Amirauté de Guyenne
Item
Country
FR
Name of institution (English)
Gironde Departmental Archives
Name of institution (official language of the state)
Language of name of institution
fra
Contact information: postal address
72 cours Balguerie-Stuttenberg, 33300 Bordeaux
Contact information: phone number
0033 (0)556996600
Contact information: web address
Contact information: email
Reference number
6 B
Type of reference number
Archival reference number
Title (English)
Admiralty of Guyenne
Title (official language of the state)
Amirauté de Guyenne
Language of title
fra
Creator / accumulator
Admiralty of Guyenne
Date(s)
1617/1792
Language(s)
dut
eng
fra
spa
Extent
2088 storage units + supplements
Type of material
Textual Material
Scope and content
The Amirauté de Guyenne fonds comprises two main groups of documents: administrative and judicial. It includes extensive documentation, such as edicts and trials, correspondence, documentation related to trade and commerce and ships inspections, appointments, procedures, lists of prices, and information on imprisonments, among many others. It also includes passports issued in Bordeaux by the Admiralty of Guyenne, in particular from the 18th century, including many relating to Portuguese Jews (6 B 45-58). These registers contain information on the passengers' origins and destinations, the reason for the trip, and personal details. Digital copies of these records are available online on the archive website. Evelyne Oliel-Grausz (1999, 2015) used this source to trace the circulation of people among Sephardic communities. Therefore, this is one of the most relevant fonds to understand the commercial activity of Sephardic merchants, such as David Gradis.
Archival history
After the extinction of the Admiralty of Guyenne in 1790-92, the clerk's office of the Tribunal de Commerce (Commercial Court) collected and preserved its archives, being responsible for them for nearly a century. In 1869, the process of transfer to a new place began. On September 3, 1888, a decree officialised the transfer of the Admiralty of Guyenne archive to the Archives départementales de la Gironde. The collection was definitively deposited there at the end of 1889.
Administrative / Biographical history
On July 12, 1490, King Charles VIII extended the jurisdiction of the Amiral de France (Admiral of France) to Bordeaux, creating the seat of the Amirauté de Guyenne (Admiralty of Guyenne). This institution was abolished on August 16, 1790, but it continued its functions until the installation of the Tribunal de Commerce (Commercial Court) in December 1792.
Access points: locations
Access points: persons, families
Access points: subject terms
Access points: document types
System of arrangement
The fonds is divided by document type. Series are organised chronologically.
Access, restrictions
Digital copies of numerous records are available online:
Finding aids
Unpublished finding aids available in the archive:
"Amirauté de Guyenne. Table alphabétique manuscrite des noms de personnes des registres 6 B 22 à 38 (réceptions des capitaines de navires, chirurgiens, maîtres de barques, etc., 1699-1792)". 1960 (6 B).
Dainville, Oudot de. 1913. "Amirauté de Guyenne. Répertoire numérique". Bordeaux (6 B).
Links to finding aids
Author of the description
Kevin Soares, 2023
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