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3 Ipswich Borough records, 1789-1887

3 Parish records, 1793-1962

9 Deeds of Tacket Street Congregational Church, 1880-84

9 Papers of Rous Family, Earls of Stradbroke, 1830-1926

11 Papers of Rope Family of Blaxhall, 1842

12 Papers of Loraine Family of Bramford Hall, 1851-1912

13 Papers of Augustus Keppel, Viscount Keppel, 1740-44

14 Papers of Admiral Frederick Doughty, 1848-73

14 Papers of Greenup Family, 1834-66

15 Papers of Bloomfield Family of Redham, 1845-52

15 Papers of Harold Lingwood relating to , 1928-54

16 Letter of Lt. Col. William Donnan, 1915

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SUFFOLK RECORD OFFICE Ipswich Branch

Reel M941 Ipswich Borough Records

C/2/9/1 General Quarter Sessions, 1440-1846

C/2/9/1/11 Miscellanea [previously C1/2/29]

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5 Papers regarding transportation of Susanna Hunt, 1789

Contract between Ipswich Corporation and William Richards for the conveyance of Susanna Hunt, wife of John Hunt, to Botany Bay, 1 April 1789. Hunt had been convicted of grand larceny and was sentenced to transportation for seven years.

Bond by William Richards and George Aitkin (Deptford) in £80 to carry out contract, 2 April 1789.

William Richards (Walworth) to keeper of Ipswich Gaol, 9 April 1789: encloses bond.

William Richards to George Aitkin (Lady Juliana), 4 April 1789: instructs him to receive one female convict from Suffolk.

Receipt given to Robert Gaid for transfer of Susanna Hunt on board Lady Juliana, 4 April 1789.

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Illuminated address from Mayor, aldermen and burgesses of Ipswich to Queen Kafiolani of Hawaii, 7 June 1887. (photograph)

Parish records

FB 78 Polstead Parish

G Overseers records, 1680-1881

G8 Bastardy, 1687-1834

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G8/22 Bastardy maintenance order, 1833

Order to John Hull, labourer of Polstead, to pay 5 shillings for maintenance of bastard child of Sarah Stow, wife of William Stow, now under sentence of transportation, 10 May 1833.

FB 95 St Matthew’s (Ipswich) Parish

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E Churchwardens

E2/2 Day book, 1918-31

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Certificate of death of Stephen Henry Daniels, with four statements of dividends of New South Wales 4% stock, 1942-62.

G Overseers

G5 Removal orders

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G5/202 Removal order, 1814

Order to churchwardens and overseers of parish of Gravesend, Kent, to remove Martha Giles, wife of Isaac Giles, under sentence of transportation, to parish of St Matthew’s, Ipswich, 1 Sept. 1814.

FB 104 St Mary Elms (Ipswich) Parish

L Charities

L1 Smyth’s Almshouses

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L1/45 Draft instructions

Draft instructions concerning receipts of dividends on old South Sea annuities standing in the names of respective ministers of parish of St Mary Elms, n.d.

FB 124 Thrandeston Parish

E Churchwardens

E1/1 Account book, 1800-49

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Notice for the parish of Thrandeston to raise money for emigration, 1836.

FB 128 Yaxley Parish

G Records of Overseers, 1609-1906

G12 Emigration

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G12/1 Loan, 1852

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Loan of £200 and interest from Public Works Loan Commissioners to churchwardens and overseers of parish of Yaxley for defraying expenses of parishioners who had emigrated to new colonies, 9 Oct. 1852.

FB 131 Wortham Parish

G Records of Overseers, 1684-1877

G9 Emigration

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G9/1 Order, 1844

Order from Guardians of the Poor to churchwardens and overseers authorising rate to raise sums of £14 to defray emigration of poor persons, 28 March 1844.

G9/2 Order, 1850

Order from Guardians of the Poor to churchwardens and overseers authorising rate to raise sum of £10 to be expended for the emigration of Charles Ruddock, 22 Nov. 1850.

