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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-11-12 ADM/A/1836/92
You are directed to have the SOLEBAY, upon arrival at Harwich, cleaned and refitted for service in the Channel and victualled for 10 weeks with all dispatch.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-11-12 ADM/A/1836/98
You are directed to have Captain Davison, Commander of the BONADVENTURE hired ship, to be furnished with a tender to procure men for her.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-11-12 ADM/A/1836/96
Captain Meese has brought with him two ships the RAINBOW and BIGGOT [?] from the Soundings to Portsmouth which were taken from the enemy, the one of 30 and the other of 14 guns. You are directed to have the ships surveyed and report your opinion whether they are proper to serve as men-of-war.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-11-13 ADM/A/1836/108
The owners of the RUSSELL galley and the MARY sloop have tendered these vessels to proceed as advice boats to Jamaica. You are to treat with these gentlemen for the vessels to proceed in ballast only to Jamaica, there to be discharged.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-11-13 ADM/A/1836/139
Their Lordships have been advised by the Navy Board that the ship under my command was ready to sail for the Hope, but this is a misunderstanding since there is neither carpenter's, caulker's nor joiner's work finished. Signed Captain Short, Commander of the SCARBOROUGH.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-11-16 ADM/A/1836/134
You are directed to have the HARWICH upon arrival at Sheerness, to be cleaned and refitted for a voyage to Virginia and victualled for 8 months for her middle complement of men, for which the present number will be reduced…You are directed to have the LYON at Woolwich fitted out for service in the …
Document signed by William Bridgeman, c.1646-1699, English civil servant and Secretary to the Admiralty between 1694 and 1698. (Manuscript) 1696-11-16 ADM/A/1836/132
Our order of 26 October directed that you consider with the Commissioners of the Registry, the late Act of Parliament for the Registering of Seamen, and to lay before their Lordships what defects are in the Act and what alterations and additions may be made to make it more effective, the King intend…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-07-13 ADM/A/1809/136
Calling for an account of any outstanding imprests against Flag Officers, Admirals of the Counties and Mr Wittaker, Solicitor to the Admiralty and the Navy Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-07-13 ADM/A/1809/134
The wages of John Johnson, Patrick Hayes and Joseph Williams are to be paid despite being entered on the books of the ADVENTURE as having deserted.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-03-07 ADM/A/1817/90
Make another survey of two French Prizes at Kinsale, report if they are fit for the Navy.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-03-07 ADM/A/1817/88
Pay Captain Humphrey Aylis his wages as Captain of the BASING GALLEY.