•  17th century
The bulk of volume 1 is taken up with the years 1650-53. Also contains Birch's Life of Thurloe, and substantial appendices, including papers in the possession of the Archbishop of Canterbury.

•  17th century
Contains extensive diplomatic correspondence and other papers for 1654, the first full year of Oliver Cromwell's protectorate, and the final stages of the first Anglo-Dutch war.

•  17th century
Covers a nine-month period from December 1654 to August 1655.

•  17th century
Contains extensive diplomatic correspondence and other papers for this nine month period.

•  17th century
Contains extensive diplomatic correspondence and other papers for this nine month period.

•  17th century
Contains extensive diplomatic correspondence and other papers for this fifteen month period.

•  17th century
The last of Thurloe's seven volumes, ending with the Restoration in 1660.