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Excerpt from The Index Library: An Index to Bills of Privy Signet, Commonly Called Signet Bills, 1584 to 1596 and 1603 to 1624, With a Calendar of Writs of Privy Seal, 1601 to 1603 <p>This, the fourth completed volume of the index library, but the first issued since the formation of the British Record Society, is a calendar and index to the Bills of Privy Signet, commonly called signe'i' bills, for the period of I 584 to 1624, with the exception of the hiatus 15964603, which is, however, partly filled up by writs of Privy Seal. A Signet Bill is one of the steps which occur in passing Letters Patent under the Great Seal of England; and this volume will consequently afford a clue to the Patent Rolls for that period. Indeed, in some instances it gives fuller informa tion, since occasionally the application for letters patent went no further than the preliminary stages, and therefore does not appear upon the Patent Rolls. Many Signet Bills are marked stayed in the Docquet Books, and others relate to matters which do not require the issue of Letters Patent. <p>About the Publisher <p>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com <p>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.