What makes State Papers Online a really valuable

research archive for Early Modern research?

• SPO overcomes the difficulty of matching an individual Calendar entry to the original Paper by linking each facsimile document to its Calendar entry

* All the Calendars are fully searchable including the indexes

* SPO unites State Papers Domestic, Foreign, Scotland, Borders, Ireland, Lansdowne Collection Burghley Papers, Cotton, Harley manuscripts with the Registers of the Privy Council plus the Calendars and transcriptions of the Cecil Papers at Hatfield House

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, 15BL: Lansdowne, Burghley PapersHatfield 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 ManuscriptsCalendars or lists to all

Part III: The Stuarts: 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, 45BL: Coke Papers: Add MS 64870-64924, 69868-69935, 69936-69998, 4157-4158Calendars to all

Part IV: The Stuarts: 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, 6BL: State Papers in the Harley CollectionCalendars or lists to all

Part 1: 380,000pp of docs 13%Part II: 500,000pp 18%Part III: 1,100,000pp 40%Part IV: 900,000pp 29%Total: 2,880,000pp 100%

Dr Paul Ayris University College LondonDr Amanda Bevan The National ArchivesDr John Cooper University of YorkProfessor Tom Cogswell University of California, RiversideDr Richard Cust University of BirminghamProfessor Norman Jones Utah State UniversityProfessor John Miller Queen Mary, University of LondonProfessor John Morrill University of CambridgeDr Neil Younger University of Birmingham

General Editors: Parts I and II (Sixteenth Century): Dr Stephen Alford, University of CambridgeParts III and IV (Seventeenth Century): Professor John Miller, Queen Mary,

University of London

Advisory Board

Power & Rule Religion and the State •Henry VIII The Reformation•Rule by a minor Henry VIII’s break with Rome•Rule by a woman (twice) Establishment of 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 SPO Part I: 1509 - 1603

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*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

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‘…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

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

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Reference and Links• Abbreviations• Glossaries• Dates• Money, weights and measures• Chronology• Officers of Government• Links to Related Online Resources

– Biographies, Understanding Documents, Palaeography Courses, Latin Courses– Primary Sources, Texts, Catalogues and Bibliographies, Maps and Place Names

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 DocumentsA selection of key documents from the archive – enables quick access for teaching