Vols. 1-13 issued as Gt. Brit. Parliament. Papers by command. C 3777, 5463, 5889-v., 6823, 7574, 7884, 9246; Cd. 928, 2052, 3134, 5291, 7842.

At head of title: Historical Manuscripts Commission (varies slightly).

Vols. 11-12 edited by R. A. Roberts, secretary of the commission; v. 13-14 by E. Salisbury; v. 15-20 by M. S. Giuseppi; v. 21-24 by G. D. Owen.

A few of the papers are in French.

"The series of these most important political and other documents commences in 1306, but papers of earlier date than the reign of Elizabeth are comparatively few. For the reigns of Elizabeth and James I, however,they constitute a body of state papers illustrative of general events and political transactions, with which the state papers preserved in the Public Record Office are alone comparable."--Roberts, R. A. The reports of the Historical Mss. Commission. London, 1920.

Vol. 1. 1306-1571

Vol. 2. 1572-1582

Vol. 3. 1583-1589

Vol. 4. 1590-1594

Vol. 5. 1594-1595

Vol. 6. 1596

Vol. 7. 1597

Vol. 8. 1598

Vol. 9. 1599

Vol. 10. 1600

Vol. 11. 1601

Vol. 12. 1602-1603

Vol. 13. Addenda

Vol. 14. Addenda

Vol. 15. 1603

Vol. 16. 1604

Vol. 17. 1605

Vol. 18. 1606

Vol. 19. 1607

Vol. 20. 1608

Vol. 21. 1609-1612

Vol. 22. 1612-1668

Vol. 23. Addenda, 1562-1605

Vol. 24. Addenda, 1605-1668.