9 October to our Secretary sent a copy of the survey of the RESOLUTION and you have proposed sending the ship to Chatham, but the ship requiring a greater repair you think it best to pay her off and we have therefore ordered her officers and company to be sent to Portsmouth, some by t…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-10-17 ADM/A/1835/197
You are directed to give orders that the SUN prize be fitted with all possible dispatch at Plymouth, notwithstanding that she has been sold by prize officers to private persons.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-10-20 ADM/A/1835/213
The BURLINGTON, MARY galley, LYME and EXPERIMENT, being ordered to cruise on the coast of France, under the command of of Captain William Kerr who has been directed to send them by turns to Portsmouth to clean and victual.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-06-18 ADM/A/1831/128
A list of the Ships in which Jacob Penn served from 1666 to 1695. Signed by George Rooke, Naval Lord.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-10-16 ADM/A/1835/183
Your letter of 13 October sending a report of the officers at Portsmouth about the CUMBERLAND whereby it is proposed that her tenderness may be cured without girdling, the chief reason being the ill stowage of the ship.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-10-16 ADM/A/1835/181
Robert Warren, Boatswain of the COMET bomb vessel, has been appointed Boatswain of the ROEBUCK in the room of the former deceased. You are to enter him accordingly together with such allowance of wages and victuals for himself and servant. His warrant is to be dated 16 October 1696.