A Commission from the Royal Adventurers of England to Captain Benjamin Simmonds.

A Commission from the Royal Adventurers of England, trading in Africa, to Captain Benjamin Simmonds, Captain of the AFRICAN FRIGOTT and authorising him to seize vessels infringing the monopoly of the said company. Includes partial wax seal at the bottom.

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ID:	HSR/K/10
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	1667-01-01 - ?; 1667-07-10
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	1 folder
Parts:	Royal Navy: Order Books And Orders (Manuscript) Order from the Council to the Earl of Pembroke, Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire, to take measures for manning the fleet, 7 April 1692. (Manuscript) (HSR/H/1) Memo of Commandere G Anson to George Murray, Commander of HMS WAGER, 29 January 1740. (Manuscript) (HSR/H/2) Refitting and sailing orders from the Admiralty to Captain Legge of the SEVERNE or, in his absence, to Captain George Murray of the PEARL, at Rio, 11 Feb 1741. (Manuscript) (HSR/H/3) Order from Vice-Admiral John Byng to Captain Murray of the REVENGE, 18 September 1747. (Manuscript) (HSR/H/4) Order from Vice-Admiral John Byng to Captain Murray of the REVENGE, 31 May 1748. (Manuscript) (HSR/H/5) Order of Vice-Admiral Henry Osborn to Captain Murray of the DUKE, 22 May 1756. (Manuscript) (HSR/H/6) Commission of George Murray as Rear-Adm, 16 July 1761. (Manuscript) (HSR/H/7) Letter from Hon Arthur C Murray to Miss K Lindsay-MacDougall discussing Murray's conduct on Anson's voyage, 6 Feb 1951. (Manuscript) (HSR/H/8) Disposition of the fleet in order of battle, by Admiral Lord Hood, addressed to Horatio Nelson, Captain of the AGAMEMNON, 20 June 1793. (Manuscript) (HSR/H/9) Order of Richard Lestock to Captain Hodsoll, ANN GALLEY, Mediterranean, 12 Feb 1741. (Manuscript) (HSR/H/10) Order of Vice-Admiral Thomas Mathews to Captain Hodsoll, ANN GALLEY, Mediterranean, 26 May 1742. (Manuscript) (HSR/H/11) Transferred to SGN/A/2. (Manuscript) (HSR/H/12) Order from Captain J Montagu of the TRIUMPH to Captain Campbell of the ORPHEUS, to report all ships entering and leaving Spithead, 18 April 1783. (Manuscript) (HSR/H/13) Admiral Sir George Rodney: authorisation for payment for hire of covered brig POMPEY, 20 Feb 1763. (Manuscript) (HSR/H/14) Copy of Admiralty instructions to Admiral Hosier about operations in the West Indies and extracts from letters written to him, 1726-27, (transferred from BGY/4/13). (Manuscript) (HSR/H/15) 'Line of Battle going in to Redondelle', issued to Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Hopson 13 Oct 1702; and Line of Battle and signals to be observed by His Majesty's Fleet under the Command of Admiral Sir George Walton at Spithead, 2 August 1734. (Manuscript) (HSR/H/16) Foreign to 1799 (Manuscript) (HSR/HF) 1800-1899 (Manuscript) (HSR/J) Instructions (draft) for the landing of troops during Lord Keith's invasion of Egypt, by Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane, 24 January 1801. (Manuscript) (HSR/J/1) Admiralty instructions to Sir Edmund Lyons, or Senior Naval Officer on the Coast of Peru, about the blockade of Chala and Lomas, 26 July 1883. (Manuscript) (HSR/J/2) Order from Captain Nicholas to William Yates, Master of the Revenue Cutter ROSE, 4 January 1804. (Manuscript) (HSR/J/3) Order from Captain John Fyffe, HMS CYCLOPS, to William Yates, 23 March 1804. (Manuscript) (HSR/J/4) Order from Captain John Fyffe to William Yates, 9 April 1804. (Manuscript) (HSR/J/5) Order from Sir Home Popham to the ROSE cutter, 3 Oct 1804. (Manuscript) (HSR/J/6) Order from Sir Home Popham to William Yates, Master of the