FB 135 Eye Parish

L Records of charities, 1572-1977

L3 Lawton Gift

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L3/1 Deed of gift, 1889

Deed of gift of £363.12.9 from Frances Lawton (), William Lawton (George Town, Tasmania) and Sarah Kempley () to rector and churchwardens of parish of Eye for purchase of £2.15.0 per cent Consolidated Stock in trust for the poor of the parish of Eye to be known as Lawton charity, 15 Jan. 1889.

L3/2 Account, 1889-1915

Rev. Donald Campbell (Eye). ‘Lawton Gift’ account with London and Provincial Bank Ltd., 1889-1915.

FB 160 Bacton Parish

G Records of Overseers, 1620-1837

G6 Emigration

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G6/3 John Swetman (Gravesend) to Parry (Hope Assurance Office), 12 Aug. [1831]: requests payment of £50 to Mr Bishop.

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G6/4 Receipt for £30 from G. Bishop for passage money for Susan and Theophila Gooch from London to , 17 Aug. 1831.

G6/5 Note of money received and paid out on account of Mr Gooch.

G8 Correspondence

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G8/2 ? to R. Jennings, 3 Oct.: refers to Gooch; payments.

FB 217 Old Newton Parish

D Registration, 1653-2015

D1 Registers, 1653-2015

D1/3 Register of baptisms and burials, 1755-1812

Select: Entry for baptism of Valentine Thomas Blomfield, son of Thomas and Mary Blomfield, 18 Feb. 1793. Thomas Valentine Blomfield (1793-1857) came to New South Wales with the 48th Regiment in 1817. He left the Army in 1824 and he and his wife Christiana acquired a farm in the Hunter Valley.

FC 32 Little Bealings Parish

N Miscellaneous

N2/1 Lecture, 1878

Rev. H.T. Dudley. Lecture on ‘The Martyrs of the South Sea Islands’, first delivered at Sedgeley in 1878. (manuscript, 21pp)

FC 84 Wingfield Parish

C Records of clergy, 1777-1964

C6 Proclamation and forms of prayer

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C6/4 Form of prayer and thanksgiving for the preservation of His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh from attack by an assassin in Australia, London, 1868.

FC 97 Bedfield Parish

G Records of Overseers, 1753-1846

G5 Removal orders

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G5/10 Removal order to convey Jane Newson, wife of Robert Newson, a convict under sentence of transportation, from parish of Holy Trinity, Ely, to parish of Bedfield, 24 May 1832.

FC 105 Brandeston Parish

G Records of Overseers

G7 Plomesgate Union

G7/1 Bundle, 1837-62

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2 Printed bond for money raised by rate for purposes of emigration, 24 May 1837.

4 Printed bond on poor rates for purposes of emigration, n.d.

6 Printed forms for notice of meeting, resolution for borrowing money, and certificate to Poor Law Commissioners for adoption of emigration scheme, n.d.

10 Marshall & Co., emigration agents, Cornhill, London. Prospectus for emigration to Canada, Australia, New Zealand and , 1844. (printed)

124 Halesworth Parish (previously FC184)

G Records of Overseers of the Poor, 1764-1923

G1 General

G1/15 Overseers papers, 1821-44

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6-7 Blything Union. Order of the Poor Law Commission to make rate to open an Emigration Fund account, with a bank receipt for £75, 1844.

8 Notice of Messrs. Carter and Bonus (London), seeking young women as emigrants to Australia, c. 1843. (printed)

9 Notice of Messrs. Carter and bonus, in conjunction with Messrs. John Gore & Co. and Robert Brooks, giving dates of sailings of emigrant ships in 1843-44, with details of provisions supplied, wages for selected trades in and Port Phillip. (printed)

10 Blything Union. Printed emigration circular, 1844, with 5 names added in manuscript.

G1/16 Overseers papers, 1821-45

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26 Harry White (Blything Union) to churchwardens and overseers of Halesworth, 5 Feb. 1845: application by George Curtis for assistance to join his father in Australia.

