Record revealed
Charter issued by the Anglo-Saxon King Edgar
The oldest complete document at The National Archives, this charter recording a grant of land dates back over 1,000 years.
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Commonwealth Co-ordination Department: Registered...
Catalogue reference: FCO 68
What's it about?
FCO 68
This series contains records of the Commonwealth Co-ordination Department dealing with constitutional policy, procedure and practice and the role of the monarchy in the Commonwealth, the co-ordination of constitutional development in the...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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FCO 68
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Commonwealth Co-ordination Department: Registered Files (HC Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1965-1982
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records of the Commonwealth Co-ordination Department dealing with constitutional policy, procedure and practice and the role of the monarchy in the Commonwealth, the co-ordination of constitutional development in the dependent territories and associated states, planning and arrangements for meetings of Commonwealth Prime Ministers, relations with the Commonwealth Secretariat and other intra-Commonwealth organisations not allocated to other FCO departments (principally the Commonwealth Institute, the Commonwealth Foundation, the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and national Commonwealth societies), and the Commonwealth Gift Scheme.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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HC file series
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Commonwealth Co-ordination Department, 1968-1968
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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981 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1999 Foreign and Commonwealth 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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- Topics
- International
- Royalty
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is accruing
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Commonwealth Co-ordination Department was formed in 1968 in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to succeed the various Commonwealth Office departments which had handled general planning and co-ordination matters for the Commonwealth, principally the Commonwealth Policy and Planning Department and the General and Migration Department.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15220/
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Commonwealth Co-ordination Department: Registered Files (HC Series)
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