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Smuggling gangs and coastal policing in 19th-century England
Following the Napoleonic Wars, smuggling became a major concern for the British government.
Series
Navy Board, Navy Pay Office, and Admiralty, Accountant General's Department: Registers...
Catalogue reference: ADM 142
What's it about?
ADM 142
These volumes are registers of seamen's wills. In addition to giving the date of death of the seaman, the first 14 volumes also contain the name, address and relationship of the executor or administrator of the will. Records within this series...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- ADM 142
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Title (The name of the record)
- Navy Board, Navy Pay Office, and Admiralty, Accountant General's Department: Registers of Seamen's Wills
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1786-1909
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Description (What the record is about)
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These volumes are registers of seamen's wills. In addition to giving the date of death of the seaman, the first 14 volumes also contain the name, address and relationship of the executor or administrator of the will.
Records within this series are available to download as digital microfilm.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- These records were previously available on microfilm in the open reading rooms at Kew; the microfilms have now been removed (November 2008) as part of the Digital Microfilm project and copies are available online (please see link in the Scope and Content field).
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically in two series, covering 1786 to 1861 and 1862 to 1909.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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These registers provide an index to ADM 48
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Board of Admiralty, Accountant General's Department, 1832-1932
- Navy Pay Office, 1546-1835
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 19 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Available in digital format
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1851/
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Within the department: ADM
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Navy Board, Navy Pay Office, and Admiralty, Accountant General's Department: Registers of Seamen's Wills
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