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Senate House Library, University of London

Miscellanea including papers relating to Sir Clowdisley Shovell


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS 859

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: Miscellanea including papers relating to Sir Clowdisley Shovell

Date(s): 1697-[1882]

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 47 items

Name of creator(s): Unknown

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

No information available at present.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Miscellaneous collection of manuscripts, comprising:
1. Fragment of a printed receipt, completed in manuscript, issued to Admiral Sir Clowdisley Shovell by the Exchequer for 3 months interest for a loan at 8 %, 15 Apr 1697.
2. Order by Shovell as Admiral to Philip Stanhope, Captain of HMS Milford, to receive a Lieutenant and 30 marines from [HMS] Tilbury, 29 Aug 1706.
3. Printed receipt, completed in manuscript, for payment to Shovell by the Exchequer of a 6 monthly installment of an annuity, 20 Nov 1706.
4. Map of Blakeney channel and Cley channel, Norfolk, mounted and coloured, from Greenvile Collins, Great Britain's Coasting Pilot (1693). With an engraved inscription by Collins dedicating the map to Shovell.
5. Modern reproduction of a reduced plan of Soho Square, London, inscribed 'House of Sir Clowdisley [Shovell]'. The original plan, probably made in the 18th century, was that of 'the late Duke of Portland's estate in the neighbourhood of Soho Square'.
6. Leaf from a letter-book, with copies of 5 letters initialled 'E.K.', dated 29 Aug 1797, Dublin, to Robert Eyre at Tallow (Co. Waterford); Thomas Osbourne at Fort Charles, Kinsale (Co. Cork); Edward Mapoller at 'Killeoan(?) near Roscommon'; William Hailey at 'Fore Park(?) near Athlone'; and 'Dr. Toves(?)'. The writer had just reached Dublin from London, and intended to travel to Roscommon and Galway. The letters to Eyre and Osbourne(?) mention payments to be made to John Kelly at the Treasury in the castle at Dublin; those to Eyre and Toves(?) refer to 'Davies (who is in custody in London)'. The leaf was formerly part of a binding.
7. Fragment of a list of deeds concerning the property of Richard and Mary Chiswell at Finchingfield, Essex, written in the 18th century.
8. Printed bill for an exhibition of the picture of the battle of Lodi of 1796 by Robert Ker Porter, with a sketch of the picture and explanatory notes.
9. Printed matter including Rules and Regulations of the St James's Loyal Volunteers (1797).
10. Recipes for 'Ginger Bread Nuts', various drinks, and for medicines; instructions for cleaning 'black straw hats', dating from the early 19th century.
11. Three engraved certificates completed in manuscript for William Buchanan, (1) for training in midwifery by John Haighton, dated 18 Nov 1814, (2) for attendance of courses on anatomy, signed by John Abernethy, dated May 1815, and (3) for honorary membership of the London Vaccine Institution, dated 26 Aug 1816.
12. Genealogies of families, endorsed 'Hussey, Barons of Galtrim, Feypo and Maurward, Barons of Scune', relating to the medieval period, written in the 19th century.
13. Drafts of two essays by Edwin Hadlow Wise Dunkin, headed 'Our Satellite. Sent for insertion in the City of London School Magazine...January 1865' (ff. 1-12), and 'The Lesser Light [i.e. the moon]...August 1866. Sent to Chambers Journal, 4 Sep 1866' (ff. 15-19).
14. 'A Short Tour on the Cornish Coast', with remarks on weather and monuments, historical anecdotes, and sketches in pencil and pastels, 1879.
15. 'Voyage of the Lioness', from Scalloway, Shetland, to Foula and Fair Isle. The Lioness was commanded by Captain Robertson; the passengers were described as 'the doctor and the professor'. The journal describes the inhabitants of the islands, and birds and animals seen. Written in the early 20th century.
16. Monologue in pidgin English, probably written for entertainment, in which Kassim Ali describes his activities during the bombardment of Alexandria, his going on board the Condor, his delivery of a letter to [Ahmed] Arabi, the flight from Alexandria to Cairo, and his prevention of the explosion of the magazine in the fort of Ras-el-Jin. The account probably refers to the bombardment of Alexandria by the British fleet on 11 Jul 1882; see The Times for 22 Jul 1882, p. 5. Written in the 20th century on note-paper addressed 'Kenley, Surrey'.
17. Modern brass rubbing from the tomb of Thomas Potter (d 6 Jun 1531), taken from Westerham Church, Kent.
18. Collection of miscellaneous printed ephemera dating from the early 19th to the early 20th century. Includes a receipt for a share in the 'Strand [i.e. Waterloo] Bridge', London, 1812; a card for the White Lion Hotel, Bala, Merioneth, early 19th century; a plan of the Great Exhibition of 1851; pictures of Plymouth pier, early 20th century; a birthday card of 1887; a prospectus for an auction of shares of the Ilford Gas Co., 1907; tickets for books from the Officers' Library of the Royal Marines at Woolwich and Forton, and from B.O. May's Circulating Library, Teignmouth; a book-plate (?) of H.C. Sharpin, Ripon, 19th century; and bank notes of the Republic of Argentina, late 19th or early 20th century.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

