Guide to the Collections of the Essex Record Office (as filmed by the AJCP)

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M838 - M840

National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record

Created: 2019

Collection Summary

Creator
Essex Record Office
Title
Collections held by the Essex Record Office (as filmed by the AJCP)
Date Range
1782-01-1903-09-28; 1964-1966
Collection Number
M838 - M840
Extent
41 items
Language of Materials
English
Repository
Australian Joint Copying Project
Sponsor
The Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP) online portal was created with the assistance of the Australian Public Service Modernisation Fund, 2017-2020. The National Library of Australia gratefully acknowledges the contribution of the other foundation AJCP partners, the State Library of New South Wales and The National Archives of the UK, and all other organisations which supported the work of the AJCP, the world's most extensive collaborative copying project, operating from 1948 to 1997.

Introduction

Scope and Contents

Quarter Sessions Records:

Minor functions, miscellaneous: drafts of Orders of Quarter Sessions for transportation May 1845-June 1853, showing name, crime and sentence of each convict.

Clerk of the Peace. Parliamentary returns; returns of transportation orders 1844-1853, giving name, age, crime and sentence of each convict; expenses of prosecutions and of conveying convicts sentenced to transportation.

Process Books of Indictments 1782-1866: 11 volumes giving a note of every indictment session by session supplying name, abode and occupation of defendant, offence, plea, verdict and sentence. With each volume there is an index of defendants.

Private Records:

Documents 1868-1897 relating to the estate of John Vaughan of Hotham Creek, Pimpara, Queensland.

Documents 1848-1862 relating to Charles Perry, Bishop of Melbourne, and his family.

Letters 1882-1898 from Col. Benjamin A. Branfill, Nelson, New Zealand, to T.L. Wilson.

Thesis by M.H. Dunwell: 'True Patriots from Essex: An Investigation into Transportation of Convicts from the County of Essex to New South Wales during the Period 1787-1809, with Particular Reference to Transportees of the First Fleet' (1966).

Hanslip Ward and Co. (solicitors) deposit: letter 1844 of J.S.T. Dowbiggin of Hobart to Miss Cocker concerning religion and education.

Letter 1830 of Dr Edward Hawkins, Oriel College, Oxford, to Christopher C. Parker referring to emigration as a means of alleviating agricultural distress.

Legal documents, correspondence and newspaper cutting 1839-1860, in the Petre Family papers, referring to land in Wellington and Nelson, New Zealand.

Sperling Family correspondence 1810, 1816, referring to William Bligh.

Power of attorney 1876 to Owen Kemp from George T. Kemp, Richmond River, New South Wales.

Letters 1866-1903 to Rose Robertson of South Australia, later Mrs John Player Frowd.

Passport 1896 of Herbert W. L. Way to travel on the Continent and in the Philippine Islands.

Documents 1899 of Alexander Wallace, concerning various hardwood company interests in Western Australia, and letter from his son Arthur C. Wallace, Deniliquin, New South Wales.

Letters 1848 from William Kingston to George Warburton concerning emigration.

Letter 1850 from H. Caslake, Union House, to Rev. J. Bullock about emigrants from Radwinter.

Conditions Governing Access

Available for Access.

Conditions Governing Use

Many of the records digitised as part of the AJCP are still in copyright. Readers wishing to publish or reproduce documents should seek permission, in the first instance, from the owner of the original material.

Preferred Citation

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)

Archival History

Material selectively filmed at the Essex Record Office, Chelmsford, as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project, 1972 (AJCP Reels: M838-M840). Original microfilm digitised as part of the AJCP Online Delivery Project, 2017-2020.

Existence and Location of Originals

Essex Record Office, Wharf Road, Chelmsford, England.

For more information see: Catalogue at the Essex Record Office. [http://seax.essexcc.gov.uk]

Existence and Location of Copies

The original AJCP microfilm of the records filmed from this collection is available at the National Library of Australia [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn583703] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.

Finding-aid Notes

This finding aid is a revised online version of the original finding aid prepared by the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP), published by the National Library of Australia in 2018. The original AJCP finding aids were unpublished typescripts or photocopies available from libraries that held copies of the original microfilm.

Dates used in this finding aid refer to the date range of the records selected for filming rather than to the date range of the Series or Files.

