The Navy Office moved to Greenwich Palace for safety during the Plague.
Navy Office (Greenwich Palace)
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References
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1665
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"Thursday 24 August 1665
"... At noon down to Sir J. Minnes and Lord Bruncker to Greenwich to sign some of the Treasurer’s books, and there dined very well; and thence to look upon our rooms again at the King’s house, which are not yet ready for us."
I read this to say that the Navy Offices were to be in the King's House at Greenwich Palace. Pepys is never this specific on the location again.