Code |
Description |
Date |
Keywords |
WIN 2026-31 |
excise officers' depositions concerning smuggling, report to the grand jury on escaped smuggler and information, 1814-24
|
1814 - 1824 |
crime courts |
UNE/TR2/1-3 |
minutes of Newhaven Port Sanitary, 1889-1941
|
1889 - 1941 |
|
SRL 22/13 |
misc. papers inc. relating to Sir Thomas Wilson's yacht, 1799-1846
|
1799 - 1846 |
yachting leisure |
SRL 2/9/24 |
deed relating to River Ouse Upper Navigation, 1832
|
1832 |
waterways |
SRL 2/3/42 |
conveyance with relation to River Ouse Upper Navigation, 1871
|
1871 |
waterways |
SRA10/1/3 |
The Commissioners of Newhaven Piers Reports
Volume containing reports by John Rennie 4 Oct 1810,
Josias Jessop 3 Oct 1819 and 29 Aug 1821,
John Whidbey 30 Sep 1823,
Josias Jessop 3 Jun 1825,
William Cubitt 18 May 1835 and
James Walker 31 Mar 1843 and 20 Jun 1846 with plan of the harbour
showing projected improvements. - ref. - date: [c1850]
|
1810 - 1850 |
ports construction |
SRA 8 |
papers of Trustees of Newhaven Harbour, 1847-78
|
1847 - 1878 |
|
SPK sketch books |
inc. 2, by George Holroyd, inc. of boats on Brighton Beach, 1814; sketch books of Harriet Lascelles, inc. Caernarfon, 1824, Falmouth Harbour and Land's End, 1832, Isles of Mull and Skye, 1833; sketch books of Lady Susan Holroyd, inc. of two fisherboys, Brighton fishing boats, c.1845; copperplate engraving of sailing ships, n.d.
|
1814 - 1845 |
illustrations ports coastal |
SHR 991-1036 |
letters and draft replies concerning the career and advancement of Henry Shiffner, 1800-1813
|
1800 - 1813 |
correspondence navy service |
SHR 882 |
letter of Admiral Arthur Gough Campbell regarding career of Admiral Sir George Campbell
|
|
correspondence navy |
SHR 881 |
letter of Lord Nelson to rear Admiral George Campbell expressing sorrow at his ill-health, 3 December 1804
|
1804 |
correspondence navy |
SHR 3651 |
view of Newhaven harbour, 1878
|
1878 |
ports |
SHR 3649 |
map of Ouse, 1824-32?
|
1824 - 1832 |
illustrations waterways |
SHR 3637 |
survey of cut at Hamsey, 1791
|
1791 |
|
SHR 3316-21 |
personal naval papers of Sir Henry Shiffner, Vice Admiral, 1846-58, inc. description of ship and company, letters, notifications of appointments, visiting card
|
1846 - 1858 |
navy correspondence recruitment |
SHR 3090-105 |
copy minutes of Deputy Lieut. meetings regarding defence, 1745-6
|
1745 - 1746 |
navy security |
SHR 3019 |
statement of weekly return of the packet boats, 1810
|
1810 |
shipping |
SHR 3002 |
report on Newhaven harbour, 1839
|
1839 |
ports |
SHR 2997 |
prospectus regarding New Shoreham harbour, 1815
|
1815 |
ports |
SHR 2996 |
report on New Shoreham harbour, 1815
|
1815 |
ports |
SHR 2813 |
papers and correspondence relating to tolls of the Ouse Navigation Company, 1806-17
|
1806 - 1817 |
waterways |
SHR 2765-812 |
shares in a ship and cargo trading between Cadiz and Vera Cruz, 1749-61
|
1749 - 1761 |
ownership trade Spain |
SHR 2731-52 |
bankruptcy papers inc. relating to shipping ventures of John Bridger with Allen J. Marler of London, 1760-4
|
1760 - 1764 |
finance trade |
SHR 2730 |
receipts for insurance premiums for goods on board the Endeavour, 1760
|
1760 |
ships cargo |
SHR 2728 |
agreement regarding purchase of a ship of 200 tons, 7 February 1758
|
1758 |
ownership |
SHR 2721-7 |
papers relating to shipping ventures of The Lewes Merchants and John Bridger and Co., 1755-7, inc. bills, receipts
|
1755 - 1757 |
Companies finance |
SHR 2720 |
bill of sale for share in the Coom, 17 March 1753
|
1753 |
ships ownership |
SHR 2630-719 |
letters of John Wenham of London to John Bridger, 1752-64, inc. regarding merchant ventures
|
1752 - 1764 |
correspondence trade |
SHR 2032 |
papers relating to Ouse Navigation Company, 1788-1802
|
1788 - 1802 |
waterways |
SHR 1960 |
letters to George Shiffner and Sir John Bridger regarding Ouse Navigation Company, 1793-1801
|
1793 - 1801 |
correspondence waterways |
SHR 1928 |
journal of Frances Bridger and Mary Lewis on two northern tours, 1768, 1772, western tour, 1775, south Wales, 1776, and Scotland, 1789
|
1768 - 1789 |
diary travel |
SHR 192 |
report on fisheries off Labrador by Captain Henry Shiffner of the Drake, 1818
