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Collection of Accounts of Political and Governmental events
Collection
Call Number: MS E205
Overview
Collection of 72 separately written accounts of Parliamentary debates, political law-cases, diplomatic correspondence, etc., bound together in two volumes. Most (perhaps all) are near-contemporary copies of the originals.
Dates:
Events date from 1558-1640; writings separately copied 17th century (nearly contemporary)
Royal revenues collection
Collection
Call Number: MS Q12
Overview
Financial documentation for King James I of England (1566-1625) and for some of the preceeding kings and queens of England, notably Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603). Collection includes copies or compendiums of historical statistics concerning the English sovereign's finances through Queen Elizabeth I; proposals for financial reform; and other documents copied and probably prepared for Sir Julius Ceasar, Under-Treasurer of the Exchequer for James I of England and James VI of Scotland after his...
Dates:
approximately 1603-1613; some materials have added 18th century notations