In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board

Phineas Bowles is to be appointed Secretary of His Majesty's Fleet, both in war and peace, with the salary of £450 per annum for himself and clerks. You are directed to sign bills quarterly on the Treasurer of the Navy as the salary shall become due, to commence from 16 November 1696 the date of his commission.

Record Details

Item reference: ADM/A/1836/222
Catalogue Section: Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy
Level: PAGE
Extent: 1 page
Date made: 1696-11-23
Creator: Priestman, Henry; Rooke, George Kendall, James
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London