Following on from the checklist of the Journals of the Houses of Lords and Commons, this is a list of calendars of manuscripts found in the archives of the House of Lords, covering the years 1450 to 1718, (with standing orders up to 1848) compiled by the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts (RCHM).
The RCHM’s Reports on the Manuscripts of the House of Lords fall into three series. The first was the ‘Calendar of House of Lords Manuscripts’ spread over and contained within multiple volumes of the general RCHM Reports. The second series, ‘The Manuscripts of the House of Lords’, and the third, ‘The Manuscripts of the House of Lords (New Series)’, were full volumes in their own right, the former being Appendices to the 11th, 12th, 13th and 14th Reports of the RCHM, and the latter issued independently, but following the same standards. The final volume was published in 1977, and includes standing orders up to 1848.
(See ‘Historical Manuscripts Commission (List of Reports)‘ and ‘A Guide to the Reports on Collections of Manuscripts‘ for bibliographic information.)
Calendars of House of Lords Manuscripts in the Reports of the RCHM
1st Report: Select Letters, 1641-1645: Archive.org.
3rd Report: 1450-1624/5: Google.
4th Report: 1625-1641 & supplementary material : Google.
5th Report: 1641-1643 : Google.
6th Report: 1643-1647: Google.
7th Report: 1647/8-1665 : Google.
8th Report: 1666-1671 & Supplemental: Archive.org.
9th Report: 1670-1678: Google.
The Manuscripts of the House of Lords
11th Report, Part 2: 1678 – 1688. Archive.org. Archive.org (2).
12th Report, Part 6: 1689 – 1690. Archive.org. Archive.org (2).
13th Report, Part 5: 1690 – 1691. Archive.org. Archive.org (2).
14th Report, Part 6: 1692 – 1693. Archive.org. Archive.org (2). Archive.org (3).
The Manuscripts of the House of Lords (New Series)
New Series, Volume 1: 1693 – 1695. Archive.org. Archive.org (2).
New Series, Volume 2: 1695 – 1697. Archive.org. Archive.org (2).
New Series, Volume 3: 1697 – 1699. Archive.org.
New Series, Volume 4: 1699 – 1702. Archive.org.
New Series, Volume 5: 1702 – 1704. Hathi Trust.
New Series, Volume 6: 1704 – 1706. Google Books. Google Books (2).
New Series, Volume 7: 1706 – 1708. Hathi Trust.
New Series, Volume 8: 1708 – 1710: Hathi Trust.
New Series, Volume 9: 1710 – 1712: Hathi Trust.
New Series, Volume 10: 1712 – 1714: Hathi Trust.
New Series, Volume 11: Addenda, 1514 – 1714. Hathi Trust.
New Series, Volume 12: 1714 – 1718, and standing orders to 1848. Google Books. Hathi Trust.