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  Company of Royal Adventurers of England Trading with Africa and successors: Records

  These records are predominantly correspondence, financial accounts, minutes and reports relating to all aspects of the Company's business. The Company was one of the main slave traders of the period and many of the volumes record the purchase and sal…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1660-1833

  Reference

  T 70

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  Admiralty: China Station: Correspondence

  Records of the China Station including the East Indies, Japan, Korea, Australasia, Pacific Islands and the Behring Sea. They include correspondence relating to the East India Company in China, general service proceedings throughout the Station's area…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1828-1946

  Reference

  ADM 125

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  Will of Joshua Davis, Vintner but now Mariner on board the Good Ship or Vessell called...

  JoshuaDavisVintner but now Mariner on board the Good Ship or Vessell called the Sheerness PrivateerSaint Andrew Holborn , Middlesex

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  20 March 1745

  Reference

  PROB 11/738/371

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  Will of Robert Stow, Quarter Master on Board the George Privateer now lying at Starcross...

  RobertStowQuarter Master on Board the George Privateer now lying at StarcrossGainsborough , Lincolnshire

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  16 March 1745

  Reference

  PROB 11/738/340

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  Will of Charles Freadrick otherwise Freadick, Mariner late of the Prince Frederick...

  CharlesFreadrick otherwise FreadickMariner late of the Prince Frederick Privateer

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  05 August 1756

  Reference

  PROB 11/824/194

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  Foreign Office and predecessors: Consulate, Tunis, Tunisia, French North Africa (formerly...

  This series contains miscellanea from the British consulate at Tunis (formerly part of the Ottoman Empire and French North Africa). Comprises copies of conventions, treaty papers and treaties with Great Britain, with lists of correspondence, letter b…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1675-1936

  Reference

  FO 339

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  High Court of Admiralty: Oyer and Terminer Records

  This series consists of oyer and terminer records of the High Court of Admiralty.The documents are criminal records generated by the Admiralty Court from its statutory institution in 1535 to its transfer to the Central Criminal Court in 1834.They inc…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1535-1834

  Reference

  HCA 1

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  Committee of Imperial Defence: Colonial Defence Memoranda (C Series)

  This series consists of the printed papers or memoranda of the Committee of Imperial Defence (CID), concerned with Colonial Defence.Subjects include the defence of colonial ports, naval bases in the Colonies, garrison stations abroad, air attack, pos…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1902-1939

  Reference

  CAB 5

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  Records of the Instance and Prize Courts

  Records of the Instance and Prize Courts of the High Court of Admiralty concerning the Admiralty's jurisdiction in instance cases and prize cases. Instance cases related to commercial disputes, wages, collision, salvage and droits. Prize cases arose …

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  1515-1995

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  Admiralty: Miscellanea

  Various records of naval administration, navigation and other maritime matters, including:Compilations relating to the history, administration, and rights of the Navy and the Admiralty, 1563 to 1815; memorials and reports, 1695 to 1815; law officers'…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1563-1956

  Reference

  ADM 7

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  Privy Council Office: Plantation Books

  This series contains volumes, sometimes called 'Plantation Registers' which comprise copies (apparently made more or less contemporaneously with the originals) of colonial acts, and forms of confirmation; charters; commissions; instructions, orders a…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1678-1806

  Reference

  PC 5

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  Home Office: Miscellaneous Warrant Books

  Miscellaneous warrant books, comprising: Special Commissions: for seizing pirates (addressed to commanders of East India Company's ships proceeding to India and the Far East), 1768 to 1827; and for determining prizes, in hostilities with Russia, Chin…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1750-1967

  Reference

  HO 118

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  Chancery: Roman Rolls

  This series consists largely of enrolled copies of correspondence sent from the king of England to the pope and to the cardinals, mostly about the ecclesiatical affairs of the kingdom.The rolls include items of high royal policy, as well as letters i…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1306-1358

  Reference

  C 70

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  Vice-Admiralty Courts: Proceedings

  This series consists of the records of proceedings of the Vice-Admiralty courts held in the colonies of the Cape of Good Hope, 1795 to 1805; Cape Nichola Mole [Saint Domingue], 1797 to 1799; Guadaloupe, 1811 to 1815; Jamaica, 1747 to 1748; Minorca, 1…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1593-1875

  Reference

  HCA 49

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  This piece contains documents relating to a range of subjects. All the papers are...

  This piece contains documents relating to a range of subjects. All the papers are in French unless otherwise indicated, and include: Papers relating to the first Battle of Cape Finisterre, 3 May 1747 [Julian Calendar], including printed copies of sig…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1689-1754

  Reference

  HCA 30/666

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  Chancery: Crown Office: Entry Books of Commissioners

  These entry books, compiled in the Crown Office of the Chancery, list the names of the commissioners appointed to the various commissions which were issued by that office between 1601 and 1673, with a gap between 1646 and 1652. The texts of the commi…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1601-1673

  Reference

  C 181

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  Chancery Files, Tower and Rolls Chapel Series, Cancelled Letters Patent

  This series consists of drafts, copies and unissued letters patent as well as letters returned for cancellation.Also included are a number of strays from other file series, not all of which lie within the Chancery group. The earliest files contain th…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  c1154-c1901

  Reference

  C 266

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  Hsü Kuang-chin to Bonham. Has asked Magistrate of P'an-yü to go in person to investigate...

  Hsü Kuang-chin to Bonham. Has asked Magistrate of P'an-yü to go in person to investigate if British merchant ship had been plundered by Chinese marines on patrol or by pirates posing as marines.

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1849 Oct 21/TK 29 09 06

  Reference

  FO 682/1982/49

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  Piracy in China Seas. Case of the Anglo-India. Volume 10

  Piracy in China Seas. Case of the Anglo-India. Volume 10

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1889-1890

  Reference

  FO 17/1113

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  Yeh Ming-ch'en to Bonham. Since his return to Canton from Shao-chou, has instructed...

  Yeh Ming-ch'en to Bonham. Since his return to Canton from Shao-chou, has instructed marine forces to suppress piracy. Subsequently six to seven hundred pirates have been killed or arrested. Is pleased to read that Royal Navy has also been vigorous in…

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1853 Sep 5/HF 3 08 03

  Reference

  FO 682/1986/14