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27 Benjamin Nuyman (?) (Halesworth) to Harry White, 20 Feb. 1845: vestry meeting resolved that no expenses of George Curtis should be paid from poor rate.

G1/20 Overseers papers, 1834-46

Select: Circulars from Poor Law Commission concerning expenditure of the poor rate and accounts to be kept by overseers, 1836.

Accounts for Blything Union showing expenditure, 1831-34, 1838-41.

Report of Halesworth Finance Committee on examination of accounts of several officers of the parish, 1844-45.

G1/22 Overseers papers, 1835-47

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2 Blything Union. Notice of meeting to consent to raising money for emigration purposes, 1845. (printed)

G2 Correspondence, 1817-59

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G2/27 Circular from J.J. Hopward, Shipping and Foreign Agency Service (London), concerning emigration of paupers, July 1831.

G8 Emigration, 1830-31

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G8/2 Circular from Fowler and Tunnicliffe (Liverpool) concerning emigration, 12 March 1831.

N Miscellaneous papers, 1813-99

N1 General

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N1/8 Log book, 1825-27

Log book of the ship Merope (Capt. George Parkyns) on a voyage to India, China, the Sandwich Islands and California, 13 March 1825 – 18 Jan. 1827.

N1/9 Sketches and coastal profiles

George Parkyns. Sketches, coastal profiles and maps of the east coast of China, Pescadores Islands and different parts of Formosa, drawn on the voyage of the Merope, 1824.

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N1/9 Sketches and coastal profiles, 1824 (contd.)

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N1/10 List and accounts of the crew of the Merope, 1829-30.

144 Sotherton Parish (previously FC187)

E Records of churchwardens, 1834-1932

E1 Accounts

E1/1 Churchwardens account book, 1834-87

Select: Memorandum concerning emigration of George Fisher, his wife and two children, and a bastard child of his wife, to Van Diemen’s Land, 25 April 1836.

FK3/1 Tacket Street Congregational Church

4 Deeds

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4/1 Will of Charles Coe of New Handsworth, with bequests to his niece, nephew and daughter, with a reference to £500 in New Zealand Loan, 4 Nov. 1880. (copy)

4/2 Affidavit of C.J. Orton, solicitor, concerning will of Charles Coe, 21 Aug. 1884.

4/3 Order in of Justice (Probate) regarding goods of Charles Coe, 22 Sept. 1884.

Private records

HA 11 Family and estate records of the Rous Family of Henham Park

John Rous of Henham, Suffolk, was created a baronet in 1660. Sir John Rous, 6th Baronet, was created Earl of Stradbroke in 1821. John Rous, 2nd Earl of Stradbroke, was lord lieutenant of Suffolk from 1844 to 1886. George Rous (1862-1947), 3rd Earl of Stradbroke, commanded the 3rd East Anglian Brigade in World War I and was governor of Victoria from 1920 to 1926.

A Family and personal papers

A15 3rd Earl of Stradbroke

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9 Address, 1926

Address from the Mayor, Aldermen, Councillors and citizens of Melbourne to Lord Stradbroke expressing regret at the termination of his office as governor of Victoria, 25 March 1926.

13 Diary, 1924

Diary, 24 July – 13 Sept. 1924, kept by Lord Stradbroke on an overland journey by car from Adelaide to Charlotte Waters, Hermannnsburg Mission, Alice Springs, Tennant Creek and Darwin. His party

9 included Lady Stradbroke, Herbert Basedow, Henry Dutton, Professor William Osborne and Vilhjamur Stefansson. On the return journey they drove to Daly River, Katherine and Brunette Downs Station and then east to Urandangi, Winton, Rockhampton, Bundaberg and Brisbane. Note: the writing is faint in places and the legibility varies.

