Sources

Calendar

A summary. Most commonly used for dates but calendars can apply to anything. For example. the Parliamentary Rolls were, over time, translated, edited and summarised into Calendars organised by type and reign.

Calendars of Parliamentary Rolls

Fine Rolls

Close Rolls

Parliament Rolls

Patent Rolls

Chronicles

Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England

Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England Book 5

Flower of History by Matthew of Westminster

Flower of History by Matthew of Westminster Chapter 1 1066 1087

1260 Annals Dunstable

1260 Chronica Majora

John of Fordun's Chronicle of the Scottish Nation

John of Fordun's Chronicle of the Scottish Nation Volume IV

Hall's Chronicle

Or to give it its full name, The Union of the Two Noble and Illustre Families of Lancastre and Yorke, was first published in 1548. It was written by Edward Hall Author 1496-1548.

Hall's Chronicle Henry VII 7th Year Aug 1491

Wriothesley's Chronicle

Wriothesley's Chronicle Volume 1

Mémoires de Philippe de Commynes

Mémoires de Philippe de Commynes Chapter 6

Diaries

Diary of Caroline Girle 1736 1817

Diary of Caroline Girle 1736 1817 1760

Diary of Viscount Egmont afterwards Earl Egmont 1741

Diary of Isabella Twysden aka Saunders 1645 1651

Samuel Pepy's Diary

Samuel Pepys' Diary 1664

Samuel Pepys' Diary 1665

Samuel Pepys' Diary 1665 March

Samuel Pepys' Diary 1667

Samuel Pepys' Diary 1667 October

Samuel Pepys' Diary 1668

Samuel Pepys' Diary 1668 January

Samuel Pepys' Diary 1669

Samuel Pepys' Diary 1669 May

John Evelyn's Diary

John Evelyn's Diary Introduction

John Evelyn's Diary Editor's Introduction

John Evelyn's Diary 1620 1636 Birth and Childhood

John Evelyn's Diary 1637 1639 University

Roger Whitley's Diary

Source British History Roger Whitley's Diary 1684-1697 Bodleian Library, Ms Eng Hist C 711.
Edited by Michael Stevens and Honor Lewington. Diary of a Cheshire gentleman, Whig Member of Parliament for Chester in 1689-97 and landholder in Wales, covering a period in which he steered a difficult political course. Michael Stevens' transcription is published by permission of the Bodleian Library.

Roger Whitley's Diary 1690

Latin Sources

Letters

Paston Letters

Paston Letters Volume 2

Letters of Horace Walpole Earl of Orford Volume 1

Letters of Horace Walpole Earl of Orford Volume 1 Letter LXX1

The Manuscripts of His Grace the Duke of Rutland

The Manuscripts of His Grace the Duke of Rutland 1640

Original Letters Illustrative of English History

Original Letters Illustrative of English History Second Series

The Letter Books of Amias Paulet Keeper of Mary queen of Scots Published 1874

The Letter Books of Amias Paulet Keeper of Mary queen of Scots Published 1874 Marys Execution

Letters of Royal And Illustrious Ladies of Great Britain Volume 1

Letters I to IX

Letters X to XIX

Letters XX to XXIX

Letters XXX to XXXIX

Letters of Royal And Illustrious Ladies of Great Britain Volume 2

Letters of Royal And Illustrious Ladies of Great Britain Volume 2 Letters CX to CIX

Andrew Marvel's Works

Samuel Pepys Letters

Samuel Pepys to John Evelyn

Letters from Sir Robert Cecil to Sir George Carew

Letters from Sir Robert Cecil to Sir George Carew Section 8