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Research into parish registers and correspondence with rectors.
Collection of material relating to research into the Shovell family and descendants, 1880-1890: research into parish registers and correspondence with rectors, n.d.
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Object details
ID:
MAT/2
Type:
Manuscript
Display location:
Not on display
Creator:
Marsham-Townshend, Robert
Date made:
1880-1890
Credit:
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Parts:
Correspondence relating to research on the Shovell family. (Manuscript)
Notes and correspondence concerning Shovell. (Manuscript) (MAT/1)
Research into parish registers and correspondence with rectors. (Manuscript) (MAT/2)
Notes on monumental inscriptions and a photograph of the Shovell monument in Westminster Abbey. (Manuscript) (MAT/3)
Correspondence and notes relating to the Blackwood family. (Manuscript) (MAT/4)
Letters and notes relating to the Shovell family in Cornwall. (Manuscript) (MAT/5)
Correspondence relating to the Shorting and Brereton families. (Manuscript) (MAT/6)
Articles, pamphlets and other items relating to research on the Shovell family. (Manuscript) (MAT/7)
Papers concerning the embalming of Sir Cloudesley Shovell's body by the surgeon James Yonge. (Manuscript) (MAT/8)
Notes and copies of the various wills of the Shovell family. (Manuscript) (MAT/9)
Engravings of Sir Cloudesley Shovell and May Place, Crayford. (Manuscript) (MAT/10)
Letters relating to research carried out by Thomas R. Tallack and Vernona T.C. Smith, 1886-1896. (Manuscript) (MAT/11)
Extract from the logbook of the FORESIGHT and correspondence relating to Sir John Narbrough. (Manuscript) (MAT/12)
Notes on sources of manuscripts relating to Sir John Narbrough. (Manuscript) (MAT/13)
Notes and letters relating to research on the Shovell family. (Manuscript) (MAT/14)
Various sources relating to research on the Shovell family. (Manuscript) (MAT/15)
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