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Series
Secretaries of State: State Papers Ireland, Edward VI
Catalogue reference: SP 61
What's it about?
SP 61
Correspondence between Edward VI, the Privy Council, Protector Somerset, the King's chief ministers (including Secretary Sir William Cecil, later Lord Burghley) and the Crown's representative in Ireland (the Lord Deputy), his Council in Ireland,...
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SP 61
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Title (The name of the record)
- Secretaries of State: State Papers Ireland, Edward VI
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Date (When the record was created)
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1547-1553
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Description (What the record is about)
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Correspondence between Edward VI, the Privy Council, Protector Somerset, the King's chief ministers (including Secretary Sir William Cecil, later Lord Burghley) and the Crown's representative in Ireland (the Lord Deputy), his Council in Ireland, and other officials, including the mayors of Waterford, Cork, Limerick, Galway, Dublin and other cities in Ireland. Petitions, draft letters, instructions, reports and miscellaneous papers are included.
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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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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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4 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
- Ireland
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- The whole series is calendared inCalendar 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). 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/C13603/
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Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: SP
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Secretaries of State: State Papers Ireland, Edward VI
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