Document 5: A letter sent to Lawrence Earl of Rochester, Lord High Treasurer of England, dated 23 October 1686(Catalogue reference: E 36/253 page 169) In this section:About this documentThis letter raises problems with two of the locations where royal archives
were being stored at Westminster. The writer expresses concern for the
preservation of royal archives stored at two locations at Westminster,
in a building off the cloister of Westminster Abbey The document is written in a very cursive late secretary hand. |