{"id":7735,"date":"2026-01-23T09:52:53","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T09:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/?page_id=7735"},"modified":"2026-03-16T12:48:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T12:48:19","slug":"1719-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/scans\/1719-2\/","title":{"rendered":"1719"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You will find download buttons for the scans and transcripts, or you can view them online by clicking the links where it says &#8220;View in new tab:&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was not a happy new year for Mr. Maxwell Junior, blacksmith at Portsmouth Dockyard who has evidently been slow in performing his duties. So much so that The Board write on 2<sup>nd<\/sup> January 1719 demanding he find two people to support him with security of \u00a3500. Note that The Board members sign themselves <em>\u2018your loving friends\u2019<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190102-Reprimand-Mr-Maxwell-jnr.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 17190102 Reprimand Mr Maxwell jnr.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-2d6c3924-3c49-42e8-913d-2fdebcacc414\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190102-Reprimand-Mr-Maxwell-jnr.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190102 Reprimand Mr Maxwell jnr<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190102-Reprimand-Mr-Maxwell-jnr.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-2d6c3924-3c49-42e8-913d-2fdebcacc414\">Download Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-780e03c7-4c7f-4b19-93cf-bca7d5d37560\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190102-Reprimand-Mr-Maxwell-jnr-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190102 Reprimand Mr Maxwell jnr<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190102-Reprimand-Mr-Maxwell-jnr-scaled.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-780e03c7-4c7f-4b19-93cf-bca7d5d37560\">Download Scan<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-f11289e5a47debec131873c359f8abf7 wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">View in new tab: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190102-Reprimand-Mr-Maxwell-jnr-scaled.jpg\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scan<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--2\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190102-Reprimand-Mr-Maxwell-jnr.pdf\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">January 5<sup>th<\/sup>, 1719, Bell Jones writes to ask that Messers Hooper and Baxter, and Captain Pattison assess shot and shells, that were &#8216;condemned and seized&#8217;, to ensure that they meet the new regulations. This is the first letter addressed not only to Mr. Hooper but also to Captain John Baxter. Possibly the workload was building, or Captain Baxter was in training under Mr. Hooper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/17190105-capt-Pattison.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 17190105 capt Pattison.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-7b6ab4cf-7c94-49d6-a7d2-9c1cd403cb85\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/17190105-capt-Pattison.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190105 capt Pattison<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/17190105-capt-Pattison.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-7b6ab4cf-7c94-49d6-a7d2-9c1cd403cb85\">Download Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-da0fa15c-5e3a-4829-8591-00c402ddf305\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190105-capt-Pattison-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190105 capt Pattison<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190105-capt-Pattison-scaled.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-da0fa15c-5e3a-4829-8591-00c402ddf305\">Download Scan<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-f11289e5a47debec131873c359f8abf7 wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">View in new tab: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--3\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190105-capt-Pattison-scaled.jpg\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scan<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--4\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/17190105-capt-Pattison.pdf\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A note on 17<sup>th<\/sup> January 1719 contains a request, and a receipt for sheet lead and cisterns for work on the new barracks and the gun wharf. This is followed on the 20th by a similar request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190117-lead.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 17190117 lead.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-8567e43d-4e93-48e1-9f91-891517976959\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190117-lead.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190117 lead<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190117-lead.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-8567e43d-4e93-48e1-9f91-891517976959\">Download Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-2995e463-7278-46a1-81ed-1a295948007d\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190117-lead-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190117 lead<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190117-lead-scaled.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-2995e463-7278-46a1-81ed-1a295948007d\">Download Scan<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-f11289e5a47debec131873c359f8abf7 wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">View in new tab: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--5\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190117-lead-scaled.jpg\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scan<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--6\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190117-lead.pdf\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whoever wrote the precis for this note clearly misread Mr. Bowerbank&#8217;s name as &#8216;Bowerband&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190120-new-sheets-of-lead.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 17190120 new sheets of lead.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-fb7d366f-2b8c-49a2-b18c-5d76db9efba7\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190120-new-sheets-of-lead.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190120 new sheets of lead<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190120-new-sheets-of-lead.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-fb7d366f-2b8c-49a2-b18c-5d76db9efba7\">Download Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-1ce80b04-e3a3-45dc-917d-3970b33f6f90\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190120-new-sheets-of-lead-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190120 new sheets of lead<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190120-new-sheets-of-lead-scaled.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-1ce80b04-e3a3-45dc-917d-3970b33f6f90\">Download Scan<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-f11289e5a47debec131873c359f8abf7 wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">View in new tab: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--7\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190120-new-sheets-of-lead-scaled.jpg\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scan<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--8\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190120-new-sheets-of-lead.pdf\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This note lists gunners&#8217; stores returned from HMS <em>Boyne<\/em>. This was the vessel preceding the ship of the same name that famously exploded at Spithead in 1795.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190120-return-from-HMS-Boyne.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 17190120 return from HMS Boyne.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-96cb4c47-9125-4e17-a481-2ac149ef0ecb\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190120-return-from-HMS-Boyne.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190120 return from HMS Boyne<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190120-return-from-HMS-Boyne.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-96cb4c47-9125-4e17-a481-2ac149ef0ecb\">Download Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-e37a637c-353d-408f-8d49-54870c60f238\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190120-return-from-HMS-Boyne-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190120 return from HMS Boyne<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190120-return-from-HMS-Boyne-scaled.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-e37a637c-353d-408f-8d49-54870c60f238\">Download Scan<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-f11289e5a47debec131873c359f8abf7 wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">View in new tab: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--9\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190120-return-from-HMS-Boyne-scaled.jpg\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scan<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--10\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190120-return-from-HMS-Boyne.pdf\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-b205703fdac669d863c8db5d43f031a8 wp-block-paragraph\">22<sup>nd<\/sup> January 1719 we get to see the remains taken from HMS <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/HMS_Shrewsbury_(1758)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Shrewsbury<\/em><\/a> (1758) and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/HMS_Dorsetshire_(1694)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Dorsetshire<\/em><\/a> (1694), both 80-gun ships. This would appear to be a complete audit of their Ordnance and gunners\u2019 stores showing us exactly what they carried.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190122-return-of-ordnance-from-HMS-Shrewsbury-Dorsetshire.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 17190122 return of ordnance from HMS Shrewsbury &amp; Dorsetshire.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-a12a658a-7db3-49d2-8efe-781f34838116\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190122-return-of-ordnance-from-HMS-Shrewsbury-Dorsetshire.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190122 return of ordnance from HMS Shrewsbury &amp; Dorsetshire<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190122-return-of-ordnance-from-HMS-Shrewsbury-Dorsetshire.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-a12a658a-7db3-49d2-8efe-781f34838116\">Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-e9bf7a54-34e3-4b94-92df-cc24e5bad114\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190122-return-of-ordnance-from-HMS-Shrewsbury-Dorsetshire1-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190122-return-of-ordnance-from-HMS-Shrewsbury-Dorsetshire1<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190122-return-of-ordnance-from-HMS-Shrewsbury-Dorsetshire1-scaled.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-e9bf7a54-34e3-4b94-92df-cc24e5bad114\">Scan 1<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-753a8f56-65ae-4be0-9565-7a48388f8f8d\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190122-return-of-ordnance-from-HMS-Shrewsbury-Dorsetshire2-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190122-return-of-ordnance-from-HMS-Shrewsbury-Dorsetshire2<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190122-return-of-ordnance-from-HMS-Shrewsbury-Dorsetshire2-scaled.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-753a8f56-65ae-4be0-9565-7a48388f8f8d\">Scan 2<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-156061cd-f810-4af5-af57-aabc397c9a91\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190122-return-of-ordnance-from-HMS-Shrewsbury-Dorsetshire3rep-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190122 return of ordnance from HMS Shrewsbury &amp; Dorsetshire3rep<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190122-return-of-ordnance-from-HMS-Shrewsbury-Dorsetshire3rep-scaled.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-156061cd-f810-4af5-af57-aabc397c9a91\">Scan 3<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-4f06094d-522c-4708-acf0-60875c3f77c2\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190122-return-of-ordnance-from-HMS-Shrewsbury-Dorsetshire4-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190122-return-of-ordnance-from-HMS-Shrewsbury-Dorsetshire4<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190122-return-of-ordnance-from-HMS-Shrewsbury-Dorsetshire4-scaled.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-4f06094d-522c-4708-acf0-60875c3f77c2\">Scan 4<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-f8689d5275aa3fd5ebfaf9f745e08979 wp-block-paragraph\">View in new tab:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons has-custom-font-size has-medium-font-size is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--11\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-small-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190122-return-of-ordnance-from-HMS-Shrewsbury-Dorsetshire1-scaled.jpg\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scan 1<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons has-custom-font-size has-medium-font-size is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--12\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-small-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190122-return-of-ordnance-from-HMS-Shrewsbury-Dorsetshire2-scaled.jpg\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scan 2<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons has-custom-font-size has-medium-font-size is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--13\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-small-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190122-return-of-ordnance-from-HMS-Shrewsbury-Dorsetshire3rep-scaled.jpg\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scan 3<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons has-custom-font-size has-medium-font-size is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--14\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-small-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190122-return-of-ordnance-from-HMS-Shrewsbury-Dorsetshire4-scaled.jpg\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scan 4<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons has-custom-font-size has-medium-font-size is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--15\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-small-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190122-return-of-ordnance-from-HMS-Shrewsbury-Dorsetshire.pdf\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A receipt for ballast baskets from Mr. John How on 27<sup>th<\/sup> January 1719. These would have been baskets to hold weighty items such as stone or gravel to put in the bottom of a ship to correct the trim of the vessel. Pig iron was also used for this purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190127-receipt-for-baskets.