Fine Rolls
(1246-1272) The fine rolls of the 31st to 57th years of the reign of king Henry III record part of the government administration in England. These excerpts from the rolls list in transcript applications by plaintiffs for various writs (such as 'ad terminum' and 'pone') and for assizes to be held by the justices in eyre to look into their grievances. A fine of half a mark (6s 8d) or a mark (13s 4d) was usually levied; the cases are normally identified by county, and record that the appropriate sheriff had been notified. There are also more extensive records, in which more detail is given. The excerpts were made by the Record Commission and printed in 1836.CHATTE. Cost: £4.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Ambassadors, ministers, soldiers and spies
(1588) The State Papers Foreign of queen Elizabeth consist mainly of letters and reports concerning England's relations with continental Europe. July to December 1588.CHATTE. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Ambassadors, ministers, soldiers and spies
(1589) The State Papers Foreign of queen Elizabeth consist mainly of letters and reports concerning England's relations with continental Europe, particularly the Netherlands and France. January to July 1589. CHATTE. Cost: £4.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Liegemen and Traitors, Pirates and Spies
(1591) The Privy Council of queen Elizabeth was responsible for internal security in England and Wales, and dealt with all manner of special and urgent matters
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Cecil Manuscripts
(1590-1594) Letters and papers of William Cecil lord Burghley, Lord Treasurer of England.CHATTE. Cost: £4.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Secretary of State's Papers
(1596) The letters and papers of sir Robert Cecil, Secretary of State, deal with all manner of government business in England, Ireland and abroad.CHATTE. Cost: £4.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Secretary of State's Papers
(1600) The letters and papers of sir Robert Cecil, Secretary of State, deal with all manner of government business in England, Ireland and abroad.CHATTE. Cost: £4.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Wills proved at York: Names of Testators
(1627-1637) The diocese of York comprised most of Yorkshire, and Nottinghamshire: the York Exchequer court was the ordinary probate jurisdiction for the Yorkshire part of the diocese, but some wills from Nottinghamshire and other parts of the province of York were also proved there. Dr Francis Collins compiled this index to the transcribed wills of the Prerogative and Exchequer Courts in the York registry proved from 1627 to 1637. The date on the left is that of probate; the testator's full name is then given (surname first), parish or place of abode, and sometimes occupation, and date that the will was executed; and volume and folio number where it the transcript commences. The Act Books were used by Dr Collins to supply deficiencies in the information from the transcripts.CHATTE. Cost: £2.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Surrey Sessions
(1659-1661) Surrey Sessions Rolls and Order Books. These are abstracts of sessional orders, minutes of criminal cases, memoranda and other entries of record taken from the Order Books from Midsummer 1659 to Midsummer 1661, inclusive, and the Sessions Rolls for Easter and Midsummer 1661.CHATTE. Cost: £4.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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