The Clerk of the Acts, originally known as the Keeper of the King's Ports and Galleys, was a civilian officer in the Royal Navy and a principal member...
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Samuel Pepys (redirect from The Diaries of Samuel Pepys)
was made Earl of Sandwich on 18 June, and Pepys secured the position of Clerk of the Acts to the Navy Board on 13 July. As secretary to the board, Pepys...
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The clerk of the United States House of Representatives is an officer of the United States House of Representatives, whose primary duty is to act as the...
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of simply being known as the clerk, the position is generally referred to as the town clerk, township clerk, city clerk, village clerk, borough clerk...
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Sheerness (redirect from Port of Sheerness)
Samuel Pepys, then Clerk of the Acts of the navy, for shipbuilding over Chatham inland. After the raid on the Medway in 1667, the older fortification was...
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HMS Royal James (1671) (category Ships of the line of the Royal Navy)
U-shaped iron bars to secure the planking of the hull, despite stern disapproval from Admiralty's representative, the Clerk of the Acts Samuel Pepys. Deane defended...
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Black and Blue (2019 film) (category Fictional portrayals of the New Orleans Police Department)
who now is a convenience store clerk. However, he acts as if he doesn't know her, as the community deeply distrusts the police. To let Jennings have a...
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Navy Board (redirect from Council of the Marine)
and liaised with the First Lord of the Admiralty) Surveyor of the Navy Treasurer of the Navy Clerk of the Acts of the Navy Additional Commissioners added...
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Seething Lane (category Streets in the City of London)
into a house on the lane in 1660 when he became Clerk of the Acts of the Navy. The office was destroyed by fire in 1673 and rebuilt over the following two...
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William Penn (Royal Navy officer) (category Lords of the Admiralty)
the jealousy that he evidently held for Penn. In 1660, Penn was appointed a Commissioner of the Navy Board, where he worked with Pepys, Clerk of the Acts...
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