Correspondence on the publication of The House of Lords in the Middle Ages by JEP and Keith Wallis, and also with readers and those who received the book as a gift. Correspondents include: representatives of Weidenfeld and Nicolson Limited (64) including Sir [Arthur] George Weidenfeld, Chairman and Nicolas Thompson [Managing Director]; Keith Wallis (14); 10th Lord Stamford [earlier Lord Grey]; Lord Caccia, Provost of Eton College; Piers Dixon; Sir [Thomas] Barnett Cocks, Clerk of the House of Commons; Leslie Pine [former Editor of Burke’s Peerage and Landed Gentry] (2); Sir Douglas Savory; Lord Wakefield of Kendal; George Spencer (3); Sir Charles Petrie; F M Algate, Secretary of the Board of Graduate Studies, University of Cambridge, on JEP's application for a Litt. D degree on the basis of his work on the House of Lords, and translations of Herodotus (7); Patrick Duff [Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge]; 13th Lord Clifford of Chudleigh; Nigel Lawson, Editor of the Spectator; 1st Lord Simonds; David Holland, Librarian of the House of Commons; Mary, 17th Baroness Berkeley [earlier Mary Foley and Mary Foley-Berkeley]; [Arthur] Michael Ramsey [Archbishop of Canterbury]; Sir Michael Adeane [Private Secretary to the Queen] (2); Robert Mackworth-Young [Librarian of Windsor Castle, Berkshire] (2); Sir Anthony Wagner, Garter Principal King of Arms; Maurice Bond, Clerk of the Records, House of Lords; Thomas Eagle, Director of Herbert Jenkins Limited, publishers (20); Robert Perceval, Chief Clerk, Special Procedure Orders Office, House of Lords (2); representatives of Frank C Betts Limited, literary and editorial agents (7); Harold Macmillan [later 1st Lord Stockton], Macmillan and Company Limited; Basil Blackwell [Chairman, Basil Blackwell and Mott Limited]; [Herbert] Jonathan Cape [Chairman, Jonathan Cape Limited] (2).

Also includes: royalty statements; publication agreements; notes by Piers Dixon, on suggested amendments to the text; cuttings of reviews; publicity material.