SP1231-c1888Records assembled by the State Paper Office, including papers of the Secretaries of State up to 1782
Records of the secretaries of state as organised by the State Paper Office.
State papers are arranged into geographical categories (domestic (ie England and Wales), Scotland, Ireland and foreign) within which there are usually series by reign or place. There are also series of printed gazettes, pamphlets, maps and catalogues.
The papers mainly date from the reign of Henry VIII (1509-1547) to 1782.