B Local and official

B1 General

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5/3 Petition from three hundreds of Newport Bucks to House of Commons in support of emigration for the relief of the poor, c. 1830. (copy)

7/2 Capt. George Harris. Observations on the introduction and cultivation in Ireland of New Zealand flax, phormium tenax, and other fibrous plants as substitutes for hemp and flax, 5 Jan. 1833. (printed, 2pp)

13/12 Society for Reform of Colonial Government. The aims of the Society, n.d. (printed)

15/10 Thomas Welch (Cheltenham) to Lord Stradbroke, 30 Dec. 1845: his hopes of appointment as judge at Port Phillip.

18/16 S. Walcott (Colonial Land and Emigration Office) to Blything Board of Guardians, 16 March 1847: emigration of young single women with children.

18/24 Society for Promoting the Amendment of the Law. Report of the committee on colonial and navigational laws, as to the colonial judgeships, with respect to the removal of the judges, London, 1847. (11pp)

23/22 Agent General for Queensland, London. Handbill concerning emigration to Queensland, n.d.

23/24 Devitt & Moore, London. Two handbills for Devitt & Moore’s Australian Line, ocean training ships for officers and premiums for midshipmen and apprentices, with a covering letter to Lady Stradbroke, 8 June 1896.

B5 Poor Law

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4/1 Notice of the Committee for Promoting Emigration of Females to the Australian Colonies, 1836. (printed)

4/2 Advertisement for ship Camden embarking from Gravesend for Sydney, 18 Feb. [1836]. (printed)

4/3 John Marshall, agent to the Emigration Committee. Scheme for victualling female emigrants on the voyage to Australia, n.d. (printed)

4/4 Papers presented to the House of Commons Emigration Committee concerning emigration to the Australian colonies, 4 March 1836. (12pp)

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4/5 Poster announcing departure of ship Amelia Thomson leaving Gravesend for Van Diemen’s Land, 28 April 1836.

4/6 Circular from Emigration Department, Colonial Office, concerning wages in Van Diemen’s Land, Feb. 1836.

4/7 Extracts from letters from John Sullivan, surgeon superintendent on emigrant ship Canton, addressed to chairman of the Emigration Committee, 6 Oct. 1835.

4/8 John Marshall (Australian Emigration Office) to Lord Stradbroke, 28 April 1836: particulars of ship Launceston to be despatched to Van Diemen’s Land.

8 Circular from Silver & Co. (London and Liverpool), with list of clothes and other necessities for emigrants to Australia and New Zealand, 9 Aug. 1848.

18 Robert Logsdon (London) to Lady Stradbroke, 20 April 1874: publication of report on emigration to foreign countries.

B21 Australian papers

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1 Bundle of papers concerning James Lowe

Sir Charles FitzRoy (Sydney) to Lord Stradbroke, 1 April 1847: report of Sir Alfred Stephen on trial of Lowe.

James Lowe (Hobart) to Lord Stradbroke, 15 Dec. 1849: seeks his liberty.

Testimonials of character of James Lowe, March-April 1849.

Cutting from Sydney Morning Herald on trial of James Lowe for shooting with intent to murder, 11 March 1846.

Sir Alfred Stephen to Colonial Secretary, 30 Aug. 1847: trial of James Lowe and sentence of 15 years transportation.

James Lowe (Hobart) to Capt. McLean, 16 Nov. 1849: requests a certificate stating that Lowe had never been tried or convicted for an offence since his arrival in New South Wales in 1838, except for case in 1846, as Colonial Secretary had claimed he was convicted on three occasions.

James Lowe (Hobart) to Lord Stradbroke, 28 Jan. 1850: possible restitution.

Cover for letter addressed to James Lowe, 12 Jan. 1850.

5 Newspaper

Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne), 8 March 1926, with articles and photographs on departure of Lord and Lady Stradbroke from Melbourne.

HA 28 Rope Family of Blaxhall, 1544-1883

The Rope Family were merchants and shipowners. In about 1827 George Rope entered the service of his uncle, George Mingay of Orford, and they later became partners.

