In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board

His Majesty has directed us to give Orders for providing a Medal and Chain to the value of fifty pounds to be given to Captain Charles Stocker, Commander of the Privateer CLOUDISLY GALLY, as a reward for his courageous fight and taking a French Privateer called the MERCURY OF DUNKIRK, John Johnson Commander, of twenty six guns, on the 21st December last.
We direct you to sign a Bill on the Navy Treasurer for payment to Thomas Neale, Master of the Mint, for fifty pounds, enabling him to provide the Medal and Chain.

Record Details

Item reference: ADM/A/1780/142
Catalogue Section: Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy
Level: PAGE
Date made: 1691-01-20
Creator: Herbert, Thomas; Lowther, John Onslow, Richard Priestman, Henry Cary, Anthony Austen, Robert Rich, Robert
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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