As with other series shelfmarked MS. Ch. and MS. Rolls, this is an artificial collection created from a range of archival sources, and the provenance of individual items is not always known.

This was not part of the collections catalogued in 1878; it was in existence by 1913, when the handlist recorded MS. Ch. Foreign. 1-5.

MSS. Ch. Foreign 11*-98* are seals only.

The main later accessions are:

• MSS. Ch. Foreign 128-153 (documents relating to Antigua and British Guiana, many post-1800)
• MSS. Ch. Foreign 156-512 (documents relating to the administration of the Duchy of Normandy, 1357-1511, purchased Sotheby's, 25 June 1973, lot 2020)
• MSS. Ch. Foreign 513-39 (further documents relating to Normandy, purchased Sotheby's, 27 June 1938, lot 89).

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