Record revealed
Affidavit describing the uprising of enslaved people onboard the Bedford
This affidavit is testament to the lengths enslaved African people went to in seeking their freedom.
Series
Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Royal Naval Reserve, Representative Records of Service
Catalogue reference: BT 164
What's it about?
BT 164
This series contains a selection of the service records of the reservists, kept for the Admiralty by the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen and its predecessor. These records provide personal details and a record of training and service and...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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BT 164
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Title (The name of the record)
- Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Royal Naval Reserve, Representative Records of Service
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Date (When the record was created)
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1860-1946
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains a selection of the service records of the reservists, kept for the Admiralty by the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen and its predecessor.
These records provide personal details and a record of training and service and of the retainers paid. In the 1890s different books were used for ratings who were on their first or second etc engagement and a selection of these has been included.
Digital copies of Royal Naval Reserve service records 1860-1955 can be searched and downloaded.
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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The indexes in this BT 377 (1-6 and 8-28) cover the selected sample in BT 164 and those records that for this period were destroyed
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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)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- General Register and Record Office of Seamen, 1835-1872
- Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen, 1872-1992
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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23 boxes and volumes
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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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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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A reserve force of volunteer seamen was established under the Naval Reserve Act 1859. The Admiralty controlled the Reserve and was responsible for its training. Merchant Seamen and Fishermen were recruited through the Shipping Offices at ports in the United Kingdom while the central record was maintained at the Office of the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen. Originally composed solely of ratings, the Reserve was expanded in 1862 by the admission of officers.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3202/
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