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 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 The Public Records of this country have been said to excel 
 all others "in age, beauty, correctness, and authority." For a 
 period of well nigh 800 years they contain, in an almost unbroken 
 o chain of evidence, not only the political and constitutional history 
 of the realm and the remotest particulars with regard to its 
 financial and social progress, but also the history of the laud and 
 of its successive owners from generation to generation, and of the 
 legal procedure of the country from a time "whereof the memory 
 of man runneth not to the contrary." 
 
 Although many of them were buffeted about in civil wars and 
 dissensions, and others hidden away for years in noisome cellars, 
 to be the refuge and food of vermin, they have yet survived 
 to form a magnificent monument of the past, mutilated here and 
 there, it is true, by the ravages of time and neglect, but still 
 speaking with authoritative voice to the centuries to come of the 
 struggles for civil and political liberty and of the social and 
 domestic condition of the English race from its earliest infancy to 
 the present time. 
 
 The history of their many vicissitudes, and of the alternate care 
 and neglect with which they have been treated for centuries, has 
 been so exhaustively dwelt upon by previous writers that its repe- 
 tition here would be both tedious and unnecessary. Suffice 
 it, therefore, to say that within the walls of the stately, albeit 
 unfinished Record Repository, the construction of which on the 
 Rolls Estate was commenced in 1651, are now collected togethei 
 all the muniments of the Superior Courts of Law anciently 
 preserved in their respective Treasuries (and subsequently in the 
 several Record Offices established in the Tower of London, the 
 Rolls Chapel Office, the Chapter House at Westminster, the 
 King's Mews at Charing Cross, Carlton Ride, and other places 
 of deposit), as well as those of Special or Abolished Jurisdictions 
 from all parts of the country. To these have been added the 
 entire contents of the State Paper Office at Westminster, which 
 was amalgamated with the Public Record Office in 18o4, and 
 the Books Papers, and Documents of the various Government 
 Departments to a comparatively recent date. 
 
 The charge and superintendence, and, either by the Act itself 
 
 or by a warrant in pursuance thereof, the custody also of the 
 
 whole of these was vested in the Master of the Rolls by the 
 
 Act 1 and 2 Vict., c. 94., known as the ''Public Record Act," 
 
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 IV 
 
 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 and by an Order of the Privy Council, dated 5th March 1852, 
 all the Records belonging to Her Majesty, deposited in any office, 
 court, place, or custody other than those named in the Public 
 Record Act were placed thenceforth " under the charge and 
 superintendence '" of the Master of the Rolls, subject and according 
 to the provisions of the said Act. 
 
 Some idea of the nature and extent of the vast collection now 
 deposited in the Public Record Office may be gathered from the 
 following enumeration of the several Sub-Divisions or groups of 
 Records of which it consists: — * 
 
 CONTENTS OF THE PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE. 
 
 (1.) Records of the Superior Courts of Law, as 
 follows : — 
 
 The Court of Chancery. 
 
 „ Queen's Bench. 
 
 „ Common Pleas. 
 
 „ Exchequer, with its Branches, Ad- 
 
 ministrative and Judicial, as fol- 
 lows : — 
 
 The Exchequer of Pleas or Common Law Side. 
 
 The Queen's Remembrancer's Department or 
 Equity Side. 
 
 The Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer's Depart- 
 ment (including the Office of the Clerk of 
 the Pipe). 
 
 Tin: Augmentation Department (including the 
 abolished Courts of Augmentations and of 
 tjie General Surveyors of the King's Lands). 
 
 The First Fruits and Tenths Department (in- 
 cluding THE ABOLISHED COURT OF FlRST FRUITS 
 
 and Tenths). 
 
 The Receipt Department or "Exchequer of 
 Receipt " (including the Pells' and Auditors' 
 Offices). 
 
 The Treasury of the Exchequer or Treasury 
 of the Receipt of the Exchequer. 
 
 Tin: Land Revenue Department. 
 
 * The enormous bulk of the National Archives will, perhaps, be best exemplified 
 by the .statement that one class of documimts alone, the Close Rolls of the Court of 
 Chancery, comprises considerably over 19,000 rolls, whilst the Coram Rege and De 
 Banco Rolls, which are also numbered by thousands, are frequently of huge size — a 
 single roll of the Tudor and Stuart periods containing from 500 to 1,000 tkins of 
 parchment.
 
 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 (2.) Records of Special and Abolished Jurisdic- 
 tions, as follows: — 
 
 High Court of Admiralty. 
 
 Court of Chivalry. 
 
 High Court of Delegates. 
 
 Court <>f High Commission in Ecclesiastical Causes. 
 
 Marshalsea and Palace Courts. 
 
 Peveril Court. 
 
 Court of Requests. 
 
 Court of Star Chamber. 
 
 Court of Wards and Liveries. 
 
 (3.) Records of the Duchy of Lancaster. 
 
 (4.) „ Palatinate of Durham. 
 
 (5.) „ Palatinate of Lancaster. 
 
 (6.) „ Principality of Wales (in- 
 
 cluding the Palatinate of Chester). 
 
 (7.) State Papers and Departmental Records, in- 
 cluding : — 
 
 Records of the Admiralty. 
 
 „ Audit Office. 
 
 „ Colonial Office 'including thb 
 
 Board of Trade). 
 
 „ Foreign Office. 
 
 „ Home Office. 
 
 „ Lord Chamberlain's Department. 
 
 „ Treasury. 
 
 „ War Office. 
 
 Records of various abolished Offices and expired 
 Commissions.
 
 Tl 
 
 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 In order to afford some guide as to the manner and sequence 
 in which the judicial document?, which constitute the greater part 
 of those described in the present volume, came into existence, a 
 brief sketcli of the nature and origin of the Superior Courts of 
 Law and of such of the Special and abolished Jurisdictions as are 
 represented in the Public Records, and also of the duties of the 
 principal Officers attached to such Courts, is appended.* It 
 must be borne in mind that the several Courts are described 
 as they existed prior to the passing of the Supreme Court of 
 Judicature Act of 1873. 
 
 A brief account is also given of each of the remaining Sub- 
 Divisions of the Public Records. 
 
 DESCRIPTION OF THE COURTS OF LAW. 
 
 The term Court or Curia was originally used to denote simply 
 the Palace or Residence of the King, but came eventually to have 
 a more especial signification, namely, that of the place in which 
 justice was administered. In the process of time the King's Court 
 became subdivided into four branches known as the Superior 
 Courts, and generally held at Westminster, consisting of the King's 
 Bench, the Chancery, the Common Pleas, and the Exchequer, all 
 of which were Courts of Record. 
 
 In addition to these there were numerous Courts having special 
 or limited jurisdiction, some of which were Courts of Record, 
 whilst others were not of Record, and therefore known as Base 
 Courts. 
 
 A Court of Record was one which had the power to hold pleas 
 according to the course of the Common Law in real, personal, 
 and mixed actions, when the debt or damage in dispute amounted 
 to or exceeded 40*., and, being a King's Court, had authority to 
 tine and imprison ; while the Base Courts could only hold pleas 
 relating to sums under the amount specified, and could neither 
 impose a fine nor imprisonment, nor were their proceedings 
 < nrolled ; of this description were the County Courts, Courts 
 Baron, kc. 
 
 The Rolle of the Superior Courts of Record were of such 
 authority that no proof could be admitted against them, and they 
 were triable only by themselves in pursuance of a Writ of Error ; 
 whilst in Courts not of Record the proceedings might be denied 
 and tried by a Jury, and a Writ of false judgment be thereupon 
 issued. 
 
 All the inferior Courts of Law were regulated by the Court of 
 King's Bench, which took care that they did not exceed their 
 jurisdictions or alter their forms. 
 
 * The statements relating to the nature, &c. of the earlier Courts of Law are 
 taken from Sir Tho-. Hardy's Introduction to the Close Rolls.
 
 VII 
 
 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 The Curia Regis or Aula Regis. 
 
 This Court took its name from the place in which ii 
 was held, the Hall or Court of the King's Palace. It 
 appears to have been of Norman origin, and the name 
 was originally applied to an assembly exercising both 
 legislative and judicial functions, which, under the Norman 
 rule, supplied in all probability the place of the Saxon 
 Wittenngemote or Common Council. In the Curia 1: 
 were discussed and tried all pleas immediately concerning 
 the Kino- and the Realm, and suitors were allowed, upon 
 payment of small fines to remove their plaints from 
 inferior jurisdictions of Saxon origin into this Court, so 
 that, in the reign of Henry I., it had become the regular 
 Court of Appeal from all the Courts of ordinary jurisdic- 
 tion. 
 
 These inferior tribunals, such as the County Courts, 
 Hundred Courts, and Courts Baron, were so numerous as 
 to cause serious inconvenience, and the ignorance or 
 partiality of the judges gave rise to much venality and 
 debasement of the laws. To put a stop to these irregu- 
 larities '' men versed and experienced in the laws and 
 " constitution of the Realm'* were appointed in the reign 
 of Henry the First as Itinerant Justices, to go on circuits 
 through every part of the kingdom, and to hear and 
 determine pleas, as well civil and criminal as pleas of the 
 Crown, arising within the several districts assigned to 
 them, and these appointments were finally established and 
 the kingdom divided into six circuits at the Council of 
 Northampton in the 22nd year of Henry the Second. 
 
 In the same reign the judicial business of the Curia 
 Regis appears to have been separated from its legislative 
 functions, and the Court definitely established as a legal 
 tribunal. 
 
 This step appears to have been taken by the King in 
 consequence ot complaints made to him of the partiality 
 of his " Justiciar " resiant in his Court, whose number he 
 reduced from 18 to 5, and enacted "quod illi quinque 
 " audirent omnes clamores regni et rectum facerent ; et 
 " quod a Curia Regis non recederent, Bed ibi ad audi- 
 " endum clamores hominum remanerent, ita ut, si aliqua 
 " qusestio inter cos veniret, qua) per eos ad finem duci 
 " non posset, auditui rcgi prsesentaretur et sicut ei, et 
 " sapientoribus regni placeret, terminaretur." 
 
 Here we have the establishment not only of a permanent 
 Court of Justice in the King's Court, but also of a still 
 higher tribunal, that of the KlNG IN Council, to whom 
 appeal was to be made in cases of difficulty.
 
 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 The jurisdiction of the Curia Regis became eventually 
 so extensive, and the business transacted therein was of so 
 miscellaneous a character, that a sub-division of the Court 
 into distinct Departments became absolutely necessary, 
 and such a division is believed to have taken place at the 
 latter end of the reign of Richard the First. " Thence- 
 " forth pleas touching the Crown, together with common 
 " pleas of a civil and criminal nature, were continued to 
 " the Curia Regis ; plaints of a fiscal kind were trans- 
 " ferred to the Exchequer ; and for the Court of 
 " Chancery were reserved all matters unappropriated by 
 " the other Courts.'' 
 
 A further division took place in the 17th year of King 
 John, when, by the 11th chapter of Magna Charta, the 
 Court of Common Pleas was separated from the Curia 
 Regis and made stationary, being held thenceforward in 
 Westminster Hall. After this separation the Curia Regis 
 continued to be the superior Court of Law for all 
 criminal matters, and became eventually the Court of 
 King's Bench. 
 
 It does not appear at what precise period the change of 
 title took place, but in the old Calendars the Records are 
 called rolls of the Curia Regis to the end of the reign of 
 Henry the Third, after which date they are called rolls of 
 the Kind's Bench. 
 
 The Concilium Regis, or Select Council. 
 
 The Concilium Regis consisted of the Chancellor, the 
 Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer, the Judges of 
 either Bench, the Itinerant Justices and Justices of 
 A -size, the great officers of State, and such of the 
 dignified clergy as it pleased the King to summon. There 
 was anolher Council with which this has sometimes been 
 confounded, called the Commune Concilium or National 
 Assembly, which met at the three great festivals of the 
 year, and was composed of "all the great men over all 
 " England, Archbishops and Bishops, Abbots and Earls, 
 " Thegns and Cniths ;" but the Concilium Regis appears 
 to have been a Select Council chosen from the members 
 of the more numerous assembly, and exercising peculiar 
 functions. Thus " it was always about the King, attended 
 " upon him in all his expeditions, and followed him in all 
 " his progresses through the kingdom ; petitions were 
 " constantly referred to it, and remedies provided by it 
 " without delay, and doubtful and intricate points of law 
 " were there discussed and determined without waiting for
 
 IX 
 
 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 " the stated meetings of the Common Council or convoking 
 " an extraordinary assembly." To it, as has been stated, 
 appeal was directed to be made from the Curia Regis by 
 Henry II., and it continued to exercise it- judicial functions 
 for upwards of three hundred years until in course of time it 
 came to be superseded by the Court of Chancery, the people 
 finding it more expeditious and satisfactory to address 
 their petitions to the Chancellor direct, knowing that to 
 that high officer they would ultimately he referred. 
 
 After the equitable jurisdiction of the Court of Chan- 
 cery was established, the ancient Council by degrees 
 became extinct in consequence of the greater part of its 
 functions devolving upon the Chancellor. The modern 
 Privy Council appears to have grown out of the Select 
 Council about the reign of Richard the Second. 
 
 The Court of Chancery. 
 
 The Office of Chancellor was of very great antiquity 
 and of paramount importance. 
 
 The Chancellor was originally the King's Principal 
 Secretary, and had the direction and conduct of all 
 foreign affairs, performing most of the business which 
 is now done by the Secretaries of State. He was usually 
 a bishop or prelate, and was the head of the King's 
 Chapel, and in the earlier periods of English history his 
 Confessor. Hence he has been called the Keeper of the 
 King's Conscience. He had the supervision of all 
 charter?, letters, and other public instrument?, and the 
 custody of the Great Seal. He also supervised and 
 sealed" the writs and precepts that issued in proceedings 
 pending in the King's Court and in the Exchequer, and 
 acted 'together with the Justiciaries and other great 
 officers in matters of revenue at the Exchequer and else- 
 where. 
 
 His rank in the Council was very high, and to him all 
 petitions addressed to the King in Council were referred 
 in the first instance to decide whether the cases were of 
 sufficient importance for the King's interference, and if 
 not, with the assistance of the other judicial officers, to 
 give the required relief. 
 
 The establishment of the Chancery as a Court of 
 Justice seems to have taken place about the end of the 
 reign of Richard I., when the business of the Curia Regis 
 was sub-divided amongst the principal officers of that 
 Court, and its jurisdiction rapidly became very extensive.
 
 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 Until the commencement of the reign of Edward III. 
 the Chancellor and other " wise men of the law " were 
 alwavs in attendance on the King to assist him with 
 their advice in cases of difficulty and need. At that time, 
 however, the Chancery ceased to follow the King and 
 became stationary, and consequently the petitions 
 addressed to the King in Council were sent to the 
 Chancellor " in Cancellaria ; " and in the 22nd year of 
 Edward III. a writ was addressed to the Chancellor 
 investing him with full power to exercise jurisdiction in 
 matters of grace and favour, and to this period may be 
 traced the commencement of the Chancellor's indepen- 
 dent jurisdiction in matters of equity. 
 
 The jurisdictron of the Court of Chancery was of two 
 kinds, ordinary and extraordinary. 
 
 The ordinary jurisdiction was that wherein the Lord 
 Chancellor, &c. in his proceedings and judgments was 
 bound to observe the order and method of the Common 
 Law, and the extraordinary jurisdiction was that which 
 this Court exercised in matters of equity. 
 
 The ordinary Court held plea of recognizances 
 acknowledged in the Chancery, on writs of scire facias for 
 repeal of letters patent, writs of partition, &c, and also of 
 all personal actions by or against officers of the Court ; 
 and all Original Writs, Commissions of bankruptcy, 
 lunacy, idiotcy, charitable uses, and other Commissions 
 issued out of this Court. 
 
 The extraordinary Court, or Court of Equity, proceeded 
 by the rules of equity and conscience, and moderated the 
 rigour of the Common Law, considering the intention 
 rather than the words of the law, "equity being the 
 " correction of that wherein the law, by reason of its 
 " universality, is deficient." 
 
 A suit to the equity jurisdiction of the Court of 
 Chancery was commenced by preferring a Bill (signed by 
 Counsel) in the nature of a petition to the Lord Chan- 
 cellor, Lord Keeper, or Lords Commissioners of the 
 Great Seal. If the suit, however, was instituted on behalf 
 of the Crown, or of those whose rights are under its 
 protection, as the objects of a public chanty, the matter of 
 complaint was offered by way of an Information presented 
 by the proper officer, usually the Attorney-General. 
 
 Except in some few instances, bills and informations 
 subsequent to the reign of Richard III. have been 
 always in the English language ; and a suit thus pre- 
 ferred is therefore commonly termed a suit by English 
 BUI, by way of distinction from the proceedings in suits 
 within the ordinary jurisdiction of the Court, which,
 
 XI 
 
 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 till the statute of 4 Geo. IT., were entered and enrolled 
 in the French or Latin tongue m the same manner 
 the pleadings in the other Courts of Common Law. 
 
 The proceedings on the Common Law Bide of Chancery 
 
 consist of pleas on matters of record, viz. on Writs of 
 • 3< ire Faciaa " for the repeal of the Letu-rs Patent ; on 
 "Writs of partition of land in coparcenary and for dower ; 
 upon recognizances acknowledged pursuant to statute 
 merchant and statute staple ; in traverses of offices found 
 for the Crown by inquisition ; and in matters of lunacy 
 and idiotcy, &c. 
 
 When any fact was disputed on a "Scire Facias," 
 &c, and issue was joined thereon, it was transmitted 
 to the Court of King's Bench for trial, and finally 
 adjudicated in that Court, and not afterwards returned 
 into Chancery except when a tenor of the proceedings 
 was asked for by a Writ of Certiorari. Isone of the 
 Records delivered by the Chancellor to the Chief Justice 
 of the King's Bench were ever remanded back into 
 Chancery. 
 
 It appears from a Petition to Parliament in the second 
 year of Henry IV. that when an issue of fact was joined 
 on the Common Law side of Chancery, the Chancellor, 
 instead of sending the issue to be tried in the Court of 
 King's Bench, was in the habit of calling the Common 
 Law Judges into Chancery to assist him in the discussion 
 of such issues, " to the great delay of the law and the 
 damage of the people ;" but the matter appears to have 
 been left to the Chancellor's discretion. 
 
 But few of these pleas are now extant. 
 
 The Principal Officers of the Court of Chancery, in 
 addition to the Master of the Rolls and the Vice-Chan- 
 cellors, were as follows : — 
 
 The Masters w Chancery, to whom referen 
 were made relating to matters of practice, the state of 
 the proceedings and accounts in Chancery suits, &c., 
 whereof they made reports to the Court. They also 
 executed the orders of the Court, and by their reports 
 certified in what manner they had executed such orders. 
 They had the custody of such title deeds and original 
 instruments as the Court thought fit lo place under 
 their care. Answers and affidavits were also swan 
 before them, and they took the acknowledgmenl 
 deeds, recognizances, &c. intended to be enrolled, and 
 executed all business of that kind. Each Master 
 executed the orders of reference made to him inde- 
 pendently of the other Masters.
 
 xu 
 
 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 The Six Clerks in Chancery, or " Prothonotaries," 
 whose duty it was to receive and file all bills, answers, 
 replications, and other records in causes on the equity 
 side of the Court of Chancery, and to enter memoranda 
 of tli em in books, from which they were to certify to 
 the Court as occasion should require the state of the 
 proceedings in the various causes. 
 
 Each of the Six Clerks was assisted by a certain 
 number of under clerks, or sworn clerks, of whom there 
 were generally ten to each clerk, the whole number 
 being known as the Sixty Clerks. 
 
 All the Records in the Office of the Six Clerks 
 remained in their respective studies for the space of six 
 terms, in order that the sworn clerks might resort to 
 them when necessaiy without fee. After that time, 
 they were sorted into bundles and deposited in the 
 Record room. 
 
 In addition to these duties the Six Clerks made out 
 certain Warrants and Patents, such as Patents for 
 Ambassadors, Sheriffs Patents, &c. 
 
 The Six Clerks Avere abolished by Stat. 5 & 6 Vict., 
 and their duties transferred to the Clerks of Records 
 and Writs. 
 
 The Cursitors, called also Clerks of Course or 
 Clerici de Curs?/, made out all original writs and 
 processes returnable in the Court of King's Bench 
 and elsewhere. They were 24 in number, and were 
 abolished by Stat. 5 & 6 Wm. IV., and their duties 
 transferred to the Petty Bag Office. 
 
 The Clerks of Records axd Writs were ap- 
 pointed by Stat. 5 & G Vict., 1842, to succeed to the 
 duties and Records of the Six Clerks in Chancery. 
 
 The Registrars. The duties of the Registrars 
 were to attend the Court and take Minutes of all 
 directions given, and to draw up the decrees, dismis- 
 sions, and orders, which they entered in Registers. 
 
 The " Report Office " was a branch of the Registrars' 
 Office, and in it were received and filed all Reports and 
 Certificates made by the Masters and the Accountant- 
 General. To it on the first day of Michaelmas term in 
 each year were transferred the Decrees and Orders of the 
 previous year, and in the Report Office were kept the 
 Entry Books of Decrees and Orders from the time of 
 Henry VIII., inclusive. 
 
 In the Report Office was also kept an account of all 
 moneys, funds,, and effects belonging to the suitors of 
 the Court, of which a similar account was kept at the
 
 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 Bank of England, and another at the Accountant- 
 general's ( Office. 
 
 The Clerk of the Hanapeb. The duties of the 
 Clerk of the Hanaper were to get in the several ancient 
 revenues of the Crown made payable to the Clerk of 
 the Hanaper for the time being, and to pay thereout 
 certain salaries and allowances to divers officers of the 
 Court of Chancery by virtue of patents or of warrants 
 under the authority of the Lord Chancellor, &c. 
 
 Accounts of these receipts and payments were made 
 up and passed annually before the Commissioners for 
 auditing the public Accounts. 
 
 It was also the duty of this Officer to take an account 
 of all patents, commissions, and grants that pass the 
 Great Seal, and to register ihe same in his office ; to 
 collect the ancient fees thereon, and to account for 
 certain proportions to the King, and to divers officers of 
 the Court of Chancery. 
 
 The Hanaper Office was so called from the ancient 
 practice of keeping the writs and returns relating to 
 the business of the subject in a hamper, " in hanaperio," 
 while those relating to such matters as immediately 
 concerned the Crown were kept in a little sack or basr, 
 in parvd baffd, whence the title of the Petty Bas: 
 Office. 
 
 The Clerks of the Petty Bag. These were 
 originally three in number, and a great variety of 
 business passed through their hands. They made out 
 all Writs of Summons to Parliament, and the Writs of 
 Conge d'elire for the electing of Archbishops and 
 Bishops, with the Royal Assents, Patents of Assistance 
 and Restitution of Temporalities thereto belonging, 
 and all patents for the appointment of Collectors of 
 Customs, Searchers, and Tide waiters. 
 
 They also made out all attachments of privilege, and 
 drew up the declarations and pleadings for and against 
 Officers of the Court of Chancery and other privileged 
 persons, and also on traverses of escheats and lunacies. 
 They drew up all proceedings on Writs of Scire facias, 
 and other proceedings on recognizances and bonds 
 enrolled in Chancery, and made out all re-extents and 
 liberates on the Statute Staple. They made out all 
 special Writs of Scire facias to revoke letters patent : 
 Commissions to inquire of lands purchased by aliens, or 
 given to superstitious uses, or derelict bj the sea, and 
 of all estates escheated or forfeited to the Crown for 
 want of an heir, or by attainder, outlawry, or conviction of
 
 XIV 
 
 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 treason or felony ; and Writs of Certiorari for removing 
 Acts of Parliament and other Records into Chancery, 
 which -were then filed in the Petty Bag Office for the 
 information of the Court. 
 
 They administered the oaths to Solicitors and various 
 officers of the Court of Chancery, and enrolled their ad- 
 missions. They also enrolled Surrenders of Offices, and 
 until the Stat. 5 & 6 Win. IV., the Specifications of patent 
 inventions, and transacted a variety of other business. 
 On the abolition of the Cursitors their duties were 
 transferred to this office. 
 
 By Stat. 11 & 12 Vict, c. 94., the Clerks of the Petty 
 Bag were reduced to a single Clerk, and the office was 
 finally abolished in 1889. 
 
 The Clerk of the Custodies. It was the duty of 
 this Officer to make out Commissions of idiotcy and 
 lunacy, and to transact the business connected there- 
 with. 
 
 The office was abolished by Stat. 2 & 3 Win IV., 
 and the duties transferred to the Secretary of Lunatics. 
 
 The Clerk of the Presentations. This officer 
 made out the Letters Patent for grants of all ecclesi- 
 astical benefices and dignities (except bishoprics) in the 
 gift of the Crown, of which he kept docket books, the 
 grants being enrolled on the Patent Rolls. 
 
 The Clerk of the Dispensations and Faculties. 
 The duties of the Dispensation Office in Chancery 
 were to make out and register confirmations of bishop's 
 commendams, and of disp3nsations and doctors' degrees 
 granted by the Archbishop of Canterbury, and also to 
 register Masters of Arts' degrees and notarial faculties 
 granted by the Archbishop of Canterbury. These 
 confirmations were then passed under the Great Seal 
 and enrolled on Rolls called Dispensation Rolls. 
 
 The Clerk of the Letters Patent. This officer 
 appointed by Letters Patent 16 Jas. I., and his 
 duly was to write and dispatch all grants, confirmations, 
 charters, and letters patent under the Great Seal, the 
 \\r ting whereof did not belong or had not been already 
 granted to any other officer of the Court of Chancery. 
 The office was abolished by Stat, 2 & 3 Win. IV. 
 
 The Clerk of the Crown. The duties of the 
 Clerk of the Crown in Chancery were as follows: — 
 
 To continually attend the Lord Chancellor in person 
 or by deputy, to write and pivpare for the Great Seal 
 all Commissions for the King's service, viz., Commis- 
 sions of Lieutenancy, of Justices of Assize, of Oyer
 
 XV 
 
 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 and Terminer, Gaol Delivery, ami Commissions of the 
 Peace, &c. 
 
 He also made out all general and special pardons, 
 writs for summoning Peers to Parliament on their 
 creation or succession ; and writs for new members of 
 the House of Commons on the occurrence of any vacancy, 
 lie received and iilod the returns from the Sheriffs of 
 the members of the House of Commons on their election, 
 and certified the said returns to the House. He aho 
 received and iilcd the returns of the 1G Peers eh. 
 to represent Scotland, and certified the same to the 
 House; and ou the first day of every Parliament he 
 attended the House with the return book of the members 
 of the new Parliament. He also claimed to administer 
 the oaths to the Lord Chancellor, Master of the 
 Rolls, &c., &c. 
 
 The Examiners ra Chancery. These conducted 
 the examination of all witnesses in Chancery suits 
 ■who could be examined in London, and took their 
 depositions in writing, which were called Town 
 Depositions. 
 
 The Clerk of Inrolments and others. 
 
 The Court of King's Bench. 
 
 This Court was the remnant of the ancient Curia Regis 
 or King's Court, which changed its title into that of 
 Bancus Regius or King's Bench about the end of the 
 reign of Henry the Third. It was so called because the 
 King used formerly to sic in Court in person, the style of 
 the Court being afterwards continued as coram ipso rege. 
 During the reign of a Queen it was called the Queen's 
 Bench, and during the Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell it 
 was styled the Upper Bench. 
 
 The Court of King's Bench consisted of a Chief Justice 
 and three puisne Judges, formerly four or five. Although 
 the King occasionally sat himself in this Court, and was 
 always supposed to do so, he did not determine any cause 
 or motion except by the mouth of his Judges, to whom he 
 committed his whole judicial authority. This Court was 
 not, nor could it, from its nature and constitution, be 
 fixed to any certain place, but followed the Ring's 
 person wherever he went, for which reason all process 
 issuing out of it in the King's name was returnable " - ubi- 
 cunque luerimus in Anglia," wheresoever we shall then 
 be in England. It was, indeed, for some centuries past 
 usually held at Westminster, being an ancient palace
 
 XVI 
 
 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 of the Crown, " but might remove with the King to York 
 " or Exeter if he thought proper to command it." 
 
 After the division of the Curia Regis, and the establish- 
 ment of the Court of Common Pleas for the express pur- 
 pose of determining civil suits, the Court of King's Bench 
 exercised especial jurisdiction in all criminal matters and 
 pleas of the Crown, leaving the judgment of private con- 
 tracts and civil actions to the Common Pleas and other 
 Courts. 
 
 The more modern jurisdiction of the Court was very- 
 high and transcendent, and it afterwards took cognizance 
 of both criminal and civil causes ; the former in what was 
 called the Crown side or Crown Office, the latter in the 
 Plea side of the Court. 
 
 On the Crown side it took cognizance of all criminal 
 cmses, from high treason down to the most trivial 
 misdemeanour or breach of the peace. Into this Court 
 also indictments from all inferior Courts might be re- 
 moved by writ of certiorari and tried, either at bar or at 
 nisi ])rius, by a Jury of the County out of which the 
 indictment was brought. 
 
 The Plea side or civil branch of this Court originally 
 took cognizance of all actions of trespass or other injury 
 alleged to be committed vi et armis ; of actions for forgery 
 of deeds, maintenance, conspiracy, deceit, and actions on 
 the case which allege any falsity or fraud ; and all actions 
 which savour of a criminal nature although the action is 
 brought for a civil remedy, or which make the defendant 
 liable in strictness to pay a fine to the King as Avell as 
 damages to the injured party. But the Court might hold 
 plea of any civil action, provided the defendant was an 
 officer of the Court or in the custody of the Marshal of the 
 Court for a breach of the peace or any other offence. 
 
 .And thus in process of time it began by a legal fiction 
 to hold plea of all personal actions whatsoever, it being 
 surmised that the defendant was arrested for a supposed 
 trespass, which he had never in reality committed, and 
 bein<T thus in the custody of the Marshal of the Court, 
 tiie plaintiff was at liberty to proceed against him for any 
 other personal injury. 
 
 The principal Officers of the King's Bench were as 
 follows : — 
 
 On the Crown Side: 
 
 The Clerk of the Crown, or Clerk of the Crown 
 
 Office, who framed and recorded all Indictments against 
 
 offenders therein arraigned of any public crime ; he also 
 
 taxed costs, nominated all Special Juries on the Crown
 
 xvii 
 
 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 Side, took recognizance- and inquisitions on the death 
 of any prisoner dying in the King's Bench Prison, &c. 
 
 The SECONDARY, who drew up the paper books and 
 made an estreat of all tine-, &c. forfeited to the Crown. 
 
 The Clerk of the Rules, the Examiner, the 
 Calendar Keeper, and the Clerks in Court. 
 
 On the Plea Side : 
 
 The Chief Clerks. 
 
 The SECONDARY, who signed all judgments, &c. and 
 in whose office were filed all writs returned, &c. 
 
 The CUSTOS BbeviUM, who filed all original writs 
 and writs in Outlawry, and iiad several clerks under 
 him for making up Records throughout England. 
 
 The Clerk of the Papers, who made up the Paper 
 Book of "Special Pleas and Demurrers,"' &c. 
 
 The Clerk of the Declarations. 
 
 The Clerk of the Rules. 
 
 The Clerk of the Bails and Posteas. 
 
 The Clerk of the Error-. 
 
 The Filacers, and others. 
 
 The Court of Common Pleas. 
 
 The Court of Common Pleas was originally a branch 
 of the Curia Regis or King's Court, from which it was 
 separated in the 17th year of King John by one of the 
 clauses of Magna Charta, which directed that the Common 
 Pleas should no longer follow the King, but should be 
 held in a certain place, to wit, in Westminster Hall ; and 
 after that period all the writs ran "quod sit coram justi- 
 ciars meis apud Westmonasterium," whereas before that 
 the party was required by them to appear "coram me et 
 justiciariis meis," without any addition of place. 
 
 The jurisdiction of the Court of Common Pleas was 
 general, and extended itself throughout England. It held 
 plea of all civil causes at Common Law, between subject 
 and subject, in actions real, personal, and mixed ; but had 
 no cognizance of pleas of the Crown. The authority of the 
 Court was founded on original writs issuing out of Chancery, 
 which writs were the King's mandates for the Court to 
 proceed in the determination of the causes mentioned 
 therein. 
 
 The reason of the original writs issuing out of Chancery 
 was that when the Courts were united, as was formerly the 
 case, the Chancellor held the seal, and when they 'were 
 divided he, still retaining possession of the sea), continued 
 to seal all original writs. 
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 XVlll 
 
 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 There were four J ridges of the Court of Common Pleas,. 
 who were created by Letters Patent. 
 
 The principal officers of the Court were as follows: — 
 
 The Custos Bbevium, whose duty it was to receive 
 and keep all writs returnable therein, and also all records 
 of Nisi Priiis, which were delivered to him by the Clerks 
 of the Assize of every circuit, &c. The rolls were filed 
 together by him, and carried into the Treasury of the 
 cords. He also made the copies and exemplifications 
 of all records and writs, &e. 
 
 The three Prothoxotahies, whose duties were to 
 enter and enrol all declarations, pleadings, judgments, 
 &c.j and to make out all judicial writs of execution, 
 writs of privilege, &C. 
 
 The Secondaries, or assistants to the Prothonotaries, 
 who took the minutes and drew up all orders and rules 
 of Court. 
 
 The FlLAZERS, who made out all writs and process r 
 such as capias, alias, plurics, &c. between the original 
 writ and the declaration, and also all writs of view", &c. 
 
 The Exigenters, whose duty it was to make out all 
 writs of exigent and proclamations in actions of out- 
 lawry. The writ of exigent or Exigi facias was so 
 called because it exacted the appearance of the party 
 against whom it was issued within certain days of procla- 
 mation, under pain of outlawry. 
 
 The Clerk of the Warrants, who entered all 
 warrants of attorney, enrolled deeds of bargain and sale, 
 and estreated all issues. 
 
 The Clerk of tiie Essoins, who kept the roll in 
 which were entered all essoins or excuses for non-appear- 
 ance in Court by reason of sickness or other just cause 
 of absence. 
 
 The Clerk of the Juries, who made out all writs 
 of " habeas corpora juratorum," to compel the appearance 
 of juries, &c. 
 
 The Clerk of the Treasury, who kept the Records- 
 of the Court and made copies and exemplifications of 
 issues, judgments, &c. 
 
 The Clerk of the Seals, who sealed all writs and 
 mesne process, &c. 
 
 The Clerk OF THE OUTLAWRIES, who made out all 
 writs of " capias utlagatum : : ' &e. 
 
 The Clerk of the Errors, whose duty it was to 
 allow writs of error returnable in the King's Bench 
 upon proceedings in the Ccmmon Pleas, to enter all 
 the proceedings on writs of error, and to make the
 
 XIX 
 
 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 transcript of the judgment roll where required, and carry 
 it to the propei- officer of the King's Bench. 
 
 The Clerk of Enrolments of Pines and RECO- 
 VERIES, who returned all writs of entry and s< 
 writs of covenant, ,v<\, and enrolled and exemplified 
 fines and recoveries. 
 
 The Clerk of the King's Silver, who received 
 all the pre and pout lines on alienation of lands and 
 entered an extract of the Fine?, with the sums paid 
 thereon, in books called Kind's .Silver Book"-. 
 
 The CHIROGRAPHER, whose duty it was to engross 
 all fines and to deliver the several indentures to the 
 parties, fee. 
 
 The Court of Exchequer. 
 
 The Court of Exchequer, or " Sc.tccarium Regis," was 
 an ancient Court of Record wherein all cases touching the 
 rights and revenues of the Crown were heard and deter- 
 mined, and where the revenues of the Crown were received. 
 It was called the Exchequer (Fr. " Eschequier,'' Lat. 
 " Scaccarium ") from the chequered cloth resembling a 
 chess-board, which covered the table there, and on which, 
 when certain of the King's accounts were made up. the 
 sums were marked or scored with counters. It consisted 
 of two branches: the Administrative portion, which 
 managed the Royal Revenue, and was subdivided into an 
 Exchequer of Account and an Exchequer of Receipt, and 
 the Court or Judicial part of the Exchequer, which was 
 again subdixided. into a Court of Equity and a Court of 
 Common Law. 
 
 The Exchequer of Account consisted of the King s 
 Remembrancer's Department, the Lord Treasurer's Re- 
 membrancer's Department (including the Pipe Office), and 
 the Land Revenue Department, to which were sub- 
 sequently added the Augmentation Office and the First 
 Fruits and Tenths' Department ; the Exchequer of Receipt 
 comprising the Offices of the Auditors, the Clerk of the 
 Pells, &c., and the Treasury of the Receipt. 
 
 The primary and original business of the Court of 
 Exchequer was to call the King's Debtors to account, by 
 bill tiled by the Attorney General ; and to recover any 
 lands, tenements, or hereditaments, an}' goods, chattels, or 
 other profits or benefits belonging to the Crown. 
 
 Thus by their original constitution the jurisdiction of the 
 Courts of Common Pleas, King's Bench, and Exchequer 
 
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 XX 
 
 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 was entirely separate and distinct ; the Common Pleas 
 being intended to decide all controversies between 
 subject and subject ; the King's Bench to correct all 
 crimes and misdemeanours that amounted to a breach of 
 the King's peace or an infringement of the Royal Pre- 
 rogative": and the Exchequer to adjust and recover the 
 King's revenue. The Court of Exchequer was, however, 
 inferior in rank not only to the Court of King's Bench 
 but to the Common Pleas also. 
 
 The Court of Equity was held in the Exchequer 
 Chamber, before the Lord Treasurer, the Chancellor of 
 the Exchequer, the Chief Baron, and three puisne Barons. 
 In this Court the clergy for a long time used to exhibit 
 their bills for the non-payment of tithes, they being, in 
 point of fact the King's debtors, but in later years a large 
 share of this business was transferred to the Chancery. 
 On the Equity side of the Exchequer the proceedings 
 were by English bill and answer, as in the Court of Chan- 
 cery, in matters concerning the King the bills being 
 brought by the Attorney-General, and called Infor- 
 mations. The Equity jurisdiction of the Court of Ex- 
 chequer was abolished in 1841 and transferred to the 
 Court of Chancery. 
 
 As by a fiction almost all sorts of civil actions were at a 
 later period allowed to be brought in the King's Bench, in 
 like manner, by another fiction, all kinds of personal actions 
 might be prosecuted in the Court of Exchequer, and this 
 gave origin to the Common Law side of its jurisdiction, 
 which existed originally merely for the benefit of the King's 
 Accountants, and was exercised by the Barons only, and 
 not by the Treasurer or the Chancellor. The writ upon 
 which all proceedings on this side were grounded was called 
 a quo minus: in which the plaintiff suggested that he w y as 
 the King's farmer or debtor, and that the defendant had 
 done him the injury or damage complained of: quo minus 
 sufficiens exi&tit (l>y which he is the less able) to pay the 
 Kin" 1 his debt or rent. This surmise of being the King's 
 debtor, however, became eventually a mere matter of form, 
 and the Court was open to all the nation equally; and the 
 i-ame holds good with regard to the Equity side of the 
 Court, for there any person might file a bill against another 
 on the bare suggestion that he was the King's acconrptant. 
 
 The Court of Exchequer was generally held at West- 
 minster as the usual place of the King's residence, but it 
 has occasionally been held elsewhere at the King's pleasure, 
 as at Winchester, &c.
 
 XXI 
 
 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 The Exchequer, as stated by Coke in his 4th Institute, 
 has been reckoned to consist of seven Courts, viz. • 
 The Court of Pleas ; 
 The Court of Accounts ; 
 The Court of Receipts ; 
 The Court of Exchequer-Chamber (being the assembly 
 
 of all the judges of England for difficult matters of 
 
 law) ; 
 The Court of Exchequer-Chamber (for Errors in die 
 
 Exchequer). 
 
 Do. (for Errors in the King's Bench). 
 The Court of Equity in the Exchequer-Chamber. 
 The principal officers of the Court of Exchequer 
 were as follows : — 
 
 The Lord Treasurer. 
 
 The Chancellor and Under-Treasurer, who 
 had the custody of the Seal of the Court. 
 
 The Chamberlains, who had the keys of the 
 Treasury in which the Records were kept, including 
 the Domesday Book, &c. 
 
 The" King's Remembrancer, who had the custody 
 of all manner of informations on penal statutes and 
 entered the rules and orders made thereon. He also 
 called to account all the great Accountants of the 
 Crown, the Collectors of Customs, &c., and made out all 
 writs of privilege and entered judgments on pleas. He 
 also had the custody of all proceedings on English 
 Bills. 
 
 The Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer, who 
 made out all the Estreats and took an account of all debts 
 of the Sheriffs, and passed their " Foreign Accounts," &c. 
 He also issued out Writs and Process in many cases. 
 
 The Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer's office may 
 be properly said to be the office of the Court of Ex- 
 chequer, wherein the rendering of the duties of the Crown 
 to which the subject may be liable was to be enforced at 
 once by proceedings in the nature of final process; 
 whilst on the other hand the office of the King's 
 Remembrancer may be appropriately described as that 
 in which the King's debts were recoverable. 
 
 Under the words duties are comprehended all things 
 due to the King, as rents.Jines, issues, amerciaments, £c. 
 which were received or levied by the Sheriffs, while the 
 Kind's debts, to the matters concerning which the 
 King's Remembrancer's office was exclusively dedicated, 
 may' be taken to mean all such occasional debts as were
 
 xxn 
 
 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 not yet reduced to duties and put upon the Roll of the 
 Pipe. 
 
 The King's Remembrancer also had the survey and 
 prosecution of all such acts to the injury of the Crown 
 or the public a* might be considered in the nature of 
 torts or trespasses. 
 
 The Comptroller of the Pipe and the Clerk 
 of the Pipe, through whose office all accounts and 
 debts due to the King were conveyed, " as water through 
 a pipe." 
 
 The Clerk of the Estreats, who received the 
 estreats from the office of the Lord Treasurer's Re- 
 membrancer and copied them out on the Estreat Rolls. 
 
 The Foreign Apposer, who apposed, or made a 
 charge on all sheriffs, &c. of their "green wax," (i.e., 
 of the fines, issues, amerciaments, recognizances, &c. 
 certified in estreats annexed to the writ under the seal 
 of wreen wax), and delivered the same to the Clerk of 
 the Estreats to be put in process. 
 
 The three Auditors (of Receipt, Imprest, and 
 Land Revenue), who received and audited the accounts 
 of the King's Receivers, Collectors, &c. . 
 
 The Tellers, whose business it was to receive and 
 pay all sums of money. 
 
 The Clerk of the Pells, so called from his parch- 
 ment rolls or " Pelles Receptorum." 
 
 The Clerk of the Nihils, who made a separate 
 roll of such sums as the sheriff upon process returned 
 "Nihil," &c. 
 
 The Clerk of the Pleas, in whose office all 
 officers and privileged persons were to sue and be 
 sued. 
 
 The Clerk of the Summons, the Clerk of the 
 Hanaper, the Secondaries of the two Remem- 
 brancers, &C.j &c. 
 
 The " Court of the Augmentations of the 
 Revenues of the Crown," established by Henry VIII., 
 with which the " Court of the General Surveyors 
 of the King's Lands" was subsequently incorporated, 
 was finally dissolved by Statute 1 Mary, Sess. 2, c. 10., 
 and annexed to the Court of Exchequer by Letters 
 Patent of the same year. The Records of ibis Court, 
 or rather of the "Augmentation Office" in the 
 Exchequer, form a very considerable and important 
 branch of the Exchequer Records, and are fully described 
 in. the present volume, under the several titles of" Crown
 
 XX111 
 
 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 Lands and Rents," " Ministers' and ReceWers' Ac- 
 counts," and " Monastic Foundations, &c." The con- 
 stitution and functions of the Court are desci 
 in the article relating to " Ministers' and Receivers' 
 
 Accounts.'' 
 
 The "Court of First Fruits and Tenths," 
 also erected by Henry VIII., for the regulation of the 
 Ecclesiastical Revenues to which he became entitled on 
 throwing off the Papal Supremacy, \va^ dissolved by 
 Letters Patent of I Mary and united to the Court of 
 Exchequer. First Fruits were abolished by Statute 
 2k 3 Philip and Alary, c. 4., but revived by Statute 
 1 Elizabeth, and agnin put under the survey of the Court 
 of Exchequer. The Records of the First Fi:i [ts' 
 \m> Tenths' Office in the Exchequer are fully 
 described in the present volume, under the title 
 u Ecclesiastical Matters." 
 
 SPECIAL AND ABOLISHED JURISDICTIONS. 
 
 High. Court of Admiralty. 
 
 The Court of Admiralty is stated to have been estab- 
 lished in the reign of Edward III., although the Lord High 
 Admiral exercised jurisdiction in all maritime affairs from 
 a much earlier period. The office of Admiral is now 
 executed by Commissioners, who, by Statute 2 Will, and 
 Mary, c. 2., are declared to have the same authorities, 
 jurisdictions, and powers as the Lord High Admiral. 
 
 The Cinque Ports are, however, exempt from the 
 Admiralty of England, their jurisdiction being vested in 
 the Warden of the said ports. 
 
 The High Court of Admiralty, though not a Court of 
 Record, had jurisdiction where the Common Law could 
 give no remedy, and took cognizance of all maritime 
 causes or causes arising wholly upon the sea. 
 
 This Court was sub-divided into an Instance Court, a 
 Prize Court, and a Court of Appeal for Prizes. 
 
 In the Instance Court proceedings were taken in suits 
 relating to seamen's wages, damage to ships, salvage and 
 droits, and in cases of piracy : warrants being issued 
 therefrom, on due cause being shown, for the arrest of 
 ships and cargoes, and occasionally of maters and 
 owners. 
 
 In the Prize Courf, and in the Court of Vppeal for 
 Prizes, were decided all cases arising out of prizes taken
 
 XXIV 
 
 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 from an enemy in time of war, in pursuance of the Prize 
 Acts usually passed at the commencement of a war, the 
 provisions of which varied from time to time. In the 
 Prize Court were also kept Registers of all Letters of 
 Marque and Reprisal. 
 
 There were also Vice- Admiralty Courts in the foreign 
 dominions of the Crown, from which (except in the case 
 of prizes) appeals were made to the High Court of 
 Admiralty, and also to the King in Council. 
 
 The appellate jurisdiction from the Instance Court of 
 Admiralty was vested in the High Court of Delegates. 
 
 Court of Arches. 
 
 The Court of Arches {Curia de Arcubus), so called from 
 the church in which it was formerly held, Sr. Mary le 
 Bow, or de arcubus, is a Court of Appeal in ecclesiastical 
 causes from the courts of the several Bishops or Ordinaries 
 within the Province of Canterbury, and its jurisdiction 
 extends to all causes or suits relating to wills, intestacies, 
 tithes, church rates, marriages, and other matters 
 cognizable in these Courts. 
 
 There are a few proceedings in the Court of Arches of 
 early dates to be found amongst the Miscellanea of the 
 Exchequer. 
 
 Court of Chivalry. 
 
 The Court of Chivalry, Court Military, or Earl Marshal's 
 Court, which was established by Edward I., was a military 
 court and court of honour formerly held before the Lord 
 High Constable and the Earl Marshal of England. When 
 held before the Earl Marshal only, it was a military court 
 or court of honour simply, but when before the Lord High 
 Constable, jointly with the Earl Marshal, it was also a 
 criminal court. Since the extinction of the office of Lord 
 High Constable, by the attainder of the Duke of 
 Buckingham in the reign of Henry VIII., it has been 
 usually° held before the Earl Marshal only in civil 
 
 causes. 
 
 The jurisdiction of this Court is declared by Statute 
 13 Rich. II. c. 2., to be <c to take cognizance of contracts 
 " touching deeds of arms or of war out of the realm, and also 
 " of things which touch war within the realm which cannot 
 " be discussed by the Common Law ; together with other 
 " usages and customs tc the same matters appertaining."
 
 XXV 
 
 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 It also gave relief to such of the nobility and gentry as 
 felt themselves aggrieved in matters of honour, and 
 corrected encroachments in matters of coat-armour, pre- 
 cedency, and other distinctions of families. 
 
 The proceedings in the Court are stated to have been by 
 petition in a summary way, and the trial not by a jury 
 but by witnesses or by combat. A jury, however, appears 
 to have been impannelled in criminal cases, as appears from 
 the " Placita Exercitus Kegis " of 24 Edward I. 
 
 The last proceedings in this Court were in the year 1631, 
 and are printed in Rushworth's collections. An attempt, 
 however, to revive the Earl Marshal's Court was made in 
 the reign of Queen Anne, in the case of Blunt, which is 
 reported. 
 
 The marshalling of coat armour is now in the hands 
 of the Heralds, who were formerly attendants upon this 
 Court. 
 
 High Court of Delegates. 
 
 The Court of Delegates was established by Henry VIII. 
 in the 25th year of his reign in order to supersede the 
 Papal jurisdiction in appeals from the Ecclesiastical 
 Courts. 
 
 It took cognizance of questions of marriage and 
 legitimacy, and of disputes relating to the payment ot 
 tithes, fees, obventions, &c, and also of offences against 
 morals and good behaviour, of which the business of the 
 Censistorial Courts chiefly consisted. 
 
 In every case of appeal to this Court a Special Commis- 
 sion under the Great Seal was issued out of the Court of 
 Chancery, directed to such persons, called Judices Delegati, 
 as the Lord Chancellor for the time being should see fit to 
 appoint to hear and determine the same. 
 
 The Court of Delegates exercised an appellate jurisdic- 
 tion not only from all the Ecclesiastical Courts but also 
 from the Instance Court of the High Court of Admiralty, 
 This Court was abolished in 1823, and the Proc< sa 
 or Records of the Proceedings were subsequently trans- 
 ferred from the Registrar of the High Court of Admiralty, 
 in whose custody they had previously been, to the Public 
 Record Office.
 
 XXVI 
 
 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 Court of Higli Commission in Ecclesiastical 
 Causes. 
 
 This Court was erected and united to the regal power 
 by virtue of the Statute 1 Eliz. c. 1., instead of a large 
 jurisdiction which had previously been exercised under 
 the Pope's authority. It was intended " to vindicate 
 " the dignity and peace of the Church by reforming, 
 '•' ordering, and correcting the ecclesiastical state and 
 " persons, and all manner of heresies, schisms, abuses, 
 " offences, contempts, and enormities." 
 
 Under the shelter of these very general words means 
 were found to vest in the High Commissioners extra- 
 ordinary and almost despotic powers of fining and 
 imprisoning, which they exercised much beyond the degree 
 of the offence itself, and frequently over offences by no 
 means of spiritual cognizance. In consequence of these 
 abuses this Court was justly abolished by Statute 16 
 Car. I. c. 2. The Minute Books of the Court of High 
 Commission exist in the Scries of Domestic State 
 Papers. 
 
 Marshalsea and Palace Courts. 
 
 The Marshalsea Court, or Court of the Marshalsea of 
 the King's Household, was originally instituted for_ the 
 purpose of administering justice between the King's 
 domestic servants. 
 
 It was presided over by the Lord Steward and the Earl 
 Marshal, and was at first' held in the Aula Regis. Even- 
 tually it became a distinct jurisdiction, holding pleas of all 
 trespasses committed within the verge of the Court (12 
 miles round the royal residence). 
 
 The Marshalsea Court was gradually superseded by the 
 erection in the sixth year of Charles I. of a new Court 
 called the " Curia Palatii." or Palace Court, with jurisdic- 
 tion in all manner of personal actions within 12 miles of 
 the Palace of Whitehall, but not extending into the City 
 of London. 
 
 The latter Court, together with the ancient Court of 
 Marehalsea, was afterwards held in King Street, in the 
 borough of Southwark, from whence they were removed to 
 Scotland Yard, Westminster. 
 
 Both the Courts were finally abolished by Statute 12 & 1 3 
 Vict, and the Records directed to be placed under the 
 custody of the Master of the Rolls.
 
 X \ V 1 1 
 
 INTRODUCTION. 
 Peveril Court. 
 
 The Court of the Honor of Peveril, which extended into 
 several counties, was of great antiquity, and seems fco have 
 comprised both a Tourn and a View of Frankpledge, the 
 
 former, which was holder) twice a year al Nottingham, 
 having jurisdiction to hear and determine all felonies 
 (death of man excepted) and common nuisances 
 
 The latter, which met once in every three weeks, had 
 jurisdiction over those matters which were exempt from the 
 Tourn. 
 
 The Bailiwick of the Honor of Peveril was granted in 
 11 Edward III. to William Eland and his heirs for ever, 
 in whose family it remained until the reign of Henry VIII., 
 when it was alienate 1 by the then heir to Henry Willoughby, 
 together with all profits and charges, and all Records, 
 Evidences, Court Rolls, and Writings concerning and 
 belonging to the said office. In 1607 the office of High 
 Steward of the Honor of Peveril, &c, and the keeping of 
 all courts within ihe said Honor, was granted by James I. 
 to Sir George and Sir Edward Goring, and, although this 
 lease was disputed by Sir Percival Willoughby, to whom 
 the estate had descended, the Gorings obtained a Decree 
 against him in the Court of Exchequer, by which the 
 lease was confirmed. 
 
 In 1672 the office was granted by Charles II. to the 
 Marquis of Worcester and his two sons for the term of 
 their lives, the limits of the Court being then further 
 extended, and a Court of Record appointed to be held 
 every Tuesday, in which should be heard and determined 
 all pleas of debts, trespass, &c, and all personal actions 
 arising within the Honor aforesaid, in which the debts, 
 damages, >S:c. did not exceed the sum of 50/. 
 
 On the death of the last survivor of the three grantees 
 above mentioned, the family of Willoughby once more 
 obtained a grant of the said Stewardship, and in their 
 hands it remained till the Peveril Court was abolished by 
 Statute 12 & 13 Vict. c. 101. The Records of this 
 Court commence about the year 1682. 
 
 Court of Requests. 
 
 This, sometimes called the " Court of Conscience," was an 
 
 equity court for poor men's causes, established in the ninth 
 year of Henry the Seventh, the president of the Court 
 being the Lord Privy Seal, who was assisted by the* 
 Masters of Requests as the ordinary judge?. Originally, 
 this court was intended for the suits of poor men onlv, 
 which were made to the Ring by way of supplication, and 
 upon which they were entitled to have right without the
 
 XXV1U 
 
 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 payment of money ; but before its dissolution it took cog- 
 nizance of almost all suits that by colour of equity or 
 supplication to the Prince could be brought before him. 
 An order was made in Chancery, dated 30 November 1588 
 referring all poor persons seeking relief in that Court to 
 the Court of Bequests, and further ordinances in 1618-19 
 refer all plaintiffs suing in forma pauperis to that Court. 
 
 Sir Richard Fanshawe, one of the Masters of the Court, 
 is stilted to have asserted it to be the right of his office to 
 receive all petitions to the King, in opposition to the 
 Secretary of State, and that such was the practice in the 
 reign of Charles I., but his claim to do so was disallowed. 
 
 The Court was virtually abolished by Statute 16 Car. I. 
 c. 10 ; but the office of Master of the -Requests continued 
 during the following reign, the last of such appointments 
 bearing date 12 March, 32 Car. II. 
 
 The Records of this Court were removed from the 
 Palace at Westminster to the Chapter House in 1732, and 
 finally from thence to the Public Record Office. 
 
 Court of Star Chamber. 
 
 The Court of Star Chamber, which took its name from 
 the Camera Stellata, the " Starred Chamber," or Council 
 Chamber of the King's Palace at Westminster, in which it 
 was held, had its origin in the Concilium Regis or Select 
 Council, for which it was at first but another name. 
 
 By the Statutes of 3 Hen. VII. c. 1. and 21 Hen. 
 VIII. c, 20., the jurisdiction of the Council, or of a part of 
 the Council, was, however, directed to a particular class of 
 offences, such as riots and unlawful assemblies, the mis- 
 demeanour of sheriffs in the returns and panels of juries, 
 the living of liveries signs and tokens, and unlawful main- 
 tenances ; and this jurisdiction came to be recognised as the 
 peculiar function oi* the Court of Star Chamber. 
 
 During the reign of Hen. VIII. the action of the Court 
 appears to have been by no means oppressive, but rather to 
 have " provided security for the humbler members of the 
 " community against oppression by their richer or more 
 powerful neighbours"; this was, however, afterwards, 
 :is stated by Clarendon, stretched " to the asserting of all 
 proclamations and orders of state ; to the vindicating of 
 illegal commissions and grants of monopolies ; holding 
 for honourable that which pleased, and for just that 
 which profited, and becoming both a Court of Law to 
 determine civil right-, and a court of revenue to enrich 
 the Treasury, the Council table by proclamations en-
 
 XXIX 
 
 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 " joining to the people thai which was not enjoined by the 
 " luws, and prohibiting thai which was not prohibited, 
 " and the Star Chamber, which consisted of the same 
 " persons in different rooms, censuring the breach and 
 " disobedience to those proclamations by very great fines, 
 " imprisonments, and corporal severities ; so that any dis- 
 " respect to any acts of state, or to the persons of states- 
 " men, was in no time more penal and the foundations of 
 " right never more in danger to be destroyed." 
 
 These abuses led to the final abolition of the Court by 
 Statute 16 Car. 1. c. 10. 
 
 The Records of this Court consist of Bills, Answers, 
 Depositions, and other proceedings of great historical and 
 genealogical interest. The Decrees and Orders of the 
 Court are, however, unfortunately no longer extant. 
 
 Court of Wards and Liveries. 
 
 ^ The Court of Wards was instituted by Statute 32 Hen. 
 \ III. c. 46., to superintend and regulate inquiries upon the 
 death of the King's tenants in capite as to the lands of 
 which they died seised, and the name and age of the next 
 heir, &c., in order that the royal claims to the marriage, 
 wardship, relief, primer seisin, and other advantages might 
 be duly enforced, and to take account of the sums' received 
 by way of Fines, Compositions, Sales of Wardships, or 
 otherwise. The office of Liveries was united to this Court 
 by Statute 33 Hen. VIII. c. 22. 
 
 The judicial Records of the Court consist of original 
 Bills, Answers, and Depositions relating to matters within 
 the jurisdiction of the Court, and of Books of Affidavits, 
 Decrees, Orders, and other Proceedings. 
 
 The Accounts, Inquisitions, Survey-. Grants and Sales 
 of Wardship, Leases, and other documents relating to the 
 general business of the Court, arc referred to in the present 
 volume, under the head of "Wards and Minors." 
 
 The Court of Wards and Liveries was finally abolished 
 by Statute 12 Car. II. c. 24. 
 
 RECORDS OF THE DUCHY OF LANCASTER. 
 
 The important and valuable private muniments belonging to 
 the Duchj of Lancaster were, by the munificence of Her Majesty 
 presented to the nation in 1868. 
 
 These are entirely distinct from the Records of the County 
 Palatine, which, although public, are purely local, whilst the 
 Duchy Records, though private, concern the government and
 
 XXX 
 
 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 jurisdiction of the entire dominion of the Duchy, and embrace 
 the County Palatine as a subordinate regality. 
 
 The ancient possessions of the Duchy of Lancaster comprise 
 the Honor and County of Lancaster (the Honor extending into 
 the Counties of Lancaster, Norfolk, Suffolk, Lincoln, Nottingham, 
 Leicester, Derby, York, Rutland, and Stafford;, the Honors of 
 Leicester and Derby, Bolingbroke, Pickering, Pontefract, Tickhill, 
 Halton, and several others, with various important possessions 
 annexed to it by Acts of the Legislature at various times, as the 
 Honors of Clare and Mandeville, together with the vast posses- 
 sions of the Earldoms of Hereford and Essex. 
 
 Nearly every county in England and Wales is in fact repre- 
 sented as contributing to form part of the territories, and as being 
 to some extent under the jurisdiction of the Duchy of Lancaster, — 
 the Earls, and subsequently the Dukes, of Lancaster, enjoying by 
 Grants from the Crown such Jura regalia and prerogative rights 
 within their possessions as were communicable to a subject 
 
 The County of Lancaster was elevated by Edward III. in 1351 
 into a Palatinate, with its own Courts of Judicature, as a Court 
 of Chancery, an Exchequer, and Courts of Common Law, but the 
 Records of these Courts relate to the Count// of Lancaster only, 
 and are quite distinct from those of the Duchy. 
 
 The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster had, however, a 
 special jurisdiction in all matters of equity relating to lands held 
 of the King in right of the Duchy, his Court, which was held in 
 Westminster Hall, being known as the Court of the Duchy 
 Chamber of Lancaster. 
 
 An Inventory of the Records of the Duchy of Lancaster, 
 together with a sketch of the history of the Duchy and of the 
 Palatinate, is printed in the Deputy Keeper's 30th Report. 
 
 In addition to the Pleadings and other judicial Records of the 
 Court of the Duchy Chamber, the Duchy Records comprise a 
 la rue collection of Charters and Grants, Ancient Deeds, Leases, 
 Ministers' and Receivers' Accounts, Surveys and Rentals, and 
 other documents analogous to those of the Superior Courts at 
 Westminster, which are described in the following pages, under 
 the titles indicated. 
 
 See also the Indexes to the Duchy of Lancaster Records 
 described under the title of " Ayloffe's Calendars." 
 
 RECORDS OF THE PALATINATE OF DURHAM. 
 
