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Series
Theological Tracts Henry VIII
Catalogue reference: SP 6
What's it about?
SP 6
Documents (some formerly in SP 5) concerned chiefly with the Reformation and its advancement and enforcement - among them, sermons, parliamentary drafts and legislation, fragments of the Bishops' Book of 1537, as well as treatises on various...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SP 6
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Title (The name of the record)
- Theological Tracts Henry VIII
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Date (When the record was created)
- Henry VIII
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Description (What the record is about)
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Documents (some formerly in SP 5) concerned chiefly with the Reformation and its advancement and enforcement - among them, sermons, parliamentary drafts and legislation, fragments of the Bishops' Book of 1537, as well as treatises on various theological subjects, including Henry VIII's divorce, papal authority and the royal supremacy. Most date from the 1530s.
The records may once have been part of Thomas Cromwell's archive.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The series was formed from a larger collection of documents in thirteen volumes called the Tractatus Theologici et Politici (see OBS 1/801/1).
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Some former Tractatus documents are now in
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 12 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Available in digital format
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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
- Litigation
- Marriage and divorce
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- The records were housed in the Chapter House of Westminster Abbey until 1843 when they were moved first to Rolls House and then in 1854 to the new Public Record Office.
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- See also Theological Tracts (formerly introductory note to SP 6)
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- The records are calendared in Letters and Papers Foreign and Domestic of the Reign of Henry VIII ed J S Brewer J Gairdner and R H Brodie (London 1862-1932). Please speak to staff at the Map and Large Document Room enquiry desk for the precise location.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13548/
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