Guide to the Collections held by Berkshire Record Office (as filmed by the AJCP)

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M713, M866

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Created: 2018

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Fonds D/EBP. Papers of the Bouverie-Pusey Family, 1854

Family papers, 1854 (File F20)

Sir William Denison (Hobart) to Duke of Newcastle, 19 April 1854 (Item)

Agricultural improvements; purchase of digging machines and other implements.

H. Merivale (Colonial Office) to P. Pusey, 28 August 1854 (Item)

Seeks advice concerning Denison's request.

Fonds D/EBY. Personal and estate papers of Benyon Family of Englefield, 25 March 1826 - 5 October 1826

Correspondence of Richard Benyan, 25 March 1826 - 5 October 1826 (File C43)

Thomas Mills (Sydney) to his wife Ann Mills (Basingstoke), 25 March 1826 (Item)

Although described individually, this letter was originally microfilmed with a page from another letter. The last page of the letter described can be found at the beginning of nla.obj-761968824...

Thomas Mills to Eastaff, Benyon and Rev. Williams (Item)

Requests they write to A. Macleay, Colonial Secretary, on his behalf; John Hughes willing to testify to his innocence.

T. Eastaff (?) (Reading) to R. Benyon de Beauvoir, 5 October 1826 (Item)

Believes Mills is innocent but testimony of one convict on behalf of another would not suffice to have case examined.

Fonds D/ECB. Papers deposited by Cooke, Cooper and Barry, solicitors, of Wokingham, 1882

Papers relating to the marriage settlement of Rev. Henry Le Grand Boyce of Oving, Buckinghamshire, and Cordelia Mason (1846) and its subsequent administration to 1883 (File B86)

Items of interest include:...

Papers relating to the marriage settlement of John Hulme and Ann Donaldson of Rochester (1824) and subsequent administration to 1880, 1824 - 1880 (File B93)

Includes papers relating to Powers of attorney and other documents relating to William C. Hulme (d. 1858) of Bendigo, Gordon H. Hulme of Bundaberg, and John C. Hulme of Wagga Wagga, children of John and Anne Hulme.

Fonds D/ECH. Deeds and Documents of the Buscot Park Estate, 1864

Series. Deeds, 1864

R.C. Crawford (Hill End, NSW) to Anne Campbell, 21 March 1864 (File T41)

His affairs in New South Wales; refers to Maori War in New Zealand

Fonds D/EDD. Correspondence and papers of the Dundas, Crawford and Willis families

Series. Family Papers, 1839 - 1887

Miscellaneous correspondence, mostly of James C. Crawford, 6 June 1839 - 15 December 1887 (File F2)

The letters, which were filmed in their entirety, are arranged roughly in chronological order...

Series. Official Papers, 1811 - 1812

Orders addressed to Captain James Coutts Crawford, 1811 - 1812 (File O2)
Lords of Admiralty to Crawford: order to proceed to East Indies, 4 January 1811 (Item)
Extracts from Admiralty despatches to Admiral W. Drury for information of Crawford, January 1811 (Item)
Capt. H. Heathcote (HMS Lion) to Crawford: orders to convey Admiralty despatches to Commodore Broughton, 7 June 1811 (Item)
Capt. H. Heathcote to Crawford: order to proceed to Straits of Malacca, 11 June 1811 (Item)
Admiral R. Stopford to Crawford: orders Crawford to place himself under Stopford's command, 4 July 1811 (Item)
Admiral R. Stopford to Capt. J. Edcumbe (HMS Psyche)orders to intercept enemy near Sourabaya, 4 August 1811 (Item)
Capt. H. Heathcote to Crawford: orders for blockage of Sourabaya, 21 August 1811 (Item)
Admiral R. Stopford to Crawford: orders to stop attack on Madura, 19 September 1811 (Item)
Admiral R. Stopford to Crawford: orders to intercept in the Sourabaya area, 19 September 1811 (Item)
Commodore W.R. Broughton to Crawford: orders to watch Straits of Bali, 26 September 1811 (Item)
Capt. G. Sayers (HMS Leda) to Crawford: orders to proceed to Sourabaya for service with Government of Java, 11 November 1811 (Item)
Capt. G. Sayers to Crawford: orders to proceed to Macassar, 2 January 1812 (Item)
G. Sayers to Crawford: orders to convey despatches for the governing of Java, 17 March 1812 (Item)

Fonds D/EX465. Title deeds and papers of Lenthall Family of Besselsleigh, 19th Century

Photographs of Lenthall Family in Australia, 19th century (File F9)

Photographs of three unidentified individuals taken in Melbourne, Wagga and Sydney. The photographs were microfilmed out of order and were originally located between the Crawford Family correspondence and the orders to Captain Crawford.

Fonds D/EPB. Estate and family papers of the Pleydell-Bouverie Family, 1853 - 1856

Correspondence of William Pleydell-Bouverie, 3rd Earl of Radnor, 1853 - 1856 (File C59)

Correspondence concerning his sponsorship of Mary Ann Sherwood, an 18 year old girl living at the Faringdon Workhouse, as an emigrant to Melbourne...

