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1      GUIDE TO THE RECORDS

    Guide to the Records of Parliament, by Maurice F. Bond,352 pp., 17 illustrations; HMSO 1971; £10 plus postage; ISBN0 11 700351 4. Obtainable from the House of Lords Record Office.

    The Guide contains the following sections: 1. Records of theHouse of Lords; 2. Records of the House of Commons; 3. Recordsof the Lord Great Chamberlain; 4. Records of the Clerk of theCrown; 5. Other Records of the Palace of Westminster (StatuteLaw Committee; Scottish Commissions, 1803-1856; Sir John GeorgeShaw-Lefevre Papers; Exchequer Chief Usher Papers); 6. HistoricalCollections of the House of Lords Record Office, of the Houseof Lords Library, and of the House of Commons Library. Printedas well as manuscript records are described.

2      CALENDAR OF THE MANUSCRIPTS OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS

    The Calendar consists of two parts:

    (i) Documents of 1498-1693 have been calendared in Appendicesto the Reports of the Historical Manuscripts Commission(1870-94). Reports 1-9 have been reissued, together witha supplementary volume correcting errors and updating locations,by Kraus Reprint & Periodicals, Route 100, Millwood, New York10546, USA, from whom prices are available.

    1st Report        General description

    2nd Report      Specimen calendars for 1625 and 1634

    3rd Report       1498-1625

    4th Report       1625-41, with supplements 1566-1641

    5th Report       1642-43

    6th Report       1644-47

    7th Report       1648-65

    8th Report, part I 1666-1671

    8th Report, part II includes index

    9th Report, part II 1671-78

    Supplementary volume
    [11th-14th Reports, which include calendars of documents 1678-93,are out of print]

    (ii) Documents of 1693-1718, with addenda for 1514 onwards, havebeen calendared in a New Series, Manuscripts of the House ofLords, published on behalf of the House by Her Majesty's StationeryOffice (1900-77). Volumes in print are obtainable from the Houseof Lords Record Office at the prices shown plus postage. Quotationsfor photocopies of volumes out of print can be obtained from theBooks (Photocopies Section), The Stationery Office Ltd, 51 Nine Elms Lane, Vauxhall, LondonSW8 5DR.

      Vol. I 1693-95 Bound
      Unbound
      £10.00
      £5.00
      Vol. II 1695-97Bound
      Unbound
      £10.00
      £5.00
      Vol. III 1697-99Bound
      Unbound
      £10.00
      £5.00
      Vol. IV 1699-1702 Bound£10.00
      Vol. V 1702-04 Bound
      Unbound
      £10.00
      £5.00
      Vol. VI 1704-06 Bound
      Unbound
      £10.00
      £5.00
      Vol. VII 1706-08Bound
      Unbound
      £10.00
      £5.00
      Vol. VIII 1708-10 [out of print]
      Vol. IX 1710-12 Bound
      Unbound
      £10.00
      £5.00
      Vol. X 1712-14 Unbound£5.00
      Vol. XI Addenda 1514-1714Unbound£5.00
      Vol. XII 1714-18, including Standing Orders 1715-1848 Bound
      Unbound
      £19.50
      £15.00

3      HOUSE OF LORDS RECORD OFFICE OCCASIONAL PUBLICATIONS

    No. 1              The Diaries and Papers of Sir Edward Dering, 2nd Baronet, 1644 to 1684, by Maurice F. Bond, 1976 [out of print]

    No. 2              Divisions in the House of Lords: an analytical list 1685 to 1857, by J. C. Sainty and D. Dewar, 1976 [out of print]

    No. 3              Clerks in the House of Commons 1363-1989: a biographicallist, by W. R. McKay, with additional material by Sir JohnSainty (1989), £6 plus postage.

    No. 4              A Handlist of the Braye Manuscripts in the House ofLords Record Office, by H. S. Cobb, CBE, (1993), £12plus postage.

    No. 5              Catalogue of the Beaverbrook Papers in the House of Lords Record Office Vol, 1: Canadian and Business Papers, by Katharine Bligh, 1997, £45.00 obtainable from Customer Services, The Stationery Office Ltd, 51 Nine Elms Lane, Vauxhall, London SW8 5DR.

