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Gb1070 85-823 GB 1070 85/823 Royal Naval Museum This catalogue was digitised by The National Archives as part of the National Register of Archives digitisation project NRA 32708 The National Archives LISTING OF DOCUMENT FILE FOR DATABASE ARCHIVE Record No. 3233 AC 85/823 KA 7.3.3 DE a collection of 147 original and copy warrants from the files of the clerk of the cheque at Portsmouth dockyard and dated from march 1699 until february 1703 , the post was held during this time by both abraham tilghman , until 1702 and mr hale . the papers are itemised individually by collection number , and their original file reference numbers are also noted, the papers fall broadly into four categories : 1) warrants addressed to the clerk of the cheque by the commissioners and principal officers of the navy ; co :l-44 . the following officers ' signatures appear :- samuel atkins , clerk of the acts from 1701 , vice-admiral matthew ayimer , extra commissioner , appointed 1694 , daniel furzer , surveyor of the navy 1699-1706 , captain sir william giffard , commissioner at Portsmouth , appointed 1702 , henry greenhill , controller of the storekeepers accounts , appointed 1702 , captain sir richard haddock , controller of the navy 1688-1714 , anthony hammond , extra commissioner appointed 1702 , John hill , extra commissioner , appointed 1691 , dennis liddell , controller of the treasurers account , appointed 1691 , sir thomas littleton , treasurer of the navy 1693-1710 , charles sergison , clerk of the acts 1689-1901 , james southern , extra commissioner appointed 1695 , benjamin timewell , extra commissioner , appointed 1696 ; george toilet , extra commissioner , appointed 1701 , captain thomas wilshaw , controller of the storekeepers account 1693-1702 . 2) warrants addressed to the respective officers by the commissioners and principal officers of the navy ; co : 45-98. in addition to the signatures already listed that of admiral sir cloudesley shovell , controller of the victualling account 1699-1704 also appears . 3) warrants addressed to the clerk of the cheque by henry greenhill , commissioner at Portsmouth 1695-1702 ; co : 99-116 . 4) warrants addressed to respective officers by henry greenhill , commissioner at Portsmouth 1695-1702 co : 117­ 143 . 5) four miscellaneous items ; co : 144-147 Record No. 3234 AC 85/823 CO 1 KA 7.3.3 DE direction addressed by the commissioners and principal officers of the navy to abraham tilghman , clerk of the cheque , Portsmouth dockyard ; file ref 480 , dated 19.3.1699 and siqned by james sothern , thomas wilshaw and benjamin timewell . instruction for the transfer of the ships company from hms russell (1692) into hms nassau (1699) ; and for the re-entry of the previous ships company in the pay books of hmy isabella (1683) Record No. 3235 AC 85/823 CO 2 KA 7.3.3 Record No. 3235 DE direction addressed by the commissioners and principal officers of the navy to abraham tilghman , clerk of the cheque , Portsmouth dockyard ; file ref 483 , dated 22.3.1699 and signed by daniel furzer , Charles sergison , henry greenhill and benjamin timewell . ordering the discharge of daniel lawrence , labourer for embezzling hemp and of john cox , labourer for abusing another workman Record No. 3236 AC 85/823 CO 3 KA 7.3.3 DE direction addressed by the commissioners and principal officers of the navy to abraham tilghman , clerk of the cheque , Portsmouth dockyard ; file ref 552 dated 9.1.1700 [possibly in error for 1701] and signed by richard haddock , daniel furzer , charles sergison , john hill and benjamin timewell . instruction for fitting out and manning of hms Scarborough (1696) and hms gosport (1696) Record No. 3237 AC 85/823 CO 4 KA 7.3.3 DE direction addressed by the commissioners and principal officers of the navy to abraham tilghman , clerk of the cheque , Portsmouth dockyard ; file ref 489 , dated 28.3.1700 and signed by charles sergison , richard haddock and john hill . instruction that mr Stephen , chaplain of the guardships , and his servant be borne in hms chichester (1695) Record No. 3238 AC 85/823 CO 5 KA 7.3.3 DE direction addressed by the commissioners and principal officers of the navy to abraham tilghman , clerk of the cheque , Portsmouth dockyard ; file ref 486 , dated 25.3.1700 and signed by richard haddock , charles sergison , thomas wilshaw , dennis liddell , john hill and benjamin timewell . instruction to man hmy isabella (1683) as usual Record No. 3239 AC 85/823 CO 6 KA 7.3.3 DE direction addressed by the commissioners and principal officers of the navy to abraham tilghman , clerk of the cheque , Portsmouth dockyard ; file ref 496 dated 17.4.1700 and signed by daniel furzer , charles sergison , james sothern , john hil l , dennis liddell and benjamin timewell . instruction to increase the complement of hms nassau (1699) to her middle complement of 370 Record No. 3239 Record No. 3240 AC 