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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-02-26 ADM/A/1816/270
Warrant appointing John [Giffo] to be Master Carpenter of the PORTMOUTH Sloop Bomb Vessel in place of the former dismissed for neglect. Countersigned by Josiah Burchett, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-02-28 ADM/A/1816/286
Captain Barter of the JULIAN Bomb Vessel reports that she has been rammed and is leaking. Orders are given for her to surveyed and repaired in dock on arrival at Spithead.
Document signed by Josiah Burchett (c.1666-1746), Secretary to the Admiralty (1694-1742) (Manuscript) 1695-02-26 ADM/A/1816/280
Captain Hancock of the SWEEPSTAKES in Longreach is detained there [……….. Sea Bur]. An Order is given to hasten his supplies of victuals.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-02-26 ADM/A/1816/278
Vice Admiral Hopson is to be replaced by the Marquis of Carmarthen. Hopson is to be paid twenty shillings a day when no longer at sea provided he is prepared to relinquish his command.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-02-01 ADM/A/1816/294
Concerning the payment of Bounty and Conduct money to seamen and able bodied landsmen who have entered the service voluntarily.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-02-15 ADM/A/1816/292
Warrant appointing John Gilbert to be Master Cook of the Advice Boat MERCURY. Countersigned by Josiah Burchett, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1689-09-26 ADM/A/1762/316
John Sedgwick, Boatswain of the HOPE, is to be appointed Boatswain of the hulk ROTTERDAM in the place of former appointed Boatswain of the Chatham yard. You are directed to enter him accordingly with such allowances of wages and victuals for himself and servant as is proper.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-02-13 ADM/A/1816/302
Instructions having previously been given concerning the boarding of Marines and Land Soldiers on Men of War, Bomb Vessels and Victualling ships, orders are now given for hammocks to be supplied to the PEMBROKE at the Nore and twenty more to each of the sixteen Victuallers bound for Cadiz - all for …
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-02-11 ADM/A/1816/314
The proposal of John Taylor to import hemp for the use of the Navy addressed to the Navy Board containing details of tunnages and costs.…
Document signed by William Lowndes, 1652-1724, Secretary to the Treasury (from 1695) under King William III and Queen Anne. (Manuscript) 1695-02-03 ADM/A/1816/311
Confirming that a contract with Mr John Taylor for importing the balance of an order for hemp has been drawn up and requesting that a copy be presented to the Admiralty for their approval.
Document signed by William Lowndes, 1652-1724, Secretary to the Treasury (from 1695) under King William III and Queen Anne. (Manuscript) 1695-02-28 ADM/A/1816/310
The Treasury, having studied the proposals of Mr John Taylor and the Navy Board's report agree to the taking up of a contract for the supply of hemp to the Navy.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-02-23 ADM/A/1816/308
Master Carpenters John Scatliffe of the NORWICH and Elias Long of the PRINCE of ORANGE having been ordered aboard the OWNER'S LOVE Fireship in order to conduct a survey have now been stranded, their ships having sailed.…