Catalogue description State Papers Ireland

Correspondence of the secretaries of state relating to Ireland organised by reign or record type as follows:

• Henry VIII: SP 60
• Edward VI: SP 61
• Mary I: SP 62
• Elizabeth I: SP 63
• Elizabeth I to James I, maps: SP 64
• Mary Queen of Scots: SP 53
• 1688 to 1782: SP 54
• Warrants: SP 57
• Transcripts: SP 58
• Church books: SP 56
• Letter books: SP 55

Some Irish correspondence prior to 1782 will also be found in:

HO 101

HO 123

Irish state papers subsequent to 1670 are referred to in the general Calendars of State Papers Domestic and Home Office Papers. Full transcripts of Irish state papers are given in theState Papers of the reign of Henry VIII, vols II and III (1834). References to Irish state papers are given in theCalendar of Letters and Papers of the reign of Henry VIII). Irish state papers are described in theCalendar of State Papers relating to Ireland 1509 to 1670, 24 vols (1860 to 1912).