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LORD HIGH ADMIRAL RUSSELL’S 1693 NAVAL RECORDS SCROLL
[ROYAL NAVY]. RUSSELL, Edward, Earl of Orford (1653-1727). Settlement of the accounts of Lord Orford as Treasurer of the Navy in the War of English Succession, 1693. Manuscript on 17 conjoined vellum leaves, rolled, 40 ½ feet by 12 ½ inches, several paper tax stamps, soiling on last leaf, ink stamp on verso of first leaf. Edward Russell, Earl of Orford (1653-1727), was a loyal supporter of King William. This document settles his financial accounts with the Crown for the year ending 31 March 1692, a period when he was serving as treasurer of the English Navy as well as Commander of the Fleet. In May and June of 1692, he led the fleet in a decisive pair of victories over the French at Barfleur and La Hogue.