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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-05-31 ADM/A/1807/340
Cause £200 to be paid to the Commissioners for Sick & Wounded Seamen & Exchange POW's, to enable thyem to pay each returning Prisoner 40 shillings.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-05-31 ADM/A/1807/334
Order such Members and Clerks no longer required at Portsmouth to return to their duties in town.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-05-31 ADM/A/1807/344
Send down three months provisions to the SWEEPSTAKES at the Nore Bouy.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-06-01 ADM/A/1808/11
Your letter of 30 May asked whether in respect of the BERKLEY CASTLE, at present at the Buoy of the Nore to procure men for their Majesties ships, you should buy a fly boat for that service.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-06-01 ADM/A/1808/9
Your letter of 27 March sent us an account of the monies disbursed by Captain Vaughan for maintaining the company of the MILFORD and WARRINGTON at Flakery (Flekkefjord) in Norway, after they were taken by the enemy.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-06-02 ADM/A/1808/21
You are directed to have the ALDBOROUGH ketch, now refitting at Sheerness, furnished with 3 months provisions for Channel service.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-06-01 ADM/A/1808/17
Nicholas Kemp, late Master Gunner of the VESUVIUS is appointed Master Gunner of the new fourth rate now building by Henry Johnson at Blackwall.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-06-01 ADM/A/1808/13
You are directed to have the SAUDADOES prize, now at the Buoy of the Nore, cleaned and refitted at Sheerness for service in the Channel and manned to her highest ciomplement of men and victualled for 3 months with all possible dispatch.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-01-18 ADM/A/1815/177
Mr Abraham Tedder was appointed as a Volunteer on board the MONK on 5 August 1692, under the command of Captain Stafford Fairborne, by the Rt Hon Edward Russell, Admiral of the Fleet. You are directed to make the usual allowances to him for the time he served in that capacity.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-01-18 ADM/A/1815/186
If this Board should see fit to superannuate Captain Potter, Master Attendant at Sheerness, you are directed to send us the name of some person you shall judge fit and qualified to succeed him.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-01-18 ADM/A/1815/185
The petition of Captain Abraham Potter, Master Attendant at Sheerness, who by reason of sickness at the age of 64 seeks superannuation.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-01-19 ADM/A/1815/196
You are directed to have the OWNERS LOVE fireship, upon her arrival at Portsmouth, to be cleaned and refitted for service in the Channel, where she is appointed to attend the main fleet, and victualled for 4 months.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-01-25 ADM/A/1815/258
Captain Hubbard, Commander of the SWIFTSURE at the Buoy of the Nore, has advised us in his letter of 24 January, that he is in great want of provisions. We send you an extract of his letter and repeat our directions to you that his ship be furnished with provisions as soon as possible..
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-01-25 ADM/A/1815/256
You are directed to have the usual allowance made for the Commander, Officers and company of the GRANADO bomb vessel. The GRANADO was blown up before Dieppe by a bomb from the enemy.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-01-26 ADM/A/1815/274
Patrick Mussent is to be appointed Master Gunner of the PORTSMOUTH bomb vessel and you are directed to enter him accordingly together with such allowance of wages and victuals for himself and servant as is proper. His warrant is to be dated 26 January 1695.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-01-25 ADM/A/1815/272
Richard Card, Boatswain of the STAR bomb vessel, is to be appointed Boatswain of the CHARLES fireship. You are directed to enter him accordingly together with such allowance of wages and victuals for himself and servant as is proper. His warrant is to be dated 25 January 1695.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-01-25 ADM/A/1815/268
We have ordered the SMIRNA MERCHANT to such merchants' dock in the Thames that her owners think fit to have her refitted. You are directed to have her cleaned and refitted at a charge on her owners for service in the Channel and victualled for 3 months with all dispatch.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-01-25 ADM/A/1815/266
We believe that several volunteers will enter themselves aboard ships at Plymouth and other ports pursuant to His Majesty's late proclamation and are to be employed as convoys and cruisers.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-01-28 ADM/A/1815/280
You are directed to send us an account of the names of all ships and vessels sent to Cadiz with stores for the fleet in the Mediterranean since Admiral Russell was ordered to stay there, at what time and under what convoy.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-01-28 ADM/A/1815/278
Thomas Redding, Carpenter of the NAVY yacht is to be appointed Master Carpenter of the FUBBS yacht in place of the former removed into the new third rate building at Bussleton.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-01-21 ADM/A/1815/224
You are directed to have the ships and vessels mentioned in this letter, which are to be the main fleet next summer, to be victualled with 4 months provisions and 8 weeks beer for the first and second rates and 10 weeks beer for the third rates.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-01-21 ADM/A/1815/220
Captain Hubbard of the SWIFTSURE at the Nore has advised us in his letter of 20 January that the ship is in want of provisions. We send you an extract of his letter and direct that he be furnished with the provisions according to the orders you received sometime since.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-01-22 ADM/A/1815/228
Robert Tilden, Master Carpenter of the KITCHEN bomb vessel, is to be appointed Master Carpenter of the MILFORD. You are directed to enter him accordingly together with such allowance of wages and victuals for himself and servant as is proper. His warrant is to be dated 22 January 1695.