Skip to main content
Membership
Donate
Shop
Venue hire
Search
Royal Museums Greenwich
Main navigation
Menu
Royal Museums Greenwich
Search
Close
Plan your visit
Back
Plan your visit
Tickets and prices
Getting here
Accessibility
Family visits
Group visits
School visits
Cutty Sark
Cutty Sark
Open daily 10am-5pm
Last entry 4.15pm
Adult: £22 | Child: £11
Members go free
Free
National Maritime Museum
National Maritime Museum
Open daily 10am-5pm
Last entry 4.15pm
Free entry
Booking recommended
Free
Queen's House
Queen's House
Open daily 10am-5pm
Last entry 4.15pm
Free entry
Booking recommended
Royal Observatory
Royal Observatory
Temporarily closed
Major restoration project
What's on
Back
What's on
Exhibitions
For families
Member events
Talks and tours
National Maritime Museum
Family fun
Astronomers Take Over
This brand-new interactive gallery gives curious minds aged 4 to 104 the space to play, learn and explore!
National Maritime Museum
Events and festivals
Diwali at the National Maritime Museum
Lantern parades, dance performances and rangoli workshops: celebrate the Festival of Lights in Greenwich
Cutty Sark
Events and festivals
Sea Shanty Festival 2026
Visit Cutty Sark for a fantastic day of sea song performances and workshops in celebration of the tea clipper's 157th birthday
Stories
Back
Stories
Maritime history
Space and astronomy
Art and culture
The ocean
Time
Royal history
ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2026 winners
Take a look at the winning images in the world's biggest space photography competition
Turner's 'The Battle of Trafalgar': a maligned masterpiece?
J.M.W. Turner's vast naval scene is a treasure of the Royal Museums Greenwich collection, but why was it so controversial when it was unveiled in 1824?
Dog that dived to the bottom of the ocean surfaces at the National Maritime Museum
A toy that journeyed to the very bottom of the ocean has been donated to the National Maritime Museum.
Collections
Back
Collections
Conservation
Research
Donating items to our collection
Collections Online
Search our online database and explore our objects, paintings, archives and library collections from home
The Prince Philip Maritime Collections Centre
Come behind the scenes at our state-of-the-art conservation studio
Caird Library
Visit the world's largest maritime library and archive collection at the National Maritime Museum
Learn
Back
Learn
Learning resources
School visits and sessions
SEND sessions and resources
Opportunities for teachers
Adult learning
Practitioner residencies
Schools
From astronomy to maritime history, bring your subjects to life with our school sessions and resources
Communities
Explore our groups, programmes and events developed with local and connected communities
Young people
Gain skills and hands-on experience with a range of creative activities, projects and events
Support us
Back
Support us
Become a member
Donate
Corporate partnerships
Become a patron
Leave a legacy
Commemoration and celebration
Our sites
Cutty Sark
National Maritime Museum
Queen's House
Royal Observatory
Membership
Donate
Shop
Venue hire
Search
Beta
Back to all results
Explore our Collection
Objects
Library
Archive
Search our collection
filters…
Search
Catalogue Section
Select…
Catalogue Section
Catalogue Section
Personal collections
Level
Select…
Level
Level
FILE
ITEM
Creator
Select…
Creator
Creator
Clifford, Thomas
Apply Filter
Date Range
Select…
Date Range
Date From
Select...
1649
1650
1651
1653
1655
1657
1661
1663
1664
1665
1666
1667
1668
1672
1673
1675
Date To
Select...
1602
1604
1609
1649
1651
1653
1655
1657
1660
1661
1664
1665
1666
1667
1668
1672
1673
1675
Show only:
Requestable
With images
Applied Filters
Clifford, Thomas
Clear all
showing 162 archive results
Sort by
Relevance
Object title/name
Object title/name (desc)
Finding reference
Finding reference (desc)
Date
Date (desc)
List of ships belonging to the City of Lubeck, presented and certified by the Burgomasters and Council of that city, dated 13 April 1665. (Manuscript)
1665-04-13 - 1665-04-13
CLI/45
List of ships belonging to the City of Lubeck, presented and certified by the Burgomasters and Council of that city, dated 13 April 1665.
Copy of the Lords' order to the Judges of the High Court of Admiralty concerning contraband goods, Whitehall, 17 May 1665. (Manuscript)
1665-05-17 - 1665-05-17
CLI/48
Copy of the Lords' order to the Judges of the High Court of Admiralty concerning contraband goods, signed at Whitehall and dated 17 May 1665.
Printed document by Casparius Barkey titled 'A...specification of the names of...ships and the masters thereof...belonging to the City of Bremen...', dated 1665. (Manuscript)
1665 - 1665
CLI/44
Printed document by Casparius Barkey - 'A particular specification of the names of as many of the ships and the masters thereof, as could be collected at present, belonging to the City of Bremen, which trade from thence into sea', dated 1665.