|
1818 |
trade ships |
SHR 1809-13 |
letters from M. Chowne to Mary Lewis, inc. accounts of tours in France, Italy and Holland, 1789-92
|
1789 - 1792 |
correspondence travel Europe |
SHR 180-270 |
papers of Vice Admiral Sir Henry Shiffner, 1809-38, inc. mainly service papers and inc. 182, copy of letters to the Admiralty, 1818-34, written from HMS Drake, Egeria, Hastings, and logbook of HMS Carnation; 193-270, orders, correspondence, returns, papers relating to the ship's company, pay and slops papers, supply accounts and plans relating to HMS Hastings, 1834-5
|
1809 - 1838 |
navy ships |
SHR 1606-7 |
statements of payments due to Nicholas Tettersel, master of the Happy Entrance, ketch of Brighthelmston, by the Board of Ordinance for sea service, 1673-8
|
1673 - 1678 |
navy ships |
SHR 1451-63 |
papers of Vice Admiral Sir Henry Shiffner, 1825-45, inc. personal expenses account books
|
1825 - 1845 |
navy finance |
SHR 13-15 |
extracts from records of the East India Company for 1736-48
|
1736 - 1748 |
|
SHR 1285-1302 |
letters advocating Newhaven harbour, 1846
|
1846 |
correspondence ports |
SAY 996-1113 |
papers regarding trial of Thomas Holman, 1749 [see 2243-68]
|
1749 |
crime prosecution courts |
SAY 3870-1 |
papers of John Collier, inc. relating to Custom House matters, 1713-20, 1734-6
|
1713 - 1736 |
correspondence |
SAY 3779 |
copy of The Kentish Post or Canterbury NewsLetter, 18-21 February, 1741, with account of assault by smugglers on Customs Officers at Lydd, Kent
|
1741 |
newspapers crime smuggling |
SAY 3738, 3741-4 |
letters from Charles Lane Sawyer inc. tales of Sussex smuggling, 1910-17
|
1910 - 1917 |
correspondence crime |
SAY 3697-710 |
letters to Charles Lane Sayer, 1903-6, with references to smuggling
|
1903 - 1906 |
correspondence crime |
SAY 3655-661 |
misc. letters written to Charles Lane Sayer inc. mention of the wreck of the Amsterdam in 1748, 1894
|
1748 - 1894 |
correspondence ships |
SAY 3532 |
poem/song in honour of Admiral James Sayer's engaging the French at Goree, c.1800
|
1800 |
navy battles |
SAY 3523 |
list of names drawn from navy, 1731
|
1731 |
recruitment servicemen |
SAY 3493-500 |
letters from Harry Leison to his uncle Mr Jenkins written on the Dublin at Spithead with references to naval engagements off the Bay of Biscay, 1757-8, inc. references to HMS Deptford, Royal Ann, Nassau
|
1757 - 1758 |
correspondence ships navy |
SAY 3418 |
pocket diary of Charles Henry Gatty inc. visit to Cromer, 1860
|
1860 |
travel leisure |
SAY 3403 |
diary of Frances Gatty inc. to Liverpool, Carlisle, 1857
|
1857 |
journal travel leisure |
SAY 3401 |
travel diary of Frances Sayer to North Wales, IReland, 1830
|
1830 |
journal leisure |
SAY 3400 |
account of the Dockyards at Portsmouth, 1826
|
1826 |
|
SAY 3399-400 |
diaries of Frances Sayer inc. to Portsmouth, Southampton, Isle of Wight, 1825, 1826
|
1825 - 1826 |
journal travel leisure |
SAY 3396 |
diary of Frances Sayer inc. relating to her stay at Ramsgate, 1821
|
1821 |
journal leisure |
SAY 3389 |
travel journal and account book of Katherine Sayer's journeys throughout the continent inc. to Calais, Marseilles, 1826
|
1826 |
diary Europe |
SAY 3304 |
diary of Frances Sayer to Dover, Hastings, Brighton, 1818-20, with pencil sketches
|
1818 - 1820 |
journal illustrations travel leisure |
SAY 3139-44 |
letters from S. Berry to Jane Lane with reference to her husband, a kitchen hand on the Sydney, 1852-3
|
1852 - 1853 |
correspondence ships |
SAY 2979 |
copy will of Mary Sayer of Hastings with legacy relating to Hastings Pier Company, 1879
|
1879 |
ownership leisure |
SAY 2814 |
note regarding Arthur Grey, smuggler, 1904
|
1904 |
smuggling crime |
SAY 252-360 |
papers regarding Customs, 1716-53, inc. murder of Gerrard Beeves, customs officer, and regarding smuggling indictments, 1747
|
1716 - 1753 |
crime |
SAY 1030 & 1036 |
papers relating to the arrest of the smuggler `Little Blew', 1749
|
1749 |
crime |
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';
|
|
customs navy cargo |
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 - 1824 |
ports coastal erosion correspondence |
SAS/?SM453 |
survey of Newhaven harbour, ??
