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Royal Archives of Belgium: a large collection of despatches, instructions and other...
Catalogue reference: PRO 31/8/146
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This record is about the Royal Archives of Belgium: a large collection of despatches, instructions and other... in the series Public Record Office: Record Commission Transcripts, Series II. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Royal Archives of Belgium: a large collection of despatches, instructions and other documents, forming great part of the correspondence betwen the Emperor Charles V and his ambassodprs in England from 10 April 1553 to 17 Feb 1554, when they suddenly left the country; including 10 letters and notes of Queen Mary, one from the Emperor to her, one form the King of the Romans to her, one from her own ambassador in France to her, and one from the Princess (later Queen) Elizabeth
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- The originals disappeared from Brussels in 1794. With a list. 140 docts.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3716367/
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PRO 31/8
Public Record Office: Record Commission Transcripts, Series II
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Domestic Records of the Public Record Office, Gifts, Deposits, Notes and Transcripts
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Within the series: PRO 31/8
Public Record Office: Record Commission Transcripts, Series II
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