| Name: | University of Durham |
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| Notes: | None |
| Postal address: | Special Collections and Archives Palace Green None Durham None DH1 3RN |
| Telephone: | 0191 334 2972 |
| Web address: | http://www.dur.ac.uk/library/asc/ |
Documents: 113
| DCD | Cell accounts for the Master of Farne, 1357-1537, and Prior of Holy Island, 1308-1537, with references to fishing and ferry crossings |
1308 -1537 | None |
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| CC.Dep./Durham Bishopric Estates/220677/723 | papers concerning a whale cast ashore at Seaton Carew, 1766-74 |
1766 -1774 | None |
| CC.Dep./Durham Bishopric Estates/221318 | memorandum on Bishop's right to wreck of the sea, n.d. |
None | None |
| CC.Dep./Durham Bishopric Estates/220669 | expenses of preserving and carrying etc. wreck of the sea at Ryhope, 1772 |
1772 -1772 | None |
| CC.Dep./Durham Bishopric Estates/Box 11/30, 43, 51-5 | includes reports on beaconage and anchorage dues at Sunderland, 1780-1878 |
1780 -1878 | None |
| CC.Dep./Durham Bishopric Estates/221211 | file of misc. papers, 1734-8, with references to impressment |
1734 -1738 | navy recruitment pressganging |
| CC.Dep./Durham Bishopric Estates/221212-3 | orders for collecting and impressment of seamen, 30 June 1779, 21 June 1782 |
1779 -1782 | navy recruitment pressganging |
| CC.Dep./Durham Bishopric Estates/plan 121 | plan of the townships of Ryhope & Bishopswearmouth, co. Durham, being a coastal strip with quays and railway lines, c.1850 |
1850 -1850 | None |
| CC.Dep/Durham Bishopric Estates/221627 | general account for salvage and wrecked goods sold, 21 October 1773 |
1773 -1773 | None |
| CC.Dep/Durham Bishopric Estates/220669 | expenses of preserving and carrying etc. wreck of the sea at Ryhope, 1772 |
1772 -1772 | None |
| CC.Dep./Durham Bishopric Estates/Misc.Accts/221417 | account by Cuthbert Hilton regarding raising money for building navy vessels, 30 May 1683 |
1683 -1683 | None |
| Gibson/Vol.I | misc. volume relating to the County Palatine of Durham, c.1569-76, including Vice-Admiralty cases and Newcastle Vice-Admiralty court suits |
1569 -1576 | navy |
| CC.Dep./Durham Bishopric Estates/Misc.1800 onwards/A.18.1 | four papers regarding debt from John Goodchild to Philip Laint, 29 May 1827, with descriptions of two impounded sloops |
1827 -1827 | None |
| CC.Dep./Durham Bishopric Estates/Clerk of Works accounts | 1421-1587, include references to Stockton horse ferry boat |
1421 -1587 | None |
| Coroner's Accounts for Sunderland | Stockton and Bishop Wearmouth, fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, include some anchorage dues |
1400 -1599 | None |
| Cookson/BoxII/Deeds 23-30 | bills of sale and bond of the Brittania, Greenland whaler, and later known as the Heart of Oak privateer, 1778-9 |
1778 -1779 | ships fishing ownership |
| Shafto/237/1 | agreement concerning the division of debts and property of Timothy Davison of Newcastle, 3 September 1693, including a ship |
1693 -1693 | None |
| Baker Baker/L&P/60/141 | Northumberland estate rent ledger, 1774-87, including particulars of the Violet and Fox, alum sloops |
1774 -1787 | ships |
| Baker Baker/L&P/5/553 & 555 | memoranda books of Mrs Judith Baker, 1774-87, including cost and profit of George Baker's shares in the Violet, 1774-86 and Fox, 1783-6 |
1774 -1787 | ships ownership |
| Baker Baker/L&P/7/562 | photocopies of accounts relating to the Violet, 1787, and the Lively, 1794 |
1787 -1794 | ships |
