Excerpt from Royal And Other Historical Letters Illustrative Of The Reign Of Henry III, Vol. 1: From The Originals in The Public Record Office; 1216-1235 In the meantime, however, the original letters had disappeared, and it was only in the year 1841 that some of the long-lost bundles were brought to light by Mr. Duffus Hardy, who made known the general character of their contents by the publication of some hasty notes, by way of materials for a calendar, in which more than two thousand of the letters were described. Others have since been found from time to time, and they are now constituted a distinct department of the Public Records. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.