Calendar of the Manuscripts of the Most Hon. The Marquis of Salisbury Vol. 13: Preserved at Hatfield House Hertfordshire (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Calendar of the Manuscripts of the Most Hon. The Marquis of Salisbury Vol. 13: Preserved at Hatfield House Hertfordshire<br><br>The papers contained in the present Volume Part XIII of the Cecil Calendar together with another volume to come next - materials for which are already prepared-form the final Addenda to that Calendar as far as to the end of the reign of Elizabeth. The previous volumes which contain the bulk of the Cecil Papers are arranged approximately chrono logically but in so vast a collection it was inevitable that some papers should at first be assigned to wrong dates while the great number of undated papers could not be properly dealt with until the Calendar had progressed so far that the published papers might afford some clues enabling the undated documents to be assigned to their proper dates. For these and other reasons the number of papers in this and the forthcoming Addenda volumes is somewhat large but it is believed that most of them have now been Satisfactorily dated and the number of undated papers reduced to a minimum.<br><br>It will be seen that the documents comprised in this volume cover a long period of time from the 12th to the end of the 16th century though the great bulk of them relate to the reign of Elizabeth. This being so it is not to be expected that we should find many papers on any single important transaction adding much information to what we already know about it; and it is not till we get well into Eliza beth''s reign that we find our previous knowledge of particular events much increased. It will be useful to point out the general character of the earlier documents and then draw attention to the most important papers in the whole volume.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.