In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board

Captain John Benbow, Master Attendant at Deptford, having served as Master of the SOVEREIGN in 1690. You are directed to make him an extra allowance for his service, by bill on the Treasurer of the Navy for such sum as will make the pay he received as Master of the SOVEREIGN equal to his salary as Master Attendant at Deptford, which time was not paid him for his time at sea..

Record Details

Item reference: ADM/A/1781/198
Catalogue Section: Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy
Level: PAGE
Extent: 1 page
Date made: 1692-02-17
Creator: Lowther, John; Onslow, Richard Priestman, Henry Cary, Anthony Austen, Robert Rich, Robert
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London