Document signed by Sir John Lowther, Admiralty Commissioner, bap.1642-1706 and Robert Austen, Lord of the Admiralty, 1642-1696

An estimate is required for paying the MORDANT, SWALLOW and RICHMOND up to last March. The DIAMOND and NORWICH are to be fitted out with all speed for departure from the Nore by 15th September in order to accompany merchant ships sailing for the West Indies. The SWEEPSTAKES and the BONAVENTURE Hired ship due at the Rowling Grounds from the North are to be supplied from Harwich with three months victuals each.

Record Details

Item reference: ADM/A/1776/68
Catalogue Section: Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy
Level: PAGE
Date made: 1691-08-15
Creator: Lowther, John; Austen, Robert
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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