Catalogue description State Papers Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII

Correspondence and papers of the king's principal secretaries and others relating to home and abroad for the reign of Henry VIII, 1509 to 1547.

The general series for the reign are in SP 1 and SP 2, and other collections are in SP 3 - SP 7

A selection of papers printed in full by the commissioners for printing and publishing state papers will be found in State Papers of the reign of Henry VIII, 11 vols (1830 to 1852). Papers of the reign of Henry VIII held at the Public Record Office, the British Library, the libraries of Oxford and Cambridge and elsewhere are calandared in Calendar of Letters and Papers (Foreign and Domestic) of the reign of Henry VIII eds J S Brewer, J Gairdner and R H Brodie, 21 vols in 35 parts (1864 to 1932).

A key to the references found in the Calendar of Letters and Papers (Foreign and Domestic) of the Reign of Henry VIII will be found on open access at the National Archives: Please speak to staff at the Map and Large Document Room enquiry desk for the precise location.