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

Their Lordships have given direction the Chief Flag at Spithead and to the Commander-in-Chief at the Nore, to send to Portsmouth and Chatham yards such supernumerary Carpenters as are on board the ships within their reach, and also the Commander-in-Chief at Plymouth is directed to have those Carpenters discharged which are on the ships there.

Record Details

Item reference: ADM/A/1839/107
Catalogue Section: Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy
Level: PAGE
Extent: 1 page
Date made: 1697-02-10
Creator: Burchett, Josiah
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London