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A set of accounts from James I’s Master of the Revels which record one of the first performances of Shakespeare’s Othello in the run-up to Christmas 1604 will be on show at The National Archives from 12 January-5 February. Edward Tilney’s accounts book shows “The Moor of Venice” being performed in Banqueting House, Whitehall, on […]
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From today, visitors to The National Archives can request access to records from Parliament’s Archive which are now housed at Kew. The Beaverbrook Library Collections which has historically been the most requested set of records, will be available first. It comprises papers from major political figures including David Lloyd George, Lord Beaverbrook and Andrew Bonar […]
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Two hundred and fifty years after her birth on 16 December 1775, Jane Austen fans will have a rare chance to see her will in The National Archives’ Love Letters exhibition, opening on 24 January. The novelist was only 41 when she died on 18 July 1817, having moved to Winchester a few weeks earlier […]
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A passionate plea for clemency from Oscar Wilde’s lover Lord Alfred Douglas goes on show in The National Archives’ Love Letters exhibition, opening in January. The letter addressed to Queen Victoria on 25 June 1895 begs her to exercise her “power of pardon” in the case of the poet and dramatist who was beginning a […]
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From 2 February 2026, The National Archives will increase fees for some services as we bring charges in line with current delivery costs. This is the first increase since 2019. The changes affect fees for document copies, research and search services, and authentication, and also introduce a new fee for accessing recently transferred historic Ministry […]
