Clerk of the Acts to the Navy Board

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government office naval administrative office position in the Royal Navy administration

The Clerk of the Acts to the Navy Board was a senior administrative officer responsible for managing the records, correspondence, and day-to-day bureaucratic operations of the English Royal Navy’s governing body in the 17th century.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Clerk of the Navy	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government office ⓘ naval administrative office ⓘ position in the Royal Navy administration ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Royal Navy ⓘ surface form: English Navy Royal Navy ⓘ
appointedBy	Crown of England ⓘ Lord High Admiral of England ⓘ surface form: Lord High Admiral
country	Kingdom of England ⓘ
dissolved	18th century ⓘ
domain	maritime affairs ⓘ
fieldOfWork	naval administration ⓘ public administration ⓘ
hierarchicalSuperior	Lord High Admiral of England ⓘ Navy Board ⓘ
historicalPeriod	17th century ⓘ Stuart period ⓘ surface form: Restoration era Stuart period ⓘ Tudor dynasty ⓘ surface form: Tudor period
inception	16th century ⓘ
location	London, England ⓘ surface form: London Navy Office, Seething Lane ⓘ
officeHeldBy	Samuel Pepys ⓘ
officeType	civil service position ⓘ non-combatant naval office ⓘ
partOf	Navy Board ⓘ
positionHeldBy	Samuel Pepys ⓘ Sir George Carteret ⓘ Thomas Hayter ⓘ Thomas Middleton ⓘ William Coventry ⓘ
replacedBy	Secretary of the Admiralty ⓘ surface form: Secretary to the Admiralty
responsibleFor	administration of Navy Board records ⓘ coordination of communication between Navy Board and other government offices ⓘ custody of Navy Board seals and registers ⓘ day-to-day bureaucratic operations of the Navy Board ⓘ drafting official letters and orders ⓘ filing and registration of naval documents ⓘ maintenance of contracts and warrants ⓘ management of Navy Board correspondence ⓘ preparation of minutes of Navy Board meetings ⓘ record-keeping for naval expenditures and supplies ⓘ
sameAs	Clerk of the Acts ⓘ
seat	Navy Office, Seething Lane ⓘ surface form: Navy Office, London
usedDocument	Navy Board minutes ⓘ correspondence registers ⓘ naval contracts ⓘ naval warrants ⓘ
workLanguage	English ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Clerk of the Acts → alsoKnownAs → Clerk of the Acts to the Navy Board ⓘ

this entity surface form: Clerk of the Navy

Samuel Pepys → positionHeld → Clerk of the Acts to the Navy Board ⓘ