Navy Board Minute Book, 26 September 1692 - 20 January 1693, detailing the resolutions of orders, manning, affairs of HM Ships in chronological order.

Provides a detailed contemporary index at the front of the volume giving ship names alphabetically along with the name of the captain's name, along with a short list of Admirals and their flags and also convoys and cruizers. Contains a useful numerical system for following minutes relating to a particular ship. Numbers provided in the margin against an entry for a particular ship, refer to previous and subsequent pages also relating to the same ship. In this way it is possible to focus on minutes solely relating to one ship throughout the book.

Volume inscribed with the name 'Rev[erend] R. Bond'.

Administrative / biographical background
Navy Board Minute Book, 6 December 1692 - 18 January 1693, recording the resolutions of the Board. Minutes concerning several departments of the Admiralty and the book uses abbreviations: A. and Ad. Admiralty; N. and NB. Navy Board; K. King; OO. Officers of the Ordnance; Co tra. Commissioners of Transport; Co Pri. Commissioners of Prizes; Co Vic. Commissioners of Victualling; Co SW. Commissioners of Sick and Wounded; EN. Earl of Nottingham; Pre. Preferment; Per. Permission; Pro. Protections; Cri. Criminal; Sir CH. Sir Charles Hedges (Judge of Admiralty); Lds Tre. Lords of the Treasury. At the back of the volume are some pencilled notes made at a later date for the Hutchinson family, along with some recipes for cooking. Might be a connection to Charles Hutchinson, Admiralty clerk from 25 June 1698 and left office on 3 August 1698 to become a muster master and storekeeper in the West Indies Fleet (Adm.20/75 nos. 1747-1748).