Discover the literary and historical treasures contained within the personal papers of Lloyd Tyrell Kenyon, Baron Kenyon, with this magnificently curated collection. The Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts provides detailed descriptions and transcriptions of dozens of documents, offering a glimpse into the life and times of one of Britain's foremost legal minds. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Parliamentary Selection examines how members of Parliament were chosen from 1558-1702.

The papers of the Sidney family, and the inheritors of Penshurst Place.

The first major socio-cultural study of manuscript letters and letter-writing practices in early modern England. Daybell examines a crucial period in the development of the English vernacular letter before Charles I's postal reforms in 1635, one that witnessed a significant extension of letter-writing skills throughout society.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.