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Businesses (1)
- Merchant London
Organisations (15)
- Barking Abbey (Benedictine) Barking, Essex
- Cobham College Cobham, Kent
- Court of Wards and Liveries
- Cranborne Priory Cranborne, Dorset
- Enfield Chase Enfield, Middlesex
- Exchequer
- Hertfordshire militia Hertfordshire;Hertfordshire
- Hospital of St Mary and St Thomas of Canterbury, Ilford Ilford, Essex
- Lord Chamberlain of the Household
- Privy Council
- Receiver-General of First Fruits
- Royal Household and Wardrobe
- St Albans liberty St Albans, Hertfordshire
- St Michael's Mount Priory (Alien), cell of Mont-St-Michel Abbey St Michael's Mount, Cornwall
- Tower of London London
Persons (55)
- Andrewes, Lancelot, (1555-1626), Bishop of Winchester
- Anne, (1574-1619), of Denmark, Queen Consort of James I
- Bacon, Francis, (1561-1626), Viscount St Albans, Lord Chancellor
- Bancroft, Richard, (1544-1610), Archbishop of Canterbury
- Brooke, Henry, (d 1619), 8th Baron Cobham
- Bulwer-Lytton, Edward Robert, (1831-1891), 1st Earl of Lytton, Viceroy of India
- Caesar, Sir Julius, (1558-1636), Knight Judge
- Cecil, James, (1748-1823), 1st Marquess of Salisbury
- Cecil, Sir Robert, (1563-1612), 1st Earl of Salisbury and 1st Viscount Cranborne, statesman
- Cecil, William, (1520-1598), 1st Baron Burghley, statesman
- Cecil, William, (1591-1668), 2nd Earl of Salisbury
- Coke, Sir Edward, (1552-1634), Knight Judge MP Law Writer
- Devereux, Robert, (1566-1601), 2nd Earl of Essex, statesman
- Dudley, Robert, (1532-1588) Earl of Leicester
- Egerton, Thomas, (1540-1617), Viscount Brackley, Lord Chancellor
- Elizabeth I, (1533-1603), Queen of England and Ireland
- Galloway, Mary Arabella Arthur, (1850-1900), Lady
- Gascoyne, Bamber, (1758-1824), politician
- Gascoyne-Cecil, Edgar Algernon Robert, (1864-1958), Viscount Cecil of Chelwood
- Gascoyne-Cecil, Hugh Richard Heathcote, (1869-1956), Baron Quickswood, politician
- Gascoyne-Cecil, James Brownlow William, (1791-1868), 2nd Marquess of Salisbury
- Gascoyne-Cecil, James Edward Hubert, (1861-1947), 4th Marquess of Salisbury
- Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert Arthur James, (1893-1972), 5th Marquess of Salisbury
- Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot, (1830-1903), 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, statesman
- Grey, Thomas, (d 1614), 15th Baron Grey of Wilton
- Harington, Sir John, (1561-1612), Knight Wit and Author
- Hastings, Henry, (1535-1595), 3rd Earl of Huntingdon
- Hatton, Sir Christopher, (1540-1591), Knight Lord Chancellor
- Henri, IV, (1553-1610), King of France and Navarre
- Howard, Charles, (1536-1624), 1st Earl of Nottingham, Admiral
- Lake, Sir Thomas, (1567-1630), Knight, Secretary of State
- Macdonell, Sir Hugh Guion, (1832-1904), Knight Diplomat
- Mallet, Sir Louis, (1823-1890), Knight, civil servant and economist
- Mary, (1542-1587), Queen of Scotland
- Nassau, Maurice, (1567-1625), Prince of Nassau, Dutch statesman and general
- Ogle, Sir John, (1569-1640), Knight Military Commander
- Palavicino, Sir Horatio, (d 1600), Knight Merchant and Political Agent
- Percy, Henry, (1564-1632), 9th Earl of Northumberland
- Philip, II, (1527-1598), King of Spain
- Popham, Sir John, (?1531-1607), Knight, Knight Chief Justice of the King's Bench
- Raleigh, Sir Walter, (? 1552-1618), Knight Military and Naval Commander Author
- Sackville, Thomas, (c 1536-1608), 1st Earl of Dorset, statesman
- Seymour, Edward, (? 1506-1552), 1st Duke of Somerset
- Somerset, Edward, (c 1550-1628), 4th Earl of Worcester
- Stanhope, John, (1545-1621), 1st Baron Stanhope of Harrington
- Stanley, Mary Catherine, (1824-1900) Countess of Derby, political hostess
