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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: Registered Files: Miscellaneous Case Files
Catalogue reference: PRO 56
What's it about?
PRO 56
Cases include those relating to the status and disposal of records, access to records, the reclassifying of records in the PRO, particular instance papers, public records outside official custody and the appointment of places of deposit under...
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 56
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Title (The name of the record)
- Public Record Office: Registered Files: Miscellaneous Case Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1941-1975
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Description (What the record is about)
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Cases include those relating to the status and disposal of records, access to records, the reclassifying of records in the PRO, particular instance papers, public records outside official custody and the appointment of places of deposit under s.4(1) of the Public Records Act, 1958.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
For case files the alphabetical codes CA to CZ were used, although some combinations were omitted. Later subjects were added using an extra 'A' i.e. CAA, CBA etc. There were three consecutive cycles, each closed after five years. The second and third cycle were prefaced 2/ and 3/ respectively.
At some stage the files were rearranged in 'strict' alphabetical order: CA, CAA, CB, CBA and so on. The first cycle has been listed in this order, but subsequent cycles have been listed in the original order. Arrangement in the list is alphanumerical by former file reference.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Both series were preceded by the general correspondence files which are in PRO 1
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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)
- Public Record Office, 1838-2003
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 630 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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from 2007 The National Archives
from 1989 Public Record Office
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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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- There is a key to former reference subject code prefixes. Please speak to staff at the enquiry desk for the precise location.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12095/
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 56
Public Record Office: Registered Files: Miscellaneous Case Files
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