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 17190127 receipt for baskets.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-35405152-0826-48b2-b728-63db41b4052d\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190127-receipt-for-baskets.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190127 receipt for baskets<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190127-receipt-for-baskets.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-35405152-0826-48b2-b728-63db41b4052d\">Download Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-3b7423a9-c376-43bd-ac82-e7a64598db20\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190127-receipt-for-baskets-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190127-receipt-for-baskets<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190127-receipt-for-baskets-scaled.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-3b7423a9-c376-43bd-ac82-e7a64598db20\">Download Scan<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">View in new tab: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--16\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190127-receipt-for-baskets-scaled.jpg\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scan<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--17\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190127-receipt-for-baskets.pdf\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mr. Baxter has evidently written to The Board regarding the state of the powder in the stores, because on 6<sup>th<\/sup> 1719 February he receives news that there is to be a \u2018proof of powder\u2019. This was to validate its suitability for use to the service. Proofing was performed on all Ordnance and proof marks would be stamped on the gun barrel. Powder was also tested to prove its suitability for its intended purpose. Powder barrels would be marked to indicate the type of powder they contained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190206-proof-of-powder.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 17190206 proof of powder.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-b4b329be-8675-4256-8f90-55e52f9b7325\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190206-proof-of-powder.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190206 proof of powder<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190206-proof-of-powder.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-b4b329be-8675-4256-8f90-55e52f9b7325\">Download Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-9253bebe-746a-4569-96db-34f43d4d2c73\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190206-proof-of-powder-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190206 proof of powder<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190206-proof-of-powder-scaled.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-9253bebe-746a-4569-96db-34f43d4d2c73\">Download Scan<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-f11289e5a47debec131873c359f8abf7 wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">View in new tab: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--18\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190206-proof-of-powder-scaled.jpg\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scan<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--19\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190206-proof-of-powder.pdf\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On 20<sup>th<\/sup> February 1719 a note lists small arms delivered from the armoury and the Grand Storehouse. Among those from the storehouse are Musketoons, these were short muskets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190220-small-arms.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 17190220 small arms.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-37cd8fc1-abf1-462e-b9a8-13ffa7f5d7d8\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190220-small-arms.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190220 small arms<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190220-small-arms.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-37cd8fc1-abf1-462e-b9a8-13ffa7f5d7d8\">Download Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-8e75ccb7-d848-4d35-b1c3-c664d7849613\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190220-small-arms-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190220 small arms<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190220-small-arms-scaled.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-8e75ccb7-d848-4d35-b1c3-c664d7849613\">Download Scan<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-f11289e5a47debec131873c359f8abf7 wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">View in new tab: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--20\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190220-small-arms-scaled.jpg\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scan<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--21\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190220-small-arms.pdf\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On 6<sup>th<\/sup> March 1719 Mr Stanyford is presented with a contract to build a carriage shed and a cistern. A really tidy looking document, but somewhat challenging to read in places. One word in particular presents a problem. In the precis we see possibly: Terrah, Terral or Terras followed by cistern. In the text body, near the end of the first paragraph, the word appears again but only \u2018Tar\u2019 is properly intelligible. Later, as a title to the third paragraph, we see Tarras, again followed by Cistern. The word &#8216;Terral&#8217; means &#8216;ground&#8217;. In the text we read that the cistern is to be under ground, so, it looks as though we are talking of a terral cistern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/17190306-contract-for-carriage-shed.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 17190306 contract for carriage shed.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-b4f858d2-231e-486c-ac8d-acca5afdf895\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/17190306-contract-for-carriage-shed.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190306 contract for carriage shed<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/17190306-contract-for-carriage-shed.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-b4f858d2-231e-486c-ac8d-acca5afdf895\">Download Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-92742437-efb6-46c3-ac25-a9875613effb\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190306-contract-for-carriage-shed-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190306 contract for carriage shed<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190306-contract-for-carriage-shed-scaled.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-92742437-efb6-46c3-ac25-a9875613effb\">Download Scan<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-f11289e5a47debec131873c359f8abf7 wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">View in new tab: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--22\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190306-contract-for-carriage-shed-scaled.jpg\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scan<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--23\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/17190306-contract-for-carriage-shed.pdf\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The note from the master of the hoy <em>Content<\/em>, John Edmonds, on 29<sup>th<\/sup> December 1719 states that he will be transporting a number of standing carriages (land carriages as opposed to ship carriages) to William Dixon, the storekeeper at Plymouth. The dates can be confusing: in the text it says &#8220;6th March 1718\/9&#8221; which means 6th March 1719, and the date at the bottom of the note (Xber 29th 1719) means December 29th 1719.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/17190306-requisition-for-hoy.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 17190306 requisition for hoy.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-14b19ec7-5c38-4a2e-9248-21004c05c20e\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/17190306-requisition-for-hoy.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190306 requisition for hoy<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/17190306-requisition-for-hoy.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-14b19ec7-5c38-4a2e-9248-21004c05c20e\">Download Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-ea34b4a5-3a91-419b-961c-1e65507a3c56\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190306-requisition-for-hoy-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190306 requisition for hoy<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190306-requisition-for-hoy-scaled.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-ea34b4a5-3a91-419b-961c-1e65507a3c56\">Download Scan<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-f11289e5a47debec131873c359f8abf7 wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">View in new tab: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--24\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190306-requisition-for-hoy-scaled.jpg\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scan<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--25\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/17190306-requisition-for-hoy.pdf\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-b93b06ddf04ccc9dffed63d56a4ea317 wp-block-paragraph\">Captain Bell Jones writes on 11<sup>th<\/sup> March 1719 to Captain Baxter advising that the Admiralty wished HMS <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/HMS_Expedition_(1679)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Prince Frederick<\/em><\/a> (1679) to be furnished with ninety-seven barrels of powder. This is in preparation for an expedition to the Baltic commanded by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Norris_(Royal_Navy_officer)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sir John Norris<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190311-HMS-Prince-Frederick-to-be-supplied-297-barrels-of-powder.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 17190311 HMS Prince Frederick to be supplied 297 barrels of powder.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-d99197fe-009b-4041-9b03-238232ad1153\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190311-HMS-Prince-Frederick-to-be-supplied-297-barrels-of-powder.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190311 HMS Prince Frederick to be supplied 297 barrels of powder<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190311-HMS-Prince-Frederick-to-be-supplied-297-barrels-of-powder.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-d99197fe-009b-4041-9b03-238232ad1153\">Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-a83a07a9-8580-4178-89cb-4bd9add63915\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190311-HMS-Prince-Frederick-to-be-supplied-297-barrels-of-powder-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190311 HMS Prince Frederick to be supplied 297 barrels of powder<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190311-HMS-Prince-Frederick-to-be-supplied-297-barrels-of-powder-scaled.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-a83a07a9-8580-4178-89cb-4bd9add63915\">Download Scan<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-f11289e5a47debec131873c359f8abf7 wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">View in new tab: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--26\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190311-HMS-Prince-Frederick-to-be-supplied-297-barrels-of-powder-scaled.jpg\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scan<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--27\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190311-HMS-Prince-Frederick-to-be-supplied-297-barrels-of-powder.pdf\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two letters regarding accommodation follow. The first agrees to Peter Coward taking up residence in a house built for him on the Gun Wharf before Lady Day, 25<sup>th<\/sup> March. 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has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190320-Peter-Coward-to-move-into-house-on-the-Gunwharf.pdf\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although initially about accommodation for clerks, this note also advises that 700 muskets are to be supplied. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190402-clerks-accommodation.