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Public Record Office: Transcripts from Spanish Archives, Series II
Catalogue reference: PRO 31/12
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PRO 31/12
Most of these transcripts of Spanish archives come from the manuscripts of the Conde de Gondomar. There are also some transcripts of dispatches from London of Spanish diplomats, 1652 to 1655 and 1670 to 1672, together with a report by Professor...
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- PRO 31/12
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Title (The name of the record)
- Public Record Office: Transcripts from Spanish Archives, Series II
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1594-1953
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Description (What the record is about)
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Most of these transcripts of Spanish archives come from the manuscripts of the Conde de Gondomar. There are also some transcripts of dispatches from London of Spanish diplomats, 1652 to 1655 and 1670 to 1672, together with a report by Professor Geoffrey Barraclough on Aragonese archives, primarily of the 13th and 14th centuries, concerning diplomatic relations with England.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Not Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 45 bundles and volumes
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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F W Cosens, 1819-1889
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Don Sarmiento de Acuña Conde de Góndomar was the Spanish Ambassador to England during the reign of James I.
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12057/
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