|
|
ports |
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 |
victuals trade cargo food |
SAS-RF/18/25 |
Draft clause permitting import for the supply of the navy, marines and transports - ref. - date: nd, 1760
|
1760 |
victuals food cargo trade |
SAS-RF/18/17 |
Notes on the use of beef by the navy, and of comparative
prices - ref. - date: nd, 1760
|
1760 |
food meat victuals |
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 - 1759 |
victuals food meat dairy cargo |
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 |
ships ownership money costs |
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 |
ships ownership money |
SAM 139 |
letter from John King concerning goods salvaged from shipwrecks, 1774
|
1774 |
correspondence |
SAM 137 |
certificate of freedom of Pevensey which recites freedom of Barons of the Cinque Ports, 5 May 1683
|
1683 |
|
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 |
travel trade |
RYE/47/6/22 |
--Safe conduct granted by the Mayor and Jurats of Rye to Lawrence Langlois, mariner, master of a ship of Rye called the Hound of
which Thomas Bennard of Rye is owner "together with nineteen maryners in
the said ship, all of the religion and French church, at this instant
within the towne of Ry, beinge of good name, fame and honest
conversation," to sail from Rye to Norway and from thence to
Rochelle with merchandize and so to return again. - 1574, April 10
|
1574 |
seamen trade travel |
RYE/47/6/20 |
--Safe conduct for Harmon Tyse (?) master of a ship called
Lesperans of Rye with 11 mariners and 2 boys, to pass with a cargo of
salt belonging to Baldwin Martin, of Rye, merchant, to "Dannske
[Dantzic] in Polland" and to return to Rye. - 1573[-4], March 23
|
1573 |
seamen trade food |
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 |
navy pressganging |
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 |
finances construction |
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 - 1588 |
construction finances tradesmen materials |
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 - 1659 |
recruitment mariners |
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 |
finances |
RYE 99-103 |
papers of Rye Harbour Commissioners, 1548-1932
|
1548 - 1932 |
|
RYE 9/8-9 & 9/64 |
informations, examinations and depositions regarding smuggling, 1770
|
1770 |
crime |
RYE 72/1 |
Rye harbour and shipping accounts, 1588-1834, inc. reference to the William, supplier for the fleet against the Armada
|
1588 - 1834 |
ports finance ships navy battles |
RYE 62 |
Rye sea chamberlains accounts, 1589-1674
|
1589 - 1674 |
finance |
RYE 48/1,p463 |
proclamation for the levying of payment of ship money in arrears, 1640
|
1640 |
|
RYE 48/1 |
proclamation regarding tonnage and poundage
|
|
|
RYE 45/22-4 |
writs for levying ship money, 1634, 1636-7
|
1634 - 1637 |
debts |
RYE 1/5 |
Hundred and Assembly Book, 1582-95, with references to town's ship, 1588-9
|
1582 - 1595 |
|
RSS 4 |
Rye Shipping Registers, 1855-1946
|
1855 - 1946 |
|
RSS 3 |
Newhaven Shipping Registers, 1856-95
|
1856 - 1895 |
|
RSS 1-2 |
Newhaven and Rye crew lists and running agreements, c.1864-1914
|
1864 - 1914 |
mariners |
RAF/F 6/1 |
copy letters from Rose Fuller regarding slave trade, Jamaican affairs, Rye harbour, 1773-83
|
1773 - 1783 |
slavery Indies Caribbean ports |
QDT/2/EW6-8 |
Turnpike Trusts statement of accounts, inc. of harbours and levels, 1843-60
|
1843 - 1860 |
ports |
QDP/1-622 |
deposited plans and documents of sites throughout Sussex, many coastal, 1800-1835
|
1800 - 1835 |
|
QDD/EW5(17) |
book containing inclosure awards inc. plan of marshland reclaimed as a result of works on Rye harbour, 1838
|
1838 |
ports environment ownership |
QDD/EW4/24-9 |
papers relating to Turnpike Trusts inc. purchase of land by Ouse Navigation Company, 1792, 1805
|
1792 - 1805 |
Companies ownership waterwasy |
PEV 99 |
recognizance of two navy men regarding female bastard child born at Mortello Tower no.59 in Pevensey to Lydia Warrener of Pevensey, 26 December 1823
|
1823 |
mariners |
PEV 430 |
coroner's paper regarding death of an unknown man, smuggler, while resisting arrest, 1833
|
1833 |
smuggling crime |
PEV 429/1-2 |
coroner's papers regarding George Tyrrell, drowned at sea after jumping from the Gensing of Rye, 1-2 September 1833
|
1833 |
deaths ships |
PEV 421 |
coroner's paper concerning John Humphrey, pilot on HM Starling, found drown on beach near Upper Hatch, 27 October 1802
|
1802 |
navy ships deaths |
PEV 1343 |
bond from John Geering, Eastbourne mariner, and John Hawkings, Customs House Officer, to the churchwardens and overseers of Westham regarding expenses of a single woman, 5 May 1790
|
1790 |
finance |
PEV 1261 |
receipt from the Governor Agent-General for Emigration for £20 paid by Mr Holland on account of the passage of James Berry and his wife and two children to Quebec on the Mayflower from Pevensey
|
|
travel Canada ships |
PARS 361 |
parish register of Hastings All Saints inc. 1/1/4, loss at sea of Hastings fishing boat, 1774
|
1774 |
wrecks |
PAR 511 |
parish records of Winchelsea inc. 1/1/2/49r, misc. volume with mention of sale of lead which were used for repair of Rye and Dover harbour, 1780
|
1780 |
trade maintenance ports |
PAR 498 |
parish register of Wadhurst inc. 1/1/3, fo.20v, note of Dutch raid and capture of several English ships, 1667; 1/1/2, fo.38r, note of sea battle off Dover between Spain and Holland, 1639
|
1667 - 1639 |
|
PAR 490 |
parish register of Tarring Neville inc. 1/1/1, fo.11v, sinking of a barge, Christmas 1640; 1/1/3, fo.4r, burial of William Leonard who died falling over the cliff at a wreck, 1772
|
1640 - 1772 |
wrecks deaths |
PAR 467 |
parish register of Rye inc. 1/1/4, loss at sea of 12 Rye fishermen, 1722; 467/1/1/8, loss at sea of 2 men searching for smugglers, 1793
|
1722 - 1793 |
deaths wrecks |
PAR 426 |
parish register of Newhaven inc. 1/1/5, burials of 74 officers and men from HMS Brazen, February 1800
|
1800 |
deaths navy ships |
PAR 367 |
parish register of St Clement's Hastings inc. 1/1/5, loss of crew of Unicorn, 1781
|
1781 |
ships wrecks deaths |
PAR 361 |
parish records of Hastings All Saints inc. 7/1/4, appointment of Charles Compton as Commissioner for repairing Rye and Dover harbours, 1756
|
1756 |
maintenance ports |
PAR 361 |
parish records of Hastings All Saints inc. 9/9/26, account with reference to paddle steamers at Hastings, 1845-6
|
1845 - 1846 |
|
PAR 239 |
parish records of Berwick inc. /26/23, victualling account book of HMS Snake, based in Hong Kong, 1861-3, and HMS Urgent, based in the West Indies, 1867-8
|
1861 - 1868 |
food provisions navy ships Asia |
PAB 304 |
probate copy of will of James Lamb of Rye, 22 December 1756, with reference to navigation rights in the River Dee
|
1756 |
ownership waterways |
MOB 7926 |
Naval Volunteer Defence Association (Brighton), 1888
|
1888 |
navy security |
MOB 546-52 |
papers relating to East Sussex County Council sea defences, 1897
|
1897 |
security coastal environment erosion |
MOB 1651-97 |
letters on a pardon for two Rye smugglers, 1821-31
|
1821 - 1831 |
correspondence smuggling crime |
MOB 1561-97 |
letters on the decline of shipbuilding in Rye, 1821-31
|
1821 - 1831 |
correspondence construction |
MIBI/1-8 |
records of the Local Fisheries Committee of Sussex Sea Fisheries District, 1893-1941
|
1893 - 1941 |
fishing whaling |
MIB1/1-8 |
agendas and reports of East Sussex Sea Fisheries Committee, 1897-1912, correspondence, etc, 1951-8
|
1897 - 1958 |
fishing whaling |
LH 0043-4 |
copy plans and sections of Southern Railway which concern the commissioners of Newhaven Harbour, 1933-4; account of the tide of the river Ouse, 1863-82
|
1863 - 1934 |
transport ports waterways |
LH 0042 |
fragment map of Newhaven docks and harbour, n.d.