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 17190402 clerks 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noopener\"><em>Mary<\/em><\/a>. Usually indents for gunners\u2019 stores are between The Board and the master gunner of a vessel, but the indent for Towy is with the boatswain. It is for fifty pounds of powder which is delivered in ten-pound instalments between April and March 1720. The indenture for <em>Mary <\/em>follows convention and is with the master gunner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I think it is fair to assume that Boatswain Richard Dailey could not sign his own name as we can see that he left his &#8216;mark&#8217; in the form of his initials. A boatswain was in charge of the ship&#8217;s rigging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190404-powder-for-HMS-Towy-indenture-receipt.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 17190404 powder for HMS Towy indenture &amp; receipt.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-873c89aa-3a7d-4bdd-8a4e-ada80c5fee9d\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190404-powder-for-HMS-Towy-indenture-receipt.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190404 powder for HMS Towy indenture &amp; receipt<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190404-powder-for-HMS-Towy-indenture-receipt.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-873c89aa-3a7d-4bdd-8a4e-ada80c5fee9d\">Download Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-d2d3a2d2-8d92-4916-95fe-5df0a540f222\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190404-powder-for-HMS-Towy-indenture-receipt-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190404 powder for HMS Towy indenture &amp; receipt<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190404-powder-for-HMS-Towy-indenture-receipt-scaled.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-d2d3a2d2-8d92-4916-95fe-5df0a540f222\">Download Scan<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-f11289e5a47debec131873c359f8abf7 wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">View in new tab: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--32\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190404-powder-for-HMS-Towy-indenture-receipt-scaled.jpg\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scan<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--33\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190404-powder-for-HMS-Towy-indenture-receipt.pdf\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-36fb20e30b31b5544522fd938b5c6730 wp-block-paragraph\">Indentures are usually fairly run of the mill and of minimal interest. This one, for HMS <em>Mary<\/em>, is no different until one notices the name of her captain: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edward_Vernon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Edward Vernon<\/a>, later to be promoted to Admiral. He gained the nickname &#8216;Old Grog&#8217;, so named after the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Grosgrain#Etymology\">grogram<\/a> coat that he favoured. It was he who ruled that the sailors&#8217; rum should be diluted with water, he also suggested that they add sugar and lime juice to make it more palatable. It was this mix, known as Grog, that proved the cure for scurvy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/17190405-HMS-Mary-Indenture.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 17190405 HMS Mary Indenture.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-d4ee3d9f-9179-47bc-a7c0-61f0101fade8\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/17190405-HMS-Mary-Indenture.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190405 HMS Mary Indenture<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/17190405-HMS-Mary-Indenture.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-d4ee3d9f-9179-47bc-a7c0-61f0101fade8\">Download Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-86683268-2ee3-4098-ad1d-eb623b07deee\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190405-HMS-Mary-Indenture-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190405 HMS Mary Indenture<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190405-HMS-Mary-Indenture-scaled.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-86683268-2ee3-4098-ad1d-eb623b07deee\">Download Scan<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">View in new tab: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--34\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190405-HMS-Mary-Indenture-scaled.jpg\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scan<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--35\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/17190405-HMS-Mary-Indenture.pdf\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-1c0dc406da7212916cc4006a39ac500b wp-block-paragraph\">HMS <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/HMS_Enterprise\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Enterprise<\/em><\/a> (1709), having suffered damage, needs to put into port for repairs. On 8<sup>th<\/sup> April 1719 Messrs Hooper and Baxter are advised that, should <em>Enterprise<\/em> come into Portsmouth, they are to take out her guns and stores for the period and return them when she is ready for them. Unfortunately, the letter is badly faded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190408-HMS-Enterprise-repairs-.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 17190408 HMS Enterprise repairs.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-2f8b9d7e-3715-40df-93ed-346762ba2cf1\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190408-HMS-Enterprise-repairs-.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190408 HMS Enterprise repairs<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190408-HMS-Enterprise-repairs-.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-2f8b9d7e-3715-40df-93ed-346762ba2cf1\">Download Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-5faac503-c7d6-4380-b55e-2aa7bfdc579d\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190408-HMS-Enterprise-repairs--scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190408 HMS Enterprise repairs<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190408-HMS-Enterprise-repairs--scaled.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-5faac503-c7d6-4380-b55e-2aa7bfdc579d\">Download Scan<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-f11289e5a47debec131873c359f8abf7 wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">View in new tab: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--36\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190408-HMS-Enterprise-repairs--scaled.jpg\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scan<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--37\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190408-HMS-Enterprise-repairs-.pdf\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A letter of 13<sup>th<\/sup> April 1719 gives us an example of how different people denoted the pound sterling. In the precis it refers to an imprest of 200lb using the symbol usually used for a pound in weight, whereas in the text of the letter the \u00a3 sign is used. The letter advises Mr. Hooper that the \u00a3200 has been paid to John Baxter and that he is to repay \u00a387\/18\/6 to John Hooper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190413-pay-Mr-Baxter.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 17190413 pay Mr Baxter.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-20a20991-94f7-43e1-9e5d-e11d40aed5e3\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190413-pay-Mr-Baxter.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190413 pay Mr Baxter<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190413-pay-Mr-Baxter.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-20a20991-94f7-43e1-9e5d-e11d40aed5e3\">Download Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-86b8d69b-861a-45b6-b668-70a555dc863e\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190413-pay-Mr-Baxter-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190413 pay Mr Baxter<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190413-pay-Mr-Baxter-scaled.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-86b8d69b-861a-45b6-b668-70a555dc863e\">Download Scan<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-f11289e5a47debec131873c359f8abf7 wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">View in new tab: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--38\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190413-pay-Mr-Baxter-scaled.jpg\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scan<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--39\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190413-pay-Mr-Baxter.pdf\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On 13<sup>th<\/sup> April we see another letter of complaint about the method of book keeping employed at Portsmouth Dockyard. It seems that apart from confusing \u2018day labour\u2019 work with contracts in the ledger, day labourers are being employed to redress defects in work done by contractors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190413-reprimand.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 17190413 reprimand.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-3fcd9d36-72d6-4811-94d3-06f24c6fc726\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190413-reprimand.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190413 reprimand<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190413-reprimand.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-3fcd9d36-72d6-4811-94d3-06f24c6fc726\">Download Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-5bc19b60-4c39-4e8b-816e-2f744f32475c\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190413-reprimand-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190413 reprimand<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190413-reprimand-scaled.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-5bc19b60-4c39-4e8b-816e-2f744f32475c\">Download Scan<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-f11289e5a47debec131873c359f8abf7 wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">View in new tab: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--40\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190413-reprimand-scaled.jpg\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scan<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--41\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190413-reprimand.pdf\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Board ask, on 16<sup>th<\/sup> April 1719, for an account of tampeons, heads, rammers and formers, all made of wood, as they \u2018rot in store\u2019. One wonders why, if stored properly, in a dry storehouse, they should rot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190416-redistribution-of-perishables.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 17190416 redistribution of perishables.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-cd18119c-273e-4646-947d-49ff0939a651\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190416-redistribution-of-perishables.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190416 redistribution of perishables<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190416-redistribution-of-perishables.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-cd18119c-273e-4646-947d-49ff0939a651\">Download Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-20e54d6f-46fa-48e9-a428-7f0150126537\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190416-redistribution-of-perishables-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190416 redistribution of perishables<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190416-redistribution-of-perishables-scaled.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-20e54d6f-46fa-48e9-a428-7f0150126537\">Download Scan<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-f11289e5a47debec131873c359f8abf7 wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">View in new tab: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--42\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190416-redistribution-of-perishables-scaled.jpg\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scan<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--43\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190416-redistribution-of-perishables.pdf\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is not really clear what this letter is about. Mr. Baxter has obviously written to The Board regarding instructions for the Royal Engineers. He is advised to obtain the instructions from Mr. Bowerbank and infers that he has been provided with funds for travel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190424-20-for-Mr-Baxter.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 17190424 \u00a320 for Mr Baxter.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-949ad6bb-81a4-4ebc-9f31-d1de3f658aa6\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190424-20-for-Mr-Baxter.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190424 \u00a320 for Mr Baxter<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190424-20-for-Mr-Baxter.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download 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class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--44\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190424-20-for-Mr-Baxter-scaled.jpg\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scan<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--45\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190424-20-for-Mr-Baxter.pdf\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-5dd23b08da9fddc949171f197351e07c wp-block-paragraph\">On 24<sup>th<\/sup> April 1719 the, 70 gun, HMS <em><a data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/HMS_Hampton_Court_(1709)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/HMS_Hampton_Court_(1709)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hampton Court<\/a><\/em> (1709) is to be refitted for a Baltic expedition, presumably the same expedition to be commanded by <a data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Norris_(Royal_Navy_officer)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Norris_(Royal_Navy_officer)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sir John Norris.