Code |
Description |
Date |
Keywords |
R105/003 |
Wisbech Port (addnl): register of merchant ships 1885-1974, transfer register, 1959-1985 and registration papers, 1937-94 |
1937 - 1994 |
harbours trade |
P76/28/8 |
letter of Revd H. Lumsdale describing life and work in the Falkland Islands, 1932
|
1932 |
travel |
P150/3/13 |
volume compiled by vicar of Swaffham Prior Church of misc. papers including relating to the Berlin, G.E.R. Steamer wrecked off Hook of Holland, 1907
|
1907 |
ships wrecks |
R70/61 |
Wisbech crew lists of 94 vessels, 1863-1913
|
1863 - 1913 |
shipping |
R55/7/127/5-6 |
two bundles of Tharp estate papers, 1863-5, including invoices for goods shipped to Jamaica, insurance policies, accounts of sales of goods shipped from Jamaica, 1863-5
|
1863 - 1865 |
trade commerce West Indies |
588/Z.44 |
tricolour cockade of the captain of the Hercule sent to Lady Cotton, 4 June 1862
|
1862 |
navy |
R65/5/box 6 |
misc. papers of the Smith family of Dry Dayton including papers regarding Admiral Sir George King's settlement, 1858-73; bank books of Admiral Sir Charles Cotton, 1796-1818; naval papers of Sir Charles Cotton as captain of HMS Mars, 1794-6< |
1858 - 1873 |
navy documents |
P126/28/5 |
drafts of sermons preached by Revd George Whitaker, mid-nineteenth century, including the Canada, Cunard steamship, 1856
|
1856 |
religion ships |
588/C.177-8 |
two letters from William King at Plymouth and on the Simla to his family, 18 & 26 July 1854
|
1854 |
correspondence navy |
R105/099 |
Whittlesey Wash Commissioners : records 1854-20th cent. |
1854 - 1999 |
|
R102/062 |
Port of Wisbech: register of crews engaged |
1851 - 1909 |
harbours mariners |
588/O.57 |
letters and certificate concerning will of Charles Cotton, midshipman on Princess Charlotte, 16 & 22 July 1850
|
1850 |
navy death |
R37/7.3.20.2c |
letter to Thomas Chapman from Gaspard L. Marchet, Newfoundland, regarding conditions there, 1849
|
1849 |
mariners |
R57/24/18/(b)6 |
eight letters from Henrietta Collison regarding travel to the continent including Ostend and Corfu, 1845
|
1845 |
travel |
R57/24/21/1(c) |
daily journal of voyage of SS Essex from Portsmouth to Madras, June - September 1841
|
1841 |
travel journal |
R59/26/2/25 |
journal of John Candler in Jamaica, 1840
|
1840 |
travel |
R57/24/25 |
recommendation of F.C. Herbert for Lieut., appointment as mate on HMS Niagara and commendation for organising port of Sinope, 1839-57
|
1839 - 1857 |
navy recruitment |
R53/4/210 |
bill of sale of share in the Mary of King's Lynn, 22 August 1836
registration
|
1836 |
shipping |
R81/66 |
two volumes of registers of Wisbech ships, 1836-54 and transactions register only of ships registered up to 1854, 1855-77
|
1836 - 1877 |
shipping |
R59/26/2/22 |
letters and journal of Daniel Wheeler on religious visit to Pacific Islands, 1835-8
|
1835 - 1838 |
travel religion |
P175/28/2 |
certificate of Office of Prizes regarding seaman's will, 1834 recruitment
|
1834 |
|
588/C.117 |
letter to Admiral Sir Richard Knight from W.H. Hamilton regarding hopes for regaining naval post, 1828
|
1828 |
navy correspondence |
P148/28/3 |
receipt by Pay Office for letters of adminstration of John Goodman, late of HMS Spitfire, St Domingo and Anaconda, 1824
|
1824 |
navy |
P27/1/4 |
baptisms in parish register of St Clement for sons of Edward Coulson on HM Sloop Albacore, 1812
|
1812 |
navy |
P25/1/15/7 |
bastardy bond relating the wife of Samuel Westwood of HMS Defence, 1810
