| Reference | Detail | Dates | Archive | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pw A/ | letters to 1rst earl of Portsmouth, including 1082-4, three from Admiral Sir George Rooke, 1695-7; 1086-96, from Admiral Edward Russell, 1692-5, including naval orders and investigation into Russell's naval activities; 1407-26, from Sir John Trenchard, 1693-4, including list of English and Dutch ships, 1694, project regarding the destruction of Dunkirk harbour, 1694; 1667, naval order from William III, n.d.; correspondence with the Dutch state, includes, 1872, list of ships and men, 1692, 1878-9, plan and drawing of Le Havre, n.d., 1880, drawing of ships, n.d.; 2188-262, papers regarding the fleet of the Prince of Orange, 1688; 2523-4, instructions to Sir Cloudisley Shovell, Commander-in-Chief, of the Mediterranean fleet, 13 October 1696; 2597-600, papers relating to the navy, 1689-97 |
1688 to 1880 | University of Nottingham Archives | correspondence King illustrations |
| Ne C 13,294/1-4 | papers regarding Mr Gladstone and the Russian attack on the Turkish fleet at Sinope, 1886 |
1886 to 1886 | University of Nottingham Archives | navy |
| Pw C/310 | letter to 3rd Duke of Portland from Jean Jacques Grand regarding Fleet under command of Admiral Matthews, 10 March n.y. |
None to None | University of Nottingham Archives | correspondence navy |
| Ga M | papers of General Robert Monckton recording military events in north America, 1755-63, including naval activity in the Bay of Fundy, 1758; proposed expedition against Martinique, 1761 |
1755 to 1763 | University of Nottingham Archives | navy |
| Ga, 12831 | five letters from Sir George Savile to Sir Philip Monckton, 1667, including references to the burning of the English ships by the Dutch at Chatham |
1667 to 1667 | University of Nottingham Archives | correspondence wrecks |
| Ga, 12832-3 | letter from Colonel Richard Abbot, with an account of the taking of the island of Nevis, 3 June 1706, and conditions given to English officers by French commander, 1706 |
1706 to 1706 | University of Nottingham Archives | correspondence Americas |
| Ga, 12720 | `A relation of a sea fight with the Dutch by the General and the Hinest Prince Rupert', seventeenth century |
1600 to 1699 | University of Nottingham Archives | None |
| Mi 4 F/170-90 | letters of Henry Ernest Digby Hugh Willoughby who served onboard HMS Canopus and HMS Indefatigable, 1900-1916 |
1900 to 1916 | University of Nottingham Archives | correspondence navy ships |
| Mo 1/82 | letter of Piscilla Digby to Mrs Molyneux, 12 September 1745, with reference to the arrival of two prize ships at Bristol |
1745 to 1745 | University of Nottingham Archives | correspondence |
| Ga, 12836-41 | papers of Robert Monckton, Commissioner, Commission for Trade and Plantations, 1707-14, including minutes and report of the French fishing rights at Newfoundland, 4 April 1712, report on British fisheries, including Newfoundland and Greenland, early eighteenth century; report on the herring fishery of north Scotland and on the salting of fish, 1714 |
1707 to 1714 | University of Nottingham Archives | None |
| Mi X, 1 papers | Some of these papers were edited by Gillian Cell in Newfoundland Discovered: English Attempts at Colonisation, 1610-30 (Hakluyt Society, Series II, volume 160, 1982) and others by David Quinn in New American World, volume IV, 157-78 connected with a trading venture to Newfoundland, 1610-31, including 1/1, notebook, 1610-13, n.d.; 1/2-62, correspondence between Thomas Willoughby and John Browne, Mrs Browne, Elizabeth Cowper, Henry Crout, Edward Garton, John Guy, Nicholas Guy, John Harrington, William Hatton, Bartholomew Pearson, Robert Rossell, Thomas Rowley, Humphrey Slany, John Slany, lady Bridget Willoughby and Sir Percival Willoughby, with estimates for fitting out a fishing ships, inventories of stores, etc.; 1/63-5, grants to Sir Percival Willoughby and others of land in Newfoundland, 1617-18; 1/66, journal of a voyage to Newfoundland, 1612-13 |
1610 to 1631 | University of Nottingham Archives | commerce trade |
| Pw2/565 | copy petition of the `proprietors of very considerable plantations' on Barbados, n.d. (?early eighteenth century) |
1700 to 1750 | University of Nottingham Archives | Caribbean Colonies |
| Ne C 12981-5 | log books of Lord Lincoln's tour in the Mediterranean and of the Duke of Newcastle onboard R.Y.S. Schooner Gitana, 1850 |
1850 to 1850 | University of Nottingham Archives | Europe travel boats |
| MS5 | logbooks, of Midshipman George Ross Divett, 1863-9, onboard HMS Columbine from Spithead to Rio de Janeiro (1863-4), HMS Sutlej in the Pacific and return to Spithead (1864-6, 1866-7), HMS Victory at Portsmouth (1867), HMS Gladiator Spithead to Portsmouth (1867-8), HMS Duke of Wellington at Portsmouth (1868-9), HMS Martin(r)MDBU on the south coast (1869) |
1863 to 1869 | University of Nottingham Archives | navy ships Brazil |
| Me X 5/3-4 | verses, directions to a painter at Harrogate Spa & South Sea Ballad, early eighteenth century |
1700 to 1750 | University of Nottingham Archives | None |
| Me X 6/8 | two Navy 5% Annuity vouchers in favour of Mrs Anne Chambers, 3-4 May 1819 |
1819 to 1819 | University of Nottingham Archives | None |
| Mo 1/71 | letter from unknown writer to William Challand, includes a description of the spa house, wells and wharf at Scarborough, 24 January 1737 |
1737 to 1737 | University of Nottingham Archives | correspondence |
| Ga 24/8-12 | correspondence concerning the hiring of a villa at Biarritz by Lord Galway, 1908 |
1908 to 1908 | University of Nottingham Archives | Europe travel leisure |
| Ga, 12756 | letter to Sir Philip Monckton regarding the deaths of the crew of the London, 29 December 1670 |
1670 to 1670 | University of Nottingham Archives | correspondence ships |
| Ne P/40 | sketch of a schooner to sail with three masts designed for an easy draft of water, proposed for the Duke of Newcastle by Linn Ratsey, Cowes, 16 November 1812 |
1812 to 1812 | University of Nottingham Archives | illustrations yachts |