In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board

We direct you to cause the Men belonging to the BEDFORD GALLEY (lately returned from Newfoundland and now in Longreach) to be reduced to the lowest Complement of Men established on her, and whereas there is now aboard her two boys, Edward Bigley and Daniel Parker, who are evidences against one John Cates accused by them of sodomy, you are to cause them to be entered and borne aboard the said Ship as part of the aforesaid Complement.

Record Details

Item reference: ADM/A/1861/237
Catalogue Section: Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy
Level: PAGE
Extent: 1 page
Date made: 1699-01-24
Creator: Priestman, Henry; Rooke, George Kendall, James
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London