| Baker Baker/L&P5/540 | letter from George Dodds to George Baker concerning valuation of the Fox and Lively and sale of their shares, 13 April 1804 |
1804 -1804 | correspondence ships ownership |
| Baker Baker L&P/3/436 | book of misc. items including memorandum and minutes regarding the Fox and Violet 1777, 1791 |
1777 -1791 | ships |
| Baker Baker L&P/1/80 | letter from Thomas Wardell to George Baker regarding capture of Anthony Jefferson and family by French privateer and cargo on the Darling, 9 June 1760 |
1760 -1760 | correspondence ships |
| Baker Baker L&P/1/105 | letter from George Dodds to George Baker regarding the Darling, 4 February 1773 |
1773 -1773 | correspondence ships |
| Baker Baker L&P/1/122 & 124 | letters from George Dodd regarding the Darling, 16 April & 14 May 1774 |
1774 -1774 | correspondence ships |
| Baker Baker L&P/1/123 | bargain and sale of part of the Violet, 11 May 1774 |
1774 -1774 | ships ownership |
| Baker Baker L&P/1/127a | memoranda regarding Violet and the Darling26 June 1774 |
1774 -1774 | ships |
| Baker Baker L&P/1/133 | letter from George Dodds to Mrs Judith Baker regarding the Darling, sloop, 22 October 1774 |
1774 -1774 | correspondence ships |
| Baker Baker L&P/1/148 | minute regarding the profit of the Violet, 1774-6 |
1774 -1776 | ships |
| Baker Baker L&P/15/25 | letter regarding the Violet, 1778 |
1778 -1778 | correspondence ships |
| Baker Baker L&P/83/47 | letter from George Dodds regarding the arming of the Violet, June 1780 |
1780 -1780 | correspondence ships weapons |
| Baker Baker L&P/16/15 | account for building and fitting out the Fox, 1783 |
1783 -1783 | construction ships |
| Baker Baker L&P/2/248 & 262 | letters from George Dodds to Mrs Judith Baker regarding a new sloop, 12 July & 11 October 1783 |
1783 -1783 | correspondence construction shipbuilding |
| Baker Baker L&P/2/260 | bargain and sale of the Fox, 1 October 1783 |
1783 -1783 | ships |
| Baker Baker L&P/2/264-6, 267b, 276, 280 & 282b | letters and minute from George Baker to Mrs Judith Baker, 1783-4, regarding the Fox and Violet |
1783 -1784 | correspondence ships |
| Baker Baker L&P/3/364 | copy of petition of Robert Rayne of Newcastle to HM Customs regarding the Flora of Whitby, n.d., with letter to Mrs Judith Baker, 1785 |
1785 -1785 | ships correspondence |
| GP/1-2257 | papers of the first Earl Grey, 1725-c.1800, including letters, plans, officers' journals, etc., notably regarding naval affairs with the French and North America and the West Indies, expedition to Ostend, prize money, Guernsey and other Channel Islands, fears of the invasion of England, attack on Flushing, etc. [see The Papers of 1st Earl Grey (Durham, 1974, 2 vols] |
1725 -1974 | correspondence navy battles Caribbean |
| Papers of Gen. Charles Grey/VI/4 | letters of Sir George Grey, 1852-66, including relating to the naval defence of England; memorandum concerning letter of Capt. C. Coles' on naval defences, n.d. |
1852 -1866 | correspondence navy security |
| Papers of Gen. Charles Grey/XIV/II | letter from Lieut. Colonel J. Wodford regarding a naval cadetship for a friend's son, 19 July 1855 |
1855 -1855 | correspondence navy training |
| Papers of Gen. Charles Grey/D1 | including personal journals including 1A, account of Gibraltar and voyage to Turkey, 7 April - 1 November 1831; 6/1-5, various travels including voyage to Canada, 1838, Newfoundland and Boston, 1840, the Mediterranean, 1840 |
1831 -1840 | diaries travel Americas Europe |
| Papers of Gen. Charles Grey/IV/9 | 39 letters to Caroline Grey, 1869-89, including from Albert Grey whilst on a Mediterranean cruise with the Duke of St Albans, 1871-2 |