ROSE, n.d., c.1804. (Manuscript) (HSR/J/7) Order by Lord Collingwood to Lieutenant Lyons, HMS QUEEN, n.d., c.1803. (Manuscript) (HSR/J/8) Order for a secret rendezvous between the RAMILLIES and the TERROR, signed by Captain T.M. Hardy, 23 June 1814. (Manuscript) (HSR/J/9) Gen Lord Cathcart to Commandere R.G. Keats on the occupation of Rugen by the British and the French siege of Stralsund, 11 August 1807 (with printed maps of Denmark and an engraving of Keats). (Manuscript) (HSR/J/10) Sir Samuel Hood: memo to officers, 17 August 1803, (formerly FD/27). (Manuscript) (HSR/J/11) Order of Battle issued by Lord Collingwood in the VILLE de PARIS, unsigned, 1808-10. (Manuscript) (HSR/J/12) Notebook of requests for appointments made by naval captains; possibly compiled by Admiral Lord Walter Kerr who was a member of the Admiralty Board, transferred from BGY/1/10. (Manuscript) (HSR/J/13) Official orders received and given by Captain Peter Heywood, 1810-15. Transferred from BGY/4/8. (Manuscript) (HSR/J/14) Order signed by Nelson and countersigned by John Scott, addressed to captains of ships on the Mediterranean Station, 4 Dec 1803, (formerly BGY/5/D/12). (Manuscript) (HSR/J/15) Copies of orders and memoranda, 21 Mar-22 April 1897, Blockade of Suda Bay, Greece, 1897. (Manuscript) (HSR/J/16) Admiralty letter to the President of the Royal Naval College, 19 Oct 1875, returning a letter from William Paget Jervis to the College, 5 Oct 1875, and a printed map of Southern Greece, ca.1850. (Manuscript) (HSR/J/17) Nominal list of officers of the Mediterranean Squadron, 1874, in the hand-writing of Admiral Sir Alexander Milne. (Manuscript) (HSR/J/18) Order from Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Pellew, C-in-C, Mediterranean, to Thomas Weige (?) appointing him Lieutenant in the MULGRAVE, 25 April 1814. (Manuscript) (HSR/J/19) Admiralty letter to Commander Stephen Hodge, 1849, transmitting to him a General Service Medal awarded to him under the General Orders of 1 Jun 1847 and 7 June 1848. (Manuscript) (HSR/J/20) Foreign 1800-1899 (Manuscript) (HSR/JF) Signals sent and received on board HMS MENTOR during the battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916. (Manuscript) (HSR/K/1) Memorandum issued by Vice-Admiral Beatty to the officers and men of the Grand Fleet, following the Battle of Jutland, 4 June 1916. (Manuscript) (HSR/K/2) Armistice message signalled to the Dover Patrol, received 11 November 1918. (Manuscript) (HSR/K/3) Admiralty order to Vice-Admiral Sir John Jellicoe to supersede Admiral Sir George Callaghan as C-in-C of the Grand Fleet, 31 July 1914. (Manuscript) (HSR/K/4) Surrender orders to the Japanese, August 1945, signed by Admiral Louis, Lord Mountbatten. (Manuscript) (HSR/K/5) Summary of No.1 (Portsmouth) Battalion orders regarding the funeral of His Late Majesty, King George VI, for DRYAD and VERNON companies of Marines issued by Lt-Commander A.R.B. Sturdee, 1952. (Manuscript) (HSR/K/6) Signals received by HMS RANGER concerning attack by Japanese Aircraft on HMS REPULSE and HMS PRINCE OF WALES, 17 December 1941. (Manuscript) (HSR/K/7) Orders sent to the tug NORD for the final evacuation from Cape Helles, 8 January 1916. (Manuscript) (HSR/K/8) Sailing orders for HMS PC 63 on convoy escort duties, 1918. (Manuscript) (HSR/K/9) A Commission from the Royal Adventurers of England to Captain Benjamin Simmonds. (Manuscript) (HSR/K/10) Admiralty Order to Sir Robert Rich as Vice Admiral of the County of Suffolk. (Manuscript) (HSR/K/11) Foreign 1900 - (Manuscript) (HSR/KF)

A Commission from the Royal Adventurers of England to Captain Benjamin Simmonds.

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