85/823 CO 7 KA 7.3.3 DE direction addressed by the commissioners and principal officers of the navy to abraham tilghman , clerk of the cheque , Portsmouth dockyard ; file ref 499 dated 6.5.1700 and signed by , charles sergison , james sothern , thomas wilshaw , dennis liddell and benjamin timewell . order for the servants of midshipman extraordinary to be borne as supernumeraries Record No. 3241 AC 85/823 CO 8 KA 7.3.3 DE direction addressed by the commissioners and principal officers of the navy to abraham tilghman , clerk of the cheque , Portsmouth dockyard ; file ref 508 dated 17.5.1700 and signed by daniel furzer , james sothern , thomas wilshaw , benjamin timewell . order for the commanders of ships brought in for laying up to forward lists of small allowances to the commissioners of victualling . Record No. 3242 AC 85/823 CO 9 KA 7.3.3 DE direction addressed by the commissioners and principal officers of the navy to abraham tilghman , clerk of the cheque , Portsmouth dockyard ; file ref 514 dated 5.7.1700 and signed by daniel furzer , thomas wilshaw , dennis liddell , john hill and benjamin timewell . instruction to freeze the wages of james dore , master hmy isle of wight (1673) until he has paid a victualling account Record No. 3243 AC 85/823 CO 10 KA 7.3.3 DE direction addressed by the commissioners and principal officers of the navy to abraham tilghman , clerk of the cheque , Portsmouth dockyard ; file ref 52 0 dated 8.8.1700 and signed by daniel furzer , thomas wilshaw , dennis liddell , John hill and benjamin timewell . orders for the re-examination of surgeons and surgeons mates following the discovery of irregularities in the giving of certificates Record No. 3244 AC 85/823 CO 11 Record No. 3244 KA 7.3.3 DE direction addressed by the commissioners and principal officers of the navy to abraham tilghman , clerk of the cheque , Portsmouth dockyard ; file ref 518 dated 23.8.1700 and signed by daniel furzer , thomas wilshaw , james sothern , charles sergison and benjamin timewell . orders for the discharge of chaplains from the guardships Record No. 3245 AC 85/823 CO 12 KA 7.3.3 DE direction addressed by the commissioners and principal officers of the navy to abraham tilghman , clerk of the cheque , Portsmouth dockyard ; file ref 534 dated 29.10.1700 and signed by daniel furzer , charles sergison and dennis liddell . order to reduce the companies of hms Winchester (1698) and hms dunwich (1695) Record No. 3246 AC 85/823 CO 13 KA 7.3.3 DE direction addressed by the commissioners and principal officers of the navy to abraham tilghman the clerk of the cheque , Portsmouth dockyard ; file ref 538 , dated 11.11.1700 and signed by charles sergison , james sothern , thomas wilshaw , dennis liddell and John hill , orders for midshipman extra to be borne as supernumeries on the guardships Record No. 3249 AC 85/823 CO 14 KA 7.3.3 DE direction addressed by the commissioners and principal officers of the navy to abraham tilghman the clerk of the cheque , Portsmouth dockyard ; file ref 548 dated 13.12.1700 and signed by captain sir richard haddock , daniel furzer , charles sergison , james sothern , thomas wilshaw , dennis liddel , John hill and benjamin timewell , order not to increase the complement of hms lincoln (1695) until 1.1.1701 Record No. 3336 AC 85/823 CO 15 KA 7.3.3 DE direction addressed by the commissioners and principal officers of the navy to abraham tilghman the clerk of the cheque , Portsmouth dockyard ; file ref 557 dated 17.2.1700 (presumably in error) and signed by charles sergison , james sothern , thomas wilshaw and benjamin timewell . order to increase the complement of hms ruby (1652) to 149 . Record No. 3336 Record No. 3337 AC 85/823 CO 16 KA 7.3.3 DE direction addressed by the commissioners and principal officers of the navy to abraham tilghman the clerk of the cheque , Portsmouth dockyard ; file ref 562 dated 29.2.1700 (presumably in error) and signed by charles sergison , richard haddock , daniel furzer , j antes sothern , thomas wilshaw and dennis liddell . orders to increase the complement of men in all ships fitting out at Portsmouth Record No. 3338 AC 85/823 CO 17 KA 7.3.3 DE direction addressed by the commissioners and principal officers of the navy to abraham tilghman the clerk of the cheque , Portsmouth dockyard ; file ref 563 dated 3.3.1700 (presumably in error) and signed by charles sergison , richard haddock , daniel furzer , james sothern and thomas wilshaw . orders for the manning and victualling of ships fitting out for the channel and the plantations Record No. 3339 AC 85/823 CO 18 KA 7.3.3 DE direction addressed by the commissioners and principal officers of the navy to abraham tilghman the clerk of the cheque , Portsmouth dockyard ; file ref 567 dated 5.3.1700 (presumably in error) and signed by charles sergison , richard haddock , daniel furzer , james sothern and john hill .
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