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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-03-15 ADM/A/1817/184

Enter men for service on the new 5th rate the LYME, building at Plymouth.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-06-15 ADM/A/1808/144

John Adams is to be appointed Purser of the PEARL, in place of the former who is to be dismissed. You are directed to enter him accordingly together woth such allowance of wages and victuals for himself and servant as is proper. His warrant is to be dated 15 June 1694.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-02-13 ADM/A/1816/140

Enquiring whether it might be acceptable to keep back a quarter of crews' beer allowance and substitute payment in lieu.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-12-28 ADM/A/1814/403

Warrant for the appointment of John Cooper to be Boatswain of the Ketch MARTIN.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-12-01 ADM/A/1814/5

The NORWICH, PRINCE OF ORANGE, FRIENDLY SOCIETY, and OWNERS LOVE FIRST being designed Convoys to Virginia, and the CROWN and ROCHESTER to Portugal, the former of which are ordered to be victualled for six months and the other for four, and the NORWICH and PRINCE OF ORANGE being daily expected in th…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-12-11 ADM/A/1814/123

You have informed us that the new 6th Rate building at Sheerness, which we have named QUEENBOROUGH, will be ready to launch the next Spring. …

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-12-14 ADM/A/1837/160

The Victualling Commissioners have given us an account today that the Enemy have taken one of the Victualling Ships, the MARY, on passage to the Straights and taken her to Brest.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1697-01-19 ADM/A/1838/186

Authorising the payment of per Diem monies to Captain William Bokenham for a period of service in the QUEEN during 1695/6 and to Sir George Rooke as Commander in Chief in the Mediterranean from April 1696.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-08-02 ADM/A/1822/15

You are directed to have 2 months provisions immediately sent to the ESSEX prize at Sheerness.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-11-12 ADM/A/1813/113

The SAPHIRE and the GARLAND are to cleaned and refitted at Sheerness for 3 month's service in the Channel.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-02-14 ADM/A/1816/211

The petition of Thomas Humphries seventy-six years of age who has endured much hardship in service and is now blind and deaf. He asks for favour and assistance in being granted an allowance.…

Manuscript orderbook kept by Sir Cloudisley Shovell. Copies of orders from the three Admirals (Killigrew, Delaval and Shovell), joint commanders, to the Captains and Officers in their Fleet, and to Sir George Rooke, Admiral of the Blue (Manuscript) 1693-01-27 - 1693-09-28 ROM/9

Copies of orders from the three Admirals (Kiligrew, Delavall and Shovell), joint commanders, to the Captains and Officers in their Fleet, and to Sir George Rooke, Admiral of the Blue, from 27 January 1693 to 28 September 1693.

Debit and Credit Cash Book covering Captain John Hill’s transactions, for his own voyages, and investments in other ships. (Manuscript) 1676-09-30 - 1688-03 ROM/12

Debit and Credit Cash Book covering Captain John Hill’s transactions, for his own voyages, and investments in other ships, 30 September 1676 to March 1688.

The front cover is lettered in ink with Hill’s cipher and a later note beneath: “Monogram of JOHN HILL.”…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-02-20 ADM/A/1816/234

Captain Thompson of the NEW AFRICA Hired ship bound for New England has notified the Admiralty that he is short of Men and is asking to be allowed some of the soldiers currently aboard the HOPE that is sailing for New England with masts.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-11-21 ADM/A/1836/202

Your letter of 19 November asked how the LIGHTNING and BLAZE fireships are to be victualled. They are to be victualled for 8 months each for a voyage to the West Indies and you are directed to give the necessary orders.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-11-23 ADM/A/1836/208

The IPSWICH, DEFIANCE, CHARLES galley and VESUVIUS fireship, are ordered to be fitted for a voyage to the Canaries. You are directed to have the stores and provisions ordered for them immediately sent aboard and the ships put in condition for sea without a moment's loss of time.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-11-18 ADM/A/1836/172

Peter Tisdell, late Boatswain of the ESSEX, is to be appointed Boatswain of the REVENGE a new 2nd Rate building at Chatham. You are directed to enter him accordingly with such allowance of wages and victuals for himself and servant as is proper. His warrant is to be dated 18 November 1696.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-11-19 ADM/A/1836/180

The annual salaries of the two appointed Commissioners of the Registry Office (who are not members of the Navy Board), the Secretary, his clerks and others are viz:- Commissioners £300 each per annum; Secretary £200; four Clerks at £100, £80, £70, £60; Doorkeeper £40; Housekeeper £30; Messenger £2…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-11-19 ADM/A/1836/178

The ships now at Spithead which cannot now be cleaned and refitted at Chatham are to be brought to Portsmouth. You are to present to this Board a scheme of the times you propose to dock and undock each ship at Chatham and Portsmouth which are still to be cleaned and refitted.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-11-19 ADM/A/1836/176

John Baulsh, late Carpenter of the OXFORD, is to be appointed Master Carpenter of the ESSEX in place of the former removed to the new 2nd Rate building at Woolwich. You are directed to enter him accordingly together with such allowance of wages and victuals for himself and servant as is proper.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-11-19 ADM/A/1836/182

John Taylor was appointed Master Gunner of the FRIENDLY SOCIETY hired ship on 14 June 1695, by Captain Crow, Commander of the Virginia convoy. You are directed to enter him accordingly and to have him paid as Master Gunner from 14 June 1695 to the time he was discharged.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-11-24 ADM/A/1836/234

You are directed to have the BEESTON sloop, which you have hired to proceed as an advice boat to Barbados and Jamaica, to be furnished with as many hands from the Ordinary or ships fitting out, as may be sufficient to sail her to the Buoy of the Nore where she is ordered.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-11-24 ADM/A/1836/232

You are directed to order the setting-up at Kinsale, a 5th Rate ship of the same dimensions as those lately built, to be put in hand with all possible dispatch.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-11-23 ADM/A/1836/222

Phineas Bowles is to be appointed Secretary of His Majesty's Fleet, both in war and peace, with the salary of £450 per annum for himself and clerks.…