|
|
illustrations ports |
LH 0041 |
draft map of Newhaven Harbour, n.d.
|
|
illustrations ports |
LH 0040 |
plan and sections of Newhaven and Seaford Defences to accompany Mr Ellice-Clark's report, 1897
|
1897 |
coastal security |
LH 0039 |
printed map of Newhaven, 1839
|
1839 |
illustration charts |
LH 0038 |
plan and profile of the Shoal and Hard Cemented Shingle in Newhaven Harbour, 1802
|
1802 |
|
LH 0035 |
account book of disbursements, 1847-1906
|
1847 - 1906 |
finance |
LH 0034 |
register of securities of Newhaven Harbour and Ouse Lower Navigation, 1847-68
|
1847 - 1868 |
ports waterways |
LH 0033 |
book of certificates of Newhaven Harbour and Ouse Lower Navigation regarding redemptions, 1847-8
|
1847 - 1848 |
ports waterways |
LH 0031 |
bankers accounts of Newhaven Harbour and Ouse Lower Navigation, 1847-78
|
1847 - 1878 |
finance ports waterways |
LH 0023 |
expenditors detailed labour account books of Newhaven Harbour and Ouse Lower Navigation, 1842-1934
|
1842 - 1934 |
finance ports waterways |
LH 0021 |
expenditor's report books of Newhaven Harbour and Ouse Lower Navigation, 1846-96
|
1846 - 1896 |
ports waterways |
LH 0018 |
account books of Newhaven Harbour and Ouse Lower Navigation, 1847-1902
|
1847 - 1902 |
ports waterways |
LH 0017 |
letter book of Newhaven Harbour and Ouse Lower Navigation, 1847-61
|
1847 - 1861 |
ports waterways |
LH 0016 |
agendas and notices of quarterly and special meetings of the trustees of Newhaven Harbour and Ouse Lower Navigation, 1876-1940
|
1876 - 1940 |
ports waterways |
LH 0015 |
annual reports of Committees of Management to the general meetings of the Trustees of Newhaven Harbour and Ouse Lower Navigation, 1874-1942
|
1874 - 1942 |
ports waterways |
LH 0004 |
minutes of the Trustees of the Committee of Management, 1847-1929, inc. maps of Lewes and Laughton levels, 1924
|
1847 - 1929 |
illustrations |
LH 0001 |
three volumes of minutes of the Trustees of Newhaven Harbour and Ouse Lower Navigation, 1847-95
|
1847 - 1895 |
ports waterways |
LCD/EW1 |
orders regarding beacon watching, 1624-31
|
1624 - 1631 |
coastal defence security |
LAN 84-5 |
assignment of mortgages with one name currnently on the Hope, brigantine of Newhaven, 2 October 1788
|
1788 |
ships ownership finance |
LAN 77 |
contract with two Kingston by Sea shipwrights for building a two-masted brigantine, 28 August 1784
|
1784 |
construction |
LAN 42 |
bundle of copy cases and opinions of Samuel Marryat and James Scarlett regarding Newhaven Pier dues, 1820-1
|
1820 - 1821 |
leisure debts |
LAN 41 |
papers and correspondence concerning the projected improvement to Newhaven harbour, 1810-11 [see also 310-12]
|
1810 - 1811 |
ports construction development |
LAN 180-2 |
settlement of Richard Moon of Piddinghoe, apprentice to Robert Higham of Lewes, mariner and owner of the Albion, brig of Newhaven, 1800
|
1800 |
ships |
LAN 16-20 |
papers regarding protests, wrecks and salvages, 1815-21, comprising salvage accounts and papers relating to the Starling, 1815-16, Le Pere de Famillle, 1818-19; attachment against cargo of the Luma, snow, 1820; draft certificate of note of protest on the Mary, snow, 1821
|
1815 - 1821 |
goods ships |
LAN 14-15 |
registers of protests of shipmasters abour damage and loss at sea, 1788-1837
|
1788 - 1837 |
wrecks deaths |
LAN 14 |
register of barges employed on river Ouse, 1798-1811
|
1798 - 1811 |
shipping ownership |
HOOK 22/9/6 |
personal letters to Mr and Mrs R.W. Blencocwe from their son R.W. Blencowe and his wife, inc. from Venice, 1818-19
|
1818 - 1819 |
correspondence Europe travel leisure |
Hook 22/13/7 |
letter with reference to development of steam boats in Devon, 1845
|
1845 |
correspondence |
HOOK 21/9/10 |
diary of John George Blencowe, inc. to Dorset and Isle of Wight, 1864
|
1864 |
journal travel leisure |
HOOK 21/1 |
copy of diary kept by Thomas Vaughan of travels to France and Italy, 1712
|
1712 |
journal Europe leisure |
HOOK 18/4a |
note of land tax payable on Stanlow Farm, recording also the fact that Poole Wharf adjoining it is now under the sea, c.1760
|
1760 |
coastal erosion |
HOOK 16/34 |
diary of Henry Poole, inc. to Romney Marsh, c.1788
|
1788 |
journal leisure travel |
HOOK 16/16 |
diary of William Poole inc. to Brighton, 1764
|
1764 |
journal travel leisure |
HIL 7/13/14 |
receipt for deposit and part payment on twelve bathing machines at Eastbourne purchased by Jacob King from Mr Voysey, 1890
|
1890 |
leisure |
GLY 764 |
logbook of HMS Indomitable, 1912-15
|
1912 - 1915 |
navy ships |
GLY 763 |
logbook of HMS Phoebe, 1864-7
|
1864 - 1867 |
navy ships |
GIL 77 |
map of Falmouth harbour, 1835
|
1835 |
illustrations ports |
GIL 647 |
sea defences along coast of Kent, n.d.
