The King's secretary and the Signet office in the XV century
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The King's secretary and the Signet office in the XV century
Cambridge University Press, 2008
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The King's secretary & the Signet office in the XV century
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"This digitally printed version 2008"--T.p. verso
Originally published: 1939
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Important as it is in the general political and diplomatic history of the times, the history of the office of the King's Secretary is often neglected. Miss Otway-Ruthven has therefore used the original documents and sources for her information. She traces the history of the office from 1377, the first appearance of a King's Secretary, to 1509, demonstrating its rise from the comparative unimportance of a confidential clerkship to a position worthy of the attention of a bishop and a fitting instrument of Tudor Government.
Table of Contents
- Foreword
- 1. The sources
- 2. Introduction
- 3. The Signet
- 4. The Secretary: duties
- 5. The Secretary: qualifications and position
- 6. The French Signatories
- 7. The Signet office
- 8. The clerks of the Signet
- Bibliography
- Appendices
- Index.
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