Subjects

Bligh, William, Capt.; Branfill, Benjamin A., Col.; Bullock, J., Rev.; Caslake, H.; Cocker, Miss; Convicts: New South Wales; Deniliquin, New South Wales; Dowbiggin, J.S.T.; Dunwell, M.H.; Education; Emigration and immigration; Essex Quarter Sessions; First Fleet to New South Wales; Frowd, Rose; Hawkins, Edward; Hobart, Tasmania; Hotham Creek, Queensland; Kemp, George T.; Kemp, Owen; Kingston, William; Land: New Zealand; Melbourne, Victoria; Nelson, New Zealand; New South Wales; Parker, Christopher C.; Perry, Charles, Bishop; Petre Family; Philippines; Pimpara, Queensland; Quarter Sessions; Radwinter, England; Religion; Richmond River district, New South Wales; Robertson, Rose; Solicitors; South Australia; Sperling Family; Timber and timber trade: Australia; Vaughan, John; Wallace, Alexander; Wallace, Arthur C.; Warburton, George; Way, Herbert W.L.; Wellington, New Zealand; Western Australia; Wilson, T.L.

Bibliography

Originally cited in Australian Joint Copying Project Handbook. Part 8: Miscellaneous (M) Series. Third Edition, published 1998. Entry 158, pp57-58. [http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-397322928]

Item Descriptions

Fonds Q. Quarter Sessions Records, January 1782 - 1853

14 items

Series Q/AMz. Administration: Minor Functions, May 1845 - June 1853

1 item

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M838.

Drafts of orders for transportation, May 1845 - June 1853 (File 5)

The orders, signed by the Clerk of the Peace, give the name, age, crime and sentence of each convict.

Series Q/CR. Clerk of the Peace: Parliamentary Returns - Crime, 1835 - 1853

2 items

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M838.

Returns of transportation orders, 1844 - 1853 (File 9/5)

The returns were prepared by the Clerk of the Peace for the Home Office. They give the names of convicts sentenced to transportation at the General Quarter Sessions at Chelmsford, together with their ages, crimes, and the length of the sentence.

Returns of transportation orders for each Sessions, 1835 - 1839 (File 9/7)
2 items
Drafts of returns showing amounts paid by County of Essex for conveyance of prisoners under sentence of transportation to depots, 1835 - 1837 (Item)

The return gives the name of each convict and the places from which and to which they were conveyed.

Drafts of returns of amounts paid by the Treasurer of the County of Essex on expenses of criminal prosecutions carried out at Quarter Sessions and Assizes and the Central Criminal Court, 1838 - 1839 (Item)

The returns show the name of the convicts and their crimes

Series Q/SP. Process and cognate records: Process books of indictments, January 1782 - June 1853

11 items

The indictment books record the proceedings of the Quarter Sessions held at Chelmsford and show the formal accusation against a person that an offence has been committed. The person's name, parish, occupation (usually 'labourer') and plea (guilty or not guilty) are recorded. If convicted, the sentence is also recorded, which usually took the form of a fine, imprisonment and hard labour in a house of correction, or transportation overseas. Each volume has a name index.

As they contain relatively few references to sentences of transportation, volumes 16-19 were filmed selectively. The number of sentences of transportation increased greatly after about 1820 and volumes 20-26 were therefore filmed in their entirety.

Filmed selectively.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reels M838-M839.

Process Books of Indictments (Vol. 16), January 1782 - October 1792 (File 16)

Select pages: 25, 37, 49, 56, 61, 69, 74, 75, 89, 90, 109, 113, 123.

Process Books of Indictments (Vol. 17), January 1793 - January 1807 (File 17)

Select pages: 1, 5, 8, 21, 29-32, 37, 40, 45, 59-61, 70, 79-81, 85, 89, 91, 97, 99, 105, 108, 109, 113, 119, 127, 132, 135, 143, 147, 148.

Process Books of Indictments (Vol. 18), April 1807 - January 1819 (File 18)

Select pages: 4, 15, 31, 42, 44, 45, 50, 56, 58, 67, 75, 76, 78, 79, 82, 92, 99, 101, 102, 109, 119, 120, 124, 125, 135, 139, 144, 149, 150.

Process Books of Indictments (Vol. 19), April 1819 - April 1824 (File 19)

Select pages: 4, 10, 11, 14, 27, 28, 34, 35, 46, 47, 55, 56, 62, 64, 73, 74, 77, 78, 88, 107, 108, 111, 117, 119, 120, 123-26, 131-35, 138,140, 141, 144.

Process Books of Indictments (Vol. 20), July 1824 - November 1831 (File 20)
Process Books of Indictments (Vol. 21), January 1832 - December 1835 (File 21)
Process Books of Indictments (Vol. 22), January 1836 - June 1840 (File 22)
Process Books of Indictments (Vol. 23), October 1840 - November 1843 (File 23)
Process Books of Indictments (Vol. 24), January 1844 - May 1848 (File 24)
Process Books of Indictments (Vol. 25), June 1848 - November 1852 (File 25)
Process Books of Indictments (Vol. 26), January 1853 - June 1853 (File 26)

Select pages: 1-12.

