Series
Secretaries of State: State Papers Channel Islands
Catalogue reference: SP 47
What's it about?
SP 47
Letters and papers concerning the Channel Islands, communicated to the Secretaries of State from the governors, administrators and others. Some Privy Council papers appear in this series.
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 47
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Title (The name of the record)
- Secretaries of State: State Papers Channel Islands
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1671-1782
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Description (What the record is about)
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Letters and papers concerning the Channel Islands, communicated to the Secretaries of State from the governors, administrators and others. Some Privy Council papers appear in this series.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Following disturbances in Jersey from 1769 onwards, the documents relating to that island were separated, in 1771, from those relating to Guernsey, and this division was continued after 1782. Alderney was also distinct from 1782 to 1821.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Before 1671 Channel Islands material is found, unclassified, in the general run of State Papers, reign by reign.
The Channel Islands correspondence for 1782-1841 is in HO 98
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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)
- 11 bundles and volumes
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- There is a manuscript calendar in three volumes, as follows: (1619-1663) SP 130/62 (1663-1724) SP 130/63 (1724-1770) SP 130/64
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- This series is partly calendared: for the years 1671-1704 in the: Calendar of State papers Domestic for the reign of Charles II eds M A E Green F H B Daniell and F Bickley 28 vols (London 1860-1947) Calendar of State papers Domestic for the reign of James II ed E K Timings 3 vols (London 1960-1973) Calendar of State papers Domestic for the reign of William and Mary eds W J Hardy and E Bateson 11 vols (London 1895-1937) Calendar of State papers Domestic for the reign of Anne ed R P Mahaffy 2 vols (London 1916-1924). From 1760 to 1775 see the Calendar of Home Office Papers of the reign of George III eds J Redington and R A Roberts 4 vols (London 1878-1899). 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/C13589/
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Within the department: SP
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Secretaries of State: State Papers Channel Islands