See also:INDIA See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
OFFICE
.—The records of the See also:India See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
Office are preserved there
.
See also:Complete printed lists exist for the whole collection, and the following documents have been published: The First See also:Letter See also:Book of the See also:East India See also:Company, edited by See also:Sir G
.
See also:Birdwood and W
.
See also:Foster; Letters received by the East India Company from its Servants in the East, edited by F
.
C
.
See also:Danvers and W
.
Foster (6 vols.)
.
The records in India may be mentioned here
.
Each See also:presidency and each See also:province keeps its own; and this is the See also:case also with the smaller subdivisions
.
No printed lists appear to exist for any of the collections
.
The following volumes have been published: Letters, Despatches and other Papers of the See also:Foreign See also:Department of the See also:Government of India, 1772-85, edited by G
.
W
.
See also:Forrest (3 vols.,
See also:Calcutta) ; See also:Bengal 1756-1757, edited by S
.
C
.
See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill (3 vols
.
1905) ; and Old Fort See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William, edited by C
.
R
.
See also:- WILSON, ALEXANDER (1766-1813)
- WILSON, HENRY (1812–1875)
- WILSON, HORACE HAYMAN (1786–1860)
- WILSON, JAMES (1742—1798)
- WILSON, JAMES (1835— )
- WILSON, JAMES HARRISON (1837– )
- WILSON, JOHN (1627-1696)
- WILSON, JOHN (178 1854)
- WILSON, ROBERT (d. 1600)
- WILSON, SIR DANIEL (1816–1892)
- WILSON, SIR ROBERT THOMAS (1777—1849)
- WILSON, SIR WILLIAM JAMES ERASMUS
- WILSON, THOMAS (1663-1755)
- WILSON, THOMAS (c. 1525-1581)
- WILSON, WOODROW (1856— )
Wilson (3 vols., 1906-7)
.
See also:Ireland
.
The Public See also:Record Office of Ireland was established in 1867 by the See also:Act 30 & 31 Vict
.
C
.
70, when the records of the various courts of See also:law, all See also:wills proved in Ireland, and certain See also:financial records, were collected into one See also:building
.
The See also:State See also:Paper Office remains a See also:separate, though subordinate, department in one of the towers of See also:Dublin See also:Castle, whence the papers are only transferred to the Record Office by See also:special See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order
.
The See also:Deputy Keeper of the Irish Record Office publishes yearly reports with appendices
.
The most important See also:calendar published in these is that of Fiants or warrants for the issue of letters under the See also:Great See also:Seal, See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry VIII. to See also:Elizabeth, contained in Reports 7-9, 11-13, 15-18, with indices for each reign
.
A calendar of the Deeds of See also:Christ See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church, Dublin, is contained in the loth, 23rd, 24th and 27th Reports
.
The Wills of the See also:diocese of Dublin, down to the See also:year 1800, are indexed under the names of the testators in the 26th and 3oth Reports
.
The See also:series of Proclamations by the See also:lord See also:lieutenant and See also:council, and by the See also:crown, which is among the records in the Record See also:Tower of Dublin Castle, is catalogued in the 23rd and 24th Reports
.
Of the financial records very little has been published
.
In the 33rd See also:Report there is a See also:good See also:account of the Books of the See also:Treasury and Accounting Departments from the reign of Henry VIII
.
Scattered entries from the See also:Pipe Rolls (13 Henry III.-33 See also:Edward I.) are printed in the 33rd and 35th-38th Reports
.
Before the See also:establishment of the Record Office the Irish Record See also:Commission published a Latin calendar of the Patent and See also:Close Rolls from Henry II. to Henry VII., and an incomplete calendar in See also:English for the years 5-35 Henry VIII
.
Under the authority of the See also:Master of the Rolls a calendar was published for the See also:period Henry VIII. to Elizabeth, upon which some severe comments will be found in J
.
T
.
See also:- GILBERT
- GILBERT (KINGSMILL) ISLANDS
- GILBERT (or GYLBERDE), WILLIAM (1544-1603)
- GILBERT, ALFRED (1854– )
- GILBERT, ANN (1821-1904)
- GILBERT, GROVE KARL (1843– )
- GILBERT, J
- GILBERT, JOHN (1810-1889)
- GILBERT, MARIE DOLORES ELIZA ROSANNA [" LOLA MONTEZ "] (1818-1861)
- GILBERT, NICOLAS JOSEPH LAURENT (1751–1780)
- GILBERT, SIR HUMPHREY (c. 1539-1583)
- GILBERT, SIR JOSEPH HENRY (1817-1901)
- GILBERT, SIR WILLIAM SCHWENK (1836– )
Gilbert's The See also:History
.
. . of the Public Records of Ireland
.
An English calendar for the reign of See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James I. was published by the Record Commission; and a calendar for the years 1-8 See also:Charles I., under the authority of the Master of the Rolls
.
Two large See also:folio volumes entitled See also:Liber Hibernie should here be mentioned
.
The history and contents of this astounding See also:work can be gathered from its introduction, and from an See also:index to it in the 9th Report
.