Fonds D/DB. Miscellaneous documents deposited by British Records Association, 25 September 1868 - 1897

1 item

Series D/DB/F166. Family Papers of John Vaughan, formerly of Averley, 25 September 1868 - 1897

5 items

Filmed selectively.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M840.

Will of John Vaughan, 1868-09-25; 1885-05-27 (Item)

Probate dated 27 May 1885.

Inland Revenue residuary account for property left by John Vaughan, 11 January 1888 (Item)
Richard W. Weedon (Oxley, Qld.) to C.R. Rivington (London), 4 June 1890 (Item)

Winding up of estate of Vaughan, with details of the whereabouts of the family.

Frederick Vaughan (Roma) to Rivington and Sons, 1 March 1896 (Item)

Claims £17 share of his father's property now that he is of age.

Receipts relating to the estate of John Vaughan, 1888 - 1897 (Item)

Fonds D/Des. Records of Harlow, Chigwell and Matching, 13 October 1841 - 1862

3 items

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M840.

Papers of Robert Bodle of Woolston Hall, Chigwell, 1848 - 1862 (File F4)

1 item

Filmed selectively.

Cash book kept on behalf of Charles Perry, Bishop of Melbourne, 1848 - 1862 (Item)

Copies of marriage settlement and will of Rev. Charles Perry, 13 October 1841 - 18 July 1853 (File F7)

3 items

Filmed selectively.

Marriage settlement of Rev. Charles Perry and Frances Cooper, 13 October 1841 (Item)
Will of Rev. Charles Perry (copy), 7 May 1846 (Item)
Agreement for the purchase of a church and parsonage to be sent to Melbourne for the English Church, 18 July 1853 (Item)

Copies of wills and settlements of Perry Family, 23 May 1855 (File T92a)

2 items

Filmed selectively.

Settlement on the marriage of Rev. George Perry with Elizabeth Smith, 23 May 1855 (Item)

Trustee the Rev. Charles Perry, (pp. 349-362).

Appointment of John W. Perry Watlington as trustee of the foregoing settlement in the room of Charles Perry, Bishop of Melbourne (pp 363-367) (Item)

Fonds D/DHw. Records of Hanslip Ward and Co, solicitors, of Maningtree, 18 January 1844

1 item

Filmed selectively.

Series D/DHw F6. Family Papers of John Ambrose, 18 January 1844

1 item

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M840.

J.S.T. Dowbiggin [Hobart] to [Miss Cocker], 18 January 1844 (File 5/3)

Religious matters; mutual friends; refers to departure of Lady Franklin; Tasmanian Journal,; visit of Bishop of Sydney to Van Diemen's Land; state of church schools.

Fonds D/DOp. Papers of Oxley Parker Family of Faulkbourne and Woodham Mortimer, 14 December 1830

1 item

Series. Business Letters, 14 December 1830

1 item

Mainly from Doctor Edward Copleston and Doctor Edward Hawkins, successive Provosts of Oriel College, Oxford, to C.C. Parker.

Filmed selectively.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M840.

Letter of Edward Hawkins (Oxford), 14 December 1830 (File B123)
1 item
Edward Hawkins (Oxford) to Christopher C. Parker, 14 December 1830 (Item 22)

Unemployment and emigration; general design of Providence seems to be that the earth should be gradually peopled.

Fonds D/DPE. Estate papers of Petre Family of Ingatestone and West Horndon, 2 May 1839 - 3 October 1860

5 item

Biographical / Historical

William Petre (1793-1850), 11th Baron Petre, had a strong interest in colonisation and was chairman of the New Zealand Company. His son Henry Petre (1820-1899) migrated to Wellington in 1840 and, together with William Vavasour and Charles Clifford, established a sheep station at the Wairarapa. He was a member of the New Zealand Legislative Council from 1853 to 1860.

Series. Estate, 2 May 1839 - 3 October 1860

5 items

Filmed selectively.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M840.

