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| Date from | Date to | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1672 | Lieutenant | CSORN | |
| 5.1672 | 7.1674 | Dreadnought (58), Second Lieutenant | ODNB |
| 28.5.1672 | Battle of Solebay | ||
| 28.5.1673 | First Battle of Schooneveld | ||
| 4.6.1673 | Second Battle of Schooneveld | ||
| 11.8.1673 | Battle of Texel | ||
| 10.12.1676 | 5.11.1677 | Dragon (40), First Lieutenant ADM 8/1/83 | ODNB |
| 23.11.1677 | 10.12.1677 | Centurion (50), First Lieutenant | ODNB |
| 10.12.1677 | 21.3.1677/78 | Mary (54), First Lieutenant | ODNB |
| 21.3.1677/78 | Captain | CSORN | |
| 22.3.1677/78 | 2.8.1678 | Tiger Prize (48), Captain and Commanding Officer | BWAS-1603 |
| 10.1.1681/82 | 12.9.1684 | Swan (32), Captain and Commanding Officer | BWAS-1603 |
| 30.4.1685 | Commissioned as a lieutenant in the 1st Foot Guards. | ODNB | |
| 18.5.1688 | 27.10.1689 | Bonaventure (52), Captain and Commanding Officer | ODNB |
| 28.10.1689 | 3.9.1690 | York (58), Captain and Commanding Officer | TRN2 |
| 30.6.1690 | Battle of Beachy Head | ||
| 5.8.1690 | 25.10.1690 | Royal Katherine (84), Captain and Commanding Officer | ODNB |
| 11.1690 | aft.10.2.1693 | Saint Michael (90), Captain and Commanding Officer | BWAS-1603 |
| 19.5.1692 | Battle of Barfleur | ||
| 28.2.1692/93 | Captain Thomas Hopson, Portsmouth . He was granted conduct money from Chatham to Portsmouth to serve on the Bredah. The Clerk of the Cheque has paid several others, but refuses the money without an order from the Board and asks for this to be sent. | ADM 106 | |
| 4.3.1692/93 | Captain Thomas Hopson, the Bredah, Portsmouth . He has an Admiralty commission to be Rear Admiral of the squadron in the Mediterranean, under the command of Sir George Rooke. He asks for suitable flags and colours for this role. | ADM 106 | |
| bef.4.3.1693 | 1694 | Bredah (70), as Flag Officer, Rear-Admiral | ODNB |
| 4.7.1693 | Rear-Admiral of the Red | CSORN | |
| 22.8.1693 | Rear-Admiral of the Blue | CSORN | |
| 9.1693 | 1694 | Russell (80), as Flag Officer, Rear-Admiral | ODNB |
| 10.11.1693 | Vice-Admiral | CSORN | |
| 1694 | Montagu (58), as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral | BWAS-1603 | |
| 1699 | Kent (70), as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral | ODNB | |
| 1700 | Nassau (70), as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral | BWAS-1603 | |
| 17.4.1700 | Rear-Admiral of the Red ADM 6/6/32 | ADM 6/6 | |
| 1701 | 1.1702 | Ranelagh (80), as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral of the Red | BWAS-1714 |
| 14.4.1701 | Vice-Admiral of the Blue ADM 6/6/88 | CSORN | |
| 30.6.1701 | Vice-Admiral of the Red ADM 6/6/106 | CSORN | |
| 28.1.1701/2 | Vice-Admiral of the White ADM 6/7/2 | ADM 6/7 | |
| 7.5.1702 | Vice-Admiral of the Red ADM 6/7/34 | ADM 6/7 | |
| 6.1702 | 11.1702 | Prince George (96), as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral | BWAS-1714 |
| 9.1702 | 1703 | Torbay (80), as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral of the Red | BWAS-1714 |
| 12.10.1702 | Battle of Vigo | ||
| 1703 | Appointed Knight Bachelor | E-WIKI | |
| 1704 | 1708 | Appointed Governor of Greenwich Hospital | E-WIKI |