1869 -1889 | correspondence Europe leisure |
| Additional papers of Gen. Charles Grey | eight letters from Admiral Frederick William Grey, 1850-6, including regarding office as Admiral |
1850 -1856 | correspondence navy |
| GP/2nd earl Grey/correspondence with Earl St Vincent | 66 letters, 9 February 1806 - October 1806, May - June 1822 |
1806 -1822 | correspondence |
| GP/2nd earl Grey/ B1-3b | four Admiralty letter books of 2nd Earl Grey, 1806 |
1806 -1806 | navy correspondence |
| GP/2nd earl Grey/ 2239a | journal of Viscount Cantelupe of a voyage to America and return, 1777-8 |
1777 -1778 | diary travel |
| GP/2nd earl Grey/ 2245-6 | maps of the West Indies, 1758-94 |
1758 -1794 | illustrations Caribbean |
| GP/2nd earl Grey/ 2247-9 | three journals of Lieut. Col. Thomas Grey on the Garland 23 August - 26 September 1795; unnamed vessel, 8 June - 30 August 1796; the Auley Castle, 29 June - 6 September 1796 |
1795 -1796 | diaries ships |
| GP/2nd earl Grey/ 2250a-b | journals of the Duke of York's expeditions to Holland, 1799 |
1799 -1799 | diaries Europe travel |
| GP/2nd earl Grey/ 2252-6 | papers on the defences of the French coasts and possiblities of attacks, 1771, 1799-1800 |
1771 -1800 | security |
| GP 1259a | copy letter from William Marsden to Brownrigg concerning need for lamps outside naval hospital at Deal, 1 December 1797 |
1797 -1797 | correspondence navy medical |
| GP 56 | paper by Admiral Graves regarding his battle with the French off the Chesapeake, 5 September 1781 |
1781 -1781 | navy operations |
| GP 57 | extract of a letter from Captain Jarvis to Vice Admiral Darby regarding attack on the French, September 1781 |
1781 -1781 | correspondence navy |
| GP 61 | letter from third Duke of Richmond regarding the defence of Plymouth, 27 April 1782 |
1782 -1782 | correspondence security coastal |
| Pons 496 | particulars of the strength of the Brazilian navy, 5 June 1827 |
1827 -1827 | None |
| Pons 514 | thirteen letters of Admiral Sir Peter Richards, 1836-41, including relating to movements of the Russian fleet |
1836 -1841 | correspondence |
| Pons 521 | letter of Sir Robert Spencer Robinson regarding HMS Hydra, c.1840 |
1840 -1840 | correspondence navy ships |
| Pons 32/19 & 25-31 | papers concerning British ships captured by the Brazilians, 1828 |
1828 -1828 | navy |
| Pons 120 | extracts from 3 letters of regarding arrest of alleged pirates, including from the vice-consul of Scala Nova, 7 December 1838 |
1838 -1838 | correspondence piracy |
| Pons 19 | copy letter of Arthur Anderson regarding opening of sea canal between the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, 16 March 1841 |
1841 -1841 | correspondence |
| Pons 35 | extract of letter from John Backhouse regarding attacks by Buenos Aires privateers, 29 December 1827 |
1827 -1827 | correspondence Americas navy |
| Pons 483 | paper on Russian naval and military preparations in the Black Sea area, 16 October 1834 |
1834 -1834 | navy |
| Pons 483 | French trans. of article in the Turkish Gazette on the repair and construction of lighthouses at the entrance of the Black Sea, 27 December 1837 |
1837 -1837 | newspapers navigation |
| Pons 87/1-11 | misc. papers relating to imports and exports of Brazil and the naval blockade, 1826-9 |
1826 -1829 | commerce trade navy |
| Pons 90 | letter of William, 1rst Baron Ponsonby regarding development of Carrick as a port, 6 May 1806 |
1806 -1806 | correspondence harbours |
