Catalogue description Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, Mary I

The archives of the principal secretaries of state during the reign of Mary I, as they survived in official custody. The papers are evidence of the great variety of business passing through the secretaries' office, and the presentation of the most important matters for consideration by the Queen and the Privy Council.

The documents were brought together in the State Paper Office in the nineteenth century for the purpose of publication in calendar form.

The records are described in Calendar of State Papers Domestic Mary I 1553-1558 ed. C S Knighton (Public Record Office 1998). Please speak to staff at the Map and Large Document Room enquiry desk for the precise location.