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Henry Savage Sweetman: the man who uncovered Ireland’s medieval history
Henry Savage Sweetman published the Calendar which translated over 8,000 Irish medieval records. But who was Sweetman and why did he complete this project?
Series
Public Record Office: Inspecting Officers' Committee, Minute Books
Catalogue reference: PRO 15
What's it about?
PRO 15
This series contains minute books of the Committee of Inspecting Officers. These books are indexed and include memoranda, filed drafts of schedules, extracts from parliamentary proceedings and notes subsidiary to the schedules.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- PRO 15
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Title (The name of the record)
- Public Record Office: Inspecting Officers' Committee, Minute Books
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1881-1958
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains minute books of the Committee of Inspecting Officers. These books are indexed and include memoranda, filed drafts of schedules, extracts from parliamentary proceedings and notes subsidiary to the schedules.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Progress charts compiled by the Inspecting Officers during the 'working over' period following the creation of the Records Administration Division in 1956 are in: PRO 8/51 PRO 8/52 PRO 8/53 PRO 8/54
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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)
- Committee of Inspecting Officers, 1882-1956
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 25 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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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
- Archives and libraries
- Litigation
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11933/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
96,788 records
Within the department: PRO
Domestic Records of the Public Record Office, Gifts, Deposits, Notes and Transcripts
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Public Record Office: Inspecting Officers' Committee, Minute Books
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