These manuscripts include key charters, treaties, state papers and official documents on the monarchy, from Edward I to Elizabeth II. There are drawings, engravings, signatures and seals of most monarchs, and in particular there are many documents from Tudor times. We also hold images of the Domesday book pages.
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Marginalia drawing of Edward I and Philip IV of France, 25/26 Edw I
Letter from Anne Boleyn, with her signature,
1529
Page 2 of the 'Tide' letter from Princess Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 1553-4
The murder of Lord Darnley, second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots
Illuminated initial portrait of Charles II, 1673
Great Domesday, Devon: Okehampton entry,
1086
Magna Carta, third issue of Henry III, 1225
Marginalia drawing of jousting, 13th century
Printed indulgence by Caxton, the earliest printed document, 1476
Seal of Kenilworth Abbey, Warwickshire, at its dissolution in 1538![Valor Ecclesiasticus: initial portrait of Henry VIII, [1535]. Catalogue reference: E 344/22](/images/imagelibrary/manuscripts/th-e-344-22-valor.jpg)
Valor Ecclesiasticus: initial portrait of Henry VIII, 1535
Illumination from the ratification of the Anglo-Spanish Treaty by Philip III of Spain, 1605
Marginalia drawing of Edward I and Philip IV of France, 25/26 Edw I
Letter from Anne Boleyn, with her signature, 
Page 2 of the 'Tide' letter from Princess Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 1553-4
The murder of Lord Darnley, second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots
Illuminated initial portrait of Charles II, 1673
Great Domesday, Devon: Okehampton entry, 
Magna Carta, third issue of Henry III, 1225
Marginalia drawing of jousting, 13th century
Printed indulgence by Caxton, the earliest printed document, 1476
Seal of Kenilworth Abbey, Warwickshire, at its dissolution in 1538![Valor Ecclesiasticus: initial portrait of Henry VIII, [1535]. Catalogue reference: E 344/22](/images/imagelibrary/manuscripts/e-344-22-valor.jpg)
Valor Ecclesiasticus: initial portrait of Henry VIII, 1535
Illumination from the ratification of the Anglo-Spanish Treaty by Philip III of Spain, 1605