The general papers assembled by the Council of State 1649-1660 in the course of its work and its warrants to 1653. The series also contains the voluminous papers of the Council's Admiralty Committee and its successor the Commission for the Admiralty and Navy. The series further incorporates the papers of bodies related to the Admiralty Committee: the Commissioners of the Navy and the Parliamentary Navy Committee. There are also warrants issued by the Commissioners at Sea, bonds by naval officers for the performance of their duties, and various accounts (Customs, Excise, Exchequer and Forest of Dean).