References Consulted

Public Record Office Kew

• BT 98 Crew Lists & Agreements 1747-1860
  • /255 Falmouth 1835-1844 Active
  • /262 Fowey 1835-1844 Catherine. Busy 1842 & 1844
  • /263 Fowey 1835-1844 H-N Mount Charles
  • /264 Fowey 1835-1844 O-Z Patty 1839,1840
  • /443 Plymouth 1835-44 P-Q Patriot
  • /1576 Fowey 1848 Caroline
  • /1882 Fowey 1849 Caroline
  • /2165 Fowey 1850 Caroline
  • /3737 Fowey 1854 F-P Margaret 6/1853 O.N.11437
  • /4140 Fowey 1855 K-Z Margaret 6/1853 O.N.11437
  • /4424 Dartmouth 1856 S-Z Vigilant 15720 (Jul-Dec missing)
  • /4451 Fowey 1856 Pet
  • /5051 Fowey 1857 Pet
  • /5449 Fowey 1858 Pet
  • /6130 Fowey 1859 Pet
  • /5786 1859 11398-11460 Mary O.N.11446
  • /6471 1860 11431-11485 Mary O.N.11446
• BT 99 Crew Lists & Agreements 1861-1938 (10% PRO)
  • /154 1863 14800-14908 Dublin Lass O.N.14821
  • /199 1864 14811-14912 Dublin Lass O.N.14821
• BT107 Transcripts & Transactions to 1854
  • /103 Dublin Lass 310/1850 ON 14821
  • /160 Fowey 1818 Patty 10/1818, Harriott 7/1818
  • /165 Plymouth 1820. Harriott
  • /168 Fowey 1822 Swan 3/1822
  • /174 Fowey 1824 Charles Rashleigh 1/1824, Henry
  • /175 Plymouth 1824. Caroline
  • /191 Fowey 1827. Charles, Gleaner
  • /184 Fowey 1826. StAustle Packet
  • /211 Fowey 1832. Laurel
  • /219 Fowey 1834. East Cornwall
  • /221 Plymouth 1834. Caroline
  • /223 Truro 1834. Charles Rashleigh.
  • /233 Fowey 1836. Busy, Place, Boconnoc, Pheasant, Henry, Laurel
  • /241 Truro 1836. Charles Rashleigh.
  • /246 Caroline 8/1837 Mount Charles 25/1837
  • /260 Fowey 1839. Uzella
  • /274 Fowey 1841, Engineer
  • /297 Cardiff 1845, Boconnoc
  • /312 Padstow and Plymouth 1847
  • /316 Pet 12/1848
  • /328 Gloucester 1850, One and All
  • /334 Gloucester 1851, One and All
  • /345 Margaret 6/1853 O.N.11437
  • /345 Mary 17/1853 48 tons O.N.11446
• BT108 Transcripts from 1855
  • /37 Fowey 1855
  • /69 Fowey 1861
  • /104 Fowey 1868
  • /109 Fowey 1869
  • /124 Faversham 1872, William and Anthony
  • /164 Folkestone 1880, William and Anthony
• BT112 Register of seamen, Series II 1835-1844
  • /4 Be... Berry (Hros? Harris?) age 47 of Brixham
  • /60 Rundle Henry age 22 b. Penryn, 1836 Active of Falmouth.
• BT113 Register of seamen's tickets 1845-1854
  • /20 39662 William Polglass
  • /58 114116 James Berry
  • /96 190488 Walker? Walter? Berry
• BT124 Certificates of Service Foreign Trade
  • /8 Henry D Rundle 45914
  • /12 William Polglass 51882
  • /15 William Polglass 72405
• CUST67 Outport records Falmouth, Fowey etc. 1836-87
  • /81 Fowey 1825 to 1925 Register of Apprentices Indentures
• HCA27 High Court of Admiralty Minute Books (Instance)
  • /24 No. 4696 "Witch of the Waves" v. "Pet"
• HCA19 High Court of Admiralty Instance Papers
  • /458 Bundle 4696 "Witch of the Waves" v. "Pet"