As given in the Scope and Content.

Conditions governing access:

Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Uncatalogued material may not be seen. Please contact the University Archivist for details.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

Physical characteristics:

1. 170 x 280 mm; 2. 186 x 150 mm; 3. 368 x 240 mm; 4. 310 x 470 mm; 5. 220 x 165 mm; 6. 375 x 250 mm; 7. 220 x 190 mm; 8. 365 x 480 mm; 9. 16pp; 10. 182 x 112 mm; 11. 420 x 325 mm, 430 x 340 mm, and 420 x 335 mm; 12. 2ff, 325 x 200 mm; 13. 195 x 145 mm and 205 x 163 mm; 14. 56ff, 198 x 160 mm; 15. 26ff, 180 x 110 mm; 16. 4ff, 178 x 112 mm; 17. 760 x 410 mm; 18. 17 items.

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ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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Immediate source of acquisition:

Given via the BRA in 1973.

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: Feb 2002


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Armed forces | State security
Church | Religious institutions
Food preparation | Home economics education
Land tenure | Land economics | Agricultural economics
Maps | Visual materials
Medical education | Higher science education
Napoleonic Wars (1800-1815) | Wars (events)
Plans | Visual materials
Recipes | Literary forms and genres | Literature
War | International conflicts
Works of art | Arts
Astronomy
Finance
Genealogy
International relations
Military organizations
Movable cultural property

Personal names
Abernethy | John | 1764-1831 | surgeon
Buchanan | William | fl 1914-1918 | medical student
Chiswell | Mary | fl 1700-1750 | wife of Richard Chiswell
Chiswell | Richard | 1673-1751 | turkey merchant and politician
Collins | Greenvile | fl 1669-1693 | RN Captain and hydrographer x Collins | Greenville
Dunkin | Edwin Hadlow Wise | 1849-1915 | genealogist and local historian
Eyre | Robert | fl 1797
Hailey | William | fl 1797
Hussey | family | Barons of Galtrim x Galtrim | Barons of
Kelly | John | fl 1797 | Irish treasury official
Mapoller | Edward | fl 1797
Osbourne | Thomas | fl 1797
Porter | Sir | Robert Ker | 1777-1842 | painter and traveller
Shovell | Sir | Clowdisley | 1650-1707 | Knight | Admiral of the Fleet
Stanhope | Philip | fl 1706 | Captain
Toves | fl 1797 | Dr

Corporate names
Exchequer
Lioness | ship | early 20th century
London Vaccine Institution
RN | Royal Navy x Royal Navy
St James's Loyal Volunteers
Westerham Church | Kent
White Lion Hotel | Bala, Merioneth

Places
Alexandria | Urban | Egypt | North Africa
Argentina | South America
Blakeney | Norfolk | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Cley | Norfolk | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Cornwall | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Fair Isle | Shetland | Scotland | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Finchingfield | Essex | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Foula | Shetland | Scotland | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Ireland | Western Europe | Europe
Lodi | Italy | Western Europe | Europe
Plymouth | Devon | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Scallaway | Shetland | Scotland | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Soho | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Turkey | Middle East
Waterloo | Belgium | Western Europe | Europe
City of Westminster
Lambeth