 The Palatinate of Durham has existed from time immemorial 
 by prescriptive right, and, until the year 1836, was vested in the 
 Bishop of Durham for the time being. Within the limits of his 
 f' je the Bishop exercised, conjointly with his ecclesiastical 
 function'-, all the temporal rights which belong to a lord palatine. 
 « He had his Courts of Chancery, Common Pleas, and Exchequer,
 
 XXXI 
 
 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 p >sseesing the same powers in the Palatinate as the S >ven ig 
 courts had in other parts of the Realm. He had power to levy 
 taxes for the defence and service of the Palatinate, to make 
 truce with his enemies, to raise troops and impress -hips in 
 time of war He sat in judgment of life and death, and could 
 inflict capital punishment. He had power to create Palatinate 
 barons, to summon them to his council-, and to confiscate their 
 lands in case of treason. He possessed all manner of royal 
 jurisdictions and rights ; could coin money, grant licences to 
 I castles, build churches, found charities and hospitals, 
 create corporations, and grant markets and fairs. Every source 
 of profit and every post of honour or service was at his disposal, 
 with which the Sovereign could not interfere, nor were royal 
 writs allowed to run in" the Palatinate without the Bishop's 
 sanction." 
 
 These extensive liberties and rights were severed from the 
 Bishopric in 1836 and settled by Act of Parliament on the then 
 sovereign and his successors. 
 
 The Records of the Palatinate of Durham, with the exception 
 of a few of modern date, which were left behind to facilitate the 
 transaction of current business, were removed to London and 
 placed in the Public Record Office, pursuant to a warrant of the 
 Master of the Rolls, dated 17 November 1868. 
 
 They consist of five Divisions : — 
 
 (1.) The Prothonotary's Records, comprising the Judicial 
 Proceedings of the Court of Pleas at Durham. 
 
 (2.) The Clerk of the Crown's Records, which consist of 
 the Indictments, Depositions, ami other proceedings at 
 Assizes. 
 
 (3.) The Cursitor's Records, comprising the Chancery En- 
 rolments of the Bishopric, the Inquisitions post mortem, 
 Registers, &c, and the Halmote Books or Records of the 
 Halmote Courts, which were formerly held pursuant to the 
 Bishop's Commission to receive surrenders of copyhold land?, 
 and to admit such persons as had right thereto, according to 
 the custom ; to assess and settle all such fines and amerce- 
 ments as arose within the said Courts, and to hear and 
 determine all suits, complaints, debates, contentions, &c. 
 between party and party which arose within the said County 
 or elsewhere within the County Palatinate of Durham. These 
 Books are further described in the present volume under the 
 Lead of ' Court Rolls." 
 
 (4.) The Registrar's Records, consisting of the Bills, 
 Answers, and other proceedings in the Court of Chancery at 
 Durham. 
 
 (5.) The Auditor's Records, consisting of the Receiver's 
 Rolls, Rentals, and counterparts of Leases relating to the 
 estates of the Bishopric.
 
 XXX11 
 
 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 The latter, being claimed by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners 
 as their private muniments, and necessary for the management 
 of the estates placed under their control by Act of Parliament, 
 were with the exception of a bundle of ancient Sheriffs' Ac- 
 counts and other documents of a miscellaneous nature, re-trans- 
 ferred to their custody in 1876. 
 
 The earliest of the Records of the Palatinate of Durham, the 
 Register of Bishop Kellawe, which relates to the affairs of the 
 Palatinate between the years 131 1-1316, has been printed in the 
 series of " Chronicles and Memorials, &c," of which it occupies 
 four volumes. 
 
 In the present volume the greater part of the Records have been 
 classified under the heads " Chancery Enrolments," " Court Bolls," 
 " Fines and Recoveries," " Inquisitions post mortem, &c," and 
 " Judicial Proceedings." 
 
 RECORDS OF THE PALATINATE OF 
 LANCASTER. 
 
 The County of Lancaster was erected into a Palatinate by 
 Edward the Third in the year 1351, when he created Henry 
 Earl of Lancaster Duke of Lancaster, and granted to him, for the 
 term of his life, Palatinate rights within the said county. 
 
 By this charter power was given him to have his Court of 
 Chancery, and to appoint Justices to hold Pleas of the^ Crown 
 and other Pleas touching the Common Law, with ail other 
 liberties and "jura regalia" pertaining to a County Palatine. On 
 his death, in 1361, the Palatinate was extinguished for about 16 
 years, but in 1377 it was revived in the person of John of Gaunt, 
 who had married the sole surviving heiress of the first Duke^ of 
 Lancaster, and who had conferred upon him for life "jura regalia" 
 within the County Palatine, co-extensive with those of the King 
 elsewhere. By the Acts of 1 Hen. IV. and 2 Hen. V. these "jura 
 regalia" were extended to all the possessions which had been 
 annexed to the Duchy. 
 
 Under the term "Jura Regalia" the Duke of Lancaster had 
 the exclusive administration of justice by his courts of equity and 
 common law in the Duchy and Palatinate of Lancaster. 
 
 These courts (closely analogous in their construction and practice 
 to the King's superior courts) consist of a Court of Chancery, a 
 Court of Common Pleas for the decision of civil suits, and a Court 
 of Criminal Jurisdiction. 
 
 By the operation of the Judicature Act of 36 & 37 Vict, the 
 jurisdiction of the Court of Common Pleas at Lancaster has 
 been transferred to the High Court of Justice. The Court of
 
 XXX111 
 
 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 Criminal Jurisdiction in no way differs from that of the ordinary 
 courts. 
 
 The Records of these courts were, until their removal to 
 London, in the charge of three several persons in Lancashire, 
 and, except a few of modern date which had been removed to 
 Preston for the convenience of the current business, were pre- 
 served in Lancaster Castle. 
 
 The Clerk of the Crown had the custody of the criminal pro- 
 ceedings of the Palatinate, the Prothonotary had charge of the 
 Records of the Court of Common Pleas at Lancaster, -whilst the 
 Records of the Chancery of the County Palatine were in the 
 custody of the Registrar of that Court. 
 
 RECORDS OF THE PRINCIPALITY OF WALES 
 AND OF THE PALATINATE OF CHESTER. 
 
 The Records of the Principality of Wales (with the exception 
 of those of the Palatinate of Chester, which are of much earlier 
 origin), may be said to date, with few exceptions, from the estab- 
 lishment of the Courts of Great Sessions of Wales by the Statute 
 of 34 & 35 Henry VIII. 
 
 A<sizes appear to have been held in Wales in the reign of Ed- 
 ward I., the Statutum Wallia3 of 12 Edward I. containing the 
 form of the Patent appointing Justices of Assize for Wales, which, 
 by the same Statute, -was divided into seven counties, viz., Snow- 
 don, Anglesey, Caernarvon, Merioneth, Flint, Carmarthen, and 
 Cardigan, — Sheriffs and Coroners being also directed to be ap- 
 pointed for those counties. Of these counties Anglesey, Car- 
 narvon, and Merioneth were generally known as North Wales, 
 Carmarthen (to which Pembroke was afterwards joined) as South 
 Wales, and Cardigan as West Wales. 
 
 There are a few Welsh Assize Rolls amongst the Records of the 
 Queen's Bench, and a great number of Account- of the Chamber- 
 lains, Sheriffs, Ministers and Receivers, and other Officers of the 
 Welsh ( 'ounties amongst the Records of the Court of Exchequer. 
 
 By the Statute of 34 & 35 Hen. VIII. Wales was divided 
 into 12 counties, eight of which, viz., Anglesey, Carnarvon, Car- 
 marthen, Cardigan, Flint, Glamorgan, Merioneth, and Pembroke 
 were of ancient origin; whilst Brecknock, Radnor, Denbigh, and 
 Montgomery had been recently made by Star. 27 Hen. VII I. 
 
 By the said Statute of 34 & 35 Hen. VIII. sessions \ 
 directed to be held twice every year in each of tie said counties, 
 to be called the Great Sessions of Wales, which although similar 
 u soio;. c
 
 XXXIV 
 
 INTRODUCTION". 
 
 sessions may have been held previously, were finally established 
 by that Statute. 
 
 By the same Act the counties of Wales were sub-divided 
 into four circuits, for each of which original and judicial seals 
 were directed to be provided. These were : — 
 
 (1.) The Chester Circuit, including the counties of 
 Cheshire, Flint, Denbigh, and Montgomery. 
 
 (2.) The North Wales Circuit, comprising Anglesey, 
 Carnarvon, and Merioneth. 
 
 (3.) The Brecknock Circuit, consisting of Brecknock, 
 Radnor, and Glamorgan. 
 
 (4.) The Carmarthen Circuit, consisting of Carmar- 
 then, Pembroke, and Cardigan, with the Town of Haverford- 
 west. 
 The several proceedings at the Courts of Great Sessions are 
 described in the present volume, under the heads of " Judicial 
 Proceedings " and " Fines and Recoveries " respectively. 
 
 The Records of the County Palatine of Chester (which included 
 the County of Flint, that county having from its first conquest 
 been annexed to the Palatinate of Chester for its civil and criminal 
 jurisdiction), although classified amongst the Welsh Records, with 
 which they were in 1854 transferred to the Public Record Office, 
 arc oi a much more ancient and varied character, the Chamber- 
 lain of Chester having had equitable jurisdiction in the Exchequer 
 of Chester from the first existence of the County Palatine, which 
 dates from the reign of Henry III. 
 
 The constitution of this Court was somewhat peculiar, and is- 
 fullv described in Mr. Black's able Report on the Records of 
 Wales and Chester, printed in the Deputy Keeper's First Report. 
 It is therein stated that the Exchequer of Chester was coeval with 
 the existence of the County Palatine, and though principally a 
 Court of Revenue, was probably a Court of Justice also, before 
 that of the Justiciary was established. Hence, not only were 
 all accounts rendered into it, and process issued thence against 
 the King's debtors within the limits of its jurisdiction, but it was 
 the Chancery Court of the Palatinate, and had an exclusive 
 jurisdiction in Equity as fully as the Chancery of England. It 
 possessed also a jurisdiction at Common Law in matters of debt, 
 even for small sums, in the nature of a Court of Conscience, and 
 had a peculiar practice of granting writs of protection to poor 
 debtors. 
 
 The chief officer of this Court was the Chamberlain of Chester, 
 wh ) had all the powers of a Chancellor, and exercised his judicial 
 functions by a deputy, called the Yice-Chamberlain. 
 
 There was also a Baron of the Exchequer, whose bu.-iness 
 v< mbled that of a Master in Chancery ; but, by the constitution 
 of the Court, the custody of the Records was vested in a third
 
 XXXV 
 
 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 officer, called the " Seal Keeper," whose duty it was to have the 
 custody of the Seal of the County Palatine and to seal all writs 
 and processes issuing out of the Baron's offi e. 
 
 The principal Records of the Palatinate of Chester consist of 
 the Chancery Enrolments or " Recognizance Rolls," of Chamber- 
 lains' and Ministers' Accounts, Forest Rolls, Court Rolls, and 
 Inquisitions ; and of the Rolls of Justices in Eyre, or Assize 
 Rolls, Indictment Rolls, Plea Rolls, Fines and Recoveries, and 
 other Judicial Proceedings, all of which are described in the 
 present volume under the titles of the several classes to which 
 they respectively belong. 
 
 RECORDS OF THE STATE PAPER OFFICE. 
 
 During the Norman and Plantagenet period the affairs of the 
 State in England were managed by the King's Council, in which 
 the Lord Chancellor exercised the functions of a modern Secretary 
 of State. To him was entrusted the supervision of all Letters, 
 Charters, and other public documents which required the authen- 
 tication of the Great Seal, and it became the duty of the Protho- 
 notary of the Chancery to draw up, pass under the Great Seal, 
 and enrol all Treaties, Leagues, Ratifications, and other Instru- 
 ments which passed between the Sovereign of this country and 
 other Sovereigns and States, and also all Commissions, Powers 
 and Orders to Ambassadors, and other documents of a diplomatic 
 nature. 
 
 It is therefore to the Patent and Close Rolls, the Treaty 
 Rolls, and other Chancery Enrolments that we must look for 
 the record of State documents prior to the reign of Henry VIII. 
 
 Many of the documents from which the enrolments were made, 
 and also much correspondence which does not appear to have 
 been enrolled, were, however, formerly preserved on the Files 
 of the Chancery. These documents have been formed into the 
 class known formerly as "Royal and Historical Letters'' anil 
 now as "Ancient Correspondence." 
 
 In process of time the business of the State began to be 
 exercised in a less formal manner, and to be diverted into other 
 channels, and the King's Secretary (who was at first styled the 
 King's Clerk, then Secretary, afterwards Principal Secretary, 
 and who, probably about the time of Elizabeth, was first called 
 Secretary of State,) was gradually employed to execute much of 
 the business formerly pertaining to the Council. 
 
 In the reign of Henry VIII. the King's Principal Secretary 
 had become a person of so great importance that his rank and 
 precedence was determined by Stat. .31 Hen. VIII. C. 10.. and the 
 business and correspondence of his office so much increase.; as to 
 require in the same reign a second Principal Secretary, and 
 
 c 2
 
 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 subsequently a third. Each of these Secretaries, prior to the 
 establishment of an office for the reception of their papers, as 
 distinct from those of the Chancery, had the custody of the papers 
 accumulated in his department. 
 
 The State Paper Office, or, as it was originally called, the 
 " Office of Her Majesty's Papers and Records for business of 
 " State and Council," was established by Queen Elizabeth in 
 1578, when Dr. Thomas Wilson was appointed " Clerk of the 
 Papers." It was erected in order to prevent the "embezzle- 
 ment " of the papers owing to the frequent changes of Secretaries 
 of State, and also because it was thought necessary "that a 
 " certain place should be appointed for them and a fit man chosen 
 " for registering and keeping them in order, who should be tied 
 " by oath for the secrecy and safe keeping thereof." 
 
 Whenever a Secretary of State or other Minister resigned office 
 or died it was usual to issue a Warrant for the delivery of his 
 papers to the Keeper of the Papers, but such papers were fre- 
 quently "detained" and only recovered by the most indefatigable 
 exertions on the part of the successive Keepers in hunting them 
 out. Sir Thomas Wilson, who succeeded to the office in the 
 beginning of the reign of James I., spared no pains to increase 
 the importance of his office and to recover any papers which he 
 judged ought rightly to be in his custody, and the King gave 
 him every encouragement to do so. In a Memorial issued by 
 him about the year 1613, it is stated that there were then two 
 sorts of papers in the State Paper Office, " those that have been 
 " long kept at Whitehall and those brought from Salisbury House 
 " by himself since the Lord Treasurer's decease, which were far 
 " the greater in number.'''' 
 
 Notwithstanding this transfer, however, a large mass of papers 
 appears to have been retained by the Secretaries of the late Lord 
 Treasurer, one portion of which is now preserved in the Library 
 of Hatfield House, the other having found its way, after a number 
 of vicissitudes, into the Lansdowne collection of MSS. in the 
 British Museum, of which, under the title of " Burghley Papers," 
 it forms a most important division. Other extensive collections 
 of scattered papers which had escaped the vigilance of successive 
 Keepers of the Papers were made by Sir Robert Cotton in the 
 reign of James I., by Sir Joseph Williamson in that of Charles 
 II., and by Robert Harley, afterwards Earl of Oxford, towards 
 the close of the 17th century. Two of these are well known as the 
 Cottonian and Harleian collections in the British Museum, whilst 
 the collection of Sir Joseph Williamson, which was placed by its 
 originator in the State Paper Office, now forms part of the series 
 of Domestic Slate Papers. 
 
 The dispersion of State Papers was, however, never entirely 
 checked, and in addition to the collections above mentioned, they 
 are to be found in great numbers in the libraries of the Universi-
 
 XXXVll 
 
 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 ties, in t lie Lambeth Library, and in almost every private library 
 
 oi' note. Those existing in private collections arc now, however, 
 being widely made known by means of the invaluable Reports 
 issued from time to time by the Royal Commission on Historical 
 Manuscripts. 
 
 No systematic arrangement of the State Papers appeare to have 
 been attempted until Sir Thos. Wilson, the nephew of the first 
 " Keeper, " succeeded to the office in the beginning of the reign of 
 James I. Previous to that time they were kept in chests, and 
 appear to have been in great confusion. By Sir Thos. Wilson, 
 however, they were " reduced to a set form of library,"' and 
 placed " in very convenient rooms near the old Banqueting House " 
 at Whitehall. 
 
 The plan first adopted by him of dividing the papers under 
 the two heads of " Domestical " and " Foreign," though inter- 
 fered with many times during the long period which has inter- 
 vened, by divisions and sub-divisions, is identical with that now 
 in use, and is found, with the additional division of " Colonial,'' 
 to be the simplest and best for all practical purposes. 
 
 The papers relating to Ireland and Scotland, those relating to 
 the former country being especially voluminous, have also been 
 always kept distinct. 
 
 But few attempts were made by the early " Keepers " to 
 calendar the State Papers. In 1764 Commissioners were ap- 
 pointed to methodize, regulate, and digest the State Papers, who 
 reported that, although there were catalogues to some, there were 
 no regular calendars, and strongly urged the necessity for the 
 preparation of complete calendars and indexes. 
 
 Although they were authorised by a Warrant, dated 16 July 
 1764, " to make exact calendars and Indexes to all the said Papers 
 " and Records," their proceedings appear to have been confined 
 to sorting :ind arranging the papers until 1800, when their Com- 
 mission was revoked, and a small establishment of clerks was 
 allowed to the Keeper of State Papers. 
 
 In lS2o a Commission was issued Eor printing and publishing 
 the documents of the State Paper Office, it having been then 
 considered, as stated (somewhat prematurely) in the Commission, 
 that the documents were in a great measure arranged and 
 indexed. 
 
 Under the auspices of this Commission selections of the most 
 important letters of the reign of Henry VIII. were printed in 11 
 quarto volumes, with Indexes of persons and places. 
 
 It was not, however, until the State Papers, by the operation 
 of the Record Act of 1 . & 2 Vict. c. 94., and by an Order in 
 Council dated 5th of March 1852, were placed under the charge 
 and superintendence ot the Master of the Rolls that any regular 
 system of calendars was adopted. Since that date upwards of 
 95 volumes of Calendars of the Domestic, Foreign, and Colonial
 
 xxxvni 
 
 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 Papers, ranging from the reign of Henry VIII. to that of Charles 
 II., have been published, in which the historical information con- 
 tained in the original documents is reproduced with a minuteness 
 of detail sufficient to render access to the original papers almost 
 unnecessary. 
 
 A Calendar of the documents relating to the History of the 
 State Paner Office down to the year 1800, which are contained 
 in five volumes known as " State Paper Office Documents," with 
 an exhaustive introduction by Mr. W. Noel Sainsbury, is printed 
 in the Appendix to the Deputy Keeper's 30th Report. 
 
 In 1871 the Earl of Shaftesbury, through the Royal Com- 
 mission on Historical Manuscripts, generously presented his col- 
 lection of Family MSS. to the Public Record Office, and they 
 have since been arranged by Mr. Noel Sainsbury, whose elaborate 
 Reports thereon are printed in the Deputy Keeper's 33rd, 34th, 
 35th, an I 39th Reports. 
 
 The papers of the Duke of Manchester, which are calendared 
 in the 8th Report of the Historical MSS. Commission, have also 
 been deposited in the Public Record Office. 
 
 DEPARTMENTAL RECORDS. 
 
 The nature and origin of the several Public Departments is 
 too wide a subject to be here entered upon, and has, moreover, 
 been most ably and accurately treated in the Materials for the 
 History of Public Departments, by F. S. Thomas, published in 
 1846, to which the reader must be referred for information on this 
 subject. 
 
 It will be sufficient for the purpose of this introduction to state 
 that amongst the " Books, Papers, and Documents " of the several 
 Government Departments hitherto transferred to the Public 
 Record Office will be found those of the Home, Foreign, and 
 Colonial Offices, in continuation of those previously transferred 
 from the State Paper Office; those of the Admiralty and War 
 Offices, comprising many thousands of volumes of Muster Rolls 
 and Pay Lists of the Royal Navy and of the several Regiments, 
 together with the Log Books, Commission and Warrant Books, 
 and other official records ; the Original Correspondence of Her 
 Majesty's Treasury from the year 1557, and the Letter, Order, 
 and Warrant Books from about the year 1667 ; the Accounts and 
 other Records of the Audit Office (including tho-^e of the Comp- 
 troller General of the Exchequer) from the reign of Elizabeth 
 to that of the present Sovereign, and those of the Lord Cham- 
 berlain's Department for a similar period. 
 
 A brief description of the more important documents in the 
 above-mentioned classes, with a statement of the dates up to 
 which they are open to public inspection, will be found under 
 the head of "Departmental Records."
 
 XX XIX 
 
 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 The want of a General Inventory or Descriptive Catalogue of 
 •the vast collection of muniments above described baa long been 
 felt both by the public and by the officials therm The 
 
 "Hand-book to the Public Records," by F. S. Thomas, a former 
 Secretary of the Public Record Office, published in 1853, although 
 containing much valuable information as to the nature of the 
 several Courts of Law, and the duties of the Officers conn* 
 therewith, the greater part of which has been incorporated in 
 the present volume, and treating of some of the principal 
 classes of documents in a thoroughly exhaustive manner, in a 
 great majority of instances merely indicates the existence of 
 certain ciasses of records without specifying the dates between 
 which they range, or explaining their nature, besides leaving much 
 to be desired in the way of systematic arrangement. 
 
 The only other authentic guide to the contents of the Public 
 Kecord Office is to be found in the Annual Reports of the Deputy 
 Keeper, which, by their bulk alone, extending now to some 50 
 volumes, and the want of a clearly arranged Subject Index, present 
 a labyrinth of undigested information in which the student may 
 wander to and fro for days without finding the desired clue. 
 
 In 1870, at the request of the then Deputy Keeper, Sir Wil- 
 liam Hardy, I prepared an Alphabetical List of all the Calendars 
 and Indexes in the Public Kecord Office, which appeared as an 
 Appendix to the Deputy Keeper's 41st Report. On its comple- 
 tion I suggested to the Deputy Keeper that a Descriptive Cata- 
 logue of the Records themselves, arranged on a similar plan, would 
 be of great value both to the officials and to the public, and, with 
 his cordial consent, undertook the compilation thereof in such time 
 as 'Could be spared from my official duties as Superintendent of the 
 Legal Search Department. The result, which represents nearly 
 ten years of assiduous though frequently interrupted labour, is 
 enow at the service of the public, and will, I trust, do much to 
 smooth the path of both the legal and the literary inquirer. 
 
 Owin<>- to the frequent accretion of new matter, anil the con- 
 stant yet never ending progress in the work of classification and 
 arrangement, such an undertaking as the present can hardly 
 ever be either exhaustive or final ; it is, however, hoped that a not 
 altogether unsuccessful attempt has been made tc put before the 
 reader in a lucid form a general view of the National Archives 
 in their present condition, which will enable him to decide at a 
 <dance which and how many of the various classes will be of 
 Service to him, at the same time indicating the existing means 
 of reference to each. 
 
 Since the first edition of this work was issued, in 1891, con- 
 siderable progress has been made with the much needi d work of 
 classification and arrangement of the Public R. Upwards 
 
 of 40 years ago it was stated by Mr. Thomas, in the introduction 
 .to his Hand-book to the Public Records, that in dealing with
 
 xl 
 
 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 these documents "sorting and arranging ought to be the primary 
 " object. No time ought to be spent in inventorying, calendar- 
 " in<j-, or indexing, until the whole arrangement be completp. 
 " AVe have miscellaneous masses which have been lying in the 
 " same state for centuries, and they will still so remain unless 
 " this principle be adopted so as to get the whole into classes in 
 " chronological order." Notwithstanding this dictum, the wisdom 
 of which is obvious, very little was done in the way of sortation 
 and arrangement, although a vast amount of time and labour was 
 expended on elaborate calendars of certain classes of public 
 documents, until the appointment, in 1886, of the present Deputy 
 Keeper, Mr. H. C. Maxwell Lyte, under whose auspices the work 
 of reducing the Records to a systematic arrangement was begun 
 in earnest. 
 
 In the first place the whole of the Record Rooms (with the 
 exception of those containing Departmental Records, which have 
 still to be dealt with) were thoroughly overhauled, their contents, 
 which were in many cases in the direst confusion, were re-packed, 
 re-labelled, and catalogued, and the officials were thus for the first 
 time placed in a position to state definitely whether any Record 
 or Records of a particular date and clas3 did or did not exist. 
 This operation, which occupied the best part of two years, was 
 carried out under my immediate supervision by Messrs. Harley 
 Rodney and M. S. Giuseppi, of Avhose energetic and painstaking 
 performance of a most arduous and disagreeable task I cannot 
 speak too highly. 
 
 In addition to this general arrangement of the Records, huge 
 masses of so-called Miscellanea have been examined, with the 
 result that they have been found to contain a great number of 
 documents belonging to already existing classes. These either 
 have been, or in process of time will be, incorporated with the 
 classes to which they belong, so that in the future completely 
 exhaustive lists of particular classes of documents will be available 
 for the public use. 
 
 Such a series of '-'Lists and Indexes" has already been begun, 
 and Inventories of several of the more important classes have been 
 published. These are described in detail below, and a list 
 appended of others which are in an advanced state of prepara- 
 tion. 
 
 At the same time a New Series of Calendars of the mediaeval 
 Patent Rolls and Close Rolls, which class of enrolments may be 
 regarded as the very backbone of the National Archives, and also 
 of the several collections of Ancient Deeds preserved in the 
 Public Record Office, has been instituted by the Deputy Keeper, 
 under whose direct supervision they are produced. Twelve 
 volumes of this series have already been published, of which two 
 deal with the Patent Rolls of Edward I., one with the Patent 
 Rolls of Edward IT., three with the Patent Rolls of Edward III.,
 
 xli 
 
 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 one with the Patent Rolls of Richard II., three with the ( 
 Rolls of Edward II., and two with the Ancient Deed-. 
 
 The Lists and [ndexes already published or in progress arc as 
 follows : — 
 
 Lists and Indexes. 
 
 No. 1. An Index to the Ancient Petitions of the Courts i f 
 Chanoeri and Exchequer. 
 
 This comprises a large collection of Petitions addressed to 
 the King, to the King and Council, to the Parliament, and 
 to the Chancellor and certain other officers of State in the 
 13th, 14th, and loth centuries. 
 
 They have heen brought together from various sources, 
 amongst which may be enumerated the class heretofore 
 known as <; Parliamentary Petitions," the " Chancery Files," 
 the Bundles of " Privy Seals, &c," the " Royal Letters," 
 and the "Miscellanea" of the Courts of Chancery and 
 Exchequer. 
 
 No. 2. A List of the Declared Accounts of the Audit 
 Office and Pite Office, with a General Index. 
 
 This List includes 2,541 Bundles of Public Accounts 
 belonging to the Audit Office Series, and 3,616 Rolls of 
 Duplicate Accounts from the Office of the Clerk of the Pipe 
 They extend in date from about the reign of Henry VIII. 
 to the present time. The Duplicate Accounts from the Pipe 
 Office of a later date than 1714 have been transferred to the 
 Bodleian Library. 
 
 No. 3. A List of the Domestic State Papers from the Reign 
 Edward VI. to the Reiim of George III. 
 
 The object of this List is to furnish clear references to the 
 various volumes of State Papers heretofore existing as dis- 
 tinct series without any uniform system of numeration or 
 description. 
 
 No. 4. A List of the Plea Rolls of the various Courts of Law. 
 This is an exhaustive List of all the Plea Rolls preserved 
 
 in the Public Record Office, including the Eyre Rolls, Assize 
 Rolls, Coroners' Rolls, and Gaol Delivery Rolls, with 
 documents subsidiary thereto. 
 
 No. 5. A List or Inventory of Original Ministers' 
 Accounts prior to the Reign of Henry VII. 
 
 This comprises the very large collection of Bailiffs' and 
 Receivers' Accounts formerly preserved amongst the so-called 
 Miscellanea of the Queen's Remembrancer's Office, with 
 which have been incorporated numerous analogous documents 
 formerly preserved in the Chapter House at Westminster, 
 the Tower of London, and the Office of Land Revenue 
 Records. 
 
 It also includes the Ministers' Accounts of the Duchy of 
 Lancaster of an earlier date than Henry VII.
 
 xlii 
 
 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 The contents of the Rolls are fully set out and an Index 
 Locorum is in the press. 
 
 No. 6. — A List or Inventory of the Coukt Rolls preserved 
 in the Public Record Office. 
 
 This includes the several series of Court Rolls formerly 
 existing amongst the Records of the Court of Chancery, of 
 the Queen's Remembrancer's Department in the Exchequer, 
 of the Treasury of the Receipt, and of the Augmentation 
 Office, with analogous documents from various collections of 
 Miscellanea. 
 
 The contents of the Rolls arc shown in detail, and an Index 
 Locorum is annexed. 
 
 The following Lists are in preparation: — 
 
 A List of Original Accounts of the Exchequer, with 
 documents subsidiary thereto. 
 
 This will include all the Accounts relating to expenditure 
 on the Army and Navy, on Ambassadors and Envoys, on the 
 Royal Household and Wardrobe, and on Works and Repairs 
 at the Royal Palaces and other buildings, and to a variety of 
 other subjects connected with the administration ^ of the 
 kingdom, which formerly existed amongst the so-called Mis- 
 cellanea of the Queen's Remembrancer's Department, the 
 Miscellanea of the Treasury of the Receipt of the Exchequer, 
 and elsewhere. 
 
 It has been completed in manuscript. 
 
 The original Accounts relating to the Revenue, such as 
 the Custom.- Accounts and those of the Sheriffs, Escheators, 
 and other Ministers, will form the subject of a separate List. 
 
 A List of the Enrolled Accounts of the Exchequer (Lord 
 Treasurer's Remembrancer's Department). 
 
 This will include all Accounts, other than those of the 
 Sheriffs, enrolled on the Pipe Rolls, the Chancellor's Rolls, or 
 on the Rolls of Foreign Accounts from the reign of Henry 
 III. to that of Richard HI. inclusive. 
 
 A List of the Rentals and Surveys preserved in the Public 
 Record Office. 
 
 Tl lis will include all the Rentals and Surveys hitherto 
 existing amongst the Miscellanea of the Queen's Remem- 
 brancer's Department, of the Treasury of the Receipt or 
 Chapter House, and of the Augmentation Office, with 
 references to analogous documents belonging to the well 
 known classes of " Parliamentary Surveys," " Special Com- 
 missions," &c, and to the Books of Surveys in the several 
 -erics of Miscellaneous Books of the Exchequer. 
 
 The first portion, dealing with the Rentals and Surveys 
 formerly scattered amongst the Miscellanea, has been 
 completeel in manuscript.
 
 xhii 
 
 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 The present volume comprises : — 
 (1.) A Schedule of the Records of the Superior Courts of 
 
 Law and of the Palatinates of Durham and Lancaster, 
 
 the Duchy of Lancaster, and the Phin< ipaliti of 
 
 Walks, including the Palatinate of Chester. 
 (2.) A Descriptive Catalogue of the Principal Ci 
 
 of Documents in the Public Record Office, arra ged 
 
 under the following heads: — 
 Accounts. 
 
 Acknowledgments of Deeds. 
 
 Agarde's Indexes. 
 
 Alienation of Land?. 
 
 Aliens. 
 
 Ambassadors and Envoys. 
 
 Annuities. 
 
 Apparel. 
 
 Army, Navy, and Ordnance. 
 
 Attorneys and Solicitors. 
 
 Ayloffe's Calendars. 
 
 Bankrupts' Estates. 
 
 Baronets. 
 
 Bonds and Recognizances. 
 
 Certificates. 
 
 Chancery Enrolments. 
 
 Chancery Files. 
 
 Channel Islands. 
 
 Charities. 
 
 Charters and Grants. 
 
 Cinque Ports. 
 
 Commissions. 
 
 Common Prayer Books. 
 
 Cornwall, Duchy of. 
 
 Coronations. 
 
 Coroners' Inquests. 
 
 Court or Manor Rolls. 
 
 Courts of Justice. 
 
 Crown Lands and Rents. 
 
 Custos Sigilli. 
 
 Deeds (Ancient). 
 
 Deeds Enrolled. 
 
 Deeds &c., Registries of. 
 
 Degrees. 
 
 Departmental Records. 
 
 Depopulation. 
 
 Derelict Lands. 
 
 Domesday Book. 
 
 Ecclesiastical Matters. 
 
 Emigrants. 
 
 Escheats, Attainder?, and 
 
 Forfeitures. 
 Fees of Courts. 
 Feudal Tenia' 9. 
 Fines and Recoveries. 
 Forests, Park-, and Cl 
 Fortifications. 
 France, English possessions 
 
 in. 
 Genealogy. 
 
 Gentlemen Pensioners. 
 Grammar Schools. 
 Guilds and Fraternities. 
 Hanaper Accounts. 
 Hospitals. 
 Hundred Rolls. 
 Inquisitions. 
 Ireland. 
 Jewels. 
 Jews. 
 
 Judicial Proceedings. 
 Knighthood. 
 Leases. 
 
 Le Neve's Indexes, 
 Livery of Lands. 
 Loans and Benevolences. 
 Manors, Extents vf. 
 Manumissions. 
 Maps, Plans, and Charts. 
 Markets and Fair-. 
 Memoranda Rolls. 
 Mines. 
 Ministers 1 and Receivers' 
 
 Accounts. 
 Mint 
 
 Miscellaneous Books 
 Miscellaneous Rolls. 
 Monastic Foundal 
 Nomina Villarum. 
 I >aths of Allegiance, &c
 
 xliv 
 
 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 Palmer's Indexes. 
 
 Papal Bulls. 
 
 Papists. Recusants, and 
 Nonconformists. 
 
 Parliamentary Proceedings. 
 
 Partition of Lands. 
 
 Petitions. 
 
 Piracy. 
 
 Post Office. 
 
 Prisons. 
 
 Privy Council. 
 
 Privy Seals, &c. 
 
 Rebellions. 
 
 Eeceipts and Issues of the 
 Exchequer. 
 
 Registers and Books of Re- 
 membrance. 
 
 Rentals and Surveys. 
 
 Revenue Rolls. 
 
 Royal and Historical Letters. 
 
 Royalists and Delinquents. 
 
 Scotland. 
 
 Seals. 
 
 Sewers, Laws of, &c. 
 
 Sheriffs' Accounts. 
 
 Specifications of Patents. 
 
 State Papers. 
 
 State Prisoners. 
 
 Statute Staple. 
 
 Surveys. 
 
 Taxation. 
 
 Tower of London. 
 
 Treaties and Diplomatic 
 
 Documents. 
 Treatises. 
 Universities. 
 Wales. 
 
 Wardrobe and Household. 
 Wards and Minors. 
 Wills (Royal and Private). 
 Works and Buildings. 
 
 (3.) A General Index: 
 
 This work is issued with the sanction of the Deputy Keeper 
 of the Records, to whom and to several of my colleagues I am 
 indebted for much valuable advice and assistance. 
 
 For the general scheme and for the accuracy of the details I 
 alone am responsible. 
 
 S. R. SCARGILL-BlED. 
 
 Public Record Office, 
 
 25 March 1896.
 
 xlv 
 
 SCHEDULE OF RECORDS 
 
 SUPERIOR COURTS OF LAW, &c. 
 
 COURT OF CHANCERY. 
 
 Description of Record. 
 
 Number of 
 Bandies, Bolls, 
 
 or Volume*. 
 
 Accountant-General's Certificates 
 
 Acts of Parliament made in Ireland 
 
 Administration Summonses. See" Chan- 
 cery Proceeding " 
 
 Admissions of Officers, Pells of 
 (Petty Bag Office.) 
 
 Affidavits - 
 
 Affidavits, Registers of 
 
 Awards and Agreements 
 
 Bills and Answers. .See " Chancery 
 Proceedings." 
 
 Bishops' Patent Polls - 
 
 Bishops' Patents, Warrants for 
 
 Previa Regia or " Chancery Files " 
 
 ( Tower Series.) 
 Brevia Regia or " Chanceiy Files " 
 
 (Petty Bog Series.) 
 Brevia Regia or " Chancery Files " 
 
 {Rolls Chapel S, ries.) 
 Certificates of Guilds 
 Certificates (Various) ... 
 
 (Petty Bag Office.) 
 Certiorari Bundle- - 
 
 (/'i tty Bag Series.) 
 Certiorari Bundles 
 
 (Rolls Chapel Series.) 
 Chancery Proceedim:-; : — 
 (Early) 
 
 (Serie> I.) 
 
 (Series II.) Supplementary - 
 
 (Six Clerks' Series) : — 
 Bridges 
 
 Collins - - 
 
 Hamilton 
 Mitford 
 Reynardson 
 Whittinffton 
 
 1726 to 1825 
 10 Charles I. 
 
 39 Elizabeth to 1874 
 
 527 Bundles. 
 l Bundle. 
 
 20 Rolls. 
 
 1611 to 1869 - 
 
 2,380 BnndL -. 
 
 1615 to 174G - 
 
 ■ ■..Is. 
 
 1694 to 1844 - 
 
 15 Bundles. 
 
 9 George I. to 38 
 
 26 Rolls. 
 
 Victoria. 
 
 
 9 George I. to £8 
 
 13 Bundles. 
 
 Victoria. 
 
 
 Edward I. to Charles 
 
 Under arrange 
 
 II. 
 
 
 41 Elizabeth to 31 
 
 259 Bundles. 
 
 Victoria. 
 
 
 - 
 
 7 P. indies. 
 
 12 Richard II. 
 
 9 Portfolios. 
 
 James I. to ( ieorge 
 
 8 Bundle-. 
 
 III. 
 
 
 Janus I. to George 
 
 12 Bundles. 
 
 III. 
 
 
 Henry VIII. to 
 
 miles. 
 
 George III. 
 
 
 Richard II. to Philip 
 
 I'd 1. r arrange 
 
 and .Mary. 
 
 lllelit. 
 
 Elizabeth to Chailes 
 I. 
 
 Elizabeth to Charles 
 
 2,240 Bundles. 
 
 arrange- 
 
 11. 
 
 ment. 
 
 "Before 1711" 
 
 
 Do. 
 
 idles. 
 
 Do. 
 
 s. 
 
 Do. 
 
 - 
 
 Do. 
 
 - 
 
 Do. 
 
 .". 16 Bnndli 9. 
 
 •N.B.— The number of Bundles, 4c. specified in the third column t this S 9 subject 
 
 lo revision from time to time.
 
 xlvi 
 
 COURT OF CHANCERY— (continued). 
 
 
 
 Number of 
 
 Description of Record. 
 
 Period embraced. 
 
 Bundles, Rolls, 
 or Volumes 
 
 i 
 
 Chancery Proceedings (Six Clerks' 
 
 1714 to 1758 - 
 
 2,791 Bundles. 
 
 Series). 
 
 
 
 Do. do. 
 
 L758 to 1S00 - 
 
 2,434 Bun lies. 
 
 Do. do. 
 
 1S00 to 1842 and 
 Supplementary. 
 
 3,193 Bundles. 
 
 Chancery Proceedings (Modern Series), 
 
 1842 to 1852 - 
 
 Arranged alpha- 
 
 •■ Pleadings," including Bills, Answers, 
 
 
 beticaliy. 
 
 Replications, Administration Sum- 
 
 
 
 monses, &c. 8fcc. 
 
 
 
 Chancery Proceedings, " Administration 
 
 1852 to 1855- 
 
 Do. 
 
 Summonses." 
 
 
 
 Chancery Proceedings (Bills only) 
 
 1853 to 1860 
 
 Do. 
 
 Do, do. (Answers only) - 
 
 1853 to 1860 
 
 Do. 
 
 Do. do. (Bills, Answers, 
 
 1861 to 1869 - 
 
 Do. 
 
 &c., together). 
 
 
 
 Charitable Uses, Proceedings relating 
 to:— 
 
 Commissions, Inquisitions, and 
 
 
 
 43 Elizabeth to 8 
 
 60 Bundles. 
 
 Decrees 
 
 George II. 
 
 
 Commissions, Inquisitions, and 
 
 - 
 
 6 Bundles. 
 
 Decrees (Supplementary). 
 
 
 
 Confirmations and Exonerations of 
 
 8 James I. to 16 
 
 38 Rolls. 
 
 Decrees. 
 
 George II. 
 
 
 Depositions, Interrogatories, &c. - 
 
 ... 
 
 19 Bundles. 
 
 ptious, Answers, and Replica- 
 
 - 
 
 22 Bundles. 
 
 tions. 
 
 
 
 (har:cr Bolls - 
 
 1 John to 8 Henrv 
 VIII. 
 
 207 Rolls. 
 
 Clerks in Courts' Books 
 
 1713 to 1842 - 
 
 138 Vols. 
 
 1 Rolls - 
 
 6 John to 1883 
 
 19,207 Rolls. 
 
 Commissions, &c. for Fortifications 
 
 Anne to William IV. 
 
 1 Bundle. 
 
 (Crown Office). 
 
 
 
 Common Law Pleadings, or "Placita in 
 
 Edward III. to Rich- 
 
 Under arrange- 
 
 ( ancellaria." 
 
 ard III. 
 
 ment. 
 
 ( Tower Series.") 
 
 
 
 i . mon Law Pleadings 
 
 Henry VII. to James 
 
 22 Bundles. 
 
 {Rolls Chapel Scries.) 
 
 I. 
 
 
 Common Law Pleadings (Proceedings on 
 
 Elizabeth to Victoria 
 
 93 Bundles. 
 
 Scire Facias, &c). 
 
 
 
 (Petty Bag Office Scries.) 
 
 
 
 : Prayi r Hooks : — 
 
 
 
 (Tower Copy) - 
 
 Charles II. . 
 
 1 Vol. 
 
 ( Rolls Chapel Copy) 
 
 Charles II. - 
 
 1 Vol. 
 
 y Placita - - » - 
 
 John to Edward IV. 
 
 42 Portfolios. 
 
 -. Warrants for 
 
 Georpe I. to Geonre 
 
 G Bundles. 
 
 (Petty Bag Office.) 
 
 III. 
 
 
 1 Si 01 Papers 
 
 - 
 
 1 Bundle. 
 
 \ncient). Sei - ' ■ < '."' 
 
 Calendar in progress 
 
 — 
 
 ; Rolls - 
 
 26 Henry VIII. to 
 1878. 
 
 2,250 Rolls. 
 
 I Rolls (Supplementary) 
 
 384 Rolls. 
 
 lied, Docqaets of - 
 
 20 Henry VIII. to 
 
 1878. 
 36 Henry VIII. to 
 
 — 
 
 • and Ouhr-, Entry Books of 
 
 1,158 Vols. 
 
 
 1869. 
 
 
 - - - - 
 
 Eliz. to Car. I. 
 
 Arranged alpha- 
 betically.
 
 xlvii 
 
 COURT OF CHANCERY— ^-ontii.: 
 
 
 
 .Number of 
 
 Description of Record. 
 
 Pei iod embrac id. 
 
 Bundli 
 or Volann 
 
 Depositions ... - 
 
 (Six Clei 1 
 1. : 1714. 
 
 l,o.0l Run,; 
 
 Do. - - - - - 
 
 From 17! I to 1 
 (filed with the 
 ( Ihanccrj Pro- 
 ceedings). 
 
 
 Do. .... 
 
 From 1842 to 
 (filed with the 
 
 — 
 
 
 Chancery Pro- 
 ceedings). 
 
 
 !),,. - - - 
 
 From 1852 to 1869 
 
 65 Randies. 
 
 Do. - 
 
 "Sealed" or ' 
 published." 
 
 389 Bundles. 
 
 Do. - - - - 
 
 " Town " (taken be- 
 t'( re the Exam- 
 iners). Henry 
 VIII. to 1S53. 
 
 - Bundles. 
 
 Dockel Books - 
 
 1617 to 1850 - 
 
 19 Vols. 
 
 (Patenl < Iffice.) 
 
 
 
 Enrolments (Various) : — 
 
 
 
 Almain Rolls - - - 
 
 22 Edw. I. to 15 
 Edw. III. 
 
 8 Rolls. 
 
 Carta: Antiquae Rolls 
 
 Ethelbert to Edward 
 
 1. 
 1 Richard III. to 1 
 
 45Rol 
 
 Confirmation Rolls - - - 
 
 113 Rolls. 
 
 
 Charles I. 
 
 
 ( loronation Rolls 
 
 Edward II. to Vic- 
 toria. 
 
 13 Rolls. 
 
 Dispensation Rolls - - - 
 
 37 Elizabeth lo L745 
 
 62 Rolls. 
 
 Exchange Hulls ... 
 
 6 Richard II. to 12 
 Henry VI. 
 
 4 Rolls. 
 
 Extract Rolls - - - 
 
 4J Henry III. to 6 
 Richard II. 
 
 31 Rolls, 
 
 French Rolls ... 
 
 26 Henry III. to 26 
 Charles II. 
 
 208 Rolls. 
 
 Irish Rolls - - - - 
 
 1 to 30 Edward III. 
 
 3 Rolls. 
 
 I.i' rate Rolls ... 
 
 2 John to 14 Henry 
 VI. 
 
 147 Rolls. 
 
 Norman Rolls - - - 
 
 2 John to 10 Henry 
 V. 
 
 1 to 9 John - 
 
 20 Rolls. 
 
 Oblata Rolls 
 
 4 Rolls. 
 
 Misac Roll - - - - 
 
 11 John 
 
 i Roll. 
 
 jtita Roll 
 
 12 John - 
 
 1 Roll. 
 
 Pai Ion Rolls - - - - 
 
 22 Edward I. 
 James I. 
 
 (6 Rolls. 
 
 Protection Rolls ... 
 
 10 to ;!•"> Edward I. - 
 
 4 Rolls. 
 
 Redisseissin Rolls - - - 
 
 14 Edward I. to 6 
 Edward IV . 
 
 ! .1!-. 
 
 Roman Roll 
 
 34 Edward I. to 31 
 Edward I ! !. 
 
 •J 2 Rolls, 
 
 Scotch Rolls - - - - 
 
 19 Edward 1. 
 Hem f VIII. 
 
 118 B 
 
 Staple Rolls 
 
 27 Edward III. to 39 
 Henry V [. 
 
 3 R 
 
 Statute Rolls - 
 
 Edward [.to Edward 
 IV. 
 
 G R 
 
 Surrender Rolls ... 
 
 12 to -J" Charl( a [I. 
 
 7 Rolls. 
 
 Vascon or Gascon Rolls 
 
 Henry III. to 7 
 Edward IV. 
 
 144 1.
 
 xiviii 
 
 COURT OP CHANCERY— (continued). 
 
 Description of Record. 
 
 Number of 
 
 Bundles, Rolls, 
 
 or Volumes. 
 
 Enrolments (Various) — cont. 
 Welsh Rolls - 
 
 Fine Rolls - 
 
 Forest Proceedings (Ancient) 
 
 Forest Proceedings - 
 
 Forfeited Estates Papers 
 
 Gloucester Chartulary - - - 
 
 Gloucester Original Charters - 
 Inquisitions post mortem and ad quod 
 
 damnum. 
 Inquisitions post mortem and ad quod 
 
 damnum. 
 
 Inquisitions " de Rebellious " - 
 Lunacy, Commissions and Inquisitions 
 on. 
 
 (Petty Bag Office.) 
 Memorials of Annuities - 
 Million Bank, Books and Papers of the - 
 Miscellaneous Rolls, &c. 
 (Tower Series) : — 
 Army and Navy Accounts - 
 
 Channel Islands Documents 
 
 Deeds, &c, Transcripts of - 
 
 Ecclesiastical Documents 
 Ecclesiastical Taxation (of Pope 
 
 Nicholas). 
 France, Documents relating to 
 
 Grants of Markets and Fairs 
 
 Homage Rolls (Scotland) 
 
 Knight's Fees, Inquisitions and 
 
 Rolls of. 
 Marshalsey Rolls - 
 
 Proceedings in the Court of Chivalry 
 
 Scutage Rolls 
 
 Sewers, Proceedings before Com- 
 
 niirsioners of. 
 Special Commissions, Extents, and 
 
 Inquisitions. 
 Treaties and Diplomatic Documents 
 
 Wardrobe and Household Accounts 
 Unclassified Documents 
 
 Miscellaneous Rolls, &c. 
 
 (Rolls Chapel Series.) 
 Miscellaneous Rolls, &c. 
 
 (Petty Bag Office) 
 
 Oath Rolls (Association) 
 (l'etty Rag Office.) 
 
 5 Edward I. to 23 
 
 Edward I. 
 John to 23 Charles I. 
 John to Henry VIII. 
 Henry VIII. to 
 
 Charles I. 
 Pursuant to Statute 
 
 1 George I. 
 
 Henry III. to Richard 
 III. 
 
 Henry VII. to Charles 
 I., and Miscella- 
 neous. 
 
 49 Henry III - 
 
 Charles I. to 1869 - 
 
 1813 to 1854 - 
 
 Edward I. to Edward 
 
 IV. 
 Edward I. to Eliz- 
 abeth. 
 Henry III. to Edward 
 
 VI. 
 Edward I. to 1657 - 
 21 Edward I.- 
 Edward I. to Henry 
 
 VIII. 
 John to Henry VI. - 
 19 to 24 Edward I. - 
 Henry III. to Henry 
 
 IV. 
 Edward I. to Edward 
 
 II. 
 9 to 22 Richard II. - 
 John to Edward III. 
 Edward II. to Henry 
 
 VI. 
 Richard II. to Henry 
 
 VIII. 
 Henry III. to Henry 
 
 VII. 
 John to Elizabeth - 
 Henry III. to Eliza- 
 beth. 
 
 William III. 
 
 8 Rolls. 
 
 553 Rolls. 
 1 Bundle. 
 155 Bundles. 
 
 Under arrange- 
 ment. 
 
 1 Vol. 
 
 1 Box. 
 
 68 Vols, and 72 
 Portfolios. 
 
 540 Vols. 
 
 1 Portfolio. 
 37 Bundles. 
 
 136 Bundles. 
 1 Bundle. 
 
 1 Bundle. 
 
 1 Bundle. 
 
 1 Bundle. 
 
 1 Bundle. 
 1 Bundle. 
 
 1 Bundle. 
 
 1 Bundle. 
 1 Bundle. 
 1 Bundle. 
 
 1 Bundle. 
 
 1 Bundle. 
 1 Bundle. 
 
 1 Bundle. 
 
 1 Bundle. 
 
 1 Bundle. 
 
 1 Bundle. 
 5 Bundles. 
 
 17 Bundles. 
 
 24 Bundles. 
 
 30 Bundles.
 
 xlix 
 
 COURT OF CHANCERY— (continued) 
 
 I ' rip d of Record. 
 
 Nun.! i i of 
 Dandles, Bolls, 
 
 or Volumes. 
 
 Oath Rolls ( Various) 
 
 ( Petty Bag I mi- 
 Oaths, Enrolments of - 
 
 (Pcttj Bag Office.) 
 Papal Bulls ... 
 
 Parliamenl Pawns 
 
 ( Petty Hag Office.) 
 Parliament Rolls - - 
 
 Parliamentary ami other Proceedings - 
 
 Parliamentary Writs ami Returns 
 (Petty Bag Office.) 
 
 Patent Polls - 
 
 Petitions (including Appeal Petitions, 
 
 177 1 to 18GD). 
 Petitions (Corporation) 
 Petition Books (Lord Chancellors') 
 Privy Seals, &c. See " Warrants." 
 Registrars' Minute Books - 
 Remembrance Polls - 
 
 (Petty Bag Office.) 
 Remembrance Rolls of Orders 
 
 (Petty Bag Office.) 
 Reports and Certificates 
 Reports and Certificates, Kxeeptions to - 
 Reports on Courts of Justice - 
 
 (Petty Bag Office.) 
 Sacrament Certificates - 
 
 (Petty Bag Office.) 
 Scottish Documents 
 
 Sewers, Laws of, &c. : — 
 (Petty Bag Office.) 
 Laws of Sewers - - - - 
 Bedford Level Decrees 
 Enrolments of Laws of Sewers 
 Sheriffs' Rolls - - - - 
 
 (Petty Bag Office.) 
 Sheriffs' Rolls - - - - 
 
 (Six Clerks' Office.) 
 Sinniliearits - - - - 
 
 (Petty Bag Office.) 
 
 Six Clerks' Cause Books - 
 Special Commissions - 
 
 (Petty Hag Office.) 
 Specification Rolls - 
 
 (Petty Pag Office.) 
 Specification Rolls - 
 
 (Rolls Chapel Ofl 
 Specifications - - - - 
 
 (Patent Office.) 
 Statutes Staple, Proceedings on 
 
 (Rolls Chapel Series.) 
 Statutes Staple, Proceedings on - 
 
 (Petty Pag Sor 
 Surveys of Church Livings 
 
 « 80195. 
 
 Charles 11. t<> Vic- 
 
 36 Polls. 
 
 toria. 
 
 
 ( Shades 11. to Wil- 
 
 7 Polls. 
 
 liam and Mary. 
 
 
 John to Eenry VIII. 
 
 Under arrange- 
 
 
 ment. 
 
 Henry VIII. to Vic- 
 
 4 Bundles. 
 
 toria. 
 
 
 5 Edward II. to 48 
 
 5,787 B 
 
 and 49 Victoria. 
 
 
 ETenrj III. to Henry 
 
 1 Portfolio. 
 
 VIII. 
 
 
 Edward I. to Victoria 
 
 272 Bund:- 
 
 3 John to 50 Victoria 
 
 5,123 Rolls. 
 
 1834 to 1869 - 
 
 1,289 Bundles. 
 
 1834 to 1843 
 
 3 Bundles. 
 
 1756 to 1858 - 
 
 43 Vols. 
 
 1639 to IS69 - 
 
 4,541 Vols. 
 
 Elizabeth to George 
 
 B^ Polls. 
 
 111. 
 
 
 1 1 Charles I. to 2 
 
 10 Rolls. 
 
 George II. 
 
 
 1544 to 1869 - 
 
 •J. 953 Vols. 
 
 1756 to 1859 - 
 
 47 Bundles. 
 
 1740 to 1864 
 
 64 Vols. 
 
 1673 to 1789 - 
 
 33 Bundles. 
 
 Henry III. to Charles 
 
 2 Portfolios. 
 
 II. 
 
 
 12 Elizabeth to 1831 
 
 2 Bundle-. 
 
 16-36 Charles II. - 
 
 S Bundles. 
 
 8 Charles I. to 1714 
 
 1 Polls. 
 
 36 Henry VIII. to 
 
 3 Bundles. 
 
 17 Charles 1. 
 
 
 1700 to 1848 - 
 
 3 Bui . 
 
 George II. to 1S39 - 
 
 12 Bundles (Cur- 
 
 
 sitois' Records 
 
 
 Nos.752to763) 
 
 1620 to 1842 - 
 
 1U2 \ 
 
 James I. to Victoria 
 
 21 Bundles. 
 
 1712 to 1848 - 
 
 287 Polls. 
 
 1712 to 1848 
 
 140 Roll-. 
 
 1852 to 1880 - 
 
 1,121 Bundles. 
 
 ILnry VIII. to Anne 
 
 it', Bundles. 
 
 James [. 1 G 
 
 35 Bundles. 
 
 111. 
 
 
 Commonwealth 
 
 3 Vols.
 
 COURT OF CHANCERY— (continued). 
 
 
 
 
 
 Number of 
 
 Description of Rec 
 
 3rd. 
 
 
 Period embraced. 
 
 Bundles, Bolls, 
 or Volumes. 
 
 Swainmote Court Rolls 
 
 _ 
 
 
 2 Edward VI. to 14 
 
 21 Bundles. 
 
 (Windsor Forest.) 
 
 
 
 Charles I. 
 
 
 Tetus Codex, or " Placita 
 
 Parliamen- 
 
 Edward I. 
 
 1 Vol 
 
 taria." 
 
 
 
 
 
 Warrants of Attorney to 
 
 suffer 
 
 Ee- 
 
 . 
 
 751 Bundles (Cur- 
 
 coveries. 
 
 
 
 
 sitors' Becords, 
 
 (Petty Bag Office.) 
 
 
 
 
 Nos. 1 to 751). 
 
 Warrants for the Great Seal 
 
 : — 
 
 
 
 
 Series I. - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 Heury III. to 
 Richard III. 
 
 1,042 Files. 
 
 Si ties 11. - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 Henry VII. to Henry 
 VIII. 
 
 76 Bundles. 
 
 Si ties 111. - 
 
 . 
 
 - 
 
 Edward VI. to Anne 
 
 284 Bundles. 
 
 Series IV. - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 George I. to William 
 [V. 
 
 Victoria 
 
 294 Bundles. 
 
 Seri, 8 V. 
 
 . 
 
 _ 
 
 85 Bundles. 
 
 Writs. See "Previa Begia.' 
 
 
 
 
 
 COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. 
 (Crown Side.) 
 
 Affidavits, General - 
 
 1716 to 1858 - 
 
 - 
 
 256 Bundles 
 
 Affidavits, Supplementary ... 
 
 1689 to 1737 
 
 - 
 
 1 Bundle. 
 
 Appearance Books - 
 
 1725 to 1843 - 
 
 - 
 
 10 Vols. 
 
 Assize Bolls, &c. - - - 
 
 John to Edward IV . 
 
 1,550 Bolls. 
 
 Baga de Secretis - 
 
 Edward IV. 
 George III. 
 
 to 
 
 21 Bags. 
 
 Bails (taken in Court) 
 
 1687 to 1843 - 
 
 - 
 
 30 Bundles. 
 
 Bails (on Certiorari) - 
 
 1698 to 1843 
 
 - 
 
 15 Bundles. 
 
 Bails (Amalgamated) - - - - 
 
 1844 to 1858 - 
 
 - 
 
 15 Bundles. 
 
 Bails, Calendar of 
 
 6 James I. to 
 William III. 
 
 13 
 
 3 Rolls. 
 
 Controlment Boils - 
 
 1 Edward III. 
 1843. 
 
 to 
 
 503 Rolls. 
 
 Contumace Capiendo, Enrolment of Writs 
 
 of. 
 Convicts, Returns of - 
 
 1844 to 1857 - 
 
 - 
 
 1 Roll. 
 
 1785 to 1827 - 
 
 . 
 
 10 Bags. 
 
 Coram Bege Rolls - 
 
 1 Edward I. to 
 William III. 
 
 13 
 
 2,149 Rolls. 
 
 Coroners' Rolls - 
 
 Henry III, to Henry 
 
 VI. 
 1 Anne to 22 Vic- 
 
 256 Rolls. 
 
 CrowD ... 
 
 623 Rolls. 
 
 
 toria. 
 
 
 
 Curia Regis Rolls - 
 
 5 Richard I. to 
 Henry III. 
 
 56 
 
 216 Rolls. 
 
 Depositions - 
 
 1849 to 1857 - 
 
 - 
 
 2 Bundles. 
 
 Error, Becords in (from Ireland) 
 
 George II. and Ge 
 III. 
 
 1603 to 1832 - 
 
 orge 
 
 10 Rolls. 
 
 Estreats of Forfeited Recognizances 
 
 _ 
 
 8 Bags. 
 
 Gaol Delivery Rolls 
 
 Edward I. to Edward 
 
 IV. 
 6 Charles I. to 1843 
 
 221 Rolls. 
 
 Great Doggett Books 
 
 17 Vols. 
 
 Indictment- : — 
 
 
 
 
 (Ancient) 
 
 Edward III. to Henry 
 
 329 Files. 
 
 
 VII. 
 
 
 
 (London and Middlesex) 
 
 1675 to 1845 - 
 
 - 
 
 02 Bundles. 
 
 (Out Counties) 
 
 1625 to 1845 - 
 
 - 
 
 137 Bundles. 
 
 (Amalgamated) - 
 
 1846 to 1858 - 
 
 - 
 
 52 Bundles.
 
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 COURT Of QUEEN'S BENCH— (contii 
 (Crown Side) —(continued). 
 
 iption of Record. 
 
 
 
 Perio 1 embraced. 
 
 Bon 
 
 
 luines. 
 
 - 
 
 l Bundle. 
 
 in: to 1839 - 
 
 2 Bundles. 
 
 L70] to 1838 - 
 
 6 Bundles. 
 
 1734 to 1824 - 
 
 I Bundles. 
 
 1C9S to 1858 - 
 
 7m Bub 
 
 1739 to 1841 - 
 
 i Bag. 
 
 George I. - 
 
 ! Bundle. 
 
 1728 to 1839 - 
 
 idles. 
 
 1737 to 1821 - 
 
 8 Vols. 
 
 1589 to 1857 - 
 
 70 Vols. 
 
 1728 to 1828 - 
 
 10 Bags. 
 
 1G73 to 1858- 
 
 4 Bags. 
 
 Inquisitions (Coroners') - - 
 Inquisitions (on Prisoners) 
 [nterr - 
 
 Judgments, Files of - - 
 
 Orders and Writs, Records of - 
 ( mtlawry Proceedings 
 Papists in Lancaster, Returns of - 
 Posteas - - - - 
 
 Process Books ... 
 
 Rule Books - - - 
 
 Sacrament Certificates 
 Swearing Rolls ... 
 Writs Returned. See " Orders and 
 Writs." 
 
 (Plea Side.) 
 
 Accounts of money paid in and out of 
 
 ( unit. 
 Affidavits of Clerkship 
 Affidavits of Clerkship (Supplementary) 
 Affidavits of Clerkship (of persons not 
 
 admitted). 
 Affidavits General ... 
 Alphabet Books ... 
 