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div 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wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">View in new tab: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--46\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190424-HMS-Hampton-Court-to-be-prepared-for-voyage-scaled.jpg\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scan<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--47\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color 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He also reiterates the need for accounts to be made in \u2018the new method\u2019 and insists on the December accounts to be re-submitted. He finishes by asking for no further \u2018frivolous excuses\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One has to wonder why, if looking for Mr. Hooper\u2019s two year old accounts, the letter is addressed solely to Captain Baxter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190424-lost-records.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 17190424 lost records.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-4e750920-e780-414b-ab21-bfafc55ad030\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190424-lost-records.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190424 lost records<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190424-lost-records.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-4e750920-e780-414b-ab21-bfafc55ad030\">Download Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-56c461c8-ad2f-4a6d-aa93-7239dedff438\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190424-lost-records-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190424 lost records<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190424-lost-records-scaled.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-56c461c8-ad2f-4a6d-aa93-7239dedff438\">Download Scan<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-f11289e5a47debec131873c359f8abf7 wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">View in new tab: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--48\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190424-lost-records-scaled.jpg\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scan<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--49\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190424-lost-records.pdf\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The final letter of 24<sup>th<\/sup> April refers to \u2018standing carriages\u2019. These were carriages for guns used on land, not ships\u2019 carriages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190424-Standing-carriages-for-Isles-of-Scilly.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 17190424 Standing carriages for Isles of Scilly.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-b15eac39-65ac-432a-9a6c-86e0f402ec9b\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190424-Standing-carriages-for-Isles-of-Scilly.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190424 Standing carriages for Isles of Scilly<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190424-Standing-carriages-for-Isles-of-Scilly.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-b15eac39-65ac-432a-9a6c-86e0f402ec9b\">Download Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-39182a7d-2a7a-40b5-bbce-52aa37f18308\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190424-Standing-carriages-for-Isles-of-Scilly-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190424 Standing carriages for Isles of Scilly<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190424-Standing-carriages-for-Isles-of-Scilly-scaled.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-39182a7d-2a7a-40b5-bbce-52aa37f18308\">Download Scan<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-f11289e5a47debec131873c359f8abf7 wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">View in new tab: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--50\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190424-Standing-carriages-for-Isles-of-Scilly-scaled.jpg\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scan<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--51\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190424-Standing-carriages-for-Isles-of-Scilly.pdf\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-7f146adade9e6d21c4ff7c7b9e8bc803 wp-block-paragraph\">A letter of 25<sup>th<\/sup> April 1719 gives us sight of the order of command exercised: HMS <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/HMS_Aldborough_(1706)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Aldborough<\/em><\/a> (1706), currently in Portsmouth Dockyard with her guns and gunner\u2019s stores removed, has been ordered to Deptford for a refit. The Admiralty, writing to The Board of Ordnance, ask that the guns and stores be returned to the ship so that she can make her way to Deptford yard. So, we can see that the Admiralty, could not issue orders directly to the dockyards and that the yard at Portsmouth would not respond to orders from anyone but The Board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190425-HMS-Aldborough-refit.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 17190425 HMS Aldborough refit.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-9a468ed1-1779-4ff2-a882-36248100a71d\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190425-HMS-Aldborough-refit.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190425 HMS Aldborough refit<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190425-HMS-Aldborough-refit.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-9a468ed1-1779-4ff2-a882-36248100a71d\">Download Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-5e4e0095-431a-4a4f-a7c7-519b906f3ef4\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190425-HMS-Aldborough-refit-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190425 HMS Aldborough refit<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190425-HMS-Aldborough-refit-scaled.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-5e4e0095-431a-4a4f-a7c7-519b906f3ef4\">Download Scan<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">View in new tab: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--52\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190425-HMS-Aldborough-refit-scaled.jpg\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scan<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--53\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190425-HMS-Aldborough-refit.pdf\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On 11<sup>th<\/sup> May 1719, Edward Fitchett, master of the <em>Isaac &amp; Elizabeth<\/em> hoy makes an appearance with a bill of laden. He introduces us to Mr. George Collett, storekeeper at Chatham and some of the items being transported are particularly interesting. We start with old iron for Woolwich, and \u2018Doulidges\u2019, which were the iron plates that strengthen the wooden trucks (wheels) of gun carriages. There is \u2018Bushell Iron\u2019 which was miscellaneous scrap iron. The word \u2018poiz\u2019 also appears here, read this as \u2018weight equalling\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For Chatham there are crows of iron, which we would know as crowbars, ladles, which were used for disarming a gun, budge barrels, which were small powder barrels with no lid and a rope handle. These little barrels, which had canvas or leather covers, would have been used to transport fine powder, for priming the guns, from the magazine to the gun deck. Portacks were the tackle used for raising and lowering the gun ports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190511-old-iron-for-Woolwich-stores-for-Chatham.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 17190511 old iron for Woolwich &amp; stores for Chatham.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-58285258-418c-4bc1-bdb1-08ab9d039d54\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190511-old-iron-for-Woolwich-stores-for-Chatham.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190511 old iron for Woolwich &amp; stores for Chatham<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190511-old-iron-for-Woolwich-stores-for-Chatham.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button 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href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190516-Guns-for-HMS-Yorke-scaled.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-8955efde-f272-4be3-b82d-0c126858e05f\">Download Scan<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-f11289e5a47debec131873c359f8abf7 wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">View in new tab: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--56\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" 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href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/HMS_Prince_Frederick\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Prince Fredrick<\/a><\/em> &amp; HMS <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ageofnelson.org\/MichaelPhillips\/info.php?ref=5521\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kinsale <\/a><\/em>are to be refitted for Channel Service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/17190518-HMS-Prince-Frederick-Kinsale.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 17190518 HMS Prince Frederick &amp; Kinsale.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-20d53fbb-bd56-42b5-8156-964bd0520414\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/17190518-HMS-Prince-Frederick-Kinsale.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190518 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is-style-outline--59\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/17190518-HMS-Prince-Frederick-Kinsale.pdf\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the end of May 1719 we see an account of expenditure for cranes and storehouses on the Gunwharf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/17190531expendature-of-stores-in-May-1719.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" 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wp-elements-55ac831f313549649638247d843f582f wp-block-paragraph\">On 3<sup>rd<\/sup> June 1719 a list of the guns and stores returned from HMS <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/HMS_Lowestoffe_(1697)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Lowestoft<\/em><\/a> (1697), which in Wikipedia is listed as a 28, or 32-gun ship, shows us that she actually carried 30 guns. 8 demi culverins on the lower gun deck, 20 6 pounders on the main gun deck and 2 minions on the quarterdeck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190603-Indent-for-HMS-Lowestoft.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 17190603 Indent for HMS Lowestoft.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-d17ce29b-ad50-49c9-b69a-2c008d060b7e\" 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for HMS Lowestoft3<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190603-Indent-for-HMS-Lowestoft3-scaled.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-4e885837-b93f-4f44-aa5e-33197fc78b02\">Download Scan 3<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-424555ef-a0cd-4c7f-8594-1987ca0a5006\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190603-Indent-for-HMS-Lowestoft4-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190603 Indent for HMS Lowestoft4<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190603-Indent-for-HMS-Lowestoft4-scaled.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-424555ef-a0cd-4c7f-8594-1987ca0a5006\">Download Scan 4<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-f11289e5a47debec131873c359f8abf7 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href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190603-Indent-for-HMS-Lowestoft3-scaled.jpg\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scan 3<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons has-custom-font-size has-medium-font-size is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--65\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-small-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190603-Indent-for-HMS-Lowestoft4-scaled.jpg\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scan 4<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons has-custom-font-size has-medium-font-size is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--66\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-small-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190603-Indent-for-HMS-Lowestoft.pdf\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On June the 4<sup>th<\/sup> 1719 there is another chapter in the \u2018discussion\u2019 between Portsmouth and The Tower regarding ledgers. Rowland Gibson writes from Woolwich, it would appear that he has supplied an example of how Mr. Harrison wants to see the accounts made out. Clearly there has been some discussion between Woolwich and Portsmouth on the subject and Mr. Gibson is trying to help his colleagues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190604-Mr-Gibson-Woolwich.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 17190604 Mr Gibson Woolwich.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-83f17818-d0d9-4dad-b255-cdd13db68bfd\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190604-Mr-Gibson-Woolwich.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190604 Mr Gibson Woolwich<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190604-Mr-Gibson-Woolwich.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-83f17818-d0d9-4dad-b255-cdd13db68bfd\">Download Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-3d57dad0-85c9-4216-a998-6cf26f5bff4c\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190604-Mr-Gibson-Woolwich-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190604 Mr Gibson Woolwich<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190604-Mr-Gibson-Woolwich-scaled.