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109:(State Papers, Henry VIII, SP 1) and the small collection of Lord Darcy's papers. A few further documents from the correspondence of the Lisles survived outside the collection originally deposited in the Tower and are contained in the Cotton, Harleian and Royal Manuscripts in the 141:
Summaries of The Lisle Letters were published between 1862 and 1930 scattered within the 33 volumes of the "Calendar of Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of Henry VIII" edited by J. S. Brewer, J. Gairdner and R H Brodie (London 1862-1930). In the early 1930s,
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comprising the Lisle Papers. Her work in transcribing, annotating and arranging the letters lasted several decades and was not published until 1981. Two editions have been published as follows:
69:, they were first published as an annotated collection in 1981 as a six-volume edition, titled "The Lisle Letters", and an abridged selection in one volume was published in 1983, both edited by 101:
Following Lisle's arrest for alleged treason in 1540, as was usual in such cases, all his papers in the Staple Inn in Calais, his official residence, were confiscated and placed in the
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at Kew, comprises about 3,000 documents, ranging in date from 1 January 1533 to 31 December 1540. During this time Lord Lisle was based at Calais whilst performing his office of
62:, royal officials, friends, children and other relatives. They are an important source of information on domestic life in the Tudor age and of life at the court of Henry VIII. 191:
Slavin, Arthur J., The Lisle Letters and the Tudor State, published in The Sewanee Review (University of the South), Vol. 90, No. 1, Winter, 1982, pp. 135 et seq.
192: 89:. The correspondence is between Lord and Lady Lisle and their family, acquaintances at court, retainers, and servants. The main correspondent was 113:. Some also were transferred to the Thomas Cromwell collection. The papers deposited in the Tower were subsequently transferred to the 133:. They are held today at the National Archives in the category "State Papers Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII, SP3, Lisle Papers" 146:, then a young student of Tudor England, started an exhaustive study of the approximately 3,000 original documents then at the 82: 31: 47: 174: 159: 287: 66: 292: 125:
ordered their removal to the care of the State Paper Commission at the State Paper Office, amalgamated with the
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Byrne, Muriel St. Clare & Boland, Bridget (Eds.), The Lisle Letters: an Abridgement, with foreword by
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Byrne, Muriel St. Clare (Ed.), The Lisle Letters, 6 Vols., University of Chicago Press, 1981,
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Elton, G.R., Viscount Lisle at Calais, London Review of Books, Vol.3, No. 13, 16 July 1981
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The entire collection, now housed within the State Papers of the United Kingdom at the
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National Archives, State Papers Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII, SP3, Lisle Papers
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are the correspondence received in Calais between 1533 and 1540 by
65:Although long available as transcriptions in the 274: 50:(born Honor Grenville and formerly the wife of 129:in 1852, which was recently re-founded as the 247:National Archives catalogue description 14: 275: 32:Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle 169:, University of Chicago Press, 1983, 96: 48:Honor Plantagenet, Viscountess Lisle 162:. (Transcripts of 1,677 documents). 24: 58:in Devon), from several servants, 25: 304: 229:National Archives catalogue entry 210:The Lisle Letters: an Abridgement 202: 67:Letters and Papers of Henry VIII 261: 252: 241: 232: 223: 76: 13: 1: 217: 93:, Lord Lisle's London agent. 7: 136: 10: 309: 213:online at books.google.com 180: 38:, an illegitimate son of 288:16th century in England 293:16th-century documents 144:Muriel St. Clare Byrne 71:Muriel St. Clare Byrne 87:Lord Deputy of Calais 36:Lord Deputy of Calais 148:Public Record Office 127:Public Record Office 46:, and by his wife, 167:Hugh Trevor-Roper 131:National Archives 119:Westminster Abbey 97:Physical location 83:National Archives 16:(Redirected from 300: 268: 265: 259: 256: 250: 245: 239: 236: 230: 227: 52:Sir John Bassett 42:and an uncle of 28:The Lisle Papers 21: 308: 307: 303: 302: 301: 299: 298: 297: 283:Correspondences 273: 272: 271: 266: 262: 257: 253: 246: 242: 237: 233: 228: 224: 220: 205: 183: 139: 111:British Library 107:Thomas Cromwell 103:Tower of London 99: 79: 44:King Henry VIII 34:(c.1480-1542), 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 306: 296: 295: 290: 285: 270: 269: 260: 251: 240: 231: 221: 219: 216: 215: 214: 204: 203:External links 201: 200: 199: 194: 189: 182: 179: 178: 177: 163: 138: 135: 98: 95: 78: 75: 40:King Edward IV 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 305: 294: 291: 289: 286: 284: 281: 280: 278: 264: 255: 249: 244: 235: 226: 222: 212: 211: 207: 206: 198: 195: 193: 190: 188: 185: 184: 176: 175:9780226088006 172: 168: 164: 161: 160:9780226088013 157: 153: 152: 151: 149: 145: 134: 132: 128: 124: 120: 116: 115:Chapter House 112: 108: 104: 94: 92: 88: 84: 74: 72: 68: 63: 61: 57: 53: 49: 45: 41: 37: 33: 29: 19: 18:Lisle Letters 263: 254: 243: 234: 225: 208: 140: 100: 80: 64: 54:(d.1529) of 27: 26: 123:Home Office 77:Description 277:Categories 218:References 91:John Husee 56:Umberleigh 60:courtiers 137:Editions 181:Sources 258:Slavin 173:  158:  267:Elton 238:Elton 171:ISBN 156:ISBN 117:of 73:. 279:: 20:)

Index

Lisle Letters
Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle
Lord Deputy of Calais
King Edward IV
King Henry VIII
Honor Plantagenet, Viscountess Lisle
Sir John Bassett
Umberleigh
courtiers
Letters and Papers of Henry VIII
Muriel St. Clare Byrne
National Archives
Lord Deputy of Calais
John Husee
Tower of London
Thomas Cromwell
British Library
Chapter House
Westminster Abbey
Home Office
Public Record Office
National Archives
Muriel St. Clare Byrne
Public Record Office
ISBN
9780226088013
Hugh Trevor-Roper
ISBN
9780226088006
National Archives, State Papers Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII, SP3, Lisle Papers

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