Exeter Local Maritime Archives Project

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SC15/99

letter of attorney taken in the Admiralty court by Thomas Collin, merchant of Morlaix, to Dominic Chester, Robert Kichin and William Mylls, authorising him in all causes, particularly to seize la Francoyse and unload and sell his goods, 8 July 1570

1570 to 1570 Southampton Archives correspondence navy ships cargo trade
TC Misc Box 1/100

petition against pirates of the Maghrib, 1632

1632 to 1632 Southampton Archives piracy ships
SC8/1-2

records of the Court of Admiralty, 1488-1812, proceedings of the Admiralty Court also appear in the Second Book of Remembrance, 1488-1597 (SC2/1/3), for Keyhaven 14 July 1493 and for Hamble 24 September 1493, pages 15v-16; for Hamble 27 April 1508, page 52; for Lymington 19 January 1570, pages 36-8v.  For the whole port 4 August 1707 - 23 September 1756, pages 58-76.

1488 to 1812 Southampton Archives navy
SC8/1

Admiralty Court Books.  For the first book see E. Welch (ed.), The Admiralty Court Book of Southampton, Southampton Record Series, 1968. comprising 1), 16 September 1566 - 14 March 1585; 2), 5 October 1622 - 6 September 1675; 3), 12 October 1804 - 10 August 1827

1566 to 1968 Southampton Archives navy
SC8/2

Admiralty Court Papers, comprising 1-18, Warrants and Deputations, 1707-1812; 19a-114, Miscellaneous papers, 1636-1768

1636 to 1812 Southampton Archives navy
SC8/2/115

writ of High Court of Admiralty, 1543

1543 to 1543 Southampton Archives navy
D/WW

records of the Southampton Area Committee of the Titanic Relief Fund, including minute books, 1912-59; cash book, 1912-41; register of monthly payments, 1945-58; register of beneficiaries and quarterly accounts, 1945-58

1912 to 1959 Southampton Archives welfare wrecks
SC2/3/49/1-2 Port and Public Health Committee minutes, 1947-53 (also see SC2/1/43-5 for signed minutes, 1953-5) 1947 to 1953 Southampton Archives None
Customs & Brokage books

Southampton has an unusually fine series of customs books, 1426-1982.  See the Southampton Record Series for Paul Studer (ed.), The Port Books of Southampton... 1427-1430, 1913; Brian Foster (ed.), The Local Port Book of Southampton for 1435-36, vol. VII, 1963; Henry S. Cobb (ed.), The Local Port Book of Southampton for 1439-40, vol. V, 1961; D.B. Quinn (ed.), The Port Books or Local Customs Accounts of Southampton for the Reign of Edward 14, in two volumes for the years 1469-71 & 1477-81, 1937-8; Thomas Beaumont James (ed.), The Port Book of Southampton 1509-10, vols XXXII-III, 1990. and brokage books.  There are also Brokage (or inland trade) Books, c.1430-1566.  See the Southampton Record Series for Barbara D.M. Bunyard (ed.), The Brokage Book of Southampton from 1439-40, 1941; K.F. Stevens and T.E. Olding (eds), The Brokage Books of Southampton 1477-8 and 1527-8, vol.XXVII, 1985 and Elisabeth A. Lewis (ed.), The Southampton Port and Brokage Books, 1448-9, vol.XXXVI, 1993.

1426 to 1982 Southampton Archives None
D/SWA

records of Southern Water Authority, 1847-1982, including papers on sea defence

1847 to 1982 Southampton Archives security coastal
TC/box6/9

Mayor's note of expenses incurred 3 April - 20 November for work to sea banks, 27 March 1724

1724 to 1724 Southampton Archives coastal erosion
TC/box6/24

notes of repairs necessary to property and sea banks contained in covenants, 7 March 1745

1745 to 1745 Southampton Archives coastal erosion
TC/box6/106

list of subscribers for repair of sea banks, c.1750

1750 to 1750 Southampton Archives coastal erosion
TC/box6/155

draft petition about repairs to quays and duties payable for using them, request that foreign ships should be barred at Northam, in particular a Norwegian ship, n.d.

None to None Southampton Archives wharfs maintenance levies
D/Z28/24

specification for installing electric lighting in L.S.W.R. Dora, n.d., and notes about installation in other vessels, 1901, n.d.

1901 to 1901 Southampton Archives ships
D/Z59

report on Southampton harbour and proposed dock by John Rennie, 31 July 1805

1805 to 1805 Southampton Archives ports
TC/6/11

letter from the Mayor and aldermen of Poole to the mayor of Southampton about payment of wharfage and keyage, 24 December 1729

1729 to 1729 Southampton Archives correspondence
D/Z770, 1

day book of Moody's Boat Building Yard, September 1735 - December 1752

1735 to 1752 Southampton Archives construction shipbuilding
D/Z620/1-21

misc papers regarding boatyard adjoining Millbrook Station belonging to R.H. Woodcock, 1929-31, n.d.

1929 to 1931 Southampton Archives construction shipbuilding
D/PSR, 74

partnership deal of Edmund A. Henniker & John H. Hoggs, shipping, forwarding and insurance agents of Southampton, 18 February 1886;

1886 to 1886 Southampton Archives cargo