Series
Signet Office: Warrant Books
Catalogue reference: SP 40
What's it about?
SP 40
Entry books of warrants to the Exchequer passed under the Signet (the seal in the control of the Secretaries of State, which conceivably belonged to the Signet Office), for payment of recurring sums (dormant warrants) and single sums, to people...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SP 40
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Title (The name of the record)
- Signet Office: Warrant Books
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1554-1620
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Description (What the record is about)
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Entry books of warrants to the Exchequer passed under the Signet (the seal in the control of the Secretaries of State, which conceivably belonged to the Signet Office), for payment of recurring sums (dormant warrants) and single sums, to people on crown service, and a volume apparently kept as a precedent book by people in the employ of the Secretaries of State, containing official letters on domestic, Border, Irish, Scottish, and foreign affairs, copies of personal letters from Elizabeth I (to Henry Sidney on the death of his daughter), appointments, commissions, warrants for payment, and calculations on the coinage.
This series was previously known as State Papers Domestic Warrant Books.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For later volumes see: FO 90
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Secretaries of State, 1782-1782
- Signet Office, 1444-1851
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 3 volume(s)
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- The domestic records are calendared in: Calendar of State Papers Domestic series of the reigns of Edward VI Mary Elizabeth ed. R Lemon and M A Everett Green (London 1856-1870) Calendar of State Papers Domestic series at the reign of James I ed. M A Everett Green (London 1857-1859) Many items in the precedent book relating to foreign affairs may not have been calendared. 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/C13582/
Catalogue hierarchy
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Within the department: SP
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Signet Office: Warrant Books