CROWN SERVANTS:

Series One: The Papers of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford,

1593-1641, from Sheffield City Libraries

Supporting Comments

“The Strafford Papers contain a wealth of material, much of which has never been available in print.  There are even some items in the correspondence between the two famous political allies Wentworth and Laud, which have never been published.  The contents of the collection add greatly to our understanding of government and society in the 17th century, particularly political affairs in the 1630s.  It will be a great asset to scholars for the collection to be available on microfilm.”

Professor Gerald E Aylmer

Author of the King’s Servants and the Civil Service of Charles I, 1624-1642 (London 1974) and former Master of St Peter’s College Oxford.

“For those interested in unravelling the mysteries of early Stuart Britain, this is the ideal place to start.  No scholars can hope to make sense of why Charles I’s three kingdoms slide into civil war without a thorough understanding of the Wentworth Papers.  Any library collection of British history must be regarded as incomplete without this set of microfilms.”

Professor Thomas Cogswell

University of Kentucky

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