|
|
coastal erosion |
GIL 619-21 |
sections and plans of Splash Point Improvement, borough of Eastbourne, 1896
|
1896 |
developments |
GIL 605 |
new groynes at Eastbourne, 1879
|
1879 |
development |
GIL 597 |
proposed lifeboat station at Eastbourne, 1866
|
1866 |
|
GIL 56/b |
paper regarding Newhaven Harbour and Ouse Lower Navigation, 1930-1
|
1930 - 1931 |
ports waterways |
GIL 543 |
proposed sea defences at Seaford, 1897
|
1897 |
coastal erosion security |
GIL 54 |
observations and directions as to methods of saving lives at sea by G.W. Manby, n.d.
|
|
coastguard lifeboat |
GIL 51 |
map of Eastbourne, showing proposed line of sea-wall, 1878
|
1878 |
illustrations development coastal defence |
GIL 465 |
plans of buildings and lands near the Coast Guard House, Eastbourne, 1862-89, n.d.
|
1862 - 1889 |
|
GIL 43 |
paper regarding connecting the rivers Humber and Mersey, 1826
|
1826 |
waterways environment |
GIL 352 |
logbook of HMS St George, 1813
|
1813 |
navy ships |
GIL 239 |
minutes of Brotherhood and Guestling, 1828
|
1828 |
Companies |
GIL 232 |
logbook of the Windflower, 1879
|
1879 |
yachts yachting |
GIL 231 |
HMS Inflexible, HMS Eurydice, 1878
|
1878 |
navy ships |
GIL 229-30 |
logbooks of the Windflower, yacht, 1874-5
|
1874 - 1875 |
leisure yachting |
GIL 228 |
log of the Iris, HMS Cannes, naval review at Spithead, 1874
|
1874 |
ships navy |
GIL 227 |
logbook of the Stella, 1873
|
1873 |
ships |
GIL 226-34 |
misc. travel journals to ??, 1842-87
|
1842 - 1887 |
diary |
GIL 210 |
letters from C.D. Gilbert to his mother while on a world tour, 1876-7 inc. ??
|
1876 - 1877 |
correspondence travel |
GIL 171 |
??, proposed yachting harbour at Eastbourne, 1879
|
1879 |
ports leisure boats |
FRE/522 |
- Accounts ledger of the ship Tenerife - ref. - date:
(?1646)-1656
item: Account of receipts and disbursements on crew's pay, at Gravesend,
'In the Downes' and at Newfoundland (Canada) - the latter is accounted
in 'ryalles' and 'dollors' and converted into sterling at the total -
ref. FRE/522/22r-25r - date: 1649
|
1646 - 1656 |
finances wages mariners |
FRE/521 |
Account book of Benjamin Frewen and Stephen Frewen - ref. -
date: 1632-1679 There are also memoranda concerning the settling of
accounts and money lent out; and accounts of general expenses made on
behalf of his brothers Thankfull Frewen, John Frewen and Accepted Frewen
and sister Mary Bigg, also a 'doctor' Frewen who appears to be his
nephew John Frewen, physician (ie on clothes, utensils, books etc:
accounts of Stephen Frewen's purchase of skins in bulk are also entered
intermittently, and several retail prices obtained for skins are also
noted. Regular entries record goods and money sent by Frewen on merchant
adventurer ships for sale and purchases abroad - Newfoundland, 'Rushier'
(?Russia), India, Amsterdam, 'Danske' (?Danzig), East Indies, Virginia,
The Canaries and France; 1637-1666
|
1632 - 1679 |
finances costs trade |
FRE 909-11 |
logbook of Sunbeam, hospital ship, 1915-16
|
1915 - 1916 |
|
FRE 902 |
correspondence of Edward Laton Frewen, mid-shipman on the HMS Cleopatra, 1893-4
|
1893 - 1894 |
navy ships |
FRE 522 |
trade account ledger of the Teneriffe, 1646-56
|
1646 - 1656 |
ships finance |
Dunn 52/17 |
draft of an agreement for co-partnership regarding timber for sale to the navy, c.1695
|
1695 |
trade materials |
Dunn 51/72 |
letter from Thomas Busbridge with reference to letters not being delivered because of fears of impressment, 9 July 1673
|
1673 |
correspondence recruitment navy |
DUNN 14/22 |
lease with condition of repair of sea walls, Lydd, Kent, 1566
|
1566 |
maintenance coastal defence |
DUN 52/6a |
bundle of muster rolls and papers of Capt. Walter Roberts and John Roberts inc. note of damage caused by sea, 1625
|
1625 |
coastal erosion |
DLW 556 |
diary of George John, fifth Earl de la Warr, inc. to Portsmouth, Isle of Wight, 1809
|
1809 |
journal travel leisure |
DB/D59/6 |
Brighton borough engineer's correspondence regarding Palace Pier, 1930-59
|
1930 - 1959 |
leisure |
CLW2/1, 4/1 |
photocopies of papers of Admiral HH Beamish and Rear-Admiral Beamish, 1850-1951
|
1850 - 1951 |
navy |
CHR 5/1/24 |
probate of will of Robert Simmons of Hadlow, 20 September 1782, with reference to five shares in River Medway navigation, 1785
|
1782 - 1785 |
ownership waterways |
CHR 30/14 |
ts account of naval operations in the Netherlands, 10-14 May 1940
|
1940 |
navy Europe |
CHR 17/35 |
agreement for chalk to be quarried for building a sea wall at Bishopstone, 7 June 1899
|
1899 |
mining coastal erosion defences |
CHR 12/4/5 |
lease for ship and timber yard in St Mary in the Castle, Hastings, 1842 (see CHR 12/4/8-9)
|
1842 |
construction |
C/C8/3 |
Newhaven harbour reports, 1846
|
1846 |
ports |
C/C8/1-4 |
correspondence of clerk of East Sussex Sea Fisheries Committee, 1907-13, inc. order constituting Sussex Sea Fisheries District and misc. papers
