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 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy |
| Level: | PAGE |
| Date made: | 1696-07-11 |
| Creator: | Russell, Edward; Rooke, George Kendall, James |
| Credit: | © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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