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Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, Charles II: Large Documents

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Reference SP 30
Title Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, Charles II: Large Documents
Date 1660-1688
Description

An assortment of letters, papers and petitions received by the Secretaries of State in their domestic capacity during the reign of Charles II.

Documents similar to those in SP 29 but too large to be bound into the standard volumes.

Most of the documents are parchment and consist of military commissions, certificates of election of bishops, draft nonconformist licences, royal game preservation orders and fee farm surrenders to the King by corporations.

Exchequer receipt rolls are (unusually) included, as well as a large number of pamphlets.

Separated material

Most pamphlets were extracted, bound as library books, and are now in

SP 9

Held by The National Archives, Kew
Legal status Public Record(s)
Language

English

Physical description 7 case(s)
Publication note

Nearly all are calendared in Calendar of State papers Domestic Charles II ed M A E Green F H B Daniell and F Bickley 28 vols (London 1860-1947). Please speak to staff at the Map and Large Document Room enquiry desk for the precise location.