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The document summarizes the contents and development of the State Papers collection from 1509 to 1782. It notes that the papers originally related to the daily workings of principal secretaries of state in 1509, developed into a large class by 1518, and by 1547 covered both domestic and foreign affairs. By 1782 the collection was separated into the Home Office and Foreign Office papers.
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State papers podcast slides – Adrian Ailes
- 1. State Papers Papers relating to day to day working of principal secretaries of state 1509 Henry VIII 1518 Develops into large class 1547 Domestic/Foreign 1782 Home Office & Foreign Office
- 2. SP 16/517 f.35 King: Will you heare me a word sir Lord President: Sir you are not to be heard after the Sentence King: Noe Sir Lord President: Noe Sir by your favour, Guard withdrawe your Prisoner.
- 3. SP 11/2 f. 2 Jackman sayde that before twel monthes you shall See all Howses of Relygyon uppe agayne withe the popes lawes Conlyn seide we ought not have a woman to bere the swerde Jackman saide if a Woman bere the swerde my lady Elyzabethe ought to bere hit fyrst
- 5. Muster roll for Ashover, Derbys 1638 SP 16/405
- 6. State Papers Domestic & Foreign
- 7. State Papers Domestic & Foreign Domestic Sovereigns Haste, Poste haste, Haste with all diligence, For thy Life, For thy Life SP 10/1 no.1
- 8. State Papers Domestic & Foreign Domestic Sovereigns Interregnum SP19/23 no.27
- 9. State Papers Domestic & Foreign Domestic Sovereigns Interregnum Henry VIII Collections SP 5/4
- 10. State Papers Domestic & Foreign Domestic Sovereigns Interregnum Henry VIII Miscellaneous Collections SP 9/1/10
- 11. State Papers Domestic & Foreign Domestic Sovereigns Interregnum Henry VIII Miscellaneous Collections Military & Navy SP 42/31/53
- 12. State Papers Domestic & Foreign Domestic Sovereigns Interregnum Henry VIII Miscellaneous Collections Entry Books & Military Administrative & Navy Papers State Paper Office
- 13. State Papers Domestic & Foreign Domestic Foreign Sovereign Sovereigns Interregnum Countries s Henry VIII Treatie News Maps Miscellaneous Letters Collections s Entry Books & Letters Cipher Military Legation Administrative & Entry s & Navy s Papers Books
- 14. State Papers Domestic & Foreign Domestic Foreign Sovereign Sovereigns Interregnum Countries s Henry VIII Treatie News Maps Miscellaneous Letters Collections s Entry Books & Letters Cipher Military Legation Administrative & Entry s & Navy s Papers Books Venetian America , & West Spanish Indies etc
- 15. State Papers Domestic & Foreign Scotland Domestic Foreign & Ireland Sovereign Sovereigns Interregnum Countries s Henry VIII Treatie News Maps Miscellaneous Letters Collections s Entry Books & Letters Cipher Military Legation Administrative & Entry s & Navy s Papers Books Venetian America , & West Spanish Indies etc
- 16. Calendar of State Papers Domestic – Charles I
- 19. Machine for attacking towns and castles 1628 SP 16/111
Notas del editor
- Office archives of the secretaries of state, ie correspondence and papers of the chief executive ministers of the crown , Refer to internal govt of the country and conduct of foreign policy. Elton p.69 ‘there is no aspect of gov activity on which the state papers may not throw light.’ individuals, personalities, women appear from obscurity; go behind the scenes , 1 st time discover motive. Policy-making; ideas and ideals emerge. Transforms the historians’ approach. New type of record – nothing like them for the MA . Represent transition to modern times. Archive only really exists cos certain collections were acquired from individuals (esp papers of Thomas Cromwell) confiscated at his fall) or later made up out of other collections (Joseph Williamson). For some like Wolsey we have v. little and some went to eg Hatfield House or to what is now BL . Tendency for secretaries to retain their papers on retirement. Series called by this name starts in 1509 . Begin to develop into large class quite suddenly c. 1518. From 1547 it is divided into domestic and foreign with Scotland and Ireland sandwiched in-between. In 1782 the Home office and Foreign Office replace the old state paper office.