|
1810 |
navy |
588/C.76 |
letters from Admiral Rowley to Vice Admiral Sir Charles Cotton, 1810
|
1810 |
navy correspondance |
588/C.77 |
letters from Admiral Berkeley at Lisbon to Vice Admiral Sir Charles Cotton, 1810
|
1810 |
navy correspondance |
588/C.93-7 |
letters to Lady Philadelphia Cotton, 1810-12, regarding naval news, Sir Charles Cotton, Admiral Rowely's death
|
1810 - 1812 |
navy correspondance |
588/C.73-4 |
misc. correspondence relating to naval affairs, 1807, 1808
|
1807 - 1808 |
navy |
588/C.71 |
letter from Sir Charles Cotton to Lady Cotton with naval news including death of Nelson, 11 November 1805
|
1805 |
navy correspondance |
588/Z.32 |
transcript of last letter of Lord Nelson on HMS Victory to Emma Hamilton, 1805
|
1805 |
navy correspondence |
588/C.116 |
copy letter from Captain Richard Knight to his father Admiral Sir Richard King, 27 October 1805, with description of battle of Trafalgar
|
1805 |
correspondence navy war |
588/C.115 |
letter from Lord Nelson on HMS Victory to Sir Charles Cotton regarding appointment for one Gillespie, 1805
|
1805 |
correspondence navy |
R55/7/128(c)/5 |
two letters of Caleb Fletcher of Liverpool to John Tharp sen. relating to banking and shipping, 1803-4
|
1803 - 1804 |
correspondence trade commerce |
R55/7/128(c)/3 |
letters from James Wareing of Liverpool to John Tharp sen. regarding ships in which Tharp had interests, 1801
|
1801 |
trade commerce correspondence |
588/Q.4 |
plan of proposed Wapping Dock and Basin, 1800
|
1800 |
ports harbours development |
588/C.83 |
account of Admiral Cornwallis' attack on French ships, 1795
|
1795 |
navy |
P71/17/1-2 |
orders to raise a man of Fordham for naval service, 1795 service
|
1795 |
navy recruitment |
R55/7/124/1-5 |
shipment books for sugar grown in Jamaica, 1795-1819
|
1795 - 1819 |
trade commerce |
588/C.64 |
Admiralty letter of authorisation to Sir Charles Cotton regarding the Hobby Horse, his private rowing boat, with reference to not engaging in smuggling, 13 July 1785
|
1785 |
Admiralty smuggling |
R55/7/128(a*) |
bundle of letters sent to John Tharp in Jamaica, 1777-1804, including shipping accounts from William Miles, 1795, 1798, accounts notice for shipping madeira wine to Jamaica, 1802
|
1777 - 1804 |
trade commerce West Indies correspondence |
588/C.39 |
two letters from W. Sandwich at Hinching Brook concerning the appointment of a navy surgeon, 20 September & 5 October 1775
|
1775 |
correspondence navy medical |
588/O32-47 |
papers of Sir Charles Cotton, admiral of the White, 1753-1812, including naval orders, 1779-83, log book of the Prince, 1799; misc. papers, 1800-1812; notebook, 1804-7; appointment papers; bundles of misc. papers relating to naval affairs m |
1753 - 1812 |
navy correspondence |
R53/7/5/4a |
order from R. Rudder to Captain Campden of HMS Gloucester regarding heading convoy to the South Seas, 7 June 1748
|
1748 |
navy |
L78/77 |
regarding Nelson Blacklock alias Robert Smith of HMS Deptford, 1736
|
1736 |
navy |
P135/16/5 |
reference to Scarborough ships at Kings Lynn, 1732
ownership
|
1732 |
shipping |
17/C1 |
letter from Vice Admiral Sir David Mitchell, 1704
|
1704 |
navy correspondance |
R55/7/43/7(e) |
account of HM ships prepared for war, seventeenth century
|
1600 - 1699 |
navy |
349/2/19 |
seal of the office of Admiralty of the borough of King's Lynn courts
|
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admiralty court |