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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-07-16 ADM/A/1821/124

Warrant for the appointment of Anthony Piper to be Master Gunner of the SOLEBAY.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-07-16 ADM/A/1821/122

Warrant for the appointment of Robert Saunderson to be Master Cook of the hired Ship TIGER.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-07-16 ADM/A/1821/118

We have considered your letter of 12th inst; and the enclosed Papers relating to the difference between the Commander of the NEWARK and the Pilot at Hull.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-07-18 ADM/A/1821/136

A List of persons summoned to attend this Board to give evidence concerning accusations made against Officers of the Portsmouth, Chatham and Deptford Yards by Mr George Everet, and the allowances to be made to them for their trouble.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-07-17 ADM/A/1821/132

A French Privateer of 12 Guns was lately taken by the WEYMOUTH and is now at Portsmouth.
We direct you to cause a Survey to be taken of her, and report to this Board your opinion whether she is fitting to be employed as a Man of War in HM Service.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-07-17 ADM/A/1821/130

We direct you to cause the GARLAND to be cleaned and refitted at Sheerness for service in the Channel and victualled for two months.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-07-12 ADM/A/1821/102

We direct you to consider and report to this Board the best place to clean HM Ships attending on the Irish coast, whether at Highlake or Liverpool.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-07-12 ADM/A/1821/100

We direct you to cause the TIGER to be sheathed and fitted at Deptford for a voyage to the West Indies, and victualled for eight months of proper species for such a voyage.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-07-16 ADM/A/1821/116

We have received frequent complaints of the want of Provisions at Milford for Ships calling there. We direct you to give Orders to the Victualling Commissioners that they take care to lodge a fitting quantity of Provisions at that Port for supplying Ships that call there.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-08-17 ADM/A/1822/201

We have ordered several men to be turned over to the CHICHESTER bound for the Mediterranean and you are directed to have all the men turned over paid on board her at Spithead for their service in the ships from which they were turned over.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-08-17 ADM/A/1822/203

You are directed to have the JOLLY prize upon arrival at Plymouth to be cleaned and refitted for service in the Channel and victualled for 2 months.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-08-14 ADM/A/1822/149

The GLOUCESTER has been ordered to Portsmouth and you are directed to have her sheathed, girdled and fitted for a voyage to the Mediterranean and victualed for 3 months to her highest complement of men.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-08-13 ADM/A/1822/123

Peter Frazer, late Purser of the VIRGIN PRIZE is to be appointed Purser of the PENDENNIS. 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 13 August 1695.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-08-13 ADM/A/1822/131

We did lately direct you to pay the officers and company of the CONCEPTION prize the wages due to them for the time the ship was last in New England. You are now directed to pay them only for such time as you shall have Muster Books for the ship, until further order.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-08-13 ADM/A/1822/129

You are directed to pay the executors of Mr Philip Carteret, late Lieutenant of the SUSSEX, the wages due to him for his service on board the DUNKIRK, RESOLUTION and the SUSSEX, notwithstanding his journals have not been produced it being presented to us that they were lost with the SUSSEX in the Me…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-08-15 ADM/A/1822/165

You are directed to have the NORWICH cleaned and refitted at Plymouth for service in the Channel and victualled for 10 weeks.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-08-15 ADM/A/1822/171

Your letter of 12 August to our Secretary and the copy of one from the Commissioners of the Victualling to your Board, proposed the victualing of the DUNWICH at Shoreham for no longer than it would be necessary for her to go to Spithead.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-11-12 ADM/A/1813/115

As the two ketches being built at Southampton and Portsmouth are of similar dimensions to those recently built, they are to have the same establishment of men and guns.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-11-14 ADM/A/1813/125

Mr John Thales is to be paid for his service as Lieutenant in the ANTHELOPE, despite his journals having been lost when the DIAMOND was captured by the French.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-11-14 ADM/A/1813/121

Warrant appointing Joseph Harvey to be Purser of the PRINCE GEORGE, Hired Ship; his predecessor having been appointed to the COLCHESTER.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-11-16 ADM/A/1813/143

1. During the late expedition before Brest, several seamen from various shallops were captured by the French. They are to receive allowances for their clothing, provided that they can produce certificates from their Commanders or Officers.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-11-10 ADM/A/1813/85

Warrant appointing John Henslow, currently Master Carpenter of the SPEEDWELL, Fireship, to be Master Carpenter of the RESERVE.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-11-10 ADM/A/1813/83

Warrant appointing William Swann, currently Master Carpenter of the MERLINE, Yacht, to be Master Carpenter of the RUBY.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-11-10 ADM/A/1813/93

1. The number of Servants allowed to Flag Officers and Commanders is, as hitherto, 4 per 100 men in the ship's complement.
2. The complements of 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Rate Ships are to be reduced by 4%.…