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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1699-04-01 ADM/A/1864/5

Giving specific instructions for preserving ships in Ordinary at Chatham and Portsmouth by scraping the hulls and the coating of masts with tar, rosin and tallow as appropriate. Ships in Ordinary in other Yards are to be treated similarly.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1699-04-01 ADM/A/1864/7

Giving Orders for the ships at Deptford still in pay to continue to be victualed until the Master Attendant can say which Men are to be spared for taking the KENT and the REVENGE to their moorings at Chatham.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1698-12-24 ADM/A/1860/253

The GREENWICH has been ordered into Portsmouth. On arrival she is to be surveyed and a report is to be sent to the Admiralty stating how long it will take to refit her for the sea.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1698-12-23 ADM/A/1860/251

Requiring the DEAL CASTLE, now lying in the Hope, to be provided with two months provisions for her lowest complement of Men.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1698-12-26 ADM/A/1860/259

The SOUTHAMPTON, now in Longreach, has been ordered to proceed to the Nore where she is to experiment with Mr Robert Garden's engine. Her crew is to be made up to the middle complement in the event that it is not already.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1698-12-20 ADM/A/1860/201

Warrant appointing Edward Sergeant lately warranted Cook of the New Third Rate building at Deptford, to be Master Cook of the CHARLES Galley in place of the former who has deserted. Countersigned by Josiah Burchett, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1698-12-19 ADM/A/1860/197

Ordering further supplies of Dr Cockburn's medicine for treating dysentery to be sent to the West Indies in the DOLPHIN in the same proportion as that supplied to the SUDADOES and other ships.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1698-12-20 ADM/A/1860/203

Warrant appointing Thomas Williams, Carpenter of the DORSETSHIRE, to be Master Carpenter of the DEVONSHIRE in place of the former who has been turned over into the DORSETSHIRE. Countersigned by Josiah Burchett, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1698-12-20 ADM/A/1860/205

Warrant appointing John Mingo, formerly Boatswain of the MORTAR BOMB VESSEL, to be Boatswain of the MARY Yacht in place of the former who has been dismissed. Countersigned by Josiah Burchett, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1699-03-30 ADM/A/1863/248

Warrant appointing Lullum Wood, formerly Purser of the FORESIGHT, to be Purser of the DEPTFORD in place of the former who has been promoted.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1698-12-21 ADM/A/1860/225

Requiring Captain William Bloys to be paid as Commander of the MILFORD until discharged and succeeded by Captain Huntington; but not to be paid as First Lieutenant of the WEYMOUTH during the time he transferred to the MILFORD.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-08-16 ADM/A/1810/166

Warrant for the appointment of Jeremiah Founds to be Master Carpenter of the WINCHESTER.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-08-17 ADM/A/1810/168

Warrant for the appointment of John Burdon to be Master Carpenter of the DUCHESS.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-08-16 ADM/A/1810/162

We direct you to sign a bill on the Navy Treasurer for paying Thomas Neal, Master of the Mint, a sum of thirty pounds to provide a Medal and Chain for John Gresby of Guernsey, Mariner, as a reward for taking and destroying some French Privateers, and rescuing a Vessel laden with Stone for the buildi…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-08-13 ADM/A/1810/140

Having received information from the Captain of the SUFFOLK Hagboat that her Victuals have not come down, and it being of great importance that that she is immediately dispatched to sail with the Victuals bound for the Straights, we direct you to take all possible care that she is immediately provid…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-08-13 ADM/A/1810/142

We have ordered the hired Ship ENGLAND Frigate in Kingroad near Bristol to convoy several ships from there into the Sea and then to return to Bristol again. We direct you upo her arrival there to cause her to be cleaned and refitted into a condition for the Sea at the charge of her Owners.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-08-15 ADM/A/1810/148

We direct you to sign a Bill on the Navy Treasurer for the Pay due to Sir Francis Wheeler, Admiral and Commander in Chief of their Majesties' Ships in the Mediterranean, from the first of November 1693, the date of his Commission for that employment, to the time the SUSSEX was lost in the Strai…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-08-15 ADM/A/1810/150

We have received the Account of the proportion of Stores which you say are making ready with all dispatch to be sent to Mr Russell, and it being thought necessary to let him know the time when they can be ready to be sent.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-08-16 ADM/A/1810/158

We send you enclosed the Copy of a Petition of Captain Richard Dickenson setting forth his past services and praying to be superannuated.
We direct you to examine this and give this Board the best account you can, how long he has served in the Navy, and in what capacity.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-08-15 ADM/A/1810/154

We direct you to immediately give Orders to the Victualling Commissioners to cause a Water Ship with one hundred tons of water to be forthwith sent to the Squadron under the command of Vice Admiral Hopson along with the GREENWICH in the Downs which is bound to him.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-08-10 ADM/A/1810/116

We direct you to give Orders that such Vessels as shall be sent with Provisions for the supply of their Majesties' Ships in the Leeward Islands are to go to Antigua first, and if the Men of War are not there, then they are to proceed to them according to such directions as they shall receive fr…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-08-10 ADM/A/1810/118

You proposed to us by your letter of the 4th inst; that in consideration of the business at the Woolwich Yard being so much increased there should be Master Boatmaker, Mastmaker, Master House Carpenter, Master Joiner and Master Sailmaker particularly appointed there, as the Deptford Yard Officers (w…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-08-10 ADM/A/1810/101

We direct you forthwith to imprest to Mr Edward Burt, one of the Clerks belonging to our Secretary, the sum of three hundred pounds for defraying the Contingencies of this Office.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-08-09 ADM/A/1810/97

We direct you to cause the Provisions ordered for the Soldiers going to New York to be completed at Portsmouth as they shall spend thereon, so that they may sail with the full proportion ordered them.…