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Sir

Francis Cohen, July 1788 – 6 July 1861) was an English archivist and

historian. He

was Deputy Keeper (chief executive) of the Public Record

Office from its foundation in 1838 until his death; and he is

also remembered for his many scholarly publications. Francis Cohen was born in

London, the son of Meyer Cohen, a Jewish stockbroker (d. 1831) by his wife

Rachel Levien Cohen (d. 1815). He was initially articled as a clerk to a London

solicitor's firm, and remained there as chief clerk until 1822. His father was

financially ruined in 1810 and Francis, the eldest son, became responsible for

supporting his parents. Around 1814, Francis Cohen began contributing to

the Edinburgh Review; he made the acquaintance

of the banker Dawson Turner and his daughter Elizabeth

in 1819, offering to correct the proofs of of Normandy. In 1821, Francis Cohen was admitted to the Fellowship of the Royal Society, one of

his sponsors being Turner. Cohen converted to Anglican Christianity

before his marriage to Elizabeth Turner on 13 October 1823. Around the time of

his marriage, Cohen also changed his surname to "Palgrave" (his

wife's mother's maiden name) by royal licence. It is not

clear if either the religious conversion or the name change were conditions of

his marriage; however, his father-in-law paid for the expenses of the name

change, and settled £3,000 on the couple. Palgrave was called to the

bar in 1827 (after a long period working for solicitors,

1803–1822). In 1822, he had advocated publishing the national records, and from

1827 he edited several volumes of medieval texts for the Record

Commission, including Parliamentary Writs and Writs of

Military Summons (2 volumes, 1827 and 1834; including in vol. 2 a text

of Nomina Villarum) and Rotuli Curiae

Regis: Rolls and Records of the Court held before the King's Justiciars or

Justices (2 volumes, 1835). Meanwhile, he was also publishing

historical works of his own, including A History of England (1831), The

Rise and Progress of the English Commonwealth (1832), An Essay

on the Original Authority of the King's Council (1834), Truths

and Fictions of the Middle Ages: the Merchant and the Friar (1837)

and The History of Normandy and England (1851–64, 4 volumes,

of which the last two appeared posthumously). Palgrave is considered the

founder of the Public Record Office. In 1834 he

succeeded John Caley as the Keeper of the Records in

the chapter house of Westminster

Abbey, in which were stored the ancient records of the Exchequer (including Domesday Book),

as well as various parliamentary records. From this appointment emerged another

important editorial work for the Record Commission, The Ancient

Kalendars and Inventories of the Treasury of His Majesty's Exchequer (3

volumes, 1836). In 1838 he was appointed Deputy Keeper of the new Public Record

Office, holding that position until his death. In

this position, he issued a series of 22 annual reports. Palgrave was knighted

in 1832. In 1834, he was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and

a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1860.

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