 Appearance Books (in Ejectment) 
 Articles of Clerkship (Registered) 
 Attorneys' Certificate Books 
 Attorneys' Oath Rolls - - - 
 
 Cognovits. See also " Warrants of 
 
 Attorney." 
 Commissions and Depositions - 
 Common Prayer Book 
 Declarations in Ejectment 
 Doggett Rolls ... 
 
 Error, Writs and Transcripts of Records 
 
 in. 
 Essoin Rolls 
 
 Extract Rolls 
 
 Judgment Rolls ... 
 
 Judgments, Docket Papers of 
 Judgments on Posteas, Entry Books of - 
 Marshal's Dockets of Commitments 
 Marshal's Surrender Books 
 Outlawries, Extents and Inquisitions in 
 
 Outlawries, Doggett Books of 
 Prisoners' Papers - - 
 
 Rules, Entry B loks of 
 Rules (Consent), in Ejectments 
 v /. - 
 
 II. ... 
 
 1)370 to 1S37 
 
 177.3 to 1848 - 
 1804 to 1839 - 
 
 1733 to 1848 - 
 1751 to 1832 - 
 1738 to 1836 - 
 1838 to 1848 - 
 1785 to 1843 - 
 1750 to 1840 - 
 1825 to 1848 - 
 
 1832 to 1837 - 
 Charles II. - 
 1728 to 1848 - 
 1390 to 1055 - 
 
 Edward III. to George 
 
 III. 
 Edward III. to Henry 
 
 IV. 
 17d2 to 1S48 - 
 1772 to 1839 - 
 1700 to 1838 - 
 1730 to 1822 - 
 
 1719 to 1838 - 
 
 111. to Vic- 
 toria. 
 1084 to 1810 - 
 
 1003 to 1S48 - 
 
 1720 to 1842 - 
 
 1721 to 1836 - 
 
 30 Vols. 
 
 48 Bundles. 
 
 Bundles. 
 
 1 Bundle. 
 
 953 Bundles. 
 ols. 
 
 20 Vols. 
 -.58 Bundles. 
 01 Vols. 
 3 Rolls. 
 90 Bundles. 
 
 1 Bag. 
 
 I Vol. 
 
 138 Bundles. 
 Rolls. 
 
 10 Bags. 
 
 7C Rolls. 
 140 Rolls. 
 
 Rolls. 
 
 II Handles. 
 10 Vi Is. 
 
 1 Bag. 
 
 22 \ • 
 
 1 Portfolio. 
 
 3 Vols. 
 1 Bundle. 
 263 Vols. 
 
 20 Bundles. 
 24 Bundles. 
 
 d 2
 
 Ill 
 
 COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH— (continued). 
 (Plea Side) — (continued). 
 
 Description of Record. 
 
 Period embraced. 
 
 Number of 
 
 Bundles, Rolls 
 
 or Volumes. 
 
 Rules (Prisoners) 
 Warrants of Attorney - 
 
 Do. and Cognovits 
 
 Do. (from various 
 
 Courts). 
 
 Do. (Supplementary) - 
 
 Writs, Judicial - - - - 
 
 (Series I.) 
 Do. Special Original - - - 
 
 (Series II.) 
 Do. of Habeas Corpus and Recordas - 
 Do. and Posteas - - - 
 
 Do. of Replevin - 
 
 Do. of Scire Facias, Enrolments of - 
 Do. Precedent Book of, called " Forms 
 of Writs." 
 
 1729 to 1838 - 
 1S02 to 1825 - 
 1822 to 1848 - 
 1822 to 1825 - 
 
 1821 to 1824- 
 1629 to 1848 - 
 
 1629 to 1844 - 
 
 1649 to 1684 - 
 Elizabeth to William 
 
 IV. 
 1764 to 1835 - 
 1617 to 1826 - 
 George II. - 
 
 21 Vols. 
 335 Bundles. 
 1,437 Bundles. 
 20 Bundles. 
 
 5 Bundles. 
 92 Bundles. 
 
 142 Bundles. 
 
 12 Bags. 
 1 Bundle. 
 
 4 Portfolios. 
 8 Bundles. 
 1 Vol. 
 
 COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. 
 
 Acknowledgments of Deeds by Married 
 
 Women, Certificates of. 
 Acknow leuginents of Deeds by Married 
 
 Women, Day Books of. 
 Affidavits, General 
 
 Affidavits, General - - - 
 
 Affidavits annexed to Warrants of At- 
 torney for suffering Recoveries. 
 Affidavits to moderate Fines (Alienation 
 
 Office). 
 Appointments of Filazers, &c. - 
 Articles of Clerkship (with Affidavits of 
 
 due execution annexed). 
 Attorneys : — 
 
 Admission Books - - - 
 
 Admission Rolls - 
 Certificate Books - 
 Oath Rolls .-- - 
 Do. (Catholics) 
 
 Do. (Quakers and Separatists) 
 Rolls of - - - 
 
 Rolls or Books of - 
 Do. 
 
 Do. 
 
 Do. 
 
 Banco, Placita de 
 
 Commissions - 
 Common Prayer Book 
 
 1834 to 1855 - 
 
 - 
 
 1,112 Parcels 
 
 1834 to 1857 
 
 - 
 
 16 Vols. 
 
 1704 to 1829 
 
 . 
 
 91 Boxes. 
 
 1830 to 1849 - 
 
 - 
 
 358 Bundles. 
 
 1774 to 1834 
 
 - 
 
 62 Bags. 
 
 1802 to 1834 - 
 
 - 
 
 — 
 
 1674 to 1831 
 
 . 
 
 1 Bundle. 
 
 1730 to 1838 - 
 
 - 
 
 14 Boxes. 
 
 1729 to 1848 - 
 
 _ 
 
 4 Vols. 
 
 1838 to 1860 
 
 - 
 
 4 Rolls. 
 
 1786 to 1843 - 
 
 - 
 
 59 Vols. 
 
 1789 to 1843 
 
 - 
 
 16 Rolls. 
 
 1791 to 1842 - 
 
 - 
 
 3 Rolls. 
 
 1835 to 1842 
 
 - 
 
 1 Roll. 
 
 1730 to 1750 - 
 
 - 
 
 13 Rolls. 
 
 1740 to 1853 
 
 - 
 
 2 Vols. 
 
 1838 to 1843 (pur- 
 
 1 Vol. 
 
 suant to Stat. 1 
 
 & 
 
 
 2 Victoria.) 
 
 
 
 1843 to 1862 (pi 
 
 it- 
 
 1 Vol. 
 
 suant to Stat. 6 & 7 
 
 
 Victoria.) 
 
 
 
 1830 to 1844 (pur- 
 
 1 Vol. 
 
 suant to Stat. 
 
 1 
 
 
 William IV.). 
 
 
 
 1 Edward I. to 
 
 24 
 
 987 Rolls. 
 
 Henry VII. 
 
 
 
 1834 to 185G - 
 
 - 
 
 1 Portfolio. 
 
 Charles II. - 
 
 - 
 
 1 Vol.
 
 liii 
 
 COURT OF COMMON PLEAS— (continued). 
 
 Description of Record. 
 
 I embraced. 
 
 Nnii.l" r 'if 
 
 Bnndles, Bolls, 
 
 M Vuluines. 
 
 Common Kolls 
 
 Consents (in Ejectment) - 
 
 down Debts, Register of 
 Crown Debts, Index to 
 Declarations i" Ejectment 
 Docquet Books of Judgments 
 
 Doggetl Rolls - 
 
 Essoin Rolls - - - 
 
 Extract Rolls - - - - 
 
 Examinations of Witnesses - - - 
 Fines, Concords of 
 
 Do. Feet of 
 
 Do. Notes of - 
 
 Do. Proclamations of - 
 
 Fines and Recoveries : — 
 
 Enrolment of Writs for 
 
 Entries of - - - - 
 
 Rules to Amend - 
 
 Rules and Orders of Court to pass 
 Judgments, Registers of 
 King's Silver Rooks - 
 Nisi PriuS Records, Entries of 
 Oath Rolls (Catholics) 
 
 Do. (Clergymen) - 
 Do. (Qualification) 
 Outlawry Books (Exigents) 
 Outlawry, Reversals of - - - 
 
 Posteas. Series I. - 
 
 Series II. - - - 
 
 Recovery Rolls - - 
 
 Remembrance Rooks : 
 
 Secondaries' - - 
 
 Masters' - - - - 
 
 Remembrance Rolls : — 
 
 (Prothonotaries') - - - 
 
 ( For Recoveries) 
 
 (Of Admissions to prosecute and de- 
 fend by Guardians.) 
 Remembrances (Filazers') 
 Riders and Final Judgments - 
 Rules (Consent and Landlords) - 
 Tadmartou Inclosure Award 
 Warrants of Attorney : — 
 
 To confess judgment 
 
 To sue and defend - 
 Writs :— 
 
 Of Capias, Writs Filed, &c. 
 
 1 Henry Vlll. to 
 
 Victoria. 
 1727 to 1774 (after 
 
 1774 filed with the 
 
 D( clarations in 
 
 Ejectment). 
 1839 to 1848 
 L839 to 1850 
 1704 to 1837 
 29 ( buries II. to 4 
 
 William & Mary. 
 1G92 to 1839 
 1509 to 1859 
 Jo Henry III. to 38 
 
 George III. 
 1-17 Edward III. - 
 1831 to 1849 
 1559 to 1836. 
 Richard 1. to 1835. 
 Edward I. to 1831. 
 L620 to 1S41 
 
 23-24 Elizabeth to 
 10 Anne. 
 
 1611 to 1835 
 
 George III. to Wil- 
 liam IV. 
 
 1797 to 1834 
 
 1838 to 1849 - 
 
 Eliz. to Will. IV. - 
 
 1644 to 1837 
 
 1778 to 1829 - 
 
 1790 to 1S36 
 
 1780 to 1847 - 
 
 1821 to 184S 
 
 10 George II. to 
 1859. 
 
 1689 to 1829 - 
 
 1830 to 1852 
 
 1583 to 1S37 - 
 
 1800 to 1837 
 1838 to 1859 - 
 
 1514 to 1799 
 L770tol834 - 
 1834 to 1859 
 
 L623 to 1691 - 
 Eliz. to Geo. II. 
 1830 to 1852 - 
 17 George III. 
 
 - to 1849 - 
 1769 to 1837 - 
 
 1800 to 1859 - 
 
 :} 
 
 3,084 Rolls. 
 1 Box. 
 
 10 Vols. 
 
 1 1 Vols. 
 27 Boxes. 
 
 3 1 Vols. 
 
 198 Vols. 
 
 1,17s Rolls. 
 33 Packages. 
 
 30 Roll-. 
 
 4 Parcels. 
 
 3 Vols. 
 
 53 Parcels. 
 
 54 Vols. 
 
 1 Parcel. 
 
 4 Parcels. 
 32 Vols. 
 
 22 Vols. 
 6 Rolls. 
 4 Rolls. 
 10 Rolls. 
 4 Vols. 
 4 Parcels. 
 
 261 Bags. 
 45 Pol ' 
 
 1,004 Rolls. 
 
 60 Vols. 
 
 Xos. 1 to 1,426.* 
 1,427 :o 1,489. 
 1,490 to 1491. 
 
 3 Rolls. 
 1 Box. 
 I Box. 
 i Roll. 
 
 238 Bundles. 
 75 Hags. 
 
 114 Bees. 
 
 Many of these rolls are wanting. (See Deputy K pi r*S Report, V., App. II.. p. 7.)
 
 liv 
 
 COURT OF COMMON PLEAS -(continued). 
 
 Description of Record. 
 
 Period embraced. 
 
 Number of 
 
 Bundles, Roils, 
 
 or Volumes. 
 
 Writs — continued 
 Of Covenant - 
 
 Of Entry and Seisin - 
 ( »t Habeas and Returns 
 Of Inquiry, &c. 
 
 Edward III. to Wil- 
 liam IV. 
 1801 to 1833 - 
 1838 to 1842 - 
 1650 to 1851 - 
 
 64 Bags. 
 
 94 Bags. 
 1 Parcel. 
 222 Packages. 
 
 COURT OF EXCHEQUER OF PLEAS. 
 
 Accounts of Money paid into and out of 
 
 Court. 
 Affidavit- General - 
 Amercements and Issues Forfeited 
 Appearance Books 
 
 Attorneys' Oath Rolls 
 
 Bills and Writs - 
 
 Ejectment, Affidavits and Declarations 
 
 in. 
 Jews' Plea Rolls - 
 
 rs' New Trial Bocks 
 Minute Books - 
 
 Order Books .... 
 
 Outlawry Books - 
 Placitorum Formulate - 
 Plea Rolls 
 Plea Rolls, Repertories to 
 
 Rule Books - 
 
 Special Paper Book - 
 
 Term Papers (Orders made Rules of 
 
 Court, &c). 
 Transcripts of Proceedings in Error 
 Warrants of Attorney and Cognovits 
 Writ Books - 
 Writs. See " Bills and Writs." 
 Writs, Inquisitions, Posteas, &c. 
 Wiits Returned (London and Middlesex) 
 Writs Returned (Out Counties) 
 Writs and Transcripts of Judgments, 
 
 &c. from ths Court of Great Sessions 
 
 in Wales. 
 
 1690 to 1775 - 
 
 1830 to 1855 - 
 
 1697 to 1740- 
 
 28 Elizabeth to 12 
 
 Anne. 
 1830 to 1842 - 
 Edward III. to 1855 
 
 1778 to 1849 - 
 
 3 Henry III. to 14 
 
 Edward I. 
 1848 to 1855 - 
 1657 to 1830 - 
 3 Edward VI. to 1830 
 1832 to 1869 - 
 
 Henry III. to 1855- 
 Edward IV. to Henry 
 
 VII. 
 1811 to 1854- 
 1847 to 1854 - 
 
 1779 to 1785 and 
 1830 to 1849. 
 
 1803 to 1855 - 
 1616 to 1714- 
 
 1843 to 1855 - 
 1843 to 1855 - 
 
 3 Vols. 
 
 645 Bundles. 
 1 Vol. 
 35 Vols. 
 
 1 Bundle. 
 491 Bundles. 
 32 Bundles. 
 
 47 Rolls. 
 
 4 Vols. 
 73 Vols. 
 81 Vols. 
 
 2 Vols. 
 1 Vol. 
 
 1,388 Rolls. 
 1 Package - 
 
 43 Vols. 
 
 1 Vol. 
 
 25 Bundles. 
 
 13 Bundles. 
 165 Bundles. 
 15 Vols. 
 
 2 Portfolios. 
 22 Bundles. 
 22 Bundles.. 
 1 Portfolio. 
 
 COURT OF EXCHEQUER. 
 (Queen's Remembrancer's Department.) 
 
 Accounts, &c. (relating to Expenditure 
 and Admin 
 
 Accounts, &c. (relating to Revenue). See 
 " Customs Accounts," '• Escheators' 
 Accounts," "Ministers' and Receiv- 
 er-.' Accounts," " Sheriffs' Accounts," 
 and " Subsidies (Clerical and Lay).' - ] 
 
 Accounts (Public) Enrolments of 
 
 Henry III. to James 
 I., and later. 
 
 Elizabeth to 1837 
 
 530 Bundles. 
 
 530 Rolls.
 
 lv 
 
 COURT OF EXCHEQUER— (continued). 
 
 (Queen's Remembrancer's Department)— (continued;. 
 
 Description of Record. 
 
 
 Number of 
 -. Roll*, 
 
 'luiiies. 
 
 Accounts of Interest and Divid i 
 
 to Suitors. 
 Affidavits (Original) - - - 
 
 Affida\ its of Bailiffs of Liberties claiming 
 
 Fines. 
 Affidi \ its of Cndersheriffs as to sums 
 
 ■, ed for Deodands, &c. 
 Alien Priories, &c., Extents of - 
 
 ■ranees, Entries of - - 
 
 Army, Assessments for the 
 Army, General and Division Order- 
 Army and Navy, Account of Men in the 
 Attorneys' Certificate Hook 
 Barons and Treasurers of the Exchequer, 
 
 Names of the. 
 Bills uud Answers - 
 
 Bills against Accountants - 
 Bonds - 
 
 Certificates of Residence and Payment 
 
 of Subsidies. 
 Certificates of the Sale and Transfer of 
 
 Hank Stock. 
 Certificates as to the Sale of the King's 
 
 lands. 
 Chatham Fortifications, Deeds as to Land 
 
 for. 
 Church Goods, Inventories of 
 Claims of Lords of Liberties 
 . as to the River Wey 
 Cleveland, Claims on the estate of the 
 Earl of. 
 Do. Entry Booh of - 
 
 tied Lands, Particulars of - 
 1 i entual Leases - - - 
 
 Cornwall, Bailiffs' Accounts of Edmund, 
 Earl of. 
 
 11, ( laption of Seisin of the Duchy 
 of. 
 Customs, Accounts of Collectors of 
 
 Decrees and Orders, Entry Books of :- 
 - ies I. (Decrees and Orders) 
 
 II- ( 
 Series III. ( 
 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 
 ) 
 
 S< / i( s IV. ( IK crees only) - 
 es V. (< Irders only ) 
 I s (Original): — 
 
 Decrees and Ord< i - 
 
 Do. (Su] plementary) 
 
 Decrees (only) - 
 
 1820 to 1841 - 
 
 36 Vols. 
 
 1572 to 1842- 
 
 Portfolios. 
 
 18;jo to 1830 - 
 
 2 Bundle-. 
 
 1833 to 1842 - 
 
 2 Bundles. 
 
 Edward I. to Edward 
 
 12 Bundle-. 
 
 IV. 
 
 
 1588 to 1841 - 
 
 19 Vols. 
 
 1G15 to 1052 - 
 
 1 Roll. 
 
 1811 to 1S12 - 
 
 1 Vol. 
 
 171'j and 1724-5 
 
 1 Vol. 
 
 . 
 
 1 Vol. 
 
 Edward II. to Eliza- 
 
 2 Rolls. 
 
 beth. 
 
 
 Elizabeth to 1841 - 
 
 2,386 Package-. 
 
 Charles I. - 
 
 5 Portt 
 
 Henrv VIII. to Eliza- 
 
 21 Bumllcs. 
 
 beth. 
 
 
 Elizabeth and James 
 
 Under arrange- 
 
 I. 
 
 ment. 
 
 1S20 to 1841 - 
 
 1 Vol. 
 
 Commonwealth 
 
 5 Bu;. . 
 
 1578 to 1718 - 
 
 3 Bundit-. 
 
 Edward VI. - 
 
 10 Bundles. 
 
 1837 to 184S - 
 
 2 Bund!.-. 
 
 1671 - 
 
 1 Bundle. 
 
 IGGl 
 
 1 Bundle. 
 
 . 
 
 l Vol. 
 
 Hen. VI I T. to James I. 
 
 1 Bundle. 
 
 Henry VIII. - 
 
 1 Parcel. 
 
 24-25 Edward I. 
 
 1 Roll. 
 
 11 Edward 111. 
 
 1 Roll. 
 
 Edward I. to James 
 
 I. 
 
 197 Bundles. 
 
 1 Elizabeth to 3 
 
 29 Vols. 
 
 James I. 
 
 
 l .las. I. to 1 Chas. I. 
 
 37 Vols. 
 
 1 Chas I. to L3 1 
 
 33 V 
 
 II. 
 
 
 2 James 1. to 1841 - 
 
 
 13 Chas. II. to 1350 
 
 \ ols. 
 
 Elizabeth to 1662 - 
 
 129 Pi 
 
 . 
 
 22 Portfolios 
 
 1GG5 to 1S41 - 
 
 , 72 Portfol 
 
 
 Volumes.
 
 lvi 
 
 COURT OF EXCHEQUER— (continued). 
 (Queen's Remembrancer's Department) — (continued). 
 
 Description of Record. 
 
 Period embraced. 
 
 Number of 
 
 Bundles, Rolls, 
 
 or Volumes. 
 
 Decrees and Orders — cont. 
 Orders (only) - 
 
 Deeds (Ancient). Series " D." - 
 Depositions, taken before the Barons 
 
 (called " Barons' Depositions "). 
 Depositions, taken by Commission 
 Ecclesiastical Documents 
 
 Escheators' Accounts - - - 
 
 Escheators' Inquisitions 
 
 Estreats and Affidavits (from Quarter 
 Sessions). 
 
 Estreats, Entries of - - - 
 
 Do. Miscellaneous - - 
 Do. of Deodands, and Affidavits of 
 no Deodands. 
 
 Exchequer Proceedings - - - 
 
 Excise Accounts - 
 
 Excise Extents - - - - 
 
 Exc'se Informations - 
 
 Excise Writs and Posteas - - 
 
 Exhibits - 
 
 Exmoor Forest Inclosure Award 
 Extents and Inquisitions (for Crown 
 
 DebN)- 
 Extents and Inquisitions (Miscellaneous) 
 Forest Proceedings ... 
 
 Forfeited Lands, Accounts of Commis- 
 sioners for the Sale of. 
 
 Grants, Particulars for - 
 
 Informations of Intrusion (Attorney 
 General v. Lord Churchill). 
 
 Informations of Intrusion 
 
 Informations, Pleas, and Writs 
 Inventories of Goods and Chattels 
 
 Knights' Fees, Returns of (including the 
 Testa de Nevill.) 
 
 Leases, Counterparts of Demises 
 (arranged in Counties). 
 
 Leases (Miscellaneous) - - - 
 
 Licenses to go beyond Seas 
 
 Lord Muyor and Sheriffs, Mode of pre- 
 sentation of. 
 
 Memoranda Rolls - - - 
 
 Memoranda Rolls, Repertories to 
 
 1664 to 1841 
 
 Calendar in progress. 
 Elizabeth to 1841 - 
 
 Elizabeth to 1841 - 
 Henry III. to James 
 
 I. 
 Henry III. to" James 
 
 I. 
 Henry III. to James 
 
 I. 
 1838 to 1842 - 
 
 1839 to 1842 
 1834 to 1842 - 
 
 Edward I. to James 
 
 I. 
 1829 to 1850 
 
 George III. to Vic- 
 toria. 
 
 58 George III. 
 1685 to 1822 
 
 Henry III. to James 
 I. 
 
 Commonwealth 
 
 Edw. VI. to James I. 
 1836 to 1843 
 
 George II. to Vic 
 
 toria. 
 Elizabeth to Victoria 
 Henry HI. to James 
 
 I. 
 Henry II. to Charles 
 
 I. 
 
 1677 to 1831 
 
 Elizabeth to Charles I, 
 1833 to 1842 - 
 
 1 Henry III. to 13 
 Victoria. 
 
 139 Portfolios 
 and Volumes. 
 
 139 Portfolios. 
 
 306 Portfolios. 
 14 Bundles. 
 
 237 Bundles. 
 
 42 Portfolios and 
 1 Box. 
 
 19 Bundles. 
 
 3 Vols. 
 1 Bundle. 
 9 Bundles. 
 
 112 Bundles. 
 
 19 Bundles. 
 
 9 Packages. 
 25 Packages. 
 
 21 Portfolios. 
 55 Packages. 
 1 Parcel. 
 98 Portfolios. 
 
 10 Portfolios. 
 3 Bundles. 
 
 1 Vol. 
 
 5 Bundles. 
 1 Portfolio. 
 
 1 Portfolio. 
 
 10 Packages. 
 
 5 Bundles. 
 
 6 Bundles. 
 
 26 Packages. 
 
 1 Portfolio. 
 
 1 Handle. 
 1 Bundle. 
 
 770 Rolls. 
 8 Packages.
 
 Ivii 
 
 COURT OF EXCHEQUER— (continui-d). 
 (Queen's Remembrancer's Department) — (ciuinucil). 
 
 
 
 '•■■r of 
 
 Description of Record. 
 
 Period embraced. 
 
 ■ -, Rolls, 
 
 c 1 
 
 Ministers 4 and Receivers' Accounts 
 
 Henry III. to Ri 
 
 ,(num- 
 
 
 111. 
 
 ! 740 tO 
 l,3ol i. 
 
 Do. do. 
 
 Henry VII. 
 
 ).:-j7 
 
 Minute Books (Common) 
 
 1616 to 1821 - 
 
 140 , \ Ols. 
 
 Minute Books | Exchequer ( hamber) 
 
 1695 to 1841 
 
 46 Vol-. 
 
 .Miscellanea of the Exchequer (Un- 
 
 John to George III.- 
 
 22 Bu: 
 
 classified.) 
 
 
 
 Miscellaneous Books - - - 
 
 . 
 
 60 Y 
 
 Miscellaneous Papers in Revenue 
 
 . 
 
 72 Bundles. 
 
 Causes. 
 
 
 
 Oaths of Allegiance - 
 
 George I. to William 
 IV. 
 
 1 Package. 
 
 Ordnance Decrees - - - 
 
 1785 to 180(5 - 
 
 23 R« 
 
 Outlawries - - 
 
 Charles I. to Victoria 
 
 1 Package. 
 
 Outlawry Books - 
 
 1G39 to 1841 - 
 
 4 Vols. 
 
 Parliamentary Proceedings 
 
 Edward I. to James 1. 
 
 7 Bu: 
 
 Petitions - 
 
 George III. to 1)?41 
 
 15 Portfolios. 
 
 Pix, Trials of the - 
 
 1660 to 1824 - 
 
 l Pac 
 
 Rentals and Surveys - 
 
 . 
 
 ■sj-2 R 1- and -5 
 Portfolios. 
 
 Replications and Rejoinders 
 
 - 
 
 10 Bags. 
 
 Reports and Certificates - - - 
 
 1648 to 1841 
 
 112 \ 
 
 Returns of Papists - 
 
 George I. - 
 
 1 Package. 
 
 Revenue and other Proceedings (Writs, 
 
 Various dates - 
 
 225 Bundles, 
 
 Indentures of Appraisement, Bonds, 
 
 
 
 &c, &c). 
 
 
 
 Revenue and other Proceedings, Books 
 
 Various dates 
 
 207 V 
 
 relating to. 
 
 
 
 Sheriffs' Accounts 
 
 Henry III. to James 
 
 I. 
 1832 to 1842 - 
 
 129 Bundlej 
 
 Sheriffs' Accounts - 
 
 11 Bundles. 
 
 Solicitors' Roll - - - - 
 
 1772 to 1841 - 
 
 1 Roll. 
 
 Special Commissions (Early) - 
 
 Edward III. to Philip 
 and Mary. 
 
 6 Bundles. 
 
 Special Commissions ... 
 
 Elizabeth to Victoria 
 
 51 Portfol 
 
 Subsidies (Clerical and Lay) 
 
 Henry III. to Wil- 
 liam and Mary. 
 
 206 Boxes. 
 
 Summouses of the Pipe 
 
 Edward II. to James 
 
 I. 
 Henry VIII. 
 
 7 Bui 
 
 Suppression Papers - 
 
 4 Bunu'.c-. 
 
 Tax Accounts : — 
 
 
 
 Land and Assessed Taxes, Parch- 
 
 1688 to 1830 - 
 
 
 ment Duplicates of. 
 
 
 
 Land Tax Duplicates for the year 
 
 . 
 
 1 Package. 
 
 1798 (selected from the fore- 
 
 
 
 going). 
 
 
 
 Land and Assessed Taxes, Entries of 
 
 1689 to 1835 - 
 
 200 \ 
 
 Do. do. do. 
 
 1693 and 1697 
 
 a v 
 
 Testa de Nevill. See " Knights' Fees." 
 
 — 
 
 — 
 
 Victuallers' Recognizances 
 
 Elizabeth to James 1. 
 
 dies. 
 
 Writs, Judicial - 
 
 1666 to 1714 - 
 
 13 B 
 
 Writs and Posteas - 
 
 William and Marv to 
 1850. 
 
 JCS. 
 
 Writs of Distringas, &c. 
 
 Edward I. to James I 
 
 22 Pundles.
 
 lviii 
 
 COURT OF EXCHEQUER. 
 (Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer's Department.) 
 
 Description of Record. 
 
 Period embraced. 
 
 Number of 
 
 Bundles, Rolls 
 
 or Volumes. 
 
 Accounts (Declared) - 
 
 Board's Eud Books ... 
 
 .cllor's Rolls - - - 
 
 Drafts of Demises - 
 
 Enrolled Accounts : — 
 
 Customs - ' 
 
 Escheators - - - - 
 
 Subsidies - 
 
 Wardrobe - 
 
 Miscellaneous - 
 Estreats - 
 
 Exannual Rolls - 
 
 Fee-Farm Rents, Certificates of Pay- 
 ments fur. 
 
 Foreign Accounts - 
 
 Land and Assessed Taxes, Entry Books 
 of:— 
 
 Land Tax ... 
 
 faxes - - - 
 
 (Crown) Counterparts and Par- 
 ticulars of. 
 
 Enrolments of 
 
 of - 
 
 -, Drafts of. See "Drafts of De- 
 
 ' - for 
 
 - 
 Jk-mi . , Repertories to 
 
 :te Books of Orders 
 
 Boots 
 
 I ''ills 
 
 Rolls 
 
 Henry VIII. to 1714 
 1631 to 1833 - 
 
 9 Henry II. to 2 
 
 William IV. 
 Elizabeth to George 
 
 IV. 
 
 Edward I. to Eliza- 
 beth. 
 
 Edward II. to James I, 
 
 Edward I. to Charles 
 I. 
 
 Henry III. to Ed- 
 ward VI. 
 
 Edward VI. to Wil- 
 liam IV. 
 
 Edward I. to George 
 III. 
 
 1650 to 1652 - 
 
 Edward III. to Wil- 
 liam IV. 
 
 16S9 to 1S21 
 
 170S to 1822 - 
 
 1560 to 1822 - 
 
 Elizabeth to George 
 
 III. 
 1750 to 1812- 
 
 1695 to 1803 - 
 
 1 Henry III. to 1848 
 
 1 Edward I. to 32 
 
 Charles II. 
 J 3 James II. to 05 
 George III. 
 
 Charles I. to William 
 IV. 
 
 3,616 Rolls. (See 
 Lists and In- 
 dexes, Xo. II). 
 
 18 Vols. 
 
 [Misc. Booksr 
 Vols. 13 to 30.] 
 
 612 Rolls. 
 
 36 Parcels. 
 
 29 Rolls. 
 
 161 Rolls. 
 74 Roll.. 
 
 10 Rolls. 
 
 21 Rolls. 
 Under arrange- 
 ment. 
 15 Rolis. 
 
 1 Vol. 
 
 [Misc. Books, 
 
 Vol. 12.] 
 23 Rolls and 35 
 
 Packages. 
 
 10 Vols. 
 [Misc. Books. 
 
 Vols.Slto 10. J 
 
 11 Vols. 
 [Misc. Books, 
 
 Vols. 42 to 52.] 
 28 Portfolios. 
 
 4 Rolls. 
 
 [Misc. J 
 
 1'ols. 1-11.] 
 
 80 Parcels. 
 789 Kolls. 
 
 4 Case.--. 
 
 4 V,,!.. 
 
 Books, 
 i ols. .V'Wo56.] 
 178 Vols. 
 
 8 i ;n eels. 
 25 Raffs.
 
 lix 
 
 COURT OF EXCHEQUER— (continued). 
 
 (Lord Treasurer's RemembraDcer's Department) 
 — (continued). 
 
 
 
 
 Noml 
 
 Descj iption of B 
 
 
 Pei io 1 embraced. 
 
 Bundles, Bolls, 
 or Volumes. 
 
 Order Books 
 
 . 
 
 35 Charles [I. to 3 
 
 18 Vols. 
 
 
 
 and i William IV. 
 
 {Misc. J 
 Vots.eott :: 
 
 Originalia Rolls - - - 
 
 - 
 
 Henry III. to 1837 - 
 
 1,102 Bolls. 
 
 Originalia Rolls, Repertories to 
 
 - 
 
 Henry III. to L824 - 
 
 6 IJ;. 
 
 Pipe Rollfl 
 
 - 
 
 31 Henry I. to 2 
 
 William IV. 
 
 . 11-. 
 
 Pipe Rolls (Norman) 
 
 - 
 
 30 Henry II. to John 
 
 18 1: 
 
 1'. si Fines, Rolls of 
 
 - 
 
 38 Elizabeth to 
 
 3 1 Bags. 
 
 Recusant Rolls (Chaucellor'- 
 
 34 Elizabeth to 1 and 
 
 63 Rolls. 
 
 
 
 2 William and 
 
 
 
 
 Mary. 
 
 
 1; isant Rolls (Pip< Series) 
 
 
 34 Elizabeth to I and 
 2 William and 
 Mary. 
 
 .-2 Rolls. 
 
 Repertories (Various) 
 
 - 
 
 - - - 
 
 8 Ca 
 
 Reversion Rolls 
 
 ■ 
 
 Edward III. to 
 Henry VIII. 
 
 2 Roll-. 
 
 Schedules of the Pipe for Nihil Debts 
 
 William and Mary to 
 
 G Packages. 
 
 
 
 George IV. 
 
 
 Sheriffs' Accounts (of Seizures) 
 
 - 
 
 About Henry VII. to 
 
 1GG0. 
 
 179 Rolls. 
 
 States and Views of Accounts 
 
 of Re- 
 
 Charles II. to George 
 
 .32 Vols. 
 
 ceivers General. 
 
 
 IV. 
 
 [ 1. isc. Book*, 
 Vols. 79 t', 
 130.] 
 
 States of Accounts of Sheriffs - 
 
 - 
 
 Charles II. to William 
 
 1G Vols. 
 
 
 
 IV. 
 
 [Misc. Books. 
 Vols. 131 to 
 146.] 
 
 Summons of the Pipe 
 
 - 
 
 Henry VI. to William 
 IV." 
 
 2 Pack 
 
 Tax Accounts - 
 
 . 
 
 30 Packages. 
 
 Writs and Inquisitions (for Crown 
 
 Debts, 
 
 Elizabeth t>> George 
 
 15 1'. 
 
 & ■.) 
 
 
 IV. 
 
 
 (Augmentation Department.) 
 
 Bills, Answers, &c. of the I ourt of Aug- Henry VIII. 
 mentations. See also " Proceedings ." 
 
 Bills, Answers, &c. of the Court of Henry VIII. 
 General Surveyors. 
 
 Chartularies 
 
 Varioo 
 
 
 
 [Misc. 
 
 Books, 
 
 Vols. 
 
 20 and 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Books, 
 
 i 
 
 19, 21, 
 
 and 2'2 
 
 •] 
 
 
 
 
 Books, 
 
 I ols. 55 '0 63.]
 
 Is 
 
 COURT OF EXCHEQUER— (continued). 
 (Augmentation Department) — (continued). 
 
 Description of Record. 
 
 Period embraced. 
 
 Number of 
 
 Bundles, Rolls, 
 
 or Volumes. 
 
 Church Goods, Inventories of 
 
 Colleges and Chantries, Certificates of - 
 
 Colleges and Chantries, Particulars for 
 the Sale of. 
 
 Concealments, Particulars of - 
 Conventual Leases - - - 
 
 Court Rolls. See Court Rolls General 
 
 Series. (Lists and Indexes, No. 6). 
 Court Roils, Books of 
 
 Decrees and Orders 
 
 Decrees and Orders of the Court of 
 General Surveyors. 
 
 Deeds (Ancient). Series " B." - 
 
 D teds (Ancient) called " Carta: Miscel- 
 lanea;." 
 
 Deeds of Purchase and Exchange 
 
 Deeds of Purchase and Exchange, En- 
 rolments of. 
 
 Defective Titles, Particulars for the 
 Amendment of. 
 
 Depositions 
 
 Duchy of Cornwall : — 
 Accounts, &c. - 
 
 Assession Rolls - 
 
 Ministers' Accounts. See Ministers' 
 
 Accounts (General Series). 
 Miscellaneous Rolls 
 
 Receipts and Acquittance? 
 
 Edward VI. 
 
 Henry VIII. and 
 
 Edward VI. 
 Henry VIII. and 
 
 Edward VI. 
 
 Elizabeth 
 
 Richard II. to Henrv 
 VIII. 
 
 Various dates - 
 
 Henry VIII. to Ed- 
 ward VI. 
 
 Henry VIII. - 
 Calendar in progress. 
 
 Henry VIII. and 
 
 Edward VI. 
 Henry VIII. and 
 
 Edward VI. 
 
 Elizabeth to Charles 
 I. 
 
 Henry VIII. and 
 Edward VI. 
 
 Edward I Il.to Charles 
 
 II. 
 Edward III. to Henry 
 
 VII. 
 
 Kdward III. to 
 
 Charh- 1. 
 James I. to Charles I. 
 
 21 Vols. 
 
 [Misc. Books, 
 
 Vols. 491 to 
 
 515.] 
 Ill Rolls. 
 
 2 Vols. 
 
 [Misc, Books, 
 
 Vols. 67 unci 
 
 68.] 
 1 Portfolio. 
 29 Portfolios. 
 
 8 Vols. 
 
 [Misc. Books, 
 Vols. 79 to 86.] 
 15 Vols. 
 
 Books, 
 91 to 
 
 [Misc. 
 
 Vols. 
 
 105.] 
 1 Vol. 
 [Mi* 
 
 Books, 
 
 Vol. 106.] 
 
 24 Vols. 
 
 [Misc. Books, 
 Vols. 31 ro54.] 
 21 Boxes. 
 
 3 Vols. 
 [Misc. 
 
 Vols. 
 
 334.] 
 6 Vols. 
 [Misc. 
 Vols. 
 
 90.] 
 26 Vols. 
 [Misc. 
 
 Vols. 
 
 129.] 
 
 Books, 
 332 to 
 
 Books, 
 87a to 
 
 Books, 
 108 to 
 
 7 Portfolios. 
 
 1 Pox. 
 
 1 Box. 
 
 7 Vols. 
 
 [Misc. Books, 
 Vols. 69 to 75.]
 
 COURT OF EXCHEQUER— (continued . 
 (Augmentation Department)— (continual). 
 
 
 
 
 Number of 
 
 Description of Record. 
 
 Period embrai 
 
 Bundles, Bolls, 
 
 
 
 
 or Volun 
 
 Pee Farm Rent - : — 
 
 
 
 
 Certificates and Contracts fur the 
 
 ( lommonwealth 
 
 - 
 
 It) V 
 
 Sale of. 
 
 
 
 '/ . . Bunks, 
 
 Vols. 13S to 
 
 144.] 
 
 Counterparts of Deedsof Sale of - 
 
 Do. 
 
 - 
 
 26 Boxes. 
 
 Particulars for the Sale of - 
 
 Do. 
 
 - 
 
 I' Packages. 
 
 Grants, Transcripts of 
 
 Edward VI. 
 
 to 
 
 5 Vols. 
 
 
 Charles I. 
 
 
 Vols. 151 to 
 155.] 
 
 Leases, Copies of - 
 
 Philip & Mary 
 
 
 6 Vols. 
 Misc. Books, 
 I ols. 179 to 
 
 184.] 
 
 Leases and Pensions, Enrolments of 
 
 HeiirvVIII. to James 
 
 26 V., Is. 
 
 
 1. ' 
 
 
 [Misc. Books, 
 1 's. 209 to 
 229, and 232 
 to 236.] 
 
 Leases, Enrolments of 
 
 3 to 43 Elizabetb 
 
 - 
 
 8 Boxes. 
 
 Do. Particulars for - - - 
 
 Henry VIII. to E 
 beth. 
 
 iza- 
 
 42 Portfolios. 
 
 Do. Particulars for - 
 
 Henry VIII.toE 
 
 iza- 
 
 25 Vols. 
 
 
 beth. 
 
 
 [Misc. Books, 
 Vols. 18o to 
 
 208b.] 
 
 Do. Counterparts or Transcript- of - 
 
 Henry VIII. 
 James I. 
 
 to 
 
 51 Portfolios. 
 
 Do. Surrendered to the Crown 
 
 Henry VIII. to 
 ward VI. 
 
 Ed- 
 
 9 Portfolios. 
 
 Letters Patent and Indentures 
 
 Henry VIII. - 
 
 
 6 Vols. 
 
 [Misc. Books, 
 
 Vols. 238 fo 
 
 243.] 
 
 Ministers 1 and Receivers' Accounts 
 
 Benry VIII. 
 
 to 
 
 Under arrange- 
 
 
 Charles I. 
 
 
 ment. 
 
 Minister-' and Rec( ivers' Acc< unte, 
 
 Henry VIII. to 
 
 Ed- 
 
 41 Vols. 
 
 Book 
 
 ward VI. 
 
 
 .1/ - . Books, 
 . 268 to 
 308.] 
 
 Miscellaneous Books - 
 
 . 
 
 - 
 
 515 Vols. 
 
 Monastic Pensions, Warrants for and 
 
 Henry VIII. to 
 
 !;:- 
 
 19 Vols. 
 
 Accounts of. 
 
 ward VI. 
 
 
 [Misc. Books, 
 Vols. 849 to 
 
 Offices, Entries of Grants of 
 
 Elizabeth to Chai 
 
 Iesl. 
 
 9 Vols. 
 
 Books, 
 Vols. 318 to 
 
 326.] 
 
 Do., Particulars for Grant- of 
 
 Henry VHP 
 
 to 
 
 5 Vols. 
 
 
 Charles I. 
 
 
 [Misc. Books, 
 157, 158, 
 and 309 to 
 311.]
 
 lxii 
 
 COURT OF EXCHEQUER— (continued). 
 (Augmentation Department) — (continued). 
 
 
 
 
 Number of 
 
 Description of Record. 
 
 Period embraced. 
 
 Bundles, Rolls, 
 
 
 
 
 or Volumes. 
 
 Offices, Particulars for Grants of 
 
 Henry VIII. 
 Charles II. 
 
 to 
 
 23 Packages. 
 
 Parliamentary Surveys 
 
 Commonwealth 
 
 - 
 
 56 Portfolios. 
 
 Particulars for Grants - 
 
 Henry VIII. 
 James I. 
 
 to 
 
 36 Portfolios. 
 
 Particulars for Sale of the Estates of 
 
 Commonwealth 
 
 - 
 
 22 Boxes. 
 
 Charles I. 
 
 
 
 
 Proceeding-; of the Court of Augmenta- 
 
 HenrvVIII. to Th 
 
 lip 
 
 15 Parcels. 
 
 tion-;. 
 
 & Mary. 
 
 
 
 Rentals and Surveys. See General Series. 
 
 — 
 
 
 — 
 
 Rentals and Surveys, Books of 
 
 Henry VIII. 
 
 to 
 
 79 Vols. 
 
 
 James I. 
 
 
 [Misc. Books, 
 Vols. 357 to 
 435.] 
 
 Surrenders cf Monasteries 
 
 Henry VIII. - 
 
 - 
 
 21 Boxes. 
 
 Schools, Particulars of Grants for - 
 
 Edward VI. - 
 
 - 
 
 1 Package. 
 
 Tieasurers' Accounts - 
 
 28 Henry VIII. 
 1 Mary. 
 
 to 
 
 10 Rolls. 
 
 UniverMties of Oxford and Cambridge, 
 
 37 Hen. VIII. 
 
 _ 
 
 2 Vols. 
 
 Valuations of the. 
 
 
 
 [ Misc. Books, 
 Vols. 440 and 
 441.] 
 
 "Warrants for the delivery of Records 
 
 Henry Xll. 
 Charles I. 
 
 to 
 
 1 Box. 
 
 Woods, Accounts of Sale- of 
 
 . 
 
 - 
 
 1 Parcel. 
 
 Woods, Accounts of Sales of - 
 
 Henry VIII. to Eliza- 
 
 6 Vols. 
 
 
 beth. 
 
 
 [ Misc. Books, 
 Vols. 4 57 to 
 461.] 
 
 (Treasury of the Receipt.) 
 
 Acknowledgments of Supremacy 
 Barons' Letter to Pope Boniface and 
 
 Seals. 
 Bli-.ck Book of the Exchequer 
 Calais, Comptrollers' Accounts - 
 Calendar of Papal Bulls, &c. 
 Deeds (Ancient). Series " A." 
 Diplomatic Documents - 
 
 Domesday Book .... 
 
 Domesday Book, Abbreviation of 
 Forest Proceeili. - - - 
 
 Indentures of Foundation of Henry VII. 
 Chapel. 
 
 Do. do. 
 Liber Memorandorum Camerariorum 
 Miscellaneous I'.ooks ... 
 Parliament Boils .... 
 Placi'a Auke 
 
 Regi-truin M inimentoruni 
 
 Henry VIII. 
 29 Edward I. 
 
 Henry VIII. - 
 
 Calendar in progress. 
 Henry I. to James I. 
 
 A.D. 1U86 
 Temp. Edward I. 
 Henry III. to Charlefi 
 II. 
 
 18 to 35 Edward I. - 
 Edward I. to Henry 
 VI. 
 
 41 Boxes. 
 
 2 Cases. 
 
 2 Vols. 
 4 Vols. 
 
 1 Vol. 
 
 Under arrange- 
 ment. 
 
 2 Vols. 
 
 1 Vol. 
 
 7 Boxes and 2 
 Bundles. 
 
 2 Boxes. 
 
 13 Parcels. 
 
 1 Vol. 
 264 Vols. 
 10 Rolls. 
 29 Rolls. 
 
 2 Vols.
 
 ! xiii 
 
 COURT OF EXCHEQUER- r^nnti: 
 
 (Treasury of the Receipt)— (< 
 
 
 
 
 Numl 
 
 Description of Record. 
 
 
 Period en 
 
 or VmIui; 
 
 tish Documi 
 
 - 
 
 ird I. to ; 
 beth. 
 
 
 Seals (Loose) 
 
 - 
 
 . 
 
 5B 
 
 Surrei. 
 
 - 
 
 Henry VIII. - 
 
 , 
 
 Survey, Court of. Answi ra in the 
 
 - 
 
 Henry VIII. to Ed- 
 ward VI. 
 
 7 V. 
 
 Warrants for tlie Privy Seal or " Privy 
 
 
 
 -" : — 
 
 
 
 
 Si ru 8. I. - 
 
 ■ 
 
 - 
 
 Under arrange* 
 
 3 II. - 
 
 - 
 
 Henry VIII. to 
 Charles I. 
 
 120 Pai 
 
 White Book of Cornwall 
 
 - 
 
 25-39 Edward III. - 
 
 1 Vol. 
 
 Wills (Royal) 
 
 - 
 
 Richard II. - 
 
 1 Pox. 
 
 
 
 Henry V. 
 
 l Box. 
 
 
 
 Henry VII. - 
 
 1 Pox. 
 
 
 
 Ilenrv VIII. - 
 
 1 Box. 
 
 . s Patents 
 
 - 
 
 Henry VIII. - 
 
 23 Ca . 
 
 (Receipt Department, 
 Auditors' Offices.) 
 
 Account Books (Auditors') 
 
 Account Books (Comptroller Generals') 
 
 Great Britain 
 
 Ireland (Series I.) - 
 
 Ireland (Series II.) 
 Assignment Books (Auditors') : — 
 
 Series I. - 
 
 Series II. - - - 
 
 Assignment Books (Pells') 
 A-siirnment Books (Goldsmiths') : — 
 
 Series I. - 
 
 Series II. - - - 
 
 Attorney, Warrants of - 
 
 In I - - - 
 
 Cash Pooks (Auditors') 
 Certificate Books (Auditors') 
 
 (Pells') - 
 
 (Teller's.) 
 
 Series I. - - - - 
 
 Serie< II. 
 Credits (En/ ... 
 
 Credit (Ireland) 
 Debenture Books (Auditors') : — 
 
 Series I. - 
 
 Series II. - - - - 
 
 Debentures (Common) - 
 Declaration Books (Auditors') 
 Declaration Books (Pells') 
 Declaration Books, Supplementary 
 Declarations of tbe Stale of the Ti 
 
 Entry Books (Auditor-') - 
 
 including 
 
 the 
 
 Pells' 
 
 1782 to 1834 
 
 - 
 
 27 V 1-. 
 
 1835 to 1867 - 
 
 . 
 
 14 V 
 
 1837 to 18G7 
 
 - 
 
 12 Vols. 
 
 1837 to 1S66 - 
 
 - 
 
 5 Vols. 
 
 1G22 to 1S34 - 
 
 . 
 
 32 Vols. 
 
 1791 to 1834 
 
 - 
 
 o Vols. 
 
 1G77 to 1703 - 
 
 - 
 
 IS V [s. 
 
 167G to 1713 
 
 . 
 
 11 Vols. 
 
 1G78 to 1G88 - 
 
 - 
 
 17 V 
 
 1745 to 1787 
 
 and 
 
 7 V . 
 
 L801 to L82! . 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 
 4 V, 
 
 1800 to 1834 - 
 
 - 
 
 35 Vi 
 
 17<>4 to 1S34 
 
 
 1G A'. 
 
 1G11 to 1G70 - 
 
 
 11 Vol-. 
 
 1010 to 1GG5 
 
 
 14 V 
 
 1881 to 1835 - 
 
 - 
 
 I Vols. 
 
 1834 to 1SG 7 
 
 
 39 A" 
 
 1837 to ISG7 - 
 
 
 31 V 
 
 1619 to 1G91 
 
 
 21 Vols. 
 
 1696 to 1834 - 
 
 - 
 
 
 1803 to 1834 
 
 - 
 
 21 Parcels 
 
 to 1691 - 
 
 - 
 
 31 V 
 
 1555 to 1792 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 th - 
 
 
 23 Henry VII. to 38 
 
 ■:•; A" 
 
 Henry VUL 
 
 
 
 to 1835 - 
 
 - 
 
 
 and
 
 lxiv 
 
 COURT OF EXCHEQUER— (continued). 
 
 (Receipt Department, including the Pells' and 
 Auditors' Offices)— (continued). 
 
 Description of Record. 
 
 Number of 
 
 Bundles, Roll: 
 
 or Volumes. 
 
 Exchequer Bills, Certificates of (Public 
 
 Work-). 
 Exchequer Bills, Certificates of (West 
 
 India Loan). 
 Exchequer Bills Issued, Certificates of - 
 
 Exchequer Bills authorised to be issued 
 
 by Parliament, Certificates of. 
 Exchequer Bills, Registers of - 
 Exchequer Bills, Issue Books of: — 
 Series I. - 
 
 Series II. 
 Exchequer Bids, Warrants for - 
 
 Exchequer Bills, Paymasters' Certificates 
 
 of. 
 Exchequer Bills, Accounts and Reports 
 
 relating to. 
 Gentlemen Pensioners' Bolls - x - 
 
 Imprest Books (Pells') 
 Imprest Certificates (Pells') 
 Imprest Bolls, General (Auditors') 
 Irish. Military Establishments 
 
 Issue Books (Pells') - 
 
 Issue Bolls (Auditors') - 
 
 Issue Bolls (Pells') 
 
 Jewel Rolls - - 
 
 Jews Rolls - - 
 
 Jornalia Rolls - - - - 
 
 Liberate Rolls - 
 
 Miscellanea * 
 
 Miscellaneous Books - 
 Miscellaneous Rolls - 
 Offices and Appointments, Index to 
 Order Books (Auditors') : — 
 
 Series I. - 
 
 Series II. - 
 Order Books (Pells') 
 Order- (Auditors') 
 Order> ;i nd Treasury Warrants 
 Orders and Treasury Warrants, Ireland - 
 Patent Books (Auditors') 
 Patent Books (for Tallies) - 
 Patent Books ( Pells') 
 Pat. -lit Rolls (Auditors') 
 Patents, Surrenders of - 
 
 lS34tol845 
 1833 to 1845 - 
 
 1G66 to 1G69 and 
 
 1712 to 1862. 
 1714 to 1726 - 
 
 1793 to 1794 
 
 1744 to 1855 and 
 
 various years. 
 1778 to 1833 - 
 
 1696 to 1698 and 
 
 1713 to 1834. 
 1330 to 1834 - 
 
 1697 to 1731 
 
 4 & 5 Philip & Mary 
 
 to 49 George III." 
 1684 to 1834 
 1569 to'1678 - 
 1788 to 1834 - 
 42 Elizabeth to 21 
 
 James I. 
 1597 to 1834, and 
 
 special Issues. 
 1 & 2 Edward I. to 
 
 19 Edward IV. 
 G Henry VIII. to 37 
 
 George III. 
 42 & 43 Elizabeth - 
 John to Edward I. - 
 20 Edward I. to 1 
 
 Edward II. 
 10 Henry III. to 34 
 
 Edward I. 
 
 1G19 to 
 17G0 to 
 1597 to 
 15G0 to 
 1834 to 
 1837 to 
 1509 to 
 1599 to 
 1597 to 
 it; 19 to 
 
 1697 
 1834 
 1697 
 1834 
 1865 
 1867 
 1834 
 1696 
 1834 
 1G20 
 
 6 Vols. 
 2 Vols. 
 56 Vols. 
 
 8 Vols. 
 1 9 Vols. 
 
 26 Vols. 
 
 18 Vols. 
 
 14 Vols. 
 
 1 Vol. 
 
 1 Vol. 
 187 Rolls. 
 
 15 A'ols. 
 
 11 Vols. 
 
 7 Vols. 
 15 Rolls. 
 
 4S3 Vols. 
 
 357 Rolls. 
 
 1,217 Rolls. 
 
 7 Rolls. 
 38 Rolls. 
 33 Rolls. 
 
 77 Rolls. 
 
 229 Bundles. 
 54 Bundles. 
 139 Rolls. 
 
 2 Vols. 
 
 29 Vols. 
 150 Vols. 
 88 Vols. 
 81 Parcels. 
 
 29 Vols. 
 
 30 Vols. 
 56 Vols. 
 
 12 Vols. 
 46 Vols. 
 
 9 Rolls. 
 1 Vol.
 
 \x\ 
 
 COURT OF EXCHEQUER— (continue."!,. 
 
 (Receipt Department, including the Pells' and 
 Auditors' Offices)— (continued;. 
 
 Description of Record. 
 
 Numbei of 
 Bundles, Bolls, 
 
 or Volume*-. 
 
 Patent and Privy Seal Rolls ( Polls') 
 Patents and I'riv\ Seals for Baronets 
 Payments by Royal Warrant 
 
 Posting Books ( Pells') 
 Series I. - 
 
 Series II. - - - - 
 
 Privy Seal Hooks (Auditors') - 
 Do. (Pells') 
 
 Do. called " Auditor-' En- 
 
 rolments of Privy Seals." 
 Privy Seal Rolls (Auditors') 
 Privy Seals Dormant, Rooks of - 
 Privy Seals and Warrants for Issues 
 
 Receipt Rooks (Auditors') 
 
 Do. called " Bills of the Day " 
 Do. do. 
 
 (Ireland). 
 Receipt Rooks (Pells') 
 
 Receipt Rolls (Auditors') 
 
 Do. (Pells') - 
 
 Receipts, Abbreviates of (Pells') 
 Revenue, Accounts of the 
 Supph t ash Books 
 Tellers' Bills 
 
 Tellers' Rolls - 
 
 Tellers' Views of Accounts - 
 Tellers' Views of Receipts and Issues 
 Treasurers' Accounts 
 
 Treasury Letters : — 
 
 Series I. - 
 
 Series II. - ... 
 
 Series III. (Ireland) 
 Treasury Letters. Reference Hooks 
 (England) 
 
 Do. do. ( Ireland) - 
 
 Treasury Orders and Warrants - 
 Wardrobe Debentures 
 
 Warrant Books (Pells') - 
 Warrant Books (Auditors') ... 
 Warrants (Original) 
 Warrants for Issues. See " Privy Seals 
 and Warrants for Issues." 
 
 1604 to L620 
 L620 to 1701 
 1559 to 1586 
 
 See " Privy Seals 
 
 ( Dormant )." 
 1718 to 1834 - 
 Us." to 1834 
 15S7 to 1834 - 
 1620 to 1734 
 
 1611 to L620 - 
 1597 to 1628 
 Henry III. to Wil- 
 
 liam IV. 
 L570 to 167o and 
 
 1709. 
 1801 to I860 - 
 1837 to 1867 
 
 1559 to 1834 (and 
 
 Special Receipts). 
 6 Henry VIII. to 10 
 
 Elizabeth. 
 14 John and 4 Ilenrv 
 
 III. to 22 (.eorge 
 
 III. fr 
 
 1502 to 1643 - 
 1786 to 1834 - 
 1817 to 1833- 
 Henry VI. to George 
 
 III. 
 3 Henry VI. to 16 
 
 Charles I. 
 1559 to 1611 
 1569 to 1608 - 
 12 & 13 Edward I. 
 
 and 14 Edward III. 
 
 to 20 Henry VII. 
 
 1793 to 1834 - 
 1834 to 1867 - 
 1837 to 1867 
 
 1S34 to 1865 - 
 1837 to 1865 - 
 1547 to 1794 - 
 
 1617 to 1790 
 1626 to 1759 
 
 1794 to 183 1 
 
 6 Rolls. 
 9 Vols. 
 17 Void. 
 
 16 Vols. 
 32 Vols. 
 
 59 Vols. 
 7 Vols 
 
 6 Rolls. 
 
 20 Vols. 
 
 I mler arrange- 
 ment. 
 128 Vols. 
 
 52 Vols. 
 18 Vols. 
 
 516 Vols. 
 
 556 Roll-. 
 
 1,112 Rolls. 
 
 68 Vols. 
 19 Vols. 
 
 18 Vols. 
 39 Parcels. 
 
 155 Rolls. 
 
 37 Vols. 
 34 Vols. 
 
 19 Rolls. 
 
 30 Vols. 
 56 Vols. 
 
 31 Vols. 
 
 12 Vols. 
 
 4 Vols. 
 
 22 Portfolios. 
 
 Under arrange- 
 ment. 
 45 Vols. 
 70 Vols. 
 95 Vols. 
 
 m 80195.
 
 Lxvi 
 COURT OF EXCHEQUER— (continued). 
 (First Fruits and Tenths Department.) 
 
 Description of Record. 
 
 Period embraced. 
 
 Number of 
 
 Bundles, Rolls, 
 
 or Volumes. 
 
 Bishops' Certificates - - - 
 
 Bonds, Entries of - - - 
 
 Bonds*, Payments of - 
 Collectors' Account Book - - - 
 
 Commission Books - - - 
 
 ( 'composition Books - - - 
 
 Comptrollers' Payment Books 
 Comptrollers 1 State Books 
 Constat Books - - 
 
 Constat Books (Remembrancers') 
 Kind's Books or " Liber Valorum " 
 Ledgers (Canterbury and York) 
 Liber Regis. See " Valor Ecclesiasti- 
 
 cus." 
 Miscellaneous Books - 
 Plea Rolls - - - - - 
 
 Precedent Book - - - - 
 
 Presentations - - 
 
 Process Books . - - - 
 
 Beceivers' Payment Books 
 Remembrancers' Accounts 
 
 Remembrancers' Payment Books 
 Tenths, Day Books of Receipts of (Can- 
 terbury). 
 Tenths, Day Books of Receipts of 
 
 ( York). 
 Tenths, Entries of Payment of : — 
 St ties I. - 
 Series II. 
 Series III. 
 
 (Canterbury and York) - 
 Valor Ecclesiasticus (Original Returns 
 
 of the). 
 Valor Ecclesiasticus (Abstracts of the) - 
 Valor Ecclesiasticus (Transcripts of the, 
 
 called the " Liber Regis.") 
 Writs and Miscellanea 
 
 Elizabeth to 1862 - 
 1658 to 1820 
 1G92 to 1787 - 
 1666 to 1715- 
 Ilenn VIII. to 1684 
 1535 to 1795 - 
 1681 to 1799 - 
 1688 to 1783 - 
 1717 to 1819 - 
 1793 to 1823 - 
 
 1658 to 1838 - 
 
 Mary to George II. - 
 
 1703 to 1786 - 
 
 29 Henry VIII. to 
 
 1817. 
 1795 to 1823 - 
 33 Hen. VIII. to 
 
 1626. 
 1793 to 1823 - 
 1718 to 1838 - 
 
 1717 to 1839 - 
 
 1660 to 1705 - 
 1717 to 1838 - 
 
 Henry VIII. 
 
 Henry VIII. to ^"11- 
 liam IV. 
 
 40 Portfolios. 
 153 Vols. 
 9 Vols. 
 1 Vol. 
 3 Vols. 
 37 Vols. 
 
 23 Vols. 
 15 Vols. 
 6 Vols. 
 
 24 Vols. 
 3 Vols. 
 12 Vols. 
 
 15 Vols. 
 19 Rolls. 
 1 Vol. 
 1 Vol. 
 13 Vols. 
 
 24 Vols. 
 13 Vols. 
 
 •21 Vol-, 
 
 120 Vols. 
 
 121 Vols. 
 
 6 Vols. 
 
 34 Vols. 
 
 32 Vols. 
 
 8 Vols. 
 
 18 Vols, and 3 
 
 Portfolios. 
 2 Vols. 
 2 Vols. 
 
 21 Packages. 
 
 (Land Revenue Department.) 
 
 The Records of the Land Revenue Department transferred to 
 the Public Record Office consist principally of such Public 
 Accounts as were passed before the Auditors of Land Revenue, 
 and are analogous to the Declared Accounts of the Audit Office 
 and Pipe Office. The original Ministers' Accounts and similar 
 documents received from the Land Revenue Office, in continuation 
 of other Ministers' Account? previously transferred to the
 
 1 x v i i 
 
 COURT OF EXCHEQUER -(.ontimud). 
 (Land Revenue Department) — (continued). 
 
