In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board

We direct you to cause to be forthwith paid to Mrs Cotton, Widow of Captain Richard Cotton, late Commander of the DIAMOND, and his children, the sum of two hundred pounds , out of the money in the hands of the Navy Treasurer, for his Majesty's Tenths of the Prizes taken from the Enemy, in consideration of the Captain's services, who died in the West Indies.

Record Details

Item reference: ADM/A/1821/84
Catalogue Section: Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy
Level: PAGE
Extent: 1 page
Date made: 1695-07-09
Creator: Lowther, John; Priestman, Henry Rooke, George Houblon, John
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London