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State Papers Foreign
Catalogue reference: Division within SP
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Division within SP
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 68Mary: SP 69Elizabeth I: SP 70 Later...
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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 Foreign
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1547-1871
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Description (What the record is about)
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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:
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:
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Some foreign correspondence prior to 1782 will also be found in: FO 83 FO 95
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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)
- Miscellaneous
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 40 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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- State Papers, Foreign, to 1589 are described in theCalendar of State Papers Foreign 1547 to 1589, 28 vols (1861 to 1950) . For subsequent papers see (the yet incomplete)List and Analysis of State Papers Foreign Elizabeth I, 2 vols, 1964-1969
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C968/
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