In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board

We are informed that Robert Wardill and Nich Pamphilion, Shipwrights, who are impressed to serve in the yard at Portsmouth, are Yardkeepers, and the several persons mentioned in this letter who are likewise impressed to serve at that yard are Foremen to Yardkeepers in the River Thames. You are therefore directed to have them discharged forthwith. [names of 24 men serving in Thames yards listed]

Record Details

Item reference: ADM/A/1798/24
Catalogue Section: Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy
Level: PAGE
Extent: 1 page
Date made: 1693-08-03
Creator: Cary, Anthony; Lowther, John Priestman, Henry Austen, Robert
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London