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Series
Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, Elizabeth I
Catalogue reference: SP 12
What's it about?
SP 12
The archives of the principal secretaries of state of Elizabeth I, as they survived in official custody. The papers are evidence of the great variety of business passing through the secretaries' office, and the presentation of the most important...
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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SP 12
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Title (The name of the record)
- Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, Elizabeth I
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Date (When the record was created)
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1558-1603
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Description (What the record is about)
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The archives of the principal secretaries of state of Elizabeth I, as they survived in official custody. The papers are evidence of the great variety of business passing through the secretaries' office, and the presentation of the most important matters for consideration by Elizabeth I and the Privy Council. The series also includes items from outside the reign of Elizabeth I, where either the major part of the item referred to that reign, or the document in question was a later transcript of an Elizabethan document.
The series also contains many larger items of considerable significance including certificates of musters 1569-1573, Admiralty warrants, returns of aliens in London and Southwark in 1571, valuations of benefices throughout England and Wales in 1574, lists of justices of peace in liberi pacis, etc. Also includes some papers relating to the English/ Scottish border (originally in SP 59)
These State Paper Office documents were brought together in the nineteenth century for the purpose of publication in calendar form.
Digital images of some of the records in this series are available through the Anglo-American Legal Tradition website. Please note that The National Archives is not responsible for this website or its content.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Most of the papers have been rearranged and rebound in chronological order.
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Many of the papers were removed and will now be found at Hatfield House, the British Library (Cotton MSS) and elsewhere.
Documents too large to be bound into the standard volumes are 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)
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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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290 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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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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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- See also Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, Elizabeth I (formerly introductory note to SP 12)
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Most of the records are calendared in Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Edward VI Mary and Elizabeth R Lemon and M A E Green eds (London 1856-1870). 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/C13554/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
208,922 records
Within the department: SP
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