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Series
Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Denmark
Catalogue reference: SP 75
What's it about?
SP 75
Correspondence and papers of the Secretary of State concerning the kingdom of Denmark (and Norway) and the duchy of Holstein (now in Germany).The records are mainly in-letters (with some extracts) mostly to the Secretary of State from the English...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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SP 75
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Title (The name of the record)
- Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Denmark
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Date (When the record was created)
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1577-1780
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Description (What the record is about)
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Correspondence and papers of the Secretary of State concerning the kingdom of Denmark (and Norway) and the duchy of Holstein (now in Germany).
The records are mainly in-letters (with some extracts) mostly to the Secretary of State from the English (later British) ministers at Copenhagen (the Envoy Extraordinary or the resident minister) or the consuls at Elsinore (Helsingor) and Bergen in Norway. Original letters from the King of Denmark, his ambassador or ministers, may also be found, together with a number of petitions, some royal warrants and instructions to the British representatives or agents acting for the government. Many draft replies by the Secretary of State are included, though they are less frequently found in the earlier volumes.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The records were rearranged and numbering in chronological order (except for a supplementary series) prior to calendaring.
The names appearing in the list (unless otherwise stated) are those of the ministers in Copenhagen.
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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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138 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
- International
- Europe and Russia
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- For a detailed description of selected documents for the period July 1577 to July 1589 see the Calendar of State Papers Foreign Series of the Reign of Elizabeth I edited by Arthur John Butler Sophie Crawford Lomas and Richard Bruce Wernham (London 1901-1950). For references to the more important papers for the period August 1589 to December 1595 see the List and Analysis of State Papers Foreign Series Elizabeth I I-VI edited by Richard Bruce Wernham (London 1964-1993). 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/C13614/
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