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Associated Material
The Aston collection at the University of Liverpool form only a small part of the papers of the Aston family. A full list of the other holdings of the papers of the Aston family of Aston Hall can be found on the National Register of Archives. Links are provided below to the catalogue entries for the Aston papers held by
- The British Library
- John Rylands University Library Special Collections
- Cheshire Record Office
- Liverpool Record Office
Bibliography
George Ormerod: The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, Volume I, 2nd edition, revised and enlarged by Thomas Helsby (George Routledge, London, 1882). Pages 531-537 are Ormerod's account of the Aston family from the reign of Henry II up to the time of Sir Willoughby Aston, 2nd Baronet, with an added family tree which follows the family up to Sir Arthur Ingram Aston.
George Edward Cockayne: Complete Baronetage, Volume II, 1625-1649, (William Pollard & co., Exeter, 1902). Pages 48-49 list the grantee and successors to the title of Baronet Aston in the reign of Charles I.
The Cheshire Sheaf, 3rd series, vol 24, (Chester, 1927). Contains a description of the biographical diaries of Sir Willoughby Aston with some biographical notes.
The Grenfell papers comprise: correspondence, log books and other manuscripts and printed material, Grenfell's Commisions, honours and invitations, newspapers and newscuttings in English, Portuguese and Spanish mainly relating to Grenfell's career in the Brazilian navy and a folder containing genealogical material relating to the Granville and Grenfell families, especially John Granville Grenfell (1829-1866). The Grenfell papers include a manuscript account of the 'Cutting out of the Esmeralda', a bound volume containing the logs of four Brazilian naval vessels commanded by Grenfell, the Brig Marnham, the frigate Imperatrice, the Brig Cabocolo and the schooner Grecian and and a manuscript copy of the defence of Captain Grenfell on his court martial at Rio.
Correspondence in the collection include:
- Letter books in English and Portuguese dating from 1844-54, 1846-60 and 1851-52
- A large collection of letters from Thomas Cochrane 10th Earl of Dundonald the bulk of which date from 1843-62 relating to prize money owed to them both by the Chilean and Brazilian Governments with petitions to those governments.
- Letters from S S de Oliveira President of Rio Grande relative to operations in 1840.
- Letters from the Baron de Caxias relative to the operations in Rio Grande in 1843
- Correspondence with Rear Admiral Lainé Montevideo 1844-45
- Correspondence with British Authorities 1844-46
- Orders and letters relative to the voyage of His Imperial Majesty [Pedro II] to Rio Grande and S. Paulo, ca. 1846
- Letters and papers concerning the fire on the Ocean Monarch 1848
- Correspondence with French, British and U.S. authorities 1851-1852
- Letters from Manuel Moreira Castro, (friend and editor of Rio's Journal do Commercio)1851-1852.
- Letters from the Argentine (rebel) Governor J J Urquiza of Entre Rios 1851-54
[ Note: The Grenfell papers contains items written in Portuguese, Spanish and French, material written in a language other than English has been indicated in the list. ]
The archive of Eric Hardwicke Rideout was collected during the late 1920s and early 30s. Rideout was interested in the Shipping Ports of the North West during the period 1700-1850, especially in terms of Customs and Excise and related topics such as trade and quarantine.
The main areas of research for Rideout were: the Ports of Liverpool, Chester, Poulton, Isle of Man, and Whitehaven; their Customs Houses, Trade, Quays, and Quarantine regulations. The archive also contains material relating to Rideout MA thesis, submitted to the University of Liverpool in 1931, on Navigation Law in the 18th Century.
Much of Rideout's research was done at various Customs Houses in the North West with a huge body of transcriptions being made from the Customs Letter Books of the various Customs Houses. These recorded the day-to-day activities of the Houses and the events of the port. The archive is littered with these transcripts, both typescript and manuscript but the majority are based upon Rideout's original transcripts which, recorded onto index cards, are gathered at Rideout II.2.
Also of use will be a file of letters located at Rideout I.6 which includes his correspondence with various individuals concerning his research, visits to various Customs Houses and correspondence concerning the publishing of his findings.
- TM/1 Constitution
- TM/2 AGM and Annual Report
- TM/3 Honorary Secretary
- TM/4 Dean
- TM/5 Director
- TM/6 Committee/ Council
- TM/7 Executive Management Committee
- TM/8 Finance Committee and General Finance
- TM/9 Voluntary Funds Committee
- TM/10 Professional Committee
- TM/11 Staff Academic Committee
- TM/12 Sub-Committees and Groups
- TM/13 School Administration incorporating Dean's Office and Director's Office
- TM/14 Library
- TM/15 Editorial Committee ("Annals")
- TM/16 Medals and Prizes
- TM/17 Expeditions
- TM/18 School Outposts
- TM/19 Museum/ Learning Laboratory
- TM/20 Medical Illustration
- TM/21 Departments/ Divisions
- TM/22 Collaborative Programmes
- TM/23 Clinical Records
- TM/24 Overseas Development Administration Work Programmes
- TM/25 School Publications
- TM/26 Unidentified Material