 Augmentation < Iffice, and thence to the Public Record ( MHce, have 
 been incorporated with the already existing serii 
 The Public Accounts consist of the following: — 
 
 l ).• i iption of Record. 
 
 Period embraced. 
 
 Number of 
 Bundles, 
 or Volumes. 
 
 Alienation < Iffice Accounts : — 
 
 Accounts of Fees ForWritsof Entry 
 
 and Covenant. 
 Receivers' Accounts and Vouchers - 
 ( Justoms Accounts 
 
 Estreats, Rolls of - - - 
 
 Fines and Amerciaments, Estreats of 
 Greenwich Hospital Accounts - 
 Land Tax, Auditors 9 Certificates of 
 Land and Assessed Taxes : — 
 Auditors 1 States <d' 
 Receiver General's Accounts of 
 Receivers' Accounts, Drafts of 
 Receivers' Accounts, States of 
 Recusancy, Accounts of Compositions 
 
 for. 
 Revenues, &c. of Queen Catherine, 
 
 Accounts of the. 
 Revenue-, &c. of Queen Henrietta Maria 
 Sheriffs' Accounts, Writs, Inquisitions, 
 
 &c. 
 Miscellanea - 
 
 44 Elizabeth to 1831 216 Vols. 
 
 1661 to 1831 
 
 1702 to 1723 - 
 170S to 1800 ■ 
 
 1678 to 1831 - 
 1688 to 1830 • 
 1704 to 1794 - 
 1701 to 1791 
 
 13 Hi indies. 
 
 12 Bundles. 
 126 Bundles. 
 
 23 Bundles. 
 
 13 V.-1-. 
 1 Vols. 
 
 27 Bundle-. 
 58 Bundles. 
 19 Vols. 
 52 Vols. 
 
 :? Bundle-. 
 
 14 Bundles. 
 
 6 Bundles. 
 
 114 Bundles. 
 
 56 Bundles. 
 
 PALATINATE OF DURHAM. 
 
 (Chancery Records.) 
 
 Account Books (Cursitors') 
 Account Books (Registrars') 
 Affidavits (Registrars') - 
 Bills, Answers, &c. (Registrars') - 
 Bills of Costs ( Registrars' ) 
 Chancery Eurolments 
 
 Commissions, Interrogatories, and Depo- 
 sitions (Registrar-'). 
 Cursitors' Records - 
 
 Deputy Registrars' Books 
 Exceptions (Registrars') - 
 Halmote Court Books 
 
 Inquisitions post mortem 
 
 Inquisitions post mortem, Registers of - 
 
 Interrogatories and Depositions (Cursi- 
 tors'). 
 
 a 80195. 
 
 1763 to 1811 
 1720 to 1777 
 1657 to 1812 
 1576 to 1840 
 17(i2 to 1775 
 J 333 to 1836 
 
 L560 to 1803 - 
 
 Various 
 
 1720 to 1757 - 
 1707 to 1715 - 
 1349 to 1619 - 
 
 Henry VI. to Charles 
 I. 
 
 Edward II. to James 
 
 I. 
 
 1672 to 1768 - 
 
 y Vols. 
 
 3 Vols. 
 
 26 Bundle-. 
 159 Bundles. 
 
 4 Bundles. 
 
 106 Rolls (Cur- 
 sitors' Records, 
 Nop: 29 to 134). 
 
 86 Bundles. 
 
 211 Vols., Rolls, 
 
 and Bundles. 
 2 Vols. 
 
 1 Bundle. 
 
 17 Vols. (Cur- 
 sitors' Records, 
 NOS. 12 to 28.) 
 
 27 Bundles (Cur- 
 sitors' Records, 
 
 Xos.164 to 190). 
 6 Vols. (Cur- 
 sitors' K. 
 
 Nos. 2 to r ». 
 33 Bundle-.
 
 lxviii 
 
 PALATINATE OF DURHAM— (continued). 
 (Chancery Records) — (continued). 
 
 Description of Record. 
 
 Period embraced. 
 
 Kellawe's Register - 
 
 Members of Parliament, Returns of 
 
 (Cursitors"). 
 Miscellanea (Cursitors') 
 Orders and Decrees, Entry Books of 
 
 (Registrars'). 
 Orders, Decrees, and Reports (Original) 
 Orders, Decrees, and Reports (Drafts of) 
 Papers in various Causes (Registrars') - 
 Seals of Writs, Entry Books of (Regis- 
 trars'). 
 Significavits - - - 
 
 Writs of Praecipe quod reddat, &c. 
 
 1722 to 1865 ■ 
 
 1(133 to 1850 - 
 
 L613 to 1778 - 
 1755 to 1829 - 
 
 1732 to 1830 - 
 
 1700 to 1765 - 
 
 35 Charles II. to 
 1785. 
 
 Number of 
 
 Bundles, Rolls, 
 
 or Volumes. 
 
 1 Vol. 
 
 4 Bundles. 
 
 58 Bundles. 
 
 7 Vols. 
 
 137 Bundles. 
 
 8 Bundles. 
 
 ] 8 Bundles. 
 16 Vols. 
 
 3 Bundles (Cur- 
 sitors' Records, 
 Nos.207to209). 
 
 8 Bundles (Cur- 
 sitors' Records, 
 Nos. 199 to 206). 
 
 (Prothonotary's Records.) 
 
 Appearances to Ejectments 
 Attorneys' Clerks, Affidavits of 
 Cognovits and Warrants of Attorney 
 Declarations - 
 
 Fines, Concords of 
 
 Fine-, Feet of 
 Indexes (Various) 
 Judgment Bolls - 
 
 Judgments, Files of 
 Posteas - - - - 
 
 Recoveries, Drafts of - 
 
 Recoveries, Praecipes for 
 
 Writs of the Court of Pleas 
 
 Anne to George I. - 
 
 1750 to 1834 - 
 1828 to 1853 - 
 13-14 Charles II. to 
 
 15-16 Victoria. 
 13 Charles II. to 
 
 1834. 
 Edward VI. to 1834 - 
 
 20 Henry VII. to 
 
 1844. 
 19 Charles I. to 1853 
 
 1751 to 1865 
 1770 to 1833 - 
 
 13 Charles II. to 
 1833. 
 
 1 Bundle. 
 3 Bundles. 
 17 Bundles. 
 178 Bundles. 
 
 44 Bundles. 
 
 49 Bundles. 
 1 Bundle. 
 220 Rolls. 
 
 6 Bundles. 
 3 Bundles. 
 35 Bundles. 
 
 1 Bundle. 
 
 (Clerk of the Crown's Records.) 
 
 Calendars. See " Returns of 
 Prisoners." 
 
 Commissions of Gaol Delivery - 1784 to 1876 
 
 Costs of Prosecutions - ' 1828 to 1876 
 
 Depositions - - - - 1843 to 1877 
 
 Irdictments - - j 1713 to 1877 
 
 Indictment Rooks - - ' 1753 to 1876 
 
 Minute Hooks - - - 1770 to 1876 
 
 Pardons- - - 1816 to 1863 
 
 R - ojrnizances - - | 1843 to 1877 
 
 Returns of Prisoners - ien5tnl86l 
 
 39 Bundles. 
 56 Bundles. 
 
 60 Bundles. 
 
 1 66 Bundles. 
 7 Vols. 
 10 Vols. 
 2 Bundles. 
 
 61 Bundles. 
 f> Bundle".
 
 
 PALATINATE OF LANCASTER. 
 (Chancery Records.) 
 
 
 
 
 Number <■( 
 
 Description of Record. 
 
 
 Period embraced. 
 
 Bundles, Bolls, 
 or Volumes. 
 
 Affidavits - 
 
 
 1798 to 1836 
 
 :< Bundles. 
 
 Affidavit-;, Entries "1 
 
 - 
 
 1610 to 1678 
 
 4 Vols. 
 
 AllSUCIS - 
 
 - 
 
 1 17 t t-. 1S58 
 
 251 Vols, and 
 Bundles. 
 
 Appearance Books 
 
 - 
 
 1641 to 1703 - 
 
 3 Vols. 
 
 Bill Books 
 
 - 
 
 Edward [V. to 17:: 1 
 
 12 Vols. 
 
 Bills 
 
 - 
 
 Henry VII. to i 
 
 13G Vols. and 
 
 Bundles. 
 
 Close Bolls 
 
 
 1 1 Henry IV. to 9 
 Edward IV. 
 
 :; Polls. 
 
 Consents - 
 
 . 
 
 1793 to 1836 
 
 1 Bundle. 
 
 Decrees and Orders, &c. - 
 
 
 17) Henrj VIII. to 
 
 1784. 
 Charles II. to Wil- 
 
 27 Vols. 
 
 Deeds Enrollrd - 
 
 _ 
 
 1 Bundle. 
 
 
 
 liam IV. 
 
 
 Exhibits ... . 
 
 - 
 
 . 
 
 1 7 Bundles. 
 
 Inquisitions and Decrees as to Charitable 
 
 Commonwealth to 
 
 1 Bundle. 
 
 Uses, &c. 
 
 
 George I. 
 
 
 Inquisitions post mortem 
 
 - 
 
 Henry IV. to Henry 
 VIII. 
 
 1 Box. 
 
 Interrogatories and Depositions 
 
 - 
 
 24 Elizabeth to is;.:; 
 
 273 Bundles. 
 
 Lunacy Inquisitions 
 
 - 
 
 Charles II. to Wil- 
 liam IV. 
 
 1 Bundle. 
 
 Minute Book (Registrar's) 
 
 - 
 
 1704 to 1713 
 
 1 Vol. 
 
 Miscellauea 
 
 . 
 
 _ 
 
 7 Bundles. 
 
 Patent Bolls 
 
 - 
 
 4 Richard II. to 21 
 Henry VII. 
 
 10 Rolls. 
 
 Replication*, &c. 
 
 - 
 
 1601 to 1846 
 
 21 Bundles. 
 
 Warrants 
 
 - 
 
 Richard 11. to Henry 
 VII. 
 
 3 Bundles. 
 
 Deed of Amalgamation of the Preston 
 
 . 
 
 1 Pox. 
 
 and Wyrc and Lancashire and Y 
 
 ork- 
 
 
 
 shire Railway Companies. 
 
 
 
 
 Inclosure Award of Walton on the 
 
 Hill 
 
 1763 
 
 1 Bundle. 
 
 and Fazakerley. 
 
 
 
 
 (Prothonotary's Records.) 
 
 Affidavits of Execution of Articles of 
 
 Clerkship. 
 Affidavit-, I've Books to 
 Clerks' Articles Books 
 Declarations, Pyo Books to 
 
 Dockets of Issues - 
 
 Docket Rolls, &c. 
 
 Draft Judgments - 
 
 Draft Posteas 
 
 Fines, kc. ... 
 
 1749 to 1814 
 
 2 Bundle*. 
 
 1813 to 1838 - - 4 Vols. 
 1749 to 1822 - - 2 Vols. 
 
 14 George II. to 11 9 Vols. 
 
 Victoria. 
 41 George III. to 11 6 Vols. 
 
 Victoria. 
 :.l Edward III. to 30 Tolls. 
 
 I William IV. 
 20 George II. t>> 52 6 Vols. 
 
 George HI. 
 ;. i George HI. to 11 I Vols. 
 
 Victoria. 
 7.1 Edward III. to I oil Bundles. 
 
 William IW
 
 lxx 
 
 PALATINATE OF LANCASTER— (continued). 
 (Prothonotary's Records) — (continued). 
 
 
 
 
 Number of 
 
 Description 
 
 of Record. 
 
 Period embraced. 
 
 Bundles, Rolls, 
 
 
 
 
 or Volumes. 
 
 I- ines, Enrolments of 
 
 - 
 
 29 Elizabeth to 4 
 William IV. 
 
 479 Rolls. 
 
 Minutes of Rules - 
 
 - 
 
 7 George II. to 36 
 George III. 
 
 3 Vols. 
 
 Minutes of Verdicts 
 
 - 
 
 1839 to 1847 - 
 
 1 Bundle. 
 
 Panels of Jurors 
 
 . 
 
 1811 to 1848 - 
 
 75 Bundles. 
 
 Plea Bolls - 
 
 - 
 
 2 Henry IV. to 11 
 
 Victoria. 
 
 767 Rolls. 
 
 Precedent Books 
 
 . 
 
 - 
 
 5 Vols. 
 
 Remembrance Books 
 
 - 
 
 8 William III. to 20 
 George II. 
 
 3 Vols. 
 
 Bole Hooks - 
 
 - 
 
 7 George II. to 8 
 Victoria. 
 
 15 Vols. 
 
 Rules, Consent - 
 
 - 
 
 2 George IV. to 16 
 Victoria. 
 
 1 Bundle. 
 
 Rules in Ejectment - 
 
 - 
 
 1811 to 1821 - 
 
 1 Bundle. 
 
 Rules of Reference 
 
 - 
 
 41 George III. to 11 
 Victoria. 
 
 4 Vols. 
 
 Sessional Papers 
 
 - 
 
 Henry VIII. to 1848 
 
 219 Bundles. 
 
 Sessional Papers, Pye 
 
 Books to 
 
 Charles II. to George 
 
 II. 
 1712 to 1845 - 
 
 6 Vols. 
 
 Writ Books 
 
 . 
 
 22 Vols. 
 
 (Clerk of the Crown's Records.) 
 
 Assize Polls - - - 
 
 Bail Polls 
 
 Coroners' Inquisitions 
 
 Depositions 
 
 Indictments ... 
 
 Do. Calendar to 
 
 Do. and Writs of Assize - 
 
 Minute Books 
 Nomina Ministrorum 
 Order Books 
 Outlawry Rolls - 
 
 Recognizance* 
 
 Recognizance Books 
 
 Rule Books ... 
 
 to G 
 
 1 Henry VI 
 Victoria. 
 
 22-38 Henry VIII. - 
 14 Charles II. to 
 
 3 George IV. 
 1808 to 1867 - 
 
 17 Henry VIII. to 
 
 4 William IV. 
 
 17 Edward IV. to 
 35 Henry VIII. 
 
 3 Henry VI. to 38 
 Henry VIII. 
 
 2 James II. to 1823 
 1810 to 1867 - 
 
 10 George II. to 1831 
 
 Richard II. to 1 Ed- 
 ward VI. 
 
 35 Charles II. to 
 52 George III. 
 
 41 George III. to 
 8 George IV. 
 
 30 George III. to 
 2 Victoria. 
 
 DUCHY OF LANCASTER. 
 
 A*«-i/e Roll< 
 
 1-10 Henry Duke of 
 Lancaster. 
 
 317 Rolls. 
 
 16 Rolls. 
 13 Bundles. 
 
 221 Bundles. 
 27 Bundles. 
 
 3 Rolls. 
 
 22 Bundles. 
 
 8 Vols. 
 
 215 Bundles. 
 
 4 Vols. 
 4 Rolls. 
 
 15 Bundles. 
 
 2 Vols. 
 
 2 Vols. 
 
 8 Rolls. 
 
 [Division xxv., 
 Bundle A.]
 
 Ixxi 
 
 DUCHY OF LANCASTER- -(continued;. 
 
 Description of Record. 
 
 Period embiae, ,|. 
 
 Number of 
 
 Bundles, Rolls, 
 
 ot Volumes. 
 
 Chancery Rolls ... 
 
 Charters and Grants (Original) - 
 
 Court Rolls ... - 
 
 Deeds (Ancient), Series " L." 
 
 Extents for Debt 
 
 Inquisitions post mortem 
 
 Judges' Commissions 
 Judicial Proceedings : — 
 Pleadings - 
 
 Depositions, Examinations, &c. 
 
 Depositions, Examinations, &c. 
 
 Surveys, &c. taken by Commission 
 
 Decrees and Orders (Draft) - 
 
 Decrees and Orders, Entry Books of 
 Affidavits, Reports, &c. 
 Injunctions (Draft) 
 Leases : — 
 
 Counterparts of - 
 
 Draft - 
 
 Entries and Enrolments of. See 
 
 "Registers of Grants, &c." 
 
 Maps and Plans ... 
 
 Ministers' Accounts - - - 
 
 Patent- (Draft ) - 
 
 Presentations (Draft ) - - - 
 
 Privy Seals, &c. - - - - 
 
 Registers of Grants, Leases, &c. - 
 
 Security Bonds - 
 
 Sewer-, Draft Commissions of 
 
 Sheriffs' Bills - 
 
 Surveys (Oliver Cromwell's) 
 
 Do. Bonks of - - 
 
 Do. of Woods - - - 
 
 Do. Drafts of Warrants for 
 Miscellanea ( Div. .rrr.) - 
 
 Do. {Div. .riri.) 
 
 Do. {Div. .r.rrii.) - 
 
 Do. v Div. xxviii ) 
 
 Henry Duke of Lan- 
 caster to Edward 
 IV. 
 
 William II. to Henry 
 
 VII. 
 Edward I. to George 
 
 III. 
 
 Elizabeth to Charles 
 
 II. 
 Ibnry VIII. to (hark" 
 
 I. 
 
 it;::, to 1 774 - 
 
 Henry VII. to Eliza- 
 beth. 
 James I. to 1835 
 Henry VIII. to 
 
 Philip & Mary. 
 Elizabeth to George 
 
 III. 
 Elizabeth to George 
 
 III. 
 Ibnry VIII. to 
 
 George I. 
 Edward IV. to 1825 
 Elizabeth to 1800 - 
 12 James I. to 174S 
 
 Edward VI. to 1758 
 Henry VIII. to 1760 
 
 Edward I. to I leoi <j;<- 
 
 111. 
 Phillip and Mary to 
 
 ( reorge 1 1 . 
 Elizabeth to George 
 
 1. 
 Henry VII. to ( ■ 
 
 111". 
 
 Henry VIII. to L716 
 1660 to 17'_'-J 
 1684 to 1758 - 
 Commonwealth 
 Elizabeth and .lame- 1 
 Elizabeth and James 
 13 Elizabeth to 1785 
 
 61 Polls. 
 
 [Division xxv., 
 Bundles X and 
 Y-] 
 
 Under arrange- 
 ment. 
 
 152 Bundles. 
 
 Under arrange- 
 ment. 
 7 Bundles. 
 
 30 Vols. 
 
 9 Bundles. 
 
 213 Vols. 
 
 208 Bundles. 
 81 Vols. 
 
 172 Bundles. 
 
 Under arrange- 
 ment. 
 142 Bundles. 
 
 i: Vols. 
 26 Bundles. 
 23 Bundles. 
 
 61 Bundle-. 
 104 Bundles. 
 
 1 Portfolio. 
 739 Bundles. 
 
 46 Bundles. 
 
 :: Bundles. 
 
 46 Bundles. 
 
 105 Vols. 
 9 Bundles. 
 3 Bundles. 
 6 Bundles. 
 
 3 Bundles. 
 35 Vols. 
 13 Vols. 
 80 Bundles. 
 
 I Under arrange- 
 l ment.
 
 lxxii 
 
 COURTS OF WALES AND CHESTER. 
 
 Description of Record. 
 
 Period embraced. 
 
 Number of 
 
 Bundles, Rolls, 
 
 or Volumes. 
 
 Attorneys 1 and Solicitors' Admission 
 
 Rolls." 
 Attorneys' and Solicitors' Oath Rolls - 
 
 Bills and Answers (Chester Exchequer) 
 
 Bills and Answers (Chancery) - 
 Calendar Rolls 
 
 Coroners' Inquisitions - 
 
 Decrees and Orders (Chester Exchequer) 
 Decrees and Orders, Entry Books of. 
 
 See " Miscellaneous Books." 
 Docket Rolls 
 
 Essoin Rolls - 
 
 Eyre EoIIb 
 
 Fines. &c. 
 
 Fines (Supplementary) 
 
 Fines, Concords ot (Chester) - 
 
 Fines, Enrolments of: — 
 
 Chester - - - 
 
 Mint 
 
 Pembroke - 
 Fines and Amercements (Chester) 
 
 Fines and Warrants of Attorney (North 
 
 Wales Circuit). 
 Forest Rolls (Chester) 
 
 Gaol Files. See " Mainprize Files." 
 General and Special Liveries - 
 
 Inclosure Awards - 
 Indictment Bolls 
 
 Inquisitions po^t mortem 
 
 Mainprize Files and Gaol Files - 
 
 Mainprize Bolls 
 
 Plea Bolls :— 
 
 Chester - - 
 
 Flint 
 
 Denbigh - - - - 
 
 Montgomery 
 
 Angle sea 
 
 Carnarvon - - - 
 
 9 William III. to 1 
 
 William IV. 
 3 George II. to 1 
 
 William IV. 
 Henry VIII. to 
 
 Georse IV. 
 1689 to 1830 - 
 Edward III. to 
 
 Charles II. 
 2 Edward IV. to 1 
 
 William IV. 
 1559 to 1790 - 
 
 Henry VIII. to Wil- 
 liam IV. 
 
 17 Edward III. to 22 
 Henry VII. 
 
 35 Edward I. to 15 
 Henry VII. 
 
 Edward I. to Wil- 
 liam IV. 
 
 1788 to 1829 - 
 
 28 Elizabeth to Anne 
 12 Elizabeth to 2 
 
 George II. 
 29-40 Elizabeth 
 4 Edward II. to 22 
 
 Richard II. 
 
 1789 to 1830 - 
 
 55 Henry III. to 18 
 Henry VII. 
 
 Elizabeth to Charles I. 
 
 Edward I. to Henry 
 VII. 
 
 Edward I. to Charles 
 I. 
 
 Elizabeth to William 
 IV. 
 
 Edward III. to Eliza- 
 beth. 
 
 44 Henry III. to 1 
 
 William IV. 
 12 Edward I. to 1 
 
 William IV. 
 33 Henry VIII. to 1 
 
 William IV. 
 33 Henry VIII. to 1 
 
 William IV. 
 1 Henry VIII. to 1 
 
 William IV. 
 10 Richard II. to 1 
 
 William IV. 
 
 9 Rolls. 
 
 17 Rolls. 
 
 102 Portfolios. 
 
 55 Portfolios. 
 22 Rolls. 
 
 7 Bundles. 
 
 78 Bundles. 
 
 130 Rolls. 
 
 11 Rolls. 
 15 Rolls. 
 230 Bundles. 
 
 2 Bundles. 
 9 Bundles. 
 
 12 Rolls. 
 4 Rolls. 
 
 1 Roll. 
 
 3 Rolls. 
 
 1 Bundle. 
 9 Rolls. 
 
 1 Bundle. 
 1 Bundle. 
 31 Rolls. 
 
 7 Portfolios. 
 
 168 Bundles. 
 
 33 Rolls. 
 
 850 Rolls. 
 592 Rolls. 
 530 Rolls. 
 567 Rolls. 
 151 Rolh. 
 171 Rolls.
 
 I x x i i i 
 
 COURTS OF WALES AND CHESTER -(continued). 
 
 I lescription of Record. 
 
 Pleu Rolls — cont. 
 Merioneth • 
 
 Brecknock - 
 
 Radnor - - - - - 
 
 Glamorgan - 
 
 Carmarthen - - - 
 
 Pembroke - 
 
 Cardigan 
 Quo Warranto Rolls 
 Privy Seals, Warrants, &c. 
 
 Recognizance Rolls (Chester) 
 
 Remembrance Rolls 
 
 Ruthin Records (Presentments, Decla- 
 rations, &c). 
 Sheriffs' Tourn Rolls (Chester) - 
 
 Sheriffs' Tourn Rolls (Flint) 
 
 Warrants of Attorney, Rolls of 
 
 Miscellaneous Hooks (Order Books, 
 
 Rule Hooks, Minute Books, &c). 
 Miscellaneous Rolls ... 
 
 IV-rioil embraced. 
 
 Number of 
 Bundle 
 
 01 \ "lnmes. 
 
 l Edward \ I. to i 
 
 William IV. 
 ::i Henrj VIII. to I 
 
 William IV. 
 33 Henry VIII. to 1 
 
 William IV. 
 33 Henry VIII. to 1 
 
 William IV. 
 33 II. Miry \ III. to 1 
 
 William IV. 
 • :i Henry VIII. to l 
 
 William IV. 
 33 Henry VIII. to 1 
 
 William IV. 
 
 •J 7 Edward III. to 
 
 15 Henry VII. 
 Hen. VII. & Hen. 
 
 VIII. 
 1 Edward II. to 11 
 
 ( reorge I V. 
 James II. to William 
 
 IV. 
 1722 to 1798 - 
 
 31 Edward III. to 
 is Edward IV. 
 
 16 Edward HI. to 
 i Edward IV. 
 
 17 Edward III. to 
 31 Henry VIII. 
 
 L91 Rolls. 
 
 (SO Rolls. 
 550 Rolls. 
 560 Rolls. 
 463 Rolls. 
 521 Bolls. 
 450 Rolls. 
 
 6 Rolls. 
 
 1 Bundle. 
 339 Rolls. 
 69 Rolls. 
 26 Portfolios 
 
 7 Rolls. 
 1 Roll. 
 10 Rolls. 
 450 Vols. 
 154 Rolls.
 
 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 
 
 ACCOUNTS. 
 
 Accounts, Original. (Exchequer, Q. R.) 
 
 In addition to the extensive and important series of 
 "•.Ministers' and Receivers' Accounts " of the lands and 
 tenements in the hands of the Crown, and to the "Revenue 
 
 Rolls " and rolls and books relating to the :e Receipts and 
 Issues of the Exchequer," which are fully described under 
 the titles indicated, there are amongst the Miscellanea 
 of the Queen's Remembrancer's Department numerous 
 collections of Original Accounts and " Particulars of 
 Accounts," as rendered to the Exchequer by the Sheriffs, 
 Escheators, Collectors of Customs and Subsidies, and other 
 Revenue officers; of Accounts and subsidiary documents 
 relating to the expenditure on the Army and Navy, on 
 Ambassadors and Envoys, on the royal Household and 
 Wardrobe, and on Works and repairs at the Royal Palaces 
 and other Buildings ; and of the issues and profits arising 
 from various Courts and Public Offices, which have been 
 arranged in the present volume under the subjects to 
 which they respectively relate. 
 
 Many original Accounts of a similar nature are to be 
 found amongst the Miscellanea of the Treasury of the 
 Receipt of the Exchequer. 
 
 An exhaustive Inventory of these Accounts is in progress 
 and will shortly be printed. In the meanwhile a List is 
 appended showing very briefly their nature and extent. 
 It will be seen that they generally terminate with the 
 reign of James I., their places being subsequently supplied 
 in a great measure by the " Declared Accounts," described 
 below. 
 
 Alienation Office Accounts. James I. 
 
 Army, Navy, and Ordnance Accounts. Henry III. to 
 James I. 
 
 Butlerage (Pincerna Regis) Accounts. Edward I. to 
 James I. 
 
 Customs, Collectors' Accounts. Edward I. to James I. 
 
 Custos Sigilli, Accounts of the. Edward VI. to Elizabeth. 
 
 Domus Convcrsorum, Accounts of the Keeper of the. 
 Edward III. to .lames I. 
 
 u b0195. Wt. 22502. \. A 
 
 V,
 
 ACCOUNTS -(continued). 
 
 Accounts, Original. (Exchequer, Q. R.) — (continued.) 
 Equitium Regis (Accounts of the Royal Stables). Edward 
 
 I. to James I. 
 Escheatora' Accounts. Henry III. to James I. 
 Fines and Amercements, Accounts of. Henry III. to 
 
 James II. 
 Forests (Royal) Issues of the. Henry II. to James I. 
 France, Accounts of the English possessions in. Henry 
 
 III. to Philip and Mary. 
 Hanaper, Accounts of the Clerk of the. Edward I. to 
 
 Elizabeth. 
 Irish Exchequer, Accounts of the. Henry III. to Richard 
 
 III. 
 Marshalsea of the King's Household, Accounts of the. 
 
 Edward I. to Elizabeth. 
 Mines (Stannaries), Accounts of. Edward I. to Charles 
 
 I. 
 
 Mint Accounts. Henry III. to James I. 
 
 Nuncii (Ambassadors, Envoys, and Royal Messengers), 
 Accounts of. Edward I. to Elizabeth. 
 
 Prrestita (Accounts of sums advanced to Officers of the 
 Royal Household and others). John to James I. 
 
 Sheriffs' Accounts. Henry III. to James I. 
 
 Subsidies (Clerical and Lay), Accounts of Collectors of. 
 Henry III. to William and Mary. 
 
 Ulnagers' Accounts (of the Subsidy on Cloth). Edward 
 
 III. to James I. 
 Wardrobe and Household Accounts. John to George III. 
 
 AVorks and Buildings, Accounts of. Henry III. to 
 Elizabeth. 
 
 Accounts, Declaeied (Audit Office and Pipe Office). 
 
 The practice of declaring Accounts before the Lord High 
 Treasurer of England, or before the Chancellor of the 
 Exchequer and two or more of the other Commissioners of 
 the Treasury, appears to have been introduced about the 
 reign of Henry VIII. and to have been fully established in 
 that of Elizabeth. At an earlier date all accounts were 
 rendered at the King's Remembrancer's Office of the 
 Exchequer, amongst the Records of which Department 
 large collections of Original Accounts and " Particulars of 
 Accounts " will be found extending in date from about the 
 reign of John to that of .James I. (See above.)
 
 ACCOUNTS- (continued). 
 
 Accounts, Declared (Audit Office and Pipe 
 Office) — (continued). 
 
 During the period of transition many of these Accounts 
 are analagous to the Declared Accounts. 
 
 The system of declaring Accounts when fully es- 
 tablished was as follows : — Two copies of each Account 
 were prepared in the Audit Office, the one written on 
 paper and the other on parchment. Both were sent to the 
 Treasury to be declared, where they were registered in 
 volume- known as "Declared Accounts and '-Auditors' 
 States of Accounts." The copy on paper, having been 
 duly signed by the Auditor or Auditors, and by the Lord 
 High Treasurer, Chancellor of the Exchequer, or Com- 
 missioners of the Treasury before whom it was declared, 
 was then returned to the Audit Office, and that on parch- 
 ment, signed in like manner, to the King's Remembrancer's 
 Office, where a " State " or abstract of it was enrolled, and 
 thence to the office of the Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer, 
 where another abstract of it was entered on the Memoranda 
 Rolls under the heading " States and Views of Public 
 Accounts." 
 
 finally, it was forwarded to the Clerk of the Pipe who, 
 until that office was abolished by Statute 3 and 4 William 
 IV., enrolled an abridgment of it amongst the -Foreign 
 Accounts " and retained the original. 
 
 An Inventory of the " Declared Accounts " both of the 
 Audit Office and the Pipe Office has been recently printed 
 (Lists and Indexes, No. II., 1893). Those in the Pipe 
 Office series of a later date than 1714, of which duplicates 
 existed in the Audit Office series, were transferred to the 
 Bodleian Library under Rules made in pursuance of the 
 Record Act of 1877. A List of the most important 
 Declared Accounts amongst the Audit Office Records is 
 given on pp. S4-89. 
 
 Accounts, Enrolments of (Exchequer, Q. R.). 
 
 A series of 309 rolls entitled " Enrolments of Public 
 Accounts," and extending from the reign of Elizabeth to 
 1859. These contain the " States " or Abstracts of the 
 " Declared Accounts "above described, many of the details 
 contained in the Declared Account being omitted. These 
 enrolments formed the official record of the Account in the 
 King's Remembrancer's Office, and warranted the issuing 
 of process from the Exchequer against the Accountants 
 when necessary. 
 
 The enrolment of Public Accounts in the Queen's 
 Remembrancer's Office, except in certain cases, was dis- 
 continued in accordance with the provisions of the Statute 
 22 & 23 Vict. c. 21. 
 
 a 2
 
 4 
 
 ACCOUNTS — (continued). 
 
 Accounts, Enrolments of (Exchequer, L. T. R.). 
 
 The Accounts of the Bailiffs and other Ministers of 
 lands in the hands of the Crown, and of such Towns and 
 Boroughs as were not within the receipt of the Sheriffs of 
 the several Counties, together with those of the Escheators, 
 Custodes Carnbii, Keepers of the Wardrobe, and other 
 officers were at first enrolled at the end of the Pipe Bolls, 
 and also of the Chancellor's Rolls in each year under the 
 heading " Rotulus Compotorum," or "Rotuli Diversorum 
 Computantium." 
 
 As the business of the Exchequer increased, however, 
 this practice was found inconvenient and cumbrous, and 
 towards the end of the reign of Edward III. a separate 
 series of rolls entitled Rolls of " Foreign Accounts " was 
 formed for the purpose of relieving the Pipe Rolls of such 
 accounts as -were " foreign " to the jurisdiction of the 
 Sheriffs. 
 
 A distinct series of enrolments for the more voluminous 
 classes of accounts, as those relating to Customs, Escheats, 
 Subsidies, &c. had, however, already been introduced at a 
 much earlier period. The enrolments of Accounts in the 
 Lord Treasurer's Department may therefore be obtained 
 from the several sources described below : — 
 
 (1.) Enrolments on the Pipe Rolls and Chancellor's 
 Rolls, from Henry III. to Edward III. 
 
 (A complete Inventory of all these enrolments is 
 in progress.) 
 (2.) Foreign Accounts. Rolls of, 42 Edward III. to 
 Charles II. 
 
 Subsequent to the reign of Charles II. the Foreign 
 Accounts consist chiefly of enrolments of Tax 
 Accounts, and, inasmuch as a complete series of the 
 Declared Accounts has been preserved, are of little 
 value except as illustrating the process of enrolment in 
 the Exchequer. 
 
 (3.) Enrolled Accounts (Foreign Accounts classified 
 under Subjects), as follows : — 
 
 Customs Accounts. Edward I. to Elizabeth. 
 Esclieators' Accounts. Edward II. to James I. 
 Subsidies, Aids, &c, Accounts of. Edward I. to 
 
 Charles II. 
 Wardrobe and Household Accounts. Henry III. to 
 
 Edward VI. 
 There are also Miscellaneous Enrolled Accounts, 
 including —
 
 ACCOUNTS— (continued). 
 
 Accounts, Enrolments of (Exchequer, L. T. B.) — 
 
 (continued). 
 
 Accounts of the Agincourt expedition. Henry V. 
 
 Purveyance Accounts. Edward III. 
 
 Ulnage Accounts. Richard II. to Henry VII. 
 
 ( 'ontrariants' Lands, Accounts of Edward II. 
 
 Queen's Lands, Accounts of. Edward II. to Henry 
 IV. 
 
 Templars' Lands, Accounts of. Edward II. 
 
 Accounts, States and Views of. (Exchequer, Q. R.) 
 " States," or brief Abstracts of all the Public Accounts 
 of the kingdom from Eliz. to 1859 are contained in the 
 series of rolls entitled "Enrolments of Public Accounts." 
 
 The "States and Views of Receivers, &c." from Jas. II. 
 to Wm. and Mary are contained in two volumes, thus 
 entitled. 
 
 Accounts, States and Views of. (Exchequer, 
 L. T. R.) 
 
 The States and Views of Accounts in the Lord 
 Treasurer's Remembrancer's Department are enrolled on 
 the " Memoranda Rolls," forming a distinct portion of 
 each roll. 
 
 Repertories to States and Virirs, 1 Edw. III. to 14 
 James I. 
 
 The " States and Views of Receivers General from 
 Car. II. to G Geo. IV. are contained in 52 Vols, bearing 
 that title. 
 
 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS OF DEEDS. 
 
 Certificates of the Vcknowledgment of Deeds by 
 Married Women. (Common Pleas.) 1834 to 1855. 
 
 These are the certificates taken in accordance with the 
 Act of 2 & 3 William IV. '• for the abolition of Fines and 
 Recoveries and the substitution of more effectual means 
 of assurance." Those of a later date than 1855 are kept 
 at the Acknowledgment Office. 
 
 Alphabetical Index. 1834 to 1855. 22 Vols. 
 
 Day Books. 1834 to 1857. 16 Vols. 
 
 [The Certificates from 1834 to 1837 inclusive and 
 Nob. 1 to 700 and 1,020 to 1,087 of the year 1835 were 
 burnt at the fire which occurred at the Temple in the 
 year 1838.]
 
 AGARDE'S INDEXES. 
 
 A collection so called consisting of Abstracts from and Re- 
 ferences to the Placita Coronas, Placita de Juratis et Assisis, 
 Placita de Quo Warranto, &c. (commonly called Assize and Quo 
 Warranto Rolls) ; and from the Placita Coram Rege, Placita de 
 Banco, and other records formerly deposited in the Treasury of 
 the Exchequer of Receipt, made at different periods by Arthur 
 Agarde and other officers having charge of the records. 60 vols., 
 as follows : — 
 
 Vol. l - 
 
 Vol 2 - 
 
 Vol.3 - 
 
 Vol.4 - 
 
 Vol. 5 - 
 
 Vol.6 - 
 
 Vol. 7 - 
 
 Vol.8 - 
 
 Vol. 9 - 
 
 Vol. 10 - 
 
 Vol. 11 
 
 Bedford 
 
 Berks - 
 Cambridge 
 
 Cornwall 
 
 Cumberland 
 
 Dor-set 
 Devon - 
 
 Wilts - 
 
 Divers Counties 
 
 Do. 
 
 Yorkshire 
 
 Yorkshire 
 
 Essex - 
 
 Channel Islands 
 
 15 Edw. 1. and 
 4 Edw. 3. 
 
 12 Edw. 1. 
 
 27 Edw. 1. and 
 14, 21, & 27 
 Edw. 1. 
 
 12 Edw. 1. and 
 30 Edw. 1. 
 
 20 Edw. 1. 
 
 8 Edw. 1. and 
 16 Edw. 1. 
 
 9 Edw. 1. and 
 9 & 10 Edw. 1. 
 
 Temp. Kiel. - 
 Kiel, to Edw. 3. 
 
 Hen. 4. 
 Hen. 5. 
 
 and 
 
 15 Hen. 3. and 
 52 Hen. 3. 
 
 7, 8, & 9 Edw. 1., 
 7 & 21 Edw. 1., 
 and 
 temp. Edw. 1. 
 
 13 Edw. 1. 
 
 27, 28, & 32 
 Edw. l.,2& 17 
 Edw. 2., and 
 5 Edw. 3. 
 
 Abstracts of Assize and Quo 
 Warranto Rolls [with In- 
 dices Locorum]. 
 
 Do. [with an Index Loco- 
 rum for 27 Edw. l.j. 
 
 Do. [with an Index Loco- 
 rum]. 
 
 Do. [with Indices Loco- 
 rum]. 
 
 Do. [with an Index Loco- 
 rum]. 
 
 Abstracts of Placita Coram 
 Eege [with a Table of Con- 
 tents]. 
 
 Do. [with Indices 
 rum and Rerum]. 
 
 Loco- 
 
 Abstracts of Assize and Quo 
 Warranto Rolls [with In- 
 dices Locorum and Rerum]. 
 
 (1.) Abstracts of Assize Rolls, 
 
 7, 8, & 9 Edw. 1. [with an 
 
 Index Locorum]. 
 (2.) Abstracts of Charters by 
 
 various kings enrolled temp. 
 
 Edw. 1., and of Assize Rolls, 
 
 &c, 7 & 21 Edw. 1. [with an 
 
 Index Locorum]. 
 (3.) Abstracts of Assize Rolls, 
 
 &c, 7, 8, & 9 Edw. 1. [with 
 
 an Index Nominum]. 
 
 Abstracts of Assize Rolls, &c. 
 [with Indices Berum and 
 Locorum]. 
 
 Abstracts of Assize Rolls, &c.
 
 AGARDE'S INDEXES- -i continued). 
 
 Vol.12 - 
 
 Vol. 13 - 
 
 Vol. 14 - 
 Vol. IS - 
 Vol. 16 - 
 
 Vol. 17 - 
 Vol. 18 - 
 
 Vol. 19 - 
 
 Vol.20 - 
 Vol. 21 - 
 
 Vol. 22 - 
 Vol. 23 - 
 Vol. 24 - 
 
 Vol. 25 - 
 
 Vol. 26 - 
 
 Vol. 27 - 
 
 Vol. 28 - 
 
 Hertford 
 Hunts - 
 Kent 
 
 Lancaster 
 London - 
 
 Middlesex 
 
 Middlesex, Sus- 
 sex, Kent, and 
 Surrey. 
 
 Northumberland 
 Notts - 
 
 Somerset 
 
 Stafford 
 
 Surrey, and Di- 
 vers Counties. 
 
 Surrey and Sus- 
 sex. 
 
 Southampton - 
 Warwick 
 
 Westmoreland - 
 
 Wilts - 
 
 Notts, North- 
 ampton, t'ruern- 
 sey, Bedford, 
 and Derby. 
 
 Hereford and 
 Lancaster. 
 
 6 & 7 Bdw. 1. - 
 ] i Edw. 1. 
 
 7 Edw. l.. 21 
 Edw. I., and 
 6 & 7 Edw. •-'. 
 
 20 Edw. 1. 
 ll Edw. 2. 
 
 2, 3, & 22 Edw. 1. 
 
 and 
 35 Edw. 1. 
 
 21 Edw. 1. 
 
 8 &9 Edw. Land 
 3 Edw. 3. 
 
 8 Edw. 1. 
 
 21 Edw. 1. 
 
 19 & 20 Hen. 3., 
 39, 43, 47, & 
 56 Hen. 3. 
 
 7 Edw. 1. 
 
 8 Edw. 1. 
 
 Ric. 1. to Hen. 7. 
 
 13 Edw. 1. 
 
 20 Edw. 1. 
 
 9 Edw. 1. 
 
 3 & 4 Edw. 3. 
 
 20 Edw. 1 - 
 
 Abstracts of Assise Bolls, fcc. 
 
 [with Indices Locorum]. 
 
 Abstract- of Assize Bolls, &c. 
 [with Indices Locorum ami 
 Beranr}. Printed. 
 
 Abstracts of Assise Rolls, &c. 
 [with an Index Locorum]. 
 
 Abstracts of Assize Bolls, &c. 
 [with an Index Noiuinum]. 
 
 Abstracts of Assize Rolls, &c. 
 [with Indices Locorum]. 
 
 Abstracts of Assize Rolls, &c. 
 [with an Index Locorum]. 
 
 Abstracts of Assize Rolls, &c, 
 and of Deeds Enrolled, 3 & 4 
 Edw. 3. [with an Index Lo- 
 corum]. 
 
 Abstracts of Assize Rolls, &c. 
 [with an Index Locorum]. 
 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 
 do. 
 do. 
 
 Abstracts of Assize Rolls, &c. 
 [with Indices Locorum]. 
 
 Abstracts of Assize Rolls, &c. 
 [with an Index Locorum]. 
 
 Extracts from the Fret of Fines 
 for the county of Warn ick 
 and from the Feet of Fines 
 of Divers Counties, in which 
 Warwick is included [with 
 an Index Locorum]. 
 
 Abstracts of Assize Bolls, &c. 
 [with an Index Locorum]. 
 
 Abstracts of Assize Rolls, &c 
 [with an Index Locorum]. 
 
 Do. 
 
 do. 
 
 Abstracts of Claims of Liber- 
 ties, &c, from the Assize 
 and Quo Warranto Bolls. 
 
 Abstracts of A-size Rolls, 8fcc. 
 [witb ludices Locorum].
 
 AGARDE'S INDEXES— (continued). 
 
 Vol.29 - 
 
 Vol. 30 
 
 Vol.81 - 
 
 Vol. 32 - 
 
 Vol. 33 - 
 Vol. 34 - 
 
 Vol. 35 - 
 
 Vol. 36 - 
 
 Vol. 37 - 
 Vol. 88 - 
 
 Various Counties Kiel. 
 
 Do. 
 
 Do. - 
 
 Various Counties 
 
 Do. - 
 Do. - 
 
 Do.- 
 
 Do. - 
 Do. - 
 
 Bucks - 
 Dorset - 
 Leicester 
 Divers Counties 
 London 
 
 Somerset 
 Surrey - 
 
 Kent - 
 
 Vol. 30 - Oxford 
 
 1 to 35Edw. 1.- 
 
 Terup. Edw. 1. - 
 
 1 to 14 Edw. 1.- 
 
 15 to 18 Edw. 1. 
 1 to 20 Edw. 2. - 
 
 1 to 22 Edw. 3. - 
 
 23 to 51 Edw. 3. 
 1 to 22 Kic. 2. - 
 
 14 Edw. 1. 
 
 8 Edw. 1. 
 12 Edw. 1. 
 
 9 Edw. 1. 
 
 7 to 35 Edw. I. 
 
 Edw. 1.. 2., and 3 
 Hen. 3. - 
 
 9 Edw. 2. 
 
 Kic. 1. to Hen. 3. 
 
 Hen. 8. and 
 Edw. 3. 
 
 13 Edw. 1. 
 
 Abstracts of Placita Coram 
 Kege and of Feet of Fines, 
 arranged in counties from 
 Beds to Wilts, &c. 
 
 Abstracts of Placita Coram 
 Kege, &e, witb Indices Lo- 
 corum et Kerum, arranged 
 under counties. [Printed in 
 the " Abbreviatio Placito- 
 rum."J 
 
 Abstracts of Placita Coram 
 Kege, &e. [Printed in the 
 " Abbreviatio Placitorum."] 
 
 Abstracts of Placita de Banco 
 [with au Index Locorum]. 
 
 Do. 
 
 do. 
 
 Abstracts of Placita Coram 
 Rege, &c. [Printed in the 
 " Abbreviatio Placitorum."] 
 
 Abstracts of Placita Coram 
 Kege [with Indices Locorum 
 and Kerum, and a List of 
 Obsolete Words, &c.]. 
 
 Do. [with Indices Loco- 
 rum and Rerum] . 
 
 Do. [with an Index Loco- 
 rum]. 
 
 I Abstracts of Assize Rolls, &c. 
 f [with Indices Locorum]. 
 
 Abstracts of Deeds and Wills 
 relating to lands, &c, given 
 in mortmain, enrolled at the 
 Hustings in London. 
 
 Abstracts of Feet of Fines. 
 Do. [with au Index Loco- 
 rum]. 
 
 A transcript from the " Nomina 
 Villarum " for the county of 
 Kent. 
 
 A list of the Archbishops of 
 Canterbury and of the Re- 
 ligious Houses in Divers 
 Counties, &c, &c. 
 
 Abstracts of Feet of Fines 
 [with an Index Locorum]. 
 
 Abstracts of Placita Forestse, 
 &c. 
 
 Abstracts of Assize Rolls, &c. 
 [with an Index Locorum].
 
 AGARDE'S INDEXES— (continued). 
 
 Vol. 40 
 
 Vol. 41 
 
 Vol. 42 
 
 Vol. 43 - 
 
 Vol. 44 
 
 Vol. 45 
 
 Westmoreland - 
 Divers Counties 
 
 Do. - 
 
 Do. - 
 Do. - 
 
 Kent 
 
 Divers Counties 
 
 'AdjudicataPla- 
 citorutn in 
 Banco Regis." 
 
 " Compendium 
 Recordorum. : 
 
 Repertory 
 
 Vol. 46 - Repertory 
 
 Vol. 47 - I Court Rolls, &C. 
 
 Vol. 48 - Index Villaris 
 
 31 Hen. C. 
 3d Hen. 2. 
 
 IS II. n. 3. 
 Edw. 1.- 
 
 28 Edw. 1 . 
 
 6 & 7 Hen. 3. 
 
 Edw. 1. to Edw. 3, 
 
 Edw. 1. toJas. 2. 
 
 John to Hen. 5. 
 
 Edw. 3. t<> Hen. 8, 
 
 A return of tin- sen ices of fret 
 tenants of Thomai Lord Clif- 
 ford for one whole year. 
 
 Extract! from tin- " Botulni dc 
 
 " iJomiiKil.ii-, Puerii et Pu.i- 
 
 " li- '" for various counties 
 [with an Index Locorum]. 
 Abstracts of Assize Bolls, &c. 
 
 I'o. (]<). 
 
 Extent of the lands, &c, of 
 
 Edm. Earl of Cornwall. 
 Abstracts of Assize Bolls, &c. 
 
 Copy of an old MS. containing 
 Knights' Fees in Kent. 
 
 [This vol. contains also " Prece- 
 " dents concerning the cus- 
 " tody of Records, &c, &c] 
 
 Abstracts of Placita de Quo 
 Warranto, &c. [with an In- 
 dex Locorum and Nominum, 
 arranged under counties]. 
 
 Inventory of Coram Rege, 
 King's Bench, and Common 
 Pleas Rolls, &c. 
 
 Abstracts of Judgments selected 
 from the Placita Coram Rege, 
 Placita de Banco, &c, with 
 indexes to the subjects, &c., 
 &c. 
 
 A calendar of Treaties and 
 other Diplomatic Documents 
 in the Treasury of the Ex- 
 chequer of Receipt. [Printed 
 in the 2nd vol. of "Ancient 
 Calendars," &c] 
 
 An old repertory to certain 
 documents in the Chapter 
 Ho.ise at Westminster. 
 
 A repertory to documents in 
 
 the Chapter House entitled 
 
 " Agarde's Bepertorj ." 
 
 A calendar of various Court 
 Polls, Ministers' Accounts, 
 &C, dated 1671, with an 
 Index Locorum. 
 
 volume entitled 
 ' Villarum infra 
 ■ Lancastrian." 
 
 " Nomina 
 
 Ducatum
 
 10 
 
 A GARDE'S INDEXES— (continued). 
 
 [The following volumes (apparently forming part of Agarde's collection) were, 
 with the exception of Vol. 60, presented to the Public Record Office in 1879 by 
 Sir Charles Isham, Bart.] 
 
 28 to 57 Hen. 3. 
 
 Vol. 49 - 
 Vol. 50 - 
 Vol. 51 - 
 
 Vol. 52 - 
 
 Vol. 53 - 
 
 Vol. 54 - 
 Vol. 55 - 
 
 Vol. 56 - 
 
 Vol. 57 - 
 Vol. 58 - 
 
 Vol. 59 - 
 
 Vol. 60 - 
 
 Divers Counties 
 
 Do. 
 Northampton - 
 
 Divers Counties 
 
 Northampton - 
 
 Do. 
 Divers Counties 
 
 Do. 
 
 Kent 
 Dorset - 
 
 Norfolk 
 
 Temp. Hen. 4. - 
 3 Edw. 3. 
 
 25 to 28 Edw. 1. 
 
 Kic. 1. to John - 
 
 Temp. Hen. 3. - 
 
 Abstracts of Assize Rolls. 
 
 Abstracts of Assize Rolls. 
 
 Abstracts of Assize Rolls, &c. 
 [with an Index Locorum]. 
 
 Abstracts of Placita de Banco 
 [with an Index Locorum]. 
 
 Abstracts of Feet of Fines 
 [with an Index Locorum]. 
 
 Do. 
 
 do. 
 
 Edw. 1. to Ric. 2.1 Abstracts of Patent and Char- 
 ter Rolls, &c. [with an In- 
 dex Locorum]. 
 
 1 Ric. 2. 
 2 Ric. 3. 
 
 to 
 
 Abstracts of Inq. post mortem 
 and Inq. ad quod damnum 
 [with Indices Nominum and 
 Locorum]. 
 
 Hen. 3. to Edw. 4. A calendar of Inq. post mortem 
 and Inq. ad quod damnum. 
 
 Various dates - 
 
 Hen. 8. and 
 Edw. 6. 
 
 Ric. 1. 
 
 A book containing Abstracts of 
 Tenures in the county of 
 Dorset, selected from the Inq. 
 post mortem, &c. 
 
 An Index Nominum referring 
 apparently to particulars of 
 JUeeds of Purchase and Ex- 
 change. 
 
 Abstracts of Feet of Fines 
 (purchased by the P. R. O. 
 in 1882). 
 
 ALIENATION OP LANDS. 
 
 Licenses and Pardons lor alienation of lands are entered 
 on the Patent Rolls. 
 
 Fines for licenses to alienate are entered on the Fine 
 Rolls. (These payments were abolished by Stat. 12 
 Car. II., Cap. 24.) 
 
 Fines " pro licentia concordandi " are also entered on 
 the Fine Rolls. 
 
 An "ALIENATION OFFICE " for the assessment 
 and collection of Fines and other payments for Licenses to 
 a»ree and Licenses to alienate was established in the reign 
 of Elizabeth when it was called " My Lord of Leicester's 
 Office," because he had the first grant thereof. This
 
 11 
 
 ALIENATION OF LANDS— (continued;. 
 
 Office was abolished by Stat. 5 & 6 Wrn, IV., Cap. 82, the 
 Records being transferred to the Court of Common Pleas 
 and thence to the Public Record Office. 
 
 The principal Records of the ALIENATION 
 OFFICE are the following:— 
 
 Accounts of Pee- and Post- Pines. 1759 to 
 1794. 4 Vols. 
 
 Accounts of Post- Fines. 1759 to 1831. 72 Vols. 
 
 Accounts of Post- Fines. 1788 to 1833. 
 
 Affidavits to moderate Fines. 1802 to 1834. 
 These relate to Fines in the Common Pleas, and state the 
 amount of the Purchase Money, &c. 
 
 Licenses and Pardons for Alienation, Entries 
 of. 1571 to 1650. 21 Vols. 
 Index. 1571 to 1650. 9 Vols. 
 
 Writs of Covenant, Extracts from. 1576 to 
 1837. 135 Vols. 
 
 Index. 1661 to 1835. 102 Vols. 
 
 Writs of Covenant, Nil Books. 1668 to 1800. 
 2 Vols. These contain entries of Writs on which pre- 
 fines were not paid. 
 
 Writs of Entry in Recoveries, Extracts from. 
 1595 to 1835. 33 Vols. 
 
 Index. 1660 to 1834. 27 Vols. 
 
 See also FINES AND RECOVERIES. 
 
 ALIENS. 
 
 Accounts, &c. relating to Foreign Merchants. 
 (Exchequer, Q. R.) Edward I. to Henry VIII. 
 
 These consist of Accounts of debts owing to various 
 Foreign Merchants residing in London, and of the sums 
 due or paid out of the royal revenues to the Bardi, the 
 Friscobaldi, and similar companies on account of loans 
 advanced by them ; of transactions between the said com- 
 panies and the Despensers, and other documents of a like 
 nature. Similar accounts exist amongst the Miscellanea 
 of the Treasury of the Receipt. 
 
 Descriptive Slips. 
 
 See also Exchange Rolls, p. 40. 
 
 Transcripts of Deeds and Grants to the Society of the 
 Bardi of Florence. 12 Edw. II. 
 
 [Misc. No/Is, \-c, Chancery, No. £-.]
 
 12 
 
 ALIENS— (continued). 
 
 Accounts, &c. relating to Foreign Merchants, 
 &C. — (continued). 
 
 A Writ and Inquisition relating to the goods and debts 
 of the Society of the Scala of Florence. 1 Edw. III. 
 
 [Misc. Rolls, Sfc, Chancery, No. -*-£.] 
 
 Alien Clergy, Accounts of Fines imposed on the. 
 See Alien Priories. 
 
 Alien Priories, Extents, &c. of. (Exchequer, Q. R) 
 22 Edw. I. to 22 Edw. IV. 
 
 In addition to Extents of the possessions of the Alien 
 Religious Houses in England, which were seized into the 
 King's hands from time to time whenever a war broke out 
 with tlie country to which they belonged, these rolls con- 
 tain Extents of the possessions of laymen who were 
 foreign subjects, and Accounts of Fines imposed on 
 the alien clergy. See also MINISTERS' AND 
 RECEIVERS' ACCOUNTS. 
 
 Alien Subsidies, Rolls of. (Exchequer, Q. R) 
 Edw. III. to Ric. III. 
 
 These contain the accounts of the several assessments 
 on Foreigners resident in England between the above dates. 
 Similar accounts of the 14th year of Edw. III. will also 
 be found amongst the " Inquisitiones Nonarum " or Nona? 
 Rolls. 
 
 Descriptive Slips. 1 vol. (Vol. 95 of the Index to 
 Subsidies.) 
 
 Aliens, Returns of. (State Papers, Domestic.) 
 
 There arc numerous returns of this kind, the most 
 important of which is one made in Nov. 1571 by the 
 Mayor and Aldermen of London " of all the straungers 
 within London and Southwark and the liberties thereof/' 
 [State Papers, Dom.Eliz. Vol. 82.] This gives the names 
 of all the foreigners then in London, distinguishing their 
 nations, the wards and parishes in which they dwelt, their 
 trades and occupation?, and the churches or congregations 
 frequented by them. The number of persons described 
 amounts to 4,631. 
 
 Aliens, Special Commissions respecting the estates 
 of. (Chancery, Petty Bag Office.) 15 Charles I. to 
 8 Victoria. 2 Bundles. 
 Index. 
 
 Denization, Letters Patent of. 
 
 The Letters Patent of Denization arc entered on the 
 Patent Rolls. Since August (>, 1844, they are to a great 
 extent superseded by the " Certificates of Naturalization,"
 
 13 
 
 ALIENS— (continued). 
 
 Denization, Letters Patent of — (continued). 
 
 which are enrolled on the Close Bolls, although the old 
 practice of taking out Letters Patent was -fill occasionally 
 followed. The Denizations of an earlier date Frequently 
 included a number of persons in a single grant, and arc 
 
 referred to in the Index under the head of " Denization*- " 
 or "Indigent" merely. Separate rolls of Denizations 
 for the years :52 Henry VIII., 36 Henry VIII., and 
 4 Elizabeth, are placed with the Patent Rolls. 
 
 The Patent Roll 13 William III., Purt J, No. 8, con- 
 tains a grant of Denization to oue Langelier and about 
 200 other persons. 
 
 After the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, a number 
 of royal warrants were issued for the denization of the 
 Protestant Refugees to this country. These extend 
 from 1681 to 168S inclusive, and are contained in an 
 Entry Book amongst the Domestic State Papers which 
 has been printed by the Camden Society. \_Dom. Entry 
 Bk, Car. II., No. 67.] 
 
 Naturalization, Certificates of. 
 
 These are enrolled on the Close Polls from Aug. 1844 
 to Aug. 1870 inclusive, after which date they are 
 registered at the Home Office. Naturalization might also 
 be effected by Letters Patent of Denization and by 
 Private Act of Parliament. The Private Acts of Parlia- 
 ment for this purpose are noticed in the Index to the 
 Parliament Polls, but the Acts themselves are preserved at 
 the House of Lords. 
 
 By an Act of Parliament passed in the 7th year of 
 Queen Anne it was enacted that all foreign Protestants 
 who subscribed the Oath Rolls in the Courts of Chancery, 
 Queen's Bench, Common Pleas, or Exchequer, should be 
 deemed and taken to be natural-born British subjects. 
 There are in the Queen's Bench Special Oath ROLLS 
 of Naturalization extending from 1 to 12 Anne. 
 
 "Names of Persons naturalized in His Majesty's 
 
 Plantations in America/' 1740 to 1761. 
 
 Two vols., containing the names, kc. of tiiose who 
 availed themselves of the Act 13 George II. for naturaliz- 
 ing such Foreign Protestants and others as are settled or 
 shall settle in any of His Majesty's Colonies in America. 
 
 [Colonial Office Records {Bvanl of Trade) Plantations 
 General, Vols. 59 and 60.] 
 
 AMBASSADORS AND ENVOYS. 
 
 The appointments, powers, and instructions of Ambas- 
 sadors, together with their correspondence and negotiations
 
 14 
 
 AMBASSADORS AND ENVOYS— (continued). 
 
 are entered on the earlier Patent and Close Rolls, and 
 also on the so-called " Treaty " or Foreign Rolls. See 
 CHANCERY ENROLMENTS. 
 
 Subsequent to the reign of Henry VII., documents of 
 this nature are to be found amongst the State Papers. 
 
 Accounts of monies paid or imprested to Ambassadors 
 appear on the Issue Rolls and Issue Books of the 
 Exchequer of Receipt. See RECEIPTS AND 
 ISSUES OP THE EXCHEQUER. 
 
 There are also original Accounts relating to the expenses 
 of Ambassadors and Royal Messengers as follows : 
 
 Ambassadors (Nuncii), Accounts of. (Exchequer, 
 Q. R.) 23 Edward I. to 13 Elizabeth. 
 
 These are Accounts of the expenses of Ambassadors and 
 other persons attached to foreign missions, the nature of 
 which is in some cases indicated. They also include 
 accounts of* payments to Royal Messengers for the 
 delivery of Letters, Writs, &c. 
 
 Descriptive Slips. 4 Vols. MS. 
 
 Accounts of Ambassadors and Envoys. " Declared 
 Accounts^ Pipe Office and Audit Office. 
 
 ANNUITIES (CHANCERY). 
 
 Memorials of Annuities. 1813 to 1854. 
 
 Before 1813 the Annuity Deeds are enrolled in full 
 on the Close Rolls, of which they form a separate branch. 
 After the pnssing of the Act relative to Annuities in 1813, 
 Memorials or Abstracts of the Deeds only are enrolled, 
 forming a distinct class of enrolments. From August 1854 
 Memorials of Annuities are registered at the Common Pleas 
 Registry of Judgments, ike. 
 
 Index. 1777 to 1854. 17 Vols. MS., arranged under 
 the names of the Grantors. 
 
 Do. 1777 to 1842. 6 Vols. MS., arranged under 
 the names of the Grantees. [N.B. The Registers of 
 Annuities are retained at the Enrolment OfEce.J 
 
 ANNUITIES (EXCHEQUER). 
 
