Series
Privy Seal Office: Signet and other Warrants for the Privy Seal, Series II
Catalogue reference: PSO 2
What's it about?
PSO 2
This series consists mainly of warrants, dating from 1485 to 1645, with a few oddments from 1674, prepared by the Clerks of the Signet and forwarded to the Office of the Keeper of the Privy Seal as his authority for making out writs or warrants...
Full description and record details
-
Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
-
PSO 2
-
Title (The name of the record)
- Privy Seal Office: Signet and other Warrants for the Privy Seal, Series II
-
Date (When the record was created)
-
c1485-c1685
-
Description (What the record is about)
-
This series consists mainly of warrants, dating from 1485 to 1645, with a few oddments from 1674, prepared by the Clerks of the Signet and forwarded to the Office of the Keeper of the Privy Seal as his authority for making out writs or warrants of privy seal. It also includes warrants prepared by several other authorities.
There is a lengthy gap in the surviving warrants for the privy seal, between 1645 and 1766. The reason for this gap is not known.
-
Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
-
Privy Seal warrants are also in C 82
-
Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
-
Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
-
Public Record(s)
-
Language (The language of the record)
-
Latin
-
Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
-
121 bundle(s)
-
Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12170/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: PSO
Records of the Keeper of the Privy Seal
You are currently looking at the series: PSO 2
Privy Seal Office: Signet and other Warrants for the Privy Seal, Series II