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-3d57dad0-85c9-4216-a998-6cf26f5bff4c\">Download Scan<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-f11289e5a47debec131873c359f8abf7 wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">View in new tab: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--67\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190604-Mr-Gibson-Woolwich-scaled.jpg\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scan<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--68\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190604-Mr-Gibson-Woolwich.pdf\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We saw earlier (9<sup>th<\/sup> January 1717) that gunners&#8217; stores were being removed from Burrough Fort in Gosport, also known as Fort James. On 10<sup>th<\/sup> June 1719 we now see that sheets of lead recovered from there are being reused.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190610-old-lead-from-Burrough-Fort-for-Mr-Harmood.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 17190610 old lead from Burrough Fort for Mr Harmood.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-995d8e74-da3f-4375-b710-a8eb504f4112\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190610-old-lead-from-Burrough-Fort-for-Mr-Harmood.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190610 old lead from Burrough Fort for Mr Harmood<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190610-old-lead-from-Burrough-Fort-for-Mr-Harmood.pdf\" 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has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190610-old-lead-from-Burrough-Fort-for-Mr-Harmood.pdf\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On 13th June 1719 we see an an indent for HMS <em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/HMS_Bristol_(1711)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bristol <\/a><\/em>for powder, paper, flints and oil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190613-HMS-Bristol-Indenture.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" 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Rowland Gibson writes again offering help to Captain Baxter in meeting William Harrison\u2019s requirements, and on 26<sup>th<\/sup> William Harrison himself writes asking for more accounts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190622-request-for-accounts.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 17190622 request for accounts.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-12e8ceb2-45ec-45a7-b3df-d5ee795fd065\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190622-request-for-accounts.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190622 request for accounts<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190622-request-for-accounts.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button 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A frobusher was a metal polisher. This letter speaks of tools made by Henry Pouncy to the value of \u00a39\/4\/4 3\/4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190630-order-to-purchase-tools.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 17190630 order to purchase tools.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-1865915f-10e7-49fc-a05f-afcd21ba1c74\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190630-order-to-purchase-tools.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190630 order to purchase tools<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190630-order-to-purchase-tools.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-1865915f-10e7-49fc-a05f-afcd21ba1c74\">Download Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-e55d3233-aac8-4595-957a-f4e062e1c829\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190630-order-to-purchase-tools-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190630 order to purchase tools<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190630-order-to-purchase-tools-scaled.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-e55d3233-aac8-4595-957a-f4e062e1c829\">Download Scan<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-f11289e5a47debec131873c359f8abf7 wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">View in new tab: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--77\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190630-order-to-purchase-tools-scaled.jpg\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scan<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--78\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190630-order-to-purchase-tools.pdf\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-ac5d5e352e503d625cb92cc6a5d4e75c wp-block-paragraph\">A letter of 4<sup>th<\/sup> July 1719 we are introduced to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Albert_Borgard\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Albert_Borgard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Colonel Borgard<\/a>. Of Danish origin, he established himself in the service of Britain on a number of occasions specialising in \u2018fireworks\u2019 he fought in a number of battles, was captured, injured and left for dead. His legacy was the formation of the Royal Artillery. His last expedition was in 1719 when he commanded the artillery in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Capture_of_Vigo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">an expedition to Vigo.<\/a> This letter is clearly in preparation for this expedition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190704-Col-Borgard.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 17190704 Col Borgard.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-cf4a4545-be22-44f5-b491-99d6aad22e4a\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190704-Col-Borgard.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190704 Col Borgard<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190704-Col-Borgard.pdf\" 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target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scan<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--82\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190705-Indent-for-stores-for-Cows-Castle-.pdf\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Clearly persistent, Mr. Harrison writes from The Tower on 8<sup>th<\/sup> July 1719 demanding that Messrs Hooper and Baxter submit their accounts for the previous two quarters. He does seem rather put out. On the face of it, it looks as though Messrs Hooper and Baxter have been lax, however, we saw no letters of complaint until William Harrison arrived on the scene. Such a shame that we cannot see the replies to Mr. Harrison\u2019s letters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It may be indicative of the thoughts of the clerk in that he simply precis the letter &#8220;Mr. Harrison&#8221; with no comment on it&#8217;s content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190708-demanding-reports.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 17190708 demanding reports.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-97c21a93-d169-4f70-90ea-cad99a7a033d\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190708-demanding-reports.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190708 demanding reports<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190708-demanding-reports.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-97c21a93-d169-4f70-90ea-cad99a7a033d\">Download Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-755e9792-b050-4954-8eea-dd5a58d21647\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190708-demanding-reports-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190708 demanding reports<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190708-demanding-reports-scaled.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-755e9792-b050-4954-8eea-dd5a58d21647\">Download Scan<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-f11289e5a47debec131873c359f8abf7 wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">View in new tab: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--83\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190708-demanding-reports-scaled.jpg\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scan<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--84\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190708-demanding-reports.pdf\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two letters from Captain Bell Jones on the 9<sup>th<\/sup> and 13<sup>th<\/sup> July 1719 advising that they have instructed the dock office to transfer 30 tons of junk to the Office of the Ordnance. Junk was old rope ends and left overs from rope making it was used as wadding when loading the guns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190709-30-tun-of-junk.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 17190709 30 tun of junk.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-91ea2fd9-31ba-4e61-8c30-ef5c11942760\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190709-30-tun-of-junk.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190709 30 tun of junk<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190709-30-tun-of-junk.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-91ea2fd9-31ba-4e61-8c30-ef5c11942760\">Download Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-f7a22060-d55b-4c84-a532-a28d979cc986\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190709-30-tun-of-junk-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190709 30 tun of junk<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190709-30-tun-of-junk-scaled.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-f7a22060-d55b-4c84-a532-a28d979cc986\">Download Scan<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-f11289e5a47debec131873c359f8abf7 wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">View in new tab: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--85\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190709-30-tun-of-junk-scaled.jpg\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scan<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--86\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190709-30-tun-of-junk.pdf\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On July 13th 1719 Bell Jones writes to Mr. Baxter regarding 30tons of junk that has been supplied. Junk was old rope used for making wadding, as caulking, &amp;c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190713-30-tons-of-Junk.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 17190713 30 tons of Junk.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-a188ec73-f71a-4c4b-9507-2cb5012ca841\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190713-30-tons-of-Junk.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190713 30 tons of Junk<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190713-30-tons-of-Junk.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-a188ec73-f71a-4c4b-9507-2cb5012ca841\">Download Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-29716dce-9a76-4df8-948c-e06c418e3db6\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190713-30-tons-of-Junk-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190713 30 tons of Junk<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190713-30-tons-of-Junk-scaled.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-29716dce-9a76-4df8-948c-e06c418e3db6\">Download Scan<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-f11289e5a47debec131873c359f8abf7 wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">View in new tab: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--87\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190713-30-tons-of-Junk-scaled.jpg\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scan<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--88\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190713-30-tons-of-Junk.pdf\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A bill of laden from William Batt, master of the <em>Pomroy<\/em> hoy arrives on 14<sup>th<\/sup> July 1719 in a beautiful hand well laid out and containing uncommon contractions: he uses the elaborate capital \u2018P\u2019 for \u2018per\u2019 or \u2018by\u2019 and \u2018men\u203econd\u2019 for \u2018mentioned. This note also gives us sight of the size of guns he is carrying: 8 pounders 7 \u00bd and 8 \u00bd feet long and sakers of 6, 6 \u00bd and 7 \u00bd feet long including the weight thereof. In addition, he is carrying almost five tons of \u2018bushel\u2019 iron (scrap). We see this receipted on 16<sup>th<\/sup> July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190714-account-of-ordnance.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 17190714 account of ordnance.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-9b32b9e7-fa22-41be-be26-2003907c902d\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190714-account-of-ordnance.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190714 account of ordnance<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190714-account-of-ordnance.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-9b32b9e7-fa22-41be-be26-2003907c902d\">Download Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-0fb82dd4-5379-4727-aa21-59851ec36e98\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190714-account-of-ordnance-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190714 account of ordnance<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190714-account-of-ordnance-scaled.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-0fb82dd4-5379-4727-aa21-59851ec36e98\">Download Scan<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-f11289e5a47debec131873c359f8abf7 wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">View in new tab: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--89\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190714-account-of-ordnance-scaled.jpg\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scan<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--90\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190714-account-of-ordnance.pdf\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-7a48c9b1dff50ba17e40c9c42f3b6cf4 wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Cape_St._Vincent_(1719)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Battle of Cape St Vincent<\/a> was fought in December of 1719. A squadron, under the command of commodore Philip Cavendish. On 14<sup>th<\/sup> July 1719 we see three ships, <em>Norwich, Advice and Trial sloop<\/em> being prepared to join the squadron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190714-HMS-Norwich-Advice-Tryal-to-be-stocked-for-voyage-to-Gibraltar.