The Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies was previously the Buckinghamshire Record Office. It is a small and friendly Record Office, located in centre of Aylesbury. It is advisable to book before visiting. Internet site.

A catalogue of documents at the Centre can be searched using A2A. On dukesofbuckingham.org.uk references to documents held by the Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies are prefixed by BRO.

Fremantle

The Fremantle MSS were deposited by Commander the Honorable JT Fremantle, the Old House, Swanbourne, 6 December 1967. It is a large and significant collection of documents, especially relating to:

Fremantle documents are prefixed by BRO D/FR. The list of documents can be searched on A2A or through a typed catalogue available at the centre, which is indexed by personal name.

The Collection

There are 235 boxes of documents.

BRO D/FR		Title deeds of Swanbourne & Gloucestershire properties
BRO D/FR 18–30		Estate papers and accounts for Swanbourne & Gloucestershire properties
BRO D/FR 31–41	BRO D/FR 31–34	Admiral Sir Thomas Francis Fremantle	Correspondence & papers, general & naval, c. 1794–1819
	BRO D/FR 35–41		Correspondence, etc. re service in Mediterranean and Adriatic, 1810–14
BRO D/FR 42–43		Lady Elizabeth Fremantle (1810–56)
BRO D/FR 44–55		Sir William Henry Fremantle	Correspondence & accounts
BRO D/FR 56–156		Sir Thomas Francis Fremantle (1st Baron Cottesloe)	Papers, correspondence & accounts 1814–91; including personal diaries: 1814–24; 1826; 1830; 1836
BRO D/FR 157–58		Sir Thomas Francis Fremantle (2nd Baron Cottesloe);	School and university papers; correspondence 1903–08
BRO D/FR 159–189		Sir Thomas Francis Fremantle (3rd Baron Cottesloe)	Papers, correspondence 1875–1956
BRO D/FR 190–207		Florence [Tapling] (3rd Lady Cottesloe)	Correspondence 1875–56
BRO D/FR 208–212		Admiral Sir Charles Howe Fremantle	Official and private correspondence mainly re service in Crimean War 1855–56
BRO D/FR 213–219		Captain Stephen Grenville Fremantle RN	Papers & log books 1833–69
BRO D/FR 220–223		Stephen J Fremantle	Papers & correspondence
BRO D/FR 224–225		Hon Cecil Fremantle	Financial papers 1892–27
BRO D/FR 226–230	BRO D/FR 232	Miscellaneous, including:	Obituary of the 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos 1889
	BRO D/FR 233		Correspondence of Lady Louisa Fremantle (1811–75)
	BRO D/FR 235		Additional correspondence of Admiral Thomas Francis Fremantle
BRO D/FR/B 1–50		Sir Thomas Francis Fremantle (1st Baron Cottesloe)	Diaries, 1837–86 (50 annual volumes)