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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) ADM/A/1816/115
Certificate showing Thomas Goslin to have been baptised in Ipswich in March 1632.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) ADM/A/1816/114
Report dated 1st April 1695. Petition of Thomas Goslin Boatswain of the LEOPARD Hulk who has served thirty years and is now incapacitated due to age and infirmities. The petition is forwarded to the Navy Board for consideration and report.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-02-12 ADM/A/1816/112
The wages due to Lieutenant John Housden for his time in the WINDSOR CASTLE are to be paid providing there is no objection other than the absence of his journals which were lost when the ship foundered on the Goodwin Sands.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-02-12 ADM/A/1816/108
Warrant appointing Thomas Bass, late Master Carpenter of the LONDON Hospital ship, to be Master Carpenter of the DOLPHIN in place of the former who has been moved to the WEYMOUTH. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-03-25 ADM/A/1817/272
Purchase the two French Prizes at Kinsale, as also the small Privateer taken by the CENTURION, and the other ship at Kinsale and the prize taken by the DOVER.
Document signed by William Bridgeman, c.1646-1699, English civil servant and Secretary to the Admiralty between 1694 and 1698 (Manuscript) 1695-02-13 ADM/A/1816/126
The Admiralty has ordered a ship to be sent from [Goree] to Hull and then to Holland with recruits. A pilot is to be sent down to the Swiftsure at the Nore to assist passage.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-02-13 ADM/A/1816/124
The writers have received accounts from the Treasury covering two Marine Regiments for 1692/93 and are asking for a certificate showing all of the monies paid to the two regiments, including for clothing, subsistence and quarters. Signed B. Bridges and W. Lowndes.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-02-12 ADM/A/1816/118
A tender is to be hired in the Thames for assisting the Officers of the Dreadnought in recruiting men.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) ADM/A/1816/77
No date recorded. Enclosure: note requiring a response to questions concerning the safe delivery of supplies to the Fleet including accidents, bad weather and engagements with the enemy.
Document signed by William Bridgeman, c.1646-1699, English civil servant and Secretary to the Admiralty between 1694 and 1698 (Manuscript) 1695-02-08 ADM/A/1816/72
Requiring all of the members of the navy Board who are available to attend at the Admiralty this evening in order to sign a deed for the House of Lords and to be briefed on matters concerning the Navy.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-02-05 ADM/A/1816/69
Enclosure: Extract of a letter from Sir Edward Gregory in which he reports that he has launched the HOPE, taken in the KENT and relaunched the ROYAL WILLIAM, the latter with extreme difficulty; and that the BRITANNIA, SOVEREIGN and ROYAL WILLIAM have too much draught to be docked.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-12-31 ADM/A/1816/87
Enclosure: Extract of a letter from Admiral Russell in which he informs that the weather continues to be extremely cold and that crews lack clothes, particularly the Marines.
Document signed by Josiah Burchett (c.1666-1746), Secretary to the Admiralty (1694-1742) (Manuscript) 1695-02-11 ADM/A/1816/86
Admiral Russell is complaining that quantity of slops sent to the Straits is wholly inadequate for clothing his men. An extract of his letter is enclosed.