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APPENDIX II - Chronology of the custody of the State Papers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 September 2010

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1536. Act defining the precincts of the Palace of Westminster (28 Hen. VIII, c. 12).

1544. Entries of the receipt of State Papers cease to be made in the records of the Treasury of the Receipt of the Exchequer.

[1545]. Inventory [by William Honnyng] of State Papers in the “Study” at Westminster.

1578—1603. Traditional establishment of a State Paper Office at Whitehall, and appointment of Dr Thomas Wilson and Dr James successively as Keepers of the Papers of State.

1603. Grant of an Annuity of £50 to Sir Thomas Lake in consideration of his custody of the Papers of State.

1610. Grant of the Office of Keeper of the Papers of State to Levinus Munck and Thomas Wilson.

1614. Further grant of the same office to Thomas Wilson and Ambrose Randolph.

1614—1618. Construction of a repository for the State Papers at Whitehall.

1619. Destruction of certain Papers by a fire at Whitehall.

1619. Removal of the State Papers to the Whitehall Gateway.

1629. Grant of the Office of Keeper to Ambrose Randolph, on the death of Sir Thomas Wilson.

1661. Grant of the Office of Keeper to Sir Joseph Williamson.

1702. Grant of the Office of Keeper to John Tucker.

1706. John Tucker's Report on the condition of the Papers in the custody of Sir Joseph Williamson.

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Studies in English Official Historical Documents , pp. 121 - 122
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2010
First published in: 1908

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