Inquisitions See also:post mortem and on See also:- ATTAINDER (from the O. Fr. ataindre, ateindre, to attain, i.e. to strike, accuse, condemn; Lat. attingere, tangere, to touch; the meaning has been greatly affected by the confusion with Fr. taindre, teindre, to taint, stain, Lat. tingere, to dye)
attainder, for the provinces of See also:Leinster and See also:Ulster only, are dealt with in the Record Commission's Inquisi• tionum in officio Rotulorum Cancellarie Hibernie asservatarum Repertorium
.
Of strictly judicial records the Record Office has published one See also:volume of an admirable calendar of the See also:Justiciary Rolls (1295-1303)
.
See also:Scotland
.
The records of the See also:kingdom are deposited in several places in See also:Edinburgh
.
The See also:principal repository is the See also:General See also:Register See also:House, at See also:present governed by the Act 42 & 43 Vict
.
C
.
44
.
But certain records of the See also:chancery and all the records of the See also:court of teinds are in separate repositories
.
A general account of these records is given in M
.
See also:Livingstone's See also:Guide to the Public Records of Scotland deposited in H.M
.
General Register House, Edinburgh, with appendices describing those contained in other repositories
.
See also:Parliamentary.—The Record Commission of Great See also:Britain published The Acts of the See also:Parliament of Scotland (1124-1707), a See also:text derived from many See also:sources described in the See also:introductory volume; The Acts of the Lords Auditors of Causes and Complaints (1466-1494), being the proceedings of the parliamentary See also:committee for See also:hearing petitions; and The Acts of the Lords of Council (1478-1495), being proceedings of a similar See also:body
.
Privy Council.—The register of the Privy Council of Scotland from 1J45 is in course of publication at the General Register House
.
See also:Exchequer.—The Exchequer Rolls, corresponding to the Great See also:Roll of the English Exchequer, are being printed in full from 1264 at the General Register House; and the accounts of the Treasurer of Scotland from 1473 are being published at the same office
.
Chancery.—The enrolments of letters issued under the Great Seal of Scotland are contained in twelve rolls and a series of volumes
.
The Record Commission printed these registers in full for the period 1306-1424; and the General Register House is continuing the publication in an abridged See also:form
.
Court of Chancery.—Only the enrolments of letters under the Great Seal are transferred to the General Register House; the See also:remainder are preserved in the court of chancery
.
The most important of these are the Retours to Chancery
.
To these the only printed means of reference is the Inquisitionum ad capellam Domini Regis retornatarum abbreviatio (16th and 17th centuries), published by the Record Commission
.
See also:Local Records
.
To See also:deal with the municipal and local records of Great Britain in any detail is quite impossible in this See also:article
.
Fortunately the admirable work of C
.
See also:Gross, entitled The Bibliography of Municipal History (Harvard See also:Historical Studies), contains a complete account of the work done on municipal records up to 1897; while the Report of the Committee appointed to inquire as to the existing arrangements for the collection and custody of local records (1902) affords a complete view of the questions dealt with by it
.
Private Collections.—The publications of the Historical See also:Manuscripts Commission are in most cases the only printed means of reference to private muniments
.
The 17th Report of the Commission contains an index to all the collections of papers so far dealt with by them
.
Wills.—Up to the date of the See also:Probate Act (20 & 21 Vict. c
.
77) the proving of wills was under ecclesiastical See also:jurisdiction, and the wills themselves were scattered among See also:peculiar courts—courts of the various bishops, and the See also:prerogative court of Canter-See also:bury
.
By the passing of the act a general registry was established at See also:Somerset House, to which were transferred all the wills of the prerogative court of See also:Canterbury and of many of the other registries
.
But even at the present See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time there remains much confusion and uncertainty as to the See also:place of See also:deposit of the wills of any particular court; and for accurate See also:information on this point the inquirer must be referred to the Handbook to the See also:Ancient Courts of Probate and Depositories of Wills, by G
.
W See also:Marshall
.
See also:British Colonies
.
For the British colonies the most important records, historically speaking, are the Colonial Office papers deposited in the Public Record Office, See also:London; and those colonies which have published the records See also:relating to their history have usually gone to that source
.
In New See also:South See also:Wales, however, there is in the Colonial Secretary's office at See also:Sydney a collection of records dating from 1789, which are included in the volumes published by that State Cape See also:Colony possesses records dating from 1652 ; G
.
McCall Theal, historiographer of the colony, has also published important series of volumes of documents See also:drawn from the Public Record Office and other See also:European sources
.
See also:Canada has recently centralized its records, of which a large See also:part so far consists of transcripts made in See also:Europe
.
For an account see E
.
C
.
See also:Burnett's See also:List of printed guides to and descriptions of Arc,'Aives and other repositories of Historical Manuscripts (See also:American Historical Manuscripts Commission Report, 1897)
.
The Dominion Archivist submits yearly to the See also:Minister for See also:Agriculture a report, in which (in Appendices) are given many lists and accounts of records
.
European Countries
.
In dealing with Great Britain it has seemed desirable to give some account of publications dealing with the contents of the repositories described
.
In the remainder of the article this will not be attempted
.
For the most part the books mentioned are in themselves See also:bibliographies and guides, and do not contain even abstracts or descriptions of actual documents
.
It is scarcely necessary to explain that much of the following information is based on the work of See also:Langlois and See also:Stein
.
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