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Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: Sir Clowdisley Shovell papers
Creator:
Shovell, Clowdisley, Sir, 1650-1707
Identifier/Call Number: mssSR
Physical Description:
3 Linear Feet
(2 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1673-1792
Date (bulk): 1690-1704
Abstract: Papers belonging to British Navy Admiral Sir Clowdisley Shovell.
Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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[Identification of item]. Sir Clowdisley Shovell papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from William K. Bixby, 1918.
Sir Clowdisley Shovell (1650-1707) and Sir George Rooke (1650-1709), were two British admirals who spent their naval careers
in Channel and Mediterranean duties. Shovell served with Rooke on occasion, as in the 1696 attack on Calais, the aborted 1702
expedition to Cádiz, and the 1704 capture of Gibraltar.
The collection consists of letters and documents containing instructions from the Admiralty to Shovell when he commanded the
Channel Fleet in 1696, reports by Rooke of his preparations for the expedition to Cadiz, and miscellaneous routine naval business.
Additional persons represented in the collection include: Sir William Bridgeman, Josiah Burchett, Sir Charles Hedges, and
Sir Thomas Hopsonn.
Processed by Huntington Library staff. In 2022, Brooke M. Black created a finding aid.
Arranged chronologically.
Individual call numbers included in the collection: mssSR 1-85. Variant title: Shovell-Rooke papers.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Admirals -- Great Britain -- Correspondence
Grand Alliance, War of the, 1689-1697
Spanish Succession, War of, 1701-1714
Cádiz (Spain)
English Channel
Gibraltar
Great Britain -- History, Naval -- Stuarts, 1603-1714 -- Sources
Letters (correspondence) -- Great Britain -- 17th century
Letters (correspondence) -- Great Britain -- 18th century
Manuscripts -- Great Britain -- 17th century
Manuscripts -- Great Britain -- 18th century
Bridgeman, William, 1645 or 1646-1699
Burchett, Josiah, 1666?-1746
Hedges, Charles, -1714
Hopsonn, Thomas, Sir, 1642-1717
Rooke, George, Sir, 1650-1709
Great Britain. Royal Navy -- History -- 17th century -- Sources
Great Britain. Royal Navy -- History -- 18th century -- Sources
Great Britain. Royal Navy -- Officers -- Correspondence