|
1907 - 1913 |
fishing whaling |
C/C64/93 |
Saltdean, 1910-14
|
1910 - 1914 |
|
C/C64/51 |
papers regarding Newhaven Sea Act, 1898
|
1898 |
legislation |
BRD/11/10 |
copy will of Charles Beard of Rottingdean of 17 December 1867 with reference to share in the Sussex Maid, 1870
|
1867 - 1870 |
ownership ships |
BRD 14/8 |
copy letter from Thomas Beard to Daniel Rowlands of Rottingdean regarding salvage of wreck of French vessel off Rotterdean, 18 June 1821
|
1821 |
correspondence |
BRD 14/14-15 |
regulations regarding New Shoreham harbour, c.1844, with printed map
|
1844 |
ports illustrations |
BAT 4681-2 |
logbook of HMS Racehorse, 1834-6
|
1834 - 1836 |
navy ships |
ASH 974 |
diary of John Ashburnham's travels to Wales, 1842
|
1842 |
journal leisure |
ASH 499 |
writ to the tenants and occupiers of the manors of Hastings and Collington, late belonging to William Burde, collector of small customs, port of London, 1581
|
1581 |
|
ASH 4004 |
diary of John Ashburnham's travels in Scotland, 1848
|
1848 |
journal |
ASH 4003 |
logbook of Ashburnham family voyage up the Nile, 1824-5
|
1824 - 1825 |
travel Egypt Africa |
ASH 3995-4002 |
diaries of the Ashburnham family of their foreign travel inc. throughout the continent, 1733-1825, as well as Africa, 1822-4, Asia Minor, 1825 [see 4005-15 for books of watercolours]
|
1733 - 1825 |
journal Europe |
ASH 3990-3 |
printed notices relating to smuggling and contraband goods, 1821
|
1821 |
crime |
ASH 2909-17 |
accounts regarding purchase, equipping and maintenance of SY Firefly, SS ReBecca, SS Aramis, gun-runners, 1899-1904
|
1899 - 1904 |
ownership ships weapons |
Archdeaconry of Lewes |
indexed by surname and parish, 1518-1857
|
1518 - 1857 |
|
AMS6456/1 |
Photocopy of an exemplification of a definitive sentence of the High Court of Admiralty under the hand of Richard Hill, registrar.
23 Oct 1713
Sentence of Charles Hedges kt, LLD, judge-president of the High Court of
Admiralty, that the ship Discovery (John Berliquet captain), its crew
and cargo, taken by HMS Experiment (John Hemington captain) and brought
into Hastings, was lawfully taken and seized, and at the time of capture
belonged to the queen's enemies and was a French privateer (navem
privatam bellicam Gallicam), 21 Feb 1712
|
1713 |
navy court prosecution privateering |
AMS6456 |
Sentence of the High Court of Admiralty concerning the
Discovery, brought into Hastings in 1712
|
1712 |
navy prosecution ships |
AMS 674-5 |
minutes of Upper Ouse Navigation, 1790-1859
|
1790 - 1859 |
waterways |
AMS 6260 |
United Society of Boiler Makers, London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Newhaven Marine Shop check Steward's Book, 1896-1946
|
1896 - 1946 |
transport |
AMS 6233 |
records relating to the development of Peacehaven by the South Coast Land and Resort Co, 1916-50
|
1916 - 1950 |
Companies |
AMS 6136/1/92 |
photograph of the Ussuri, beached at Seaford, c.1938
|
1938 |
illustrations ships wrecks |
AMS 5866 |
plan of coast of Sussex, possibly by John P. Desmaretz and H. Foucquet of the Board of Ordnance, with details of harbours and forts, 1736
|
1736 |
|
AMS 5798 |
publicity material of South Coast Land and Resort Co. concerning the development of Peacehaven inc. annual reports, 1917-20
|
1917 - 1920 |
Companies |
AMS 5788/2/1-5 |
diaries of Henry Barry Phillips, 1825-9, inc. reference to wreck
|
1825 - 1829 |
journals |
AMS 5779/1 |
account of William Mannington's journey from England to Madeira, 1827
|
1827 |
travel Europe |
AMS 5764/12 |
research notes by Richard Gilbert on wrecks between Cuckmere Haven and Birling Gap with list of wrecks between 1672-1936, Crowlink Coastguard Station
|
1672 - 1936 |
|
AMS 5707 |
copies of Rye and Meeching port books, 1574-99
|
1574 - 1599 |
|
AMS 5646/12 |
plan of proposed harbour at Newhaven, c.1890
|
1890 |
ports |
AMS 5622 |
logbook of the Atlantic, barque, from Tasmania to Sydney an New Zealand, 1841
|
1841 |
ships Australia |
AMS 5605 |
printed balance sheets for the Amigo, steamer, 1892
|
1892 |
ships finance |
AMS 5599 |
Rye Corporation vouchers inc. appointment of James Lamb and Chiswell Slade regarding Cinque Ports and salvage, 1753
|
1753 |
Companies |
AMS 5599 |
misc. papers mainly concerned with Rye, 1607-1846, inc. bills, 1655, 1675; order to watch French prisoners, 1707; commission by Warden of the Cinque Ports, 1753
|
1607 - 1846 |
|
AMS 5575/58/8 |
menu at a banquet for opening of new pier, Bournemouth, 1880
|
1880 |
leisure dining |
AMS 5575/46/1-5 |
papers of Mighell family of Brighton inc. letters regarding journey to Australia, 1882-3
|
1882 - 1883 |
correspondence travel |
AMS 5575/29 |
rate book with mixture for pills against scurvy noted on back cover, 1772
|
1772 |
medicine disease |
AMS 5575/27/5 |
day book, 1776-8, with accounts of transport of mackerel to London from Brighton
|
1776 - 1778 |
