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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-09-19
ADM/A/1762/252
We direct that the MARY now at Chatham be made ready for such service as she shall be appointed for with all possible dispatch.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-08-24
ADM/A/1762/167
Are enclosing a letter from the Right Hon. the Earl of Nottingham, about supplying the Dutch men-of-war that have come to our ports for repair and you are to keep distinct accounts of the charges of such repairs and supplies of stores in order that these may be repaid by the States.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-08-20
ADM/A/1762/212
Edward Lawrence has been appointed Master Carpenter of the HARWICH and you are directed to enter him accordingly with such wages for himself and servant as is proper. His warrant is to be dated 20 August 1689.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-08-26
ADM/A/1762/175
Edward Habordine is appointed Master Gunner of the CHILD'S PLAY prize, and you are directed to enter him accordingly with such wages and victuals for himself and servant as is proper. His warrant is to be dated 24 August 1689.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-09-04
ADM/A/1762/222
John Vowt has been appointed Boatswain of their Majesties yacht KITCHIN in the place of John Reynolds who has moved to the PLAY prize. You are directed to enter him accordingly with such wages and victuals for himself and servant as is proper. His warrant is to be dated 3 September 1689.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-08-16
ADM/A/1762/109
John Turpino has been appointed Master Gunner of the SWIFT prize and you are directed to enter him accordingly with an allowance for wages and victuals for himself and servant. His warrant is to be dated 15 August 1689.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-08-29
ADM/A/1762/192
John Reynolds, Boatswain has been appointed Boatswain of the PLAY prize and you are directed to enter him accordingly with such wages and victuals for himself and servant as is proper. His warrant is to be dated 28 August 1689.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-08-21
ADM/A/1762/159
James Cartwright is to be appointed Master Carpenter of the PLAY prize and you are directed to enter him accordingly with such allowances of wages and victuals for himself and servant as is proper. His warrant is to be dated 21 August 1689.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-08-19
ADM/A/1762/139
Humphrey Pole is appointed as Boatswain of the fireship EAGLE and you are directed to enter him accordingly with such allowances of wages and victuals for himself and servant as is proper. His warrant is dated 19 August 1689.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-08-26
ADM/A/1762/179
Henry Prim is appointed Ironmonger to the Navy at the Portsmouth yard with such allowances, perquisites, privileges and immunities belonging thereto. His warrant is to be dated 24 August 1689.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-08-27
ADM/A/1762/171
Thomas Baker, late Cook of the RUBY, is to be appointed Cook of the ASSISTANCE and you are directed to enter him accordingly with such wages and victuals for himself and servant as is proper. His warrant is to be dated 24 August 1689.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-08-20
ADM/A/1762/151
The SWIFT prize, is to be supplied with 26 oars proper for her to be put in condition in all respects to proceed in the execution of any order given to her commander.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-08-21
ADM/A/1762/157
The PORTSMOUTH sloop, being ordered to Sheerness to be cleaned, you are directed to put this in hand upon her arrival and complete it as soon as possible. She is to be furnished with such provisions as you think proper.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-08-29
ADM/A/1762/107
Richard Ball has been appointed Cook of the FAULCON and you are directed to enter him accordingly with an allowance for wages and victuals for himself and servant. His warrant is to be dated 15 August 1689.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-08-22
ADM/A/1762/161
Mr Thompson, Member for Parliament, has written on behalf of Mr James Bayliffe of Scarborough, about the payment of the enclosed bill for £9.12.0 for listing and keeping 32 volunteers for 10 days, the said men each having a ticket from Mr Cockerill, which Mr Belwood is said to have taken and torn.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-09-24
ADM/A/1762/302
In pursuance of our resolution taken to discontinue the office of Chyrurgron General of the Navy, you are directed to discharge the present holder James Pearce accordingly.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-08-30
ADM/A/1762/194
In pursuance of His Majesty's pleasure upon our attending him at Hampton Court yesterday, you are directed to fit the NATHANIEL, lately taken up at Liverpool by His Grace the Duke of Schonberg, as a fireship and to buy her from her owners.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-09-06
ADM/A/1762/230
The Commissioners of the Ordnance wrote to us on 4 September to advise that the 30 Saker guns proposed for the PLAY prize, cannot be supplied out of their Majesties stores, but the guns listed in the margin of this letter may be spared.…
Letters from Sea Officers and others in Navy at Plymouth. 1696 - 1828 (Manuscript)
1696 -1728
VAU/J/1-5
Letters from Sea Officers and others in Navy at Plymouth.
Commissioners records: Letters from the Admiralty. 1695 - 1715 (Manuscript)
1695-1832
VAU/G/1-8
Commissioners records: Letters from the Admiralty.
Commissioners records: Letters from the Admiralty 1716 - 1832 (Manuscript)
1695-1832
VAU/G/9-18
Commissioners records: Letters from the Admiralty.
Letters from Sea Officers and others in Navy at Plymouth. 1736 - 1828 (Manuscript)
1736-1828
VAU/J/3-5
Letters from Sea Officers and others in Navy at Plymouth.
Letters from the Navy Board to the Commissioner Residing at Plymouth. 1726 - 1820 (Manuscript)
1726-1820
VAU/F/7-15
Letters from the Navy Board to the Commissioner Residing at Plymouth.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-06-25
ADM/A/1760/265
Enter John Todd, Master Carpenter, the MARY.
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