British catholic policy in eighteenth-century Ireland and Quebec
PhD thesis (1998) by Karen Stanbridge, a comparative study of British Catholic legislation examining the processes leading to the legislation and their outcomes (Theses Canada Portal)

The British Presence in India in the 18th Century
Essay about the East India Company at the BBC website (Peter Marshall)

County government in Tudor England
overview essay by Steve Hindle, useful introduction to the subject
chapter in NL Jones and RL Tittler (eds), A companion to Tudor Britain (Blackwell, 2004)

Elizabeth’s Spy Network
Online essay from BBC History about Elizabeth I’s secret service and its spymaster, Francis Walsingham (Alexandra Briscoe)

European State Finance Database
website for an international project “concerned with the collection of the sources and data of European Fiscal History and their interpretation”; includes varied resources directory, related publications and bibliography (Richard and Margaret Bonney)

The First Federal Congress Project Mini-Edition
Digital edition of documents relating to the First Federal Congress, “which fleshed out the governmental structure provided for in the Constitution and ensured the new government’s stability” (Charlene Bickford et al)

Management or semi-independence? The government of Scotland from 1707-1832
seminar paper by Alex Murdoch
Institute of Historical Research e-seminars (1996-98, exact date unknown)

Journals of the House of Commons
The first eleven volumes of this official record of the House’s business, covering the period from 1547-1697 (plus a later volume for 1830), are currently available online; no doubt this will expand in the future (University of London/History of Parliament Trust)

Journals of the House of Lords
Currently includes the first twenty volumes of the official minute books of House business, 1509-1717 (and some 19th-century volumes), will probably expand (University of London/History of Parliament Trust)

Kings and Queens of Scotland to 1603
Outline information about medieval and 16th century Scottish monarchs, from the official web site of the British Monarchy

Diary, correspondence and papers of Robert ‘King’ Carter of Virginia
Transcriptions with notes and information on an eighteenth-century plantation owner and politician (Edmund Berkeley)

The Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1707
online edition of the proceedings of the Scottish parliament from the first surviving act of 1235 to the union of 1707; fully searchable database includes a wide range of records. Also provides historical background, tables of statutes, bibliography, etc (Scottish Parliament Project, University of St Andrews)

State formation in early modern England
Bibliography (Michael Braddick) (Wayback)

State Papers project
Transcriptions and images of documents from State Papers Domestic Elizabeth (TNA SP12) (Helen Good)

The Tudors
Outline information about the Tudor dynasty and government, from the official British Monarchy website