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State Papers Online, 1509-1714

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State Papers Online, 1509-1714

State Papers Domestic, Foreign, Scotland, Ireland and Registers of the Privy Council

Parts I & II: The Tudors: 1509-1603 Parts III & IV: The Seventeenth Century and the Stuarts, 1603-1714

The evolution of State Papers Online

2003 - Oct 2006:

“When are you going to digitize Complete State Papers Domestic?”

Series One: Units 1-10, 227 reels

Units 1-5: Edward VI, Mary I, Elizabeth I, 1547-1603 Units 6-9: James I, 1603-1625 Unit 10: Addenda, 1547-1625 Series Two, Units 11-35, 552 reels

Units 11-18: Charles I, 1625-1648 Units 19-24: Interregnum, 1649-1660 Units 25-34: Charles II Unit 35: William III and Mary--King William's Chest

Series Three

Units 36-41: Henry VIII, 1509-1547

Complete Collection: 903 reels

Dr Paul Ayris Director of Library Services, University College

London Dr Amanda Bevan The National Archives

Dr John Cooper University of York

Professor Tom Cogswell University of California, Riverside

Dr Richard Cust University of Birmingham

Professor Norman Jones Utah State University

Professor John Miller Queen Mary, University of London

Professor John Morrill University of Cambridge

Dr Neil Younger University of Birmingham

General Editor: Parts I and II (Sixteenth Century)

Dr Stephen Alford, University of Cambridge

Advisory Board

What would make SPO a really valuable research archive

for Early Modern research?

* The linking of each Calendar entry with each manuscript document

SPO overcomes the difficulty of matching an individual Calendar entry to the

original Paper by linking each facsimile document to its Calendar entry * A searchable product All the Calendars are fully searchable including the indexes * The reuniting of State Papers Domestic, Foreign, Borders, Scotland and Ireland * Including the Registers of the Privy Council * Including State Papers now in other collections such as the British Library’s Cotton and Harley Collections and the Cecil Papers at Hatfield House

SPO unites State Papers Domestic, Foreign, Scotland, Borders, Ireland, Lansdowne Collection Burghley Papers, Cotton, Harley manuscripts with the Registers of the Privy Council

Part 1: The Tudors, Henry VIII to Elizabeth I, 1509-1603: State Papers Domestic TNA: SP 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15 BL: Lansdowne, Burghley Papers Hatfield House: Cecil Papers (Calendars and transcriptions only)

Calendars to all Part II: The Tudors, Henry VIII to Elizabeth I, 1509-1603: State Papers Foreign, Ireland, Scotland, Borders and Registers of the Privy Council TNA: SP 46, 49, 50,51, 52, 53, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 65, 66, 68, 69, 70, 71, 75, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 88, 89, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 108, PC 2 BL: State Papers in the Cotton, Harley Collection, Yelverton Manuscripts Calendars or lists to all

Part III: James I, to Anne, 1603-1714: State Papers Domestic TNA: SP 8, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 44, 45 BL: Coke Papers: Add MS 64870-64924, 69868-69935, 69936-69998, 4157-4158 Calendars to all Part IV: James I to Anne, 1603-1714: State Papers Foreign, Ireland and Registers of Privy Council TNA: SP 46, 47, 54, 57, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 71, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 108, 112, PC 1, 2, 4, 6 BL: State Papers in the Harley Collection Calendars or lists to all

est pages %

Part I: 16C Domestic 380,000pp 13%

Part II: 16C Foreign, etc 500,000pp 18%

Part III: 17C Domestic 1,100,000pp 40%

Part IV: 17C Foreign, etc 900,000pp 29%

Total: 2,880,000 pp 100%

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Photographs taken during the preparation of the documents for scanning

• Scanned facsimile images of State Papers (as above left)

• Calendars, transcripts or hand lists re-keyed (as above right)

• Each document will be linked to its Calendar entry

Calendar entry for document

Document

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Advanced search with search fields and limiters

*All = Calendar Entries plus front matter, end

matter, indexes

*Text = Calendar/transcription Entries only

*Document Title

*Series number = SP 10 or SP 10/1

*Place of writing

*Author

*Recipient

Results List

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entry with notes

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SP 1 Vol. 1 folio 1 folio 2 folio 3 folio 4 folio 5 …. Vol. 2 Vol. 3 …. SP 2 SP 3 SP 4 SP 5 SP 6

