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

Requiring the Navy Board to take sea service in the great ships into account when recommending Master Carpenters as Assistants to the Master Shipwrights of Yards; and requiring the Board to put forward proposals for improving the education of Carpenters with a view to qualifying some of them to become Master Builders.

Record Details

Item reference: ADM/A/1860/326
Catalogue Section: Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy
Level: PAGE
Extent: 1 page
Date made: 1698-12-03
Creator: Burchett, Josiah
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London