Fonds D/ESV/M. Deeds and papers of the Stevens Family of Bradfield, 1744 - 1769

Papers on private trade of Capt. John Stevens, 1744 - 1765 (File F7)

The documents include bonds on cargoes and insurance policies on the Godolphin, Portfield and Harcourt trading in India and Bencoolen in the East Indies.

Letters to Captain John Stevens, 1751 - 1769 (File F9)

John Massey (Fort Marlborough, Sumatra) to Stevens, 12 November 1751 (Item)

Effects of S. Goodman who died at Batavia.

Wotton Braham (Fort Marlborough) to Stevens, 24 December 1753 (Item)

Stevens's guardianship of orphan Phil Coates; sends information about estate belonging to the child.

Wotton Braham (Fort Marlborough) to Stevens, 11 January 1755 (Item)

Investigations by [East India] Company; seizure of bonds belonging to estate of Henry Coates.

Joseph Darvall (Fort Ann, Sumatra) to Stevens, 20 December 1763 (Item)

Sends order for £50 as acknowledgment of treatment on voyage from St Helena to Sumatra.

Fonds D/EWL. Papers of Walter Family, 1816 - 1881

Title deeds to property in Winnersh, Berkshire, 1816 - 1881 (File T62)

Includes powers of attorney from Mary Barklamb (Benalla, Victoria), Alfred Barklamb (Benalla) and John S. Barklamb (Benalla) to J.S. Barklamb (Dalston), 1878-81.

Fonds D/EX 160. Papers of the Reynolds Family of Faringdon, 1847 - 1851

Account book of Elizabeth Reynolds and her son James Reynolds, with references to payments due to Robert Huntley and his wife Isett Huntley in Sydney, c. 1848-1856 (File)

Letters to Elizabeth Reynolds from her sister and brother-in-law Isett and Robert Huntley and their children Eleanor Huntley, A.S. Huntley and Bessie Griffith, 1847 - 1848 (File)

The letters were written from Braidwood, Sydney and Gundagai and refer to general family news, the health of Isett Huntley, the move of Robert and Isett Huntley from Braidwood to Balmain in Sydney, Robert's medical practice, the prevalence of influenza, economic depression in the colony, the 1848 revolution in France, English news, turmoil in the Legislative Council elections, and increased immigration to Australia.

Letters to James and Michael Reynolds from Robert Huntley and his daughter Eleanor Huntley, 1848 - 1849 (File)

They refer to the death of Elizabeth Reynolds, a bequest to Isett Huntley, the shipment of goods to Australia, and the departure of large numbers of workers for the Californian goldfields.

Correspondence with the Sydney Royal Mail Packets about the shipment of goods to Australia and various bills and receipts of Robert Huntley, 1850 - 1851 (File)

Fonds D/EX 169. Papers of the Williams Family of Warfield Lodge, 1843 - 1859

Correspondence, 1843 - 1859 (File)

Items of interest include:...

Fonds D/P 132. Tilehurst parish records, November 1829 - 4 December 1835

Printed document concerning the new colony of South Australia issued by the Colonization Commissioners of South Australia, 4 December 1835 (Item)

Printed documents concerning emigration to the Swan and Canning Rivers sent to the parish of Theale, Buckinghamshire, November 1829 (Item)

Fonds D/EBT. Records relating to the Barrett and Belson families, 1840 - 1866

Family records of the Barrett Family of Milton House, Milton, Berkshire, 1670-1947.

Correspondence of the Barrett Family, 1840 - 1866 (File D/EBT/F150)

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Fonds D/EWD. Papers of Sarah Weedon of Reading and her family, 1838 - 1856

Series D/EWD/C1-16. Weedon Family letters, 1852 - 1856

Frank M. Weeden (Melbourne) to his mother (Reading), (4 letters), 1852 - 1853 (File D/EWD/C1-4)

The first item is a letter-diary describing his voyage to Australia and the other letters give his impressions of Melbourne, and refer to prices, 'canvas town' in Melbourne, a journey to the Forest Creek goldfields, his work carting supplies to the goldfields, a visit to Bendigo, his lengthy illness, and his decision to return to England.

Edward M. Weeden (Dunedin) to his mother and brother (12 letters), 1853 - 1856 (File D/EWD/C5-16)

The first item is a letter-diary describing his voyage on the Carnatic and the later letters refer to his arrival in Otago, food prices, his apprenticeship with Edward B. Atkinson to learn the business of sheep and cattle management in the Waitaki district, work on a sheep station, travels in the country around Dunedin, and wheat prices...

Series D/EWD/Z1. Memoirs of Joseph Mason (114pp.), 1838

The memoirs were written in England after Mason returned from his exile of seven years and were addressed to Charles Bastin of Wherwell, Hampshire...


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