Leave chit for Robert Paulett , ordinary seaman, HMS DEFYANCE, signed by Admiral Sir Clowdesley Shovell.

The chit is for leave from the 18 to the 25 of February but is undated. It refers to 'their Majesties Ship', presumably William and Mary, who ruled jointly between 1689 and 1694. Robert Paulett appears to have been an ordinary seaman. Sir Admiral Clowdesley Shovell [Sir Admiral Cloudesley Shovell] was not commander of HMS DEFYANCE [DEFIANCE] but was appointed an extra commissioner of the Navy Board on 16 April 1693. This suggests the document dates from 1694.
The chit is stamped with the official seal of the Navy Office.

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ID:	ADL/B/13
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Shovell, Cloudesley
Date made:	circa 1689-1694
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	1 folder; 2 pages
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)

Leave chit for Robert Paulett , ordinary seaman, HMS DEFYANCE, signed by Admiral Sir Clowdesley Shovell.

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