Liegemen and Traitors, Pirates and Spies
(1575-1577) 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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Official Papers
(1547-1580) The State Papers Domestic cover all manner of business relating to England, Ireland and the colonies, conducted in the office of the Secretary of State as well as other miscellaneous records.
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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. PERSONS. 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.PERSONS. 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.PERSONS. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Official Papers
(1603-1610) The State Papers Domestic cover all manner of business relating to England, Scotland, Ireland and the colonies, conducted in the office of the Secretary of State as well as other miscellaneous records.
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PCC Probates and Administrations
(1631) The Prerogative Court of Canterbury's main jurisdiction was central and southern England and Wales, as well as over sailors &c dying abroad: these brief abstracts, compiled under the title "Year Books of Probates", and printed in 1902, usually give address, date of probate and name of executor or administrator. They are based on the Probate Act Books, cross-checked with the original wills, from which additional details are, occasionally, added. The original spelling of surnames was retained, but christian and place names have been modernised where necessary.PERSONS. Cost: £2.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Lancashire and Cheshire Marriage Licences
(1624-1632) Licences for intended marriages in Chester archdeaconry, which covered Cheshire and Lancashire south of the Ribble (by far the most populous part of that county)PERSONS. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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PCC Probate Abstracts
(1652-1653) The Prerogative Court of Canterbury's main jurisdiction was central and southern England and Wales, as well as over sailors &c dying abroad: these brief abstracts usually give address, date of probate and name of executor or administrator
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English administration of Ireland
(1660-1662) The State Papers relating to Ireland (preserved in the Public Record Office in England) from the restoration of the monarchy in June 1660 to December 1662 were calendared by R. P. Mahaffy and published in 1905. Most of the volume contains abstracts of correspondence with the Lord Lieutenant and other officials: but the first 150 pages consists of petitions made, upon the restoration, for lands, offices, &c. that had been lost during the Commonwealth period. There is also an abstract of the contents (pages 648 to 660) of a thin manuscript book among the papers, containing petitions and papers relating to the estate of the Marquis of Antrim, which had been divided up among English and Irish Protestant soldiers and 'adventurers' and was now again in contention.PERSONS. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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