In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board

It appears to us by an Oath, enclosed in your letter of the 6th inst; taken by several Masters of Fishing Smacks before the Mayor of Rye, that the Smack HOPEWELL belonging to Thomas Hipper of Barking in Essex, together with her apparel, lost in attempting to assist the FALMOUTH in distress in Rye Bay, was worth the sum of one hundred and one pounds ten shillings at the time she went to assist.
Direct you to cause this sum to be paid to Thomas Hipper in consideration of the loss of his Smack.

Record Details

Item reference: ADM/A/1799/77
Catalogue Section: Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy
Level: PAGE
Date made: 1693-09-08
Creator: Cary, Anthony; Priestman, Henry Cornwallis, Charles Lowther, John Austen, Robert
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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