Subseries. New Zealand, 2 May 1839 - 1855
4 items
Deed transfer to New Zealand Land Company of lands and prospects of New Zealand Colonization Association and ship Tory and its cargo, 2 May 1839 (File E127)
F.A. Molesworth (Wellington) to J. Coverdale, allotment of lands in New Zealand, 3 December 1840 (File E128)
Power of attorney from William, Lord Petre, to Charles Clifford and William Vavasour to manage his estates in Wellington and Nelson (copy), 9 June 1842 (File E129/1)
Power of attorney from William, Lord Petre, to Nathaniel Levin to lease lands and accept a conveyance of lands in Wellington and Nelson (copy), 1855 (File E129/2-3)
Subseries. Out County, 3 October 1860
1 item
John Morrison (London) to Lord Petre, 3 October 1860 (File E174)

Deer which Lord Petre gave for New Zealand have been safely shipped on Dona Anita to J.A. Weld.

Fonds D/DPF. Family Papers of Petre Family, 1850

1 item

Filmed selectively.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M840.

Newspaper Cuttings, 1850 (File 198)

An address of thanks to Lord Petre from the Catholics of Wellington for his help in procuring a pastor for New Zealand.

Fonds D/DSe. Papers of Sperling Family of Great Maplestead, 4 March 1810 - 13 January 1816

2 items

Series 3-23. Brogden Family, 4 March 1810 - 13 January 1816

2 items

Filmed selectively.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M840.

Biographical / Historical

James Brogden (1765-1842) was a member of the House of Commons from 1796 until 1832.

Letters from Duke of Northumberland, 4 March 1810 (File 3)
1 item
Duke of Northumberland (Teignmouth) to James Brogden, 4 March 1810 (Item)

Comments on political events; military affairs in Portugal; proceedings against Governor William Bligh in New South Wales; support for Major George Johnstone.

Letters received by James Brogden, 13 January 1816 (File 13)
1 item
Rowescroft (London) to James Brogden, 13 January 1816 (Item)

Refers to commercial jealousies in 1785-1788; fine New Zealand flax; convicts sent to Botany Bay to grow hemp but rogues seem to have had an aversion to it.

Fonds D/DTa. Papers of Tabor Family of Bocking, 21 February 1876

1 item

Subfonds. Family Papers, 21 February 1876

1 item

Filmed selectively.

Series. Receipted hotel bills for tours in Britain and abroad, 21 February 1876
1 item

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M840.

Power of attorney from George Tabor Kemp, grazier of Duck Creek, Richmond River, New South Wales, to Owen Kemp (Walthamstow), 21 February 1876 (File F2)

Fonds D/Du/190. Manorial records and correspondence of Banks Family of Witham, 1866 - 28 September 1903

11 items

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M840.

Letters to Rose Robertson, later Rose Player Frowd, 1866 - 28 September 1903 (File 25)

11 items

Filmed selectively.

Biographical / Historical

Frederick and Emily Mylrea and their daughter Rose (1831-1904) arrived in Australia in 1859. In 1863 she married Adam Robertson who owned a property 'Struan' in the Western District of Victoria. Both her husband and her mother died in 1873. She returned to England in 1874 and in 1877 married John Player Frowd, a traveller and writer.

Emily Mylrea (Sydney and Struan, Victoria) to her daughter Rose Robertson, 1866 - 1872 (Item)

Domestic news; mutual friends; performance of the opera L'Africaine in Sydney; singers; refers to her book of poems Reminiscences of the past; travels in Western District of Victoria; a local bazaar. (7 letters, crossed)

Falconer Arlee (Paris) to John Player Frowd, 14 May 1877 (Item)

Sends a copy of the marriage certificate of John and Rose Player Frowd

John Player Frowd (London) to Rose Player Frowd (Brighton), 14 March 1855 (Item)

Domestic matters; jewellery that he had seen excavated in Egypt.

John Player Fowid to Rose Player Frowd (Eastbourne): general news, n.d. (Item)
Armstrong Mylrea (Melbourne) to his sister Rose Player Frowd, 20 January 1902 (Item)

Refers to war in South Africa.

Richard Mylrea (Melbourne) to his sister Rose Player Frowd, 18 April 1903 (Item)

Refers to effects of Queensland Land Act. (partly crossed)

Emily Mylrea (Geelong) to Rose Robertson, n.d. (Item)

His movements; bazaar; mutual friends. (crossed)

List of subscribers to the fund for the almshouses, Coggeshill, 1 May 1903 (Item)
Receipt for wine, 19 May 1903 (Item)
F.M. (Boscombe) to Rose Player Frowd: disposing of property, 28 September 1903 (Item)
Bank cheque from Union Bank of Australia (Geelong) for £237.15.6 payable to Rose Player Frowd, 5 February 1902 (Item)

Fonds D/Du 204. Deeds of Great and Little Yeldham and Tilbury-juxta-Clare, 12 June 1896

1 item

Filmed selectively.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M840.

