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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-09-05
ADM/A/1834/66
Warrant for the appointment of John Darlin to be Master Cook of the Cornwall.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-09-05
ADM/A/1834/70
Warrant for the appointment of John Fighter to be Boatswain of the SWIFTSURE.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-09-04
ADM/A/1834/64
Warrant for John Littlemore to be Master Carpenter of the CROWN.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-09-04
ADM/A/1834/62
Having ordered the Bomb Vessels named in the margin to sail to Woolwich we direct you upon their arrival there to put into Ordinary.
12 Vessels in the margin commencing with the SALAMANDER.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-09-03
ADM/A/1834/36
As the Master of the BERWICK does not wish to serve in the WARSPIGHT going on a foreign voyage, due to his age, we agree, notwithsatanding our previous Orders, that the Master you have appointed to WARSPIGHT should continue on her.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-08-02
ADM/A/1810/337
Warrant for the appointment of Joseph Simmons to be Master Carpenter of the MERCURY Advice Boat.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-09-04
ADM/A/1834/48
We direct you to imprest unto Mr Edward Whitaker, Solicitor for the Affairs of the Admiralty and Navy, the sum of four hundred pounds, for his defraying the Charge of such business as he is employed on by Order of this Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-09-04
ADM/A/1834/46
The hired Ships TIGER and SMYRNA MERCHANT are ordered from Bristol to Plymouth for their being fitted and revictualled. The Commanders of these Ships have informed us that they cannot get such Provisions at Bristol sufficient for for them in their passage to Plymouth.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-09-03
ADM/A/1834/42
Captain Bazil Beaumont, Commander of the PLYMOUTH,is going on a foreign voyage. We therefore direct you to cause the Wages due to him for service in the CANTERBURY to be paid, provided he shall have passed his Accounts for the said Ship, and that you have no objection to the same.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-08-30
ADM/A/1810/321
Warrant for the appointment of William Platt to be Boatswain of the JOSIAH.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-08-30
ADM/A/1810/313
We direct you, that in the repairs and refitting of the Ships of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Rates or others intended for the main Fleet next year, to cause such care to be taken in fitting their bottoms, so as if there shall be occasion, they may go on a Foreign Voyage. …
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-08-30
ADM/A/1810/315
We direct you forthwith to prepare and present to this Board an Estimate of the Charge of paying three thousand Seamen unto Michaelmas next ensuing, who are intended to be turned over from the great Ships ordered about to Chatham to be refitted, into some other of their Majesties' Ships.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-09-14
ADM/A/1834/9
The Petition of David Elliot to receive a Pension, having been a Warrant Officer for 15 years and being 74 years old. Signed by David Elliot, Warrant Officer (Gunner).
This Petition is referred to the Navy Board for consideration and report.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-09-01
ADM/A/1834/7
We direct you to cause the Brigantine DISPATCH (upon her arrival at Sheerness) to be cleaned and refitted there for Channel service, and victualled for ten weeks as soon as maybe.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-08-31
ADM/A/1810/327
Warrant for the appointment of Michael Bowen to be Master Cook of the JOSIAH
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-08-31
ADM/A/1810/333
You have informed us by your report of the 14th inst; on the Petition of John Stephenson, Boatswain of the HUMBER, that he and his servant were employed in fitting the Ships Rigging from January 15th 1693 to the 30th March following, when she was launched.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-08-29
ADM/A/1810/311
We direct you, upon the arrival of the hired Ship DELAWALL at the Buoy of the Nore (where she is ordered) to cause her Officers and Company, excepting the Commissioned and Warrant Officers, to be forthwith turned over into the SWIFTSURE at that place.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-08-28
ADM/A/1810/303
Warrant for the appointment of George Agar to be Master Joiner of the Woolwich Yard.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-08-27
ADM/A/1810/278
We direct you to give directions for the Ordinary and Riggers of the Woolwich and Deptford Yards to assist Captain Hughes, Commander of the ROCHESTER, in carrying her from Woolwich to Longreach.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-08-28
ADM/A/1810/280
We direct you to send an account to this Board as near as you can judge by what times the Stores designed for the Straights for refitting the Fleet will be shipped, as well as those that are ordered to be first got ready as the rest, and cause the same to be distibuted in the Ships that are to trans…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-08-25
ADM/A/1810/274
We direct you to cause the RUPERT at Plymouth to be cleaned and refitted for service in the Channel and victualled for three months with all possible dispatch.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-08-28
ADM/A/1810/285
We direct you to imprest unto Mr Edward Whittaker, Solicitor for the Affairs of the Admiralty and Navy, the sum of five hundred pounds for his paying Advance Money for buiding a new house for an Admiralty Office. You are also to sign the Articles of agreement made for the said Office.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-08-28
ADM/A/1810/282
In return to your letter of the 25th inst; concerning the sending of Caulkers, Smiths etc; along with the Hulks and Magazines for refitting the Fleet in the Mediterranean under the command of Admiral Russell, we direct you to cause to be provided and got ready with all dispatch, as well as all such …
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1699-04-22
ADM/A/1864/157
Acknowledging the input of the Navy Board in the removal of "Q's" and "R's" from the names of Men listed in a Petition and giving instructions as to the course of action to be taken in each case.
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