- Talbot, George, (? 1528-1590), 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, statesman
- Talbot, Gilbert, (1552-1616), 7th Earl of Shrewsbury
- Temple, Emily Mary, (1787-1869) Viscountess Palmerston, socialite
- Victoria, (1819-1901), Queen of Great Britain and Ireland
- Walsingham, Sir Francis, (? 1530-1590), Knight, statesman
- Wellesley, Arthur, (1769-1852), 1st Duke of Wellington, Field Marshal, statesman
- Winwood, Sir Ralph, (1563-1617), Knight, Secretary of State and Diplomat
- Wolff, Sir Henry Drummond Charles, (1830-1908), Knight, politician and diplomat
- Wriothesley, Henry, (1573-1624), 3rd Earl of Southampton
Diaries (1)
Families (7)
- Bennett family of Beachampton Beachampton, Buckinghamshire;Selston, Nottinghamshire
- Brooke family, Barons Cobham Cobham, Kent
- Cecil family, Marquesses of Exeter Burghley House, Northamptonshire;Bedford, Bedfordshire;Brinkhill, Lincolnshire;Bourne, Lincolnshire;Crowland, Lincolnshire;Revesby, Lincolnshire;Stamford, Lincolnshire;Westminster, Middlesex;Peterborough, Northamptonshire;Wrangdike, Rutland;Snape, Yorkshire;Well, Yorkshire
- Gascoyne family of Childwall Childwall, Lancashire;Barking, Essex;Ilford, Essex;Liverpool, Lancashire
- Gascoyne-Cecil family, Marquesses of Salisbury Hatfield, Hertfordshire;Beachampton, Buckinghamshire;St Michael's Mount, Cornwall;Cranborne, Dorset;Barking, Essex;Ilford, Essex;Brockworth, Gloucestershire;Theobalds, Hertfordshire;Bermondsey, Surrey;Cobham, Kent;Childwall, Lancashire;Liverpool, Lancashire;Carlby, Lincolnshire;Westminster, Middlesex;Edmonton, Middlesex;Brigstock Parks, Northamptonshire;Selston, Nottinghamshire;Rum, Inverness-shire
- Seymour family, Dukes of Somerset (created 1547, restored 1660) Shalbourne, Berkshire;Cheveley, Cambridgeshire;Cockermouth, Cumberland;Egremont, Cumberland;Syon House, Middlesex;Alnwick, Northumberland;Muchelney, Somerset;Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire;Newmarket, Suffolk;Petworth House, Sussex;Marlborough, Wiltshire;Pewsey, Wiltshire;Savernake Forest, Wiltshire;Trowbridge, Wiltshire;Catton, Yorkshire;Leconfield, Yorkshire;Spofforth, Yorkshire;Tadcaster, Yorkshire;Topcliffe, Yorkshire;Wressell, Yorkshire
- Stanley family, Earls of Derby Glassmore, Cambridgeshire;Crag Hall, Cheshire;Macclesfield, Cheshire;Wildboarclough, Cheshire;Corney, Cumberland;Whicham, Cumberland;Bradworthy, Devon;South Weald, Essex;Hamerton, Huntingdonshire;Bickerstaffe, Lancashire;Bolton-cum-Adgarley, Lancashire;Bury, Lancashire;Knowsley, Lancashire;Lathom, Lancashire;Liverpool, Lancashire;Manchester, Lancashire;Pilkington, Lancashire;Preston, Lancashire;Epworth, Lincolnshire;London;Colham, Middlesex;Hillingdon, Middlesex;Brackley, Northamptonshire;Fleetham, Northumberland;Eynsham, Oxfordshire;Milton, Oxfordshire;Ellesmere, Shropshire;Knockin, Shropshire;Newmarket, Suffolk;East Lavant, Sussex;Halnaker, Sussex;Meriden, Warwickshire;Beetham, Westmorland;Witherslack, Westmorland;Burton in Lonsdale, Yorkshire;Kirkby Malzeard, Yorkshire;Mewith Head, Yorkshire;Thirsk, Yorkshire;Hawarden, Flintshire;Hope, Flintshire;Mold, Flintshire;Coonagh, County Limerick;Clonmore, County Louth;Smithstown, County Louth;Priestown, County Meath;Lyonstown, County Tipperary
Paper catalogues available to view at The National Archives - (4)
- NRA 10632 Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, Viscount Cecil of Chelwood: corresp and papers
- NRA 10535 Hugh Richard Heathcote Gascoyne-Cecil, Baron Quickswood: papers
- NRA 9226 Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury: private Foreign office corresp
- NRA 32925 Gascoyne-Cecil family, Marquesses of Salisbury: family and estate papers link to online catalogue