In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board

1. Retrospective approval of the order given to the Victualler to supply six weeks provisions to the LYON; her Commander, Captain Bokenham, having advised that she had been ordered to sea.
2. The Foremast Men that Captain Wishart, Commander-in-Chief of vessels at the Nore, has transferred out of the CAPTAIN into the SWIFTSURE, are to be paid the wages due to them from the CAPTAIN. The 22 men that he ordered to be transferred into the GOODWIN, Prize, are also to be paid the wages due to them from the CAPTAIN; if possible before the GOODWIN sails from the Nore, otherwise at Portsmouth, whither she is bound.

Record Details

Item reference: ADM/A/1813/186
Catalogue Section: Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy
Level: PAGE
Date made: 1694-11-19
Creator: Priestman, Henry; Houblon, John Lowther, John
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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