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2. STATE PAPERS ONLINE! • 19th CENTURY BRITISH LIBRARY NEWSPAPERS! • THE BURNEY COLLECTION! • 19TH CENTURY UK PERIODICALS! • 19TH CENTURY US NEWSPAPERS! • THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS! Extra! Extra! Read All About It!

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4. STATE PAPERS ONLINE Part 1: The Tudors, Henry VIII to Elizabeth I, 1509-1603: State Papers Domestic Part II: The Tudors, Henry VIII to Elizabeth I, 1509-1603: State Papers Foreign, Ireland, Scotland, Borders and Acts of Privy Council Part III: The Stuarts: James I to Anne, 1603-1714: State Papers Domestic Part IV: The Stuarts: James I to Anne, 1603-1714: State Papers Foreign, Ireland and Acts of Privy Council Part 1: 790 vols of docs 11.5% Part II: 1333 vols 19.5% Part III: 2710 vols 39.5% Part IV: 2010 vols 29.5% Total: 6843 vols 100%

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6. Themes of Part I: 1509 - 1603 • Monarchs Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I, Elizabeth I • Rule by a minor • Rule by a woman (twice) • Religion and the State - The Reformation • Henry VIII’s break with Rome • Establishment of the Protestant Church of England • Marriage alliances – the person and the State • Mary I’s marriage with Philip (later Philip II of Spain) • Marriage proposals for Elizabeth I • Wars and treaties – diplomacy domestic and foreign • Naval power, War against the Armada & Sir Francis Drake • Treaty with the Netherlands • Irish rebellion • Relationship between Scotland and England – James I

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8. Parallel view: Calendar and Document Examination of Robert Wayland, gent.:— 1. Has known Sir Walter Leveson 23 years. 2. Sir Walter divers times persuaded him to practise with him to make divers powders and other things, and to prove their effect and promised him for his pains the manor of Hales or Parton. 3. Sir Walter said he could so poison a silver cup or bowl that whosoever drank thereof would be poisoned, and showed him how; viz., that he would first put a toad called Rubata into the cup, and put a silver cover upon it, and then coals on the covers by which means the heat of the fire would open the pores of the silver cup, and draw in the poison of the toad. 4. At Lilleshall Sir Walter put in practice a perfume that would poison those that smelt it as they lay in bed; as it was distilling, the bottom of the still melted, and the perfume being in the fire, the savour thereof was so noisome to them that smelt it that it almost poisoned them; a servant caused a smith, tenant of Sir Walter's, to make a perfuming pot for the purpose. 5. Sir Walter said that Pascal Tapscott gave Robt. Greise, the boy of his kitchen, a potion that he thought he would have died thereof. 6. Sir Walter told him that if he cut the bristles of a horse's tail and minced them, and put it amongst buttered fish or minced meat, it would destroy any man's stomach, and no physic would help it. 7. He has often requested examinate to buy things of vennmous qualities, as the powder of glass, ratsbane, or Seneca; refusing to buy it, he went himself for it to an apothecary's near the Palace at Westminster, and said it was to kill rats in his chamber at Lambeth; but after that he caused cakes to me made therewith, and willed

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10. 19th Century BLNewspapers 17th & 18th Century BL Newspapers; The Burney Collection British Library Newspapers – 1600-1900 • Two Collections • Cross-searchable • One Interface

11. 19th Century British Library Newspapers • 48 Historical Newspapers • 2M pages; 15M articles • National and regional titles – global issues • Full runs of daily/weekly publications • Sourced from The British Library • Selected by leading experts • Funded by JISC • Free to UKHE and FE Institutions

12. The Burney Collection – C17th & C18th Newspapers • 1M pages; 3M articles • Based on authoritative bibliography by Rev. Charles Burney • Contains many unique items: • First successful London daily • First illustratednewspaper • Dutch papers for English readers • Colonial papers from Americas, Asia & Africa

13. 19th Century U.K. Periodicals Online, 1800-1900 New Readerships: Women’s, Children’s, Humor & Leisure/Sport Empire: Travel and Anthropology, Economics, Missionary & Colonial Culture: Literature, Visual and Performing Arts Working Life: Agriculture, the Professions, Trade and Industry and Medicine Knowledge: Academic, Field Sciences, Philanthropic, Political, Religion and Scientific Journals 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Major series – covers events, life, values and themes that shaped the 19th century world

14. Series 1; New Readerships: Women’s, Children’s, Humour and Leisure/Sport Series 1; New Readerships: Women’s, Children’s, Humour and Leisure/Sport First series reflects the rise of commercial lifestyle publishing and modern magazine culture in Britain. Acquired by JISC Collections on behalf of the UK Higher Education Community

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