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CKJVI Correspondence of King James VI of Scotland with Sir Robert Cecil and Others in England during the Reign of Elizabeth I, ed. J. Bruce, Camden Society, Old Series, 78 (1861)
Collins Letters and Memorials of State: Collections Made by Sir Henry Sydney, Knight of the Garter, Lord President of the Marches of Wales, etc., ed. R. Collins, 2 vols. (London, 1746)
CP Cecil Papers, Hatfield House (BL and Folger Shakespeare Library)
CSPC Calendar of State Papers, Colonial, ed. W. N. Sainsbury, 45 vols. (London, 1860–1970)
CSPD Calendar of State Papers, Domestic, Edward VI, Mary, Elizabeth I and James I, ed. R. Lemon and E. Green, 12 vols. (London, 1856–1872)
CSPD Mary Calendar of State Papers, Domestic Series, of the Reign of Mary I, 1553–1558, ed. C. S. Knighton (London, 1998)
CSPF Calendar of State Papers, Foreign, ed. W. B. Turnbull, J. Stevenson and A. J. Crosby, 25 vols. in 28 parts (London, 1861–1950)
CSPSM Calendar of State Papers Relating to Scotland and Mary, Queen of Scots, 1547–1603, ed. J. Bain and W. K. Boyd, 13 vols. (London, 1898–1969)
CSPSp, 1st Series Calendar of Letters, Despatches, and State Papers Relating to the Negotiations between England and Spain, ed. G. A. Bergenroth, P. de Gayangos and M. A. S. Hume, 13 vols. (London, 1873–1954)
CSPSp, 2nd Series Letters and State Papers Relating to English Affairs Preserved Principally in the Archives of Simancas, ed. M. A. S. Hume, 4 vols. (London, 1892–1899)
CSPV Calendar of State Papers and Manuscripts Relating to English Affairs in the Archives and Collections of Venice and in Other Libraries of Northern Italy, ed. R. Brown, G. Cavendish-Bentinck and H. F. Brown, 38 vols. (London, 1864–1947)
CUL Cambridge University Library
De L’Isle And Report on the Manuscripts of Lord De L’Isle and Dudley Preserved at Penshurst
Dudley MSS Place, 6 vols. (London, 1925–1966)
De Maisse A Journal of All That Was Accomplished by Monsieur de Maisse, Ambassador in England… Anno Domini 1597, ed. and trans. G. B. Harrison and R. A. Jones (London, 1931)
Devereux Lives and Letters of the Devereux, Earls of Essex, 1540–1646, ed. W. B. Devereux, 2 vols. (London, 1853)
D’Ewes The Journals of All the Parliaments during the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, ed. S. D’Ewes (London, 1682)
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EHR English Historical Review
Ellis Original Letters, Illustrative of British History, ed. H. Ellis, 3 series, 11 vols. (London, 1824–1846)
FF Ancien Fonds Français
Finch MSS Report on the Manuscripts of Allan George Finch, Esq., of Burley-on-the-Hill, Rutland, 5 vols. (London, 1913–1970)
Foedera Foedera, Conventiones, Litterae et Cuiuscunque Generis Acta Publica inter Reges Angliae et Alios Quosuis Imperatores, Reges, Pontifices, Principes vel Communitates, ed. T. Rymer, 20 vols. (London, 1726–1735)
Folger Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington DC
Guildhall Guildhall Library, London
Hakluyt The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation, ed. R. Hakluyt, 2 vols. in 1 (London, 1599)
Hardwicke State Papers Miscellaneous State Papers from 1501 to 1726, ed. P. Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, 2 vols. (London, 1778)
Harington J. Harington, Nugae Antiquae. Being a Miscellaneous Collection of Original Papers in Prose and Verse, Written… by Sir John Harington, new edn, 3 vols. (London, 1792)
Harleian Miscellany The Harleian Miscellany, Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts, as Well in Manuscript as in Print, Found in the Late Earl of Oxford’s Library, 2 vols. (London, 1808)
Harrison The Elizabethan Journals. Being a Record of the Things Most Talked of during the Years 1591–1603, ed. G. B. Harrison, 3 vols. in 1 (London, 1938)
Hartley Proceedings in the Parliaments of Elizabeth I, ed. T. E. Hartley, 3 vols. (Leicester, 1981–1995)
Hatfield MSS Calendar of the Manuscripts of the Most Honourable the Marquis of Salisbury Preserved at Hatfield House, 24 vols. (London, 1883–1976)
Haynes A Collection of State Papers… left by William Cecil, Lord Burghley, ed. S. Haynes (London, 1740)
