In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board

At the Court Martial held on board the CENTURION at Sheerness, Captain Jonathan Smith, her Commander and Commander-in-Chief of ships in the Thames and Medway, President, Jonathan Austen, late Gunner of the ESSEX prize was found guilty of disobedience and in breach of Article 2 of the Articles of War. He was sentence by the court to forfeit all his wages due on board the ESSEX from 1 October last to the Chest at Chatham. You are directed to take care that the fine laid on him is forfeited accordingly to the Chest at Chatham.

Record Details

Item reference: ADM/A/1832/97
Catalogue Section: Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy
Level: PAGE
Extent: 1 page
Date made: 1696-07-11
Creator: Russell, Edward; Rooke, George Kendall, James
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London