| Reference number | Title | Date |
| MC/1/208 | Letter from John Davy, London, to Dr. [Peter Mark] Roget, Secretary of the Royal Society | 13 March 1830 |
| MM/19/67 | Letter from James Yates to William Sharpey, Secretary, Royal Society | 15 September 1866 |
| MC/2/204 | Letter from Dr. [John] Davy, to [Prince Augustus Frederick, the Duke of Sussex], President of the Royal Society and to the Council | c. April 1836 |
| MC/1/335 | Letter from [Sir James] McGrigor, [Director General at the] Army Medical Board, to the Royal Society | 26 October 1831 |
| RR/1/52 | Referee's report by William Henry Smyth and Charles Giles Bridle Daubeny, on a paper 'Some account of a new volcano in the Mediterranean' by John Davy | [1832] |
| RR/1/54 | Referee's report by James Cumming and William Hasledine Pepys, on a paper 'Some experiments and observations on the combinations of carbonic acid and ammonia' by John Davy | [1830] |
| RR/3/89 | Referee's report by Thomas Bell, on a paper 'Some observations on the ova of the salmonidae' by John Davy | 1855 |
| RR/2/54 | Referee's report by George Newport, on a paper 'Some observations on the ova of the Salmonidae' by John Davy | 19 April 1852 |
| RR/4/62 | Referee's report by James Paget, on a paper 'On the electrical condition of the egg of the common fowl' by John Davy | 15 June 1859 |
| RR/1/50 | Referee's report by John Bostock, on a paper 'Miscellaneous observations on animal heat' by John Davy | [1844] |
| PT/52/i | Letter, regarding missing manuscript from J [John] Davy to unknown recipient | 18 February 1852 |
| MS/426/310 | Copy letter from [Charles Richard Weld, the Assistant Secretary of] the Royal Society; to Mr [John] Davy | 7 February 1848 |
| EC/1813/12 | Davy, John: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MC/8/343 | Letter from R Davy, Penketh, Warrington, to Walter White, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society] | 30 March 1869 |
| PT/6/9 | Paper, 'An account of some experiments on the combinations of different metals and chlorine, etc.' by John Davy | [1812] |
| MC/3/16 | Letter from Dr. [John] Davy, London, to the [Marquis of Northampton,] President of the Royal Society | 20 March 1839 |
| PT/21/6 | Paper, 'Notice of the remains of the recent volcano in the Mediterranean' by John Davy | 15 November 1832 |
| MC/1/149 | Letter from [John] Davy, London, to the Royal Society | 18 January 1827 |
| PT/12/15 | Paper, 'On the urinary organs and secretion of some of the amphibia' by John Davy | 25 March 1817 |
| PT/15/8 | Paper, 'An account of the urinary organs and urine of two species of the genus rana' by John Davy | 28 January 1819 |
| PT/17/4 | Paper, 'Farther particulars of a case of pneumatothorax' by John Davy | 4 December 1823 |
| RR/3/90 | Referee's report by John Edward Gray, on a paper 'Some observations on the ova of the salmonidae' by John Davy | 8 November 1856 |
| PT/8/33 | Paper, 'An account of some experiments on animal heat' by John Davy | [1814] |
| PT/38/8 | Paper, 'On the temperature of man within the tropics' by John Davy | 14 February 1850 |
| RR/2/53 | Referee's report by William Sharpey, on a paper 'Some observations on the ova of the Salmonidae' by John Davy | 26 May 1852 |
| PT/6/5 | Paper, 'On a gaseous compound of carbonic oxide and chlorine' by John Davy | [1811] |
| RR/4/61 | Referee's report by Charles Wheatstone, on a paper 'On the electrical condition of the egg of the common fowl' by John Davy | 7 June 1859 |
| PT/6/18 | Paper, 'An account of some experiments on different combinations of fluoric acid' by Mr J [John] Davy | [1812] |
| MC/3 | Volume 3 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1839-1843 |
| MC/1 | Volume 1 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1800-1831 |
| PT/16/30 | Paper, 'Observations on air found in the pleura in a case of pneumatothorax, with experiments on the absorption of different kinds of air introduced into the pleura' by John Davy | 17 June 1823 |
| PT/73/15/6 | Paintings, 'Graham Island' by R Irton | 7 August 1831 |
