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Series
State Papers, Henry VIII: Ireland Series
Catalogue reference: SP 60
What's it about?
SP 60
Correspondence and papers relating to the government of Ireland during the reign of Henry VIII. The records include letters to and from the King's chief ministers (including Cardinal Wolsey and Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex), the Lord Lieutenant...
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SP 60
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Title (The name of the record)
- State Papers, Henry VIII: Ireland Series
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Date (When the record was created)
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1509-1546
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Description (What the record is about)
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Correspondence and papers relating to the government of Ireland during the reign of Henry VIII. The records include letters to and from the King's chief ministers (including Cardinal Wolsey and Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex), the Lord Lieutenant or the Lord Deputy, the Governor's Council, and other officials. Some letters to and from the King and the Privy Council are included, along with petitions, draft letters, instructions, reports and miscellaneous papers.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The papers were rearranged and rebound into a chronological sequence by the State Paper Office in the nineteenth century, preparatory to the publication of its calendars. This rearrangement was carried so far that enclosures, in order that they might be placed in correct date order, were often separated from their accompanying letter. The fundamental arrangement of the series has not changed, however, since the publication of the list for the series in 1914.
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Large documents 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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12 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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- Topics
- Litigation
- Ireland
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- There is a typescript key to the calendar of Letters and Papers in eight volumes and in course of modernisation which must be consulted for the reference. Please speak to staff at the Map and Large Document Room enquiry desk for the precise location.
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- All the records are calendared in: Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic of the reign of Henry VIII, ed JS Brewer, J Gairdner and RH Brodie (London, 1862-1932) Calendar of State Papers relating to Ireland, of the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary and Elizabeth, 1509-1573..., ed Hans Claude Hamilton (London, 1860). The records are transcribed in Volumes II and III ofState Papers published under the authority of His Majesty's Commission (London, 1834).
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13602/
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: SP
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