 See RECEIPTS AND ISSUES OP THE 
 EXCHEQUER.
 
 15 
 
 APPAREL. 
 
 Inquisitions concerning Ari'\i:i;i.. (Mi-< r.i.i.wr. \. 
 Exchequer, Q. R.). Elizabeth. 
 
 Tlie.se consist of enquiries concerning any violations of 
 the Statute of 4 & 5 Philip and Mary relating to the 
 Keeping of Horses and the Apparel of Men's Wives, &c. 
 
 Descriptive Slips. 
 
 Similar documents will be found amongst the " Special 
 Commissions" of the Exchequer, Queen's Remembrancer. 
 See COMMISSIONS. 
 
 ARMY, NAVY, AND ORDNANCE. 
 
 The documents illustrative of the early history of the 
 Army and Navy consist principally of Accounts of pay- 
 ments to the Knights, Esquires, Men-at-Arms, and Archers 
 who served in the Scotch and Welsh wars and in the 
 various expeditions to France, with the Indentures of 
 Covenant entered into by the several Military Leaders 
 and the Lists of their retinues. Amongst these are 
 included several interesting musters of the Army engaged 
 in the expedition of Henry V. which terminated with the 
 Battle of Agincourt. 
 
 The personal service enjoined by the Feudal system is 
 also illustrated by the enrolments of the Writs of Sum- 
 mons on the Close Rolls and elsewhere, by the Rolls of 
 the Constables and Earl Marshal of the Army, on which 
 are recorded the names and retinues of those who appeared 
 at the rendezvous and proffered their service, and by the 
 Scutage Rolls, on which are enrolled the Mandates for 
 the relief from the payment of Scutage, &c. of those who 
 either attended personally or by deputy or compounded by 
 a Fine for their absence. 
 
 At a later period the Commissions of Array and the 
 Musters taken in pursuance thereof show the available 
 military force in each County, corresponding to a great 
 extent to the modern Militia. 
 
 There are also detailed Accounts of the expenses of 
 building and fitting out ships of war, of the Wages of the 
 Mariners and Men-at-Arms, and of the expenses of (Har- 
 risons and Fortifications. 
 
 The Ordnance Accounts contain many interesting 
 details as to the manufacture and supply of engines and 
 munitions of war, including bows and arrows, corslets, 
 guns, gunpowder, &c. 
 
 In addition to the foregoing, special mention may be 
 made of the two interesting volumes containing the 
 Accounts of the Expedition under Martin Frobisher in 
 search of the Meta Incognita, of the Roll of A.-scssments 
 for the Aruiv throughout England and Wales from 1044
 
 16 
 
 ARMY, NAVY, AND ORDNANCE— (continued). 
 
 to 1649 inclusive, and of the volume containing an 
 Account of the number of men in the Army in the year 
 1719, with the amount of their expenses in pay, &c, and 
 a similar Account relating to the Navy for the year 
 1724-1725, amongst the Records of the Exchequer, Queen's 
 Remembrancer. 
 
 The later Records of the Army and Navy will be found 
 amongst the Records of the War Office and Admiralty 
 respectively, described under the head of DEPART- 
 MENTAL RECORDS. 
 
 Accounts, &c. (Chancery.) 
 
 The following are amongst the Miscellaneous Rolls, &c. 
 (Bundle lj :— ° 
 
 Army and Navy Accounts : 
 
 No. 1. Wages, &c. to Knights, Esquires, and foot soldiers 
 
 in the King's service in Wales. 10 Edvy. I. 
 
 No 2. Wages, &c. of soldiers and expenses of the garrison 
 
 at Hope Castle. 10 -Edw. I. 
 
 No. 3. An Account of the Wages, &c. of sailors belonging to 
 
 various ports, entitled " Flota domini Johannis de 
 
 Boutetort." Edw. I 
 
 No. 4. Names of persons assigned to protect the Sea and 
 
 various Ports in Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Sussex, &c. 
 
 24 Edw. I. 
 
 No. 5. Indentures aud Memoranda of victuals and stock 
 
 sent to the King in Flanders and Holland. 25 Edw. I. 
 
 No. 6. Payment to the foot soldiers in Wales. 26 Edw. I. 
 
 No. 7. Memoranda relating to the receipt of victuals and 
 
 stock at the Castle of Berwick-on-Tweed. 
 
 26-27 Edw. I. 
 
 No. 8. Valuation of horses in the possession of various 
 
 persons. Edw. J- 
 
 No. 9. Do. Ed" - - 1- 
 
 No. 10. Do. 
 
 (with names of Arblasters and Esquires). Edw. 1. 
 
 No. 11. List of horses taken in the Welsh wars. Edw. I. 
 No. 12. Expenses of the King's horses. Edw. I. 
 
 No. 13. Payments to Knights, Esquires, &c. (A fragment.) 
 
 Edw. I. 
 
 No. 14. Indentures between the Admiral of the Fleet and 
 
 others concerning provisions. 10 Edw. III. 
 
 No. 15. Certificates of the number of ships in the ports of 
 
 Norfolk and Suffolk with the names of their owners. 
 
 14 Edw. III. 
 
 No. 16. List of Ships taken for the King's service. 
 
 Edw. III. 
 No 17. Do. Edw. III. 
 
 No. 18. Do. Edw. III. 
 
 No. 19. A List of those who passed the seas with the King. 
 
 Edw. III. 
 No. 20. Memoranda of ships and men to be sent to Scotland. 
 
 Edw. III. 
 
 No. 21. An appraisement of a galley of Barcelona, and of 
 
 the merchandise found in her. 28 Hen. \ I.
 
 17 
 
 ARMY, NAVY, AND ORDNANCE— (continued). 
 Accounts, &o. (Chanoebt) — (continued). 
 
 No. 22. Examination of witnesses concerning a ship laden 
 with wool, &c, taken by the King's enemies. 
 
 33 Hen. VI. 
 
 No. 23. An account of the debts owed by the Bong to the 
 
 Captain of Calais and the soldiers and workmen there. 
 
 :: Ivhv. IV. 
 
 Accounts, &c. (Exchequer, Q. R.) 
 
 Army Accounts, &c. (48 lien. III. to Elizabeth.) 
 
 These consist of Accounts of the Constables of military 
 
 Fortresses for the maintenance of their garrisons and 
 for necessary works and repairs ; of the cost of Pro- 
 visions and Munitions of war, and of the construction and 
 transport of military engines ; of the Wages of Ban- 
 nerets, Knights, Archers, and Men-at-Arms ; of the expense* 
 of building and victualling Ships and of the Wages of 
 Mariners. 
 
 They also contain Indentures of Military Service, and 
 Muster and Retinue Rolls, giving the names of the Cap- 
 tains or Commanders in the various expeditions, and also 
 of the men-at-arms, hobelars, archers, and others by whom 
 they were accompanied. Amongst these will be found 
 many Retinue Rolls of those who served iu the expedition 
 to France in the third year of Henry V.. which resulted 
 in the battle of Agincourt ; together with a muster of the 
 garrison at Harfleur ; Accounts of the Treasurer there from 
 3 to 7 Henry V. ; Accounts relating to the custody of 
 Prisoners of War at the Tower of London, Windsor Castle, 
 and elsewhere ; and other documents of the greatest his- 
 torical interest. The Accounts of a great number of the 
 Commanders in this expedition are enrolled on a large roll 
 amongst the " Enrolled Accounts : ' of the Pipe Office, but 
 the names of their retinues are only to be found in the 
 foregoing series and amongst the similar accounts belong- 
 ing to the Treasury of the Receipt of the Exchequer 
 referred to below. 
 
 The later documents of this class consist almost entirely 
 of Indentures of Military Service and of Muster Rolls of 
 the troops raised in various counties for service in Ireland 
 and elsewhere. 
 
 Descriptive Slips. Hen. III. to Eliz. 10 Vols. MS. 
 Navy Accounts, &c. Edward III. to Elizabeth. 
 
 These consist principally of Accounts of the expenses 
 of fitting out and victualling ships for the King's service 
 and of the wages of mariners, ike. 
 
 They also contain Musters and Retinue Rolls of the 
 Men-at-Arms and others embarking on foreign service, 
 corresponding to those amongst the Army Accounts. 
 u 80195. B
 
 18 
 
 ARMY, NAVY, AND ORDNANCE— (continued). 
 Accounts, &g (Exchequer, Q.R.) — (continued). 
 
 There is a second series of these Accounts from Edw. III. 
 to Hen. VI. described us "Accounts of the Clerk of 
 the Navy," which relate principally to the building and 
 rigging of ships. 
 
 (Before Edward III. see "Army Accounts, &c") 
 Descriptive Slips. 3 Vols. MS. 
 
 Ordnance Accounts, &c. Edward III. to James I. 
 
 These relate to the supply and manufacture of military 
 stores aud engines of war, as arrows, corslets, guns, salt- 
 petre, gunpowder, &c. 
 
 Descriptive Slips. 
 Provisions, Accounts of. Edward III 
 
 These are Accounts of expenses in providing victuals 
 for the Army and Navy in various expeditions and for the 
 garrisons in several castles. 
 
 Descriptive Slips. 
 
 A General Inventory of all the foregoing Accounts is 
 in progress. 
 
 Expenses of the Voyages of Martin Frobisher. Temp. 
 Elizabeth. 2 Vols. 
 
 A " Leger Accompt " of the Assessments for the 
 Army received by the Treasurers at War from the several 
 Counties, Cities, and Places in England and Wales from 
 1644 to 1649. One large roll of paper. 
 
 An Account or Estimate of the number of men in the 
 Army in the year 1719, with the amount of their expenses 
 in pay, &c. ; and also an Estimate of the charge of the 
 Navy for the year 1724-1725, with the expense,! of the 
 Navy Office and a list of pensions and allowances. 
 1 Vol. MS. 
 
 Accounts, &c. (Exchequer, Augmentation Office.) 
 
 Victualling Account. 5 Hen. VIII. [Misc. Books, 
 Vol. 4.] 
 
 Certificates of the Arrears of Pay and other Allowances 
 due to various Officers and Troops in the service of the 
 Parliament. 1647 to 1652. [Misc. Books, Vol. 5.] 
 
 Similar Certificates for the Counties of Devon and 
 Cornwall. 1648 to 1650. [Misc. Books, Vol. 6.] 
 
 Payments to the Officers and others of the Royal Navy. 
 5 Henry VIII. 1 Vol. [Misc. Books, Vol. 315.] 
 
 Accounts of the Clerk of the King's Ships. 10 to 
 17 Henry VII.
 
 10 
 
 ARMY, NAVY, AND ORDNANCE- -(continued), 
 
 Accounts, &c. (Exchequer Augmentation Office; 
 
 — (continued ). 
 
 Two volumes containing the Account- of Robert Brig- 
 andyn, Clerk of the Bong's Ships, of nil In- receipts and 
 expenses for the years 10 to 13 Henry VTL and Hi ami 
 17 Henry VII. respectively. The first volume contains 
 the expenses of fortifying the Dock at Portsmouth, 
 10-11 Henry Yll. [Misc. Books, Vols. 316 and 317.] 
 
 Accounts, &c. (Exchequer, L. T. R.) 
 
 Accounts of the Expedition to France which resulted 
 in the Battle of Agincourt. 3 Hen. V. 
 
 A large roll, belonging to the series of " Enrolled 
 Accounts," and containing the enrolments of the Accounts 
 of the military leaders who indented to serve the King in his 
 expedition to France, giving the amounts received by them 
 and expended in wages, &c, and also a description of the 
 various royal jewels received by them as pledges for the 
 due payment of the amounts for which they respectively 
 agreed to serve. The Particulars of these accounts, 
 giving the names of their retainers, &c, will be found 
 amongst the Miscellanea of the Queen's Remembrancer. 
 
 Accounts, &c. (Exchequer, Tr. of the Receipt.) 
 
 Army and Navy Accounts, &c John to Charles I. 
 
 These, which include a Muster Roll of the Army of 
 Henry V., taken at Southampton before his second 
 expedition into France in the 5th year of his reign 
 with retinue and other rolls relating thereto, have now 
 been incorporated with the Accounts of the same nature 
 in the Queen's Remembrancer's Department, and included 
 in the General Inventory. 
 
 The following are amongst the Miscellaneous Books : — 
 
 Vol. 1. Payments and Receipts, Army and Navy. 
 
 Hen. VII. and Hen. VIII. 
 Vol. 2. Charges of the Army and Navy. 3-5 Hen. VIII. 
 
 Vol. 3. Army, Navy, and Ordnance 1'avnients, &c. 
 
 Hen! VII. and Hen. VIII. 
 Vol. 4. Payments of the Royal Ordnance, Ac. 
 
 5 & 6 Hen. VIII. 
 Vol. 5. Expenses of building the Henry Grace Dieu and 
 other ships. Hen. VIII. 
 
 Vol. 6. Accounts of the Royal Dockyard at Portsmouth. 
 
 14-15 Hen. VIII. 
 Vol. 7. Navy and Ordnance Accounts. Hen. VII. 
 
 Vol.8. Indentures of the King's Ordnance. Hen. VII. 
 
 Vol. 9. Expenses of the Army to and from Fiance. 
 
 Hen. VIII. 
 Vol. 10. Naval and Ordnance Receipts and Payments. 
 
 Hen. VTL and Hen. VIII. 
 Vol. 11. Expenses, &c. of the Navy. Hen. VIII. 
 
 Vol. 12. Expenses of the Navy. 4 & 6 Hen. VIII. 
 
 B 2
 
 20 
 
 ARMY, NAVY, AND ORDNANCE— (continued. 
 
 Accounts, &c. (Exchequer, Tr. of the Receipt) — 
 (continued). 
 
 Yol. 13. Inventory of the Stores of the Royal Navy. 
 
 6 Hen. VIII. 
 
 Vol. 14. Accounts of the sums of money received in aid of 
 
 the King's voyage to Scotland. Hen. VII. 
 
 Vol. 15. Account of Military Stores. Hen. VII. 
 
 Accounts, &c. (Exchequer of Receipt.) 
 
 Accounts of the Military Establishments in Ireland, 
 and Rolls of the soldiers levied or pressed for service 
 there, &c. 42 Eliz. to 21 James I. 15 rolls. 
 
 Accounts, &c. (Audit Office and Pipe Office.) 
 
 The following Accounts relating to the Army, Navy, 
 and Ordnance will be found amongst the " Declared 
 Accounts " of the Audit Office, and similar accounts exist 
 in the Pipe Office Series. (See Lists and Indexes, No. II.) 
 There are also amongst the Audit Office Records " Esta- 
 blishment Books" of the various forces from 1661 to 1829. 
 
 Army Accounts. 
 
 Accounts of the Paymaster- General of the Forces. 
 
 1652 to 1827. 
 Accounts of Commanders-in-Chief and Military Governors. 
 
 1606 to 1821. 
 Accounts of Victuals, &c. for Home service. 1565 to 1807. 
 Do. for garrisons Abroad. 1547 to 1816. 
 
 Accounts of Half-Pay, Pensions, and Allowances. 
 
 1713 to 1327. 
 Accounts of Money for Trained Bands and Militia. 
 
 1660 to 1674, 1745, and 1813-1827. 
 
 Accounts of Vice -Treasurers and Treasm-ers at War, and 
 
 Paymasters of various expeditionary Forces and of 
 
 several Garrisons. 1543 to 1826. 
 
 Xavy Accounts. 
 
 Accounts of the Treasurers of " Marine Causes and Affairs," 
 and of the Navy. 1558 to 1827. 
 
 Accounts of Moneys, &c. arising by the sale of prizes. 
 
 1593 to 1813. 
 Miscellaneous Accounts. 1597 to 1818. 
 
 Ordnance Accounts. 
 
 Accounts of the Masters and Surveyors of the Ordnance. 
 
 1557 to 1632. 
 Accounts of Lieutenants of the Ordnance. 1561 to 1670. 
 
 Accounts of the Treasurers and Paymasters. 1587 to 1827. 
 Miscellaneous Accounts. 1568 to 1810. 
 
 Military Establishment Books. 
 
 Establishment Books of the Forces at home and abroad. 
 
 1661 to 1829. 
 
 Establishment Books of Guards, Garrisons, and Land Forces 
 
 in Great Britain. 1729 to 1829.
 
 21 
 
 ARMY, NAVY, AND ORDNANCE— (continued). 
 
 Accounts, &o. (Audit Office and Pipe Office) — 
 
 (continued). 
 
 Establishment Books of Guards, Garrisons, and Land Forces 
 in Great Britain, Minorca, Gibraltar, and tin: Planta- 
 tions.* 1741 to 1829. 
 
 Agincourt Mustek Rolls. See Accounts, &a . 
 
 Commissions of Aeray. These are enrolled on the 
 Patent Rolls. 
 
 Indentures or War. Edw. I. to Henry VII. 
 
 These are original Indentures of Covenant between the 
 King and various nobles and military leaders, by which the 
 latter agree to furnish a certain number of troops of si 
 specified character for a fixed period to serve the King in 
 his expeditions, the Sovereign on his part guaranteeing the 
 due payment of their wages and expenses. Similar Inden- 
 tures will be found amongst the Accounts, &c. relating 
 to the Army and Navy, which contain also the Retinue 
 Rolls or Lists of the Spearmen, Archers, and others, by 
 whom the several Lords or Captains fulfilled their part of 
 the contract. 
 
 Military Summons, "Writs of. 
 
 Writs of Summons to Military Service, addressed to the 
 Barons of the Realm and other Magnates, are enrolled 
 on the back of the Close Rolls, and also on the Scotch, 
 Welsh, and Vascon Rolls. Those for the reigns of 
 Edward I. and Edward II. are printed in Palgrave's 
 " Parliamentary Writs," &c. For a record of the service 
 actually performed see Scutage Rolls, and Rolls of 
 
 THE MARSHALSEY. 
 
 Writs of Summons of the 28th year of Henry III. 
 and of the 11th and 2oth years of Edward I. will be 
 found amongst the Rolls of the Marshalsey, described 
 below. 
 
 The last of these is a roll of Sheriffs' Returns of 
 persons having 20 librates of land in the Counties of 
 Somerset and Dorset, Notts, and Derby, who are sum- 
 moned to perform military service. 
 
 Muster and Retinue Rolls. 
 
 These will be found amongst the " Accounts, &c." 
 above described. 
 Musters, Certificates of. 
 
 In the reign of Henry VIII. general Musters of all the 
 " fencible men " were made at intervals in the several 
 
 * (Many of these are duplicates of the preceding set.)
 
 22 
 
 ARMY, NAVY, AND ORDNANCE— (continued.) 
 
 Musters, Certificates of — (continued). 
 
 counties, by virtue of Commissions under the Great Seal, 
 and the forces thus called out were assessed to arms 
 according to their substance or property. The Si Certifi- 
 cates " or Returns of the Commissioners, therefore, give 
 the names of all the able-bodied men between the ages of 
 16 and GO in each township or parish, with a valuation of 
 their possessions in lands or goods, and the amount in 
 money or equipment they were expected to furnish. 
 
 Similar Certificates of Musters in this and later reigns 
 will be found in the Domestic Series of State Papers. 
 
 The following Books of Musters are amongst the Mis- 
 cellaneous Books of the Exchequer, Treasury of the 
 Receipt : — 
 
 Lty of Hereford. Hen. VIII. 
 
 Dorset. 34 Hen. VIII. 
 Stafford. Hen. VIII. 
 
 South'ton. 14 Hen. VIII. 
 Denbigh. Hen. VIII. 
 
 Lincoln. Hen. VIII. 
 
 Norfolk. Hen. VIII ! 
 
 York, N. E. 
 
 30 Hen. VIII. 
 Surrey. 30 Hen. VIII. 
 Norfolk. Hen. VIII. 
 
 Monmouth. Hen. VIII. 
 Worcester. 31 Hen. VIII. 
 Oxford and Suffolk. 
 
 Hen. VIII. 
 Dorset. 30 Hen. VIII. 
 York, E. R. 
 
 30 Hen. VIII. 
 Hereford. 30 Hen. VIII. 
 York and Ainstv (City of). 
 
 31 Hen. VIII. 
 Vol. 33. Do. Anglesey and Merioneth. 
 
 Hen. VIII. 
 Vol. 34. Do. Yorkshire (Craven and 
 
 Booland). Hen. VIII. 
 Worcester. Hen. VIII. 
 Do. Hen. VIII. 
 
 York, W. E. 
 
 26 Hen. VIII. 
 
 Do. Hen. VIII. 
 
 Do. E. E. Hen. VIII. 
 
 Northumb'd. Hen. VIII. 
 
 York, N. E. 
 
 30 Hen. VIII. 
 South Wales. Hen. VIII 
 York, W.E. 15 Hen. VIII. 
 York, N. E. 
 
 26 Hen. VIII. 
 
 Sussex. Hen. VIII. 
 
 Wilts. Hen. VIII, 
 
 Beds,North'ton, and Notts. 
 
 Hen. VIIL 
 
 Vol. 16. Mus 
 
 iters in the ( 
 
 Vol. 17. 
 
 Do. 
 
 Vol. 18. 
 
 Do. 
 
 Vol. 19. 
 
 Do. 
 
 Vol. 20. 
 
 Do. 
 
 Vol. 21. 
 
 Do. 
 
 Vol. 22. 
 
 Do. 
 
 Vol. 23. 
 
 Do. 
 
 Vol. 24. 
 
 Do. 
 
 Vol. 25. 
 
 Do. 
 
 Vol. 26. 
 
 Do. 
 
 Vol. 27. 
 
 Do. 
 
 Vol. 28. 
 
 Do. 
 
 Vol. 29. 
 
 Do. 
 
 Vol. 30. 
 
 Do. 
 
 Vol. 31. 
 
 Do. 
 
 Vol. 32. 
 
 Do. 
 
 Vol. 
 
 35. 
 
 Do. 
 
 Vol. 
 
 36. 
 
 Do. 
 
 Vol. 
 
 37. 
 
 Do. 
 
 Vol. 
 
 38. 
 
 Do. 
 
 Vol. 
 
 39. 
 
 Do. 
 
 Vol. 
 
 40. 
 
 Do. 
 
 Vol. 
 
 41. 
 
 Do. 
 
 Vol 
 
 42 
 
 Do. 
 
 Vol. 
 
 43. 
 
 Do. 
 
 Vol. 
 
 44. 
 
 Do. 
 
 Vol. 
 
 45. 
 
 Do. 
 
 Vol. 
 
 46. 
 
 Do. 
 
 Vol. 
 
 47. 
 
 Do.
 
 23 
 
 ARMY, NAVY, AND ORDNANCE— (continued;. 
 
 Musters, Certificates of — (continued). 
 
 Vol. 48. Musters in the County of Salop. II- n. VIII. 
 
 Vol.49. Do. North Waits. Ben. VIII. 
 
 Vol.50. Do. k. 80 Hen. VIII. 
 
 Vol.51. Do. Do,-, i. :;i Hen. VIII. 
 
 Vol. 52. Do. Gloucester. 
 
 34 Hen. VIII. 
 Vol. 53. Do. Cornwall. Hen. \ 111. 
 
 Vol.54. Do. Rutland. Hen. VIII. 
 
 Vol.55. Do. Do. H.... VIII. 
 
 The following are amongst the Miscellaneous Books of 
 the Augmentation Office : — 
 
 Cornwall. A valuation of the lands, goods, and equipment 
 
 of all the inhabitants in the Hundreds of East, West, 
 
 Trigge, and Kerrier. Temp. Hen. VIII. 'Vols. 77 
 
 and 78.] 
 Berks. Certificates of Musters" in several hundreds. Temp. 
 
 Hen. VIII. [Vol. 464. J 
 Berks. Account of money " prested " to the King hy his 
 
 subjects in the Co. of Berks, according to the valuation 
 
 of their substance. [Vol. 465.] 
 Norfolk. Certificates of Musters in the Hundreds of North 
 
 Grenowe and Holt. [Vol. 466.] 
 
 Rolls of the Marsiialsey, or " Proffers of Service." 
 
 These are the rolls kept by the Constable or Earl 
 Marshal of the Army, or by their lieutenants, on which 
 were recorded the names of all those who in obedience to 
 the Writs of Military Summons appeared either personally 
 or by deputy at the place appointed, and proffered their 
 service, together with the names of the knights, esquires, 
 sergeants, or others by whom such service was to be 
 performed, the number of their horses, aud the nature of 
 their equipment, &c. A roll of this kind was made up on 
 every muster of the King's host, but very few are still 
 extant. 
 
 The following is a complete list of these rolls as far as 
 they are known to exist; they are amongst the Miscel- 
 laneous Rolls, &c. of the Court of Chancery (Bundle 9). 
 Those stated to be printed will be found iu Palgrave's 
 " Parliamentary Writs," &c. 
 
 No. 1. 5 Edw. I. "Writ of Summons and acknowledgments 
 
 and Pro Hers of Service at Worcester. Printed. 
 No. 2. 10 Edw. I. Acknowledgments and Proffers against 
 
 Llewellyn, Prince of Wales, and others. Printed. 
 No. 3. 10 Edw. I. Acknowledgments and Proffers of Service 
 
 (at Ruthlan). Printed, 
 No. 4. 10 Edw. I. Another copy of the foregoing. 
 No. 5. 31 Edw. I. Acknowledgments of service in the army 
 
 summoned against the Scots. 
 No. 6. 4 Edw. II. Proffers of Service at Tweedmouth 
 
 Printed. 
 No. 7. 4 Edw. II. Another copy of the foregoing roll.
 
 24 
 
 ARMY, NAVY, AND ORDNANCE— (continued). 
 
 Rolls of the Maeshalsey, &c. — (continued). 
 
 No. 8. 16 Edw. II. The Roll of the Summons of the Army 
 atNewcastle-on-Tyne against Robert Brace and others. 
 
 No. 9. 28 Hen. III. A Writ of Summons only. 
 
 No. 10. 11 Edw. I. Do. 
 
 No. 11. 25 Edw. I. Do. (for the 
 
 Counties of Somerset, Dorset, Notts., & Derby). 
 
 No. 12. A small roll entitled " Nomina Militum destinan- 
 dorum in Brittaniam. Temp. Hen. III. 
 
 No. 13. A roll entitled " Servicium factum domini Regi in 
 AVallia" 29 Henry III., and also " Servicium domini 
 '' Regis Edwardi factum apud Wigorniam." 5 Edw. I. 
 
 No. 11. Acknowledgments and Proffers of Service at 
 Carlisle. 34 Edw. I. 
 
 . Scutage Rolls. 
 
 The Scutage Rolls contain enrolments of the Mandates 
 for the relief from payment of Scutage of such persons as 
 appeared, by inspection of the " Rotuli JS1 arescalcie " or 
 Rolls of the Marshalsey of the Army, to have rendered 
 the service due from them either personally or by sufficient 
 deputies, or who had compounded for the same by pay- 
 ment of a fine. A few accounts relating to the collection 
 of Scutage will be found amongst the Subsidy Rolls and 
 the Miscellanea of the Exchequer. 
 
 Scutage Rolls of the following dates will be found 
 
 amongst the Miscellaneous Rolls, kc. of the Chancery 
 
 (Bundle 11):— 
 
 No. 1. 16 John. 
 
 No. 2. 2-15 Hen. III. 
 
 (This roll includes Lists of persons summoned to mili- 
 tary service at Stamford and Worcester.) 
 No. 3. 7 Hen. III. 
 No. 4. 8 Hen. III. 
 No. 5. 14 Hen. III. 
 No. 6. 26 Hen. III. 
 No. 7. 29 Hen. III. 
 No. 8. 41 Hen. III. 
 No. 9. 49 Hen. III. to 1 Edw. III. An account of all fines 
 
 paid for release or respite from military service between 
 
 the dates specified. 
 No. 10. 13-18 Edw. I. 
 No. 11. 31 Edw. I. (Respite of Assizes of Novel Disseisin 
 
 for those who are in the King's service in Scotland.) 
 No. 12. 31-35 Edw. I. 
 No. 13. 31-32 Edw. I. 
 No. 14. 34 Edw. I. (Letters of General Attorney for those 
 
 who are in the King's service in Scotland.) 
 Ho. 15. 8-11 Edw. II. 
 No. 16. 8-19 Edw. It. 
 No. 17. 12-19 Edw. II. 
 No. 18. 2-11 Edw. III. 
 No. 19. 20 Edw. III. Lettei'3 of Acquittance for sums of 
 
 money paid by various persons towards the expenses of 
 
 Archers and Men-at-Arms. A roll of 10 membranes .
 
 25 
 
 ARMY, NAVY, AND OBDNANCE-(continued). 
 
 Miscellaneous References (ohieply from the Do- 
 mestic State Papees). 
 
 Army. 
 
 Minutes of proceedings at Council, of War. 1626 to 1638. 
 
 t? + t> , P , [>'• ''■ JJ '""-- Oar. /., Vol. 28."! 
 
 Entry ?A° U f L^ Um ''"! s ''' ' I:,,il '" to thc Council of Wan 
 1038 to 1641. (( alendared.) 
 
 Vof iv i »*i. * [AP-flom., Car. J., FoZ. 396." 1 
 
 Establishment of the Arniy, 1640. 
 
 Muster Roll of the Scotch Army in England, 1 646. 
 
 «■•!•* -n x t, , i' s '- -*'• /v " ,,t -> Military. Vol. 2.1 
 
 Military Entry Books, 1662 to 1781. 41 Vols. 
 
 [S.P. 2?o»i. J?»<r# ^oois; and Military Entry Books 
 
 Muster Rolls of German Troops. 1755 to f 7 6o? ^ 0jW 
 
 [S. P. Foreign (Various).] 
 Navy. 
 
 A survey of all the tackle and apparel, cables, anchors, and 
 other provisions remaining in Her Majesty's ships 
 taken at their coming from the seas. 1588. 
 a rtl ... [S- P- Pom., £7,--.', Vol. 220.1 
 
 V aT . containin g entries of documents relating to the 
 Admiralty in the reigns of Elizabeth, James I., and 
 Charles I. including the names and dates of appoint- 
 ment of all the Lords High Admiral of England from 
 the reign of Edward II. to the year 1590. 
 ■d i. , o- -^ , [S. P. Dotn., ffiie., Vol 2371 
 
 Report by Sir Robert Cotton on abuses in the Royal Navv 
 •p • - 4 1 ^ 8 ' n IS. P. Bom., Jas. I., Vol 41 ' 
 
 Trinity House Certificates. 1625 to 1638 J 
 
 ,T P W0 7. ol ™ es containing Certificates by the Corporation 
 of Trinity House, addressed to the Lord High Idmiral 
 with reference to ships for which warrants wire solicited 
 to enable them to carry pieces of ordnance sufficient for 
 their defence. They specify the name of the ship, it, 
 tonnage, by whom ana where built, the names of the 
 owner and master, and the number and character of the 
 Ordnance desired. [S. P. Dom., Charles I., Vols. 16 and 17 1 
 A Register of Warrants for issuing Letters of Marque, from 
 16-8 to 1637 [S. P. j)om.. Car. I.. Vol 130 1 
 
 Entries of Letters of Marque from 1621 to the end 
 of the Amencan War will be found amongst the 
 Becoi ds ot the High Court of Admiral, v 
 Survey of the Navy. 1626-7. 
 
 A volume containing minutes of the Special Commis- 
 sioners appointed to inquire into the state of the Navv 
 
 Survey of all Ships in the Port of London, taken l,v direction 
 ot the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. 
 
 << a i ■ n 4, IS- P. Bom., Car. J. Vol 1371 
 
 A brief Abstract. Exposition, and Demonstration of ail 
 
 parts and things belonging to a Ship and Practique 
 
 of Navigation/ being a dictionary of Nautical Terms 
 
 fully explained. [s. P. Bom., Car. J , Vol 127 
 
 Entry Book of Instruction, to Naval Officers, compiledunder 
 the direction of Sir E. Nicholas. 1625 to 1637. 
 
 18. P. Bom., Car. L, Vol. 157.
 
 26 
 
 ARMY, NAVY, AND ORDNANCE— (continued). 
 
 Miscellaneous References (chieflt from the Do- 
 mestic State Papers) — continued). 
 
 Navy — (continued). 
 
 A volume of Collections and Transcripts relating to the 
 Jurisdiction of the Lord High Admiral and of the 
 Court of Admiralty, including the Title of the City of 
 London to the conservancy of the Thames. 1631. 
 
 [S. P. Dam., Car. I., Vol. 208.] 
 A volume containing Navy Estimates from 1626 to 1631. 
 
 {8. P. Pom., Car. I., Vol. 209.] 
 Minutes of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, from 
 1632 to 1634. (Calendared.) These include the ap- 
 pointments of Commissioned and Warrant Officers in 
 the Royal Navy. [S. P. Pom., Car. L, Vol. 228.] 
 
 Do. from 1634 to 1635. (Calendared.) 
 
 [S. P. Pom., Car. I., Vol. 264.] 
 Do. from 1637 to 1640. (Calendared.) 
 
 18. P. Pom., Car. L, Vol. 353.] 
 
 Ordnance. 
 
 An account of the stores in the Office of the Ordnance, 
 showing all receipts and issues of the same from 1619 
 to 1632. IS. P. Pom., Car. L, Vol 227.] 
 
 ATTORNEYS AND SOLICITORS. 
 
 The Records relating to Attorneys and Solicitors 
 consist of the original Oath Rolls, signed by the Attor- 
 neys, &c. on their admission, the Rolls or Books of 
 Attorneys or Alphabetical Registers of the Names and 
 Addresses of the Attorneys admitted in each court with 
 the dates of their admission, &C, the Affidavits of due 
 execution of Articles of Clerkship (to which the Articles 
 themselves are occasionally annexed), Certificate Books, 
 containing the names and addresses of those who took out 
 their annual certificates, with other documents of the like 
 nature. No formal record of the Admissions of Attorneys 
 appears to have been kept prior to the year 1729, when 
 the enrolment thereof was rendered compulsory ; but there 
 is amongst the Records of the Common Pleas a rou2;h 
 Catalogue of Attorneys sworn in that Court (apparently 
 drawn up by one of the Secondaries of the Court), entitled 
 " Attornyes jurat" in officio meo, since Hill, 1656," the 
 entries in which have been continued down to 1761. The 
 names are arranged (1.) Alphabetically, and (2.) In Counties. 
 
 The Admission Books of the Solicitors of the Court of 
 Chancery and the Rolls or Books of Attorneys of the 
 Courts of Queen's Bench, Common Pleas, and Exchequer 
 of Pleas, of a later date than those deposited in the 
 Public Record Office, were in 1876 placed in the custody 
 of the Clerk of the Petty Bag, and on the abolition of that 
 office in 1889 were transferred to the custody of the 
 Incorporated Law Society.
 
 27 
 
 ATTORNEYS AND SOLICITORS— Continued). 
 Chancery. 
 
 Articles of Clerkship <>f Solicitors, Registkb or. 
 
 At the Office of the Incorporated Law Society. 
 CERTIFICATES OP Admission of Solicitobs AND At- 
 tornets. Geo. I. to Geo. III. See CERTIFI- 
 CATES. 
 Rolls or BOOKS OF Solicitors, from 173G. At the 
 Office of the Incorporated Law Society. 
 
 Queen's Bench. 
 
 Articles of Clerkship, Affidavits of due Execu- 
 tion of. 
 
 Series I. 1775 to 1817. (Registered Nos. 3,001* to 
 
 20,000.) In bags 1 to 20, inclusive. 
 Series II. 1817 to 1834. (Registered Nos. 1 to 
 
 15,000.) In bags 21 to 32 inclusive. 
 Series III 1834 to 1839. (Registered Nos. 1 to 2,993.) 
 In bag 33. 
 1840 to 1848. In bags 34 to 48 inclusive. 
 Series IV. 1804 to 1839. Supplementary Bundles, 
 
 in 6 bags. 
 Series V. 1838 to 1848. Articles registered pursuant 
 
 to Statute 34 George III. 32 bass. 
 
 Note. — There are no affidavits of execution of an earlier 
 date than 1775. The numbers missing in the above series 
 will be found in Supplementary Bundles, as follows : — 
 From 1810 to 1832. In bag 20. 
 From 1804 to 1839. In Series IV. Bags 1 to 6. 
 Articles of Clerkship, Register of. 1749 to 1837. 
 6 Vols. 
 
 Alphabetical Index 1749 to 1845. 6 Vols. (This refers 
 by number either to the Register or to the Affidavits 
 themselves.) 
 Certificate Books. 1785 to 1843. These contain the 
 names ami addresses of Attorneys who took out their 
 annual certificates. 
 Oath Rolls of Attorneys. 1750 to 1840. 3 rolls. The 
 
 original rolls signed by the Attorneys on their admission. 
 Residence Books. 1790 to 1828. 2 Vols. 
 Rolls or Books of Attorneys. 1720 to 1842 5 Vols 
 Do. 1790 to 1838. 2 Vols., called « Public," and giving 
 the names of the Attorneys only, without the addresses. 
 Abstract Roll of Attorneys. 172!) to 1814. 1 VoL 
 Roll of Welsh Attorneys. 1830 to 1834, containing the 
 names of those who signed the roll, pursuant to Statute 1 
 William IV. 1 Vol. 
 
 * There are do Affidavits corresponding to the first 3,000 Nos. in the Register.
 
 28 
 
 ATTORNEYS AND SOLICITORS— (continued). 
 
 Common Pleas. 
 
 Articles of Clerkship. 1730 to 1838. 
 
 Register of. 1756 to 1867. 2 Vols. 
 
 Register of. 1843 to 1863. 1 Vol. (This volume 
 
 relates to the Articles registered pursuant to Stat. 6 and 
 
 7 Vict,). 
 
 Admission Books. 1729 to 1848. 4 Vols. 
 Admission Rolls. 1838 to 1860. 4 Rolls. 
 Certificate Books. 1786 to 1843. 59 Vols. 
 Oath Rolls. 1790 to 1843. 16 Bolls. 
 
 Do. (Catholics.) 1791 to 1842. 3 Rolls. 
 Do. (Quakers.) 1835 to 1842. 1 Roll. 
 Rolls of Attorneys. 1730 to 1750. 13 Rolls. 
 Rolls or Books of Attorneys. 1740 to 1853. 2 Vols. 
 Do. 1838 to 1843. (Signed pursuant to Statute 1 & 2 
 Vict. 1838.) 1 Vol. 
 
 Do. 1843 to 1862. (Signed pursuant to Statute 6 & 7 
 Vict. 1843.) 1 Vol. 
 
 Do. 1830 to 1844. (The Roll of Welsh Attorneys, signed 
 pursuant Lo Statute 1 William IV.) 1 Vol. 
 
 Exchequer of Pleas. 
 
 Oath Rolls. 1830 to 1842. 3 Rolls. 
 
 Do. (Catholics.) 1831 to 1837. 1 Roll. 
 Do. (Quakers.) 1831 to 1845. 1 Roll. 
 Roll or Book of Attorneys. 1830 to 1836. 1 Vol. 
 Do. (Wales and Chester), pursuant to Statute 1 
 Wm. IV. 1830., 1 Vol. 
 
 Exchequer, Queen's Remembrancer. 
 
 Rolls or Books of Attorneys. 1729-1730, and 1794 
 to 1841. 2 Vols. 
 
 Wales and Chester. 
 
 Admissions of Attorneys. 
 
 Chester. 9 Will. III. to 2 Geo. II. 
 
 North Wales Circuit. 7 Geo. I. to 8 Geo. IV. 
 
 Admissions of Solicitors. 
 
 Chester. 44 Geo. III. to 11. Geo. IV. 
 
 Articles of Clerkship, Affidavits of Execution 
 
 of. 
 
 Chester. 25 Geo. III. to 1 Will IV. 
 Chester Circuit. 17 to 55 Geo. III. 
 Brecon Circuit. 46 Geo. III. to 1 Will. IV. 
 Carmarthen Circuit. 23 Geo. II. to 44 Geo. II L
 
 29 
 
 ATTORNEYS AND SOLICITORS— continued). 
 Wales and Chester — (continued). 
 
 ABTIOLES Of Ulkkksiiii-, Fii.ks or. (Chester.) 1 to 
 8 Geo. II. 
 
 Do. (Chester Circuit.) 5 to 9 Geo. II. 
 
 Articles or Clerkship, Registers op. 
 
 Brecon Circuit. 36 Geo. III. to 1 Will. IV. 
 Carmarthen Circuit. 34 Geo. III. to 1 Will. IV. 
 North Wales Circuit. 21 Geo. II. to 1 Will. IV. 
 Montgomery. 37 Geo. III. to 1 Will. IV. 
 
 Oath Rolls. 
 
 Attorneys and Solicitors. 
 
 Chester Circuit. 3 Geo. II. to 1 Will IV. 
 Attorneys. 
 
 North Wales Circuit. 24 Geo. II. to 11 Geo. IV.' 
 Brecon Circuit. 31 Geo. III. to 1 Will. IV. 
 Carmarthen Circuit. 13 Geo. III. to 10 Geo. IV. 
 Denbigh and Montgomery. 3 Geo. II. to 1 Will. IV. 
 
 Palatinate of Durham. 
 
 Attorneys' Oath Roll. 1730 to 1837. 
 
 [Cursitors Miscellanea, No. 12.] 
 Affidavits made on the taking and binding of 
 
 Attorneys' Clerks. 1750 to 1834. 3 Files. 
 Attorneys' Certificates, Index to. 1785 to 1842. 
 
 A volume containing the names and addresses of persons 
 enrolled Attorneys in the Court of Pleas at Durham, 
 registered pursuant to Stat. 25 Geo. III. 
 
 \Prothonotary' $ Indexes, No. 4.] 
 
 Palatinate of Lancaster. 
 
 Affidavits of Execution of Articles of Clerkship 
 1749 to 1814. 2 Bundles. 
 
 Clehks' Article Books. 1749 to 1852. 2 Vols. 
 
 AYLOFFE'S CALENDARS. 
 
 A collection of miscellaneous references to the Duchy of 
 Lancaster Records, compiled by Benjamin Ayloffe, the Keeper of 
 the Records, and known by his name. 10 vols., as follows : 
 
 Vol.1. "Great Ayloffe. 1692." This volume contains, in addition to a 
 general view of the records in the Duchj Office, a great rari< 
 references to Grants, Inquisitions, Surreys, Privj Seals for Grants 
 of Offices and other matters, with memoranda as to the business 
 and jurisdiction of the Duchy. The references hare, however, in 
 most cases been superseded by later calendars. Folios 195 to 865 
 inclusive comprise a valuable Index to Decrees ami Orders relating 
 to Commons, Mills, Tolls, Fisheries, Tithes, Enclosures, &c., arranged 
 under Counties and Names of Places, from Kilw. 4. to 17 Chas. I.
 
 30 
 
 AYLOFFE'S CALENDARS— (continued). 
 
 Vol.2. "Ayloffe. 1695." Contains an account of Depositions and Surveys 
 relating to Commons, Boundaries, Mills, &c, from Hen. 7. to 1668, 
 select* d from the respective calendars for their special interest. Also 
 a selection of Special Warrants and Special Commissions for Surveys, 
 &c, from Eliz. to Chas. 2. 
 
 Vol.3. " Ayloffe. 1704." Contains a calendar of Decrees and Orders from 
 1660 to 1687, arranged under Counties and Places, with a list of 
 Decrees as to the Title of Lauds, &c, in the Duclry jurisdiction, 
 from Edw. 4. to Eliz., and an account of the names of the Grantees 
 in Fee/arm, from Eliz. to Chas. 1., &c, &c. 
 
 Vol.4. "Ayloffe. 1712." Contains a Calendar of Pleadings, Edw. 6. and 
 
 Mary. Superseded by the printed calendar. 
 Vol.o. "Ayloffe. 1715." Contains a Collection of all the Grants of Lands 
 
 in the counties of Northumberland, Cumberland, Westmoreland, and 
 
 Lancaster, from the creation of the Duchy to 1715. [The grants 
 
 mentioned are all indexed in the vol. entitled "Index to Grants 
 
 in Eee."] 
 Vol.6. "Ayloffe. 1718." Contains a Calendar to the Counterparts of 
 
 Leases granted by the late Queen Mother and the late Queen 
 
 Dowager, from 1641 to 1705. 
 "Ayloffe. 1718." A rough note book entitled "Directions for 
 
 Searches." 
 " Ayloffe." A collection of divers searches, &c. This vol. contains notes 
 
 respecting various searches made in the Duchy Records, with 
 
 references to the documents, and an Index to the Matters and 
 
 Places mentioned. 
 " Ayloffe." A vol. entitled " Particulars of Duchy Leases," 1661 to 
 
 1716, giving full particulars of the leases during the above period, 
 
 with observations thereon. 
 "Ayloffe." A calendar to the Grants in Boxes. Superseded by the 
 
 calendar printed in the Deputy Keeper's Reports. 
 
 BANKRUPTS' ESTATES. 
 
 The Conveyances of Bankrupts' Estates are enrolled on 
 the Close Rolls, and appear in the Index to " Inden- 
 tures" under the name of the First Commissioner in 
 Bankruptcy for the time being. They are, however, 
 referred to in the " Close Roll " Index under the name of 
 the Bankrupt. The Commissions, Orders, and all other 
 proceedings in Bankruptcy are kept at the Bankruptcy 
 Court. 
 
 BARONETS. 
 
 The Creations of Baronets are enrolled on the Patent 
 Rolls. 
 
 On the 11th Aug. 1623 Sir Thomas Playters was 
 created a Baronet by warrant under the Royal Sign 
 Manual, and a Memorandum in the Docquet Book of that 
 date states that " it was the last of that nature His 
 " Majesty resolveth to grant, as by his express pleasure 
 " is signified and entered in the Book of Caveats at the 
 " Signet Office." 
 
 The following documents also bear on this subject : — 
 
 Patents and Privy Seals for Baronets, Entries 
 of. (Exchequer of Receipt.) James I. to James II, 
 
 Vol. 
 
 7. 
 
 Vol. 
 
 8. 
 
 Vol. 
 
 9. 
 
 Vol. 
 
 Ki
 
 31 
 
 BARONETS— (continued). 
 
 9 Vols., containing accounts of the sums paid by various 
 persons for Patents of Baronetcy. 
 
 Patkxts for r>\i:o\iT<ii>, Li>t of. 15 to 37 
 Charles II. [Misc. Rolls, Chancery, No. .'.:.] 
 
 A List of the Creations of Baronets in the reigns 
 of James I. and Charles I., compiled from the Indexes 
 to the Patent Rolls, &c., is printed in the 47th Report, 
 App., pp. 125-138. 
 
 BONDS AND RECOGNIZANCES. 
 Chancery. 
 
 The Recognizances and Bonds enrolled in the Court of 
 Chancery from the reign of Henry VIII. to the present 
 time are entered on the Close Rolls, of which in later 
 years they form a distinct branch. See DEEDS 
 ENROLLED. 
 
 For Recognizances and obligations of debt under the 
 Statute Staple of 27 Edw. III., see STATUTE 
 STAPLE. 
 
 Exchequer, Queen's Remembrancer. 
 
 Bonds and Obligations. Henry VIII. to Elizabeth 
 These relate principally to the payments of sums due to 
 the Collectors of Customs and Subsidies and other officers 
 of the Exchequer and of the Royal Household, and to the 
 delivery of Cargoes at various ports, &c, &c. 
 Descriptive Slips. 
 
 Bonds, Special. 1608 to 1835. 17 Packages. These are 
 bonds entered into by persons on their admission to 
 employment under the Crown. 
 Index. Car. II. to Jas. II. 
 
 Exchequer, Augmentation Office. 
 
 Memoranda, Obligations, &c. Temp. Henry VIII. 
 1 Vol. [Misc. Books, Vol. 263.] 
 
 Recognizances, Entries of. 34-35 Hen. VIII. 1 Vol. 
 
 [Misc. Books, Vol. 352.] 
 
 Memoranda of the delivery of Obligations to the 
 Treasurer of the Court of Augmentations. Ed- 
 ward VI. 1 Vol. [Misc. Books, Vol. 327.] 
 
 Duchy of Lancaster. 
 
 Security Bonds. Hen. VIII. to 1716. 9 Bundles. 
 Palatinate of Chester. 
 
 Bonds, &c. See CHANCERY ENROLMENTS.
 
 32 
 
 CERTIFICATES. 
 Chancery. 
 
 Certificates of Statutes Staple and Extents there- 
 on. See STATUTE STAPLE. 
 
 Certificates of the Accountant-General and of 
 the Masters and Chief Clerks in Chancery. See 
 JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS. 
 
 Certificates, various. (Petty Bag Office.) Eight 
 bundles, as follows : — 
 
 No. 1. Certificates, Licences, and Presentments of Taverns 
 and Cookshops in the City of London, temp. Jac. I. and 
 Car. I. 
 
 No. 2. Certificates of Delinquents' Estates sequestrated 
 during the Commonwealth. 
 
 No. 3. " Do. Do. 
 
 No. 4. Certificates of Recusants' Estates sequestrated, 1650. 
 
 No. 5. Certificates of Surrenders of Offices. Car. II. and 
 Jas. II. 
 
 No. 6. Certificates of Popish Recusants and of Persons con- 
 cealed. Anne and George I. 
 
 No. 7. Certificates of the Admission of Solicitors and 
 Attorneys. Geo. I. to Geo. III. 
 
 No. 8. Certificates of Qualification of Members of Parlia- 
 ment. Geo. I. to Geo. III. 
 
 Certificates of persons receiving the sacrament 
 pursuant to the Test Act. See OATHS OP 
 ALLEGIANCE, &c. 
 
 Common Pleas. 
 
 Certificates of Acknowledgment of Deeds by 
 .Married Women. 
 
 See ACKNOWLEDGMENTS OF DEEDS. 
 
 Exchequer, Queen's Remembrancer. 
 
 Certificates of Sale of the Lands of Charles I., 
 &c. See CROWN LANDS. 
 
 Certificates of the Sale and Transfer of Bank 
 Stock, &c. See JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS. 
 
 Exchequer, Augmentation Office. 
 
 Certificates of Colleges, Chantries, Free 
 ' Chapels, &c. See MONASTIC FOUNDATIONS, 
 &c. 
 
 Exchequer, First Fruits Department. 
 
 Certificates of Institution to Benefices, called 
 " Bishops' Certificates." See ECCLESIASTI- 
 CAL MATTERS. 

 
 33 
 
 CHANCERY ENROLMENTS. 
 
 In addition to the Charter, Patent, Close, and Fine Rolls, 
 which may be considered to be the four great classes of 
 Chancery Enrolments, separate rolls were formed of various 
 classes of documents relating both to the domestic and 
 foreign relations of the country, of which the Lord 
 Chancellor had cognizance in his capacity as Secretary of 
 State or otherwise. Such were the Foreign or Treaty 
 Rolls relating to the affairs of the French Provinces, and 
 to diplomatic and military relations with Ireland, Scotland, 
 Wales, and with various foreign countries; the Carta? 
 Antique Rolls, containing transcripts of various early 
 charters ; the Coronation Rolls, Confirmation Rolls, 
 Extract Rolls, Liberate and Praestita Rolls, Pardon Rolls, 
 Protection Rolls, and liedisseisin Rolls ; the Statute Roils 
 on which the legal enactments of the several Parliaments 
 were formally drawn up and enrolled, the Staple Rolls, and 
 many others brought together in the present volume, under 
 the general title of " CHANCERY ENROLMENTS 
 (VARIOUS)." [The " Decree Rolls " and " Parliament 
 Rolls" of the Court of Chancery are described under 
 the heads of JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS and 
 PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS respec- 
 tively.] 
 
 Charter Rolls. 1 John to 8 Henry VIII. 
 
 The instruments by which the Sovereigns of England 
 made grants and expressed their intentions to their people 
 were of three kinds, called respectively Charters, Letters 
 Patent, and Letters Close. " By the first their more 
 u solemn acts were declared, by the second their more 
 " public directions promulgated, and by the third they 
 " intimated their private instructions to individuals." 
 
 The Royal Charter was the form of instrument em- 
 ployed by the Sovereign in granting liberties, privileges, 
 immunities, and exemptions, and also lands, tenements, 
 and other possessions, both to corporations and to 
 private individuals. Charters were distinguished from the 
 Letters Patent by their being always executed in the 
 presence of witnesses whose attestation was necessary to 
 the validity of the document, and by their being ad- 
 dressed " To the archbishops, bishops, abbots, priors, earls, 
 barons, &c," instead of simply, " To all to whom these 
 presents shall come." They an- of two kinds : — (1 ) Ori- 
 ginal grants ot' Ian Is, tenements, liberties, &c (2.) Charters 
 of confirmation or inspeximus of previous grants. The 
 latter may again be subdivided into two classes : Charters 
 confirming previous grants without reciting them ; and 
 charters reciting in full others previously granted, and 
 ratifying and confirming the same, sometimes with the 
 u 8019J. C
 
 34 
 
 CHANCERY ENROLMENTS- -(continued). 
 
 Charter Rolls — (continued), 
 
 addition of further privileges. Confirmations of charters 
 prior to 1 Ric. III. are entered both on the Patent and 
 Charter Rolls, and also on the Carta? Antiquse. From 
 1 Ric. III. to 1 Car. I. they are entered on the Confirmation 
 Roll?, and subsequent to the latter date again on the 
 Patent Rolls. The Charter Rolls terminate in the 8th 
 year of Henry VIII., when that class of instrument was 
 discontinued, all further grants from the Crown being made 
 in the form of Letters Patent. The documents entered on 
 the Charter Rolls consist chiefly of Charters of Foundation 
 and Incorporation ; Grants of Lands, Liberties, and Pri- 
 vileges to Cities, Towns, Civil and Religious Corporations, 
 and to individuals ; Grants of MarketSj Fairs, and Free- 
 AVarren, &c, &c [See Introduction to the printed volume 
 of Charter Rolls.] 
 
 Inventory, John to Henry VIII. Report II., App. 
 II., pp. 2-7 ; and Report III., App. II., p. 142. 
 
 Transcript in full. 1—18 John. Printed by the Record 
 Commission (with an Introduction and General Index). 
 
 Calendar. John to Eclw. IV. Printed (with Indices 
 Locorum and Nom'uium). 
 
 Do. Ric. III. to Henry VIII. MS. (Incorporated 
 with the MS. Calendar to the Patent Rolls. Vol. 4.) 
 
 See also PALMER'S INDEXES. 
 
 Patent Rolls. 3 John to 50 Victoria. The Patent 
 Rolls derive their name from the " Litterao Patentes," or 
 Letters Patent, of which they are the formal enrolments. 
 
 The Letters Patent were, as their name implies, written 
 upon open sheets of parchment, with the Great Seal 
 pendent at the bottom, being thus distinguished from the 
 " Litteroe Clausae," of Letters Close, which, being of a 
 less public nature, and addressed to individuals, were 
 closed or folded up. 
 
 During the reigns of the Plantagenets the Patent Rolls 
 contain documents of a most diversified and interesting 
 nature, relating principally to the Prerogatives of the 
 Crown, to the Revenue, and to the different branches of 
 Judicature ; to Treaties, Truces, Correspondence, and 
 Nefociations with Foreign Princes and States ; Letters of 
 Protection, of Credence and of Safe Conduct ; Appoint- 
 ments, and Powers of Ambassadors, &c. 
 
 In addition to these documents of an essentially public 
 nature they also contain Grants and Confirmations of 
 Libertie?, Offices, Privileges, Lands, and Wardships, both
 
 39 
 
 CHANCERY ENROLMENTS— (continued). 
 
 Patent Rolls — (continued). 
 
 to public bodies and private individuals ; ( lhartereof Incor- 
 poration ; Licenses for the election of Bishops and other 
 Ecclesiastical Dignitaries ; Restitutions of Temporalities; 
 Presentations to Churches and Chapels; Creations of 
 Nobility; Special and General Pardons, Special Liveries; 
 Licenses and Pardons for Alienation; Crown Leas 
 Proclamations, and all manner of Commissions, docu- 
 ments of the last two classes being entered on the back of 
 the rolls. 
 
 By the Statute of 1 Anne, cap. 7, which provides for the 
 establishment of the Civil List, the power of the Crown to 
 dispose of its Land Revenue was restrained, and it was 
 enacted " That no grant shall be made by the Crown of any 
 " manors, messuages, lands, tenements, rents, tithes, woods, 
 " or other hereditaments (advowsons of churches and 
 " vicarages only excepted), for any longer term than one 
 " and thirty years or three lives." From and after this 
 date, therefore, the contents of the Patent Rolls consist 
 principally of Grants of Offices and Pensions; Creations 
 of Nobility : and Letters Patent of Invention and Deniza- 
 tion. Subsequent to the year 1725 the Appointments of 
 Bishops, Conges d'Elire, and Writs of Restitution of Tem- 
 poralities are enrolled on a distinct set of rolls called 
 " Bishops 1 Patent Rolls." 
 
 Inventory. 3 John to 45 Eliz. Printed. Reports II., 
 App. II., p. 7 ; III., Ap. II., p. 142 ; and VI., App. II., 
 p. 203. 
 
 Transcript in full. 3 to 18 John. Printed, in 1 Vol. 
 folio, with an Introduction, and Indices Nominum and 
 Locorum. (The Introduction contains also an Itinerary of 
 King Jolin.) 
 
 Calendar. John to Edw. IV. Printed, in 1 Vol. folio, 
 with Indices, Rerum, Nominum, and Locorum. (This 
 Calendar consists of selections only.) 
 
 Do. 1 Hen I IT. Printed. ReportsJXXVl., App., 
 
 pp. 66-86. 
 
 Do. 1 io 57 Hen III. :> Vols. MS. 
 
 Do. 1 to 9 Edw. I. Printed. Reports XLII. to 
 L., inclusive. 
 
 Do. 10 to 29 Edw. I. Printed, in 2 Vols. (1893-94.) 
 
 Do. 1 to 6 Edw. II. Printed (1894). 
 
 Do. 1 to S Edw. I II. Printed, in 2 Vols. ( 1 89 1-93.) 
 
 Do. 1 to 4 Ric. II. Printed (1894). 
 
 Do. Edw. V. and Ric. III. Printed, Report IX. 
 App. II., pp. 1-147. 
 
 c 2
 
 36 
 
 CHANCERY ENROLMENTS— (continued). 
 Patent Rolls — (continued). 
 
 Calendar 1-6 Henry VII. Printed in Campbell's 
 " Materials for the History of the reign of Henry VII." 
 
 Do. 1-30 Hen. VIII. Printed in "Letters and 
 Papers." 
 
 Calendars and Indexes. Edw. V. to fiO Vict. 56 Vols. 
 MS. 
 
 See also PALMER*S INDEXES. 
 
 A List of tbe Creations of Peers and Baronets, from 
 Richard III. to Charles 1., compiled from the Indexes to 
 the Patent Rolls, &c, is printed in the 47th Report, App. 
 pp. 78-138. 
 
 Close Rolls. 6 John to 1883. The Rotuli Litterarum 
 Clausarum or Close Rolls, which are so called in contra- 
 distinction to the Rotuli Litterarum Patentium or Patent 
 Rolls, contain the enrolments of all mandates, letters, and 
 writs of a private nature ; that is to say, such as were 
 addressed in the King's name to individuals, and were 
 folded or closed up ; the Littene Patentes being, on the 
 other hand, addressed to all persons, and delivered open, 
 with the Great Seal attached to the bottom. 
 
 On the Close Rolls are enrolled documents of the most 
 varied description, touching the royal prerogatives, the 
 revenue, and the several branches of the judicature ; " such 
 " as orders for the observance of treaties and truces, con- 
 " cerning aids, subsidies, tallages, restitutions of posses- 
 " sions, assignments of dower, and acceptances of homage ; 
 " for the repairing, fortifying, and provisioning of castles ; 
 " writs and mandates respecting the coin of the realm 
 " the affairs ol the royal household, and the payment of 
 " salaries and stipends ; commitments, pardons, and deli- 
 " veries of State prisoners, &c. On the back of the rolls 
 " are summonses to and prorogations of parliaments, great 
 " councils, and convocations, writs of summons for the 
 " performance of military and naval services; copies of 
 " letters to foreign princes and states ; proclamations ; 
 " prohibitions ; orders for regulating the coinage of the 
 " kingdom, and the sale of wine and other necessaries ; 
 " for receiving knighthood, providing ships, raising and 
 " arraying forces, and furnishing provisions ; for paying 
 " knights, citizens, and burgesses for attendance in par- 
 " liament; liveries and seizins of lands; enrolments of 
 " private deeds, of awards of abitrators, and of various 
 " other documents." [See S'r Thomas Hardy's admirable 
 and exhaustive introduction to the printed volume of 
 Close Rolls.]
 
 37 
 
 CHANCERY ENROLMENTS— continued. 
 
 Close Rolls — (continued). 
 
 The more modern Close Rolls, that is to say, those from 
 the reign of Henry VIII. tu tli<- present time, consist of 
 the ordinary enrolments in Chancery, such n- Deeds 01 
 Bargain and Sale, Conveyances, Disentailing Deeds, Deeds 
 enrolled for Safe Custody, Conveyances in Trust for 
 Charitable Purposes, Recognizances, Specifications of In- 
 ventions, Memorials of Annuities, Memorials of Assurance 
 Companies, Certificates of Naturalization. Deeds relating 
 to Change of Name, &c, &c. Of these enrolments the 
 Recognizances Memorials of Annuities, and Specifications 
 of Inventions form distinct branches of the series of Close 
 Rolls. See DEEDS ENROLLED. 
 
