Record revealed
Copy of Henry VIII's diplomatic assurances to João III of Portugal
Recently rediscovered, this letter offers new archival evidence into Britain and Portugal's shared history.
Series
Post Office Savings Bank and Department: Savings Policy Files Series II
Catalogue reference: NSC 21
What's it about?
NSC 21
Files of the headquarters of the Post Office Savings departments.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- NSC 21
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Title (The name of the record)
- Post Office Savings Bank and Department: Savings Policy Files Series II
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1867-1988
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Description (What the record is about)
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Files of the headquarters of the Post Office Savings departments.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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See Arrangement of series NSC 9.
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Many of the early files concerning the savings department(s) are in the records of the Post Office.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Post Office Savings Bank, 1861-1969
- Post Office Savings Department, 1861-1969
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 501 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1974 Department for National Savings
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Banking
- Communications
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11331/
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