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| Date from | Date to | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1679 | 1694 | Service as a merchant seaman | ADM 107/1 |
| 26.2.1693/94 | Passed the Lieutenant's Examination | RNLPC | |
| 25.2.1696/97 | Commander | BWAS-1603 | |
| 25.2.1696/97 | 3.1696/97 | Virgin Prize (32), Commander and Commanding Officer | BWAS-1603 |
| 8.1697 | Captain | BWAS-1603 | |
| 1.11.1697 | 7.1698 | Sunderland (60), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/4/121 | BWAS-1603 |
| 25.9.1701 | 25.6.1703 | Sorlings (32), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/6/114 | BWAS-1603 |
| 22.8.1703 | 24.2.1703/4 | Burford (70), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/8/23 Commission confirmed 1.11.1703 | ADM 6/8 |
| 25.2.1703/4 | 7.4.1704 | Hazardous (54), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/8/58 | ADM 6/8 |
| 8.4.1704 | 17.7.1705 | Woolwich (54), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/8/70 | BWAS-1603 |
| 28.11.1705 | 27.5.1706 | Norwich (54), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/8/213 | BWAS-1603 |
| 28.5.1706 | 17.10.1708 | Norwich (54), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/8/255 | ADM 6/8 |
| 18.10.1708 | 1710 | Rupert (64), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/9/190 | BWAS-1603 |
| 1710 | 30.8.1712 | Rupert (64), Commodore and Commanding Officer | BWAS-1603 |
| 4.1.1709/10 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — Jamaica ADM 6/11/18 | ADM 6/11 |