 Inventori/. John to Eliz. Printed. Reports II., App. II., 
 pp. 17-24; III., App. 1 1., pp. L48-151; and IV., App.IL, 
 pp. 99-1 03. 
 
 Transcript in full. 6 John to 11 Hen. III. Printed 
 (with an Introduction and Indices Nominum and Locorum). 
 2 Vols, folio. 
 
 Calendar. 12 Hen. III. Printed. Report XXVII., 
 App , pp. 48-93. 
 
 Do. 13 Hen. III. to 3 Edw. I. 11 Vols. MS. 
 
 Calendar. 1 to 16 Edw. II. Printed in 3 Vols. 
 (1892-94.) 
 
 Indexes. John to 1848. 84 Vols. MS. (From 1 
 Hen. III. to the end of Edw. IV. these Vols, contain 
 selections only.) 
 
 See also PALMER'S INDEXES. 
 
 Fink Rolls. John to 23 Charles I. The Rolls upon 
 which were entered the sums of money for other property, 
 such as palfreys, harriers, falcons, &c.) offered to the King 
 by way of oblation or fine for the passing or renewal of 
 charters or grants, and for the enjoyment of lands, ofHces, 
 wardships, exemptions, liberties, privileges, and other 
 marks of the royal favour, were called the < )blata or Fine 
 Rolls. The first of these appellations fell into disuse after 
 the reign of John, the latter only being thenceforward 
 retained. There are " Oblata Rolls " for the first, second, 
 third, and ninth years of King John : and " Fine Rolls " 
 for the sixth, seventh, fifteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth 
 years of that reign. From that date to the year 1641, 
 when it terminates, the series is, with one or two exceptions, 
 complete. The Fine Rolls as documents o[' historical and 
 o-enealo-rical importance rank next to the three great 
 classes of Charter, Patent, and ("lose Rolls, to the latter 
 of which, indeed, they bear some resemblance, many of the 
 
 280G72
 
 38 
 
 CHANCERY ENROLMENTS— (continued). 
 
 Fine Rolls — (continued). 
 
 entries on the early Close Rolls belonging more properly 
 to this series. 
 
 By the entries on these rolls the receipt of fines or 
 oblations appears to have constituted a great source of 
 wealth to the Crown, no pretext being too trivial for the 
 extortion of an apparently voluntary payment, and the 
 royal favour and interference being solicited and obtained 
 in matters of the most private nature, as, for instance, in 
 cases of "conjugal infidelity " and in cases respecting the 
 exercise of " matrimonial rights." The more general occa- 
 sions on which fines were paid were, however, to procure 
 grants and confirmations of liberties and franchises of 
 various kinds, and of markets and fairs, free warren, &c. ; 
 for exemptions from tolls, cScc. ; for livery of lands ; for 
 grants of wardships and marriages ; for licenses " alienandi 
 et concordandi " ; for exoneration from knighthood ; for 
 letters of safe conduct ; for pardons of trespasses and 
 misdemeanours ; and for the expedition of justice, the 
 stopping or delaying of trials or judgments, and their re- 
 moval from inferior tribunals to the King's Court. On the 
 Fine "Rolls were also entered the patents for the appoint- 
 ment of sheriffs, escheators, customers, comptrollers, search- 
 ers, and other officers in the gift of the Lord Treasurer ; 
 writs for livery of lands on the heir attaining his majority, 
 entitled " de homagio capto " ; writs " de custodia com- 
 missa " ; " de terris captis in manum regis"; with writs 
 " de diem clausit extremum," " ad quod damnum," and 
 its of inquiry on amortising lands, &c, &c. 
 
 Inventory. G John to 23 Charles I. Printed. Report II., 
 App. II., p. 24 ; and Report III., App. II., p. 135. 
 
 Transcript in full. John. Printed. 1 Vol. 8vo, 
 entitled " Kotuli de Oblatis et Finibus." 
 
 Selections. Hen. III. Printed. 2 Vols. 8 vo, entitled 
 " Excerpta e Rotulis Finium." 
 
 Do. 1 Edw. I. to 7 Edw. II. 5 Vols. MS. 
 
 Calendar. Edw. V. to Car. I. (with Indices jLocorum 
 et Nominum). See " Palmers Indexes," v ols. 75, 76, 
 and 77. 
 
 CHANCERY ENROLMENTS (VARIOUS). 
 
 Almain Rolls. 22 Edw I. to 15 Edw. III. A branch of 
 the " Treaty Rolls " consisting of eight rolls relating to 
 negotiations, alliances, treaties, &c. in Germany and 
 Flanders. The rolls of Edward I. relate to negotiations 
 between himself and Adolph King of the Romans, John 
 Duke of Brabant, Guy Earl of Flanders, John Earl of
 
 39 
 
 CHANCERY ENROLMENTS (VARIOUS) — 
 
 (continued). 
 
 Almain Rolls — (continued). 
 
 Holland, &e. Those <»t' Edward [II. relate to the great 
 confederacy formed by him against Philip of Valois in the 
 
 prosecution of his claim to the crown of Franc -. 
 
 Inventory. Report EL, A pp. II., p. 45. 
 
 Cakt.i. Amii.i .1; Rolls. Ethelhcrt to Edward I. These 
 are the most ancient record- of the Court of Chancery, 
 and con sis! of Transcripts, made apparently in the 12th 
 and l.'ltii centuries, of grants and charters of various dat -, 
 from the reign of Ethelbert to that of Edward the First 
 inclusive. 
 
 Inventory, Report II., App. II., p. 1. 
 
 Calendar and Index Lacorum. Printed in " Ayloffe's 
 Calendar of Ancient Charters," &c. 
 
 See also the "Calendar of Royal Charters," printed in 
 Report XXIX., App., pp. 7-48 ; and Report XXX., App., 
 pp. 197-211. 
 
 Confirmation Rolls. 1 Rie. III. to 1 Car. I. These rolls 
 contain confirmations of Charters to cities, boroughs, or 
 other corporate or politic bodies, and also to private indi- 
 viduals. Before 1 Ric. III. confirmations are entered on 
 the Charter and Patent Rolls, and subservient to 1 Charles I. 
 again on the Patent Rolls. 
 
 Inventory-. 1 Ric. III. to 1 Car. I. Printed. Report IV., 
 App. II., p. 104. 
 
 Calendar. 1 Ric. III. to 1 Car. I. 1 Vol. MS. 
 
 CoNTRABiiEviA Rolls. See Norman Rolls. 
 
 Coronation Rolls. Edw. II. to Vict. These contain the 
 Commissions and proceedings of the Commissioners 
 appointed to hear and determine claims of service to be 
 performed at Coronations, and also the oath taken and 
 the declaration made and signed by the King or Queen 
 when crowned. The series is imperfect, Coronation Rolls 
 existing for the following sovereigns only.: — ESdw. II., 
 Hen. IV., Hen. V., James I., Charles II., James I I.. Win. 
 and .Mary, Anne, George I., George II., George J\\, 
 William IV., and Victoria. 
 
 Dispensation Rolls. :'>7 Elizabeth to 1747. These are 
 the records of the Clerk of the Dispensations and Faculties 
 in Chancery, and consist of enrolments of the confirmations 
 of Bishops' Conunendains, of Dispensations, and Notarial 
 Faculties, and of Doctors' and Masters of Arts' degrees 
 granted by the Archbishop of Canterbury. The office of
 
 40 
 
 CHANCERY ENROLMENTS (VARIOUS) — 
 
 (continued). 
 
 Dispensation Rolls — (continued). 
 
 Clerk of the Dispensations was abolished by Stat. 2 & 3 
 Win. IV., c. ill, and the duties transferred to the Secre- 
 tary of Presentations. 
 
 Exchange Rolls. 6 Richard II. to 12 Henry VI. The 
 Exchange Rolls contain the licenses from the King to 
 foreign merchants residing; in England to give letters of 
 exchange on their houses abroad, so that no gold or silver 
 should pass out of the kingdom. They contain also a few 
 licenses to go beyond the seas. There are four rolls only, 
 the dates of which are respectively 6 to 17 Ric. II., 2 to 
 14 Hen. IV., 1 & 2 Hen. VI., and 3 to 12 Hen. VI. 
 
 Extract Rolls. 45 Henry III. to 6 Richard II. The 
 Extract Rolls, or " Extracta Donationum," contain abstracts 
 from the Charter, Patent, and other Rolls of gifts and 
 grants from the Crown. (Two rolls apparently belonging 
 to this series, found amongst the Miscellaneous Rolls, 
 Chancery, and containing " Extracta Donationum," from 
 3-8 Edw. II. ; and "Extracta Patentium/' 8-9 Edw. II., 
 have been added to it). 
 
 Inventory. Report II., App. II., p. 37. 
 
 French Rolls. 26 Henry III. to 26 Charles II. The 
 French Rolls form a branch of an important series of en- 
 rolments relating to Foreign Countries, which at the time 
 of their deposit in the Tower of London were generally 
 described as " Treaty Rolls." In earlier periods they were, 
 however, divided into the several classes of Almain, French, 
 Norman, Vascon, Roman, Welsh, Irish, and Scotch Rolls, 
 according to the countries to which they respectively 
 related. 
 
 From the reign of Edward V. to that of Henry VII. 
 these classes were reduced to two, namely the French and 
 the Scotch Rolls, and the latter being discontinued about 
 the seventh year of Henry the Eighth, the French Rolls 
 only continued to be made up after that date. On them, 
 however, were enrolled diplomatic and other documents 
 relating to European countries generally. 
 
 The earliest French Roll is dated 16 Henry III., but 
 the regular series does not begin till 1 Edward II., and 
 during several years of that reign the French and Roman 
 affairs are mixed, part of the French Roll being devoted 
 to documents relating to Rome and vice versa. The 
 earlier French Rolls contain all charters, grants, writs, 
 mandates, and other documents relating to those provinces 
 of France which were under the English rule ; those of a
 
 41 
 
 CHANCERY ENROLMENTS (VARIOUS) — 
 (continued). 
 
 French Rolls — (continued). 
 
 Inter dale consisting chiefly of enrolments of treaties and 
 negotiations, commissions, powers and orders to ambas- 
 sadors, and licenses i'or the mustering of ships' crews, and 
 the transport of wines, &e. There arc distinct rolls for the 
 Provinces of Normandy and Gascony, described re- 
 spectively as Norman, and Gascon or Vascon Rolls. The 
 regular series of French Rolls terminates with the 22nd 
 year of .James the First, the last document of this class 
 consisting of an enrolment of the Treaties of Breda, and of 
 the ratification thereof, dated l!» Charles II. and 2o* 
 Charles II. respectively. 
 
 Inventory. 2G lien. III. to 26 Car. II. Printed 
 Report II., App. II., p. 42 ; and Report III., App. II. 
 p. 40. 
 
 Calendar. John to lien. VI. See Carte's " Catalogue 
 of the Gascon, French, and Norman Rolls." Selections 
 only. 2 Vols. 
 
 Do. 1 to 10 Hen. V. Printed. Report XLIV., 
 App., pp. 545-638. 
 
 Do. lto49Hen.VI. Piinted. Report XLVIII., 
 App., pp. 217-450. 
 
 See also PRANCE, ENGLISH POSSES- 
 SIONS IN. 
 
 Gascon Rolls. See Vascon Rolls. 
 
 Irish Rolls. 1 to 50 Edward III. The "Rotuli Hiber- 
 nian " or Irish Rolls, which were formerly deposited in the 
 Tower, consist of three rolls, the first of which extends 
 from the 1st to the 12th year of Edward the Third, and 
 contains such Charters, Grants, and other documents 
 which passed the Great Seal as relate to Ireland. The 
 other two rolls contain " Memoranda de Hi hernia " from 
 the 47th 1o the 50th of Edward III. relating to the aid 
 solicited by that King from his Parliament in Ireland, 
 " to enable him to support the wars undertaken for the 
 " preservation and defence of that kingdom," and con- 
 sisting of the Writs thereupon issued to the Archbishops, 
 Bishops, and other magnates of the Realm, directing the 
 election of representatives from every diocese, county, city, 
 and borough to appear before the King and bis Council, 
 with the returns thereto; and of Articles of complaint 
 against the King's ministers in that country, with the In- 
 quisition* taken thereon, &c, &C. These two rolls are fully 
 described and partially printed in AylonVs " Calendars of 
 Ancient Charters, kc."
 
 42 
 
 CHANCERY ENROLMENTS (VARIOUS) — 
 
 (continued). 
 
 Liberate Rolls. 2 John to 14 Henry VI. The Liberate 
 Bolls derive their name from the Writs of " Liberate," 
 which are recorded on them. They consist of precepts to 
 the Treasurer and other officers of the Exchequer to 
 " Deliver " out of the Treasury such turns of money as 
 were required for the payment of pensions, salaries, and 
 stipends, and for the various expenses of the State and 
 of the Royal Household. They also contain Writs of 
 " Allocate " and " Coniputate," directing sums of money 
 to be "allowed" or "reckoned" in accounting with the 
 several officers and ministers of the Crown and others ; 
 and Writs to Sheriffs for the delivery of lands or goods 
 which had been extended, &c. From 6 John to 9 Henry 
 III. inclusive there are no Liberate Rolls, the Writs of 
 that description being enrolled amongst the other writs on 
 the Close Rolls. They recommence in the 10th year of 
 Henry III., and are contiuued from that date to the 14th 
 year of Henry VI., after which time no roll of that de- 
 scription appears to have been made up. There are also 
 Liberate Rolls from 10 Henry III. to 33 Edward I. 
 amongst the Records of the Exchequer of Receipt (Pells). 
 See also Norman Rolls and Vascon Rolls. 
 
 The Liberate Rolls of King John, namely of the 2nd, 
 3rd, and 5th years of his reign, have been printed in full, 
 together with the Misa? Roll of the 11th and the Prasstita 
 Roll of the 12th years of the same reign. 
 
 Inventory. Report II., App. II., p. 29. 
 
 Transcript in full. 2 to 5 John. Printed in 1 Vol. 
 8vo, entitled " Rotuli de Liberate ac de Misis et Pr?es- 
 titis." 
 
 Mi-.i: Roll. 11 John. This Roll contains an account of the 
 daily expenses of the Court of King John during the 11th 
 year of his reign. " The value of gold, silver, jewellery, 
 " and arms ; the prices of robes, dresses, wines, provisions, 
 " and the various other articles used in domestic economy; 
 " the presents made to distinguished individuals ; the salaries 
 " and pensions to the Officers of State and others in the 
 " Royal household : the expenses of Ambassadors and 
 " Messengers ; and the money bestowed in alms and obla- 
 " tions are all registered on the Misae Roll with scrupulous 
 " exactness." This is the only Roll of its class now extant 
 with the exception of one for the 14th year of King John, 
 preserved amongst the Wardrobe Accounts of the 
 Exchequer, Q. R., which is printed in Cole's " Selec-
 
 43 
 
 CHANCERY ENROLMENTS (VARIOUS) — 
 
 (continued). 
 
 Ml&ZE ROLL — (continued). 
 
 " tions from the Records of tlie Exchequer, Queen's 
 " Remembrancer." 
 
 Transcript in full Printed in the volume entitled, 
 " Rotuli de Liberate, ac de Miais et Prsestitis." 
 
 Norman Rolls. 2 John to 10 Henry V. The Norman 
 Rolls contain the enrolments of such Letters Patent, and 
 Close, Writs, Mandates, and other instruments pas>in- 
 under the Great Seal, as related to the Duchy of Nor- 
 mandy, whilst it was under the dominion of the English 
 Crown ; and also of Chirographs, Concords, and other 
 documents executed in the King's Court of Exchequer at 
 Caen. They also contain Treaties and otljer documents 
 of a diplomatic character between the Kin^s of England and 
 the Dukes of Brittany, Burgundy, and others. The series 
 of Norman RolL is very irregular, seven rolls only of the 
 reign of King John being now in existence. These consist 
 of a Charter Roll, a Liberate Rolls and an Oblata Roll for 
 the second year of hi-j reign ; two rolls called " Contra- 
 brevia," containing entries similar to those in the Close 
 Rolls, for the second and fourth years respectively ; a 
 Close Roll for the fifth year ; and for the sixth a roll en- 
 titled " Rotulus de Yalore Terrarum Normannorum," which 
 specifies the valuo of the lands in England, which were held 
 by the Normans then in rebellion, and which thereby 
 became e-cheated to the English Crown. In the fifth 
 year of King John, Normandy becoming re-united to the 
 Crown of France, the records relating to that province 
 were discontinued until its invasion and re-conquest by 
 Henry the Fifth, when the series recommences as 
 " Norman Patent Rolls/' and as such is continued to the 
 end of that King's reign. Between the reigns of John and 
 Henry the Fifth there are, however, with the Norman 
 Rolls two rolls dated respectively 46 & 47 Henry III. 
 and 20 Edward III., the former of which consists of a 
 few writs of Liberate issued during the King's absence in 
 France and relating chiefly to his expenses there, the latter 
 containing the Patents and Charters granted by Edward 
 the Third whilst occupied in the siege of Calais, which 
 consi.-t chiefly of General Pardous and other rewards for 
 serviees during the war with France. The Norman Rolls 
 of the reign of Henry the Fifth con>ist principally of 
 letters of safe-conduct and protection, grants and con- 
 firmations of their estate to such as voluntarily surrendered 
 to him or to his commanders, restitutions of their tempora- 
 lities to sue!) convents as recognized his authority, and of
 
 44 
 
 CHANCERY ENROLMENTS (VARIOUS) — 
 
 (continued). 
 
 Norman Rolls — (continued). 
 
 grants to his followers of the castles and estates of such 
 Normans as were slain or remained in open rebellion, and 
 of Grants of Officers, Commissions of Array, Presentations 
 to ecclesiastical benefices, &c. In addition to the Norman 
 Rolls the Patent and Charter Rolls of the first five years of 
 King John contain numerous entries relating to the Anglo- 
 French provinces ; and there are amongst the Miscellaneous 
 Rolls of Chancery three rolls dated 21 Edw. I. relating to 
 injuries done by the Normans to the King's subjects in 
 Saintonge, Bayonne, the Cinque-Ports, and elsewhere. 
 There are also amongst the Exchequer Records a collection 
 of Norman Pipe Rolls of various dates from 30 Henry II. 
 to King John. These are placed with the Pipe Rolls, and 
 have been printed in full by the Society of Antiquaries. 
 
 The'Xorman Rolls from 2 John to 5 Hen. V. have been 
 printed in full by Sir Thos. Hardy under the direction of 
 the Record Commissioners ; and to those from 6 to 10 
 Hen. V. a calendar has been made and printed in Report 
 XLL, App. I., pp. 671-810 ; and Report XLIL, App., pp. 
 313-472. Reference to these Rolls will also be found in 
 Carte's " Catalogue des Rolles Gascons, Normands, et 
 Francais," in 2 Vols, folio. 
 
 Oblata Rolls. See Fine Rolls (p. ). 
 
 Pardon Rolls. 22 Edward I. to 2 James I. These con- 
 tain the enrolments of General Pardons granted between 
 the foregoing dates. The series is, however, imperfect. 
 General and. Special Pardons and Pardons for Alienation 
 are aleo entered on the Patent Rolls. (A roll of pardons 
 from 7 to 11 Hen, VIII., found amongst the Miscellaneous 
 Rolls, Chancery, has been added to this series.) 
 
 Inventory. Report II., App. II., p. 36 ; and Report 
 III., App. II, p. 139. 
 
 Passage Rolls. A roll entitled " Rotulns Passagii," con- 
 taining mandates to the " Custodes Passagii " in the various 
 ports to permit the persons therein specified to go beyond 
 the seas. 14-15 Edw. III. 
 
 [Misc. Rolls, Chancery, No. y|-.] 
 A similar roll for the years 1-2 Ric. II. 
 
 [ Do. No. '/.] 
 
 Pr^estita Roll. On the Prasstita Roll, so called from the 
 word prastitum, were entered the sums of money which 
 issued out of any of the Royal Treasuries by way of 
 imprest, advance, or accommodation, and which had to be 
 repaid or otherwise accounted for. This is the only roll
 
 45 
 
 CHANCERY ENROLMENTS (VARIOUS) — 
 
 (continued). 
 
 I'im; si ita Roll— (continued). 
 
 of the kind amongst the Chancery enrolments, but other 
 rolls of ;i similar character exist amongsl the Miscellanea 
 of the Exchequer, Queen's Remembrancer. 
 
 Transcript in full. Printed in the vol. entitled u R h 
 tuli ds Liberate, ac de Misis et Prsestitis." 
 
 Protection Rolls. 10 to 34 Edw. I. These consist of 
 lour rolls containing the enrolments of Letters of Protec- 
 tion granted to such persons as were about to proceed to 
 the wars in Scotland and elsewhere on the King's service. 
 There is also amongst the Vascon Rolls a roll of Protections 
 dated 22 Edward I. 
 
 REDISSEISIN Rolls. 14 Edward I. to 39 Henry VI. 
 These contain the Writs to Sheriffs for the restoration of 
 persons to lands, &c. of which they had been unlawfully 
 dispossessed, and in respects of which judgments had been 
 obtained in actions of novel disseisin. There w as also amongst 
 the " Miscellaneous Rolls "a Redisseisin Roll dated 1-6 
 Edw. IV. (now added to this series). Transcripts of these 
 writs were sent into the Exchequer and enrolled on the 
 "Oeiginalia Rolls." The contents of the Redisseisin 
 Rolls are almost entirely reproduced in the " Rotulorum 
 Originalium Abbreviatio," printed by the Record Commis- 
 sioners. 
 
 Roman Rolls. 34 Edward I. to 31 Edward III. The 
 Roman Rolls form a branch of the so-called " Treaty Rolls," 
 and consist chiefly of letters to a arious Popes and Cardi- 
 nals touching the ecclesiastical affairs of the kingdom. 
 Matters relating to Roman affairs will also be found on 
 the French Rolls during the reign of Edward the Second 
 and vice versd . 
 
 Inventory. 34 Edw. I. to 31 Edw. 111. Printed. Re- 
 port II., App. II., p. 45. 
 
 See also Carte's " Catalogue of Gascon Rolls &c " 
 Vol.11. 
 
 Scotch Bolls. 19 Edward I. to 7 Henry VIII. The 
 "Rotuli Scotia)'* or Scotch Rolls form a branch of the 
 series formerly known as "Treaty Rolls,*' and contain the 
 enrolments of negotiations, treaties, and truces between 
 the kingdoms of England and Scotland: of documents 
 relating to the disputed succession to the Crown of Scot- 
 land on the death of Margaret of Norway ; to the claims 
 of Edward I. as superior Lord of Scotland, and the contest 
 between Balliol and Bruce and the other competitors to 
 the Scottish throne; of* precepts to the Lords Marchers
 
 46 
 
 CHANCERY ENROLMENTS (VARIOUS) — 
 
 (continued). 
 
 Scotch Rolls — (continued). 
 
 and others for levying troops, orders for garrisoning, forti- 
 fying, and victualling castles, and other preparations for 
 the Avars with Scotland ; of negotiations relating to pri- 
 soners of war and their ransom : letters of protection and 
 safe-conduct ; grants of estates, &c. to Scottish partisans ; 
 attainders and pardons ; orders for raising money by 
 levying customs and other duties ; licenses to English and 
 Scottish merchants ; grants of benefices ; and other docu- 
 ments of a miscellaneous nature relating to Scottish affairs. 
 See also the " Homage Rolls" and " Scottish Doct> 
 mi.nts" described under the heading SCOTLAND. 
 
 Transcript in full. Printed by the Record Commis- 
 sioners in 2 Vols, folio, with Indexes of names and places. 
 
 Calendar. Printed in Ayloffe's '* Calendar of Ancient 
 Charters, &e." 
 
 Specification Rolls. See SPECIFICATIONS OP 
 PATENT INVENTIONS. 
 
 Staple Rolls. 27 Edw. III. to 39 Hen. VI. Three rolls, 
 formerly deposited amongst the Records in the Tower of 
 London, contain the appointments of Mayors and Constables 
 of the Staple in various towns, Licenses to transport wools, 
 &c. from one town to another, and other orders and pro- 
 clamations relating to the business of the Staple. The 
 first of these rolls contains also the " Ordinatio Stapulorum " 
 or " Statute of the Staples " of 27 Edw. III., which is 
 printed in " Statutes of the Realm," Vol. 1, p. 332. 
 
 See also STATUTE STAPLE. 
 
 Statute Rolls. 6 Edw. I. to 8 Edw. IV. These are 
 Records of Chancery on which were entered the several 
 Statutes when drawn up in form, for the purpose of being 
 proclaimed and published ; the Statutes being framed upon 
 such original Petitions and Answers, or entries thereof 
 on the Parliament Rolls, as related to Public Concerns. 
 The regular series of Statute Rolls consists of six rolls 
 extending from 6 Edw. I. to 8 Edw. IV., with an inter- 
 ruption from 8 to 23 Henry VI. 
 
 There is evidence of the existence of Statute Rolls of a 
 later date than 8 Kdward IV., for the Statutes from that 
 date to 4 Henry VII. inclusive are inserted in the early 
 Printed editions in a form manifestly copied from complete 
 Statute Rolls, and similar copies are found in several 
 Manuscript collections ; but there is reason to conclude 
 that the making up of the Statute Roll entirely ceased 
 with the Session 4 Henry VII., as no such roll of a later
 
 47 
 
 CHANCERY ENROLMENTS (VARIOUS) — 
 (continued). 
 
 Statute Rolls — (continued.) 
 
 date, nor any evidence of the exist nee there f,has been dis- 
 covered. It may be observed that in the following Session, 
 that of 7 Henry VII., Public A.cta were for the iir-t time 
 printed from the several Bills passed in Parliament, and not 
 
 as part of one gi una! Statute drawn up in the ancient form. 
 In addition to the six rolls above mentioned there are 
 amongst the Tower Records Transcripts of Statutes, appa- 
 rently scut into the Chancery for the purpose of being 
 exemplified under the Great Seal, which supply the defi- 
 ciency of the Statute Roll for certain periods. 
 
 See PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. 
 Surrender Rolls. 12 to 20 Charles [I. These are 
 seven rolls containing Surrenders of Offices and tee-Farm 
 Rents, with a few conveyances of lands, &c. from private 
 individuals to the Crown. They are calendared in the 
 volume entitle " Rotuli Regis Caroli, &c." 
 
 See also " Specification and Surrender Rolls," 
 described under the title of SPECIFICATIONS OF 
 PATENT INVENTIONS. 
 
 Treaty Rolls. See Almain, French, Roman, and 
 Vascon Rolls. 
 
 Vascon Rolls. 26 Henry III. to 7 Edward IV. The 
 Vascon or Gascon Rolls form a branch of the series of 
 Rolls preserved in the Tower of London, relating to the 
 affairs of the French provinces and other foreign countries, 
 and generally known as Treaty Rolls. They contain 
 Treaties, Truces, Order?, Summonses, letters " of safe- 
 conduct and protection, and Grants of offices, lands, &c 
 relating to Gascony, whilst that province Mas under the 
 dominion of the Kings of England. The earliest Vascon 
 Rolls are of the 26th, 27th, and 39th years of Henry the 
 Third, but the regular series does not begin till 3 Edward 
 I., from which period it extends to the seventh year of 
 Edward IV. There are also amongst the regular series of 
 ('barter and Patent Rolls, rolls relating to" the affairs of 
 Gascony, and also containing such Charters and Grants ae 
 were made by the King when in France, dated 37 & 38 
 and 39 Henry III. respectively. See also the - GASCON 
 Petitions;' &c., described under the title FRANCE 
 ENGLISH POSSESSIONS IN. Selections from' 
 the Vascon Rolls are printed by Carte in his .? Catalogue 
 des Rolles Gascons, Normans, et Francais." 
 
 Transcript in full 26 to 38 lien. IIP, entitled " Roles 
 " Gascons, transcrits et publics par Francismic Michel 
 " Tom. 1. A.l). 1242-1 l;j4."
 
 48 
 
 CHANCERY ENROLMENTS (VARIOUS) — 
 
 (continued). 
 
 u Watson's Roll." A Patent Roll of divers years of 
 Elizabeth, containing certain grants and other instru- 
 ments which had been kept in his possession by one 
 Watson, a clerk of the Great Seal between the 30th and 
 40th years of Elizabeth, on whose death they were found 
 and enrolled. It is now placed with the regular series of 
 the Patent Rolls. (Indexed in the volume entitled " De 
 diversis ami is.") 
 
 Welsh Rolls. 5 Edward I. to 23 Edward I. The Welsh 
 Rolls commence with the proceedings relating to the Treaty 
 between Edward I. and Llewellyn, Prince of Wales, con- 
 cluded at Aberconway in the year 1 277. From that date 
 they contain all the instruments which passed the Great 
 Seal touching the Principality and its Marches, until that 
 country was thoroughly subdued and incorporated with 
 England. 
 
 Calendar. 5 to 23 Edw. I. See Aylofl'e's " Calendar 
 of Ancient Charters, &c." 
 
 CHANCERY ENROLMENTS (PALATINATE OP 
 CHESTER). 
 
 Patent ok Remembrance Rolls of the Palatinate 
 of Chester, called " Recognizance Rolls/' 1 
 Edw. II. to 1 Will. IV. These rolls contain the enrol- 
 ment? of Charters, Letters Patent, Fines, Deeds, Wills, 
 and other important matters relating to the Palatinate. 
 They appear to have been denominated "Recognizance 
 Rolls" because the recognizances for debt are generally 
 entered on the first membrane. 
 
 Inventory. Report XXL, App. pp. 27-32. 
 
 Alphabetical Calendar. Printed in Reports XXXVI., 
 XXXVII., and XXXIX. 
 
 CHANCERY ENROLMENTS (PALATINATE OF 
 DURHAM). 
 
 Chancery Rolls of the Palatinate of Durham. 
 
 From the Pontificate of Bishop Bury to that of Bishop 
 Maltbv. 1333 to 1836. [Cnrsitors' Records, Nos. 29 to 
 134.] These rolls contain enrolments of the recognizances 
 of debts in the Chancery of Durham, of Letters Patent, 
 Charters. Pleas and Processes, Commissions, Pardons, 
 Grants of Wardship and other Grants, Licenses to Alienate, 
 Inquisitions, Private Deeds, Leases, Releases, and other 
 documents of a similar nature.
 
 49 
 
 CHANCERY ENROLMENTS (PALATINATE OF 
 
 DURHAM)— (continued). 
 
 Chancery Rolls of the Palatinate or Dubham— 
 
 (continued). 
 
 Calendars of these Rolla from the commencement to the 
 
 end of James I. have been printed as follows: — 
 
 Report XXXI., App. I., pp. 42-168. Bps. Bury and 
 Hatfield (1333-1366). 
 
 Report XXXII., App. L, pp. 265-330. Bps. Hatfield and 
 Fordham (1366-1388). 
 
 Report XXX I II., App. J., pp. 43-210. Bps. Skirlaw and 
 Langley (1388-1437). 
 
 Report XXXIV., App. I., pp. 163-264. Bp. Neville 
 (1438-1457). 
 
 Report XXXV., App. I., pp. 76-156. Bps. Booth and 
 
 Dudley (1457-1483). 
 
 Report XXXVI., App. I., pp. 1-160. Bps. Sherwood, 
 Fox, Severs, Bainbridge, Ruthall, and Wolsev (1485- 
 
 1529). ' V 
 
 Report XXXVII., App. I., pp. 1-171. Bps. TunstaU, 
 
 Barnes, Hutton, and Matthew (1530-1606). 
 Report XL., App., pp. 480-520 Bp. James (1606-1617). 
 
 InbOLMENTS of Deeds. Phil, k Mary and Elizabeth. 
 A bundle of 33 Instruments. 
 
 [Cursitors , Records, No. 156.] 
 Do. 5 to 36 Elizabeth. A bundle of 126 
 
 Instruments. 
 
 [ Curators' Records, No. 155.] 
 
 CHANCERY ENROLMENTS (PALATINATE AND 
 DUCHY OF LANCASTER). 
 
 Palatinate of Lancaster. 
 
 Patent Rolls. 
 
 No. 1. 5-11 John D. of Lane. (4-10 Ric. II.) 
 
 No. 2. John D. of Lane, and Hen. IV. (fragments). 
 
 No. 3. 1-7 Hen IV. 
 
 No. 4. 1 1-13 Hen. VI. 
 
 No. 5. 14-18 
 
 No. 6. 20-22 
 
 No. 7. 23-28 
 
 No. 8. 1-5 Hen. VII. 
 
 No. 9. 17-20 „ 
 
 No. 10. 21 
 
 Calendar. Report XL., App., pp. .".2 1-545. 
 
 M 80195. D
 
 50 
 
 CHANCERY ENROLMENTS (PALATINATE AND 
 DUCHY OF LANCASTER)— (continued). 
 Palatinate of Lancaster— (continued). 
 
 Close Rolls. 
 
 No. 1. 11-14 Hen. IV. 
 No. 2. 31-36 Hen. VI. 
 No. 3. 1-9 Edw. IV. 
 
 Calendar. Report XXXVII., App., pp. 172-179. 
 
 The following Chancery Rolls of the Palatinate of 
 Lancaster, are deposited with the Miscellaneous Records 
 of the Duchy of Lancaster (Div. XXV.) : — 
 Letters Patent, Letters Close, Charters, and Fines, 
 Rolls of. 
 
 4 Henry, D. of Lancaster. 1 roll. 
 
 [Chancery Rolls, D. of Lane., No. l.j 
 4-11 Henry, D. of Lancaster. 1 roll. 
 
 [ Do. No. 2.] 
 1-12 John, D. of Lancaster. 1 roll. 
 
 [ Do. No. 3.] 
 1-2 Henry IV. (fragment). 1 roll. 
 
 [ Do. No. 4.] 
 3-12 Henry IV. 1 roll. 
 
 [ Do. No. 5.] 
 1-10 Henry V. 1 roll. 
 
 [ Do. No. 6.] 
 
 1-18 Henry VI. 1 roll. 
 
 [ Do. No. 7.] 
 Calendar. Report XXXII., App. I., pp. 331-365 ; and 
 Report XXXIII., App. I., pp. 1-42. 
 
 Duchy of Lancaster. 
 
 Letters Patent, Warrants, Grants, Leases and 
 Commissions, Rolls of. 
 
 19-39 Henry VI. 22 rolls. 
 
 [Chancery Rolls, D. of Lane, Nos. 8 to 29.] 
 1-11 Edward IV. 11 rolls. 
 
 [ Do. Nos. 30 to 40.] 
 12-17 Edward IV. 6 rolls. 
 
 [ Do. Nos. 41 to 46.] 
 
 Warrants, Rolls of (Relating to Offices and 
 Matters of Revenue). 
 
 12-18 Edward IV 6 rolls. 
 
 [ Do. Nos. 47 to 52.] 
 
 Indentures, Leases, Homages, &c., Rolls of 
 19-39 Henry VI. 1 roll. 
 
 [ Do. No. 53.] 
 1-18 Edward IV, 5 rolls. 
 
 [ Do. Nos. 54 to 58.] 
 
 !
 
 51 
 
 CHANCERY ENROLMENTS (PALATINATE AND 
 DUCHY OF LANCASTER)— (continued). 
 
 Duchy of Lancaster — (continued). 
 Presentations, RoLLS OP. 
 19-38 Hen. VI. 1 roll. 
 
 [ Do. No. 59.] 
 1-17 Edward IV. 2 rolls. 
 
 [ Do. Not. 60 and 61.] 
 
 CHANCERY FILES. 
 
 The documents originally preserved " in Filaciit " or on 
 the Files of Chancery, consisted of warrants or drafts for 
 
 the original Writs, &c. issued by the authority of the Lord. 
 Chancellor under the Great Seal, most of which were 
 subsequently enrolled on the Patent, Close, and Fine Rolls, 
 or on the Treaty Rolls, Pardon Rolls, Protection Rolls, 
 and other Miscellaneous Rolls of the Court of Chancery. 
 
 The more important of these documents appear to have 
 been removed at various times, and formed into distinct 
 classes, such as the Royal Letters, Privy Seals, &c., the 
 residue consisting principally of Writs of Certiorari and 
 other Writs returnable into Chancery, Judicial Writs of 
 various kinds, Writs and other documents relating to 
 proceedings under the Statute Staple, and of Warrants 
 for Pardons, Protections, and Safe-Conducts, with other 
 documents of minor importance. 
 Chancery Files. (Tower Series.) 
 
 The Tower Series of Chancery Files extends in 
 date from the reign of Edward I. to that of Charles II., 
 and their present contents may be briefly summarized as 
 follows : — 
 
 Writs of three kinds, i.e., 
 
 (1.) Writs Judicial, including : — 
 Writs of Attachment ; 
 „ Scire Facias ; 
 „ Subpoena ; 
 
 „ Corpus cum Causa ; 
 „ Assumpsit ; 
 
 „ Levari facias ; 
 
 „ de Custodia Pacis ; 
 
 ,, de Odio et Atia; 
 „ Distringas. 
 
 (2.) Writs of Certiorari with the Retcans 
 
 THERETO. 
 
 (3.) Writs Enrolled, consisting of : — 
 Writs of Allocate and Liberate ; 
 
 „ Dedimus Potestatem ; 
 
 „ Mort d' Ancestor ; 
 
 „ Novel Disseisin ; 
 
 „ Praecipe quod reddat; 
 
 „ Appointment of Coroners, Verderers, fee. 
 
 „ Appointment of Justices of Assize. 
 
 D 2
 
 52 
 
 CHANCERY FILES— (continued). 
 
 Letters and Warrants of Attorney. 
 
 Writs, Recognizances and other Proceedings on 
 the Statute Staple. 
 
 Chancery Files. (Petty Bag Office Series), or 
 " Breyia Regia." 
 
 The Bundles of " Brevia Regia.," formerly in the Petty 
 Bag Office, which extend in date from 41 Elizabeth to 
 31 Victoria, are very similar in nature to the " Chancery 
 Files," of which they may in fact be said to form a 
 continuation. 
 
 These contain Writs of Certiorari with the Returns 
 thereto ; Writs of Scire Facias ; of ad quod Damnum ; of 
 Dedimus Potestatem (to swear Masters Extraordinary in 
 Chancery, Justices of the Peace, Sheriffs, &c.) ; Writs for 
 electing Coroners, Verderers, and Regarclers of Forests ; 
 Writs of Summons to Serjeants-at-Law ; &c, &c. 
 Indexes. Eliz. to 16 Vict. 11 Vols. MS. 
 
 Chancery Files. (Rolls Chapel Office Series). 
 
 Documents of a nature very similar to the foregoing 
 will also be found amongst the Miscellaneous Bundles 
 from the Rolls Chapel Office, formerly known as the 
 " Arrow Bundle," the " Horn Bundle," and so on, which 
 no doubt originally constituted a branch of the Chancery 
 Files. 
 
 CHANNEL ISLANDS. 
 
 Channel Islands Documents (Chancery). 
 
 The following are amongst the Miscellaneous Rolls, &c. 
 
 (Bundle 2.) 
 
 No 1. A roll of Inquisitions relating to Tenures, in the 
 
 Island of Jersey. 2 Edw. I. 
 No. 2. A similar roll' for the Island of Guernsey. 2 Edw. I. 
 No. 3. Presentments of Jurors in various parishes in Jersey 
 
 and Guernsey, with Transcripts of Charters relating 
 
 to the Liberties of the Island of Guernsey. Temp. 
 
 Edw. 1. 
 No. 4. The Petition of the inhabitants of Jersey against 
 
 the Ministers of the King and of Otto Grandison. 
 
 2 Edw. II. 
 No. 5. A roll of similar petitions addressed to the King and 
 
 Council. 2 Edw. II. 
 No. 6. A Transcript of the King's Writs, &c, relating to 
 
 the Pleas and complaints against his ministers and 
 
 those of Otto Grandison. [The Pleas, together with 
 
 these Writs are enrolled in full on the Assize Bolls.] 
 
 2 Edw. II. 
 No. 7. A Transcript of Proceedings before the Bailiff, Sec. 
 
 of Jersey, relating to the Manor of Wyncelays. 9 
 
 Edw. [III.] 
 No. 8. Inquisitions concerning Manors, Lands, Advowsons, 
 
 &c. in Jersey, which ought to be escheated to the 
 
 king. 7 Hen. VIII. 
 No. 9. Commission and Inquisition concerning the Ancient 
 
 Customs of the Island of Guernsey. 21 Eliz.
 
 53 
 
 CHANNEL ISLANDS— (continued). 
 
 Channel Islands Documents (Exchbqi be, Q. R.). 
 
 Edward III. to Elizabeth. These consist of Accounts, 
 Extents, and Inquisitions relating to the Issues of the 
 
 aforesaid Islands, and to their rights, privileges, and 
 customs, respecting which very minute Information is 
 given. Nearly the whole of these belong to the reign of 
 Edward III. Many similar documents will be found 
 amongst the Miscellanea of the Treasury of the Receipt. 
 
 Descriptive Slips. 
 
 Assize Rolls relating to the Channel Islands, from Edw I . 
 to Edw. III., will be found in the General Series of 
 Eyre and Assize Rolls. (See Lists and Indexes, No. IV., 
 1894.) 
 
 For State Papers relating to the ( 'hannel Islands see 
 printed Calendars of Domestic State Papers, and also List 
 of Volumes of State Papers. (Lists and Indexes, No. III., 
 1894.) 
 
 CHARITIES. 
 
 Charitable Uses, Proceedings relating to 
 (Chancery, Petty Bag Office). 
 These consist of — 
 
 1. Commissions, Inquisitions, and Decrees of Commis- 
 sioners appointed under the Statute 43 Eliz. to inquire 
 respecting lands given to Charitable Uses. 43 Eliz. to 
 8 Geo. II. 60 Bundles. 
 
 2. Inrolments of tbe Confirmations and Exonerations 
 of Decrees by the said Commissioners. 8 Jas. I. to 1743. 
 37 Parts or Rolls. 
 
 3. Depositions, Interrogatories, &c. 23 Bundles. 
 
 4. Exceptions, Answers, and Replications to Decrees. 
 21 Bundles. 
 
 Calendar. I Vol. MS. 
 
 Charitable Trusts, Petitions and Reports on, &C. 
 
 A volume entitled "Corporation Reports," 1836 to 
 1S48, amongst the Reports and Certificates of the Court 
 of Chancery, contains Reports by the Masters in Chancery 
 relating to Charitable Trusts in various Boroughs through- 
 out England, arranged alphabetically under tne names of 
 the Boroughs or " Corporations." Index. 1 Vol. MS. 
 
 There is also a set of Petitions for the appointment of 
 Charity Trustees, with an Index in 1 Vol. MS. 
 
 Schemes for the Administration of Charities will also be 
 found amongst the Masters' Reports in Chancery. 
 
 Charities, Trust Deeds relating to. Enrolled on the 
 Close Rolls of Chancery subsequent to Statute 9 Geo. II. 
 cap. 36. 
 
 Calendar. 9 Geo. II. to 1865. Printed as an Appendix 
 to the Deputy Keeper's Th : .rty-seco;id Report.
 
 54 
 
 CHARITIES— (continued). 
 
 Charitable Uses, &c, Inquisitions and Decrees 
 respecting. (palatinate oe lancaster.) 
 
 Commonwealth to George I. 1 Bundle. 
 
 Minute Book of Commissioners appointed to in- 
 quire into the Execution of the Laws for the 
 Relief of the Poor and the Administration of 
 (Jifts for Pious Uses. 1631. 
 
 [S.P. Dom. Car. I. Vol. 213.] 
 
 Orphan's Find. Accounts of the Chamberlains of 
 the City of London. 1694 to 1826. 
 
 [Audit Office, " Declared Accounts." Bundles 1907 to 
 1921.] 
 
 CHARTERS AND GRANTS (ROYAL). 
 
 The term Charters, or Cartas, was originally applied to 
 deeds of gift and covenants between private persons, and 
 signified any deed or writing by which lands, tenements, or 
 privileges were conveyed from one person to another. The 
 Boyal Charter on the other hand was the instrument 
 employed by the sovereign in granting liberties, privileges, 
 immunities and exemptions, and also lands, tenements, and 
 other possessions, both to private individuals, and to 
 towns and other corporate bodies. Like the Letters Patent 
 — from which they were distinguished by being always 
 executed in the presence of witnesses, and also by a slight 
 variation in the form of the address, that of the Charter 
 being "To the Archbishops, Bishops, Abbots, Priors, 
 Earls, Barons, &c. greeting," whilst that of the Patent 
 was, ft To all to whom these Presents shall come." — the 
 Royal Charters were passed under the Great Seal, and 
 from 1 John to 8 Henry VIII. were enrolled on a dis- 
 tinct set of rolls, denominated Charter Rolls. From 
 the latter date, the Charter Rolls were discontinued, all 
 grants from the Crown being thenceforward made in the 
 form of Letters Patent, and enrolled with other instru- 
 ments passing the Great Seal on the Patent Rolls. 
 
 The Royal Charters were of two kinds : 
 
 1. Original Charters, referring to lands, tenements, and 
 liberties not before granted. 
 
 2. Charters of Confirmation, or of 1 nspeximus and Con- 
 firmation, the first of which simply confirmed previous 
 
 grants without reciting them ; Avhilst the second recited 
 the previous charters verbatim, — each recital being pre- 
 ceded by the words " Inspeximus quandam cartam in hec 
 verba " — an( ] then ratified and confirmed them, sometimes 
 with additional liberties and privileges.
 
 DO 
 
 CHARTERS AND GRANTS (ROYAL)— (continued.) 
 Grants from the Crown of Lands, Tenements. Honours 
 Dignities, Annuities, Pensions, Wardships, Liberties, and 
 Privileges, together -with Crown Leases, Licenses of 
 various kinds, and at a later period, Charters of Incor- 
 poration, <kc, were made in the form of Letters Patent, 
 and enrolled on the Patent Rolls <>f the Court of Chancery 
 or on the several Records of the Court of Exchequer, 
 relating to the Revenues of the Crown. 
 
 Until the fifth year of Richard IT. no enrolment or 
 exemplification could be received in evidence in either of 
 the King's Courts, the production of the original instru- 
 ment under the Great Seal being always required. 
 Owing, however, to the tumults and insurrections in the 
 Kingdom, many persons having been deprived by fire or 
 otherwise of their deeds and evidences, it was in that 
 year enacted that persons so situated should have copies 
 or " exemplifications " under the Great Seal of such 
 Charters, Deeds, and Muniments as were enrolled in 
 the several courts, such exemplifications to have the full 
 force and effect of the original documents. It was not, 
 however, till the reign of Edward the Sixth that an Act of 
 Parliament was passed rendering an exemplification, con- 
 stat, or enrolment of all Letters Patent granted since the 
 27th year of Henry VIII. of the same force and effect, 
 and as valid as the original Patent, which Act was con- 
 firmed and amplified by Elizabeth in the 13th year of her 
 reign. From that time to the present, the Courts have 
 not only received copies of enrolments made since 
 27 Henry VIII. as evidence, but also attested copies of 
 all records made at any time before that period. 
 
 The power of the Crown to dispose of its Land Revenue 
 by Grant was limited by the Statute 1 Anne, cap. 7, 
 which, whilst providing for the Civil List of that reign, 
 enacted that no grant shall be made of any manors, lands, 
 tenements, rents, tithes, woods, or other hereditaments 
 (advowsons of churches and vicarages only excepted) 
 whether belonging to the Crown in right of the Crown of 
 England, or as part of the Principality of Wales, or of 
 the Duchy or County Palatine of Lancaster, for any 
 longer term than thirty-one years, or three lives. 
 
 This, however, did not disable the Crown from granting 
 away or restoring estates forfeited for treason or felony, or 
 acquired by purchase from the Privy Purse, or otherwise 
 privately obtained. 
 
 The following are the principal classes of records on 
 which the enrolments of Grants and Charters are to be 
 found.
 
 56 
 
 CHARTERS AND GRANTS (ROYAL)— (continued). 
 
 Chancery. 
 
 1. The Cart.e Antique Rolls which contain tran- 
 scripts of Charters and Grants from the time of Ethelbert 
 to the reign of Edward I. 
 
 2. The Charter Rolls from 1 John to 8 Hen. VIII. 
 (Subsequent to 8 Hen. VIII. the Charters are enrolled on 
 the Patent Rolls.) 
 
 3. The Confirmation Rolls from 1 Ric. III. to 1 
 Car. I. 
 
 (Before 1 Ric. III. the Confirmations of Charters are 
 enrolled on the Charter and Patent Rolls, and subsequent 
 to the latter date, again on the Patent Rolls.) 
 
 4. The Extracta Donationum or Extract Rolls 
 from 45 Hen. III. to 6 Ric. II. 
 
 ;>. The Patent Rolls from 3 John to 50 Victoria. 
 
 See CHANCERY ENROLMENTS. 
 
 For Leases of Crown Lands, and Sales of Fee-Farm 
 Rents, see also LEASES and CROWN LANDS 
 AND RENTS respectively. 
 
 Exchequer. 
 
 1. The Originalia and Memoranda Rolls. 
 
 Transcripts of all Grants, Leases, &c, in which any 
 rent was reserved, or for which any service was to be 
 rendered to the Crown, were transmitted to the Exchequer 
 for enrolment on the " Originalia Rolls," in order that 
 such rents or payments might be duly put in charge by the 
 officers of that "Court, and enrolments of Charters and 
 Grants are frequently to be found on the "Memoranda 
 Rolls," both of the Queen's Remembrancer and of the 
 Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer, and also on the Great 
 Rolls of the Exchequer or " Pipe Rolls." 
 
 2. The Patent and Privy Seal Books and Rolls. 
 
 Grants of Offices, Annuities, Pensions, and all Letters 
 Patent authorising any payment to be made at the 
 Receipt of the Exchequer since the beginning of the 
 reitm of Henry VIII., arc entered or enrolled in the 
 Patent and Privy Seal Books and Rolls of the Pells' 
 and Auditors' Departments. See RECEIPTS AND 
 ISSUES OF THE EXCHEQUER. 
 
 (J rants and Charters under the Seals of the Duchies 
 of Lancaster and Cornwall and of the Palatinates of 
 Chester, Durham, and Lancaster form distinct series of 
 
 enrolments. . .. 
 
 There are also amongst the Miscellanea various collec- 
 tions of Royal Charters and Letters Patent, both originals
 
 57 
 
 CHARTERS AND GRANTS (ROYAL)— (••ontinued). 
 Exchequer— (continued). 
 Patent and Privy Seal Books am> Rolls — (continued). 
 and transcripts, a list of which i- given below ; as also of 
 the " Particul lbs fob Grants " and " Tbansobipts 01 
 Grants" amongst the Records of the late Augmentation 
 ( )ffice and elsewhere. 
 
 Various Collections. 
 
 Charters and Letters Patent, Original and Tran- 
 scripts. (Chancery.) 
 
 The following are amongst the " Miscellaneous Rolls, 
 &c." (Chancery) : — 
 
 ( J rants and Letters Patent of Queen Philippa, from 
 4 to 10 Edw. III. No. -If 
 
 A file of Grants and Claims of Markets and Fairs, Free 
 Warren, &c. John to Hen. VI. Bundle G. 
 
 [ The latter is calendared in Palmer s Indexes, 
 
 Vol. IOC] 
 
 Do. (Exchequer, Q. R.) 
 
 Henry I. to James I. Two bundles entitled " Deeds 
 (Various)," containing, inter alia, very early Transcripts of 
 Royal Charters to Religious Houses, &c. with a few original 
 Charters of a similar description. The original Deed3 
 formerly in this collection are now included in Ancient 
 Deeds, Series D. 
 
 Descriptive Slips. 
 
 Do. (Exchequer, Q.. R.) 
 
 Edward VI. to George I. A few documents only, 
 relating principally to the Jointures of Henrietta Maria, 
 Queen of Charles L, and of Catherine of Portugal, the 
 Queen of Charles II. Several of these are splendidly 
 illuminated. 
 
 Descriptive List. Report XX., App., p. 146. 
 
 Do. (Exchequer, Augmentation Office.) 
 
 Two large volumes entitled " Ciiakt.e Antiquje 
 DlVERSORUM ReGum," Rk\ II. to Car. II., containing 
 original Koyal Charters of various dates, Transcripts of 
 Papal Bulls, and other documents relating to the several 
 Religious Houses. 
 
 [Misc. Books, Vols. 29 and 30.] 
 
 Do. (Exchequer, Treasury of the Receipt.) 
 
 Transcripts of Charters are contained in the two volumes 
 known as the " Hegistrum Munimentorum." 
 
 See REGISTERS AND BOOKS OF REMEM- 
 BRANCE.
 
 58 
 
 CHARTERS AND GRANTS (ROYAL)— (continued). 
 Various Collections — (continued.) 
 
 Charters and Letters Patent, &o. — (continued). 
 
 There is also amongst the Chapter House Records an 
 original Charter of Alfonso, King of Castile, dated 
 1 Nov. 1254, conferring knighthood on Prince Edward, the 
 eldest son of Henry III. This is finely illuminated and 
 has a golden seal attached. 
 
 Many Transcripts of Charters and Grants relating to 
 Religious Foundations are also to be found amongst the 
 Miscellaneous Books of the Chapter House. These 
 are described under the head of MONASTIC 
 FOUNDATIONS, &c. 
 
 Grants, Particulars for, &e. 
 
 Grants, Particulars for. (Exchequer, Augmenta- 
 tion Office.) 
 
 Henry VIII. to James L, and Miscellaneous. 
 
 These consist of the " Requests to Purchase " which were 
 addressed in writing to the Commissioners appointed for 
 the Sale of the possessions of the late dissolved Monas- 
 teries, and of other lands in the hands of the Crown, by 
 all persons wishing to acquire any portion of such lands, 
 accompanied by " Particulars " of the property required, 
 giving a full description of the premises and their value, 
 stating to what monastery or individual they had belonged 
 before being seized into the King's hands, what leases, if 
 any, had been made thereof, and what lines were payable 
 thereon. These particulars were examined by the Officers 
 of the Crown, who certified to their correctness, whereupon 
 the " fiat dimissio " was issued. They are contained in 
 36 portfolios. 
 
 Inventory. Henry VIII. Printed. Report IX., App. 
 II., pp. 148-232, and Report X., App. II., pp. 223- 
 309. Arranged alphabetically under the names of the 
 Grantees. 
 
 Index Locorum. Henry VIII. 4 Vols. ISIS. 
 
 Calendar and Index Locorum. Edw. VI. 3 Vols. MS. 
 Do. do. Ph. & Mary to James I. 
 
 2 Vols. MS. 
 
 Particulars for Grants of the Manor of Boxley and 
 others, in Kent, to Thos. Wyatt. Henry VIII. 
 
 [Misc. Boohs, Vol. 156 ] 
 
 Do. (Miscellanea, Exchequer Q. R.) 
 
 Edward VI. to James I. These are of a similar nature 
 
 to the Particulars for Grants amongst the Records of the 
 
 Court of Augmentations, many of them being Books or 
 
 Portions of Books of Enrolment of such Particulars. 
 
 Descriptive Slips.
 
 50 
 
 CHARTERS AND GRANTS (ROYAL)— (continued). 
 
 Grants, Particulars for, &o.— (continued). 
 Grants, Particulars fob. (Exchequer, Tb. ok the 
 
 Receipt.) 
 
 Edward VI. 2 Vols., with an Index in 1 Vol. Th< 
 relate chiefly to the Posse "ion.- ol* Colleges and Chantries. 
 
 | Misc. Books, Vols. 25s, 259, and 260.] 
 
 Do. (State Papeb Office). Cliarles I. 
 
 13 cases. See printed " Calendars of State Papers." 
 
 Grams of Offices, Particulars for. (Augmenta- 
 tion Office.) 
 See OFFICES AND APPOINTMENTS. 
 
 Grants, Transcripts of. (Exchequer, Augmentation 
 Office.) 
 
 Edward VI. to Chas. I. Five volumes, containing 
 copies, on paper, of various Grants and Indentures. 
 
 [Misc. Boohs, Vols. 151 to 155.] 
 
 Grants of Arms. 1509 to 1583 and 1647. 
 
 A case containing a few original Grants of Arras, some 
 of which are finely illuminated. [8. P. Bom. Miscellaneous. 
 
 Vol 1.] 
 
 Grants of Land in the Colonies. 
 
 These are registered in the Offices of the Secretaries of 
 the several Colonies. The following volumes, containing 
 entries of such grants will be found amongst the 
 Colonial Office Records: — 
 
 Grants of Land.— Carolina. 1674 to 1765. [Col. 
 Entry Books, Vol. 23.] 
 
 „ „ New York. 1665 to 1765. [Col. 
 
 Entry Hooks, Vol. 71.] 
 
 „ ,, To Discoverers in America. From 
 
 Henry VII. [Col. Papers, 
 America a//// West Indies, Vol. 
 627.] 
 
 „ „ North Carolina. 1725 to 1760. 
 
 [Board of Trade Papers, 
 Carolina, North, Vol. 42.] 
 
 „ „ Georgia. 1760 to 1768. [Board 
 
 of Trade Papers, Geonjia, 
 Vol. 52.] 
 
 „ 5) Jamaica. 1754. " List of Land- 
 
 holders." [Board of Trade 
 Papers, Jamaica, Vol. 148.] 
 
 „ ,, Plantations General. 1752 to 
 
 1771. [Board of Trade Papers, 
 Plantations General, Vol. 57.]
 
 60 
 
 CHARTERS AND GRANTS OF THE DUCHY OF 
 LANCASTER. 
 
 Royal Charters. William II. to Henry VII. 9 boxes. 
 Calendar. William II. to Richard II. Printed. 
 Report XXXI., App., pp : 1-41. This Calendar refers 
 to those Charters only which passed the Great Seal of 
 England. When not otherwise referred to in the Calendar 
 as "Ancient Transcripts," the Original Charters, with, in 
 most cases, the Great Seal attached, are indicated. 
 
 Do. William II. to Edward III. 3 Vols. MS. 
 called « The Register of Royal Charters." 
 
 The Great Cowciters, or "Cart^e Regum." Henry 
 III. to Richard II. 
 
 Two large and handsomely illuminated volumes, contain- 
 ing enrolments of Charters and Grants relating to the 
 possessions of the Duchy between the foregoing dates, 
 together with Perambulations and Pleas of the Forests in 
 Lancashire and Yorkshire. A duplicate of the first of 
 these volumes exists amongst the Miscellaneous Books of the 
 Exchequer, Q. R. (Vol. 8) ; the handwriting is, however, 
 apparently of a much earlier period than that of the Great 
 Cowchers, and the whole volume is splendidly rubricated. 
 It is described on the fly-leaf as " Liber Johannis 
 Maynard," by whom it is stated to have been delivered 
 into Court on the 2nd June, 26 Charles II. 
 
 Calendar and Index. 2 Vols., MS. 
 
 Grants, Registers of, as follows : — 
 
 John to Edward IV. 9 Vols. (Div.xi, Nos. 11 to 19.) 
 Calendars and Indices Locorum in two Vols., entitled 
 " Abstracts and Indexes of Registers." 
 
 Richard III. 1 Vol. (Div.) xi., No. 20.) 
 
 Calendar at the commencement of the Vol. 
 
 Henry VII. 1 Vol. (Div., xi., No. 21.) 
 
 Calendar at the commencement of the Vol. 
 
 Henry VIII. 1 Vol. (Div. xi., No. 22.) 
 
 Index in the Vol. entitled, (t Index to Patents, Hen 
 VIII. to 1760." 
 
 Edw. VI., Phil, and Mary and 1-10 Eliz. 1 Vol. (Div. 
 xi., No. 23.) 
 
 Index in the Vol., entitled tl Index to Patents," 
 Hen. VIII. to 1760. 
 Ja«. I to Will. III. 1 Vol. (Div. xi., No. 24.) Con- 
 taining Grants, Patents, Exemplifications of Decrees 
 &c. 
 
 Index at the commencement of the Vol,
 
 61 
 
 CHARTERS AND GRANTS OF THE DOCHY OF 
 
 LANCASTER— (continued). 
 
 (J rants, Registers of — (continued). 
 
 Eliz. to Geo. I. (Surrenders, &c.) 1 Vol. (l)iv., xi., 
 No. 25.) Containing Surrenders, < rrante, Leases, &c, 
 chiefly between the reigns of Kliz. and Geo. I., with 
 a few transcripts of documents of a much earlier date. 
 (Index in the Vol.) 
 
 1711 to 17:30 1 Vol. (Div., xi, No. 26.) 
 4 to 14 Geo. IL 1 Vol. (Div. xi., No. 27.) 
 Register of t> rants, &c., relating to the Manor of 
 Daventry. 59 Edw. [II. (Div. xi, No. 9.) 
 
 Extracts of Charter?, &c. relating to the Manor of 
 Langeney, in the Rape of Pevensey, co. Sussex, 
 Temp. Edw. IV. (Div. xi, No. 10.) 
 
 Lease?, Patents, Commissions, and Presentations. 13 
 to 44 Eliz. (Div. xi, No. 99.) 
 
 Leases granted bv the Earls of Hereford and Rutland. 
 Temp. Henry VIII. (Div. xi, No. 100.) 
 
 Grants, 20 James I. to 14 Charles I. (Div. xi., No. 
 102.) 
 
 Grants to the City of London ; temp. Car. I. (An 
 abstract of the Grant to Edward Ditchfield and others, 
 as Trustees for the City of London, 4 Car. I., so far 
 as it relates to the Duchy of Lancaster). (Div. xi., 
 No. 104.) 
 
