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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-04-01 ADM/A/1829/3
We direct you upon the arrival of the PENDENNIS at Chatham to cause her to be cleaned and refitted there for Channel service, and victualled for ten weeks.
You are to order the Ordinary and Riggers of Chatham Yard to assist in bringing her from Blackstakes to Chatham.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) ADM/A/1827/348
No date recorded. The Petition of Francis Burrell late Master of HM Ship the ST. ANDREW in which he applies for superannuation on the grounds of age and infirmity resulting from the many wounds he has received in service. He feels himself unfit to continue in service.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-03-03 ADM/A/1827/347
Note recording the findings of the signatory in which he states that beds have been issued to seamen and that ten shillings has been deducted from each man supposing that the beds were supplied by the Purser to those who asked for them. Signature illegible.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-04-01 ADM/A/1829/7
Warrant for the appointment of Francis Pearson to be Boatswain of new fourth Rate Ship building by Sir Henry Johnson.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-02-29 ADM/A/1827/321
Announcing the results of two Courts Martial held aboard the BRITANNIA in the Medway on the twenty-second instant, Lord Berkeley presiding, in which enquiry was made into the loss of the CARLISLE while on passage from the Downs to the Nore; and the loss of the WINCHESTER wrecked off Florida in which…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) ADM/A/1827/319
No date recorded. Enclosure explaining why it is that the Officers of the two Marine Regiments have not received pay during a period of twelve months.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-02-24 ADM/A/1827/325
Warrant appointing George Evans, Master Carpenter of the DISCOVERY, to be Master Carpenter of the RUBY Prize. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Secretary to the Navy Board.
Document signed by William Bridgeman, c.1646-1699, English civil servant and Secretary to the Admiralty between 1694 and 1698. (Manuscript) 1695-02-29 ADM/A/1827/323
Replying to the Navy Board's complaint about the lack of appointments of Commanders and Officers to Bomb Vessels and giving assurances that the matter has now been attended to as a matter of urgency.
Document signed by Josiah Burchett (c.1666-1746), Secretary to the Admiralty (1694-1742) (Manuscript) 1695-03-21 ADM/A/1827/329
Chasing a reply from the Navy Board to the Admiralty's letter of 21st February regarding the pay of Clerks of the Treasurer of the Navy.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) ADM/A/1827/328
No date recorded. Enclosure: The Petition of certain Clerks in Ordinary in the Office of the Paymaster of the Navy in which they refer to changes in procedures - to their disadvantage.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-02-21 ADM/A/1827/327
Clerks belonging to the Office of the Treasurer of the Navy are petitioning for a salary increase similar to that granted to Clerks at the Navy Board. The Board is asked to submit their opinion.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-02-24 ADM/A/1827/335
Granting a pension to Thomas Henos former Master Gunner in HM Navy.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-04-03 ADM/A/1829/37
Warrant for the appointment of John Oswall to be Master Carpenter of the BONAVENTURE.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-04-03 ADM/A/1829/35
We have decided that the Ketches MARTIN, QUAKER and ROE will be employed in future as Tenders on the Flag Ships of the Fleet. We direct you to reduce their Company of Men to the number allowed for Vessels of their tonnage in this employment.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-04-03 ADM/A/1829/33
Captain John Anderson, late Commander of the Fireship HAWK, came home from West Indies with all the Books and Papers belonging to his Accounts, but they were taken by the French. …