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Chicheley, John
Herbert, Arthur
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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-11-28
ADM/A/1764/147
Giving directions for the distribution of monies for Victualling and for the rebuilding of the Cooperidge on Tower Hill together with the names of various undertakers.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-11-30
ADM/A/1764/155
Ordering the rebuilding of the Cooperidge at Tower Hill to be put in hand.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1690-06-24
ADM/A/1767/330
You are directed to have the NEPTUNE at Chatham, fitted for service in the Channel, and to be manned with her highest complement of men and furnished with 4 months victuals with all possible dispatch.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1690-06-27
ADM/A/1767/348
In your letter of 26 June to our Secretary, you advised us that the Master Attendant at Chatham had asked that they may be directed to summon fishermen from the neighbouring towns to assist in the rigging and fitting of ships. You are to direct the Master Attendant to do this.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1690-06-24
ADM/A/1767/334
You are directed to have the ST MICHAEL and HARWICH at Chatham, and the KENT, NORTHUMBERLAND, MONMOUTH and one of the 2nd Rates at Portsmouth, which were lately put into a condition to receive their men, to be fitted out for service in the Channel, to be manned to their highest complement and furni…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1690-05-16
ADM/A/1767/209
You are directed to have the wages due to the officers and company of the KINGFISHER ketch, taken by the French, paid to them or their relations or attorneys duly empowered to receive the same.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-11-19
ADM/A/1764/83
Requiring the Provisions aboard the SAMPSON Hired ship in the Downs to be made up to five months; and to provide a sufficient number of Barges to be at Tower Wharf next Thursday morning to carry a Company of Grenadiers to the GREYHOUND in Long Reach.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1690-05-14
ADM/A/1767/201
You are directed to imprest to Mr Samuel Pitt, one of the Clerks of our Secretary, the sum of £300 to enable him to defray the contingencies of this office.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1690-04-23
ADM/A/1767/92
Joseph Townes, Storekeeper at Harwich, has petitioned for an allowance for mustering ships at that port, and your report of 20 April gave your opinion that his present yearly salary of £25 should be increased to £60 for employment as both Storekeeper and Muster Master.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1690-04-24
ADM/A/1767/95
The King has been pleased to order Colonel Dering, Commander of the MARY galley, to leave his command to attend his service in Ireland as Colonel of a Regiment of Foot. You are directed to have the wages paid due him for his service in the Navy.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1690-06-28
ADM/A/1767/350
You are directed to have their Majesties yacht the CHARLOTTE and the hired vessel the FROG dogger, to be supplied with 3 months victuals each, the former at the Buoy of the Nore and the latter at Harwich, with all possible dispatch.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-11-25
ADM/A/1764/121
Enclosing an Estimate for Victuals for a large number of Men for various periods in the next year.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-11-18
ADM/A/1764/77
Requiring the Provisions aboard the BERKELEY CASTLE Hired ship currently in the Hope to be made up to five months; and for the WOOLWICH to be refitted and victualled for service in the Channel on arrival at Chatham.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-11-19
ADM/A/1764/81
Informing that a number of new Fireships are to be built by next Spring and asking how many of these can be built in Royal Yards, in time, without prejudicing other works. Those that cannot are to be built in Merchant Yards care being taken that they are good sailers.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1690-12-08
ADM/A/1770/482
Warrant appointing Thomas Chudleigh to be Master Shipwright at the Port of Kinsale in Ireland. Countersigned by James Southerne, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1690-12-08
ADM/A/1770/415
Warrant appointing John Tremaine, Cook of the late ship DREADNOUGHT, to be Cook of the ship of that name recently bought at Blackwall. Countersigned by James Southerne, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1690-12-08
ADM/A/1770/417
Warrant appointing Thomas Rusbridge, Master Carpenter of the late ship DREADNOUGHT, to be Master Carpenter of the ship of that name recently bought at Blackwall. Countersigned by James Southerne, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1690-12-02
ADM/A/1770/407
Warrant appointing Walter Willett to be Purser of the CONCEPTION Prize. Countersigned by James Southerne, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1690-11-27
ADM/A/1770/167
The Treasury has authorised the Commissioners for Prizes to release timber and plank on board the Prize at Woolwich brought in by the JERSEY. Instructions are given for the Navy Board to liaise with the Commissioners for Prizes and to make out Bills for the timber judged suitable for Navy use.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1690-11-03
ADM/A/1770/115
Requiring the Master Shipwright to be interviewed regarding four Shipwrights not being entered in Woolwich Yard; and unless the four men are incompetent the Admiralty expects them to be entered in HM Yards at Deptford and Woolwich as previously ordered.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1690-11-08
ADM/A/1770/136
The JULIAN Prize has been ordered to proceed to Sheerness. She is to be cleaned and refitted for service in the Channel and supplied with three month's Provisions together with a suitable quantity of Stores. Speed is of the essence.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-12-07
ADM/A/1764/453
Warrant appointing John Cross, Boatswain of the TIGER, to be Boatswain of the EAGLE in place of the former who has been discharged. Countersigned by Phineas Bowles, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-12-17
ADM/A/1764/457
Warrant appointing Thomas Ratcliffe to be Boatswain of the TIGER in place of John Cross who has been moved to the EAGLE. Countersigned by Phineas Bowles, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1690-11-27
ADM/A/1770/89
Ordering the PLYMOUTH to be cleaned and refitted at Portsmouth and supplied with three months Victuals as a matter of urgency.
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