 Grants and Leases, Auditors' Entry Books of. 
 
 North Auditor's Books. Henry VII. to 1765. 35 
 Vols. 
 
 South Auditor's Books. Henry VIII. to 1767. 22 
 Vols. 
 
 List. Report XXX., App., p. 5. 
 
 Original Privy Seals and Signed Bills for Grants. 
 1 Hen. VH. to 1767. 43 Bundles. 
 
 I a ilex, 1 Vol., entitled, " index to Grants in Fee." 
 
 Draft Patents (with the Particulars annexed). 
 Phil. & Mary to Geo. II. 46 Bundles. These appear to 
 relate to Grants of Offices only. 
 
 CINQUE PORTS. 
 
 A volume relating to the Jurisdiction and Customs of 
 the Cinque Ports, including a long and curious collection 
 of bye-laws entitled " The Custumal of Rye." 1578. 
 
 [S.P., Dam. Eliz., Vol. 128.]
 
 62 
 
 COMMISSIONS. 
 
 Commissions of Array, Commissions of Lords Lieu- 
 tenant of Counties, of Justices of the Peace, of Oyer and 
 Terminer, of Gaol Delivery, and Special Commissions of 
 all kinds are enrolled on the back of the Patent Rolls. 
 
 Commissions for opening and proroguing Parliament, 
 for giving the Royal Assent to Bills, with Commissions of 
 the Peace, Commissions of Sewers, and other Miscel- 
 laneous Commissions of more modern dates, are preserved 
 at the Crown Office in Chancery. 
 
 Chancery. 
 Commissions for better Fortifying and Securing 
 Harbours and Docks, &c. (from the Crown Office). 
 See FORTIFICATIONS. 
 
 Commissions of Bankruptcy. These are kept at the 
 Bankruptcy Offices in Lincoln's Inn. 
 
 Do. of Forfeited Estates, &c. See ESCHEATS, 
 ATTAINDERS, AND FORFEITURES. 
 
 Do. of Lunacy and Idiotcy. See LUNACY. 
 Do. of Sewers. See SEWERS. 
 
 Special Commissions (Chancery, Petty Bag Office). 
 James I. to Victoria. 18 Bundles, containing Commissions 
 of Enquiry respecting estates forfeited to the Crown, and 
 various other matters, with the Inquisitions and traverses 
 thereon. They are arranged under the following 
 heads : — 
 
 Aliens, 1 5 Geo. 2 to 9 Vict. 
 
 Concealed Lands. Car. II. to Wm. & Mary. 
 
 Depopulations. 5 James I. 
 
 Derelict Lands. James II. to Vict. 
 
 Escheats (for want of an Heir). 6 Car. I. to 
 52 Vict. 
 
 Forfeitures of Offices. 5 Car. I. to 4 Will. IV. 
 
 Miscellaneous Inquiries. 
 
 Murders and Felonies. 12 Car. I. to Victoria. 
 
 Perambulations of Forests. Car. I. 
 
 Portsmouth Harbour, &c. Anne. 
 
 Superstitious Uses, Lands Given to. 33 Car. II. 
 toll Wm. III. 
 
 Survey of the Manor of East Greenwich. 
 1096. 
 
 Treason. 5 Car. I. to Anne. 
 
 Index. 1 Vol. MS. 
 
 Exchequer. Queen's Remembrancer. 
 
 Special Commissions. Elizabeth to Victoria, and Mis- 
 cellaneous. 
 
 These are Commissions of Inquiry with the Returns 
 thereto relating to Concealed Lands, the Possessions of
 
 G3 
 
 COMMISSIONS— (continued). 
 Excheqeur, Queen's Remembrancer — (continued;. 
 SPECIAL Commissions — (continued). 
 
 PERSONS ATTAINTED :ind of DEBTOBfl TO THE CbOWH J 
 
 Encroachments and Intrusions ; Tithes, Woods, 
 Marsh Lands, Sea banks, Mdllsj the Boundaries 
 
 OF Pouts, &c, &c, and abound with Legal and Topo- 
 graphical information of the highest value and interest. 
 
 Descriptive Catalogue. Elizabeth to Victoria. Report 
 XXXVIII. App., pp. 1-149. (Those of a date prior to 
 Elizabeth, of which there are very few, are described in a 
 Manuscript List referred to below.) 
 
 Special Commissions. Edward II. to Edward VI. 
 
 Four parcels amongst the Miscellanea (Nos. 818 to 821) 
 containing documents of a similar nature to those above 
 described. 
 
 Descriptive List. 
 
 Many Special Commissions of Inquiry with the Returns 
 are enrolled on the Memoranda Rolls of the Exchequer, 
 both of the Queen's Remembrancer's and Lord. Treasurer's 
 Remembrancer's Departments. 
 
 Duchy of Lancaster. 
 
 Commissions, Orders, &c, Entry Books of. 1 Henry 
 VIII. to 44 Elizabeth. 4 Vols. (Div. xi., Nos. 95 to 98.) 
 Index. 1 Vol. MS. 
 
 Commissions for Special Purposes. 30 to 32 Eliz. 
 1 Bundle. 
 
 Judges' Commissions. 1675 to 1774. 9 bundles, con- 
 taining Bills under the Royal Sign Manual, for Commis- 
 sions appointing the Judges in the County Palatine of 
 Lancaster. 
 
 COMMON PRAYER BOOKS. 
 
 Five Sealed Copies of the Book of Common Prayer, 
 deposited pursuant to the Act of Uniformity, 14 Car. II. 
 are amongst the Records of the following Courts. 
 Chancery. (Tower Series.) 1 copy. 
 
 Do. ' (Rolls Chapel Series.) 
 Queen's Bench. „ 
 
 Common Pleas. M 
 
 Exchequer, Queen's Remembrancer „ 
 
 CORNWALL, DUCHY OF. 
 
 The following documents relating to the Revenues, &0. 
 of the Earldom and Duchy of Cornwall are amongst the 
 Records of the Exchequer.
 
 64 
 
 CORNWALL, DUCHY OF— (continued). 
 Exchequer, Augmentation Office. 
 Acquittances. James I. to Charles I. 
 
 Seven volumes containing the Receipts or Acquittances 
 given by the Receivers of the Duchy to the Bailiffs, 
 Reeves, and Farmers of the various Manors for the rent 
 due from them, and also the Receipts of various Officers of 
 the Duchy for their salaries and allowances. 
 
 [Misc. Books, Vols. 69 to 75.] 
 
 Assession Book. 9 Elizabeth. 
 
 An Arrentatiou or " Assessment " of all lands, &c. in the 
 Counties of Devon and Cornwall belonging to the Duchy 
 of Cornwall and let on lease by the Commissioners or 
 " Assessors " appointed for that purpose by Letters Patent 
 dated 30 May, 9 Elizabeth. 
 
 [Misc. Books, Vol. 15.] 
 
 Assession Rolls. Edward III. to Henry VII. 15 Rolls. 
 These contain the Arrentation or Assessment of all the 
 " Assessionary " lands belonging to the Duchy, the leases 
 of which were renewed or new leases granted every seven 
 years. They give the names of all the Tenants, distin- 
 guishing them as '* liberi " or " nativi," the amount of 
 Fand, &c. taken by each, the rent payable therefor, and the 
 name of the previous tenant. 
 
 Letters from Sir Julius Caesar and others relating 
 to Estates in the Duchy of Cornwall. 1612 to 
 1621. One volume. 
 
 [Misc. Boohs, Vol. 76.] 
 
 Miscellaneous Accounts and Papers. Edward III. to 
 Charles II. 7 Portfolios. 
 
 These contain Miscellaneous Letters and Papers relating 
 to the Woods and Revenues of the Duchy, Drafts (on 
 paper) of Receiver's and Receiver Generals' Accounts, of 
 Accounts relating to the Stannaries, and of Assession 
 Rolls, with a few Articles of Inquiry at Assessions and 
 the returns thereto. 
 
 Ministers' Accounts. 12 Edward III. to 1650. 
 
 See MINISTERS' AND RECEIVERS' AC- 
 COUNTS. 
 
 Stannary Rolls. Edward I. to Philip and Mary. 
 
 Accounts of the Cunagium Stanni in Cornwall and 
 Devon. 1 Box, containing 24 Rolls.
 
 05 
 
 CORNWALL, DUCHY OF— (continued). 
 Exchequer, Augmentation Office— (continued). 
 
 Miscellaneous Rolls. Edw. III. to Charlee I. 
 
 A box containing :i few accounts relating to the Duchy 
 of Cornwall, with Articles of Enquiry ae to the Customs 
 of Manors, &c, administered at the " Assessions " and the 
 Returns thereto, belonging chiefly to the reigns of James I. 
 
 and Charles I. See also MISCELLANEOUS ACCOUNTS 
 
 and Papers. 
 
 Valuation- of Spiritualities and Temporalities. 
 [Henry VIII.] Two volumes containing a valuation 
 taken by the Royal Commission of all the lands and goods, 
 &C. in the Hundreds of East, West, Trigge, Kerrier, and 
 others, in the County of Cornwall, apparently for the 
 purpose of assessing a military levy. 
 
 The names of the inhabitants in each parish are given 
 with the value of their goods, &c. and the amount to be 
 levied from each in money or equipment. 
 
 [Misc. Books, Vols. 77 and 78.] 
 
 Exchequer, Queen's Remembrancer. 
 
 Accounts of the Bailiffs of Edmund Earl of Corn- 
 wall. 24-25 Edward I. 1 Roll Apparently an 
 Exchequer Roll of the Earldom. 
 "Captio Seisinje Ducatus CoRNUBl.fi." 11 Edward III. 
 A survey or return of the whole of the possessions of the 
 Duchy made by the Commissioners assigned in the 11th 
 year of Edward III., to take seisin thereof to the use of 
 the King's eldest son. 1 Roll. 
 
 Exchequer, Treasury of the Receipt. 
 
 Council Book of the Duchy of Cornwall. 25-39 
 Edward III. This volume which is also known as the 
 " White Book of Tenures in Cornwall,*' contains entries of 
 all Writs, Warrants, &c directed to the Seneschal and 
 others of the Duchy of Cornwall, by Edward the Black 
 Prince, from the 25th to the 39th year of Edward III. ; 
 and of the Petitions and other Proceedings before the 
 Council of the Duchy during the same period. 
 
 Receiver General's Accounts relating to the Duchy of 
 Cornwall. Henry VII. and Henry VIII. 
 
 ' [Misc. Boohs, Vol. 56.] 
 
 Charters, &c, Transcripts of. 
 
 A volume containing Transcripts of all Charters, Deeds, 
 &c. belonging to Edmund late Earl of Cornwall. Temp. 
 Edw. I. [Misc. Books, Vol 57.] 
 
 « 80195. E
 
 66 
 
 CORONATIONS. 
 
 Coronation Rolls: (Chancery.) Edward II. to Victoria. 
 
 These contain the Commissions and Proceedings of the 
 Commissioners appointed to hear and determine claims of 
 service to he performed at Coronations, and also the oath 
 taken and the declaration made and signed by the Sovereign 
 when crowned. 
 
 The series is imperfect, Coronation Rolls existing for 
 the following sovereigns only: Edward II., Henry IV., 
 Henry V., .lames L, Charles II., James II., William and 
 Mary^ Anne, George I., George II., George IV., William 
 IV., and Victoria. 
 
 The Coronation Oath of George III , and the Certificate 
 of the Archbishop of Canterbury attached, and the Com- 
 missions for holding the Court of Claims at the Coronations 
 of George IV., William IV., and Victoria, with the 
 original Petitions and Claims are at the Chancery Crown 
 Office. 
 
 Matters relating to Coronations are also enrolled on the 
 early Close .Rolls. 
 
 An account of the Coronation of Queen Eleanor (of 
 Provence) in the 20th year of Henry III, with the claims 
 of service thereat, is contained in the Red Book of the 
 Exchequer. [Fol. 232.] 
 
 An account of the ceremony to be observed at the 
 ( Wonation of Edward III., &c, will be found amongst 
 the Miscellaneous Rolls, &c, Chancery. [No. V 8 -] 
 
 The proceedings at the Coronation of Richard II. are 
 enrolled on the Close Roll of I Rich. II., m. 45. 
 
 Those at the Coronation of Charles II. are amongst the 
 Domestic State Papers. [Vol. xxxv., No. 38.] 
 
 Much information relating to the Ceremonies to be 
 observed at Coronations, &c. will be found in the Records 
 of the Lord Chamberlain's Department. 
 
 See DEPARTMENTAL RECORDS. 
 
 See also WARDROBE AND HOUSEHOLD. 
 
 CORONERS' INQUESTS. 
 
 By the Statute " de Officio Coronntoris," 4 Edward I., 
 when any person was slain or died suddenly, the King's 
 coroner was to summon a jury who were to inquire into 
 the circumstances occasioning the death, and if any person 
 were found guilty of the murder by this Inquisition the 
 Coroner was to commit him to prison, and the witnesses 
 were to be bound over to appear at the next assizes. 
 
 The Inquisition, whether the return was murder, man- 
 slaughter, or otherwise, was to be enrolled and returned to 
 the Justices Itinerant at the. next Gaol Delivery, or to be 
 certified into the Court of King's Bench.
 
 67 
 
 CORONERS' INQUESTS— Continued). 
 
 There are Coroner*' Rolls from bdward I. to rienryVI., 
 inclusive, amongst the Records of the Queen's liench, and 
 Coroners' Inquisitions of a later date will he found in the 
 Bundles of [ndictment9 of that Court. See JUDICIAL 
 PROCEEDINGS. 
 
 From about 1760 the Coroners' Inquests are filed with 
 the Clerks of the Peace of the several counties. 
 
 There art; also distinct collections of Coroners' Inquests 
 amongst the Records of the Queen's Bench, Crown Side, 
 as follows: — 
 
 Coroners' Inquisitions post mortem. 
 
 1748 to 1767. 1 Bag, containing Inquisitions post 
 mortem taken before the Coroners in various counties. 
 (Those of an earlier date will he found on the bundles of 
 Indictments.) 
 
 Coroners' Inquisitions tost mortem (ox Prisoner-). 
 17 17 to 1839. 2 Bags, containing Inquisitions post 
 mortem on the prisoners who died in the King's Bench 
 Prison. 
 
 COURT OR MANOR ROLLS. 
 
 The principal collections of Court Rolls or Manor Rolls 
 existing in the Public Record Otfice are those of the 
 Augmentation Office, those of the Duchy of Lancaster 
 (calendared in the Deputy Keeper's 43rd Report), the 
 Halmote Court Books of the Palatinate of Durham, and 
 the Court Rolls belonging to the several Welsh Jurisdic- 
 tions, Inventories of which have been printed in the 21st 
 and 22nd Reports. 
 
 These (with the exception of the Halmote Court Books 
 of Durham, referred to below), together with the numerous 
 Court Rolls formerly existing amongst the various classes 
 of Miscellanea or mixed with the Ministers' and Receivers' 
 Accounts, have now been formed into cne large series, an 
 Inventory of which is in the press. 
 
 There arc also various Books containing Court Rolls, 
 as follows, all of which are referred to in the printed 
 inventory : — 
 Court Rolls, Rentals, &c, in various Counties, 
 Transcripts of. (Exchequer, Augmentation 
 Office ) 
 
 Edward III. to Elizabeth. 8 volumes. 
 
 [Misc. Books, Vols. 79 to 86.] 
 
 Court Rolls of Newton, Co. Lanc. &c. 
 Henry VIII. to Charles I. 1 Vol. 
 
 [Misc Books, Vol. 134.] 
 
 e 2
 
 68 
 
 COURT OR MANOR ROLLS— (continued). 
 
 Coukt Rolls of Langeney, &c. in the Rape of Peven- 
 bet, Co. Sussex. Edw. IV. to Hen. VI. 
 
 [Registers of Grants, §c. D. of Lane, Div. xi.,No. 10.] 
 
 Halmote Court Books (Palatinate of Durham.] 
 
 From the Pontificate of Bishop Hatfield to that of 
 Bishop Neil. 1349 to 1619. 17 Vols. (Cursitor's 
 Records, Nos 12 to 28.) 
 
 The Halmote Courts were holden pursuant to the 
 Bishop's Commission under the Great Seal of the Palati- 
 nate before the Escheator of the Palatinate and other 
 persons thereto appointed, to receive surrenders of copy- 
 hold lands, and to admit such persons as had a right 
 thereto according to the custom ; to assess and settle all 
 such fines and amercements as arose within the said Courts 
 and to hear and determine all suits, complaints, &c. between 
 party and party which arose within the said county or else- 
 where within the Palatinate of Durham. 
 
 Indexes. 1523 to 1587. (Prothonotary's Indexes, 
 No. I.) This is an ancient index containing (inter alia) 
 complete indexes to the Halmote Court Books of: — 
 
 (1.) Bp. Wolsey. 1523-1529. (No. 22.) 
 (2.) Bp. Tunstall. 1530-1559. (No. 23.) 
 
 (3.) Sede vac ante. 1559-1576 and Bp. Barnes. 1577- 
 1587. (No. 24.) 
 
 COURTS OF JUSTICE, REPORTS ON. 
 
 Reports of Commissioners upon Inquiries respect- 
 ing Courts of Justice. (Chancery, Petty Bag 
 Office). 1740 to 1864. 64 Reports. 
 
 CROWN LANDS AND RENTS. 
 
 During the earlier portion of the Feudal Period the 
 revenue of the Crown was derived to a very great extent 
 from its landed estates, and from the proceeds of the 
 forests, parks, and chases, the ownership of which formed 
 a part of the Royal Prerogative. The Ancient Demesne 
 of the Crown, as recorded in Domesday Book, consisted of 
 1,422 Manors, besides lands in Middlesex and Shropshire, 
 the greater part of which descended to the Conqueror from 
 Bdward the Confessor and his immediate relatives and 
 adherents. A considerable distinction was made between 
 Ancient Demesnes of the Crown and those lands which it 
 acquired by its lucrative properties, viz., by Escheat, For- 
 feiture, or otherwise. It appears to have been understood 
 that the Sovereign might dispose of the latter at pleasure, 
 but to alienate the Ancient Demesnes of the Crown was 
 considered not only inexpedient but even " impious."
 
 09 
 
 CROWN LANDS AND RENTS— (continued) 
 
 No absolute restriction was, however, imposed on the 
 Sovereign in this respect, exorbitant alienation on his 
 part being generally counterbalanced by the action of his 
 Parliament, which when further suppliee were demanded 
 seldom failed to resume what had been too lavishly 
 disposed of. 
 
 The greater part of the Conqueror's possessions were 
 dissipated by his immediate successor, who was, however, 
 compelled to resume the grants he had made, and in con- 
 sequence of similar profusion Acts of Resumption were 
 passed in almost every reign during the 12th, 13th, and 
 14th centuries. 
 
 The lands accruing to the Crown in earlier times by 
 Escheat or Forfeiture were very extensive. Amongst the 
 more important of these Forfeitures may be mentioned 
 the " Terra Normannorum" or lands held by the Normans 
 in England which, on the separation of Normandy from 
 the Crown of England, in the reign of Henry II., became 
 vested in the King of England as having being forfeited 
 by his rebellious subjects. 
 
 On the expulsion of the Knights' Templars from Eng- 
 land in the reign of Edward II., their possessions were 
 confiscated to the Crown, and formed a very important 
 addition to the Royal revenues, the accounts of which 
 occupy three large rolls. 
 
 The possessions of the Alien Priories, which were gene- 
 rally seized into the King's hands, on the breaking out of 
 a war between England and France (being however re- 
 stored to their owners on the conclusion of peace), were 
 finally confiscated and placed at the King's disposal on the 
 suppression of those houses in the second year of Henry V. 
 
 A verv laro-e increase of revenue accrued to ihe Crown 
 by the dissolution of the Religious Houses in the reign of 
 Henry VIII., for the collection and administration of 
 which two new courts were erected, called respectively the 
 Court of General Surveyors and the Court of the Augmen- 
 tations of the Revenues of the Crown. The Records of 
 these two courts, especially of the latter, are exceedingly 
 voluminous and important, comprising Accounts and Sur- 
 veys of the Possessions of the Religious Houses throughout 
 England and Wales, with Deeds and other documents 
 relating to the acquisition of land by Purchase or Ex- 
 change during the reigns of Henry VIII. and Edward VI. 
 
 The greater part of the Estates thus acquired were how- 
 ever alienated during the same reign, and soon after the 
 accession of Edward the Sixth it became necessary to 
 provide by further confiscation for the expenses of the 
 kingdom, and accordingly the Estates of the Colleges, 
 Chantries, Free Chapels, &c, to the number of over 2,374,
 
 70 
 
 CROWN LANDS AND RENTS— (continued). 
 
 were seized into the King's hands. See MONASTIC 
 FOUNDATIONS, &c. 
 
 The grants of Crown Lands made during the reign of 
 Elizabeth were very numerous, as, in order to avoid un- 
 popularity with her subjects by asking for supplies, she 
 disposed of a considerable part of her domains, and an 
 even greater profusion was exercised during the reign of 
 James I. The extensive Surveys taken during the latter 
 reign, which are now in the Land Revenue Office, tend, 
 however, to show that great attention was paid to the 
 management n,nd improvement of estates as long as they 
 remained in the hands of the Crown. 
 
 Charles the First, in his endeavour to support the 
 expenses of his Government, without the aid of Parlia- 
 ment, sold many of the Estates of the Crown. At one 
 time he borrowed 320,000?. from the City of London on the 
 security of the Crown Lands, grants thereof being after- 
 wards made for the repayment of the money. These 
 grants, which were made to Edw. Ditchfield and others as 
 Trustees jor the City, in the 4th year of Charles J., occupy 
 three entire Patent Rolls, each consisting of three parts. 
 
 Another method of raising money, which was frequently 
 made use of during the reigns of Elizabeth, James I., and 
 Charles I., was, by the discovery or pretended discovery 
 of " Concealed Lands" that is to say, of lands which should 
 be in the possession of the Sovereign, but which either by 
 purchase, descent, or otherwise had come into the hands of 
 private persons, whose titles thereto were altogether de- 
 fective, to whom re-grants were offered on their com- 
 pounding for the same with the Commissioners who were 
 from time to time appointed for that purpose. 
 
 Almost all the Landed Estates of the Crown, together 
 with the Fee-Farm Rents reserved on Grants from the 
 Crown, were sold during the Commonwealth, being vested 
 in Trustees for that purpose, by whose direction elaborate 
 and careful Surveys of the Crown lands were taken, which 
 form the collection known as Parliamentary Surveys. 
 There are also amono-st the Records of the Augmentation 
 Office Particulars and Contracts for the sale of Crown 
 Lands and Fee-Farm Rents, together with the Minute 
 Book* of the Trustees and other important documents of 
 a similar nature. 
 
 Immediately after the Restoration all the sales made 
 during the Commonwealth were declared void, and the 
 KiDg restored to the possession of his honours, lands, and 
 hereditaments. 
 
 The Revenue is, however, supposed to have suffered 
 largely by concealments, and by forbearance or favour to
 
 71 
 
 CROWN LANDS AND RENTS— (continued). 
 
 bond fide purchasers, and to those who had promoted the 
 Restoration. 
 
 Some different provision for the Bupporl of the Govern- 
 ment being found necessary, the Feudal Tenures were 
 abolished soon after the Restoration, and a permanent 
 income of | ,200, (MM)/, per annum settled on the King, of 
 which the Royal demesnes, though much reduced in value, 
 formed a part 
 
 This income, however, being found altogether inadequate 
 to his expenses, Acts were obtained in the 22nd and 2:'>rd 
 years of his reign, enabling him to dispose of the Fee-Farm 
 Roils which, to a considerable extent, remained the Royal 
 property. These rents were accordingly vested in Trustees 
 for that purpose, by whom extensive sales were made, the 
 Deeds of Bargain and Sale being enrolled on the Close 
 Rolls. 
 
 The Land Revenue of the Crown underwent little 
 change during the reign of James II., but the rewards 
 bestowed by William III. on those who had aided in the 
 Revolution, diminished it as effectually as the prodigality 
 of Charles II. These frequent alienation? of the Royal 
 domains did not fail to draw the public attention, and in 
 the first year of Queen Anne what is known as the Civil 
 List Act was passed, by which it was enacted that no 
 grant should be made of any manors, lands, tenements, &c. 
 belonging to the Crown (advowsons of churches and 
 vicarages only excepted) for a longer period than 31 years, 
 or three lives. 
 
 This, however, did not apply to estates forfeited by 
 treason or felony, or acquired by purchase out of the 
 Privy Purse. 
 
 The several classes of documents illustrating the subject 
 of Crown Lands and Fee- Farm Rents may be arranged 
 under the following he ids : (The Leases of Crown Lands, 
 &C., are described under t he head .if LEASES. ^ 
 
 (1.)— Accounts, &c, relating to Crown Lands. 
 
 The various series of Accounts of the lands in the hands 
 of the Crown, including the possessions of the dissolved 
 monasteries, &c, are fully described under the head of 
 MINISTERS' AND RECEIVERS' AC- 
 COUNTS. 
 
 The following Account Books, Ledgers, and other 
 documents belonging to the Augmentation Office are, 
 however, of a distinct nature, and contain much general 
 information respecting the transactions of that Department.
 
 72 
 
 CROWN' LANDS AND RENTS— (continued). 
 (1.) — Accounts, &C. — (continued). 
 Acquittances, Enrolments of. 
 
 34 Henry VIII. to 7 Edward VI. 
 
 A large volume containing enrolment? of the " Bill& 
 of Acquittance " or Receipts given by the Treasurer of the 
 Court of Augmentations, for the sums of money received 
 by him as payments for grants from the Crown of the 
 sites and possessions of the dissolved monasteries, &c. 
 The names of the grantees, dates of the grants, and 
 descriptions of the premises are fully set out. 
 
 [Misc. Books, Vol. 1.] 
 
 Establishment of the New Court of Augmenta- 
 tions. 
 
 A copy of the Letters Patent, dated 38 Henry VIII., 
 dissolving the old Courts of Augmentations and of General 
 Surveyors, and establishing a new " Court of Augmenta- 
 tions." 
 
 [Misc. Boohs. Vol. 17.] 
 
 Memoranda respecting the collecting of Rents in 
 various Counties. 
 
 Edward VI. and Philip and Mary. 4 Vols. 
 
 [Misc. Books, Vols. 264 to 267.] 
 
 Writs of Privy Seal directing the payment to the 
 Receiver of the Court of Augmentations of the Arrears 
 due from various Accountants. 33 Henry VIII. 
 1 Vol. 
 
 [Misc. Boohs, Vol. 331.] 
 
 Receipt Books or Ledgers of the Treasurer of 
 the Court of Augmentations. 33 Henry VIII. 
 to 1 Mary. 14 Vols. 
 
 [Misc. Boohs, Vols. 336 to 349.] 
 
 Miscellaneous Letters and Papers. Hen. VIII., &c. 
 10 Vols. 
 
 [Misc. Boohs, Vols. 4=72 to 481.] 
 The following Accounts are amongst the " Declared 
 Accounts," of the Audit Office : — 
 
 Accounts of the Receiver of the money arising 
 from the sale of dunkirk. 1662. 
 
 [Bundles 848 and 849.] 
 
 Assart Lands, Accounts of moneys arising from. 
 1605 to 1616. 
 
 [Bundle 354.] 
 
 Accounts of the Receiver of monies arising from 
 the sale of Crown Lands. 1561 to 1592. 
 
 [Bundle 493.]
 
 :;; 
 
 CROWN LANDS AND RENTS— (continued). 
 (1.) Accounts, &c. — (continued). 
 Auditors' Certificates of the Revenues or Qi ben 
 Henrietta Maria from Lands in various parts of 
 
 England. 16:5:;. 
 
 [S. P. Don,. Car. I., Vol 235.] 
 
 (2.) — Bargains and Sales of Crown Lands and of 
 Fee-Farm Rents. 
 
 The Bargains and Sales of Crown Lands and of the 
 Estates of the so-called " Delinquents " made by Commis- 
 sioners during the Commonwealth are enrolled on the Close 
 Rolls, as are also the sales of Fee-Farm Rents by Lord 
 Hawley and other Trustees in the reign of Charles II. 
 [See "Palmer's Indexes," Vol. 78 and 79, and Vol. 72 
 respectively.] 
 
 The Particulars for Sale of the Estates of Charles I., and 
 also of the Fee-Farm Rents belonging to the Crown, with 
 the Certificates, Contracts, and other documents relating 
 thereto are as follows : — 
 
 Particulars for the Sale of the Estates of 
 Charles I., the Queen, and Prince (Augmentation 
 Office). Commonwealth. 22 Boxes. 
 Index. 1 Vol. MS. 
 
 Contracts for the Purchase of the Lands, &c. of 
 the late King and Queen. (Augmentation Office.) 
 1649 to 1653. 2 Vols. 
 
 [Misc. Books, Vols. 173 and 174.] 
 
 Certificates relating to the sale of Crown Lands 
 (Exchequer, Q. R.) Commonwealth. 5 Bundle-. 
 
 Minute Book of the Trustees for the Sale of 
 Crown Lands. (Augmentation Office.) 1(>40 to 
 1659. 
 
 [Misc. Books. Vol. 314.] 
 
 Minute Book of Commissioners for the Sale of His 
 Majesty's Lands in Fee- Farm. Dec. 2, 1626, to 
 June 26, 1627. 
 
 [S. P. Bom. Car. II. Vol. 79.] 
 
 (3.)— Concealed Lands. 
 Particulars for the Amendment of Defective 
 Titles. (Augmentation Office.) James I. and Charles I. 
 These are particulars for new grants or leases taken by 
 virtue of warrants issued by the Commissioners appointed 
 from time to time for the compounding of defective titles. 
 Commissions of this nature were of frequent occurrence 
 during the reigns of Elizabeth, James I., and Charles I.]
 
 74 
 
 CROWN LANDS AND RENTS— (continued). 
 
 (3.)— Concealed Lands — (continued). 
 
 and generally set forth that, it having come to the know- 
 ledge of the Sovereign that many of his liege subjects were 
 in possession by purchase, descent, or otherwise, of lands 
 and hereditaments formerly belonging to the Crown of 
 which they held either imperfect grants or no grants at all, 
 he, out of consideration for their welfare and in order to 
 prevent costly law suits, and probable total loss of such 
 lands and hereditaments, empowered certain Commissioners 
 to compound with such persons for a certain sum of ready 
 money to be by them paid into the Exchequer, and there- 
 upon to issue to them in the King's name new grants or 
 leases of the premises thus putting them in secure possess- 
 sion of their estates at a comparatively small cost. This 
 apparent generosity on the part of the Sovereign was 
 extensively applied for the purpose of raising money 
 both by himself and by unscrupulous informers who 
 obtained from the Commissioners what have been termed 
 " Fishing " grants, that is to say, grants of lands already 
 held by other persons whose titles they alleged to be 
 defective, and from whom they extorted large sums for a 
 re-transfer of their estates* Several grants of this descrip- 
 tion were made in the 33rd and 34tl) years of Elizabeth 
 to two persons named Wm. Tipper and Edw. Dawe, who 
 were particularly active in the discovery of so-called 
 " Concealed Lands." The " Particulars " above mentioned 
 are contained in seven volumes. 
 
 [Misc. Books, Nos. 87a to 90, and No. 159.] 
 
 Particulars of Concealments. (Augmentation Of- 
 fice.) Elizabeth. 
 
 One Portfolio, containing particulars for the letting or 
 sale of lands in various counties, which had been found to 
 have been concealed from the Queen's Majesty, or from 
 her progenitors, by Certificates or Inquisitions thereof 
 taken and remaining in the custody of the Queen's 
 Remembrancer or Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer 
 respectively. 
 
 Accounts, &c. relating to concealed Lands. 
 (Miscellanea Exchequer, Q. R.) Henry VIII. to 
 James I. 
 
 These consist of Accounts of lands, &c, " recovered to 
 the use of the Lord the King," whose title thereto had 
 hitherto been concealed, and of Certificates, Inquisitions, 
 and Informations respecting " Concealed Lands " in divers 
 counties. 
 
 Descriptive Slijis. 
 
 * Vide "History and Law of the Foreshore," by Stuart A. Moore, p. 171.
 
 75 
 
 CROWN LANDS AND RENTS— (continued). 
 (3.) Concealed Lands— (continued). 
 Special Commissions respecting Concealed Lands, 
 &C. (EXCHEQUER, Q. R.). Eli/., to Victoria. See COM- 
 MISSIONS. 
 
 Special Commissions concerning Concealed Lands. 
 (Chancery Petty Bag Office.) Car. II. to Win. & 
 Mary. 1 Bundle. 
 
 Index. 
 
 (4)— Fee-Farm Rents. 
 
 Particulars for the Sale of Fee-Farm Bents. 
 
 (Augmentation Office.) Commonwealth. 10 Packages. 
 
 Calendar with Index Locorum. 2 Vols. MS. (The 
 
 second of these volumes relates chiefly to the Fee-Farm 
 
 Rents belonging to the Duchy of Lancaster.) 
 
 Counterparts of Deeds of Sale of Fee-Farm Rents. 
 (Augmentation Office.) Commonwealth. 26 Boxes. 
 Calendar 2 Vols. MS. with an Index Locorum at the 
 end of each Vol. 
 
 Certificates and Contracts for the Sale of Fee- 
 Farm Rents in Various Counties, with other 
 Papers relating thereto. (Augmentation Office.) 
 Commonwealth. 10 volumes, including a Minute 
 Book of the Trustees (Vol. 139). 
 
 [Misc. Books, Vols. 135 to 144.] 
 
 Particulars of Fee-Farm Rents. (Duchy of Lax- 
 caster.) Temp. Commonwealth. 2 Bundles. 
 
 [Die. xii. Bundles 44 and 45.] 
 Calendar, 1 Vol. MS. This Calendar refers also to 
 those Particulars in the Augmentation Office which relate 
 to the Duchy of Lancaster. 
 
 Certificates of Payments for Fee-Farm Rents. 
 (Excheqi er, L. T. R.) 1650 to 1652. 
 
 A volume of 423 pages containing entries of Certificates 
 to the Treasurers of Fee-Farm Rents by the ec Registrar 
 Accomptant " of ihe receipts due to various persons for 
 sums paid on account of purchases of Fee-Farm Rent-. 
 Index of persons at the commencement. 
 
 See also Bargains and Sales of Crown Lands, &c. 
 
 (5.)_ Purchases and Exchanges. 
 Acts for the Assurance of Purchases and Ex- 
 changes (Augmentation Office.) 1-28 Henry 
 VIII. 
 
 At volume containing Transcripts of all Acts of Parlia- 
 ment for the assurance to the King of all such manors,
 
 76 
 
 CROWN LANDS AND RENTS— (continued). 
 
 (5.) Purchases and Exchange — (continued). 
 
 lands, and tenements under the survey of the Court or 
 Augmentations as were acquired by him by purchase or 
 exchange or otherwise since the first year of his reign. A 
 copy of the Act establishing the Court of Augmentations 
 is prefixed. 
 
 [Misc. Books, Vol 2.] 
 
 PUECHASE AND EXCHANGE, DEEPS OF. (AUGMENTATION 
 
 Office.) Henrv VIII. to Edward VI. 21 Boxes. 
 Index, 2 Vols. MS. 
 
 PUECHASE AND EXCHANGE, EnEOLMENTS OF DEEDS OF. 
 
 (Augmentation Office.) 31 to 38 Henry VIII. and 
 
 1 to 7 Edw. VI. 3 Vols. 
 
 [Misc. Books, Vols. 332 to 334.] 
 Indentuees, Teansceipts of. (Augmentation Office.) 
 
 2 to 28 Henry VIII. Transcripts of Conveyances to 
 Henry VIII. 1 Vol. 
 
 [Misc. Books, Vol 162.] 
 21 to 25 Henry VIII. Transcripts of Indentures of 
 Bargain and Sale by Sir Edward Seymour and others. 
 1 Vol. 
 
 [Misc. Books, Vol. 163.] 
 Deeds of Baegain and Sale, Eneolments of. (Ex- 
 chequer, Q. R.) 35-37 Henry VIII. 2 Vols. 
 
 [Misc. Books, Vols. 33 and 34.] 
 (6.) — Resumed Lands 
 Accounts of Resumed Lands (Chanceey). 
 
 A roll, entitled, "De donationibus et concessionibus per 
 " Regem factis in manibus ejus resumendis. 3-5 Edw. 
 " II.," consisting of Writs to the Escheators Citra and 
 ultra Trentam, directing them to resume into the King's 
 hands all lands, rents, custodies, marriages, &c. granted by 
 him since the 16th day of March in the third year of 
 his reign, a schedule of which is annexed to each writ. 
 
 [Misc. Rolls, Sfc, No. ff.] 
 
 Do. (Exchequee, Q. R.) Henry VI. 
 
 These are Accounts of the Escheators and others in 
 
 various counties of the revenues and emoluments arising 
 
 from the lands and possessions seized into the King's hands 
 
 by virtue of an Act of Resumption passed in the 29th 
 
 year of Henry VI. 
 
 Descriptive Slips. 
 
 A<>te. Grants of lands, demesnes, &c. made by Henry III. 
 to his son Edward I., as well in England and "Wales, as 
 beyond the seas, and also Grants and Conveyances to the 
 Crown temp. Edw. I., are entered in the " Registeum 
 MuNIMENTOBUM " of the Exchequer, Treasury of the 
 Receipt. See REGISTERS AND BOOKS OP 
 REMEMBRANCE.
 
 77 
 
 CUSTOS SIGILLI. 
 
 Accounts ov the Custos Sigilli. (Miscellanea, 
 Exchequer, Q. R.) Edward VI. to Elizabeth. 
 
 These are t he Accounts of the Keeper of the Seal in 
 the Court of Chancery, who was appointed by the Clerks 
 of the Hanaper as their Deputy to receive the Feea arising 
 from that seal ; and also or the Keeper of the Seal in the 
 Court of Common Pirns. They show little more than the 
 gro-s receipts and incidental expenses. 
 
 Descriptive Slips. 
 
 DEEDS (ANCIENT). 
 
 There are amongst the Public Records very large collec- 
 tions of Conveyances, Bonds, Agreements, and other Deeds, 
 mostly between private persons, many of which are of 
 very early date, and which have hitherto been altogether 
 undescribed. These have now been formed into several 
 Series, as follows, and a Descriptive Catalogue of the 
 whole collection is in progress, two volumes of which have 
 already been issued (1890-1894). 
 
 Series A. Ancient Deeds ol the Treasury of the 
 Receipt of the Exchequer, formerly preserved in the 
 Chapter House. 
 Scries B. Ancient Deeds, formerly in the Augmenta- 
 
 tation Office of the Exchequer. 
 Series C. Ancient Deeds belonging to the Court of 
 Chancer v, formerly preserved in the Tower of London 
 and the Rolls Chapel. 
 Scries D. Ancient Deeds belonging to the Queen's 
 
 Remembrancer's Office of the Exchequer. 
 Series E. Ancient Deeds belonging to the Office of 
 
 Land Revenue Records. 
 In addition to the foiegoing Series there are several 
 collections of Ancient Deeds to which Calendars or partial 
 Calendars, already exist. A List of these is appended. 
 
 Exchequer, Augmentation Office. 
 " Charts Miscellanea." 24 Vols. 
 
 [Miscellaneous Books, Vols. 31 to 54.] The first 20 of 
 these volumes are calendared in 1 Vol. MS. with an Index 
 Locorum ; the remainder are not yet calendared. 
 Deeds and Charters, Precedent Book of. 
 
 A volume entitled " Liber de diversis modis faciendi 
 Cartas," containing Transcripts of Indentures, Deeds, and 
 Writings of various kinds. 
 
 [Misc. Books, Vol. 330.] 
 Court of Wards and Liveries. 
 Deeds, Charters, and Evidences. Edw. I. to Car. I. 
 A collection of 4,G C J8 Charters, Deeds, Evidences, and 
 other Writings belonging to the Court of Wards and 
 Liveries. 
 
 Inventory and Index. Report VI., App. II., pp. 1-87.
 
 78 
 
 DEEDS (ANCIENT)— (continued) 
 Duchy of Lancaster. 
 
 " Grants (in Boxes)." 
 
 A collection of Ancient Deeds and Charters consisting 
 of 22 Boxes lettered A. to M. A Calendar of the contents of 
 "Box A." (4 boxes), the dates of which extend from Hen. I. 
 to Hen. VI., is printed in Report XXXV., App., pp. 1-41. 
 A similar Calendar of the contents of " Box B." (4 boxes), 
 which consist of Deeds and Charters relating to Furness 
 Abbey and to the Priories of Conished, Cartmel, and 
 Burscough, is printed in Report XXXVI., App., pp. 161— 
 205. A Calendar of " Box C." (2 boxes) is placed in the 
 Search Room. 
 
 N.B. — The printed Calendars also contain references to 
 such Deeds and Charters as, being without seals, are not 
 placed in the Boxes, but bound up in the three volumes 
 called " Cartas Miscellanre." 
 
 Cart^e Miscellaneje. 
 
 Three volumes containing such Ancient Deeds and 
 Charters belonging to the class known as " Grants in 
 Boxes " £s had lost their seals, and were in consequence 
 collected together and bound in volumes. 
 
 These are included in the Calendar to the " Grants (in 
 Boxes)." 
 
 The following Transcripts of Ancient Deeds and 
 Charters are amongst the " Miscellaneous Rolls, &c. 
 Chancery." 
 
 (Bundle 3.) 
 
 No. 1. Transcripts of the Deeds and Charters of Eobert 
 Walerand. 52 Hen. III. 
 
 No. 2. Ditto. of Peter de Sabaudia. 
 
 Temp. Hen. III. 
 
 No. 4. Ditto of John de Poudreham de 
 
 Wyteston. 5 Edw. II. 
 
 No. 5. Transcripts of the Charters and Muniments of the 
 
 Archbishop of Dublin. 6 Edw. II. 
 
 No. 6. Extracts from the Charters, &c. deposited in the Priory 
 
 of Mai ton relating to the De Vescys of Kildare. 
 
 9 Edw. II. 
 No. 11. Transcripts of Deeds and Grants made to the Society 
 of the Bardi of Florence in Lombard Street. 
 
 12 Edw. II. 
 
 No. 12. Transcripts of Deeds, &c. relating to the Church of St. 
 
 Giles, Cripplegate. 14-32 Edw. III. 
 
 No. 15. Ditto relating to the Chantry cf St. 
 
 Mary in the Church of St. Dunstan's in the West. 
 
 49 Edw. III. 
 
 No. 16. Transcripts of Deeds and Charters to the Butillers 
 
 and others. (A fragment.) Temp. Edw. III. 
 
 (Bundle 4.) 
 
 No. 22. Charters, &c. relating to the foundation of a Car- 
 thusian Priory at Eppworth in the Isle of Axholme. 
 
 3 Hen. IV.
 
 79 
 
 DEEDS ENROLLED. 
 Chancery. 
 
 Deeds and conveyances between private persons are 
 enrolled on the Close RolU from a very early data 
 CHANCERY ENROLMENTS. 
 
 Under the general title of " [ndentures," b great 
 variety of documents are enrolled on the ('lose- Rolls from 
 the reignof Elizabeth to the present time. These include 
 Deeds m Bargain and Sale ; Deeds of Lease and Releae 
 Disentailing Deeds: Conveyances in Trust for Chapels, 
 Schools, and Charitable Purposes; Conveyances under the 
 Queen Anne'.- Bounty Act for the Augmentation of Cura- 
 cies, &c. ; Deeds of Settlement of Ecclesiastical Districts 
 and Parish Boundaries ; Awards respecting Inclosures, &c. ; 
 Conveyances of Bankrupts' Estates ; Deeds Poll relating t:> 
 Change of Name; Certificates of Naturalization; Con- 
 sents': Memorials of Annuities ; Memorials of the Names 
 of Trustees, ^c. of Assurance Companies ; Specifications 
 and Disclaimers of Patents ; Recognizances and Bonds of 
 Receivers and Official Liquidators, and other documents 
 of a similar nature. 
 
 Of these enrolments, the Memorials of Annuities, Speci- 
 fications and Disclaimers of Patents (from 1849 to 1853 
 only), and the Recognizances and Bonds form distinct 
 branches. 
 
 Index to Indentures, &c. 1573 to 1887. 71 Vols. MS. 
 These Indexes are arranged alphabetically under the names 
 of the Grantors (Cross-references under the names of the 
 Grantees, and in some cases under the names of Places, 
 will be found in the " Index to Close Rolls "). 
 
 The Recognizances and Bonds are indexed in the 
 same books as the INDENTURES till the year 1871, but 
 under a distinct heading. After that date the Indexes are 
 separate. There is also a separate Index to the Specifi- 
 cations from 1849 to 1853 ; and to the " Memorials 
 of Annuities," from 1777 to 1854 inclusive. [These 
 ceased to be enrolled on the Close Rolls in 1813.] 
 A Calendar of the " Trust Deeds," from 11 George II. 
 to 1865, arranged alphabetically under names of Places, 
 is printed as an Appendix to Report XXXII. 
 
 There is also an Index in 2 Vols MS. to the " Deeds, 
 Wills, &0., enrolled for Safe Custody," from 
 William and Mary to George II. inclusive, many of which 
 are of a much earlier date than that of their enrolment. 
 
 Queen's Bench, Crown Side. 
 
 Deeds between private persons are frequently enrolled 
 on the earlier Coram Re«re Rolls. See JUDICIAL 
 PROCEEDINGS.
 
 80 
 
 DEEDS ENROLLED— (continued). 
 Queen's Bench, Crown Side— (continued). 
 
 There is amongst the Assize Rolls, &c. a roll (No. 556) 
 containing Abstracts of Deeds and Wills relating to 
 lands given in Mortmain from 7 Edward I. to 38 
 Edward III. inclusive, which are enrolled at the Hustings 
 of the Cit}' of London. 
 
 Queen's Bench, Plea Side. 
 
 Deeds are enrolled on the Placita Coram Rege or 
 Crown Rolls till 1702, after which date they appear in the 
 Plea Rolls, which thenceforward formed a distinct class. 
 
 From 1890 to 1595 the Deeds enrolled are indexed in 
 the "Doggett Rolls;" from 1595 to 1648 in the 
 "Special Remembrance Rolls;" from 1648 to 1655 
 they are again entered in the " Doggett Rolls," and 
 afterwards "in the Doggett Books under the head of 
 " Special Remembrances." 
 
 Common Pleas. 
 
 Deeds enrolled in the Court of Common Pleas are on the 
 Placita de Banco or Plea Rolls till Easter 25 Eliza- 
 beth, when those rolls were subdivided into " Common 
 Rolls " and " Recovery Rolls," the Deeds being 
 thenceforward enrolled on the latter, of which they form a 
 distinct portion in each Term. On the abolition of Fines 
 and Recoveries in 1834 the Deeds were again enrolled on 
 the Plea or Common Rolls. 
 
 Indexes. 
 
 Before 20 Hen. VII. See '•' Agarde's Indexes." 
 From 20 Hen. VII. to 31 Hen. VIII. See "Re- 
 covery Index," Vol. I. 
 
 From 1555 to 1836, there is a Calendar in 5 Vols. MS. 
 
 Exchequer of Pleas. 
 
 Deeds enrolled are on the Plea Rolls, and are indexed 
 in the same Calendars and Docket Books as the Pleadings. 
 See JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS 
 
 Exchequer, Queen's Remembrancer's and Lord 
 Treasurer's Remembrancer's Departments. 
 
 For Deeds enrolled, see MEMORANDA ROLLS 
 OF THE EXCHEQUER. 
 
 Exchequer, Augmentation Department. 
 
 Enrolments of Deeds of Bargain and Sale, or of the 
 Purchase and Exchange of Lands by the Crown, in. 
 volumes. See CROWN LANDS.
 
 81 
 
 DEEDS ENROLLED— (continued) 
 Palatinate of Lancaster. 
 Deeds, Decrees, &c., Enrolments 01? (Chancery) 
 Car. II. to Will. IV. 1 Bundle. 
 
 Deeds enrolled in the Court of Common rieas at 
 Lancaster are on the Plea Rolls. See JUDICIAL 
 PROCEEDINGS. 
 
 Palatinate of Chester. 
 
 Deeds aie enrolled on the Plea Rolls and also on the 
 "Recognizance Rolls." 
 
 Calendar to Deeds, 8fc. enrolled on the Pica Rolls. 
 Hen. 111. to Hen. VJII. Printed. Vide Reports XXVI, 
 to XXX. inclusive. 
 
 Calendar to the Recognizance Halls of the Palatinate of 
 Chester. I Edw II. to 11 Geo. IV. Printed. Vide 
 Reports XXXVI. to XXXIX. inclusive. 
 
 Palatinate of Durham. 
 
 Deeds enrolled in the Court of Pleas at Durham will 
 be found on the Plea Rolls. Fur Deeds enrolled in the 
 Chancery of the Palatinate, see CHANCERY EN- 
 ROLMENTS. 
 
 Principality of Wales. 
 
 Deeds enrolled are entered on the Plea Rolls of the 
 several Counties. See JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS. 
 
 Various Courts (Inclosure Awards). 
 
 The Awards of Commissioners appointed to inclose, 
 set out and allot the open Commons and other Lands in 
 England and Wales were, by the several Inclosure Acts 
 under which they were made, generally directed to be 
 enrolled either with the Clerk of the Peace for the County, 
 or in one of the Courts of Chancery, Common Pleas, 
 Queen's Bench, Exchequer, &c. 
 
 A List of those enrolled in the several Courts of Law 
 (including those enrolled in the Duchy of Lancaster Office) 
 is printed in the Appendix to the 27th Report. In a great 
 majority of instances, however, they will be found to be 
 enrolled with the Clerks of the Peace. 
 
 Many Inclosure awards for the County of Durham are 
 recited in the Registrars 1 Entry Books of Orders and 
 Decrees. 
 
 DEEDS, &c, REGISTRIES OF. 
 
 The earliest Act for the Registration of Deeds was 
 passed in the 27th year of Henry VIII. This was supple- 
 mented, and a i omission therein supplied, by an Act of the 
 
 II 80195. y
 
 82 
 
 DEEDS, &c, REGISTRIES OF— (continued). 
 
 5th year of Elizabeth, entitled "An Act for the enrolment 
 of Indentures of' Bargain and Sale in the Queen's 
 Majesty's Courts, 5 ' including the Counties Palatine 01 
 Lancaster ami Chester and the Bishopric of Durham. 
 Separate Registries of Deeds were subsequently established 
 as follows : — 
 
 For Conveyances relating to the fens called Bedford 
 Level. 15 Car. II. 
 
 For the West Riding of Yorkshire (Registry at Wake- 
 field). 2 & 3 Anne. 
 
 For the East Riding of Yorkshire (Registry at Beverley). 
 
 6 Anne. 
 
 For the North Riding of Yorkshire (Registry at North-, 
 allerton). 8 Geo. II, 
 
 For the County of Middlesex. 7 Anne. 
 
 There are also distinct Registries of Deeds for Scotland 
 and Ireland. 
 
 Deeds were also frequently enrolled with the Clerks of 
 the Peace for the several counties. 
 
 In t'ne Second Report of the Commissioners on Public 
 Records (1800), p. 629, is given a list of the Records 
 generally to be found in the custody of the Clerks of the 
 Peace of the several counties of England and Wales, 
 amongst which appear the following : — 
 
 Proceedings at the Courts op Quarter Sessions, 
 in some counties from about the reign of Elizabeth, in 
 others from a much later period. 
 
 Inrolments and Registers of Deeds and Inclosure 
 Awards, from about the reign of Queen Anne (those 
 for the county of Northampton begin in the reign of 
 Elizabeth). 
 
 Lists of Freeholders liable to serve on Juries, 
 and Poll Books or Registers of Voters, from about 
 1760 (for Northampton from 1669). 
 
 Land Tax Assessments, from about 1780. 
 
 County Rate Books. 
 
 Registers of Licenses for Ale Houses, Drovers, 
 Higlers, &c. 
 
 Coroners' Inquests. 
 
 Certificates for regulating Buildings and Party 
 WALLS, pursuant to Stat. 14 Geo. III. 
 
 Qualification Rolls of Justices, Militia Officers, 
 and Deputy Lieutenants, with their Sacrament 
 Certificates.
 
 8.3 
 DEEDS, &c, REGISTRIES OF— (continu< 
 
 QUALIFICATIONS OF DISSENTING MINISTERS and OF 
 
 Roman Catholic- under certain Statutes; \m» 
 Registers of the Estates of Roman Catholu - and 
 of Bargains \\i> Sales bt them, and of the 
 Houses of Worship of 1>: - and Roman 
 
 CATHOLIOa 
 
 In many counties those records arc how sver very 
 defective. 
 
 DEGREES GRANTED BY THE ARCHBISHOP OF 
 CANTERBURY. 
 
 The "Dispensation Rolls" contain enrolments by the 
 Clerk of the Dispensations and Faculties of all Doctors' 
 Degrees granted bv the Archbishop of Canterbury. 
 
 See CHANCERY ENROLMENTS (VA- 
 RIOUS). 
 
 DEPARTMENTAL RECORDS- 
 Admiralty. 
 
 The principal records of the Admiralty deposited in the 
 Public Record Office, which are cpen to public inspec- 
 tion up to 31 Dec. 1799, consist of the following 
 classes : — 
 
 Secretary's Depa htm ent. 
 
 Admirals' Despatches, from about 1705 to 1839 
 (arranged according to the several Stations). 
 
 Admirals' Journals, from about 1744 to 1839. 
 
 Captains' Journals, from about ] 800 to 1842. 
 
 Commission and Warrant Books, from 1094 to 1815. 
 These contain the appointments of all Officers of the 
 Navy, both Commissioned Officer- and Warrant 
 Officers. 
 
 Letter Books (Lords of the Admiralty), from abour 
 
 16SS to IS 15. 
 Do. (Secretary of the Admiralty), from about 
 
 1688 to 1815. 
 Orders and Instructions, Entry Books of. from about 
 
 1605 to 1815. 
 Orders in Council, from about 1688 to 1815. 
 
 Accountant -General's Department. 
 
 Half-Pay Books, from about 1700 to 1832. 
 Log Books, from the reign of Charles II. to 1885. 
 Pay Books, from about 1680 to 1855. 
 Muster and Victualling Books, from about 1680 to 
 1875. 
 
 F 2
 
 84 
 
 DEPARTMENTAL RECORDS— (continued;. 
 
 Audit Office. 
 
 The Audit Office Records consist principally of the 
 u Declared," or Audited Accounts, relating to a great 
 variety of subjects, a list of the most important of which 
 is given below. They also include Military Establishment 
 Books of the various Forces at home and abroad, and a 
 great number of books of accounts and other volumes of 
 too miscellaneous a description to be here detailed. They 
 are open to public inspection to the end of the year 1821 
 only. 
 
 An Inventory of the " Declared Accounts " of the 
 Audit Office, including the Duplicate Series of the Pipe 
 Office, has been recently printed. (Lists and Indexes, 
 No. II., 1893.) 
 
 Declared Accounts. 
 
 African Company (Royal). Accounts of Moneys 
 imprested to the Company at the Exchequer for the 
 support of trade, &c. 1729 to 1749. 
 
 Do. Account of his Majesty's Adventure in. 1661. 
 
 Agents for Special Services, Accounts of. 1563-1574, 
 1620 to 1638, 1683, and 1796 to 1819. 
 
 Ambassadors and Envoys, &c. Accounts of. 1566 to 
 1827. 
 
 Army, Accounts of the Paymasters-General of the 
 Forces. 1652 to 1827. 
 
 Do. of Commanders-in-Chief and Military 
 
 Governors. 1606 to 1821. 
 
 Army, Accounts of Victuals, &c. for home service. 
 1565 to 1814. 
 
 Do. for irarrisons abroad. 1547 to 1820. 
 
 Do. of Half- pay, Pensions, and Allowances. 1713 
 to 1827. 
 
 Do. of money for Trained Bands and Militia. 
 
 1600 to 1674, 1745, and 1808 to 1827. 
 
 Do. of Vice-Treasurers and Treasurers at War, 
 and Paymasters of various expeditionary Forces and of 
 several garrisons. 1543 to 1826. 
 
 Assart Lands, Accounts of moneys arising from. 1605 
 to 1616. 
 
 Attainders, Forfeitures, &c. Accounts of the Receivers 
 and Collectors of the Revenues arising from the estates of 
 Popish Recusants and of persons convicted of High 
 Treason, &c. 1557, 1602 to 1605, and 1627 to 1734.
 
 85 
 
 DEPARTMENTAL RECORDS— (continued; 
 Audit Office — (continued). 
 
 Declared Accounts — (continued). 
 
 Bishops' Lands, &C, Proceeds of the sale of. Treasurer's 
 Accounts. 1646 to 1660. 
 
 Butlerage. Accounts of the Chief Butler of England. 
 1554 to 1673. 
 
 ( antives, Redemption of. Accounts of money collected 
 for the redemption of captives at Algiers, Morocco, &c. 
 1653 to 1725. 
 
 Chamber, Treasurer of the, and Master of the Posts. 
 Accounts of. 1558 to 1782. 
 
 Churches. Accounts of the Treasurers of the Fund for 
 building new churches in London and Westminster. 1712 
 to 1741. 
 
 Civil List Deductions. Accounts of the Receivers- 
 General. 1721 to 1811. 
 
 Commissariat Accounts. 1596 to 1828. 
 Commonwealth Accounts : 
 
 Accounts of the Commissioners for Advance. 1653 
 
 to 1654. 
 Accounts of Moneys for the use of the State. 
 1653 to 1657. 
 Crown Lands. Accounts of the Receiver of moneys 
 arising from the sale of certain Crown Lands. 1561 to 
 1592. 
 
 Customs : 
 
 Accounts of the Farmers, Commissioners, Collectors, 
 and Comptrollers -General cf the Customs. 1602 
 to 1827. 
 Accounts of Receivers-General and Cashiers. 1 ♦ i 7 1! 
 
 to 1827. 
 Account of the Comptroller-General in Barbadoes. 
 and the Leeward Islands. 1684-1685. 
 Dunkirk, Sale of. Accounts of the Receiver of the 
 money arising from the sale of Dunkirk. 1662. 
 
 Exchequer Bills : 
 
 Accounts of the Trustees for advancing money 
 l(i!>7 to 1724. 
 
 Accounts of the Receivers of the money for pur- 
 chasing Exchequer Bills. 1698 to 1703. 
 
 Accounts of the Receivers of tin 1 money for dis- 
 charging the Interest on Exchequer Bills. 1709 
 to 1720. 
 
 Accounts of the Pavmasters of Exchequer Bills. 
 1723 to 1828.
 
 86 
 
 DEPARTMENTAL RECORDS— (continued). 
 
 Audit Office — (continued). 
 
 Declared Accounts — (continued). 
 
 Excise : 
 
 Accounts of: the Commissioners and Governors o£ 
 Excise (Cash Accounts). 1647 to 1841.* 
 
 Do (General Accounts). 1683 to 1849.* 
 
 Faculties, Accounts of the Clerk of the. 1573 to 
 1641. 
 
 First-Fruits and Tenths. Accounts of the Re- 
 membrancers and .Receivers. 1558 to 1827. 
 
 Forests, &c. Accounts of the deer in the Royal Parks 
 and Forests. 1616 to 1674. 
 
 Governors, Ajjents, &c. Accounts of: 
 Alderney. 1793-1806. 
 Bahamas. 1798-1827. 
 Barbadoes 1789-1814. 
 Bermuda. 1782-1811 
 Canada (Upper). 1791-1820. 
 Cape Breton. 1746-1820. 
 Carolina, 1776-1779. 
 Florida (East). 1772-1786. 
 Florida (West). 1764-1781. 
 Georgia. 1752-1783. 
 Gibraltar. 1714-1810. 
 Guernsey and Alderney. 1793-1827. 
 Jamaica. 1660-1675. 
 Jersey. 1793-1827. 
 New "Brunswick. 1784-1827. 
 Newfoundland. 1794-1827. 
 Now South Wales. 1786-1827 
 Nova Scotia. 1752-1827. 
 Prince Edward's Island. 1780-1827. 
 Sierra Leone. 1808-1825. 
 Virginia. 1754-1757. 
 West Indies. 1760-1827. 
 &c. &c 
 
 Hackney Coaches, Receiver-General's Accounts of the 
 Duty on. " 1694 to 1828. 
 
 Ilanaper, Accounts of the Clerks of the. 1562 to 1827. 
 Hawkers' Licenses. Receivers and Commissioners' Ac- 
 counts of. 1697 to 1828. 
 
 Hearth Tax. Accounts of the Receivers and Managers, 
 &c. 1673 to 1684. 
 
 Horse, Masters of the. General Accounts. 1603 to 
 1813. 
 
 * These are open to inspection clown to 1841.
 
 ^7 
 
 DEPARTMENTAL RECORDS— (continued). 
 
 Audit Office— (continued). 
 
 Dkclakkd Account: — (continued). 
 
 Hospitals : 
 
 Accounts of the Receivers-General and Paymasters 
 
 of Chelsea Hospital. 1680 to is27. 
 Accounts of the Agents for the Out-Pensioners of 
 
 Chelsea Hospital. L754 to 1826. 
 
 Hospitals and Infirmaries (Various), Accounts of. 1653 
 to 1809. 
 