Passport of Herbert W.L. Way to travel on the Continent and in the Philippine Islands, signed by Lord Salisbury, 12 June 1896 (File 151)

Fonds D/DU 559. Records of Alexander Miller White, solicitor of Colchester, 23 July 1897 - 27 June 1899

3 items

Series. Deeds and family papers relating to Dr. Alexander Wallace of Colchester, 23 July 1897 - 27 June 1899

3 items

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M840.

Biographical / Historical

Dr. Alexander Wallace of Colchester (1829-99), physician and author of Notes on Lilies, etc.

Subseries 19. Deeds and family papers relating to Dr Alexander Wallace, 23 July 1897 - 27 June 1899
2 items

Filmed selectively.

Envelope entitled Imperial Jarrah Wood Corporation, February 1899 - 27 June 1899 (File)
5 items
Printed prospectus of Imperial Jarrah Wood Corporation, February 1899 (Item)
Circular letter to A. Wallace (Colchester) from the Company billing him for his shares, 6 April 1899 (Item)
Printed circular letter to A. Wallace (Colchester) from the Company in London regarding his shares, 27 June 1899 (Item)
Newspaper cutting 'Jarrah up to date: a tabular view of the hardwood companies, their capital and acreage', n.d. (Item)
Map of the south-west part of Western Australia showing the Company's holdings, n.d. (Item)
Envelope entitled 'Australia Hardwoods (Jarrah) Ltd', 23 July 1897 - 1898 (File)
6 items
Printed report of Australian Hardwoods (Jarrah) Ltd., Perth, 23 July 1897 (Item)
Printed application form, n.d. (Item)
Printed prospectus of Australian Hardwoods (Jarrah) Ltd., London, 21 May 1898 (Item)
Newspaper cutting with share capital and prospectus for West Australian Jarrah Forests Ltd, 1898 (Item)
Newspaper cutting with capital and prospectus of Gill McDowell Jarrah Company Ltd, 1898 (Item)
Map of the south west part of Western Australia showing company holdings, n.d. (Item)
Subseries 20. Correspondence to Alexander Wallace from son Arthur O. Wallace, 11 March 189[-]
1 item
Arthur Wallace (Deniliquin) to his father Alexander Wallace, 11 March 189[-] (File)

Description of his work as a boundary rider at Hartwood Station; his house; the land; 'the best boundary rider's billet on the place'

Fonds D/DU 572. Papers of George Warburton, MP for Harwich, 31 July 1848 - 9 September 1848

2 items

Series. Accounts, correspondence and miscellaneous papers relating to George Drought Warburton, 31 July 1848 - 9 September 1848

2 items

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M840.

Correspondence and misc. papers relating to literary works of George Drought Warburton, 31 July 1848 - 9 September 1848 (File)
2 items

Filmed selectively.

William G. Kingston (London) to George Warburton, 31 July 1848 (Item 8)

Seeks assistance in writing a small pamphlet giving an account of all the principal colonies for the use of the labouring classes.

William G. Kingston (London) to George Warburton, 9 September 1848 (Item)

Attempt to establish a society to send out schoolmasters on emigrant ships.

Fonds D/DVv. Papers of Bullock Family of Radwinter, 8 February 1850

1 item

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M840.

Correspondence of Bullock Family, 8 February 1850 (File 68)

1 item

Filmed selectively.

H. Caslake (Union House) to Rev. J. Bullock (Radwinter), 8 February 1850 (Item)

Conversation with Willings about emigrants from Radwinter.

Fonds T/B/109/1. Copies of letters of Col. Benjamin Branfill, 23 March 1882 - 12 April 1898

3 items

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M840.

Col. B.A. Branfill (Nelson, NZ) to T.L. Wilson, 23 March 1882 (File)

News of Wilson's book, The history and topography of Upminster ; prospects for a carpenter in New Zealand are very good

Col. B.A. Branfill (Nelson) to T.L. Wilson, 28 May 1887 (File)

On working as a carpenter in New Zealand; interest in a plan of Upminster Hall.

Col. B.A. Branhill (Nelson) to T.L. Wilson: mutual Upminster friends, 12 April 1898 (File)

Fonds T/Z 38. Theses of Brentwood Training College and other colleges, 1964 - 1966

2 items

Filmed selectively.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M840.

M.H. Dunwell. 'True patriots from Essex: an investigation into transportation of convicts from the county of Essex to New South Wales during the period 1787-1809, with particular reference to transportees of the First Fleet' (typescript, 107p.), 1966 (File 39)

Manuscript notes on convicts and correspondence between Miss M.H. Dunwell (Brentwood) and John Cobley (Sydney), 1964 - 1965 (File)


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