Guildhall Library London

• Board of Trade Wreck Register
  • 1870 Little Fred
  • 1879 Maria Louise, Merchant
  • 1880 Ellen Frances, Mary, Pet
  • 1885 Jessie
  • 1897 Engineer, Pride of the Channel
• Lloyd's List
  • 1837 July 12th. Patriot
  • 1838 Patriot
  • 1841 Mount Charles Pearse, Patty Couch
  • 1842 Busy, Randle
  • 1843 Busy, Rundle
  • 1844 Busy, Rundle
  • 1845 Busy, Rundall
  • 1846 Busy, Randle
  • 1847 Busy Feb 25/8, Mar 6/6. Caroline
  • 1850 Caroline, Rundle. Mount Charles
  • 1851 Caroline, Rundle. Mount Charles
  • 1852 Caroline, Rundle
  • 1853 Caroline, Rendell May-Jul. Mount Charles (wrecked)
  • 1855 Margaret of Fowey
  • 1856 Pet, Rundle and Trimbath
  • 1858 Pet, Rundle
  • 1859 Pet, Rundle to July. Mary of Fowey Mar26.
  • 1860 Mary Randall
  • 1862 Dublin Lass, Bartley
  • 1863 Dublin Lass Bartley
  • 1864 Advance Arnold
  • 1866 Mary Jane, Scantlebury
  • 1867 Mary Jane, Scantlebury
  • 1868 Pet, Lobb. Witch of the Wave, Guthrie
  • 1871 William and Anthony, Webb
  • 1872 William and Anthony, Webb
  • 1879 Maria Louise, Ringle
  • 1901 Challenge, Vincent
• Lloyd's Register of Shipping
  • 1823 Minerva, choice of two.
  • 1825 Caroline built Plymouth 1824.
  • 1834 Laurel, Union Packet
  • 1836 Patriot.
  • 1837 Active, Patriot.
  • 1844 Caroline, Mount Charles Luke&Co
  • 1846 Boconnoc Fowey 1836. Patriot Plymouth 1834
  • 1848 One and All Fowey 1836, Patriot.
  • 1864 Advance of Goole
  • 1865 Advance of Goole
  • 1867 Patriot, Place
• Lloyd's Captains Register
  • 1869 Henry Doidge Rundle, William Polglass, William Luke
• Mercantile Navy List
  Most vessels were mentioned in each annual volume during the period they were registered, so to save space I have not listed vessels here. Volumes of the MNL consulted were :
  1858, 1859, 1864, 1869, 1872, 1877, 1882, 1887, 1892, 1897, 1902, 1907, 1912

National Maritime Museum Greenwich

• Master's Certificates and Applications
  • Certificate of Service 45914, Henry Doidge Rundle

Colindale Newspaper Library London

• Royal Cornwall Gazette
  • 1847, Feb 19th.
  • 1853, Dec 23rd page 8
  • 1867, Aug 8th page 7
• West Briton
  • 1847, March 5th.
  • 1853, Dec 23rd, page 5
  • 1859, Nov 4th.
  • 1867, Aug 9th page 4

Census Returns (FRC Microfilm references)

• HO107/146 Book 5. Charlestown 1841
• RG9/1547 149. Charlestown 1861
• RG10/2130 Folio 12-15. Mutton Cove 1871
• RG10/2263 51. Charlestown 1871
• RG12/1741 Folio 8-12. Mutton Cove 1891
• RG12/3866 Folio 58-63, 66-71. Owston 1891

Cornwall Record Office Truro

• MSR1 Fowey, Ship Registers 1786-1823

Books

• Carter, Clive. Cornish Shipwrecks the North Coast,
  Pan Books 1970 ISBN 0330 25369 7
• Greenhill, Basil. The Merchant Schooners,
  Conway Maritime Press 1988, ISBN 0 85177 475 X
• Hobbs J.S. The British Channel Pilot,
  Bradford Barton Ltd 1972,
  Facsimile of the 1859 edition.
• Hope, Ronald (Editor) The Harrap Book of Sea Verse,
  Harrap 1960
• Kemp, Peter. The Oxford Companion to Ships & the Sea,
  Oxford University Press1976. ISBN 0-19-211553-7
• Khilberg, Benght (Editor). The Lore of Ships,
  Nordbook 1975
• Larn, Richard & Bridget. Charlestown,
  Shipwreck & Marine 1994, ISBN 0-9523971-0-2
• MacGregor, David R. Merchant Sailing Ships 1850-1875,
  Conway Maritime Press 1984, ISBN 0 85177 316 8
• Shore, Henry N. Smuggling Days and Smuggling Ways,
  Philip Allan and Co. Ltd.1929
  Reprint of the 1892 edition.
  
• Smyth, W. H. (Admiral). The Sailor's Word Book of 1867,
  Conway Maritime Press 1991. ISBN 0 85177 594 2.
  Reprint of the 1867 edition.
• Ward-Jackson, C.H. Ships and shipbuilders of a Westcountry Seaport,
  Twelveheads Press 1986, ISBN 0906294 11 8
• Watts, C.T. and M.J. My Ancestor was a Merchant Seaman,
  Society of Genealogists 1991, ISBN 0 901878 73 1