King’s Secretary
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King’s Secretary was a principal royal administrative office in England responsible for managing the monarch’s correspondence and governmental paperwork before evolving into the more formal role of Secretary of State.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| King’s Secretary canonical | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Crown office
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royal administrative office ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | English Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| developedInto | Secretary of State NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| documentedIn |
State Papers of England
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tudor administrative records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Principal Secretary of State
ⓘ
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs NERFINISHED ⓘ Secretary of State for the Home Department NERFINISHED ⓘ Secretary of State for the Northern Department NERFINISHED ⓘ Secretary of State for the Southern Department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDuty |
advising the monarch on written policy instruments
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communicating royal decisions to officials ⓘ coordinating written communication with foreign powers ⓘ drafting royal letters ⓘ handling governmental paperwork ⓘ issuing letters under the royal signet or sign manual ⓘ keeping royal records of correspondence ⓘ managing the monarch’s correspondence ⓘ preparing royal instructions ⓘ |
| hierarchicalLevel | principal royal secretaryship ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Tudor England
NERFINISHED
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early Stuart England ⓘ late medieval England ⓘ |
| inception | medieval period ⓘ |
| location |
Palace of Westminster
NERFINISHED
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Whitehall Palace NERFINISHED ⓘ royal court of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officeHolder |
Francis Walsingham
NERFINISHED
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Henry Wriothesley NERFINISHED ⓘ John Secretary (generic title, multiple holders) ⓘ Ralph Sadler NERFINISHED ⓘ Stephen Gardiner NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Cromwell NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Wriothesley NERFINISHED ⓘ William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
English royal administration
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Royal Household of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeldBy | royal secretary ⓘ |
| precededBy | earlier informal royal clerks ⓘ |
| relativeRank | senior office in royal administration ⓘ |
| significantEvent | evolution into the formal office of Secretary of State ⓘ |
| significantRole |
centralization of royal administration
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development of early modern English bureaucracy ⓘ implementation of royal policy through written orders ⓘ management of diplomatic correspondence ⓘ |
| usedBy |
English monarch
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Tudor monarchs NERFINISHED ⓘ medieval English kings ⓘ |
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