Letter dated 24 Oct 1665 reporting that the English fleet is preparing against the Dutch on the English coast. (Manuscript)
1665-10-24 - 1665-10-24
CLI/97
Letter from John and Charles Banckes, from Hamburg, to Sir Thomas Clifford, at Copenhagen as Extraordinary Envoy of the King of Great Britain, reporting that the English fleet is preparing against the Dutch on the English coast, dated 24 Oct 1665.
Letter dated 6 Oct 1665 reporting that plague has decreased in England and giving news of ships.. (Manuscript)
1665-10-06 - 1665-10-06
CLI/93
Letter from John and Charles Banckes, from Hamburg, to Sir Thomas Clifford, at Copenhagen as Extraordinary Envoy of the King of Great Britain, reporting that plague has decreased in England; that Charles II, and James, Duke of York are at Oxford; and giving news of ships. Dated 6 Oct 1665.
Letter dated 19 Oct 1665 regarding the Dutch Fleet and the actions of the Bishop of Munster on land. (Manuscript)
1665-10-19 - 1665-10-19
CLI/95
Letter from Mr Secretary William Morice, from Oxford, to Sir Thomas Clifford, at Stockholm as Extraordinary Envoy of the King of Great Britain, regarding the Dutch Fleet and the actions of the Bishop of Munster on land, dated 19 Oct 1665. Also original envelope (2 items)
Letter dated 20 Oct 1665 giving further reports of ships. (Manuscript)
1665-10-20 - 1665-10-20
CLI/96
Letter from John and Charles Banckes, from Hamburg, to Sir Thomas Clifford, at Copenhagen as Extraordinary Envoy of the King of Great Britain, giving further reports of ships, dated 20 Oct 1665.
Letter from John and Charles Banckes, at Hamburg, to Sir Thomas Clifford, at Copenhagen, re news from England of a success against Holland, dated 3 October 1665. (Manuscript)
1665-10-03 - 1665-10-03
CLI/89
Letter from John and Charles Banckes, at Hamburg, to Sir Thomas Clifford, at Copenhagen, re: a Bill of Exchange to be sent from Clifford; reports that the Bishop of Munster has taken a small town; certain news of the death of Philip IV, the King of Spain; and news from England of a success against H…
Articles on a treaty of commerce between the King of Denmark and Norway and King of England. (Manuscript)
1665-10-06 - 1665-10-06
CLI/92
'Articles sur lesquels on pourroit conclure un traitte particulier de commerce entre sa Majeste de Dennemark: Noruegue, et le Roy de La Grande Bretagne' - Articles proposing a treaty of commerce between the King of Denmark and Norway and Charles II, King of England, nd (possibly 6 Oct 1665…
Order of the Principal Commissioners of Prizes to the Commissioner of Prizes for the Port of London to take as prize the PATRIARCH ISAACK. Dated 29 June 1665. (Manuscript)
1665-06-29 - 1665-06-29
CLI/53
Order of the Principal Commissioners of Prizes to Sir Thomas Clifford, Commissioner of Prizes for the Port of London, to take possession as prize the PATRIARCH ISAACK currently at Harwich, signed at Whitehall and dated 29 June 1665.
Letter from George Clifford, from Harwich, to Sir Thomas Clifford re: his prize of the PATRIARCH ISAACK currently at Harwich, dated 9 July 1665. (Manuscript)
1665-07-09 - 1665-07-09
CLI/54
Letter from George Clifford, from Harwich, to Sir Thomas Clifford, on board the SWIFTSURE, re: his prize of the PATRIARCH ISAACK currently at Harwich, dated 9 July 1665.
Documents relating to the appointment of commissioners for wounded seamen and prisoners of war, signed at Whitehall, 11 November 1664. (Manuscript)
1664-11-11 - 1664-11-11
CLI/33
Commission and instructions re: the appointment of Sir William Doyly, Sir Thomas Clifford, Bullen Rhemes and John Evelyn as Commissioners for sick and wounded seamen and prisoners of war - 'Instructions to be given the Commissioners for the sick and wounded men for the relief of widows, childre…
Letter from J. Henshaw, Copenhagen, to Lord Thomas Clifford (now Baron), relating to monies paid and his appointment as an Envoy of the King of England to the Danish Court. (Manuscript)
1673-02-15 - 1673-02-15
CLI/132
Letter from J. Henshaw, from Copenhagen, to Lord Thomas Clifford (now Baron), re: acknowledgement of monies paid and reporting his appointment as an Envoy of the King of England to the Danish Court, dated 15 Feb 1672/3.