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Charles Webber (Isle of Wight) to George Mingay (London), 10 Aug. [1842]: pilot is about to leave emigrant ship Sir George Napier.

Charles Webber (Plymouth) to George Mingay, 17 Aug. 1842: bad weather in the Channel; his situation as medical officer on the emigrant ship.

Charles Webber (Hobart) to George Mingay (Orford), 9 Dec. 1842: hospitality received in the colony; voyage and arrival at Hobart.

HA 61 Loraine Family of Bramford Hall

Sir Lambton Loraine (1838-1917), 11th Baronet (succeeded 1852), served in the from 1852 to 1889, retiring with the rank of rear-admiral. His brother William Charles Loraine (1841- 1877) served in the Indian naval and civil services.

436 Papers kept by Frederica Broke, wife of Sir Lambton Loraine

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330 Cutting from Morning Herald, 25 Dec. 1851, with an account by Capt. Erskine of his excursion to the Victorian goldfields with Hugh Hamilton, Walter Leslie and Lieut. Pollard.

345 Hugh Hamilton (Ophir, NSW) to his sister Anna Maria Broke, 26 Jan., 26 March 1852: his life in Australia since his arrival in 1841; work on land in Illawarra, Bathurst and the Lachlan River; misadventures running stock on a property at Kirconnel; his appointment as Assistant Gold Commissioner at Ophir.

346 James Hamilton (Christchurch) to his sister Anna Horton, 29 March 1860: Anna’s marriage; establishment of a sheep station in Otago; his friend Andrew Bonar.

357 William C. Loraine. Account of his life since leaving in 1856 and serving in the Indian Navy, 1859 (47pp). At the end of the volume are weather notes made by Loraine on the ship Lord Warden on a voyage from London to Melbourne, Feb.- March 1877.

360 William C. Loraine. Diary, 1 Jan.-24 Feb. 1877, describing the first part of the voyage of the Lord Warden which left Tilbury on 6 February.

368 Account of William C. Loraine with Ransom, Bouverie & Co. (London), statements, cheques, cheque stubs and passbooks, 1870-77, and cheques signed by Sir Lambton Loraine as sole executor, 1877-78.

372 Agreement between William C. Loraine and Charles Birch for Birch to serve as manservant on the voyage to Australia and for two years thereafter, 29 Jan. 1877.

373 Inventory of the effects of William C. Loraine sold by auction on the Lord Warden, 12-18 April 1877, and some sent home.

374 Sir Lambton Loraine (London) to his brother ‘Charlie’, 8 June, 5 July 1877.

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375 Inventories of effects of W.C. Loraine, 1876-77, accounts of legal transactions for late W.C. Loraine forwarded from Australia, letters to Sir Lambton Loraine from Immigration Agent and Curator of the Estates of Deceased Persons, Melbourne, 1877-78.

378 J.I. Monteath (London, Belfast, Teignmouth) to Sir Lambton Loraine, Sept. 1877 -July 1878: effects of W.C. Loraine in India. (8 letters)

1100 Correspondence of Sir Lambton Loraine and newspaper cuttings concerning the proposed new flag for the Commonwealth of Australia, 1900-1.

1101 Review (Feb. 1912), with a letter from Sir Lambton Loraine on an Imperial Navy, his paper ‘Future naval strength’ (April 1909), and newspaper cuttings on the Navy and Empire.

1102 Copies of letters of Sir Lambton Loraine on his proposals for an Imperial Navy, 1908- 12, with replies from Austen Chamberlain, C. Freeman Murray, Graham Horton- Smith, John Graham, Henry Knox, C. Brodribb, Lord Roberts, Sir William White, Sir Arthur Bigge, Lord Milner, Sir Harry Rawson, Lord Charles Beresford, Alfred Deakin (Melbourne), Lord Plunkett (Wellington), Lord Knollys and others.

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HA61 Loraine family (contd.)

