In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board

Enclosure: A Protection signed by various Officers of the Navy Board granting immunity from pressing to four persons employed by Sir Henry Johnson in transporting timber from the north for use in repairing ships in his Yard at Blackwall. All claim to be Masters and all who may be concerned are ordered to desist from pressing any of the persons previously mentioned provided their ages and descriptions tally and that they are employed as described above. Signed Haddock; Dummer and others.

Record Details

Item reference: ADM/A/1838/364
Catalogue Section: Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy
Level: PAGE
Extent: 1 page
Date made: 1696-10-26
Creator: Navy Board, In-Letters And Orders
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London