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 17190714 HMS Norwich, Advice &amp; Tryal to be stocked for voyage to Gibraltar.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-8801b4aa-a503-4d4a-a253-3b73e6b642ca\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190714-HMS-Norwich-Advice-Tryal-to-be-stocked-for-voyage-to-Gibraltar.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190714 HMS Norwich, Advice &amp; Tryal to be stocked for voyage to Gibraltar<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190714-HMS-Norwich-Advice-Tryal-to-be-stocked-for-voyage-to-Gibraltar.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-8801b4aa-a503-4d4a-a253-3b73e6b642ca\">Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-d99ed7f7-af7a-48d2-a85d-a9e448d6f0d2\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190714-HMS-Norwich-Advice-Tryal-to-be-stocked-for-voyage-to-Gibraltar-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190714 HMS Norwich, Advice &amp; Tryal to be stocked for voyage to Gibraltar<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190714-HMS-Norwich-Advice-Tryal-to-be-stocked-for-voyage-to-Gibraltar-scaled.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-d99ed7f7-af7a-48d2-a85d-a9e448d6f0d2\">Scan<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-f11289e5a47debec131873c359f8abf7 wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">View in new tab: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--91\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190714-HMS-Norwich-Advice-Tryal-to-be-stocked-for-voyage-to-Gibraltar-scaled.jpg\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scan<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--92\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190714-HMS-Norwich-Advice-Tryal-to-be-stocked-for-voyage-to-Gibraltar.pdf\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-fce96dde48569ceee229f450aaf0a25b wp-block-paragraph\">Also, on the 14<sup>th<\/sup> of July comes a note from Admiral James Mcghells from his flagship <em>Prince Frederick<\/em>, moored at Spithead, asking that <a href=\"https:\/\/military-history.fandom.com\/wiki\/List_of_frigate_classes_of_the_Royal_Navy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Dursley Galley<\/em><\/a> be supplied with nine pounders should they not have been supplied at Plymouth. This is a somewhat unorthodox request, as all requests for ordnance should come from The Board and not the admiralty or naval Officers. However, the admiral has covered his back by a degree in saying that if The Board have not ordered the supplies, that Mr. Hooper should seek confirmation. This was almost certainly in preparation for the retaliatory <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Capture_of_Vigo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">raid on Vigo<\/a> in Spain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190714-HMS-Prince-Frederick-guns-for-Dursely-Gally.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 17190714 HMS Prince Frederick guns for Dursely Gally.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-87a6ea84-d00e-4cbd-9816-90709d657ac6\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190714-HMS-Prince-Frederick-guns-for-Dursely-Gally.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190714 HMS Prince Frederick guns for Dursely Gally<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190714-HMS-Prince-Frederick-guns-for-Dursely-Gally.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-87a6ea84-d00e-4cbd-9816-90709d657ac6\">Download Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-b2238cb5-cfe0-4980-97bc-e2601ba4a177\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190714-HMS-Prince-Frederick-guns-for-Dursely-Gally-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190714 HMS Prince Frederick guns for Dursely Gally<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190714-HMS-Prince-Frederick-guns-for-Dursely-Gally-scaled.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-b2238cb5-cfe0-4980-97bc-e2601ba4a177\">Download Scan<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-f11289e5a47debec131873c359f8abf7 wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">View in new tab: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--93\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190714-HMS-Prince-Frederick-guns-for-Dursely-Gally-scaled.jpg\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scan<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--94\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190714-HMS-Prince-Frederick-guns-for-Dursely-Gally.pdf\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-2db0301ca3d4aa78defb57f17468d2d3 wp-block-paragraph\">Another demand for powder, this time for HMS <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/HMS_Vanguard_(1678)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Vanguard<\/em><\/a> (1678)on the 14<sup>th<\/sup>, this time approved by Isaac Townsend, so all in order. 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The receipt is endorsed by John Hooper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190717-receipt-for-ordnance-from-master-of-Hoy-Pomroy.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 17190717 receipt for ordnance from master of Hoy Pomroy.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-6b88117c-e1d2-4291-8fbd-af1bd0f5adc5\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190717-receipt-for-ordnance-from-master-of-Hoy-Pomroy.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190717 receipt for ordnance from master of Hoy Pomroy<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190717-receipt-for-ordnance-from-master-of-Hoy-Pomroy.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-6b88117c-e1d2-4291-8fbd-af1bd0f5adc5\">Download Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-fcfdcbbe-0b89-47b8-a601-d866ee3b8cca\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190717-receipt-for-ordnance-from-master-of-Hoy-Pomroy-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190717 receipt for ordnance from master of Hoy Pomroy<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190717-receipt-for-ordnance-from-master-of-Hoy-Pomroy-scaled.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-fcfdcbbe-0b89-47b8-a601-d866ee3b8cca\">Download Scan<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-f11289e5a47debec131873c359f8abf7 wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">View in new tab: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--97\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190717-receipt-for-ordnance-from-master-of-Hoy-Pomroy-scaled.jpg\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scan<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--98\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190717-receipt-for-ordnance-from-master-of-Hoy-Pomroy.pdf\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This document is missing any form of introduction. It lists scrap, unusable iron taken from old gun carriages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190718-account-of-stores.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 17190718 account of stores.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-0264569e-e140-4589-93b9-582fbb3b530a\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190718-account-of-stores.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190718 account of stores<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190718-account-of-stores.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-0264569e-e140-4589-93b9-582fbb3b530a\">Download Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-dbfd0284-cc49-4389-8202-d41e9a2ef2f1\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190718-account-of-stores-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190718 account of stores<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190718-account-of-stores-scaled.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-dbfd0284-cc49-4389-8202-d41e9a2ef2f1\">Download Scan<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-f11289e5a47debec131873c359f8abf7 wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">View in new tab: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--99\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190718-account-of-stores-scaled.jpg\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scan<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--100\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190718-account-of-stores.pdf\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-4182563417be16be4ea484e7f4619611 wp-block-paragraph\">21<sup>st<\/sup> July 1719 we see another rushed request to prepare <em>Enterprise<\/em> for sea, almost certainly to join <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_Mighells\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Admiral Mcghells<\/a> in his expedition to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Capture_of_Vigo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">capture Vigo<\/a>. Unfortunately, having been written on fine paper, the ink has passed through to the reverse side of the paper making the letter difficult to read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190721-HMS-Enterprise.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 17190721 HMS Enterprise.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-329673b4-d3e7-4f93-9c22-549b18613482\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190721-HMS-Enterprise.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190721 HMS Enterprise<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190721-HMS-Enterprise.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-329673b4-d3e7-4f93-9c22-549b18613482\">Download Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-7b16d589-a77a-4807-89dc-1ea3880f05cb\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190721-HMS-Enterprise-scaled-1-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190721 HMS Enterprise scaled<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190721-HMS-Enterprise-scaled-1-scaled.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-7b16d589-a77a-4807-89dc-1ea3880f05cb\">Download Scan<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-f11289e5a47debec131873c359f8abf7 wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">View in new tab: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--101\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190721-HMS-Enterprise-scaled-1-scaled.jpg\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scan<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--102\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190721-HMS-Enterprise.pdf\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-f33ea386076c7559c514392a08458aea wp-block-paragraph\">The letter from Bell Jones of the 24<sup>th<\/sup> July 1719 is in response to a suggestion of Messrs Hooper and Baxter that new guns should be issued to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/HMS_Enterprise\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Enterprise<\/em><\/a> (1709) and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/HMS_Guernsey_(1696)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Guernzy<\/em><\/a> as theirs are defective and in need of reboring. One thinks of these people as storekeepers, but this indicates that they were much more. Again, all this must have been in preparation for the taking of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Capture_of_Vigo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vigo<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190724-Enterprise-Guernzey.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 17190724 Enterprise &amp; Guernzey.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-e1a3dc65-75b6-43b6-ba8e-3b2951eadd68\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190724-Enterprise-Guernzey.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190724 Enterprise &amp; Guernzey<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190724-Enterprise-Guernzey.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-e1a3dc65-75b6-43b6-ba8e-3b2951eadd68\">Download Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-c0df2673-f303-4f7b-ac01-5019288241bd\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190724-Enterprise-Guernzey-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190724 Enterprise &amp; Guernzey<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190724-Enterprise-Guernzey-scaled.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-c0df2673-f303-4f7b-ac01-5019288241bd\">Download Scan<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-f11289e5a47debec131873c359f8abf7 wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">View in new tab: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--103\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190724-Enterprise-Guernzey-scaled.jpg\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scan<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--104\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190724-Enterprise-Guernzey.pdf\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On 28<sup>th<\/sup> July 1719 Bell Jones wrote to John Baxter advising that he was issued an imprest of \u00a3200 to be used as a contingency fund and that he should pay travel costs to Peter Coward, clerk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190728-payment-for-bills.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 17190728 payment for bills.