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Series
Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Royal Letters
Catalogue reference: SP 102
What's it about?
SP 102
Mainly original letters from foreign royal personages, and drafts of letters from members of the British royal family, for the most part after 1689. Earlier letters are distributed among the general series (arranged by country). Not all the...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SP 102
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Title (The name of the record)
- Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Royal Letters
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1564-1780
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Description (What the record is about)
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Mainly original letters from foreign royal personages, and drafts of letters from members of the British royal family, for the most part after 1689. Earlier letters are distributed among the general series (arranged by country). Not all the letters are from heads of state, some being from cardinals, bishops, towns and churches.
The letters often concern a royal birth, death or marriage, or send congratulations on military success, or merely concern the credentials of an ambassador.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The records are arranged in alphabetical order of country.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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A three-volume manuscript calendar to most pieces in the series from the time of Queen Anne is in: SP 130/8 SP 130/9 SP 130/10
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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)
- 68 bundles and volumes
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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)
- Selected documents dated before August 1589 are described in the Calendar of State Papers Foreign Series of the Reign of Elizabeth I ed A J Butler S C Lomas and R B 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 ed 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/C13641/
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