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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
Miscellaneous Printed Extracts from Records
Catalogue reference: PRO 61
What's it about?
PRO 61
This series contains miscellaneous printed material, including gazettes, proclamations and pamphlets which, during or perhaps in some cases before the nineteenth century, had become separated, or were deliberately removed, from the records of...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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PRO 61
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Title (The name of the record)
- Miscellaneous Printed Extracts from Records
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Date (When the record was created)
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1736-1877
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains miscellaneous printed material, including gazettes, proclamations and pamphlets which, during or perhaps in some cases before the nineteenth century, had become separated, or were deliberately removed, from the records of which they had formed part. It is not now possible to identify these items with their original archival context.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Similar material, mostly of earlier date and accumulated in the State Paper Office, is in SP 112 and SP 116 SP 116
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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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259 bundles and volumes
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12100/
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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Miscellaneous Printed Extracts from Records
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