Parliamentary diary
Overview
Private diary or minutes by an uknown author. Title on leaf 3: "Notes of the things moved and preffered In p[ar]lament since my cuming hether wch was on the 18 of aprill 1614 but was begun the 5 of aprill." Original, perhaps compiled notes. Largely a narrative of proceedings in the House of Commons, digesting each speech; some transcripts of speeches; a few anecdotes, such as the account of the death of the Duke of Richmond, 1624. Some royal letters, petitions, etc.
Dates
- Creation: 1614 - 1625
Conditions Governing Access
No access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.
Extent
1 volume (1 volume + 1 folder) : Bound in limp vellum, unmarked. Unfoliated. Secretary script. Corrections in same hand. Pages are unnumbered. ; Volume measures no taller than 37 cm.
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
MS E237
Physical Location
MS P508
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Hofman & Freeman, 1977 [gift of Helen Foresman Spencer]
Subject
- Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons (Organization)
- James I, King of England, 1566-1625 (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Parliamentary Diary Collection
- Subtitle
- Parliamentary diary
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by alh, November 29, 1977. Finding aid encoded by skt, 2005.
- Date
- 2005
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in English.
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/1569965885
- Preferred citation
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Parliamentary Diary Collection, Department of Special Collections, MS E237, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository