Grantees of offices, commissions and pardons
(1317-1321)
The Patent Rolls are the Chancery enrolments of royal letters patent. Those for the 11th to the 14th years of the reign of king Edward II (8 July 1317 to 7 July 1321) were edited for the Public Record Office by G. F. Handcock, and published in 1903. The main contents are royal commissions and grants; ratifications of ecclesiastical estates; writs of aid to royal servants and purveyors; and pardons. Most extensive are the commissions of oyer and terminer to justices to investigate complaints about specific crimes and wrongs in particular counties.PEREZ. Cost: £2.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Liegemen and Traitors, Pirates and Spies
(1542-1547)
The Privy Council of Henry VIII 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
(1540-1571)
Letters and papers of the Earl of Hertford and (1551-1571) sir William Cecil, Secretary of State. Also includes some miscellaneous material as early as 1306.PEREZ. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Ambassadors, ministers, soldiers and spies
(1586-1588)
The State Papers Foreign of queen Elizabeth consist mainly of letters and reports concerning England's relations with continental Europe. June 1586 to June 1588.PEREZ. Cost: £6.00. | 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.PEREZ. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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The English in Holland and Flanders
(1588)
The State Papers Foreign of queen Elizabeth consist mainly of letters and reports concerning England's relations with continental Europe. The inhabitants of the Low Countries were at this period attempting to throw off the Spanish yoke, and Elizabeth sent considerable forces to their aid. The papers relating to Holland and Flanders in the State Papers Foreign are so voluminous in consequence, that a separate calendar was edited by Sophie Crawford Lomas and Allen B. Hinds under the direction of the Master of the Rolls, this volume, covering January to June 1588, being published in 1931. PEREZ. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Cecil Manuscripts
(1583-1589)
Letters and papers of William Cecil lord Burghley, Lord Treasurer of England.PEREZ. Cost: £4.00. | 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. PEREZ. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Cecil Manuscripts
(1590-1594)
Letters and papers of William Cecil lord Burghley, Lord Treasurer of England.PEREZ. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Cecil Manuscripts
(1594-1595)
Letters and papers of sir Robert Cecil and the Earl of Essex.PEREZ. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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