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Series
Secretaries of State: State Papers Ireland, Mary I
Catalogue reference: SP 62
What's it about?
SP 62
Correspondence and papers relating to the government of Ireland during the reign of Mary I. The records include letters to and from the Queen and the Privy Council and the Queen's Secretaries (mainly Dr John Boxall), as well as despatches from...
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 62
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Title (The name of the record)
- Secretaries of State: State Papers Ireland, Mary I
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1553-1558
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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 Mary I. The records include letters to and from the Queen and the Privy Council and the Queen's Secretaries (mainly Dr John Boxall), as well as despatches from the Crown's representative in Ireland (the Lord Deputy), his Council in Ireland, and other officials. Some of the papers after the Queen's marriage to Philip of Spain in 1554 are sent from, or sent to, the King and Queen. The series includes 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 arrangement of the series has not changed, however, since the publication of the list for the series 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)
- 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)
- 2 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- 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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- The whole series is calendared in 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). 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/C13604/
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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, Mary I
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