| AP/19/9 | Unpublished paper, 'Note on the preceding remarks by Mr [John] Davy' by Mr [Michael] Faraday | 9 January 1835 |
| PT/74/1/34 | Paintings, foetal torpedos and yolk bags by unknown artist | [1834] |
| MC/6/49 | Letter from J [John] Davy, Lesketh How, Ambleside, to Mr Whitwell [?] | 12 December 1859 |
| MC/5/370 | Letter from John Davy, Lesketh How, Ambleside, to C R [Charles Richard] Weld, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society | 6 November 1858 |
| MC/5 | Volume 5 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1851-1858 |
| MC/6 | Volume 6 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1859-1863 |
| AP/12/7 | Unpublished letter, 'Observations on the changes which have taken place in some antient [ancient] alloys of copper' from John Davy to Sir Humphry Davy | [1825] |
| MC/8/339 | Letter from Wm J Hutton, Warrington, to [Sir Edward Sabine], President of the Royal Society | 23 March 1869 |
| AP/42/6 | Unpublished paper, 'On the electrical condition of the egg of the common fowl' by John Davy | 17 May 1859 |
| MC/8/340 | Letter from R Davy, Penketh, Warrington, to Walter White, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society] | 26 March 1869 |
| AP/19/10/1 | Unpublished manuscript, 'On the temperature of some fishes of the genus Thunnus' by John Davy | 8 January 1835 |
| AP/19/10 | Unpublished paper, 'On the temperature of some fishes of the genus Thunnus' by John Davy | 8 January 1835 |
| AP/19/8 | Unpublished paper, 'Remarks on certain statements of Mr [Michael] Faraday contained in the fourth and fifth series of his "Experimental Results in Electricity"' by John Davy | 4 November 1834 |
| AP/19/10/2 | Unpublished diagram, anatomical drawing by John Davy | 8 January 1835 |
| AP/23/23 | Unpublished paper, 'Notice relative to the form of the blood-particles of the Ornithorhynchus hystrix' by John Davy | 13 April 1840 |
| AP/29/1 | Unpublished paper, 'On carbonic acid as a solven in the process of vegetation' by John Davy | 15 February 1847 |
| AP/21/16 | Unpublished paper, 'Researches on suppuration' by George Gulliver | 1838 |
| AP/33/9 | Unpublished paper, 'Some observations on the ova of the Salmonidae' by John Davy | 18 November 1851 |
| PT/74/1/35 | Paintings, disappearance of external yolk vesicle in young torpedos by unknown artist | [1834] |
| PT/74/1/36 | Paintings, anatomy of torpedoes by unknown artist | [1834] |
| AP/38/7 | Letter, 'On the vitality of the ova of the Salmonidae of different ages' from John Davy to Charles Darwin | 10 January 1856 |
| PT/29/12 | Paper, 'On the temperature of man' by John Davy | 1 May 1845 |
| PT/73/15/35 | Painting, erupting volcano and ships at sea by unknown artist | [1831] |
| RR/1/51 | Referee's report by Charles Giles Bridle Daubeny, on a paper 'On carbonic acid as a solvent in the process of vegetation' by John Davy | 17 July 1847 |
| RR/2/55 | Referee's report by Henry Bence Jones, on a paper 'Some observations on the ova of the Salmonidae' by John Davy | 26 January 1854 |
| AP/27/2 | Unpublished paper, 'On the action of the Sun's rays on lithic acid' by John Davy | 3 June 1844 |
| AP/25/4 | Unpublished paper, 'Miscellaneous observations on the torpedo' by John Davy | 6 December 1840 |
| PT/11/21 | Paper, 'Observations on the temperature of the ocean and atmosphere, and on the density of sea water, made during a voyage to Ceylon [Sri Lanka]' by John Davy in a letter to Sir H [Humphry] Davy | 3 November 1816 |
| RR/1/53 | Referee's report by William Clift, on a paper 'On the male organs of some of the cartilaginous fishes' by John Davy | 12 June 1839 |
| RR/5/55 | Referee's report by William Benjamin Carpenter, on a paper 'Some observations on birds, chiefly in relation to their temperature, with supplementary additions' by John Davy | 29 June 1865 |
| RR/5/56 | Referee's report by William Sharpey, on a paper 'Some observations on birds, chiefly in relation to their temperature, with supplementary additions' by John Davy | [1865] |
| MA/21 | Part letter from James William Redhouse, Constantinople [Istanbul], Turkey, to [John Davy] | 22 January 1841 |