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Public Record Office: Transcripts of Gunpowder Plot Papers
Catalogue reference: PRO 31/6
What's it about?
PRO 31/6
This series consists of a single volume of transcripts of letters and papers relating to the Gunpowder Plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament in 1605.These transcripts were assembled and certified as correct by A J Horwood, an inspector of the...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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PRO 31/6
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Title (The name of the record)
- Public Record Office: Transcripts of Gunpowder Plot Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1605-1612
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of a single volume of transcripts of letters and papers relating to the Gunpowder Plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament in 1605.
These transcripts were assembled and certified as correct by A J Horwood, an inspector of the Historical Manuscripts Commission.
A copy of A J Horwood's report upon them to the commissioners is bound with the transcripts at the front of the volume.
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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)
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Not Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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1 volume(s)
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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In 1870
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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
- Weapons
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
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At the time of the transcription the original documents were in the possession of William Phelips of Montacute House, Somersetshire.
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- See Historical Manuscripts Commission Reports I, App p 58 (London, 1870) and III, p xviii, and App p 281 (London, 1872).
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12051/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
96,787 records
Within the department: PRO
Domestic Records of the Public Record Office, Gifts, Deposits, Notes and Transcripts
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Public Record Office: Transcripts of Gunpowder Plot Papers
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