4      HOUSE OF LORDS RECORD OFFICE MEMORANDA

    The following Memoranda are available from the House of LordsRecord Office at a cost of £3 each, which includes postage,apart from No. 25 which is free.

    No. 1 Select List of Classes of Records in the House of LordsRecord Office (revised edition, 1973)

    No. 13 The Journals, Minutes and Committee Books of the Houseof Lords (revised edition, 1957)

    No. 14 Report for 1955 (1956)

    No. 25 The Use of Finding Aids in the Record Office SearchRoom (revised edition, 1972)

    No. 26 Hand List of Paintings, Drawings and Engravings, etc.,of the House of Lords and House of Commons, 1523-1900 (Revisededition, 1972)

    No. 29 Catalogue of the Records of Parliament displayed atthe Opening of the Victoria Tower Repository by the Right Honourablethe Viscount Hailsham, 3 July 1963 (1963)

    No. 30 Report for 1963 (1964)

    No. 31 Leaders and Whips in the House of Lords, 1783-1964(1964)

    No. 32 Report for 1964 (1965)

    No. 33 Further Materials from an Unpublished Manuscript ofthe Lords Journal for Sessions 1559 and 1597 to 1598 (1965)

    No. 34 Report for 1965 (1966)

    No. 35 The Political Papers of Herbert, 1st Viscount Samuel(Revised edition, 1974)

    No. 36 Report for 1966 (1967)

    No. 37 The Financial Administration and Records of the ParliamentOffice, 1824 to 1868 (1967)

    No. 38 Report for 1967 (1968)

    No. 39 A list of Representative Peers for Scotland, 1707 to1963, and for Ireland 1800 to 1961 (1968)

    No. 40 Report for 1968 (1969)

    No. 41 Literary and Scientific Papers of Herbert, 1st ViscountSamuel (1969)

    No. 42 Report for 1969 (1970)

    No. 43 Letters and Diaries of Speaker Brand, 1855-1892(1970)

    No. 44 Report for 1970 (1971)

    No. 45 Officers of the House of Lords, 1485-1971 (1971)

    No. 47 Letters of the Second Earl of Tweeddale, 1672 to 1692(1972)

    No. 48 Report for 1972 (1973)

    No. 49 Handlist of the Papers of Reginald, Lord Sorensen (theRev. R. W. Sorensen, MP) (1973)

    No. 50 Sources for Economic History amongst the ParliamentaryRecords in the House of Lords Record Office (1973)

    No. 51 Report for 1973 (1974)

    No. 52 The Origin of the Office of Chairman of Committeesin the House of Lords (1974)

    No. 53 Report for 1974 (1975)

    No. 54 A Guide to the Political Papers, 1874-1970, depositedby the First Beaverbrook Foundation (1975)

    No. 55 Report for 1975 (1976)

    No. 56 Handlist of the Papers of William Wedgwood Benn, MP,First Viscount Stansgate (1976)

    No. 57 Report for 1976 (1977)

    No. 58 The Political Papers of Richard, 19th Lord Willoughbyde Broke (1977)

    No. 59 Report for 1977 (1978)

    No. 60 A Guide to the Historical Collections of the nineteenthand twentieth centuries preserved in the House of Lords RecordOffice (1978)

    No. 61 Report for 1978 (1979)

    No. 62 An Exhibition of the Records of Parliament in the RoyalGallery, House of Lords (1979)

    No. 63 Report for 1979 (1980)

    No. 64 Parliamentary Functions of the Sovereign since 1509(1980)

    No. 65 Report for 1980 (1981)

    No. 66 The Death Warrant of King Charles I (1981)

    No. 67 Report for 1981 (1982)

    No. 68 Report for 1982 (1983)

    No. 69 Rebuilding the Houses of Parliament: Drawings fromthe Kennedy Albums and the Thomas Greene Papers (1984)

    No. 70 Report for 1983 (1984)

    No. 71 Report for 1984 (1985)

    No. 72 Report for 1985 (1986)

    No. 73 Report for 1986 (1987)

    No. 74 Report for 1987 (1988)