1102 Copies of letters of Sir Lambton Loraine on his proposals for an Imperial Navy, 1908- 12. (contd.) The correspondents include Lord Brassey, Arthur Balfour and R. Muirhead Collins.

HA67 Papers of Keppel Family, Earls of Albemarle

Augustus Keppel (1725-1786), 1st Viscount Keppel (created 1782) was the son of Willem van Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle. He joined the Navy in 1735 and in 1740-44 sailed on HMS Centurion, commanded by Capt. George Anson, when it circumnavigated the world. Promoted to the rank of rear-admiral in 1762, at various times he commanded the Mediterranean, North American and Channel fleets.

461 Albemarle Manuscripts

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461/22 Stores and provisions demanded by Commodore G. Anson from the Chief Mandarin of the Province of Canton, 18 Dec. 1742. (2pp)

461/228 Augustus Keppel. Log book kept on board HMS Centurion, commanded by Commodore George Anson, on its voyage round the world, 16 Sept. 1740 – 14 June 1744. At the end of the volume is a description of the land on the coast of Mexico (2pp) and a list of differences of longitude (2pp).

461/229 Augustus Keppel. Journal of HMS Centurion on its voyage round the world, 19 Sept. 1740 – 19 Sept. 1741.

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461/230 Augustus Keppel. Journal of HMS Centurion on its voyage round the world, 18 Sept. 1741 – 7 May 1742.

HA 75 Papers of Admiral Frederick Doughty of Theberton Hall, 1834-76

Frederic Doughty (1834-1892) entered the Royal Navy in 1847. He served on the in 1850-54 and in 1870-74 commanded HMS Magpie on the East Indies Station. He commanded HMS Constance on the Pacific Station in 1882-86.

A1 ‘Land Marks’: collected notes made by Doughty from time to time in notebooks, 1848-70. They include notes on HMS Portland on the Pacific Station (1851-54), his visit to Pitcairn Island and Easter Island (1852), Mr Nobbs the pastor of Pitcairn (1853), HMS Magpie on the East Indies Station (1870-

Private journal, commenced April 1872 and completed April 1873, with an account of his mother’s early life, his birth at Bedfield Farm, Suffolk, his childhood and schooling, friends and neighbours in Suffolk and travels in England and Europe. It includes family trees. It extends to about 1860, but there are only brief references to his naval career. (142pp)

HA 157 Papers of Greenup Family, 1820-66

Richard Greenup (1803-1866) studied medicine at Cambridge University and then practised at Salisbury. He married Jane Brodie in 1837. They migrated to Sydney in 1850 and in 1852 he became medical superintendent of the Lunatic and Invalid Establishment at .

4 Correspondence of William Marsh Greenup

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4/4 Richard Greenup (Salisbury) to his brother William Greenup, 2 June 1835: improvement of the estate at Cucuta; family news; his plan to emigrate to Australia.

4/5 Richard Greenup to William Greenup, 5 Nov. 1835: business and family news; if he migrates he will go to South Australia or Van Diemen’s Land.

4/6 Richard Greenup to William Greenup, 22 July 1836: family news; if he emigrates he will go to Australia.

8 Papers of Francis Lloyd and his family

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8/12 Richard Greenup (Salisbury) to Francis Lloyd, 5 Nov. 1834: possibility of emigrating to South Australia.

8/44 Richard Greenup to Francis Lloyd, 25 Jan. 1841: general and family news; refers to emigration.

8/47 Jane Greenup (Parramatta) to Francis Lloyd, 22 July 1866: death of Richard Greenup, stabbed by a criminal lunatic; requests help with insurance and other matters in England.

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8/48 Jane Greenup to Francis Lloyd, 21 Aug. 1866: sends registrar’s certificate of death and other documents.

8/49 Instructions as to a claim under insurance policy: Dr Richard Greenup, n.d.

8/50 Cutting from Sydney Morning Herald on the inquest on the death of Dr R. Greenup, Parramatta, 21 July 1866.

