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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1699-01-14
ADM/A/1861/157
Upon consideration of a letter from you to our Secretary concerning the debt of £14600 on Bills for Stores and Workmanship in the first Book, we directed the Cashier to the Treasurer of the Navy to give us an Account to whom the said debts were paid.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1699-01-10
ADM/A/1861/111
Warrant for the appointment of Thomas Griffin to be Master Cook of the SANDWICH.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1699-04-27
ADM/A/1864/220
Urgently ordering ships named in the margin to be fitted out for service with their lowest complements of Men and victualed for three months. The list numbers thirty-one ships all of which are 3rd Rates or below.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1699-04-27
ADM/A/1864/222
Charles Ardescoife is asking for payment for coating the bottoms of ships with his special compound at Deptford. A report on his account is requested.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1699-04-28
ADM/A/1864/224
Announcing the results of deliberations concerning the removal of "Q's" and "R's" from the names of Men listed in a Petition and instructing action.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1699-04-26
ADM/A/1864/188
Sir William Beeston Governor of Jamaica appointed Captain Thomas Bryan to be Captain of the FALCON on 12th February 1694. Orders are given for Bryan to paid wages for his time in that ship despite the appointment not having been confirmed by the Admiralty.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1699-04-21
ADM/A/1864/153
Warrant appointing Clement Nichols, Gunner of the ADVICE to be Master Gunner of the WARWICK in place of James Smith who has been moved to the ADVICE. Countersigned by Josiah Burchett, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1699-04-25
ADM/A/1864/165
Settling the matter of the loss of privilege of Labourers to carry out chips of timber from H.M. Yards by allowing their wives and the poor of the Parish to gather chips at permitted times.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1697-08-31
ADM/A/1845/156
Enclosing an extract of a letter from the Clerk of the Cheque at Kinsale and asking for an opinion regarding his application for extraordinary expenses.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1697-08-31
ADM/A/1845/154
Very urgently requiring the SOLEBAY to be cleaned and refitted for service in the Channel on her arrival at Harwich.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1697-08-28
ADM/A/1845/145
Warrant appointing Case Billingsly to be Purser of the NORTHUMBERLAND in place of the former who has been dismissed for neglect of duty.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1697-08-23
ADM/A/1845/115
Captain Beaumont has reported that the Sqadron off Dunkirk is short of water. An Order is given for suitable vessels to be hired either in the Thames, at Dover or elsewhere and for water to be supplied immediatley, after which the vessels are to be discharged.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1697-08-19
ADM/A/1845/103
Directing that the PRINCE of ORANGE Hired ship be paid off on arrival at the place chosen by her Owners following the turning over into the NAMURE of her Foremast Men.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1697-08-19
ADM/A/1845/101
In 1692 Captain Jonh Votier carried John Usher Esquire to New England in the SAMUEL and HENRY Hired ship to gether with his servant John Uglesby. They are to be allowed Victuals for the voyage.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1697-08-18
ADM/A/1845/97
Mr Whittaker, Solicitor to the Navy, is to be paid four hundred pounds to enable him to continue to perform his duties.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1697-08-16
ADM/A/1845/85
Captain Hardy of the PENDENNIS has submitted a list of Men he has sent to London in Merchant ships. An Order is made for the Men to be paid conduct money to Portsmouth.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1697-08-14
ADM/A/1845/75
Requiring the Commissioners for Victualling to submit a detailed account of the Provisions remaining in Store for the number of Men declared for this year.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1697-08-13
ADM/A/1845/66
Very urgently directing that the work of cleaning and refitting the RAINBOW Prize be carried out at Portsmouth with no delay.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1697-08-13
ADM/A/1845/73
Countermanding an Order for the RUPERT Prize to be cleaned and refitted at Sheerness and directing that she be fitted for a voyage to the West Indies with her Crew reduced to her middle complement of Men. Any Crew remaining after the reduction are to be turned over into the RUBY Prize.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1697-08-17
ADM/A/1845/164
Captain Jumper of the WEYMOUTH has recently taken a small French Man-of-War and brought her into Kinale.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1697-08-06
ADM/A/1845/172
Warrant appointing Nathaniel Taylor, Purser of the new Third Rate building at Mr Snelgrove's yard at Deptford, to be Purser of the BOYNE, in place of the former who has been moved to the new Third Rate Building at Mr Snelgrove's yard at Deptford.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1697-06-10
ADM/A/1843/77
Enclosing a list of ships to be added to those going on foreign service and requiring the Cimmissioners of Victualling to ensure they are appropriately supplied. A footnoe also adds a Fireship and two hospital ships.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1697-06-28
ADM/A/1843/238
Warrant appointing Robert Ashworth, Carpenter of the CANTERBURY, to be Master Carpenter of the MEDWAY Prize. Countersigned by Josiah Burchett, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1697-06-24
ADM/A/1843/234
Warrant appoiting John Hancock, late Purser of the MILFORD, to be Purser of the MEDWAY Prize. Countersigned by Josiah Burchett, Admiralty Board Secretary.
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