In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board

We direct you to give Orders that when Lord Bekeley, Admiral of the Fleet, sends into Port any of the Ships under his command to clean, this should be dispatched with all possible diligence. When any of the cruising Ships come into Port for that purpose their Provisions are are to be constantly kept up to ten weeks, so that they may sail from there with the whole proportion.
Lord berkeley having informed us that the Pursers and Surgeons in the Fleet are in great need of Necessary Money, you are to take care they may be furnished therewith as soon as possible.

Record Details

Item reference: ADM/A/1831/67
Catalogue Section: Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy
Level: PAGE
Extent: 1 page
Date made: 1696-06-08
Creator: Russell, Edward; Rich, Robert Houblon, John Kendall, James
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London