Exeter Local Maritime Archives Project

Documents

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HA 507/7/2-13

papers of George William Hervey, second earl of Bristol, 1755-61, including letters from British admirals regarding naval disputes with France & Spain, naval captains, shipping disputes in Spanish waters, list of the ships of the Toulon squadr

1668 to 1761 Suffolk Record Office correspondence navy
941/55

papers & correspondence of John Augustus, Lord Hervey, including relating to his service as R.N. Captain stationed in the St Lawrence river, 1778-9

1778 to 1779 Suffolk Record Office navy
941/50

papers & correspondence of August John, third earl of Bristol, including relating to his office as Lord of the Admiralty, 1771-5, & Vice Admiral, 1778, including notes on treaty obligation for salute of British ships at sea, c.1769

1769 to 1778 Suffolk Record Office navy
941/47/11

volume of misc. papers, 1740-2, including `an account of the present naval strength of England' possibly written by Lord Hervey

1740 to 1742 Suffolk Record Office navy
FL506/7/42

notice from Baberg chief constable regarding raising man to serve in the navy for Groton & Great Waldingfield, 2 April 1795

1795 to 1795 Suffolk Record Office recruitment service
EL110/7/38

order for Mildenhall parish to levy rates for bounties, 1 May 1795

1795 to 1795 Suffolk Record Office recruitment navy
EL110/7/39

order for Mildenhall parish to pay bounty to Edward Holmes, volunteer entering navy, 28 December 1796

1796 to 1796 Suffolk Record Office recruitment service
FL 506/7/27

letter regarding apprenticing boys to the sea, 1840

1840 to 1840 Suffolk Record Office correspondence service recruitment navy
FL 509/9/3

warrant for Babergh hundred to provide victuals for Her Majesty's navy, 1601

1601 to 1601 Suffolk Record Office food provisions
FL650/4/1

account of collections for English captives in Algiers in Little Whelnetham parish register, 1680

1680 to 1680 Suffolk Record Office Africa prisoners
E19/421

letter with reference to Spanish privateeers on coast between South Carolina & New York, 1743

1743 to 1743 Suffolk Record Office correspondence America piracy
1341/7

John & Elizabeth, merchant ship trading with Madeira & Jamaica, 1719-23

1719 to 1723 Suffolk Record Office commerce Colonies Caribbean Europe cargo
2067Lit.

notes on shipping from the Bury & Norwich Post from 1782-1800, n.d.

1782 to 1800 Suffolk Record Office publications newspapers
FL 509/9/4

warrant for collection of money in lieu of carriage of timber for shipbuilding, Long Melford, 1601

1601 to 1601 Suffolk Record Office cargo construction
HB 500/C/18/1-6

correspondence & other papers relating to the Eyemouth Boat Building Company of Berwickshire, 1960-6, including concerning the Santyago, 50 foot motor yacht

1960 to 1966 Suffolk Record Office construction shipbuilders
941/67/13

correspondence on shares in trading ships, 1837-58

1837 to 1858 Suffolk Record Office ownership commerce
2177/5.19-5.20

deeds relating to the David, 1847

1847 to 1847 Suffolk Record Office ships ownership
2177/4.7-4.8

share certificates & other papers of the London, Lowestoft, Norwich & Beccles Shipping & Trading Company, 1837

1837 to 1837 Suffolk Record Office ownership commerce
941/73/2

seventeenth-century collection of copies of misc. accounts & letters including fo.1-14, `certain projects presented to his Majesty by John Keymer touching fishing & merchandise', early seventeenth century; fos178-200, accounts by Sir Franc

1595 to 1699 Suffolk Record Office correspondence King trade
DDGR

papers of the Grimston family, include 39, papers of Vice-Admiral Henry Medley,(r)FN1.  See HMC, Report on the Manuscripts of Lady du Cane (1905) which lists in detail many but not all of the papers. c.1687-1749, comprising c.1500 documents;

1687 to 1905 East Riding of Yorkshire Archive Service collections