In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board

Ordering Captain [Jesson] of the NEWPORT to forfeit three months pay following having been found guilty at Court Martial aboard the PLYMOUTH in the Medway as the result of complaints made by a Thomas Ross and the Officers of [Jesson's] ship. Also at the Court Martial Captain Robert Hawkins and Crew of the ROE Ketch were found not guilty of having lost their ship in the York River, Virginia, due to grounding and are to be paid for their time in that ship.

Record Details

Item reference: ADM/A/1860/31
Catalogue Section: Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy
Level: PAGE
Date made: 1698-12-05
Creator: Priestman, Henry; Kendall, James Cornwallis, Charles
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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