Account of monies paid in Sir Thomas Clifford's district re: sick and wounded seamen and prisoners of war, dated Feb 1666/7 (accounts actually cover 30 Dec 1664-12 Feb 1666/7). (Manuscript)
1664-12-30 - 1667-02-12
CLI/129/4
Account of monies paid in Sir Thomas Clifford's district re: sick and wounded seamen and prisoners of war, totally £6657, 11s, 5d, dated Feb 1666/7 (accounts actually cover 30 Dec 1664-12 Feb 1666/7).
Part of a series of proposals regarding war between England and Spain: 'Some proposals concerning Spain with vs. as matters stand since the Embargo...', 1655. (Manuscript)
1655-11-05 - 1655-11-05
CLI/25
'Some proposals concerning Spain with vs. as matters stand since the Embargo, and since the coming forth of His Highness' declaration November 5 1655'- part of a series of proposals regarding war between England and Spain.
Document from the Prize Officer, London concerning the appointment of officers of prizes, dated 8 April 1665. (Manuscript)
1665-04-08 - 1665-04-08
CLI/42
'A list of the substitutes to the Commissioners for the Port of London in the out ports within their districts', re: the appointment of officers of prizes, from the Prize Officer, London and dated 8 April 1665.
Document titled 'Additional instructions ... for Sir Thomas Clifford, one of the Commissioners for the Port of London...', signed at Whitehall, 24 March 1664/5. (Manuscript)
1665-03-24 - 1665-03-24
CLI/39/2
'Additional instructions and directions for Sir Thomas Clifford, one of the Commissioners for the Port of London in relation to the manage of his business attending on the fleet', signed at Whitehall and dated 24 March 1664/5.
Commission appointing of Sir Thomas Clifford as a general Commissioner for Prizes, dated 24 March 1664/5. (Manuscript)
1665-03-24 - 1665-03-24
CLI/40
Commission, signed by Charles II's Chief Ministers (with seals), appointing of Sir Thomas Clifford as a general Commissioner for Prizes, dated 24 March 1664/5 (originally accompanied [CLI/41]).
Letter from Charles II's Chief Ministers to Sir Thomas Clifford on his appointment as a general Commissioner for Prizes, dated 24 March 1664/5. (Manuscript)
1665-03-24 - 1665-03-24
CLI/41
Letter from Charles II's Chief Ministers, from Whitehall, to Sir Thomas Clifford, re: his appointment as a general Commissioner for Prizes, dated 24 March 1664/5 (originally accompanied [CLI/40]).
Documents titled 'Instructions to the Commissioners of Prizes for the Port of London', dated 19 January 1664/5. (Manuscript)
1665-01-19 - 1665-01-19
CLI/36
'Instructions to the Commissioners of Prizes for the Port of London', given to Sir Thomas Clifford as Sub-Commissioner for Prizes, dated 19 January 1664/5.
Commission appointing of Sir Thomas Clifford as Sub-Commissioner for Prizes, dated 14 January 1664/5. (Manuscript)
1665-01-14 - 1665-01-14
CLI/35
Commission, signed Charles II's Chief Ministers (with seals), appointing of Sir Thomas Clifford as Sub-Commissioner for Prizes, dated 14 January 1664/5.
Letter from the Council to the Lords Ambassadors in Holland, signed at Whitehall and dated 3 May 1651. (Manuscript)
1651-05-03 - 1651-05-03
CLI/12
Letter from the Council to the Lords Ambassadors in Holland re: the dispatch of Mr Thirloe to them with instructions for the prosecution of a treaty, signed at Whitehall and dated 3 May 1651.
Letter from the Council to the Lords Ambassadors in Holland, signed at Whitehall and dated 16 May 1651. (Manuscript)
1651-05-16 - 1651-05-16
CLI/14
Letter from the Council to the Lords Ambassadors in Holland re: the arrival of Mr Thirloe in Holland with instructions for their further transactions, signed at Whitehall and dated 16 May 1651.
Letter from Sir Henry Coventry to Sir Thomas Clifford, Extraordinary Envoy to the King of Sweden, reporting that the Queen of Sweden has smallpox. (Manuscript)
1665-12-09 - 1665-12-09
CLI/122
Letter from Sir Henry Coventry, from Stockholm, to Sir Thomas Clifford, at Gothenburg as Extraordinary Envoy to the King of Sweden, re: his meeting with the Danish Resident and reporting that the Queen of Sweden has smallpox, dated 9 Dec 1665.
First
Prev
Page
1
Current page
2
Page
3
Page
4
Page
5
…
Next
Last
Loading filters
Royal Museums Greenwich
Close
Search
Want to search our collection? Search here.
Back to top