Document signed by Josiah Burchett (c.1666-1746), Secretary to the Admiralty (1694-1742)

In answer to your letter of the 22nd inst; I inform you that Orders have been sent to the Marquess of Carmarthen to appoint two of the Ships under his command to convoy the CANTERBURY Storeship from Kinsale to Bantry, and to cruise until she is laden, and then see her to Plymouth.
The Ship which will be appointed to convoy Commissioner Tymewells' Goods to Ireland will have Orders to take care of the GREENFISH from Cork to Wexford, and from there to Plymouth.

Record Details

Item reference: ADM/A/1821/200
Catalogue Section: Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy
Level: PAGE
Date made: 1695-07-25
Creator: Burchett, Josiah
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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