    No. 75 The Papers of "Britain in Europe": the campaignfor a positive vote in the 1975 referendum about Britain's continuedmembership of the European Community (1988)

    No. 76 Report for 1988 (1989)

    No. 77 Report for 1989 (1990)

    No. 78 Descriptive List of the Papers of John Colin CampbellDavidson, MP, First Viscount Davidson (1990)

    No. 79 Report for 1990 (1991)

    No. 80 Report for 1991 (1992)

    No. 81 Report for 1992 (1993)

    No. 82 Report for 1993 (1994)

    No. 83 Report for 1994 (1995)

    No. 84 Report for 1995 (1996)

    No. 85 Witnesses before Parliament: A Guide to the Database of Witnesses in Committees on Opposed Private Bills 1771-1917 (1997)

    No. 86 Report for 1996 (1997)

    No. 87 Report for 1997 (1998)

    No. 88 Report for 1998 (1999)

    Unnumbered: House of Lords Record Office Annual Review 1999-2000

    La Reyne Le Veult: The making and keeping of Acts at Westminster, by M.F. Bond, reprinted from History Today (1956), HLRO additional memorandum (1958)

    The History of Parliament and the Evolution of Parliamentary Procedure; Two lectures given by Maurice Bond, OBE, FSA, Clerk of the Records, before Members of the House of Commons, June 1966 (1966)

    The House of Lords Record Office Technical Services (1975)

    A Handlist of Articles in periodicals and otherserial publications relating to the History of Parliament(1973)

    The Parliament Office in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries(1977)

    The Parliament Office in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries:Biographical Notes on Clerks in the House of Lords 1800 to 1939(1990)

5      OTHER PUBLICATIONS

    The following publications are available from the House of LordsRecord Office at the prices shown plus postage:

    Historic Parliamentary Documents: Reproductions
    No 1 Postcard. Tudor Royal Signatures10p
    No 2 Postcard. Commons Journal of 162110p
    No 3 Postcard. Commons Journal of 164210p
    No 4 Postcard. Commons Journal of 165310p
    No 5 Postcard. Lovelace Petition of 164210p
    No 6 Postcard. Banbury Patent (Charles I's portrait)10p

    The Death Warrant of Charles I
    Leaflet with black & white photograph, full transcript and note
    Full size colour reproduction from a digital scan
    25p
    £5.00
    Catalogue of the Exhibition held in the Queen's Robing Roomat the Houses of Parliament to commemorate the Seventh Centenaryof the Parliament of Simon de Montfort, 20th January 1265.
    Booklet, iv + 20 pages
    £2.00
    The Seventh Centenary of Simon de Montfort's Parliament, 1265-1965.An Account of the Commemorative Ceremonies and an Historical Narrative.
    ix + 92 pages, illustrated, paper-bound
    £3.00
    The Ashbourne Papers, 1869-1913. A Calendar of the papers,published by the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland in associationwith the House of Lords Record Office. £2.10
    Short Guide to the Records of Parliament
    (3rd edition, 1980)
    £3.00
    Works of Art in the House of Lords, edited by Maurice Bond with an historical narrative by John Charlton and a descriptive narrative by Jeremy Maule. 108pp., 106 illustrations, some in colour (HMSO, 1980).£3.95
    Parliamentary History, Libraries and Records; Essays presentedto Maurice Bond (1981) £3.00
    Parliament and the Glorious Revolution 1688-1988.
    Booklet, 32 pages, illustrated in full colour.
    (HMSO, 1988). ISBN 011 701391 9
    £1.00
    Parliament and the Glorious Revolution 1688-1988:
    List of Exhibits in the Tercentenary Exhibition
    50p
    The Protestation Returns 1641-42 and other contemporary listings.Compiled by Jeremy Gibson and Alan Dell, published by theFederation of Family History Societies Publications Ltd. Booklet,84 pp. (1995) ISBN 1 86006 006 4£3.95
    6 & 7 Old Palace Yard - Restored 1994. Compiled byOfficers of the House of Lords and Parliamentary Works Directorate. Booklet, 16 pp. (1995) £1.00

 

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