\"><\/object><a 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download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-d1223bfb-b82e-47ff-8006-b09bfc68c7be\">Download Scan<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-f11289e5a47debec131873c359f8abf7 wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">View in new tab: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--105\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190728-payment-for-bills-scaled.jpg\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scan<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--106\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190728-payment-for-bills.pdf\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Johnathan Dawson writes on behalf of Bell Jones on 3<sup>rd<\/sup> August 1719 with a somewhat amusing message. Referring to a recent request to supply 3400 paper cartridges, he writes \u201c\u2026you better pack up 600 more to complete the number to 4000.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190803-request-for-paper-cartridges.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 17190803 request for paper cartridges.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-4101d98b-9e4c-406c-b31b-65ac63013717\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190803-request-for-paper-cartridges.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190803 request for paper cartridges<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190803-request-for-paper-cartridges.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-4101d98b-9e4c-406c-b31b-65ac63013717\">Download Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-4c34edd3-ae22-43cf-ac70-13655149ae00\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190803-request-for-paper-cartridges-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190803 request for paper cartridges<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190803-request-for-paper-cartridges-scaled.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-4c34edd3-ae22-43cf-ac70-13655149ae00\">Download Scan<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-f11289e5a47debec131873c359f8abf7 wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">View in new tab: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--107\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190803-request-for-paper-cartridges-scaled.jpg\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scan<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--108\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190803-request-for-paper-cartridges.pdf\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A letter from William Dixon on 6<sup>th<\/sup> August 1719 is missing its address, so we must assume that it is to Mr Baxter or Mr Hooper. It starts by discussing guns and carriages, but concludes with a personal note sending the best wishes of his family, and with a post script aimed at Captain Pattison regarding a book and sending best wishes to other friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190806-iron-ordnance.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 17190806 iron ordnance.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-e69569d6-be9a-4495-9624-b6f538527941\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190806-iron-ordnance.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190806 iron ordnance<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190806-iron-ordnance.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-e69569d6-be9a-4495-9624-b6f538527941\">Download Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-d20ef0b0-200d-4c72-a325-59c504a6f2aa\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190806-iron-ordnance-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190806 iron ordnance<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190806-iron-ordnance-scaled.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-d20ef0b0-200d-4c72-a325-59c504a6f2aa\">Download Scan<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-f11289e5a47debec131873c359f8abf7 wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">View in new tab: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--109\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190806-iron-ordnance-scaled.jpg\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scan<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--110\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190806-iron-ordnance.pdf\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On 8<sup>th<\/sup> August 1719 Rowland Gibson\u2019s letter to Captain Baxter retains its seal depicting Charles 1<sup>st<\/sup> raising the question \u201cWhy?\u201d as Charles 1<sup>st<\/sup> was beheaded in 1649. The letter itself appears to be another episode in the ongoing saga of Mr. Harrison of the Office of the Ordnance, and the accounts submitted by Captain Baxter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190808-Sealed-discussion-regarding-ledgers.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 17190808 Sealed discussion regarding ledgers.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-1c1bc9fa-8d65-4d52-96e1-2819d6898370\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190808-Sealed-discussion-regarding-ledgers.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190808 Sealed discussion regarding ledgers<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190808-Sealed-discussion-regarding-ledgers.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-1c1bc9fa-8d65-4d52-96e1-2819d6898370\">Download Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-03610cf3-2a34-4681-86b3-ca77aaf01ae3\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190808-Sealed-discussion-regarding-ledgers-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190808 Sealed discussion regarding ledgers<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190808-Sealed-discussion-regarding-ledgers-scaled.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-03610cf3-2a34-4681-86b3-ca77aaf01ae3\">Download Scan<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-f11289e5a47debec131873c359f8abf7 wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">View in new tab: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--111\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190808-Sealed-discussion-regarding-ledgers-scaled.jpg\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scan<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--112\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190808-Sealed-discussion-regarding-ledgers.pdf\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">HMS <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/HMS_Gibraltar_(1711)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Gibraltar<\/em> <\/a> is to be refitted for Channel Service on 11th August 1719.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" 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href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190811-HMS-Gibraltar-scaled.jpg\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scan<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--114\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190811-HMS-Gibraltar.pdf\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A note on August 15th 1719 demands that Mr. Baxter has four indents for small arms signed by field officers, and for the chests, in which the guns were supplied, be returned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/17190815-request-to-sign-indents.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 17190815 request to sign indents.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-8861422f-8fb7-42d1-89e3-0a9c3806f9e3\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/17190815-request-to-sign-indents.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190815 request to sign indents<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/17190815-request-to-sign-indents.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-8861422f-8fb7-42d1-89e3-0a9c3806f9e3\">Download Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-3a422c71-fa2c-4a89-8861-2f5e2d771a30\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190815-request-to-sign-indents-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190815 request to sign indents<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190815-request-to-sign-indents-scaled.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-3a422c71-fa2c-4a89-8861-2f5e2d771a30\">Download Scan<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-f11289e5a47debec131873c359f8abf7 wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">View in new tab: 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href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/17190815-request-to-sign-indents.pdf\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">17<sup>th<\/sup> August 1719 William Batt, master of the <em>Pomroy<\/em> hoy lists the guns he has received to take to Woolwich. The following day more guns are received on the <em>Isaac &amp; Elizabeth<\/em> commanded by William Fitchett.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/17190817-cannon-order.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 17190817 cannon order.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-482406e5-ca52-4a29-b012-c55c8e89f93a\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/17190817-cannon-order.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190817 cannon order<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/17190817-cannon-order.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-482406e5-ca52-4a29-b012-c55c8e89f93a\">Download Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-25e4b802-07a1-4643-b2d8-8de4378a6366\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190817-cannon-order-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190817 cannon order<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190817-cannon-order-scaled.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-25e4b802-07a1-4643-b2d8-8de4378a6366\">Download Scan<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-f11289e5a47debec131873c359f8abf7 wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">View in new tab: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--117\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190817-cannon-order-scaled.jpg\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scan<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--118\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/17190817-cannon-order.pdf\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A bill of laden on 18th August 1719 from Edward Fitchett who is transporting guns and carriages from Plymouth to Portsmouth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190818-Sloop-Isaac-Elizabeth-bill-of-laden.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 17190818 Sloop Isaac &amp; 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It announces the arrival of HMS <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/HMS_Griffin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Griffin<\/em><\/a> (1712) at Spithead where she is to be restocked with gunner\u2019s stores while HMS <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/HMS_Hind\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Hind<\/em><\/a> (1711) is to be refitted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190822-HMS-Hind-Fireship-Griffin-to-refit.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 17190822 HMS Hind &amp; Fireship Griffin to refit.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-fecb8ba6-54ac-4877-885a-9d73df4b2777\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190822-HMS-Hind-Fireship-Griffin-to-refit.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190822 HMS Hind &amp; Fireship Griffin to refit<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190822-HMS-Hind-Fireship-Griffin-to-refit.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-fecb8ba6-54ac-4877-885a-9d73df4b2777\">Download Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-7c7b2115-ee23-4725-b7b5-0e72c851be18\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190822-HMS-Hind-Fireship-Griffin-to-refit-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190822 HMS Hind &amp; Fireship Griffin to refit<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190822-HMS-Hind-Fireship-Griffin-to-refit-scaled.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-7c7b2115-ee23-4725-b7b5-0e72c851be18\">Download Scan<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-f11289e5a47debec131873c359f8abf7 wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">View in new tab: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--121\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190822-HMS-Hind-Fireship-Griffin-to-refit-scaled.jpg\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scan<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--122\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190822-HMS-Hind-Fireship-Griffin-to-refit.pdf\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mr. William Harrison adds another chapter to the story of Captain Baxter\u2019s accounting work. On 28<sup>th<\/sup> August 1719 he is again complaining that he has not received accounts, yet at the same time says that he has received a copy from Mr. Bisco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190828-request-for-accounts.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 17190828 request for accounts.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-2f9c04b3-4465-4be5-90b3-b39374132d55\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190828-request-for-accounts.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190828 request for accounts<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190828-request-for-accounts.