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TSR

Registry of British ships, Cardigan transaction register

 

1855 to 1969 Ceredigion Archives None
Acc 1071

Aberystwyth port: port book

1854 to 1901 Ceredigion Archives harbours registers
4931

Dr. Lewis Lloyd: notes re: maritime history, 19th-20th cent.

1800 to 1999 Anglesey Record Office mariners
RYE/47/37/2

 Money paid by Mr. Edolphe, mayor, towards the building of

 the pinnace. A book giving the weekly accounts in detail under the

 headings of shipwrights, timber, pitch, oakum, sailcloth, etc. The sum

 total is £53  13s. 9d. 1587, October 7, to 1588, May 10

1587 to 1588 East Sussex Record Office construction finances tradesmen materials
RYE/47/41/2

 Order signed by Sir John Hawkins, Sir Henry Palmer, W. Borough and B. Gonson relating to request for payment of ship money for ships being built at Deptford and Woolwich. 1590, April 1

 

1590 to 1590 East Sussex Record Office finances construction
RYE/45/22

Writ for levying 'ship money' directed to the mayors and other

 officers of Rochester, Maidstone, Sandwich, Dover, Hythe, New Romney and

 Canterbury, co. Kent, and Rye, Winchelsea, Hastings, Pevensey, Shoreham,

 Arundel and Chichester, Isle of Sheppey, Isle of Thanet, 'the town of

 Milhall,' Lewes and Brighthelmston and all maritime places.: 20 October

 1634

1634 to 1634 East Sussex Record Office finances
SAS-N/865

 

  Bill of Sale of a Moiety of the Steam Packet Prince of Cobourg 1 Jun

 1819  Aaron Manby, of Horseley, Staffs, ironfounder, to Hen Smith, of

Gainsburgh, Lincs, esq.  Consideration £975. Burthen 71 tons. Jas Bell, master, now trading  between Gainsburgh and Kingston upon Hull.

 

1819 to 1819 East Sussex Record Office ships ownership money
SAS-N/866

 

  Bill of Sale of the Steam Packet Prince of Cobourg 15 Feb 1820

  Hen Smith, John Andrew Harrison, also of Gainsburgh, merchant, and Jas Bell LL,

 of same, mariner, to Geo Ward, of West Cowes in Isle of Wight, esq, &

 Wil Fitzhugh, of town of Southampton, esq   Consideration £2,400

1820 to 1820 East Sussex Record Office ships ownership money costs
RYE/47/43/12

  

   --The Mayor and Jurats of Rye to Thomas Fane. - ref. - date: 1591, May

 23 relating to the recruitment of mariners for Her Majesty's ships under the charge

 of Sir Henry Palmer.

1591 to 1591 East Sussex Record Office navy pressganging
RYE/47/157/9

    --Petition of the Fishermen of Rye to the Commissioners of

 the Navy and Admiralty. - ref. - date: 1658[-9], February 28

1658 to 1659 East Sussex Record Office recruitment mariners
SAS/A746

   Reports of a survey of Shoreham Harbour by William Jessop,

 Newark, 17 Jul 1800 and Cater Rand, Lewes, 30 Aug 1800 and the removal

 of shingle; letter from Daniel Rowland [Lord Abergavenny's solicitor] to

 the Earl of Chichester enclosing a case and opinion of J Campbell

 concerning the taking of shingle from the beach and stones from the

 cliff at the manor of Rottingdean, 9 Jan 1824, with the further opinion

 of N C Tindal, Inner Temple, 26 Jan 1824

1800 to 1824 East Sussex Record Office ports coastal erosion correspondence
SAS/A757

   Evidence to prove that wrecks at the manor of Bishopstone are

 answerable at the Exchequer and not (as they claim) to the Lord Admiral

 or the Bishop of Chichester

   And concerning wrecks at Mabbeland belonging to the Earl of Surrey,

 claimed as part of his manor of Meeching but in fact a freehold of

 Bishopstone (see SAS/A 755; concludes with a list of goods from a wreck

 'not yet set away or claimed by any merchant';

None to None East Sussex Record Office customs navy cargo
SAS-RF/18/12  - date: 1758-1759

   Of the quantities of salted beef, pork and butter imported from Ireland

 for the use of the navy since 24 Jun 1758, prepared by the London

 Victualling Office in answer to a House of Commons order of 16 Nov;

 James Wallace, T Styles, W Jenkins, 19 Nov 1759

1758 to 1759 East Sussex Record Office victuals food meat dairy cargo
SAS-RF/18/17

Notes on the use of beef by the navy, and of comparative

 prices - ref. - date: nd, 1760

 

  

1760 to 1760 East Sussex Record Office food meat victuals
SAS-RF/18/25 Draft clause permitting import for the supply of the navy,

 marines and transports - ref. - date: nd, 1760

 

1760 to 1760 East Sussex Record Office victuals food cargo trade
SAS-RF/18/97

   Draft resolution proposing an embargo on the shipping of

 provisions from Ireland except to the colonies, army, navy or allies -

 nd, c1760

1760 to 1760 East Sussex Record Office victuals trade cargo food
FRE/6857

  Correspondence of Captain David Hay, RN

   Letter from David Maitland, Gosport, Hampshire to David Hay, 4 Rue

 Sonbise, Dunkirk - 22 Oct 1774

   Thanking him for the help he gave him in the past as a 'common seaman',

 news that he is at present '2nd of the Royal Oak' and enclosing

 information about Captain Montford who fled Gosport leaving behind

 considerable debts

1774 to 1774 East Sussex Record Office mariners
ABE/9L

- Letter from Robert Henley, C S Granville, P Temple, W Pitt,

 Anson and Holdernesse to Lord Abergavenny, Lord Lieutenant of Sussex -

 ref. - date: 9 Mar 1759

   Enjoining him as being 'absolutely necessary in the present critical

 state of affairs to cause search to be made throughout the county for

 straggling seamen to serve in His Majesty's fleet

 

  

1759 to 1759 East Sussex Record Office correspondence mariners recruitment navy pressganging
ABE/9M  - Letter from Robert Henley, C S Granville, P Temple, W Pitt,

 Anson and Holdernesse to Lord Abergavenny, Custos Rotulorum of Sussex -

 ref. - date: 9 Mar 1759

   Promising a bounty of £3 for every AB seaman and £1 10s for every

 ordinary seaman presenting himself for service and also promising a

 reward of £1 and 6d per mile travelling expenses for every seaman that

 may be taken and handed over to one of His Majesty's Ships at

 Portsmouth, Seaford or Hastings

1759 to 1759 East Sussex Record Office correspondence mariners navy recruitment
RYE/47/6/8 -

   Indenture between Richard Bushop of Rye, master and owner of

 the ship Mary Thomas of the burden of 70 tons, and Robert Farley and

 Cornellis Sohier of Rye, merchants, concerning voyages of the said ship

 to Rochelle and elsewhere. 1573, October 2

1573 to 1573 East Sussex Record Office travel trade