| Pons 95 | letter of William Brown regarding seizure of ship by HMS Brazen, 30 July 1838 |
1838 -1838 | correspondence navy |
| Pons 131 | letters of General Francis Rawdon Chesney, 1835-55, including relating to steam ship communication to Malta, Constantinople and Trebizond |
1835 -1855 | correspondence Europe Turkey |
| Pons 607 | list of ships allegeded to have been taken by Capt. J.J. Coste, 19 June 1827 |
1827 -1827 | captured |
| Pons 155 | letter from officer of HMS Revenge regarding Candia, 25 March 1841 |
1841 -1841 | correspondence navy ships |
| Pons 631 | memorandum by Turkish diplomat regarding Russian and British fleets, 31 December 1833 |
1833 -1833 | navy |
| Pons 631 | queries for Mr Cumberbatch regarding British shipping and trade in the Black Sea and to and from Constantinople, n.d. |
None | commerce Turkey |
| Pons 631 | draft note regarding a squadron of Russian warships allowed to pass into the Black Sea, January 1839 |
1839 -1839 | navy |
| Pons 166 | three letters of Capt. Lewis Davies of HMS Dido, 1838-40 |
1838 -1840 | correspondence navy ships |
| Pons 190 | letters of General Sir Howard Douglas including petition of Antonio Petala Stathato on behalf of the widow and orphans of his brother who perished in the wreck of a brig, 31 January 1839 |
1839 -1839 | correspondence deaths |
| Pons 192 | letters of Percy William Doyle, 1835-53, including relating to the Vixen |
1835 -1853 | correspondence ships |
| Pons 389 | copy letter from Capt. John Prissaik regarding unseaworthy state of the Egyptian navy |
None | correspondence |
| Pons 207 | letter from Sir George Eliot regarding methods of preserving timber for ships, 23 May 1833 |
1833 -1833 | correspondence wood construction shipbuilding |
| Pons 216 | paper concerning a steam boat service between Marseilles and the Levant, 3 May 1837 |
1837 -1837 | None |
| Pons 596 | letter of Capt. William Fisher regarding poor state of the Turkish ships and lack of arms and men, 14 August 1840 |
1840 -1840 | correspondence navy |
| Pons 259 | extract of reply to the Marquis of Queluz regarding the carriage of coffee in British ships, 30 September 1827 |
1827 -1827 | cargo trade commerce |
| Pons 259 | despatch from the Earl of Aberdeen regarding the case of the Nestor, 28 September 1828 |
1828 -1828 | ships |
| Pons 261 | letter from Sir James Robert George Graham regarding naval matters, 1 November 1833 |
1833 -1833 | correspondence navy |
| Pons 283 | letter from J.M. Hanchett regarding his reorganizing the Turkish navy, 7 December 1830 |
1830 -1830 | correspondence |
| Pons 290 | letters from Sir Edward Harvey regarding movement of British naval vessels at Basika Bay, 21-4 August 1840 |
1840 -1840 | correspondence navy ships |
| Pons 657 | copy letter to N.W. Werry regarding efforts to refloat the Tigris, 15 October 1836 |
1836 -1836 | correspondence ships |
| Pons 299 | letter from Edward Hickey requesting passage on a steamer to Syria, 12 October 1840 |
1840 -1840 | correspondence ship |
| Pons 308 | letter from Thomas Samuel Hood regarding the Nesto, 17 November 1828 |
1828 -1828 | correspondence ships |
| Pons 346 | diagram showing disposition of Turkish and Egyptian ships in line of battle, c.1840 |
1840 -1840 | navy |
| Pons 481 | copy letter to Mr Backhouse regarding loss of the Manning, 14 April 1831 |
1831 -1831 | correspondence ships |
| Pons 607 | extract of circular to commanders of HM packets Falmouth, 7 June 1826
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1826 -1826 | navy ships |
