State Papers Foreign

Correspondence of the secretaries of state with, and relating to, foreign countries and their representatives.

The general series of state papers, foreign from 1547 to 1577 are as follows:

• Edward VI: SP 68
• Mary: SP 69
• Elizabeth I: SP 70

Later papers are arranged under countries as follows:

• Barbary States: SP 71
• Calais: SP 68
• Denmark: SP 75
• Dunkirk: SP 76
• Flanders: SP 77 and SP 83
• France: SP 78
• Genoa: SP 79
• Holy Roman Empire: SP 80
• German States: SP 81
• Hamburg and Hanse Towns SP 82
• Holland: SP 83 and SP 84
• Italian States and Rome: SP 85
• Malta: SP 86
• Poland and Saxony: SP 88
• Portugal: SP 89
• Prussia: SP 90
• Russia: SP 91
• Savoy and Sardinia: SP 92
• Sicily and Naples: SP 93
• Spain: SP 94
• Sweden: SP 95
• Switzerland: SP 96
• Turkey: SP 97
• Tuscany: SP 98
• Venice: SP 99

Papers of foreign ministers in England are in SP 100, and of British legations abroad in SP 105. There are miscellaneous series of state papers, foreign in SP 109 and SP 110

Finally there are a number of series organised by record type as follows:

• Ciphers: SP 106
• Confidential: SP 107
• Entry books: SP 104
• Newsletters: SP 101
• Royal letters: SP 102
• Treaties and treaty papers: SP 103 and SP 108

Some foreign correspondence prior to 1782 will also be found in: FO 83 FO 95

Topics

International

Litigation

Asia

Treaties and alliances

Europe and Russia

Middle East

Africa