ProQuest has teamed with The Hatfield House Archives to digitize their privately held collection of documents gathered by William Cecil (1520-1598), Lord Burghley and his son Robert Cecil (1563-1612), First Earl of Salisbury. This important collection includes many sixteenth- and seventeenth-century state papers, grants from the Crown, legal documents, treaties, correspondences, and political memoranda.
One of Elizabeth I’s closest advisors, William Cecil was both Lord High Treasurer and Secretary of State – a position also held by his son, who continued to serve Elizabeth’s successor, James I. Occupying some of the highest offices of state in the land, these men were at the heart of events during one of the most dynamic periods in western history.
Key events covered in this collection include:
All the documents, which include a number of contemporary hand-drawn maps, tables, and letters, have been reproduced as full-color, high-quality images directly from original documents. These images can be examined using a dynamic viewing tool or downloaded as PDFs of JPEGs.
Content Types: government and official documents, historical manuscripts, illustrations, letters, maps, petitions, reports, and more.
Topics and Key Word Search Examples: battle, cargo, disease, education, envoy, hunting, language, marriage, merchants, plague, religion, Spanish Armada, throne, trade, travel, treaty, war.
