Exeter Local Maritime Archives Project

Documents

Reference Detail Dates Archive Keywords
DD/DN 189,214,406,408-10,412,218,220 and 243 accounts of Flat Holm lighthouse, 1744-53, 1755-6, 1756-70, 1760, 1763, 1783 1744 to 1783 Somerset Record Office None
DD/SBT 3

declaration of loss of the Hindostan, 1854

1854 to None Somerset Record Office None
DD/DR U 108 letter describing shipwreck of Warren Hastings off Reunion Island, 1897 1897 to None Somerset Record Office None
DD/L box 295/8-9

correspondence, notices to lord of manor etc concerning wrecks off Watchet and Minehead, 1868-1912

1868 to 1912 Somerset Record Office maritime damage
D/B/bw 2130 evidence by Masters of Comfort & Nightingale, regarding loss of salt cargo in storm, 1739 1739 to None Somerset Record Office None
D/B/bw 2040 evidence regarding loss of salt due to ship sinking, 1750 1750 to None Somerset Record Office None
DD/WO 57 /4

letter regarding wreck of ship carrying oil off Perranuthnoe, c.1589-1604

1589 to 1604 Somerset Record Office oilspill
D/B/bw 1943 receipt of 64 pieces of cloth taken into custody by Mayor of Bridgwater following their arrest by the Commissioners of Admiralty at suit of Charles Delesthise and his merchant company at Antwerp, 1559 1559 to None Somerset Record Office None
D/B/bw 142/1692 letter from Arthur Lisle to Bridgwater corporation concerning his appointment to visit all the jurisdiction of the Admiralty in order to discover all exempt places and that he has appointed his servant Wodhall to act for him, n.d. None to None Somerset Record Office None
DD/SAS SX 68 grant of request to set up establishment in Rumbery, Austria to purchase wool and linen for export, 1753 1753 to None Somerset Record Office None
D/B/bw 31/12/15 compensation claims following collision of Mercator (Russian barquentine) with Highbridge wharf; evidence and photographs, including Borita, Bridgwater tug, 1903-04 1903 to 1904 Somerset Record Office None
DD/WO 49/3

'Charge of the watche at Clyve hill', 2 Philip and Mary, [beacons]

None to None Somerset Record Office None
DD/GND, 1/1/11

Taunton, account for goods carried by boat, 1832-74

1832 to 1874 Somerset Record Office None
DD/SF 4043 'the case of the citizens of Exeter against being taxed for making the river navigable', 1699 1699 to None Somerset Record Office protest
DD/WO 53/5/22

letter regarding Flemish treasure ship at Dartmouth, 1609

1609 to None Somerset Record Office None
DD/TOR 341 acknowledgements by masters to having received their vessels after service at sea, Portsmouth, 1672-3 1672 to 1673 Somerset Record Office None
DLons/W2/3/44

two draft letters from Sir James Lowther to Mr Corbet regarding effect of impressment on coal and other trades, 1746

1746 to 1746 Cumbria Record Office, Carlisle correspondence commerce fuel
D/LonsL1/3/16

letter regarding shipwreck and 21 casks of brandy off Browness, 28 April 1744

1744 to 1744 Cumbria Record Office, Carlisle correspondence alcohol trade
D/Sen/5/5/1/8/2

copy letter from T.A. Lee to Henry Fox regarding voyage from Holland to Edinburgh, c.1750

1750 to 1750 Cumbria Record Office, Carlisle travel correspondence Europe Scotland
D/Sen/5/5/1/9/17

letter regarding sale of the Nonsuch, 1789

1789 to 1789 Cumbria Record Office, Carlisle correspondence ships ownership