State Papers Letters & Papers Henry VIII Vol. 1, Part I Part II Part III Vol. II Vol. III Vol. IV …… CSP, Domestic Series, Edward VI CSP, Domestic Series, Mary I CSP, Domestic Series, Ed VI, Mary I, Eliz I, 1547-1580 CSP, Domestic Series, Eliz, add, 1566-1579 CSP, Domestic Series, Eliz, 1581-1590 CSP, Domestic Series, Eliz, 1591-1594 CSP, Domestic Series, Eliz, 1595-1597

Contact us / Discussion Forum

• to send comments, corrections, transcriptions

Research Tools

• Abbreviations

• Glossaries

• Dates

• Money, weights and measures

• Chronology

• Genealogical Tree of the Tudors and Stuarts

• Diagram Maps showing counties of England, dioceses and linguistic boundaries

• The Structure of Government

• Links to Related Resources

– Biographies, Understanding Documents, Palaeography Courses, Latin Courses

– Primary Sources, Texts, Catalogues and Bibliographies, Maps and Place Names

– Portraits and Images

Image Library

• Portraits of key figures

• Illustrations – from the funeral of Queen Elizabeth to illustrations of London and the Thames

• Maps – including Lord Burghley’s Atlas

Key Documents A selection of key documents from the archive – enables quick access for teaching

‘…this project would be of tremendous interest, both as a research tool and a

teaching device at undergraduate & postgraduate levels, comparable to EEBO or

Thomson's own ECCO.’ Dr Henry French, University of Exeter

‘If affordable, every research library would want to buy this. ... linking the

correct Calendar reference to the document would be huge advance.’ Dr John Cooper, University of York

‘Containing facsimile manuscript material as well as the printed calendars, it is

an absolutely fantastic - and unrivalled - resource for early modernists working

on a huge range of topics.’ Dr Garthine Walker, University of Cardiff

‘SPO can help us answer what is meant by the state and what were its

functions.’ Professor Mark Knights, University of Warwick

The significance of SPO has been immediately recognized

An essential resource for:

Early Modern history:

diplomatic

political

social

cultural

local

legal

religious

kingship and queenship

European

travel and trade

Early Modern literature

The Reformation and Religious History

Sample document:

The funeral of Mary I

Monarchs Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I, Elizabeth I

Rule by a minor

Rule by a woman (twice)

Religion and the State - The Reformation

Henry VIII’s break with Rome

Establishment of the Protestant Church of England

Marriage alliances – the person and the State

Mary I’s marriage with Philip (later Philip II of Spain)

Marriage proposals for Elizabeth I

Wars and treaties – diplomacy domestic and foreign

Naval power, War against the Armada & Sir Francis Drake

Treaty with the Netherlands

Irish rebellion

Relationship between Scotland and England – James I

Themes of Part I: 1509 - 1603

Essays for SPO I by leading scholars with links to the documents

Introduction, Dr Stephen Alford, University of Cambridge

The State Papers of Henry VIII: The Archives and the Documents,

Dr Amanda Bevan, The National Archives

The State Papers of Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I: The Archives

and the Documents, Dr Stephen Alford

The Calendars and their Editors, 1856-2006, Dr C. S. Knighton, formerly at The National

Archives

Tudor Monarchy, Dr John Cooper, University of York

The Tudor State, Dr Neil Younger, University of Birmingham

Tudor Society, Matthew Clark, University of Cambridge

Henry VIII’s Break with Rome, Dr Richard Rex, University of Cambridge

Politicians and Statesmen I: Cardinal Wolsey, Dr David Grummitt, The History of Parliament

Politicians and Statesmen II: William Cecil, Lord Burghley, Dr Stephen Alford

SPO brings a new future for research

A powerful research solution not available elsewhere

SPO creates a “search engine” for manuscript documents

SPO overcomes the difficulty of matching an individual Calendar entry

to the original Paper by linking each facsimile document to its Calendar

entry

SPO reunites documents sub-divided by earlier generations (Domestic,

Foreign, etc)

SPO is created in consultation with Advisory Board of key British and

American experts on the subject and documents