- 1. January 29, between 3 and 4 a.m 1547. Enfield Edward [Seymour], earl of Hertford to Sir William Paget, principal secretary I received your letter between 1 and 2 this morning and much liked the first part, that the will should [not] be opened until further consultation, and that it might be well considered how much ought to be published. For divers respects I think it not convenient to satisfy the world. In the meantime I think it sufficient, when you publish the king's death at the times and places you have appointed, to have the will with you, showing it to be the will and naming the executors whom the king specially trusted, and the councillors. The contents at the breaking up thereof shall be declared to them on Wednesday morning in parliament. In the meantime we should meet and agree so there may be no controversy hereafter. For the rest of your appointments, the keeping of the Tower and the king's person, do not be too hasty. Postscript. I have sent you the key of the will. Note the letter includes the ps that he is sending the key to the casket that holds Henry’s recently revised last will and testament. The letter has written on the outside “ Haste, Poste haste, Haste with all diligence, For thy life, For thy life ”. There is a great sense of moment and urgency about this letter from Seymour, the new king’s uncle and soon-to-be Protector. The rider would have ridden through the cold winter morning from Enfield (where the 9 year old Edward VI had been hurriedly brought from Hertford under armed guard and where his half sister Elizabeth was staying) to Westminster where the king’s body lay. The king’s death was kept secret for nearly three days, meals even being brought to his bedchamber. His death saved the duke of Norfolk from execution by one day! It was the end of an era.
- 1. January 29, between 3 and 4 a.m 1547. Enfield Edward [Seymour], earl of Hertford to Sir William Paget, principal secretary I received your letter between 1 and 2 this morning and much liked the first part, that the will should [not] be opened until further consultation, and that it might be well considered how much ought to be published. For divers respects I think it not convenient to satisfy the world. In the meantime I think it sufficient, when you publish the king's death at the times and places you have appointed, to have the will with you, showing it to be the will and naming the executors whom the king specially trusted, and the councillors. The contents at the breaking up thereof shall be declared to them on Wednesday morning in parliament. In the meantime we should meet and agree so there may be no controversy hereafter. For the rest of your appointments, the keeping of the Tower and the king's person, do not be too hasty. Postscript. I have sent you the key of the will. Note the letter includes the ps that he is sending the key to the casket that holds Henry’s recently revised last will and testament. The letter has written on the outside “ Haste, Poste haste, Haste with all diligence, For thy life, For thy life ”. There is a great sense of moment and urgency about this letter from Seymour, the new king’s uncle and soon-to-be Protector. The rider would have ridden through the cold winter morning from Enfield (where the 9 year old Edward VI had been hurriedly brought from Hertford under armed guard and where his half sister Elizabeth was staying) to Westminster where the king’s body lay. The king’s death was kept secret for nearly three days, meals even being brought to his bedchamber. His death saved the duke of Norfolk from execution by one day! It was the end of an era.
- Little bit about the archive Sec of state orig king’s private clerk or sec. Assumed a position of real imp and indep. under Henry VIII (Guiseppi, ii, 1) with appointment of Thomas Cromwell in 1534 (Atherton, p. 8). Step from monarch’s chief sec to HM Principal Sec of State taken under Elizabeth – first incumbent William Cecil, Lord Burghley. Not until Anne and George and the rise of the cabinet that the sec .entered upon his career as a great exec official. 1603 first keeper of the records appointed. From Henry VIII to Charles I 1 or 2 secs at a time, after that 2. 1640 king divided foreign business between the two secs , who after Restoration look after northern and southern depts. Southern dept dealt mainly with catholic countries inc Fr, Italy and Iberia, Ottoman Emp and Switzerland, Southern : colonies Ireland , Protestant countries like German state, Holland Scandinavia, Poland, Russian (Atherton) . Remarkable that this county was administered as late as 1782 by only two secretaries of state.