Series
Council of State: Books and Accounts
Catalogue reference: SP 25
What's it about?
SP 25
Books and accounts created by the Council of State in its executive capacity - order books (draft and fair), Parliamentary directives, abstracts of petitions to the Council, letter books of outgoing correspondence, warrants and passes, military...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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SP 25
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Title (The name of the record)
- Council of State: Books and Accounts
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Date (When the record was created)
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1639-1660
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Description (What the record is about)
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Books and accounts created by the Council of State in its executive capacity - order books (draft and fair), Parliamentary directives, abstracts of petitions to the Council, letter books of outgoing correspondence, warrants and passes, military commissions and recognizances; and the papers and accounts of its committees, including a volume of orders and letters of the Admiralty Committee.
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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There are some gaps in the council records, which can usually be supplied from other sources, either in the Public Record Office or in the Bodleian library.
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Council of State, 1649-1652
- Council of State, Admiralty Committee, 1652-1652
- Council of State, Anglo-Scottish Committee, 1652-1653
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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139 volume(s)
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Most of the records are calendared in the Calendar of State Papers Domestic Series (of the Commonwealth) ed M A E Green 13 vols (London 1875-1886). See also Calendar of State Papers Colonial Series 1574-1660 ed W N Sainsbury (London 1860) and Calendar of State Papers Ireland 1647-1660 ed R P Mahaffy (London 1903). 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/C13567/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: SP
Records assembled by the State Paper Office, including papers of the Secretaries...
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Council of State: Books and Accounts