Document Collection (#67)

The Great Seal
Richard IIIs request for the Great Seal with postscript on treachery of Duke of Buckingham 12th October 1483 Date: 12th October 1483

Henry VIII and Katharine Parr
Notarial attestation of the marriage of Henry VIII and Katharine Latymer, alias Parr, 12 July 1543 Date: 12th July 1543

Oscar Wilde, death certificate
Oscar Wildes Death Certificate, December 1900 Date: 1900

Queen Victorias letter to the nation, 14 April 1884 Date: 14th April 1884

Book of Aids
Illuminated initial from the Book of Aids, temp Hen VI, a book recording feudal aid to knights Date: 15th century

The Domesday Book, Norfolk
The Domesday Book, a record of the resources and taxable values of the boroughs and manors of Norfolk, extract from the Little Domesday Book Date: c. 1085

Statute of Wales, which brought Wales under the English legal framework Date: 1284

Letter to Marquis of Tweeddale
Letter to the Marquis of Tweeddale from Sir John Cope, 3 Aug 1745 Date: 3rd August 1745

George Bernard Shaw copyright
George Bernard Shaw declaration of copyright on photograph, 1905

Cambrian Railways Staff
Cambrian Railways Company Staff Register Date: 19th century

Will of John Combe
Will register entry for John Combe, 1615 Date: 1615

Biggleswade parliamentary return
Chancery, Petty Bag Office and Crown Office Parliamentary Election Writs and Returns. Parliamentary Return for Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, 1275 Date: 1275

British North Borneo Company
Original grant by the College Of Arms, of arms and crest for British North Borneo Company, 1882 Date: 1882

Cession of Fiji to Great Britain
Colonial Office Fiji. Instrument of cession to the Crown, 10 October 1874 Date: 10th October 1874

Old Sarum electoral return
Chancery, Petty Bag Office and Crown Office Parliamentary Election Writs and Returns. Parliamentary Return for Old Sarum returning Thomas Pitt, 1734 Date: 1734

Margaret Thatcher return notice
Chancery, Petty Bag Office and Crown Office Parliamentary Election Writs and Returns. Parliamentary Return for Margaret Thatcher, 1979 Date: 7th April 1979

Proclamation of Governor Bourke
New South Wales, proclamation of Governor Bourke against settlers stealing crown lands, page 2 of 2, 1835 Date: 1835

General Assembly 1619
Page 1 of the proceeding in the General assembly at James City, Virginia, 30 July 1619 Date: 1619

Fair charter
Confirmation of a charter for a fair at Trowbridge, Wiltshire, 1200 Date: 1200

Act of Supremacy
The Act Of Supremacy, 1534 Date: 1534

Court Martial document
Court Martial of four HMS Hampshire sailors, 8 June 1680 (earliest RN document) Date: 1860

Medical Journal
Frigate Success 1840 medical journal, diving operations by Col Pasley, RE on the wreck of HMS Royal George Date: 1840

Vice-President John Adams, full-length portrait, standing next to globe, facing left, holding document. Date between 1850 and 1900

Cartoon, President Wilson reading Germans Reply
Cartoon entitled Standing By, showing the American President Woodrow Wilson at his desk in the White House, with Uncle Sam standing behind him with a worried face

Russian Cossack officers, WW1
A group of Russian Cossack officers examining a document during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Scouts with British Airways Officer
Three Scouts look excitedly at a map provided by a British European Airways Senior First Officer, with a Douglas DC-3 behind them. circa 1950s

Bulgaria claiming independence - manifesto
The Manifesto of 22nd September 1908 in which Prince Alexander of Bulgaria declare himself King; independent of the Turks. Date: 1908

Lady Signing Document
A lady signing a document. Date: 16th century

ABOLITIONIST PEACE PLEDGE. American abolitionist pledge, 1845, after the annexation of Texas, against a war with Mexico

TITANIC: LAUNCH, 1911. Invitation to the launch of the Titanic at Belfast, 21 May 1911

ALASKA PURCHASE: CHECK. Check for $7. 2 million from the United States Treasury made out to Eduard de Stoeckl
ALASKA PURCHASE: CHECK. Check for $7.2 million from the United States Treasury made out to Eduard de Stoeckl, Russian Minister to the United States, as payment for the Alaska territory

Passport
European passport for members of the European Union (EU). There are plans to introduce biometric identification, such as iris scanning, for use in passports

Fax machine. Conceptual image of a fax machine printing out junk fax

Living will being completed. This document sets out a persons wishes regarding their health care and treatment should they become seriously ill and unable to make or communicate their own choices

Phases of the Moon, 1790
Moon phases. 18th century French document showing the phases of the moon, from full (pleine) to new (nouvelle) and back again. Lunar phases occur because the Moon reflects the light of the Sun

Overworked. Conceptual computer artwork of a man running from paperwork. This could represent a reaction to an overload of work

Alcohol content documentation. Book of tables documenting the alcohol content of alcoholic drinks such as the brandy in the glass

Paper shredder. This device is used in offices to destroy sensitive documents

Shredded paper

Birthing plan
MODEL RELEASED. Birthing plan. Midwife discussing the birthing plan with an expectant mother

Abacus and calculator

Midwife
MODEL RELEASED. Midwife

Dorothy Osborne, English letter writer
Dorothy Osborne, Lady Temple (1627-95), English letter writer. Osborne was born at Chicksands Priory in Bedfordshire into a noble family

Papyrus scrolls, Ancient Rome
Papyrus scrolls in Ancient Rome. Papyrus is a wetland sedge found along the Nile in Egypt. Its pith was used as early as the 3rd millennium BC by the Ancient Egyptians

Woodcut of scribes at work
Scribes at work. Woodcut illustration depicting a group of scribes and their clients. Scribes were educated people who could read and write

United Kingdom passport under UV light
United Kingdom passport under ultraviolet (UV) light. Close up of passport design under UV light revealing invisible fluorescent ink

United Kingdom passport design. Close up of a page from inside a UK passport. The design incorporates invisible fluorescent ink that is only revealed under ultraviolet light

BABYLONIAN CLAY TABLET describing Babylonian account of the creation of the world

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