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RYE (CULWORTH) COLLECTION
Catalogue reference: Rye
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This record is about the RYE (CULWORTH) COLLECTION dating from 1770-1869.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- Rye
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Title (The name of the record)
- RYE (CULWORTH) COLLECTION
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1770-1869
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Description (What the record is about)
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Very interesting late 18th and 19thC archive of correspondence and naval papers mainly relating to Admiral Peter Rye's career. Also Lt. Edward Rye's ship's journals to India, 1771-1774 and log to West Indies, 1778. Ship's journals of Peter Rye in the Atlantic, to Australia and at Gothenburg (Sweden) 1790-1814. Correspondence and papers on organising North Sea conveys 1813. Family letters and letters to his wife. Jane Rye's travel journal 1820, France, Switzerland and Italy. Poetry and sketches including view of Dartmouth (Devon) c.1800 and Waterloo. Papers on sale of Culworth estate 1851-1852. Papers on Hugh Lord's finances 1811-1830.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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<p>(Culworth estate accounts 1774-1783 are in the Aplin solicitors' collection.)</p>
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Northamptonshire Record Office
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- <famname>Rye family of Culworth, Northamptonshire</famname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 962 docs
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Accessions 1931/136
1975/178
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
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The collection was deposited by the Elwes family whose own archive is described under Elwes of Great Billing.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Peter Rye (d.1851), a younger son of Dr. William Beauchamp Rye, pursued his career and fortune in the navy and eventually rose to be an Admiral. An older brother inherited the family estate at Culworth but died without children so Admiral Rye eventually succeeded to it. He married Eleanor Lord and two of their daughters married into the Elwes family.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/17ef1cb6-b526-4cb2-a562-c0dae7b62541/
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RYE (CULWORTH) COLLECTION