8/51 Elizabeth Greenup to Francis Lloyd, 7 Nov. 1866: marriage of her brother Richard Greenup and Jane at Salisbury, 22 June 1837.

8/83 W. Marsh (Sydney) to Francis Lloyd, 16 July 1841: settled in New England in northern New South Wales; splendid country ideal for sheep; prices.

HA 178 Records deposited by Sole Sawbridge & Co. of London

HA 178/2 Papers of Bloomfield Family of Redham

3 Wills

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3/39 Will of Louisa Edwards of Framlingham, Suffolk, including bequest of £2000 to her brother Thomas Valentine Bloomfield of Denham Court, New South Wales, 14 Aug. 1845.

3/40 Will of Matilda Stanford of Framlingham, Suffolk, including a bequest of £300 to her brother Thomas Valentine Bloomfield of Denham Court, New South Wales, 26 Jan. 1852.

Note: The baptismal record of Thomas Valentine Bloomfield is listed on page 7 above.

HA 213 Papers of Harold Lingwood of Martlesham

In the preface to his biography, Lingwood refers to his long interest in Margaret Catchpole (who was to Sydney in 1801), the articles he contributed to the East Anglian Weekly Times, the earlier books on Catchpole by Rev. (1845) and G.B. Barton (1924), and his interest in providing the Suffolk background to Catchpole’s life.

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1 Harold R. Lingwood. Homespun heroine: portrait of Margaret Catchpole. (typescript, 246pp)

2 Pictures of HMS Endeavour, in 1788, the at Botany Bay, and a shipboard scene.

4 Rev. F.J. Foakes Jackson (Englewood, New Jersey) to ?, 25 March 1928: letters of Margaret Catchpole; Richard Cobbold.

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5 Correspondence of Lingwood with O.B. McCarthy (London) concerning queries by T.D. Mutch in Sydney about Margaret Catchpole, Feb.-March 1954. (3 letters)

8 Notice of performance of the play Margaret Catchpole by Walter Firth to be performed by Laurence Irving and Mabel Hackney, 6 Oct. 1910.

9 Notice of performance of the play Margaret Catchpole by Mary Austin to be performed by Mary Austin and Company, Lyceum Theatre, Ipswich, 6 March 1922.

G.W.M. Reynolds. Margaret Catchpole, London Journal, n.d. (2pp)

20 Margaret Catchpole (Sydney) to her aunt and uncle, Anne and William Howes, 20 June 1804. (photocopy)

21 Margaret Catchpole (Sydney) to , 25 May 1807. (photocopy)

22 Margaret Catchpole (Richmond) to Elizabeth Cobbold, 8 Oct. 1809. (photocopy)

23 Margaret Catchpole (Richmond) to Elizabeth Cobbold, 1 Sept. 1811.

26 Postcard of Brandeston, Scots Hole, where Margaret Catchpole lived with her uncle, n.d.

27 Photograph of Old Manor House, St Margaret’s, n.d.

28 Photograph of ‘The Cliff’, n.d.

30 Margaret Catchpole to John Cobbold, 1 Sept. 1811. (photocopy)

32 Photograph of the Margaret Catchpole Inn, Ipswich, n.d.

33 Photograph of Alnesbairn Priory Farmhouse, n.d.

34 Photograph of Richard Cobbold’s imaginary portrait of Margaret Catchpole, n.d.

39-45 J. Harris. Prints on the theme of Margaret Catchpole, London, 1845.

HA 228 Papers of the Donnan Family

William Donnan (1867-1919) served in the Army from 1888 to 1916. He became a captain in the Indian Army in 1899 and was promoted to major in 1906 and lieutenant-colonel in 1914.

1 Lt. Colonel William Donnan

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1/1/94 William Donnan to his wife Ethel Louisa Donnan, 24 Feb. 1915: refers to mutiny in regiment in Singapore and ‘spirit of unrest is very much abroad’. The mutiny of 850 sepoys in the 5th Light Infantry against British officers took place in Singapore in February 1915.

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