The English in France
(1459)
King Henry VI of England (one of the grandsons of Charles VI of France) claimed the throne of France (and quartered the fleurs-de-lis of France with the lions of England on the royal standard) as had his predecessors since Edward III, as descendants of Philip IV of France. The English had real power or influence in Brittany, Normandy, Flanders and Gascony, and actual possession of several coastal garrisons, in particular Calais, where the French inhabitants had been replaced by English. Henry VI came to the throne only seven years after his father had trounced the French at Agincourt; but his cousin, Charles VII, who became king of France in the same year, spent his long reign rebutting the English king's claim to his throne by territorial reconquest and consolidation. The English administration kept a series of records called the French Rolls. On these are recorded royal appointments and commissions in France; letters of protection and safe-conduct to soldiers, merchants, diplomats and pilgrims travelling to France from England and returning, and to foreign legations. There are also licences to merchants to export to the Continent, and to captains to transport pilgrims. As Henry VI's reign progressed, and the English grip on northern France loosened, the French Rolls also increasingly include entries concerning the ransoming of English prisoners.SERRA. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Treasury Books
(1689-1692)
Records of the Treasury administration in Britain, America and the colonies.
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Treasury Books
(1697-1698)
Records of the Treasury administration in Britain, America and the colonies, from 1 October 1697 to 31 August 1698. These also include records of the appointment and replacement of customs officers such as tide waiters and surveyors.SERRA. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Treasury Books
(1698-1699)
Records of the Treasury administration in Britain, America and the colonies, from September 1698 to July 1699. These also include records of the appointment and replacement of customs officers such as tide waiters and surveyors.SERRA. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Official Papers
(1703-1704)
The State Papers Domestic cover all manner of business relating to Britain, Ireland and the colonies, conducted in the office of the Secretary of State as well as other miscellaneous records. Includes lists of passes to travel abroad. June 1703 to April 1704.
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Treasury Books
(1711)
Records of the Treasury administration in Britain, America and the colonies, for 1711. These also include records of the appointment and replacement of customs officers such as tide waiters and surveyors.SERRA. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Treasury Books
(1713)
Records of the Treasury administration in Britain, America and the colonies, for 1713. Also includes Queen Anne's Civil List (royal expenditure) Lottery papers: payment of the royal servants had fallen two years in arrear: Parliament passed an Act allowing the queen to raise half a million pounds by pledging 32 years' future income: she did this by means of a lottery.
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Treasury Books
(1717)
Records of the Treasury administration in Britain, America and the colonies, for 1717. These also include records of the appointment and replacement of customs officers such as tide waiters and surveyors.SERRA. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Members of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts &c.
(1766)
A List of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, 18 August 1766.SERRA. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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London Merchants
(1767)
The Universal Pocket Companion of 1767 contained, among 'many other necessary and entertaining particulars' this directory of London merchants.SERRA. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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