In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board

Re: your recent representation of the failures of several Commanders (whose Ships were recently paid off) to follow Admiralty instructions. Captain John Munden (HMS CORONATION) and Captain George Byng (HMS DUCHESS and HOPE) having made application this Board acknowledging their said failures and promising to be very careful observing instructions in future. we do hereby direct you to pay the wages due to them.

Record Details

Item reference: ADM/A/1771/3
Catalogue Section: Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy
Level: PAGE
Extent: 1 page
Date made: 1691-01-02
Creator: Russell, Edward; Onslow, Richard Priestman, Henry
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London