Calendars of state papers
State papers concerning Ireland are preserved in The National Archives (formerly the Public Record Office) in London under SP/63. The documents concern the administration of Ireland in this period of enormous change. There is much information of interest about the Ulster Plantation and developments in the north of Ireland in the early sevententh century. Calendars of the papers covering the period 1509–1670 were published in 24 volumes by the Public Record Office between 1860 and 1911, under the title Calendar of the State Papers relating to Ireland (CSPI). Each volume has a comprehensive index.
Also worth consulting for early material on the administration of Ireland is the Calendar of the Carew manuscripts: Preserved in the Archiepiscopal Library at Lambeth, edited by J. S. Brewer and William Bullen (6 vols, London, 1867–73), covering the period 1515–1624.
Some of these volumes can be read online:
State papers concerning Ireland are preserved in The National Archives (formerly the Public Record Office) in London under SP/63. The documents concern the administration of Ireland in this period of enormous change. There is much information of interest about the Ulster Plantation and developments in the north of Ireland in the early sevententh century. Calendars of the papers covering the period 1509–1670 were published in 24 volumes by the Public Record Office between 1860 and 1911, under the title Calendar of the State Papers relating to Ireland. Each volume has a comprehensive index. Also worth consulting for early material on the administration of Ireland is the Calendar of the Carew manuscripts: Preserved in the Archiepiscopal Library at Lambeth, edited by J. S. Brewer and William Bullen (6 vols, London, 1867–73), covering the period 1515–1624.