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Exports from England

Exports from England

Exports From England Historical Background Study on trade between France and England Survey statistics from the office of the prefecture…

Portrait of Dieppe

Portrait of Dieppe

“Le Pourtraict de la ville de Dieppe”, by François de Belleforest (1530-1583), 1575. Wood engraving.​

King’s letter to Captain Smith

King’s letter to Captain Smith

King’s letter authorizing Captain Smith, English ship commander, to order under the French flag a vessel plying the slave trade, without receiving act of reception, recorded on March 17, 1787.

Cardinal Richelieu’s instructions to Captain Daniel

Cardinal Richelieu’s instructions to Captain Daniel

The end of the Hundred Years War placed Normandy away from foreign wars for several centuries. This does not preclude the province to participate in transactions, including shipping. Captain Charles Daniel, a native from Dieppe, who served many commandments in the Royal Navy, is a fine example of a naval officer.

Abraham Duquesne

Abraham Duquesne

Lithograph dated 19th century.
Born in 1610 in Dieppe from a Huguenot family, Abraham Duquesne takes his first command in the Navy at 18 years.

Movements of vessels in the port of Rouen

Movements of vessels in the port of Rouen

Report of the Chamber of Commerce, in English.

It was not until the mid-nineteenth century that the practice of free trade between the two sides of the Channel really develops.

Appointment of an English captain

Appointment of an English captain

Dated 1757, this document appoints Robert Farwell as captain of the Dolphin, an unarmed trading ship with a capacity of 90 tons and bound for Newfoundland, Portugal or Spain.

The appointment was made in the name of the Lord High Admiral “of Great Britain and Ireland etc. and of all His Majesty’s plantations”.

Map of Brighton

Map of Brighton

View 1 : Plan of the Parish of Brighthemstone, 1792

130 x 82

(ESRO: AMS 4106)

View 2 : Map of the town of Brighton and its environs, 1850

by Ligott Smith for the regent King George IV

144 x 113

(ESRO : QDP 133)

Poster Le Rouen

Poster Le Rouen

Advertising poster issued by Chemins de fer de l’Etat et Southern Railway to promote the ferry service between Newhaven and Dieppe on Le Rouen.

Printed around 1920.

Revenue Cutter

Revenue Cutter

A Revenue cutter is a small lighty armed boat, used to enforce customs regulations and catch smugglers.

Lead ingot

Lead ingot

Ancient lead ingot found in Lillebonne in 1840, at the bottom of the Roman theatre’s outer wall. Weight : 43,5 kg

Letter from Thomas Pettet to John Collier

Letter from Thomas Pettet to John Collier

Collier (1685-1760) was Solicitor for the Crown assisting in trials of
smugglers until 1733 when he was appointed Surveyor-General of the
Riding Officers of Kent.

Seal of Rye

Seal of Rye

A deed conveying property in Merstret in Rye from John and Alice Torel to Peter and Denise Hegsthone. There are two seals attached, both in green wax. The smaller is of John Torel and shows a ship with one mast.

Wreck log of the Amiral, lost off Hastings

Wreck log of the Amiral, lost off Hastings

Commercial shipping registers show the extent of sea trade on ships leaving Upper Normandy.​Some ships were shipwrecked before they reached their destination, as was the case of the Amiral which was lost off the English coast near Hastings on 16 January 1792.

Apprenticeship contract

Apprenticeship contract

This document is a sailor’s apprenticeship contract (1760). It is in the format of a mediaeval chirograph: these documents were drawn up in duplicate, one over the other, and cut through along a zig-zag line or indent so that the two parts could be matched together (this is why these contracts are also called indentures).