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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: Transfer Registers, etc.
Catalogue reference: PRO 40
What's it about?
PRO 40
Entry books of correspondence and warrants relating to transfers of records and the movement of records among the several repositories before being sent to the main repository at Chancery Lane; and registers of transfers of records to and from...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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PRO 40
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Title (The name of the record)
- Public Record Office: Transfer Registers, etc.
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Date (When the record was created)
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1929-2005
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Description (What the record is about)
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Entry books of correspondence and warrants relating to transfers of records and the movement of records among the several repositories before being sent to the main repository at Chancery Lane; and registers of transfers of records to and from the Public Record Office.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
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The datasets originally with this series reference were given the reference PRO 79 in July 2009. Paper records keep the PRO 40 reference.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For later Transfer Registers, please see PRO 79
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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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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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47 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open
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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
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12074/
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
You are currently looking at the series: PRO 40
Public Record Office: Transfer Registers, etc.
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