| Pons 349 | letter of Thomas W. Langford regarding naval patronage, 25 January 1832 |
1832 -1832 | correspondence navy |
| Pons 368 | five letters from Rear Admiral Sir John Louis regarding disposition of ships, 17 March - 12 July 1840 |
1840 -1840 | correspondence navy |
| Pons 373 | four letters of Durham Lyster regarding service in Turkish navy, 1839-40 |
1839 -1840 | correspondence |
| Pons 398 | thirteen letters from George Bohun Martin concerning naval support for Ponsonby, 1834-5 |
1834 -1835 | correspondence navy |
| Pons 402 | copy letter of John Mavrojeni regarding movement of British fleet from Malta and activity of the Russian fleet, n.d. |
None | correspondence navy Europe |
| Pons 434 | four lists of British ships, 1838, 1840; paper in French on the alleged weakness of the British navy, c.1837 |
1837 -1837 | None |
| Pons 435 | copy depatch from Karl Robert Neselrode regarding the Vixen, 22 May 1837 |
1837 -1837 | ships |
| Pons 452 | two letters from Admiral Sir John Acworth Ommanney concerning provision of a steamer to convey him from Turkey, 30 August - 26 October 1841 |
1841 -1841 | correspondence ships |
| Pons 465 | three letters regarding captured pirates, 20 April 1833 - 8 March 1834 |
1834 -1834 | correspondence piracy |
| Pons 474 | copy letter to Pertrev Pasha on the need of British warships in the Black Sea, 21 February 1837 |
1837 -1837 | correspondence navy weapons |
| Pons 667 | English trans. of extract from a letter from the Portugeuse consul at Gibraltar regarding capture of a ship, 3 September 1827 |
1827 -1827 | correspondence |
| Pons 687 | information on Russian military and naval preparations, n.d. |
None | navy |
| Pons 562 | copy letter to Josias Rowley regarding state of the Egyptian fleet at Alexandria, 7 September 1834 |
1834 -1834 | correspondence Africa |
| M&S/12 | survey of the royal navy by Sir Thomas Smyth, Sir Lionel Cranfield and others, 1619 |
1619 -1619 | None |
| M&S/45 | `the several arguments of the 12 judges in the Exchequer Chamber concerning Ship Money', 1638 |
1638 -1638 | None |
| M&S/2/431 | letter of Bishop of Durham regarding clergy providing a ship for the navy, 10 February 1634 |
1634 -1634 | correspondence religion |
| M&S/2/467a-b | letter from Mr Ettrick to the Bishop of Durham regarding receipts for the port of Sunderland, court of Admiralty, etc., 12 May 1662 |
1662 -1662 | correspondence navy |
| M&S/7/20-1 | letter from Corporation of Master Pilots and Seamen to the Bishop of Durham requesting a licensed preacher for a sermon in their chapel in Newcastle on specified days, 1 April 1636 |
1636 -1636 | correspondence mariners religion ministers |
| M&S/9/Book1/256-64 | assessment and other papers for the borough of Elvet for Ship Money, 1639 |
1639 -1639 | None |
| M&S/9/Book1/284-6 & Book2/98-104 | assessment on the borough of Elvet for setting forth a ship, 1639 |
1639 -1639 | None |
| M&S/9/Book2/188-90 | list of ships and captains under the command of the Earl of Northumberland, May 1640 |
1640 -1640 | navy |
| M&S/31/20-99 | letters regarding possible attack of the Dutch Navy on the coast with papers regarding impressment, 1663-7 |
1663 -1667 | correspondence recruitment pressganging |
| Plomer Mss/section iv | twelve typescript volumes of memoirs of Admiral John Godfrey, incuding two volumes of quotations, mid-nineteenth century
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1800 -1899 | journals navy |
| Wharton 108-69 | letters of Robert Wharton on Grand Tour, 1775-6, including voyage across the Channel |
1775 -1776 | correspondence travel Europe |