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Historical documentation displayed by various themes and date ranges.
(1485 - 1714; facsimiles, transcriptions and images).
(9th to 16th centuries; facsimiles)
(Transcriptions and translations)
Five principal sections that include primary documents online:
Scotland, England, France, Wales, and Ireland.
A well-designed site created by the UK Public Record Office
(1066 - 1603; facsimiles and transcriptions)
(transcriptions & translations)
A primary source for the Wars of the Roses
and the reigns of Henry VI, Edward IV, and Richard III.
(1453-1486; transcriptions)
with a number of links to contemporary reporters and chroniclers from various perspectives
(chiefly 1483-1490; transcriptions)
(transcriptions) courtesy of the Richard III Society.
Contemporary correspondence of a wealthy family of English wool merchants.
(1475-1488; transcriptions) courtesy of the Richard III Society.
Vol. 1 (London: Henry Colburn, 1846)]
(1190-1544; text searchable Google Print facsimiles with updated English transcriptions)
Key documents from the life and times of Henry VIII.
Provided by the British Library's Online Gallery.
(16th century; facsimiles, descriptions and videos)
Poems, songs, letters, speeches, essays.
(Early 16th century; transcriptions)
Primary source documents from the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I, and Elizabeth I.
Scroll down to "English Reformation."
(1509 - 1559; transcriptions)
Searchable database of principal records of clerical careers from over 50 archives in England and Wales.
(1540-1835)
Searchable images of the British Library copy
(1554-1555; facsimiles)
(1549; Transcription)
Electronic texts and documents from the Tudor period.
See also Tudor Letters.
(1485-1597; facsimiles and transcriptions)
From the death of Prince Arthur to the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots.
(1502-1587; transcriptions)
(London: Henry Colburn, 1845)
(1558-1576; text searchable Google Print facsimiles with updated English transcriptions)
Commissioned by Sir Walter Raleigh to encourage English colonization of the New World
(1584; transcription)
A collection of poems, letters, and speeches
(English transcriptions; 1533-1603)
Statement of the points of belief of the Church of England in the Renaissance
(English transcription)
Links to documents and speeches
(English transcriptions)
as reported in the English Mercurie
(July 23, 1588, English facsimile).
(1588; modernized transcription and commentary)
(1592-1597, facsimiles).
Includes records of Parliament, of higher clergy, and manorial records such as feet of fines.
From British History Online
(16th century, transcriptions)
Includes extensive official and private records of Parliament, and the urban history of London, Glasgow, Cardiff and other major cities.
From British History Online
(17th century, transcriptions)
120.000 portraits of famous British men and women from the 16th Century to the present day.
Explore the collection in a variety of ways.
(16th century - present; image facsimiles)
A collection documenting Sir Isaac Newton's writings and ideas, consisting primarily of letters to and from 17th and 18th century scientists.
(17th - 18th centuries; facsimiles)
An online exhibit of the Parliamentary Archives including primary documents and other records.
(1600-1807; facsimile images, commentary and instructional modules)
Transcription of the trial of Guy Fawkes and other conspirators in the Gunpowder-Plot.
(27 January 1605; transcription)
A collection of primary documents from the Internet Modern History Sourcebook.
(16th - 17th centuries; transcriptions)
(London: Camden Society, 1889)
(1624-1626; text searchable Google Print facsimiles)
From the time of the Spanish Armada to the Fire of London.
Digitized by David Cornfield.
(1588-1666; English facsimiles)
Digitized by the History Department at the University of Rochester.
(1674-1692; transcriptions)
In an effort to concentrate religious power in the Anglican realm.
Digitized by Wade Frembd.
(8 January 1678; transcription)
Over 100 documents on the history of Jacobitism and the Jacobite kings.
Digitized by Noel S. McFerran as a part of The Jacobite Heritage.
(1680-1861; transcriptions with modernised spelling)
Digitized key books and maps relating to specimens held in the Geological Collections of the Oxford University Museum of Natural History.
The collection can be searched by title, subject or name.
(17th - 19th centuries; book and manuscript facsimiles)
A collection of documents and maps
(Facsimiles)
A collection of primary documents from the Internet Modern History Sourcebook.
(16th - 18th centuries; transcriptions)
A part of the University of Missouri Library's Digital Library.
(17th-19th centuries; full-text searchable database of facsimiles)
Britannia Internet Magazine collection of significant charters, histories, chronicles, accounts, laws and summonses.
(English transcriptions)
Subject index and abstracts of British official publications, some available in full-text format.
(1688 to the present; English transcriptions)
Huge and exemplary website combining a searchable database of wills and testaments
with full transcripts of the originals and some sample facsimiles.
Includes auxiliary helps such as guides to handwriting and to Scottish occupations.
(1500-1901; facsimiles and transcripts)
Searchable database containing the proceedings of the Scottish parliament from the first surviving act of 1235 to the union of 1707.
(1235-1707; manuscripts and translations)
A project of the Edinburgh University Library
(1550-1740; facsimiles).
A project of the National Library of Scotland
(1560-1928; facsimiles).
Over 20,000 images of objects, books, letters, aerial photographs and other items from museums, libraries and record offices in Wales.
(Medieval to 20th century; facsimiles and photographs)
A documentation project of Powys County, Wales
(Medieval to present; facsimiles, Latin and Welsh transcriptions and English transcriptions and translations)
A major online Geographic Information System for Great Britain
Combining historical atlases and gazeteers with a database of demographic and socio-economic statistics.
Directed by Humphrey Southall of the University of Portsmouth.
(Facsimiles and transcriptions).
An impressive local history collection, comprising church, state, estate and personal records.
(1375 - 1854; transcriptions)
Includes poor laws, various acts and amendments, lists, maps, and more.
(1601-1900; facsimiles and transcriptions)
A collection of contemporary documents and lists.
(1546-1817; transcriptions).
Fully searchable transcripts of over 100,000 criminal trials
held in London's central criminal court.
A joint project of the University of Sheffield and the University of Hertfordshire.
(1674-1834, facsimiles & transcriptions with background essays)

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