fish |
AMS 5440/68 |
letter from Revd Thomas Foster to John Baker Holroyd, inc. relating to crossing of the Channel, 1776
|
1776 |
correspondence travel |
AMS 5440/48 |
letter from John Foster to John Baker Holroyd with news of lack of ships to Ireland, 9 February 1776
|
1776 |
correspondence |
AMS 5440/421-4, 426, 434-5 |
letters from Lord Sheffield to Frederick North with gossip inc. news of Greece and Turkey, Duke of York's reluctance to remain first Lord of the Admiralty, trade, news of the war, 1811-12
|
1811 - 1812 |
correspondence Europe navy |
AMS 5440/420 |
letter from Lord Glenbervie at Bath regarding proposed travel to Malta by Charles Du Blanch, 29 July 1811
|
1811 |
correspondence Europe travel leisure |
AMS 5440/418 |
letter from Lord Sheffield probably to Frederick North, 27 November 1810 inc. news of experiments with lifeboat
|
1810 |
correspondence |
AMS 5440/408 |
letter from Lord Glenbervie with account of his travels abroad, 9 July 1809
|
1809 |
correspondence |
AMS 5440/398 |
letter from Lord Guildford at Calais with account of his Channel crossing, 14 August 1802
|
1802 |
correspondence travel |
AMS 5440/39 |
letter from William Foster to John Baker Holroyd with news of loss of ship on the Packet to Dublin route, 28 October 1775
|
1775 |
correspondence wrecks |
AMS 5440/381 |
letter from John Foster to Lord Sheffield with account of journey from Ireland, 29 January 1802
|
1802 |
correspondence travel |
AMS 5440/346 |
letter from Frederick North at Columbo to Lord Sheffield, 31 January 1800, inc. account of cinnamon trade, regulation of the pearl fishery
|
1800 |
correspondence cargo spices fishing |
AMS 5440/342 |
letter from T.F. Birch at Fort George to Lord Sheffield, 15 October 1799, inc. accounts of naval skirmishes, news of troops landing at Minorca
|
1799 |
correspondence navy Europe |
AMS 5440/313 |
unsigned letter from Frederick North on the Brunswick to Lord Sheffield concerning his voyage to Bombay, 1798
|
1798 |
correspondence travel India |
AMS 5440/236 |
letter from Frederick North to Lord to Lord Sheffield regarding his departure for Corsica, 1795
|
1795 |
correspondence travel Europe |
AMS 5440/158 |
letter from Thomas Pelham at Lewes inc. Lord's Sheffield's objections to Sussex navigation plans, 23 January 1790
|
1790 |
correspondence waterways |
AMS 5440/154 |
letter from Lord North at Bushy Park enquiring about Sussex navigation, 28 December 1789
|
1789 |
correspondence waterways |
AMS 5440/119 |
letter from John Foster to Lord Sheffield with request for papers on the fisheries, 1786
|
1786 |
correspondence fishing trade |
AMS 5440/104 |
letter from Elizabeth Foster at Portsmouth to Lord Sheffield with news of her view of fleet, 1781
|
1781 |
correspondence navy |
AMS 5336-8 |
correspondence and papers relating to trade carried by Henry de Bourbel with Martinique, 1797-1801, inc. insurance policy relating to the Princess Charlotte
|
1797 - 1801 |
cargo ships |
AMS 4953 |
journal of Carey Hampton Borrer of Pakyns in Hurstpierpoint inc. tour to the Continent, 1836
|
1836 |
diary travel Europe |
AMS 4881 |
trading accounts of a Rye shallop, 1712-14
|
1712 - 1714 |
finance shipping |
AMS 4606 |
inquisition concerning the wreckage taken from an unidentified vessel washed ashore at Birling with a cargo of wine, 1563
|
1563 |
smuggling alcohol |
AMS 4499-506 |
journals of visits to the continent and Scotland, 1712-1845, inc. accounts of crossing the Channel
|
1712 - 1845 |
diary travel Europe leisure |
AMS 4438 |
letter from C.S. to his brother regarding suffering of the crew of a Rye Sloop, post 1757
|
1757 |
correspondence ships welfare |
AMS 4105 |
paper regarding proposal for recruiting men for defence, 1803
|
1803 |
security |
AMS 3725 |
bill of lading of the Industry at Ulverstone, 1784
|
1784 |
ships |
AMS 3714 |
benefit at Brighton Theatre for families of the men who lost their lives trying to save a ship off Shoreham, c.1780
|
1780 |
leisure welfare |
AMS 3705 |
commission of the Barons of Hastings regarding barons of Cinque Ports to carry the canopy over King Charles II at his coronation, 1661
|
1661 |
Royalty Crown |
AMS 3080 |
proposal regarding defence, 1798
|
1798 |
security |
AMS 2959 |
deed of sale of moiety of the Waterman of Rye, square-sterned brigantine, 1800
|
1800 |
ships |
AMS 2535 |
report on Sussex state of defense, 1781
|
1781 |
security |
AMS 2535 |
copy of 17 page letter from Lord Sheffield to Hon. Lieut. General Thomas Gge reporting on a survey of Sussex coast with regard to possible invasion, 1781
|
1781 |
correspondence navy security defence |
AMS 2497 |
ts, map and notes regarding ancient ship found in former bed of the River Rother, twentieth century
|
1900 - 1999 |
illustrations wrecks |
AMS 2484 |
plans and sections of Mortello Tower no.30 at Rye, twentieth century
|
1900 - 1999 |
buildings defence security |
AMS 2388 |
