Name: Navy of England / Material Type: Archives and Manuscripts - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 28152
Title:: Copies of letters from Admiral Sir John Norris to the Duke of Newcastle, Secretary of state; "Victory" at Spithead, in the Downs, etc., 6 Feb. 174 3/4-30 Mar. 1744. Prefixed are:-a journal kept by Pearson on board the "Duke;" 22 Feb.-1 Mar. 174¾, f. 1;-and a narrative of the movements of the English and French fleets, etc.; 30 Jan.-23 Feb. 17¾, f. 4. Paper; xviiith cent. Folio.
Scope & Content:: Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle 1715; formerly Pelham; Secretary of State: Correspondence with Admiral Norris: 1730-1737, 1744. Navy; England: Papers of Admiral Sir John Norris: 1690-1746. includes: f. 1 Pearson: Journal kept by, on board the " Duke": 1744.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 28153-28157
Title:: ORIGINAL letters to Admiral Sir John Norris from secretaries of state, lords of the admiralty, English ambassadors and agents abroad, foreign ministers and others, with numerous diplomatic papers, instructions, etc. ,enclosed; 1707-1744. Five volumes. Vol. i., 2 Jan. 1707-25 May, 1711;-Vol. ii., 21 Jan. 171½ 1 Sept. 1716;-Vol. iii., 24 Apr. 1717--12 Aug. 1719;-Vol. iv., 1 Sept. 1719-23 Dec. 1735;-Vol. v., 20 Jan. 173.5/6 29 Mar. 1744. Included are letters of :-Charles III., titular King of S...
Scope & Content:: Admiralty; Commissioners of the: Correspondence with Sir J. Norris: 1711 - 1744. Navy; England: Papers of Admiral Sir John Norris: 1690-1746.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Danish, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, Russian, Spanish, and Swedish
Date Range:: 1707-1744
Extent:: 5 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 28220
Title:: MUSTER-BOOK of H. M. S. "Northumberland;" 1758-1760. Signed at ff. 16 b, 20 b, and 21 b, by [Master, afterwards Captain,] James Cook, [the navigator]. Paper. Folio.
Scope & Content:: Navy; England: Muster-book of H.M.S. " Northumberland": 1758-1760.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1758-1760
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 28273
Title:: MEMORANDUM-BOOK of John Locke, Solicitor, father of the philosopher; 1623-1655. Among the contents are:- 1 Forms of licenses, bonds, warrants, recognisances and other legal instruments, taken from proceedings at general sessions in co. Somerset; 1629-1631, ff. 1, 35. 2."Nomina decimarum infra Hundreda de Chew, Chewton et Kainsham [Keynsham]," f. 29. 3. "The Lord Bishop of Armagh's [James Ussher] direction to the Howse of Parliament concerning the Liturgie and Episcopale Government, bee...
Scope & Content:: John Locke, Solicitor, Father of the Philosopher: Memorandum-book: 1623-1655. County of Somerset: Subsidy assessments and other memoranda, by J. Locke: 1623-1655. includes: f. 29 Chewton Hundred, Somerset: Nomina decimarum infra: 17th cent. f. 29 Keynsham Hundred, Somerset: Nomina decimarum i...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1623-1655
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 28451
Title:
Scope & Content:: MISCELLANEOUS papers relating to England, France, Italy, and the Netherlands, consisting chiefly of copies of letters, relations, despatches, etc.; in Italian, Spanish, and Latin. Among them are:- 1. "Se sia espediente alla Reina d'Inghilterra maritar la S- Ar[a]bella [Stuart] al Prencipe di C...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:: 16th century-17th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 28552
Title:
Scope & Content:: Vol. II. xviiith cent. Army; England: Campaign of the Anglo-Hanoverian army in Germany: 1760-1762. includes: f. 93 b Navy; England: Lists and establishments.: 1594 - 1810. f. 93 b Army; England: Abstract of forces: 1762, 1763. f. 103 General Sir David Dundas, GCB: Extract from his "Principles...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 28721 A-M
Title:: MISCELLANEOUS papers; acquired from time to time during the years 1871-1876. Vellum and paper; xvith-xixth centt. Folio.
Scope & Content:: includes: f. 1 Heralds's College: Orders of Thomas of Lancaster for placing the heralds in attendance on the king: 16th cent.: Copy. f. 1 John Gwillim, Rouge Croix Pursuivant: Certificate: circ. 1620. f. 4 b Hue and Cry: Draft of bill for amending the law of: 1597. f. 14 William Russell, 5th Ea...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and French
Date Range:: 16th century-19th century
Extent:: 12 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 28746
Title:: COPIES of letters of William Stanhope, 1st Lord Harrington, Secretary of State, to Thomas Robinson [afterwards Lord Grantham], Minister at Vienna; with state papers, army and navy estimates, etc.; 1741. See Add. MSS., 23,780-23,830. Paper. With the book-plate of Viscount Cranborne. Folio. Presented by the Trustees of Winkfield School.
Scope & Content:: Colonel William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington: Letters to Sir T. Robinson: 1730-1746.: Orig. and Copies. Thomas Robinson, 1st Baron Grantham: Letters to, from Lord Harrington: 1741.: Copies. Navy; England: Estimates: 1654, 1741, 1746. Army; England: Estimates: 1741.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Unspecified
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 28748
Title:: COPIES of Instructions for officers of the Navy, etc., viz:- 1. "Order of Council for the passing Sir Thomas Littleton's Accompts," as Treasurer of the Navy; 23 Oct. 1699, f. 4. 2. Instructions:-for commissioners and surgeons for sick and wounded, 1690, 1698, 1699, ff. 4, 10, 28;-for the commissioners for Greenwich Hospital, 1699, f. 35 b;-for Villers Bathurst, Judge Advocate, 1700, f. 40;-for a muster-master of a squadron, f. 42;-for the storekeepers of his Majesty's yards, 1680, f. 47 ...
Scope & Content:: Navy; England: General instructions for officers: 1672, 1680-1700. includes: f. 4 Navy; England: Privy Council order for passing accounts: 1699. f. 4 Sir Thomas Littleton, 3rd Baronet; Treasurer of the Navy, Speaker of the House of Commons: Order of Council for passing his accounts: 1699. f. 3...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Early 18th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 28844
Title:: 1. Privy Seal for a loan to the crown; 28 July, 33 Eliz. [1591]; signed by Thomas Kery, collector. With acknowledgment of money received from William Alferie of Wythiham, co. Sussex, 20 Nov. 1591, f. 1. 2. Accounts of payments to the King's workman at Chatham, 1600, 1611; Greenwich, 1609; and Deptford, 1612, f. 2. 3. Accounts of fees and pensions, to public officers, members of the Royal Household, and others; Apr.-Sept. 1617. In three divisions, headed respectively with the names of [Si...
Scope & Content:: includes: f. 1 William Alferie, of Wythiham: Loan to the Crown: 1591. f. 1 Thomas Kery, Clerk of the Privy Seal: Signature to a warrant: 1591. f. 2 Greenwich, Kent: Accounts of the Royal Clerk of the Works: 1500-1502, 1609. f. 2 Chatham, Kent: Payments to the royal workmen at: 1600, 1611. f. 2 ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1591-1617
Extent:: 1 item

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