Skip to main content
Service phase: Beta

This is a new way to search our records, which we’re still working on. Alternatively you can search our existing catalogue, Discovery.

Item

Folios 270-271: John Willoughby Marshall, HMS Lynx, Long Reach. Responding to Admiralty...

Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2142/100

What’s it about?

This record is about the Folios 270-271: John Willoughby Marshall, HMS Lynx, Long Reach. Responding to Admiralty... dating from 1803 May 7 in the series Admiralty, and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Correspondence and Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

Is it available online?

No, this record is not available online. However, you can order a copy. Other ways to view it.

Can I see it in person?

Yes, this record is held at The National Archives and is available to see in person. How to view it.

Full description and record details

Reference
ADM 1/2142/100
Date
1803 May 7
Description

Folios 270-271: John Willoughby Marshall, HMS Lynx, Long Reach. Responding to Admiralty query he says Henry Bear had been impressed from the Woodford East India at Gravesend, in which ship he had been for over 7 weeks and intended to sail in her to India. But upon coming on board the Lynx he had entered the Service and received the bounty on 5 May.

Folios 272-273: enclosure with folios 270-271. Petition dated 2 May 1803 from Thomas Philips, London, saying his apprentice, Henry Bear, had been impressed and asking for his discharge.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Cap M319
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C19790842/

How to order it

  1. View this record page in our current catalogue
  2. Check viewing and downloading options
  3. Select an option and follow instructions

Series information

ADM 1

Admiralty, and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Correspondence and Papers

See the series level description for more information about this record.

View series description

Catalogue hierarchy

Over 27 million records

This record is held at The National Archives, Kew

2,474,869 records

Within the department: ADM

Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies

137,385 records

Within the series: ADM 1

Admiralty, and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Correspondence and Papers

162 records

Within the piece: ADM 1/2142

Letters from Captains, Surnames M: 1803, numbers 201-400. (Described at item level)

You are currently looking at the item: ADM 1/2142/100

Folios 270-271: John Willoughby Marshall, HMS Lynx, Long Reach. Responding to Admiralty...

Related records

Records that share similar topics with this record.