Correspondence and papers of the Secretary of State concerning the northern part of the Low Countries, the Netherlands, essentially from 1585 (though a few documents are dated earlier). The records are mainly in-letters, mostly to the Secretary of State or his assistants from the English (later British) ambassadors, envoys, ministers or other representatives at The Hague. Many draft replies are included as well as some letters from outside Holland (ie Paris, Brussels, Brest, Toulon and Madrid) but sent via The Hague or Rotterdam.