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Campbell, Frederick Archibald Vaughan
Chicheley, John
Herbert, Arthur
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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-07-13
ADM/A/1761/184
Appoint William Walker, cook, the STERLING CASTLE.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1690-09-27
ADM/A/1769/119
Sir Richard Beech to go to Chatham to manage the pay of the Great Ships.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1690-09-05
ADM/A/1769/137
Treat with some Merchant Shipwrights for the building of for Fireships, when built to be fitted as 5th Rate frigates.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1690-09-18
ADM/A/1769/79
SOVEREIGN, SANDWICH, CORONATION, DUTCHESS,ROYAL KATHERINE,NEPTUNE, OFFORY, and DUKE to be laid up and paid off.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-07-06
ADM/A/1761/103
Appoint John Richardson, master carpenter, the Plymouth Hulks.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-07-31
ADM/A/1761/392
Appoint John Pickett, cook, the GRAFTON.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-07-10
ADM/A/1761/146
Appoint John Note, cook, the BREDAH.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-07-30
ADM/A/1761/359
Appoint John Mackey, boatswain, the STERLING CASTLE.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-07-30
ADM/A/1761/355
Appoint John Welsh, boatswain, the SANDWICH.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-07-12
ADM/A/1761/174
Appoint John Young, cook, the WELCOME KETCH.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-07-30
ADM/A/1761/368
Appoint John Watts. master gunner, the GRAFTON.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-07-30
ADM/A/1761/353
Appoint John Ward, master carpenter, the BURFORD.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-07-31
ADM/A/1761/427
Appoint John Stevenson, gunner, the MARY ROSE.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-07-31
ADM/A/1761/403
Appoint Mathew Dawson, gunner, the STIRLING CASTLE.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-07-30
ADM/A/1761/306
Appoint Joseph Chapman, carpenter, the ROYAL JAMES.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-07-30
ADM/A/1761/376
Appoint Joseph Richardson, carpenter, the STERLING CASTLE.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-07-31
ADM/A/1761/390
Appoint Phillip Lately, carpenter, the WINDSOR CASTLE.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-07-04
ADM/A/1761/45
Appoint Michael Aldred, purser, the MONMOUTH.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-07-31
ADM/A/1761/443
Appoint Richard Buffett, cook, the CORONATION.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-07-31
ADM/A/1761/455
Appoint Richard Hale, purser, the ROYAL CHARLES
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-07-30
ADM/A/1761/348
Appoint Richard Gunton, carpenter, the GRAFTON.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-07-02
ADM/A/1761/19
Appoint Thomas Chadborne, Master Gunner, the HOPE.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-07-31
ADM/A/1761/439
Appoint Robert Shortin, carpenter, the SAINT GEORGE.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-07-05
ADM/A/1761/75
Appoint Samuel Foster, master gunner, the WELLCOME.
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