A Letter at the Committee of Lords and Commons ordering the construction of four new frigates.

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A Letter at the Committee of Lords and Commons ordering the construction of four new frigates.

A Letter at the Committee of Lords and Commons re: Cinque Ports 1646 ordering the construction of four new frigates for the improvement of the Navy; signed by: Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick (5 June 1587 – 19 April 1658).

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Object Details

ID:	ADL/B/14
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	1646-11-26
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Parts:	Documents relating to the Navy Board, General Business (Manuscript) Recommendation for the employment of a clerk by the Navy Board. (Manuscript) (ADL/B/1) Letter from the Navy Board to Sir Edward Gregory, sending details of material for the building of the BRITANNIA etc and payment of bills. (Manuscript) (ADL/B/2) Three letters dealing with naval finance and one estimate of the cost of building a second rate. Signed by Sa Pepys and other members. (Manuscript) (ADL/B/3) Agreement for the loan from the Treasurer of the Navy - executor of the late treasurer of the Navy assigning his rights to the acting treasurer. (Manuscript) (ADL/B/4) Order to the Auditor of the Exchequer for payment of £10,000 'for and towards paying off what is due to ye Yard at Portsmouth'. (Manuscript) (ADL/B/5) Ms account of expenses incurred in fitting out a fleet of ships at Kingroad, Bristol. (Manuscript) (ADL/B/6) Warrant for payment to Benjamin Gonson, treasurer of marine affairs of 2000 li. (Manuscript) (ADL/B/7) Official letter, stating that the Navy Board is instructed to pay Captain Hammill £64.16.6 for attending the court martial on Lieutenant Geary. (Manuscript) (ADL/B/8) Navy Board warrant to the Clerk of the cheque at Woolwich to enter Joseph Howell as boatswain of the PHOENIX. (Manuscript) (ADL/B/9) Receipts for money received from the Exchequer for the Navy(1747) and for money received for maps(1806). (Manuscript) (ADL/B/10) Note listing the principal proprietors of navy bills. (Manuscript) (ADL/B/11) An account of what contracts are now subsisting at a higher interest than 4% per annum. (Manuscript) (ADL/B/12) Leave chit for Robert Paulett , ordinary seaman, HMS DEFYANCE, signed by Admiral Sir Clowdesley Shovell. (Manuscript) (ADL/B/13) A Letter at the Committee of Lords and Commons ordering the construction of four new frigates. (Manuscript) (ADL/B/14) Appointment of Doctor William Michell to position of Admiralty Court Judge in Jamaica, signed by Thomas Lord Windsor. Seal attached, on vellum, 23 October 1662. (Manuscript) (ADL/B/15)