extracts from Public Records inc. relating to Cinque Port ships in 1296
|
1296 |
|
AMS 2362 |
sketch map of coast line and waterways west of Dungeness in 1250, 1600, 1950
|
1250 - 1950 |
illustration coastal |
AMS 2323 |
bond in £10 with Warden and Admiral of the Cinque ports, 23 May 1539
Lewes Bororough C6/4/1, excise collector of 1700
|
1539 - 1700 |
navy customs |
AMS 2321 |
bond in 10 marks with Warden and Admiral of the Cinque ports, 16 August 1535
|
1535 |
navy |
AMS 2318 |
letter of summons of meeting of special courts of brotherhood and guestling of the Cinque ports and two ancient towns, 21 March 1908
|
1908 |
correspondence navy |
AMS 2293 |
share in a `deeze' [place where herrings are dried], 1748 [also see 2294, 2296-9, 2301-15]
|
1748 |
ownership fish |
AMS 2287 |
deed, possibly a draft inquisiton, before Warden and Admiral of the Cinque Ports, 1443, inc. reference to Gensing manor and Hastings foreshore rights, capture of a balinger with prisoners, finding of ship at Langney, porpoise found, Admiralty affairs
|
1443 |
navy |
AMS 2277-499 |
research papers of W. MacLean Homand inc. notes on Admiralty inquest into foreshore rights and perquisites in the rapes of Hastings and Pevensey, 1443; includes tracings and copies of maps of the coastline near Winchelsea at PRO and elsewhere of 1560-1700
|
1443 - 1700 |
navy crime charts coastal |
AMS 2268 |
coloured plan and section of a magazine to contain 112 barrels of gun-powder, stores and cartridges, proposed to be erected at Brighton, 5 April 1793
|
1793 |
illustration weapons armoury coastal defence security |
AMS 2148 |
probate will of John Tourle of Landport with reference to the Chance, brig, 1801
|
1801 |
ships |
AMS 2004 |
grant relating liability to maintain sea walls and waterways mentioned in abbuttal, c.1275-1300
|
1275 - 1300 |
coastal defence maintenance |
AMS 1915 |
legal papers regarding dispute concerning a breach in the sea wall at East Guldeford, 1735
|
1735 |
coastal erosion |
AMS 1879 |
schedule of seized goods taken between March and September by HM Customs at Eastbourne, 1825
|
1825 |
smuggling crime |
AMS 1607 |
copy of will of John Southerland, seaman on the Admiral Pocock, 23 July 1764
|
1764 |
mariner ships |
AMS 1034 |
lease with conditions regarding sea walls against Bishopstone marsh, right of wreck in Bishopstone, 1761
|
1761 |
|
ACC 5244 |
papers of the Streatfeild family of Rocks in Uckfield, inc. 1/1-25, papers relating to River Ouse navigation, 1788-1833, inc. estimates, copies of Bills, minutes of meetings, correspondence, etc.
|
1788 - 1833 |
waterways |
ACC 4036 |
correspondence of Capt. W.G. Blackler of the Hardy and Tonquin, trading between Boston and China, 1830s
|
1830 |
ships America shipping |
ACC 2714/287 |
papers of earl of Sheffield (unlisted), inc. correspondence and other papers relating to the port and harbour at Newhaven, 1814-41, with two printed plans
|
1814 - 1841 |
|
ABE/D560/13 |
extracts from orders in Council and book of instruction of the Navy Board for informing a Commission of the Navy of the administration rules, c.1700
|
1700 |
|
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 |
correspondence mariners navy recruitment |
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 |
correspondence mariners recruitment navy pressganging |
A7955 |
Board of Trade: marine maps |
1824 - 1987 |
charts |
A7819 |
James Tubb, mariner, Newhaven: letters while on the schooner Lewes Castle to his future wife, Mary Hoadley of Newhaven. |
1843 |
seamen correspondence ships marriage |
A7808 |
Hastings borough: certificate of the bailiff and jurats sending details of their muster (not attached) to the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports. |
1496 |
|
A4789 |
diary of William Grantham inc. to Birkenhead, Liverpool, 1853
|
1853 |
journal leisure travel |
283a-e |
convictions of smugglers, 1820
|
1820 |
proscutions crime smuggling |
10532 |
Sussex Association of Naval Officers: records incl minutes 1910-94.
|
1910 - 1994 |
officers mariners seamen |
10215 |
Royal Naval Reserve, Sussex: films and photographs, c. 1904-70.
|
1904 - 1970 |
RNR reserves |
SHR/2721-2727 |
Business and Investment: John Bridger (1703-84), Papers relating to shipping ventures of 'The Lewes Merchants' or 'John Bridger and Co.' - ref. - date: 1755-57
Receipted bill of William Lee for advertisements in Lewes Journal of
meeting (Apr. 1755) and launching of new ship (Dec. 1755); receipts for
capital subscriptions; letters of John Gascoigne of Barbados, and John
Hutchinson of London on sugar bought for shipment, and giving recent
news of Boscawen's fleet off Newfoundland; account with John Gascoigne; policy of insurance for goods in ship Lewis for voyage Newhaven-Madeira-Barbados.
|
1755 - 1757 |
trade commerce publications correspondence colonies 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 |
mariners |