In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board

We direct you to give orders that the Pay of Mr John Leask, Chaplain of the hired Ship SCEPTRE, should commence from the day he entered on that Ship's Books, notwithstanding that he had his Warrant only lately from this Board for this employment, he not having had an opportunity sooner to make an application for this as the Ship was on the coast of Ireland.

Record Details

Item reference: ADM/A/1765/222
Catalogue Section: Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy
Level: PAGE
Extent: 1 page
Date made: 1689-02-05
Creator: Herbert, Thomas; Lowther, John Chicheley, John
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London