Berkshire Record Office

Part of the Trumball MSS, D/ED, including diplomatic and trade papers relating to Turkey, seventeenth century, notably B1,2, journal and ledger of London merchants dealing in wines, cloth, etc., to Spain, Portugal, the East Indies, etc.; customhouse certificate for cinnamon re-exported to Leghorn, 1623-38; F32, agreement for a voyage to Virginia aboard the Planter, 1622, was withdrawn in 1989 and is now held at the British Library.

order for payment of the collector of customs at Newcastle on Tyne, 1686

copy of a proclamation denouncing Roger North, the projector of trade on the Amazon, 1620

`Money for Virginia', in Warfield Churchwarden's accounts, 1617

miscellaneous papers relating to Barbados, including those of the Customs, Prize Office, trade, 1696-1721

papers on an inquiry into irregularities in the collection of tobacco and sugar duties at the customs house, London, 1694

order for payment of loan on malt and cider duties, 1715

order for removal of 10 named convicts from Reading gaol to the hulks at Portsmouth, 1820.

order for removal of a prisoner to the hulk Justitia on the river Thames, 1826

printed statements on emigration to Australia, 1829, 1835

account by J. Mason of his transportation to New South Wales, 1830-7.

mention in Bradfield vestry minutes of a scheme for assisted emigration to Canada, c. 1832.

emigration of paupers in a party from East Hendred to Canada, 1832.

mention in Longworth vestry minutes regarding parochial help with emigration, 1833-4

Ashbury parish fund for assisting emigration to Canada and South Africa, 1845

letter from an emigrant to the USA describing conditions there, 1851.

correspondence on emigration of a workhouse inmate to Australia, 1853-6 

letter from J. Richardson on Franklin's expedition, 1825; letter from Capt. F.R.M. Crozier, c.1840

financial accounts of voyages of the Jane Brown to Buenos Aires and the Cape of Good Hope, 1847-87

plan of Elizabeth Castle and Charles Fort, Guernsey, c.1682

maps of area round the Black Sea, c. 1690

plan of town and naval battle of Nova Colonia do Sacramento, River Plate, 1763 

notebook kept during a tour of France

diary of a journey from Yarmouth to St Petersburg, departing in the Prince of Wales, packet-boat, 1797-8

`history' of a stay on the Continent, in French, 1810-13

short diary of a journey round the coast of  Asia Minor, 1865

diaries of Mr and Mrs A.E. Preston of Abingdon, including world tour and cruises, 1888-1927

correspondence of the 3rd Earl of Radnor regarding Missions to Seamen, 1855-62; with Revd R.H. Baynes, incumbent, St Paul's Church for Seamen, Whitechapel, 1860-2

MS. copy of Observations on the Royal Navy by Sir Arthur Gorges, n.d. (seventeenth century)

letter on transport of timber from Hampshire to Deptford and Woolwich, 1607

letters and orders to the Admiralty, 1652-3

accounts of Edward Russell, earl of Orford, in capacity of Treasurer of the Navy, 1689-99

Admiralty Board papers concerning seamen's pay, 1691

detailed statements on all ships in the navy, c.1690, 1696

`A discourse touching the cause of the decay of our Naval Discipline', 1694

certificate of service of Thomas Jackson, A.B. on HMS Stag, 1858

letter on payment for taking soldiers to Plymouth to serve in the king's ships, 1625

`a rough draft of a new Modell att Sea 29 Novr. 1693', on recruitment of officers, by the Marquis of Halifax, 1693

printed notice of bounty for volunteer seamen, 1795

essay regarding fleet for the West Indies, early seventeenth century

copies of papers and correspondence on the West Indies campaign, copy of journal of the Vanguard, letters regarding the conduct of the Rear Admiral Charles Thompson, 1795

receipt by Navy Pay Office of administration of George Collins, killed in action, with note of possible prize money due to Thomas Collins, 1802-14

references in letters of Lord Braybrooke and Lord Glastonbury regarding French naval fleet, 1803-14

proclamation of thanksgiving for the battle of Trafalgar, Shellingford parish, 1805

extracts from a diary on conduct of naval warfare against the French, 1807-12

orders of the Commander in Chief off the Spanish and Portuguese coasts, 1808-10

orders to naval captain for actions against the French including at Java, 1808-12

papers regarding `Friends of HMS Euryalus' in Ascot, Sunninghill and Sunningdale, 1942-64

copy of writ in Wokingham borough minutes for the collection of Ship Money, c.1634

assessment for the borough of Wokingham, 1636

Admiralty Board papers on victualling, 1693

notes by Sir William Trumball on the Tangier expedition, 1683

the true state of Tanger or Tanger Improveable' suggestions made to the Earl of Dartmouth, c.1684

brief for collection at Burghfield for redemption of captives taken by Turkish pirates, 1692

a discourse about pirates with proper remedies to suppress them', in American waters, c.1695

notes of a Parliamentary debate on prize ships and impressment, 1755

map and sailing directions for entering the port of Valdivia, Chile, 1695

accounts of the Commissioners for improving DonagheeHarbour

correspondence between 3rd earl of Radnor and Archdeacon Croft and Mr Marjoribanks relating, in part, to the establishment of a pilot station at Folkestone, 1838

deed mentioning annuity paid from lighthouses in Norfolk and Suffolk

correspondence and other papers including references to right of wreck, Folkestone, 1860-4

copy of proceedings at the investigation into the loss of the Hardy, 1861

notes on a parliamentary debate on estimates for the building of ships, 1748

correspondence, photographs, notes, etc. regarding the figurehead and building of HMS Bellerophon, 1926, c.1924-6

bonds and insurance policies on named ships, shares in ships, etc, involved with the East Indies trade, 1744-63

bills of sale of shares in a named ship, papers on cargoes, marine stores and food, etc., 1753-62

printed billhead of W. Slark, coach and shipping agent, London, 1826-7

deed of sale of the Commodore of London, 1847

letter from Fabian Trumball on his father's death by drowning at Colmoger, 1591

correspondence on sale of timber to the Company, 1592-1615

later copy of a proclamation restricting import of spices to East India Company, 1609

enforced carriage of ship-timber by carts, etc., Surrey, 1620

petitions to the Privy Council, etc., mainly concerned with trade and shipping, c.1620-1700

letter book of merchants trading to Alicante in Spain

Levant Company's factor's journals and accounts, 1660-1709

D/EBt Z8, estimate for starting a cocoa plantation in Jamaica, 1667

Levant Company's factor's accounts, 1679-98

newsletters from London to merchants in Venice,

general statement of account of the East India Company, 1695

observations on the old East India Company and proposals for its reconstitution, 1696

invoices and bills of lading for cargoes of sugar, 1700-1710

ledger of a merchant of London, in dyestuffs and cloth for the domestic and overseas market, 1707-9

detailed statement of shares in cargoes of named ships in various voyages and of diamonds shipped, Fort St George, 1727

statistics and papers on export of sugar to Europe from the plantations, 1708-c.37

executor's papers etc., including East India Company stock, c.1725-31

maps of Fort St George and St David, 1733-46

appointment of R. Benyon, governor of Fort St George, and his council, 1736

detailed paymaster's accounts, Fort St George, 1743

letter mentions a trading voyage to Lisbon and Jamaica

East India Company papers, including sales of shares in ships, accounts of money involved in voyages and correspondence on shipping, 1764-82, account book of monies involved in various voyages, 1766-82, corr

accounts for sugar production and export, on the estates of John Estridge of St Kitts., 1815-24