HEH Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino, California
HLQ Huntington Library Quarterly
HMC Historical Manuscripts Commission
HJ Historical Journal
HR Historical Research
JEH Journal of Ecclesiastical History
JMH Journal of Modern History
LASPF List and Analysis of State Papers, Foreign, ed. R. B. Wernham, 7 vols. (1964–2000)
Lambeth Lambeth Palace Library
Laughton State Papers Relating to the Defeat of the Spanish Armada, Anno 1588, ed. J. K. Laughton, 2 vols. (London, 1894)
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Lettres de Henri IV Recueil des Lettres Missives de Henri IV, ed. M. Berger de Xivrey and J. Guadet, 9 vols. (Paris, 1843–1876)
Lodge Illustrations of British History, Biography and Manners… Exhibited in a Series of Original Papers Selected from the Manuscripts of the Noble Families of Howard, Talbot and Cecil, ed. E. Lodge, 2nd edn, 3 vols. (London, 1838)
LQE The Letters of Queen Elizabeth, ed. G. B. Harrison (London, 1935)
LQEJ Letters of Queen Elizabeth and King James VI of Scotland, ed. J. Bruce, Camden Society, Old Series, 46 (1849)
LSP, James VI Letters and State Papers during the Reign of King James VI, ed. J. Maidment (Edinburgh, 1838)
MS Manuscript
Murdin A Collection of State Papers… left by William Cecil, Lord Burghley, ed. W. Murdin (London, 1759)
Nichols The Progresses and Public Processions of Queen Elizabeth… Illustrated with Historical Notes, ed. J. Nichols, new edn, 3 vols. (London, 1823)
NA National Archives, London
ODNB The New Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, ed. C. Matthew and B. Harrison, 60 vols. (Oxford, 2004) and http://www. oxforddnb. com/public/index. html
RO Record Office
Rutland MSS The Manuscripts of His Grace the Duke of Rutland, Preserved at Belvoir Castle, 4 vols. (London, 1888–1905)
RQ Renaissance Quarterly
SCJ Sixteenth-Century Journal
Secret Corr. The Secret Correspondence of Sir Robert Cecil with James VI, King of Scotland, ed. D. Dalrymple (Edinburgh, 1766)
SHR Scottish Historical Review
Spedding The Letters and the Life of Francis Bacon, ed. J. Spedding, 7 vols. (London, 1861–1874)
SR Statutes of the Realm, ed. A. Luders, T. E. Tomlins and J. Caley, 11 vols. (London, 1810–1828)
State Trials A Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for Treason and Other Crimes and Misdemeanours from the Reign of King Richard II to the Reign of King George II, 3rd edn, 6 vols. (London, 1742)
Stow, 1592 edn J. Stow, The Annales of England (London, 1592)
Stow, 1605 edn J. Stow, The Annales of England…… Continued until This Present Year 1605 (London, 1605)
Stow, 1631 edn Annales, Or A General Chronicle of England, Continued and Augmented unto the End of This Present Year 1631 (London, 1631)
Townshend Historical Collections, Or An Exact Account of the Proceedings of the Four Last Parliaments of Q[ueen] Elizabeth, ed. H. Townshend (London, 1680).
TRHS Transactions of the Royal Historical Society
TRP Tudor Royal Proclamations, ed. P. Hughes and J. F. Larkin, 3 vols. (London, 1964–1969)
Unton Correspondence of Sir Henry Unton, Knight, Ambassador from Queen Elizabeth to Henry IV, King of France in the Years 1591 and 1592, ed. J. Stevenson (London, 1847)
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Wright Queen Elizabeth I and Her Times, ed. T. Wright, 2 vols. (London, 1838)
C76 Chancery, Treaty Rolls
E112 Exchequer, King’s Remembrancer, Bills, Answers, etc.
E192 Exchequer, King’s Remembrancer, Private Papers and Exhibits, Supplementary
E351 Exchequer, Lord Treasurer’s Remembrancer and Pipe Offices, Declared Accounts (Pipe Office)
KB8 King’s Bench (Crown Side), Bag of Secrets
LC2 Lord Chamberlain’s Department, Special Events
LC5 Lord Chamberlain’s Department, Miscellanea
PC2 Privy Council, Registers PROB11 Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Registered Copy Wills
REQ 2 Court of Requests, Proceedings, Henry VII to Charles I
SO 3 Signet Office, Docquet Books
SP 11 State Papers, Domestic, Mary
SP 12 State Papers, Domestic, Elizabeth
SP 15 State Papers, Domestic, Addenda, Edward VI to James I
SP 46 State Papers, Supplementary
SP 52 State Papers, Scotland, Series I, Elizabeth I