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download 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<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--123\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190828-request-for-accounts-scaled.jpg\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scan<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--124\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190828-request-for-accounts.pdf\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-3b2855bab62b1cffd85a706c5718b390 wp-block-paragraph\">On 29<sup>th<\/sup> August 1719 Jonathan Dawson writes to advise that <em>Lively<\/em> is to be refitted and that he is in receipt of a letter regarding the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/HMS_Griffin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Griffin<\/em><\/a> (1712)<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" 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rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190829 HMS Lively refit<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190829-HMS-Lively-refit-scaled.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-857d03a6-42d6-4982-b655-4e4e4f0a2292\">Download Scan<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-f11289e5a47debec131873c359f8abf7 wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">View in new tab: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--125\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190829-HMS-Lively-refit-scaled.jpg\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scan<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--126\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190829-HMS-Lively-refit.pdf\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On 31<sup>st<\/sup> August 1719 an account of \u2018laboratory stores\u2019, these were fuses, cartridge cases &amp;c. The Laboratory was where the cartridges, grenades and other ammunition was made up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190831-account-of-laboratory-stores.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 17190831 account of laboratory stores.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-95ec6141-3bb5-4193-8147-3550ec6eed7b\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190831-account-of-laboratory-stores.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190831 account of laboratory stores<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190831-account-of-laboratory-stores.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-95ec6141-3bb5-4193-8147-3550ec6eed7b\">Download Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-ceead90c-00ba-4c2c-9d15-63a4ecbba617\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190831-account-of-laboratory-stores.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190831 account of laboratory stores<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190831-account-of-laboratory-stores.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-ceead90c-00ba-4c2c-9d15-63a4ecbba617\">Download Scan<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-f11289e5a47debec131873c359f8abf7 wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">View in new tab: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--127\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190831-account-of-laboratory-stores.jpg\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scan<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--128\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190831-account-of-laboratory-stores.pdf\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A number of receipts, dated 1<sup>st<\/sup> September 1719, all written by the same clerk, but signed by various army officers. &nbsp;for powder, flints, pikes, shot and introducing us to the \u2018chevaux de frise\u2019 a spiked, wooden obstacle designed to impede infantry and cavalry. These receipts were all pinned together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have only included one of these as they are all very similar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190901-Archer-receipt-for-powder-shot.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 17190901 Archer receipt for powder &amp; shot.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-e562bf28-9413-49ee-9395-258f5eb4cbca\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190901-Archer-receipt-for-powder-shot.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190901 Archer receipt for powder &amp; shot<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190901-Archer-receipt-for-powder-shot.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-e562bf28-9413-49ee-9395-258f5eb4cbca\">Download Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-01ab490b-0fd1-4a1b-8e92-2f2ede7f4032\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190901-5-receipts-for-powder-shot-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17190901 5 receipts for powder &amp; shot<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190901-5-receipts-for-powder-shot-scaled.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-01ab490b-0fd1-4a1b-8e92-2f2ede7f4032\">Download Scan<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-f11289e5a47debec131873c359f8abf7 wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">View in new tab: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--129\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17190901-5-receipts-for-powder-shot-scaled.jpg\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scan<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--130\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17190901-Archer-receipt-for-powder-shot.pdf\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This letter of 10th October 1719 is a little confusing. It is addressed to Mr. Baxter, from John Blake Junior, yet begins &#8216;Dear Namesake&#8217;. Maybe they were friends and this was a private joke? Who knows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17191010-Mr-Collins-salary.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 17191010 Mr Collins&apos; salary.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-3e0073a6-ea50-4bb2-a6a2-553f2887fecc\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17191010-Mr-Collins-salary.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17191010 Mr Collins&#8217; salary<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17191010-Mr-Collins-salary.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-3e0073a6-ea50-4bb2-a6a2-553f2887fecc\">Download Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-50e53178-3252-4b6b-8798-b06fab98beb8\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17191010-Mr-Collins-salary-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17191010 Mr Collins&#8217; salary<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17191010-Mr-Collins-salary-scaled.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-50e53178-3252-4b6b-8798-b06fab98beb8\">Download Scan<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-f11289e5a47debec131873c359f8abf7 wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">View in new tab: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--131\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17191010-Mr-Collins-salary-scaled.jpg\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scan<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--132\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17191010-Mr-Collins-salary.pdf\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another document, transcribed by Philip Eley, this time a personal letter from Richard Veal (a Richard Veal, likely to be the same person, was one of the storekeepers in the mid 1700s). Unfortunately the document was not placed correctly in the scanner and some lines have been clipped. Philip has made a best guess where there are missing letters which he has indicated with square brackets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/17191017-personal-letter-from-Mr-Veal.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 17191017 personal letter from Mr Veal.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-517fd9a9-1cac-4a27-8fa1-bc5f54a143d4\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/17191017-personal-letter-from-Mr-Veal.pdf\">17191017 personal letter from Mr Veal<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/17191017-personal-letter-from-Mr-Veal.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-517fd9a9-1cac-4a27-8fa1-bc5f54a143d4\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-742c903c-4780-4c02-a5c8-56410aea5e4f\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/17191017-personal-letter-from-Mr-Veal-scaled.jpg\">17191017 personal letter from Mr Veal<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/17191017-personal-letter-from-Mr-Veal-scaled.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-742c903c-4780-4c02-a5c8-56410aea5e4f\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">View in new tab<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--133\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/17191017-personal-letter-from-Mr-Veal-scaled.jpg\" style=\"border-radius:45px;padding-top:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scan<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--134\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/17191017-personal-letter-from-Mr-Veal.pdf\" style=\"border-radius:44px;padding-top:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On 17<sup>th<\/sup> November 1719 a letter from Rob Bennet tells a story of fog and storms impeding the shipping between Greenwich and Portsmouth. It also tells of the poor health of the Surveyor General, Sir Michael Richards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17191117-apology-for-delay.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 17191117 apology for delay.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-f7498ddc-c770-405e-9310-53cc416f3273\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17191117-apology-for-delay.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17191117 apology for delay<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17191117-apology-for-delay.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-f7498ddc-c770-405e-9310-53cc416f3273\">Download Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-04fd41a2-1fdb-4220-a2df-a4dd580783cf\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17191117-apology-for-delay-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17191117 apology for delay<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17191117-apology-for-delay-scaled.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-04fd41a2-1fdb-4220-a2df-a4dd580783cf\">Download Scan<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-f11289e5a47debec131873c359f8abf7 wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">View in new tab: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--135\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17191117-apology-for-delay-scaled.jpg\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scan<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--136\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17191117-apology-for-delay.pdf\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A bill of laden, dated 3<sup>rd<\/sup> December 1719, for the <em>Isaac &amp; Elizabeth<\/em> hoy lists iron carriage parts being transported from Woolwich to Plymouth. The hoy made a stop at Portsmouth and the parts were transported onward to Plymouth as is borne out by the accompanying letter dated the following day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17191203-receipt-for-stores.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 17191203 receipt for stores.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-30e4504f-1709-4fc4-9a35-82cd2f55ad84\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17191203-receipt-for-stores.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17191203 receipt for stores<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17191203-receipt-for-stores.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-30e4504f-1709-4fc4-9a35-82cd2f55ad84\">Download Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-d2c84646-5a41-4245-8d9d-ec32301468f6\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17191203-receipt-for-stores-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17191203 receipt for stores<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17191203-receipt-for-stores-scaled.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-d2c84646-5a41-4245-8d9d-ec32301468f6\">Download Scan<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-f11289e5a47debec131873c359f8abf7 wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">View in new tab: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--137\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17191203-receipt-for-stores-scaled.jpg\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scan<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--138\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/17191203-receipt-for-stores.pdf\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On 7<sup>th<\/sup> December 1719 a bill of laden for the <em>Isaac &amp; Elizabeth<\/em> hoy lists stores to be transported to Messrs Hooper and Baxter at Portsmouth, Bedding for Peter Coward, clothing for Captain Pattison, and carriages and oil for William Dixon at Plymouth. The oil is supplied in a 2 tun fault. 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Parts such as cap squares, that held the trunnions in place and doulidges, the metal plates that held the wooden parts of a truck (wheel) together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17191210-old-iron-taken-from-carriages.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 17191210 old iron taken from carriages.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-074d8085-0347-4bde-a84a-99d38a2b68cf\" href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17191210-old-iron-taken-from-carriages.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17191210 old iron taken from carriages<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17191210-old-iron-taken-from-carriages.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button 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It was not a happy new year for Mr. Maxwell Junior, blacksmith at Portsmouth Dockyard who has evidently been slow in performing his duties. 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