Record revealed
Copy of Henry VIII's diplomatic assurances to João III of Portugal
Recently rediscovered, this letter offers new archival evidence into Britain and Portugal's shared history.
Series
Civil Service Department: Lord Privy Seal: Private Office Papers
Catalogue reference: BA 15
What's it about?
BA 15
This series contains files of the ministerial head (under the prime minister) of the Civil Service Department, on strategic machinery and Civil Service management issues including space and telecommunications, management of the scientific Civil...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- BA 15
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Title (The name of the record)
- Civil Service Department: Lord Privy Seal: Private Office Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1971-1974
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains files of the ministerial head (under the prime minister) of the Civil Service Department, on strategic machinery and Civil Service management issues including space and telecommunications, management of the scientific Civil Service, civil emergencies planning, government information services, and other matters.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Numerical
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Civil Service Department, Lord Privy Seals Private Office, 1970-1974
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 11 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Cabinet Office
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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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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- Transferred from the Civil Service Department to the Cabinet Office in 1981.
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- No future accruals expected
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14967/
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