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State Papers Ireland
Catalogue reference: Division within SP
What's it about?
Division within SP
Correspondence of the secretaries of state relating to Ireland organised by reign or record type as follows: Henry VIII: SP 60Edward VI: SP 61Mary I: SP 62Elizabeth I: SP 63Elizabeth I to James I, maps: SP 64Mary Queen of Scots: SP 531688 to...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- Division within SP
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Title (The name of the record)
- State Papers Ireland
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1395-1784
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Description (What the record is about)
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Correspondence of the secretaries of state relating to Ireland organised by reign or record type as follows:
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Some Irish correspondence prior to 1782 will also be found in: HO 101 HO 123
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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)
- 8 series
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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
- Litigation
- Maps and plans
- Ireland
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Irish state papers subsequent to 1670 are referred to in the general Calendars of State Papers Domestic and Home Office Papers. Full transcripts of Irish state papers are given in theState Papers of the reign of Henry VIII, vols II and III (1834). References to Irish state papers are given in theCalendar of Letters and Papers of the reign of Henry VIII). Irish state papers are described in theCalendar of State Papers relating to Ireland 1509 to 1670, 24 vols (1860 to 1912).
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C967/
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