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1 item extracted from SP 78/125. France: Brest. 'Mapp of Brest taken by M r. Castle,...
Catalogue reference: MPF 1/325
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This record is about the 1 item extracted from SP 78/125. France: Brest. 'Mapp of Brest taken by M r. Castle,... dating from 1668 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- MPF 1/325
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1668
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item extracted from SP 78/125. France: Brest. 'Mapp of Brest taken by M r. Castle, y e shipw[r]igh[t] employed there by his Ma ys command by My L d Arlington 1668' (endorsement): plan of Brest harbour, giving detailed information on defences. Note, apparently by Castle: 'This harbour I have sownded with my owne hand all over'. No scale shown. Compass indicator. Bound with report, 'Castle's account by his letter from Brest', of 15/25 November 1668, concerning ships under construction, naval stores, sources of supply, and the payment of smiths, carpenters, masons etc. 'Castle' may be Thomas Castle, administration of whose estate was granted by the Prerogative Court of Canterbury on 28 July 1669 (PROB 6/44, folio 84).
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- English
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- 45 cm x 67 cm
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entry 1118
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3982269/
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