Series
Signet Office: Docquets
Catalogue reference: SP 38
What's it about?
SP 38
Brief abstracts of the warrants for grants, etc., made by the Clerks of the Signet upon the completion of the King's (or Signet) Bills, mostly bound up in recent times into volumes.
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 38
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Title (The name of the record)
- Signet Office: Docquets
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Date (When the record was created)
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1549-1761
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Description (What the record is about)
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Brief abstracts of the warrants for grants, etc., made by the Clerks of the Signet upon the completion of the King's (or Signet) Bills, mostly bound up in recent times into volumes.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Further docquet books of the Signet Office can be found in SO 3
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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)
- Signet Office, 1444-1851
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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40 volume(s)
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Clerks of the Signet (a seal kept by the Secretaries of State) were also clerks of the secretaries.
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- The records are calendared in: Calendar of State Papers Domestic Mary I 1553-1558 ed. C S Knighton (Public Record Office 1998) Calendar of State Papers Domestic of the reign of Elizabeth I Addenda 1566-1579 ed M A E Green (London 1871) Calendar of State Papers Domestic of the reign of Elizabeth I 1591-1603 6 vols ed M A E Green (London 1867-1870) Calendar of State Papers Domestic Charles I (J Bruce W D Hamilton and S C Lomas eds; 23 volumes London 1858-1893) Calendar of State Papers Domestic Charles II ed M A E Green F H B Daniell and F Bickley 28 volumes (London 1860-1947) 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/C13580/
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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Signet Office: Docquets