 Household. Accounts of the Comptroller of the Queen 
 Mother's Household. 1668-1669. 
 
 Indians (North American). Agents' Accounts for pur- 
 chasing presents, &c. for the Indians in the neighbourhood 
 of his Majesty's Colonies. 1755 to 1785. 
 
 Jewels and Plate. Accounts of the Master and 
 Treasurer of the Crown Jewels, &c. 154(j to 16:5 9. 
 
 Lancaster, Palatinate of. Accounts of the Receiver of 
 the moneys arising as Pre-Fines on Writs of Covenant, &c. 
 1649 to 1658. 
 
 Lotteries, Annuities, &c. Accounts of Paymasters and 
 Receivers. 1694 to 1828. 
 
 Marriages, Births, and Burials. Accounts of the Re- 
 ceivers-General of Duties on Marriages, Births, and Burials 
 (and also on Bachelors and Widowers) in certain counties 
 and precincts. 1695 to 1706. 
 
 Mint: 
 
 Accounts of the Wardens. 1530 to 1815. 
 Accounts of the Masters and Workers. 1626 to 
 
 1827. 
 Accounts of Purchases and Sales of Tin. 160:> to 
 
 1725. 
 Miscellaneous Accounts and Expenses. 1547 to 
 
 1822. 
 
 Navy : 
 
 Accounts of the Treasurers of the " Marine ( laoses 
 
 and Affairs," and of the Navy. 1558 to 1827. 
 Accounts of monevs, &c. arising by the sale of 
 Prizes. 1593 to' 1813. 
 
 [There are also Warrants to the Cashier- 
 General and Deputy Treasurers for Prizes, from 
 1664 to 1670.] 
 Miscellaneous Accounts. 1597 to 181s.
 
 88 
 
 DEPARTMENTAL RECORDS— (continued) 
 Audit Office — (continued). 
 
 Declared Accounts — (continued). 
 Ordnance : 
 
 Accounts of the Masters and Surveyors. 1557 to 
 
 1632. 
 Accounts of Lieutenants of the Ordnance. 1561 
 
 to 1670. 
 Accounts of the Treasurers and Paymasters. 1587 
 
 to 1827. 
 Miscellaneous Accounts. 1568 to 1640. 
 
 Orphans' Fund. Accounts of the Chamberlains of the 
 City of London. 1694 to 1826. 
 
 Pensions. Accounts of the Paymaster of several of 
 Her Majesty's Pensions. 1684 to 1782. 
 
 Post Office. Accounts of the Masters and Comptrollers 
 of the Posts. 1566 to 1639. 
 
 Accounts of the Receivers-Gener.il. 1695 to 1827. 
 Do. of the Accountants General. 1746-1827. 
 
 Privy Purse. Accounts of the Keeper of the Privy 
 Purse, and of the Receiver-General of the Revenues of 
 Henry Prince of Wales. 1603 to 1688. 
 
 Progresses (Royal), Accounts of the Expenses of. 
 1603 to 1687. 
 
 Protestants in Piedmont and Poland. Accounts of the 
 Treasurers. 1655 to 1660. 
 
 Recusants. See " Attainders, Forfeitures, &c." 
 
 Do. Accounts of moneys received from the principal 
 recusant Clergy for providing horses and lances for Her 
 Majesty's service in the Low Countries. 1585 to 1589. 
 
 Revenues (Various) in Minorca, Quebec, Upper and 
 Lower Canada, the Isle of Man, &c. Receiver-General's 
 Accounts. 1727-1825. 
 
 Revels, Accounts of Masters of the. 1572 to 1670. 
 
 Robes, Accounts of the Masters and Gentlemen of 
 the. 1605 to 1812. 
 
 Mistress of the Queen's Robes, Accounts of. 1606 to 
 1714. 
 
 Salt, Duties on — 
 
 Cash Accounts. 1694 to 1798. 
 General Accounts. 1694 to 1798. 
 
 Scots. Mary Queen of. Accounts of the expenses of 
 her diet, &c. and also of her funeral expenses. 1684- 
 1687. 
 
 Seals. Account of the Graver of the Mint for making 
 seals for the late Queen Elizabeth and for James I. on his 
 accession. 1600-1609. 
 
 Secret Service Accounts. 1779-1828.
 
 Sit 
 
 DEPARTMENTAL RECORDS (continued). 
 Audit Office— (continued). 
 Declared Accounts — (continued). 
 
 Settlers in America. Account of the contractor for 
 
 victualling the settlers in Nova Scotia. 1749-1 75 J. 
 
 Do. Expenses of transporting foreign Protestants 
 
 from Holland to Xova Scotia. 1751—1753. 
 
 Spaniards cast on the coast of Dorset. Expenses of 
 Diet, Lodging.. &c. 1628-162!). 
 
 Stamp Duties — 
 
 Cash Accounts. 1G94 to 1827. 
 General Accounts. 1709 to 1827. 
 
 Tenths of the Clergy. (Queen Anne's Bounty.) Ac- 
 counts of the Collectors or Receivers. 1715 to 1826. 
 
 Tenti - , Hales, and Pavilions, Accounts of the Masters 
 of the. 1560 to 1676. 
 
 Tower of London. Expenses of State Prisoners and 
 pay of the Garrison. 1551 to 1558. 
 
 Tower of London. Accounts of the Masters and Keepers 
 of the Armoury. 1556 to 1686. 
 
 Toyles, Accounts of the Masters of the. 1560 to 1630. 
 
 Trade. Expenses of the Council for Trade and Planta- 
 tions. 1696 to 1728. 
 
 Transport Service, Accounts of the. 1589 to 1744. 
 
 Treasury Solicitor, Accounts of the. 1657 to 1827. 
 
 Wardrobe. Accounts of the Masters or Keepers of the 
 Great Wardrobe. 1558 to 1782. There are also six 
 volumes containing Accounts of the expenses of Funerals 
 and Coronations from 1619 to 1714. 
 
 Wine Licenses. Accounts of Commissioners and 
 Agents. 1616 to 1757. 
 
 Works and Buildings (Public). Accounts of Surveyors 
 and Paymasters. 1563 to 1827. 
 
 Works and Buildings (Miscellaneous). Roval Parks, 
 Palaces, &c. 1573 to 1724. 
 
 Works (Military) and Fortifications. Accounts of the 
 Paymasters of Works and Repairs and also of the Garrisons 
 and Pensioners. 1541 to 1810. 
 
 Colonial Office. 
 
 The Records of the Colonial Office are with some 
 exceptions open to public inspection up to 31 December 
 1802. 
 
 The papers for the following periods have been calen- 
 dared in the printed " Calendars of State Papers, &c" 
 1574 to 1676 — "America and West Indies," 
 1513 to 1634— "East Indies, China, and Japan," 
 and the papers are arranged for calendaring to the vear 
 168S inclusive.
 
 90 
 
 DEPARTMENTAL RECORDS— (continued). 
 
 Colonial Office — (continued). 
 
 The remaining documents are arranged as follows : 
 
 (1.) Colonial Entry Books, from about James I. to 
 William III. (Those of an earlier date than 1674 
 are referred to in the printed calendars.) 
 
 (2.) Correspondence, &c. relating to America and the 
 West Indies from 1689. 
 
 (3.) "Board of Trade Papers," from about 1689. A 
 collection of papers relating solely to Colonial 
 matters, originally transmitted from the Board of 
 Trade, but considered as belonging to the Colonial 
 Series. These include Acts and Minutes of Council 
 and Assembly of the various Colonies. 
 
 (4.) "Colonial Office Transmissions." From 1686. 
 These include Colonial Military Returns, &c, from 
 about 1810. 
 (5.) Colonial Correspondence relating to — 
 
 The East Indies, from 1570 to 1849 (calendared 
 prior to 1634) ; and to other Colonies, from 
 about 1700 to 1849. 
 
 [A printed List of the Colonial Office Records open to 
 public inspection is issued for use in the Search Rooms.] 
 
 Foreign Office. 
 
 The Foreign Correspondence from the years 1547 to 
 1577 inclusive, has been arranged chronologically and 
 calendared in the printed " Calendars of State Papers, 
 &c." Subsequent to the latter dale, the papers are 
 arranged according to the several countries to which they 
 relate. They extend in date to the year 1847, and are, 
 with some exceptions, open to public inspection to 31 
 December 1802. The "Royal Letters" of each State are 
 placed at the commencement of the particular series, and 
 there are also, in some instances, a feAV transcripts of 
 treaties and other documents of an earlier date than 
 1547. 
 
 There is also a collection of " Foreign Entry Books " 
 from 1603 to 1688; of Books and Papers relating to the 
 " Levant Company " from James I. ; of papers relating 
 to "Military Auxiliary Expeditions" in Flanders and 
 Germany from 1695 to 1763; of " Treaties " and "Treaty 
 Papers," from about 1544, with a few transcripts of earlier 
 dates ; and of miscellaneous Correspondence and Despatches 
 known as " Foreign Various." 
 
 [A printed List of the Foreign Office Records open to 
 public inspection is issued for use in the Search Rooms.]
 
 91 
 
 DEPARTMENTAL RECORDS— (continual;. 
 Home Office. 
 
 The greater part of the Home Office Records prior to 
 the year 1G88 have been classified under the head of 
 "State Papers [Domestic Sei See STATE 
 
 PAPERS, CALENDARS OF.' Tho.se subsequent 
 to Ine reign of James II. arc arranged under the follow- 
 ing (principal; heads, and are open to public inspection 
 down to 31 December 1772.* 
 
 Admiralty Correspondence, &c. 1689 to 1830. 
 Admiralty Entry Books. 1693 to 1833. 
 Caveats (against making Grants and Presentations;. 
 Entries of. 1668 to 1710. 
 
 Channel Islands : 
 
 Correspondence, &c. 1694 to 1830. 
 Entry Books. 1748 to 1817. 
 Chinch Books. 1688 to 1828. These contain entries 
 of "Royal Warrants for Conge's d'Elire, Restitution of 
 Temporalities, Presentations, and other Ecclesiastical Pre- 
 ferments, and of Proclamations and Addresses relating to 
 Ecalesiastical matters. 
 
 Church Books (Scotland). 1724 to 1808. 
 Council Office. Minutes and Correspondence. 1696 to 
 1830. 
 
 Criminal Papers. 1707 to 1849. 
 
 Do. Registers. 1791 to 1866. 
 Docquets. 1549 to 1806. 
 Domestic Correspondence. 1689 to 1840. 
 
 Do. Entry Books (with Index). 1706 to 1772. 
 Foreign Office. Commissions and Instructions to Am- 
 bassadors. 1664 to 1670. 
 
 Ireland, Correspondence, &c. 1685 to 1831. See also 
 " Letter Books." 
 
 Ireland, Entry Books. 1716 to 1827. 
 
 Isle of Man, Correspondence, &c. 1761 to 1835. 
 
 Do. Entry Books, 1765 to 1817. 
 
 Law Papers (Attorney and Solicitor-GeneraVa Reports, 
 Opinions, &c). 16S4 to 1768 (with Calendar). 
 Law Reports. 1757 to 1834. 
 
 Letter Books (King's). 1688 to 1806. 
 
 Do. do. (Ireland). 1681 to 1,^28. 
 
 Do. (Secretary's). 1688 to 1782. 
 
 Do. (Scotland). 1713 to 1725. 
 
 Do. (Signet Office). 1627 to 1747. 
 
 Do. do. (Irish). 1747 to 1827. 
 
 * A Calendar of the Home Office Records from 17G0 to 1772 inclusive, has been 
 published in the series of " Calendars of ;>rate Papers, &e."
 
 92 
 
 DEPARTMENTAL RECORDS— (continued). 
 Home Office — (continued). 
 
 Military Commissions. 1706 to 1772. A small collec- 
 tion of original Military Commissions of various dates. 
 Military Entry Books. 1679 to 1831. 
 Militia* Correspondence, &c. 1694 to 1820. 
 Ordnance : 
 
 Correspondence, &c. 1732 to 1830. 
 
 Entry Books. 1760 to 1855. 
 
 Passes (for ships). 1625 to 1784. 
 
 Petitions, Reports, &c. 1636 to 1830. 
 
 Post Office Correspondence. 1704 to 1830. 
 Precedent Books. Car. IT. to 1782. 
 Regencies, Correspondence, &c. 1689 to 1779. 
 
 Do. Lords Justices' Warrants, Minutes, &c. 
 
 1695 to 1752. 
 
 Scotland, Correspondence, &c. 1688 to 1830. 
 Index, 2 Vols. MS. 
 
 Do. Warrants for, see " Warrant Books."' 
 
 Signet Bills. 1661 to 1851. 
 Docquets. 1584 to 1835. 
 Indexes. 1584 to 1829. 
 
 Signet Office Letter Books, see "Letter Books." 
 Treasury and Customs, Correspondence, &c. 1729 to 
 1830. 
 
 Treasury Entry Book. 1763 to 1815. 
 Volunteer Corps, Correspondence, &c. 1745 to 1822. 
 War Office Correspondence, &c. 1716 to 1823. 
 Warrant Books. Elizabeth to 1829. 
 
 Do. (for Scotland). 1670 to 1829. 
 
 Warrants (Lord Justices'), &c. See " Regencies." 
 [A printed List of the Home Office Records open to 
 public inspection, is issued for use in the Search Rooms.] 
 
 Lord Chamberlain's Department. 
 
 The principal Records of the Lord Chamberlain's 
 Department, which are not open to inspection without 
 permission from that Department, consist of volumes of 
 Accounts, &c, as follows : — 
 
 Accounts of the Keeper of the Great Wardrobe. 1557 
 to 1782. 
 
 Appointment Books. 1660 to 1820. 
 
 Ceremonies, Records of Masters of the. 1612 to 1846. 
 
 Coronations, Accounts, &e. relating to. Edward IV. to 
 William IV. 
 
 Establishment Books of the Household. 1641 to 1759. 
 
 Funeral)) and Mourning, Accounts of. 1499 to 1837. 
 
 Jewels and Plate, Accounts of. 1660 to 1839. 
 
 Palaces, Accounts and Estimates for. 1802 to 1846.
 
 93 
 
 DEPARTMENTAL RECORDS— (continued.) 
 Lord Chamberlain's Department -(continued). 
 Precedent Book?. L625 to 1733. 
 Recognizances, Entry Hooks of (with Indexes). 1 533 
 to ITT:.. 
 
 Salaries, «fec, Accounts of. L667 to 1782. 
 
 Theatres, Patents and License- for, &C. 1660 to 1820. 
 
 Warrants, of various kinds. L628 to 1828. 
 
 Treasury. 
 
 The Records of the Treasury are open to public inspec- 
 tion to 31 Dec. 1759, and include the following principal 
 classes : 
 
 Appointment Books. 1705 to 1723. 
 
 Correspondence (Original). 1557 to 1862* 
 
 Crown Lease Books. 1726 to 1758 (Prior to 172G, see 
 " Warrants not relating to money "). 
 
 Declared Account Books, 1G85 to 1767. 
 
 Disposition Books (Public and Civil List). 1679 to 
 1834. Entries of Letters authorizing the disposition of 
 money at the Exchequer. 
 
 Fee Books. 1711 to 1851. 
 Irish Books. 1670 to 1749. 
 Letter Books. 1667 to 1862. 
 
 Do. (Customs and Excise). 1667 to 1856 
 Minute Books. 1667 to 1862. 
 Money Books from 1667 to 1839. 
 North Britain Books. 1690 to 1856. 
 Order Books. 1667 to 1831. 
 Reference Books. 1679 to 1819. 
 Warrant Books, as follows : 
 
 Warrant Hooks (Early), 1634 to 1666. 
 
 Money Warrants. 1667 to 1849. 
 
 King's Warrants and Privy Seals from 1667 to 
 1842. (These correspond with the Pells' Priw Seal 
 Books.) ' 
 
 Warrants not relating to money. 1667 to 1849. 
 These contain Treasury constitutions and appoint- 
 ments; commissions and instructions; constats, par- 
 ticulars, and other documents relating to Crown 
 Leases (prior to 1726) ; with reports of various 
 kinds. 
 
 Warrant Books (Lord Chamberlain's). 1715 t0 
 1733. 
 
 * A Calendar of the Treasury Papers from 1557 to 1728, fad 
 printed in the series of "Calendars of State Papers, &c." 
 
 usive, has been
 
 04 
 
 DEPARTMENTAL RECORDS— (continued). 
 
 War Office. 
 
 The War Office Records deposited in the Public Record 
 Office are open to public inspection, with a few exceptions 
 down to June 1>), 1837. The classes which are of the most 
 general interest to the public are as follows : — 
 
 1. The Muster Rolls and Pay-Lists of the various regi- 
 
 ments of Horse and Foot from about 1760 to 
 
 1837. 
 Do. of Foreign Corps from about 1795 to 1817. 
 Do. of the Militia from about 1780 to 1837. 
 Do. of the Fencible Cavalry and Infantry from 1794 
 
 to 1802. 
 Do. of the Volunteers from 1798 to 1814. 
 
 2. General Monthly Returns for various Foreign Sta- 
 
 tions from 1812 to 1837. 
 Do. of Militia from 1760 to 1837. 
 Do. of Fencibles, Yeomanry, and Volunteers, from 
 
 about 1795 to 1804. 
 Do. of Foreign Corps from about 1800 to 1807. 
 
 3. Commission Ledgers, containing the Appointments 
 
 and Promotions of Officers, from about 1680 to 
 1805. (There is a gap between the years 1748 
 and 1760.) 
 
 4. Inspection Returns from 1750 to 1837. 
 
 5. Marching Orders (volumes containing Orders for the 
 
 marching and removal of the forces) from 1683 to 
 1837. 
 
 6. Establishment Books from 1702 to 1837. 
 
 7. Miscellany Books from 1683 to 1820. 
 
 8. Original Correspondence from 1758 to 1837. 
 
 9. Ordnance : King's Warrant Books from 1642 to 
 
 1837. 
 
 Abolished Offices, &c. 
 
 The Records of the following Abolished Offices and 
 Expired Commissions of Inquiry, &c, all of which are 
 under the special control of II M. Treasury, and can only 
 be inspected by the express permission of that Depart- 
 ment, have idso been deposited in the Public Record 
 Office:— 
 
 Abolished Offices. 
 
 Misters in Chancery (deposited pursuant to Stat. 
 40 & 41 Vict. cap. 55). 
 
 Metropolitan Buildings, Registrar of. 
 
 Royal A frican Company (transferred with the Records 
 
 of the Treasury). 
 Slave Registration Department.
 
 95 
 
 DEPARTMENTAL RECORDS -(continued). 
 
 Abolished Offices, &c. — (continued). 
 
 Expired Commissions of Inquiry, &c. 
 
 American Loyalist Claims. 
 Boundaries ( Municipal). 
 Do. (Parliamentary). 
 
 Caledonian Canal. 
 Cattle Plague. 
 
 Census. 
 
 Civil List Inquiry. 
 
 Courts of Justice. 
 
 Customs, Excise, and Public Revenue. 
 
 Education. 
 
 Fees of Public Offices. 
 
 French Refugees, 
 
 Foreign Claims (Danish, French, German, and 
 
 Spanish). 
 Highland Roads and Bridges. 
 Holyhead Road and Harbour. 
 Irish Reproductive Loan Fund. 
 Oxford University. 
 Polish Refugees. 
 Port of London Compensation. 
 Potato Crop Returns. 
 Public Accounts. 
 Public Schools. 
 Public Records. 
 Royal Gardens. 
 
 Royal Military Canal and Roads. 
 Scottish Harbours. 
 Slave Compensation. 
 State Papers, Publication of. 
 Surinam Absentee Estates. 
 Tyne River. 
 
 DEPOPULATION. 
 
 Commissions to inquire into Depopulations, with the 
 Returns thereto. 5 James I. 1 Bundle. Amongst the 
 "Special Commissions" of the Chancery (Petty Bag 
 Office). See COMMISSIONS. 
 
 DERELICT LANDS. 
 
 ( "oinmissions of Inquiry concerning Derelict Lands, 
 with the Returns thereto. Car. I. to Vict. 1 Bundle. 
 Amongst the " Special Commissions " of the Chancery 
 (Petty Bag Office). See COMMISSIONS.
 
 96 
 
 DOMESDAY BOOK. 
 
 Domesdat Book. (Exchequer, Treasury of the Re- 
 ceipt.) 
 
 This important and unique survey of the greater portion 
 of England is the oldest and most valuable record in the 
 national archives, having been completed in the year 1086. 
 Its compilation was determined upon at Gloucester by 
 William the Conqueror, in council, in order that he might 
 know what was due to him, in the way of tax, from his 
 subjects, and that each at the same time might know what 
 he had to pay. It was in fact compiled as much for their 
 protection as for the benefit of the Sovereign. The com- 
 missioners appointed to make the survey were to inquire 
 the name of each place ; who held it in the time of King 
 Edward the Confessor ; the present possessor ; how many 
 hides were in the manor ; how many ploughs were in 
 demesne ; how many homagers ; how many villeins ; how 
 many cottars ; how many serving men ; how many free 
 tenants ; how many tenants in soccage ; how much wood, 
 meadow, and pasture ; the number of mills and fish-ponds ; 
 what had bfen added or taken away from the place ; what 
 was the gross value in the time of Edward the Confessor ; 
 the present value ; and how much each free-man or soc- 
 man had, and whether any advance could be made in the 
 value. Thus could be ascertained who held the estate in 
 the time of King Edward ; who then held it ; its value in 
 the time of the late king ; and its value as it stood at the 
 formation of the survey. So minute was the survey, that 
 the writer of the contemporary portion of the Saxon 
 Chronicle records, with some asperity, " So very narrowly 
 " he caused it to be traced out, that there was not a single 
 " hide, nor one virgate of land, nor oven, it is shame to 
 '•' tell, though it seemed to him no shame to do, an ox, nor 
 " a cow, nor a swine was left, that was not set down." 
 
 The Domesday Surrey is in two parts or volumes. The 
 first, in folio, contains the counties of Bedford, Berks, 
 Bucks, Cambridge, Chester and Lancaster, Cornwall, 
 Derby, Devon, Dorset, Gloucester, Hants, Hereford,Herts, 
 Huntingdon, Kent, Leicester and Rutland, Lincoln, Mid- 
 dlesex, "Northampton, Nottingham, Oxford, Salop, Somer- 
 set, Stafford, Surrey, Sussex, Warwick, Wilts, Worcester, 
 and York. The Becond volume, in quarto, contains the 
 counties of Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk, and appears to con- 
 sist of the Transcripts in full of the Original Returns for 
 those counties, giving details as to the live-stock on each 
 manor which are generally omitted from the Survey in 
 its rinal form as transcribed in the Exchequer. Similar 
 Transcripts of the Original Returns for several counties, 
 known as the Exeter Domesday, are preserved in the 
 Library of the Dean and Chapter of Exeter, and the
 
 97 
 
 DOMESDAY BOOK— (continued). 
 
 "Inquisitio Klicnsis," a copy of which is preserved in the 
 British Museum, appears to he of the same nature. For 
 some reason left unexplained, many pans were left uti- 
 surveyed ; Northumberland, Cumberland, Westmoreland, 
 and Durham, are not described in the survey : nor does 
 Lancashire appear under its proper name; hut Furnen 
 and the northern part of Lancashire, as well as the south 
 of Westmoreland, with a part of Cumberland, are included 
 within the West Riding of Yorkshire. That part of 
 Lancashire which lies between the Kibble and Mersey, 
 and which at the time of the survey comprehended 688 
 manors, is joined to Cheshire. Part of Rutland is 
 described in the counties of Northampton and Lincoln. 
 
 Domesday Book was printed verbatim et literatim during 
 the last century, in consequence of an address of the House 
 of Lords to King George III. in 1767. It was not, how- 
 ever, commenced until 1773, and was completed early in 
 1783. 
 
 In 1816, an additional volume was published under the 
 direction of the Record Commissioners, containing Records 
 supplementary to the Domesday Survey, consisting of: — 
 
 (1.) The " Exon Domesday," the original of which is 
 preserved amongst the muniments of the Dean and 
 Chapter of Exeter Cathedral. This volume com- 
 prises the counties of Wilts, Dorset, Somerset, 
 Devon, and Cornwall, and is supposed to contain- 
 so far as it extends, an exact Transcript of the 
 original Returns made by the Commissioners at 
 the time of the General Survey from which the 
 Great Domesday itself was compiled. 
 
 (2.) The «* Inquisitio Eliensis," a document similar 
 in nature to the foregoing, relating to the pro- 
 perty of the Monastery of Ely. It is preserved 
 in a Register of the Monastery remaining among 
 the Cottonian MSS. in the British Museum 
 [Tiberius A. VI.], and belongs apparently to the 
 twelfth century. Another copy of this Inquisi- 
 tion is contained in the Chartulary of Ely 
 preserved at Trinity College, Cambridge. 
 
 (3.) The "Winton Domesday," now in the Library of 
 the Society of Antiquaries, consisting of a Survey 
 taken before William, Bishop of Winchester, 
 between the years 1107 and 1128, for the pur- 
 pose of ascertaining what lands were held in 
 Winchester by Edward the Confessor as of his 
 own demesne. 
 
 (4.) The "Boldon Book,'' or Survey of the Palatinate 
 of Durham, taken by command of Hugh 1'udsey, 
 Bishop of Durham, in the year 1183 Thi< 
 • v 8019;"). a
 
 98 
 
 DOMESDAY BOOK— (continued). 
 
 volume apparently took its name from the village 
 of Boldon, near Sunderland, reference to which 
 is frequently made in the Survey. The original 
 Manuscript is lost, but there are four copies 
 now extant : one, formerly in the Auditor's 
 Office, Durham, now in the Public Record 
 Office; one in the Library of the Dean and 
 Chapter of Durham ; one in the Bodleian 
 Library ; and one amongst the Stowe MSS. at 
 the British Museum. 
 
 An Introduction to Domesday Book, by Sir H. Ellis, 
 with Indexes of Tenants-in-Chief and Under- 
 Tenants, &c, was published in 1833 in 2 Vols. 
 8vo. 
 
 A Facsimile of Domesday Book, taken by Photozinco- 
 graphy, was completed in 1863. It is in 33 
 Parts, one for each County. 
 
 Domesday Book, Abbreviation of. (Exchequer, 
 Treasury of the Receipt.) An abridgment of 
 Domesday Book in one very beautiful volume, apparently 
 compiled early in the reign of Edward I. 
 
 Domesday Book, Abstract of. (Exchequer, Q. R.) A 
 volume described as a " Breviate of Domesday with other 
 matters," being a transcript of Domesday Book, omitting 
 the enumeration of villeins, bordarii, and stock, and con- 
 taining various Notes and Memoranda of historical and 
 other matters. 
 
 [Misc. Books, Exchequer , Q.R., Vol. 1.] 
 
 ECCLESIASTICAL MATTERS. 
 
 The documents relating to the History and Revenues 
 of the Church (exclusive of those directly concerning 
 the dissolved monasteries, &c, and their possessions, 
 which are described under the head of MONASTIC 
 FOUNDATIONS, &C.) consist of the Appointments 
 to Bishoprics, with the Conges d'elire, Writs of Restitu- 
 tion of Temporalities, and other documents subsidiary 
 thereto ; of Accounts of the Temporalities of the several 
 Bishoprics whilst in the hands of the Crown during 
 the vacancies of their respective Sees, from Hen. III. 
 to Car. I inclusive ; of Inventories of the Goods, Plate, 
 jewels, Vestments, Bells, &c, of all Churches, Chapels, 
 Guilds, Fraternities, or Brotherhoods, throughout Eng- 
 land, taken by the Commissioners appointed for that pur- 
 pose in the reign of Edward VI. ; of Documents relating 
 to the Bargains and Sales of Church Lands by the 
 Commonwealth ; Accounts and other documents relating
 
 99 
 
 ECCLESIASTICAL MATTERS— (continued ». 
 
 to the payments and compositions for First-Fruits and 
 Tenths; Certificates by the Bishops of the severaJ 
 Dioceses ol the Institutions made by them to the Livings 
 within their respective Sees, from the reign of Elizabeth 
 to the present time ; the Accounts and Deeds relating to 
 the Augmentation of poor livings under the Statute of 
 Queen Anne, known as Queen Anne's Bounty; Enrolments 
 of Presentations to Livings in the gilt of the Crown and 
 of the Duchy of Lancaster ; the Original Renunciations of 
 the Papal Supremacy by the Clergy throughout England 
 in the reign of Henry VI 11. : Accounts of Clerical Sub- 
 sidies and Imposts from Hen. III. to Will. & Mary . w.th- 
 Surveys and Valuations of Ecclesiastical Benefices of 
 various dates, including the celebrated Taxation of Pope 
 Nicholas in the reign of Edward I., the Nonas Rolls or 
 Inquisitiones Nonarum of 14 and 15 Edw. III., which 
 specify the value of every benefice, stating whether and by 
 how much it exceeded or fell short of the valuation of 
 Pope Nicholas, with the reasons for such variation, the 
 Valor Ecclesiasticus of 26 Henry VIII., a few of the 
 Original Surveys taken during the Commonwealth) and 
 many other Records of a miscellaneous character illus- 
 trating the condition of the Church from a very early 
 period. 
 
 They may be classified as follows : 
 Benefices, Institutions and Presentations to. 
 
 Bishops' Certificates of Institutions to Church Livings 
 (Exchequer, First-Fruits and Tenths Department.) Eiiz. 
 to 1862. 40 Portfolios. These are the Certificates of the 
 induction of Clerks to Livings made by the Bishops of the 
 several Dioceses to the Barons of the Exchequer. The 
 Returns were macb. half-yearly and are arranged according 
 to Dioceses. Tliey generally give the name of the last 
 incumbent and also the name of the patron. See also the 
 "Composition Hooks*' described under the head of FlBST 
 Fruits and Tenths. 
 
 Abstracts culled " Institution Books" in three series : — 
 Series A. 1566 to 1660. 5 Vols. 
 „ B. 1660 to 1720. 7 Vols. 
 „ C. 1720 to 1838. 3 Vols. 
 
 Institutions to Livings. (Court of Wards and Liveries.) 
 1!> Jas. I. to 27 Car. I. A volume containing the (institu- 
 tions to Livings the presentation of which was in the 
 hands of the Crown owing to the minority oi' the \\ ards. 
 [Misc. Boohs i Court of Wards, Vol. :'>55.] 
 
 Presentations to Living- in the gift of the Crown. 
 (Chancery ) Enrolled on the Patent Rolls. 
 
 Index. 1 Edw. L to 24 Edw. III. 1 Vol. -MS. 
 
 G 2
 
 100 
 
 ECCLESIASTICAL MATTERS— (continued). 
 
 Benefices, Institutions and Presentations to — (con- 
 tinued). 
 
 Presentations. (Exchequer, First Fruits and Tenths.) 
 1703 to 1786. 1 Vol. 
 
 Presentations to Benefices. (Duchy of Lancaster.) 
 Inrolments of Presentations will be found in the Registers 
 of Grants, Patents, &c. 
 
 There are also Rolls of Presentations as follows : — 
 19-38 Henry VI. 1 Roll. 
 
 [Chancery Rolls, D. of Lane, No. 59.] 
 1-17 Edward IV. 2 Rolls. 
 
 [Do., Nos. 60 §• 61.] 
 Draft Presentations. Eliz. to Geo. I. 3 Bundles. 
 
 Benefices, &c, Returns of : 
 
 The following are amongst the Chancery Miscellaneous 
 Rolls, &c. (Bundle 4) :— 
 
 No. 7. Certificate of the Sheriff of Cornwall of the number 
 of Churches, Chapels, and Prebends in that County. 
 
 45 Edw. III. 
 
 Vo 9 A similar Certificate from the Sheriff of Wilts. 
 
 45 Edw. III. 
 
 No 9. A similar Certificate from the Bishop of Coventry 
 and Lichfield. 45 Edw. III. 
 
 No. 10. Names of Churches in the Deaneries of Wylforde, 
 Lose, Saunford, Ipswich, and Waynford. Edw. III. 
 
 No. 11. Account of Ecclesiastical Benefices in England held 
 by Roman Cardinals. Edw. III. 
 
 \n. 12. Return of the value of Churches, Chapels. Rectories, 
 Parsonages, &c. in the County of Wilts. 3 Edw. VI. 
 
 No. 13. Presentments of Jurors appointed to inquire con- 
 cerning Ecclesiastical Benefices in the Counties of 
 Cambridge, Derby, and Wilts. 1650. 
 
 No. 14. A Commission to ascertain the number and value of 
 Churches, Chapels, &c. in the County of Wilts. 1650. 
 
 No. 15. A Commission to inquire concerning Ecclesiastical 
 Benefices in various Parishes in the County of South- 
 ampton. 1657. 
 
 No. 16. A Commission and Presentment of Jurors concern- 
 ing Ecclesiastical Benefices in the Parishes of St. 
 Helen and St. Nicholas, in Abingdon, Berks. 1657. 
 
 No. 17. A List of Parishes in different Counties. 1657. 
 
 Bishopbicp, Henet the Eighth's Scheme of. 
 
 A book containing a scheme for certain new Bishoprics 
 and Colleges t<> be erected by Henry the Eighth from the 
 revenues of the dissolved monasteries, &c, showing the 
 amounts to he expended in stipends, &c. 
 
 [Misc. Hooks {Augmentation Office), Vol. 24.] 
 
 Bishops 1 Patent Rolls. Chancery (Petty Bag Office). 
 9-10 Greo. I. to 38 Victoria. These Rolls include the 
 Conges d'elire and Royal Assents to the appointments of 
 Bishops, and also the Patents of Assistance and Writs of 
 Restitution of Temporalities,
 
 101 
 
 ECCLESIASTICAL MATTERS (continued). 
 
 Bishops' Patent Rolls. Ch lncert ( Petti Bag < Office) 
 
 — (continued). 
 
 The patents of " Searchers " and " Customers," though 
 of a very different nature, \v< re also formerly entered on 
 these K'olls. 
 
 At an curlier period, the Patents relating to Bishops 1 
 appointments were entered on the genera] Patenl Rolls, 
 and those of Officers of Customs on the Fine Roll?. 
 
 Bishops' Patents. Chancery (Petty La<; Office). 
 George I. to 38 Victoria. These are the original Warrants 
 or Privy Seal Bills for the Conges dYlire and Royal 
 Assents to the appointment of Bishops and consist of 13 
 Bundles or Parts. They arc enrolled, together with the 
 " Customers' Patents," on the " Bishops' Patent Rolls." 
 
 Bishops' Temporalities, Accounts of. Henrv III. 
 to Charles I. 
 See MINISTERS' ACCOUNTS, &c. 
 
 Bishops' Lands, Proceeds of the Sale of. (Treasurers' 
 Accounts), 1646 to 1660. 
 
 [Audit Office Dec/arc// Accounts, Bundle 367.] 
 
 Church Goods, Inventories of. (Miscellanea, Ex- 
 chequer, Q. R.) Edward VI. 
 
 These are Inventories, taken by the Commissioners 
 appointed for that purpose in the 6th year of Edward the 
 Sixth, of all manner of " goodes, plate, juells, vestyments, 
 " bells, and other ornyments within every paryshe belonging 
 " or in any uyse apperteyning to any Churche, Chapel], 
 " Brotherhed, Gylde, or Fraternytye within this our Realise 
 " of Englond ; " together with Indentures of the delivery of 
 such goods and ornaments as were allowed to remain in 
 the hands of the Churchwardens for the use of the several 
 churches. 
 
 'There are also a few Returns to similar Commissions 
 issued in the second year of the same reign. 
 
 Catalogue, Report V 1 1 . App. II., pp. 315-336; and 
 Report IX., App. II., pp. 237-242. 
 
 Descriptive Slips. 4 Vols. MS. 
 
 DO. (EXOHEQUBB AUGMENTATION Ol'FICK.) 
 
 Edward VI. 21 Vols. [Misc. Books, Vols. 495 to 515. 
 Descriptive Slips (as above). 
 
 Do. (Land Revenue Office.) 
 
 Henry VIII. to Philip and Mary. 
 Descriptive List. 
 
 Church Lands, Deed- of Bargain and Sale of. 
 Temp. Commonwealth. Enrolled on the Close Holls 
 Si Palmer's Indexes." Vols. 78 to 81,
 
 102 
 
 ECCLESIASTICAL MATTERS— (continued; 
 
 Chubob Lands, Abstracts of Leases of. (Lands belong- 
 ing lo the Archbishopric of Canterbury.) 1583 to 1600. 
 [S. P., Dom., Elizabeth. Vol 277. (Calendared.)] 
 
 Church Livings, Surveys of. See Surveys and 
 Valuations. 
 
 Clerical Subsidies, Accounts of. (Miscellanea, 
 Exchequer, Q. R.) Hen. III. to Will, and Mary. 
 
 These consist principally of the Accounts of the 
 Collectors of the Subsidies granted by the Clergy in the 
 several Dioceses, and give the amount assessed on each 
 Benefice and sometimes the name of the person by whom 
 it was paid. They include some of the original Rolls of 
 the Taxation of Pope Nicholas. 
 
 Descriptive Slips. 26 Vols. 
 
 Clerical Contributions and Subsidies, Accounts of, 
 called "Clergy Diocesan Returns" (Audit Office). 
 
 Accounts of the benevolent contribution of three shill- 
 ings in the pound on the annual value of each Arch- 
 bishopric, Bishopric, Deanery, &c, from 1587 to 1589. 
 
 Accounts of the Archbishops and Bishops of the annual 
 payments of Tenths on Benefices and Promotions. 29 
 Henry VIII. to 10 Charles I. 
 
 Accounts of Receivers-General of the Tenths of the 
 Clergy. 1647 to 1659. 
 
 Accounts of the Archbishops and Bishops of the sub- 
 sidies paid in their several Dioceses. 33 Henry VIII. to 
 2 & 3 Ph. and Mary. 
 
 Ecclesiastical Districts. 
 
 Deeds for the settlement of Ecclesiastical Districts and 
 of Parish Boundaries are enrolled on the Close Rolls. 
 See DEEDS ENROLLED. 
 
 Ecclesiastical Documents (Chancery). Henry III. 
 to James I. 
 
 Petitions for secular aid against excommunicated 
 persons ; &c. 26 parcels. 
 
 Petitions for the arrest of vagabond monks. 2 parcels. 
 Ecclesiastical Documents (Exchequer). Henry III. 
 to James I. 
 
 These consist principally of Transcripts of Proceedings 
 in various courts relating to Ecclesiastical Matters and 
 of d ocuments touching the possession of Church Lands 
 and Tithes. 
 
 They also include accounts of the Fines and Penalties 
 imposed by ihe Commissioners for Ecclesiastical causes in 
 the reigns of Elizabeth and James I., and of Bonds given 
 by various persons for personal appearance, or that they 
 would not confer with .Jesuits, seminary priests, or known 
 recusant .
 
 ECCLESIASTICAL MATTERS— (continue. 1/ 
 
 Ecclesiastical Petitions (Chaitoery). Henry III. to 
 Eli/. 51 Files. 
 
 These consist of Petition* for Conges d'elire, Royal 
 Assents, and Restitution of Temporalities. 
 
 ECOLBSI L8TI0AL PREFERMENTS, ESTRT BOOKS OV LETTERS, 
 Wai;i;\Mn &0. RELATING TO. ChaS. II. to 1828. 
 
 These include Presentations, Conges d'elire, Dispensa- 
 tions, and other Documents of a eimilar nature 
 
 [State Papers {.Domestic), Entry Books. Charles If. to 
 James //., and Home Office, Church Hooks, 1688 to 1828.] 
 
 Ecclesiastical Taxations. 
 
 Taxation of Pope Nicholas. (Exchequer, Q. R.) 21 
 Edward I. 
 
 The two volumes bearing this title contain a valuation 
 of all the Ecclesiastical Benefices in the Provinces of York 
 and Canterbury respectively, made by command of Ed- 
 ward I. and completed about the year 1291. In 1288 
 Pope Nicholas the Fourth, from whom the valuation takes 
 its name, granted all the tenths due from the Clergy to the 
 King for six years in order to defray the expenses of an 
 expedition to the Holy Land, and this valuation was then 
 begun by the Royal precept, in order that the said tenths 
 might be collected to their full value. Until the Survey 
 taken in the 26th year of Henry the Eighth called the 
 " Valor Ecclesiasticus " the " Taxation of Pope Nicholas," 
 or " Taxatio Ecclesiastica," regulated the amount of the 
 taxes due both to King and Pope. 
 
 A certified copy of this valuation exists amongst the 
 Miscellaneous Rolls of the Court of Chancery and 
 the Original Returns for several Dioceses will be found 
 amongst the Clerical Subsidies. 
 
 The two volumes above described have been printed in 
 full by the Record Commissioners in 1 Vol. folio. 
 
 See also Nun.i: Rolls. 
 
 Ecclesiastical Taxations of Ireland. 
 
 Two Ecclesiastical Taxations of Ireland, dated respec- 
 tively A.D. 1302 ami A.D. 1306, are deposited with the 
 "Irish Exchecuier" Documents amongst the Miscellanea 
 of the Exchequer Queen's Remembrancer. 
 
 These have been printed, in extenso, in the Calendar of 
 "Documents relating to Ireland." 
 
 The following Ecclesiastical Taxations, &C. are amongst 
 the Miscellaneous Books of the Exchequer, Treasury of 
 the Receipt: — 
 
 Vol. 58. A Taxation of the Ecclesiastical Benefices in 
 the Diocese of Coventry and Lichfield.
 
 104 
 
 ECCLESIASTICAL MATTERS- (continued). 
 
 Ecclesiastical Taxations — (continued). 
 
 Vol. GO. A Taxation of the Ecclesiastical Benefices in 
 the Diocese of Rochester. 15th Cent. 
 Vol. 61. Do. in the Archdeaconry of Rich- 
 
 mond. Hen. VIII. 
 
 Vol. 02. Do. in the Diocese of Lincoln. 
 
 Hen. VI. 
 
 Fikst Fin its and Tenths. 
 
 The primitice or first fruits were the profits of every 
 spiritual living for the first year after avoidance, which 
 were in ancient times given to the Pope throughout all 
 Christendom. On the rejection of the Papal Supremacy 
 in the reign of Henry VIII. they were vested in the King 
 by Statute 26 Hen. VIII. c. 3, and a new Valuation was 
 then made called the Valor Ecclesiasticus, by which 
 the Clergy are at present rated. 
 
 A Court was erected in the 32nd year of Henry VIII. 
 for the administration of this revenue, but it was soon 
 afterwards dissolved, and in the first year of Queen Mary 
 the Office of First Fruits and Tenths was made a branch 
 of the Exchequer. 
 
 In the second year of Queen Anne that sovereign 
 restored to the church what had at first been indirectly 
 taken from it, not by remitting the payment of First Fruits 
 and Tenths entirely, but by applying the sums received 
 from the larger benefices to make up the deficiencies of 
 the smaller ; for this purpose she granted a Charter, after- 
 wards confirmed by Statute, whereby all the revenue of 
 the first fruits and tenths is vested in Trustees to form a 
 perpetual fund fur the Augmentation of poor livings under 
 50/. a year. This is usually called "Queen Anne's 
 Bounty," and has been further regulated by subsequent 
 Statutes. By Statute 1 Vict. c. 20 the Office of First 
 Fruits and Tenths was abolished, the collection of the 
 revenue being placed entirely under the management of 
 the Governors and Treasurer of Queen Anne's Bounty. 
 
 The following are the principal Records belonging to 
 the Office of the First Fruits and Tenths: — 
 
 Bishops' Certificates of Institutions to Benefices. 
 Elizabeth to 1862. 
 
 Bonds, Entries of. 1658 to 1820. 153 Vols. Entries 
 of the date of the quarterly payments of com- 
 position. 
 
 Bonds, Payments of. 1692 to 1787. 12 Vols. 
 
 Certificates of all Church Livings not exceeding the 
 yearly value of 50/. 5 Anne. 1 Portfolio. 
 These Certificates were returned into the
 
 105 
 
 ECCLESIASTICAL MATTERS (continued). 
 First Fruits and Tenths — (continued). 
 
 Exchequer pursuant to the Statute of 5 Anne, by 
 
 which all such livings were discharged from the 
 
 payment el" the First Fruits and Tenth-. A 
 complete Abstract of these is given in Ecton'a 
 " Liber Decimarum." 2 Vols. 
 Collectors' Account Book. 1666 to 1715. 1 Vol. 
 Commission Books. Eenry VI 1 1, to 1684. 3 Vols., 
 containing entries of various < !o i missions relating 
 to First Fruits and Tenths. 
 Composition Books. 1535 to 17!)"). :>1 Vols. 
 
 These contain entries of the Compositions for 
 First Fruits paid by incumbents on their induc- 
 tion, giving the date of such payment and the 
 names of the sureties. 
 Indexes. (County Arrangement): 
 
 Series I. 15:}6 to 1660. 2 Vols. 
 Series II. 1684 to 1838. S Vols. 
 Series III. 1684 to 1838. 6 Vols. 
 Do. (Arranged under Incumbents' names) : 
 Series I. 1656 to 1684. 2 Vols. 
 Series II. 1658 to 1798. 8 Vols. 
 Comptrollers' Payment Books. 1681 to 1799. 23 
 
 Vols. 
 Comptrollers' State Books. 1688 to 1783. 15 Vols. 
 Constat Hooks. 1717-1819. 6 Vols. 
 
 Do. (Remembrancers'). 1793-1823. 24 
 
 ' Vols. 
 Day-Books of Receipts of Tenths. 
 
 Canterbury. 1718 to 1838. 120 Vols. 
 York. 1717 to 1839. 121 Vols. 
 King's Books or Liber Valorum. 3 Volumes containing 
 extracts from the Valor Ecelesiasticus made from 
 the original returns when they were complete, 
 and BUpplying their places where now defective. 
 Ledgers. Canterbury and York. 1658 to Ls:;s. 
 
 ' 1 2 Vols. 
 "Liber Decimarum." Two volumes compiled from 
 the original Hooks and Rolls in the First Fruits 
 and Tenths Office, by John Ecton, Reeeiver- 
 (Jeneral of Tenths in the year 1709, and con- 
 taining an account of the yearly Tenths charged 
 on all benefices, and also of such livings a- were 
 discharged from the payment of First Fruits and 
 Tenths by Statute 5 Anne.* 
 
 * See also the " Thesaurus Rerurn Bsolesiasticarum by John Ecton, Esq.," with 
 additions, &c. by Browne Willis, LL.D . jointed in 1754.
 
 106 
 
 ECCLESIASTICAL MATTERS— (continued). 
 
 First Fruits and Tenths — (continued). 
 
 Receivers' Payment Books. 1759 to 1823. 24 Yols. 
 Remembrancers' Payment Books. 1793 to 1823. 21 
 
 Vols. 
 Remembrancers' Accounts of First Fruits. 32 Hen. 
 
 VIII. to 1626. 13 Vols. 
 Tenths, Entries of Payments of. 1660 to 1705. 6 
 
 Vols. 
 Do. 1717 to 1838. 66 
 
 Vols. 
 Valor Ecclesiasticus, Original Returns of the. 26 
 Hen. VIII. 3 Portfolios and 
 18 Vols. 
 Do. Abstracts of the. 2 Vols. 
 
 Do. Transcripts of the, known as 
 
 the " Liber Regis." 2 Vols. 
 
 See also Queen Anne s Bounty Records. 
 
 First Fruits and Tenths. Treasurer's Account, 1552. 
 An account of arrears due on 1st Feb. 1552, giving the 
 names of the various benefices, and of the incumbents, with 
 the amounts due from each. 
 
 [State Papers, Dom., Edw. VI. Vol 16.] 
 
 Accounts of the Remembrancers and Receivers of First 
 
 Fruits and Tenths from 1558 will be found amongst the 
 
 " Declared Accounts " of the Audit Office and Pipe Office. 
 
 See DEPARTMENTAL RECORDS. 
 
 New Churches. 
 
 Accounts of the Treasurers of the Fund for building 
 New Churches in London and Westminster. 1712 to 
 1741 . [Audit Office, " Declared Accounts," Bundles 437 
 to 439.] 
 
 Nonje Rolls. (Exchequer, Q. R.) 14 and 15 Edw. III. 
 
 The "Nome Rolls" or "Inquisitiones Nonarum," 
 which are placed with the Lay Subsidies, are Inquisitions 
 taken on the oath of the Parishioners in every parish 
 for the purpose of assessing a subsidy of a ninth and 
 a fifteenth, granted to the King in the fourteenth year of 
 Edw. III. in aid of the expenses of his wars. The subsidy 
 consisted of a ninth of the corn, wool, and lambs in each 
 parish, and in Cities and Boroughs a ninth of all move- 
 ables, whilst from Foreign Merchants, those who dwelt in 
 Forests and Wastes, and " those who lived not of their 
 grain or store," a, fifteenth only was demanded. 
 
 These Inquisitions specify the value of every ecclesias- 
 tical benefice throughout England, comparing it with the 
 Valuation of Pope Nicholas in 1291, and stating whether
 
 107 
 
 ECCLESIASTICAL MATTERS— (continued). 
 
 N"\.i; Rolls — (continued). 
 
 it exceeded or fell short thereof with the causes of Buch 
 variation. Many of these Rolls have been printed by the 
 Record Commissioners in the volume entitled " Nonarum 
 Inquisitiones," the introduction to which contains a lull 
 description of the manner in which the assessment was 
 made. A detailed account <>[' the Nonas Rolls, distin- 
 guishing such as ure not printed, is contained in the 
 " Inventory of Accounts, Assessments, &c," printed in 
 the Seeond Report, App. I J., pp. 132-189. 
 
 Queen Anne's Bounty Records. 
 
 The Records transferred from the Queen Anne's 
 Bounty Office to the Public Record Office consist of 
 40 Bundles of Writs and Returns, Bonds, Obligations, 
 and other documents, relating to the payment of First 
 Fruits and Tenths, including a List of Presentations to 
 Benefices under the jurisdiction of the Dean of Salisbury, 
 dated 1712, a grant of an annuity of 1,000/. to the Duchess 
 of Portsmouth in 1681, and other documents of a miscel- 
 laneous nature. 
 
 ( 'onveyances under the Queen Anne's Bounty Act for 
 the Augmentation of small Livings are enrolled on the 
 Close Rolls. They will be found in the Close Roll Index 
 under the heading, " Bounty of Queen Anne," and are 
 also referred to under the name of the Living, &c. aug- 
 mented. 
 
 Renunciations of Papal Supremacy. 
 
 The original Renunciations of the Papal Supremacy 
 by the Clergy in divers dioceses throughout England. 
 Temp. Henry VIII. 2 Vols. 
 
 [Misc. Books, Exch. Tr.ofthe Ihceipt, Vols. 6:* and 64.] 
 
 SmNiFicAvrrs. (Petti l>\<; Office, Cubsitobs' 
 
 RECORDS.) George 11. to Vietoria. 12 Bundles. 
 
 These ore Certificates from the Ecclcsiastieal Courts 
 -whereon Writs " de excommunicato capiendo' - and 
 " de eontumace capiendo " were issued. For similar docu- 
 ments of an earlier date see ECCLESI a>tioai, DOCUMENTS 
 (Chancery), p. 102. 
 
 Surveys and Valuation-. 
 
 Bangor and St. Asaph, Valuations of the Bishoprics of. 
 27 Henry VIII. A collection of original valuations of 
 the Rectories, &c., within the Dioceses of Bangor and St. 
 Asaph. Printed in the Valor Ecclesiasticus. (Vol. 6.) 
 
 [Misc. Boohs, Augmentation Office, \\>l. :->(>2.]
 
 L08 
 
 ECCLESIASTICAL MATTERS— (continued). 
 
 Subvet8 axd Valuations — (continued). 
 
 Canterbury, Valuation of the Province of. 28 Eliza- 
 beth. A valuation of all ecclesiastical benefices, &c. within 
 the Province of Canterbury, taken in the year 1576 for 
 the purpose of assessing a "benevolence." 
 
 [Misc. Books. Exchequer, First Fruits, fyc, Vol. 1.] 
 
 Durham, Survey, of the Bishopric of. " Temp. Thomae 
 Hatfield Episcopi." This survey contains also a copy of 
 the Boldon Book. 
 
 [Rentals and Surveys, Portf. 21, No. 28.] 
 
 Durham, Rental of the lands, &c. of Thomas Langley, 
 Bishop of. Anno 1418. 
 
 [Rentals and Surveys, Portf. 21, No. 29.] 
 
 Exeter, &c., Valuation of the Bishopric of. Henry VII. 
 A volume containing valuations of the Bishopric of 
 Exeter, " anno 2 d0 Episcopi Redmayn " ( A.D. 149G) ; and 
 of the manors, lands, &c. assigned by Henry the Eighth 
 for the endowment of the Bishopric of Bristol, the Cathe- 
 dral Church of Bristol, the College of Rochester, and the 
 Cathedral Churches of Worcester and "Winchester. 
 
 [Misc. Books, Augmentation Office, Vol. 389.] 
 
 Hereford, Ecclesiastical Taxation of the Bishopric of. 
 A Register or Valuation of the Tithes of Ecclesiastical 
 Benefices in the Diocese of Hereford, with other docu- 
 ments. 1 Vol. 
 
 [Misc. Books, Augmentation Office, Vol. 489. j 
 
 Norwich, Visitation of the Archdeaconry of. 42 Edward 
 III. A Visitation and Register of Ornaments of all 
 the Churches within the Archdeaconry of Norwich made 
 by William de .Swynfiete, Archdeacon, Anno Domini 1368, 
 This register includes a valuation of each benefice with an 
 account of the Sinodals, Peter's Pence, &c. due there- 
 from, and a detailed statement of all the vestments, 
 ornaments, missals, &c, thereto belonging. 
 
 The volume is slightly rubricated and contains 150 
 leaves of parchment. 
 
 [Misc. Books, Exchequer Q. R., Vol. 30.] 
 
 York, Visitation of the Archbishopric of. 1559. 
 
 [State Papers, Domestic, Eliz., Vol. 10.] 
 
 Valuations of Hectories, &c. A volume containing — 
 (1.) A valuation of the Leases of Rectories granted 
 
 by Henry VIII. in various counties with the names of the 
 
 Grantees, &c. 
 
 (2.) An account (imperfect) of the Fee-Farm Rents, 
 
 Stipends, &c, sold by Order of the Trustees of the 
 
 Commonwealth in 1650. 
 
 [Misc. Books, Augmentation Office, Vol. 175.]
 
 109 
 
 ECCLESIASTICAL MATTERS— (continued). 
 Si!i:\ bts \m> Valuations— (continued). 
 
 Valuations of Spiritual Promotions. A volume, formerly 
 
 in the State Paper Office., entitled, " The number and 
 value of all Spiritual Promotions as certified in King 
 Henry the Eighth's time," being an epitome of the Valor 
 Ecclesiastical* arranged under Counties. 
 
 [Misc. IJiio/is, Exch. Tr. of the Receipt, Vol *;•">.] 
 
 Surveys of Church Livings (Chancery), Common- 
 wealth. 3 Vols. 
 
 These contain the presentments of the Inhabitants of" 
 various Parishes throughout England of the number and 
 value of the Ecclesiastical Benefices therein, with the 
 names of the Incumbents, &c, made pursuant to an 
 Ordinance of Parliament dated 20th December 1G49. 
 
 Vol. 1 contains the Returns for the Counties of 
 
 Berks, Bucks, Essex, Gloucester, Hertford, Lancaster, 
 
 and Lincoln ; 
 
 Vol. 2, the returns for the County of Dorset only ; 
 Vol. 3 contains the Returns for the Counties of 
 
 Middlesex, Norfolk, Northumberland, Oxford, Sussex, 
 
 Westmoreland, Wills, and Yorkshire. 
 
 The above are the only original returns known to exist, 
 but there are in the Lambeth Library 24 large volumes, 
 coneistino- chiefly of official copies of these returns, which 
 were made shortly after the originals, and which in many 
 cases supply their places where wanting. See also 
 Benefices, Returns of. 
 
 Valor Ecclesiasticus (Exchequer, First Fruits and 
 Tenths). Henry VIII. 
 
 The important Record, known as the Valor Ecclesias- 
 ticus, consists of a Eurvey or valuation of all Ecclesiastical 
 Benefices throughout England and Wales taken by virtue 
 of a Commission issued in the 26th year of Benry YIIL 
 
 in order to carry into effect the Statute giving the First 
 Fruits and Tenths to the King. The Returns were made 
 either in the form of books or on rolls of paper or parch- 
 ment, and are contained in 3 Portfolios and IS Volumes. 
 Those for the Diocese of Ely, a great part of the Diocese 
 of London, the Counties of Berks, Rutland, and Northum- 
 berland, and a great part of t Ik 1 >iocese of York, including 
 the Deaneries of Kydal ami ( "raven, are wanting. This 
 deficiency is, however, to some extent supplied by the 
 Abstracts contained in 3 volumes known as " King's 
 Books" or the "Liber Valorum " which were compiled 
 from the original Record when it was entire for the
 
 110 
 
 ECCLESIASTICAL MATTERS— (continued). 
 Valor Ecclesiasticus, &c. — (continued). 
 
 use of the First Fruits Office, and by the beautiful Trans- 
 cript on vellum of Portions of the Valor known as the 
 " Liber Regis'' and consisting of two large volumes. The 
 Valor Ecclesiasticus has been printed by the Record 
 Commission in six volumes, folio. 
 See also Surveys and Valuations. 
 
 Miscellaneous. 
 
 The following documents relating to Ecclesiastical 
 Matters are amongst the Chancery Miscellaneous Rolls 
 
 (Bundle 4) : — 
 
 No. 1. A File of Writs and Memoranda relating to Fines 
 paid by the Clergy for protections. 25 Edw. I. 
 
 No. 2. A Koll of Writs to the Sheriffs of various Counties 
 directing the restitution to numerous prelates and other 
 ecclesiastics of lay fees which had been seized into the 
 King's hands. . 25 Edw. I. 
 
 No. 3. A Eoll containing Transcripts of Proceedings relating 
 to the Liberties of "Battle Abbey, returned pursuant to 
 a Writ of Certiorari. 29 Edw. III. 
 
 No. 4. A Roll containing the names of the Alien Clergy who 
 had paid fines at the Exchequer. Temp. Edw. III. 
 
 No. 5. A Notarial Instrument relating to the disputes 
 between the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln. 9 Hen. V. 
 
 No. 6. A Petition and Warrant for the grant of certain 
 liberties, &c. to the Archbishop of York. 22 Hen. VI. 
 See also Benefices, Returns or. 
 
 EMIGRANTS. 
 
 Licenses to pass beyond the Sea. (Miscellanea, 
 Exchequer Q. R.) Elizabeth to Charles I. 
 
 These consist of Returns of the names, ages, &c. of 
 soldiers who took the oath of allegiance preparatory to 
 going on foreign service, principally to the Netherlands, 
 and also of Registers of all the passengers embarking 
 from London and other ports for New England and other 
 American Col >nies about the year 1635. Those relating 
 to the American settlers have been published by J. 
 Camden Hotten, under the title " Original Lists of Persons 
 of Quality, &c." 
 Descriptive Slips. 
 
 List of Emigrants to Nova Scotia. 1748 to 1749. 
 
 [Colonial Office Records {Board of Trade) Nova Scotia, 
 Vol. 46.] 
 
 ESCHEATS, ATTAINDERS, AND FORFEI- 
 TURES. 
 
 Prior to the reign of Henry III. the revenue arising 
 from Escheated or Forfeited Lands was answered for by
 
 Ill 
 
 ESCHEATS, ATTAINDERS, &c— (continued). 
 
 Hie Sheriffs of the several counties, and accounted for by 
 them on the Great Bolls of the Exchequer or Pipe Rolls 
 undyr the title "De purpreeturia et Escaetis." Towards 
 the end of the reign of Henry I J., however, a separate 
 account appears to have begun to be kept of the Escheats 
 in various counties, and subsequently distinct officers 
 were appointed for the management of these revenues, 
 who were called " Cuatodes Eacaetarum" or "Custodes 
 EscaetrifB," and afterwards " Escheators." 
 
 < About the end of the reign of Henry III. the whole 
 kingdom was divided into two Escheatries, " Citra 
 Trentam " and u Ultra Trentam," and this arrangemenl 
 appears to have continued, with a short interval, til! 
 8 Edward III., when the Escheatry south of Trent was 
 formed into seven Escheatries, and the district north 
 of Trent (exclusive of Lancashire) formed an eighth 
 Escheatry, as follows : — 
 
 1. Surrey, Sussex, Kent, and Middlesex. 
 
 2. Hants, Wilts, Oxford, Berks, Bedford, Buckingham. 
 
 3. Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridge, Huntingdon, Essex, 
 
 Hertford. 
 
 4. Warwick, Leicester, Nottingham, Derby, Lancaster. 
 
 5. Lincoln, Northampton, Rutland. 
 
 6. Gloucester, Worcester, Hereford, Salop, Stafford, 
 
 and Marches of "Wales. 
 
 7. Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, and Dorset. 
 
 8. Northumberland, Cumberland, Westmoreland, York 
 
 (and for a time Lancaster). 
 
 As the business of the Exchequer increased several new- 
 divisions arose from time to time (each with an indepen- 
 dent Escheator), until about the reign of Henry V., when 
 the division of the country into Escaetorial districts 
 became complete, no alteration having been made since 
 that reign, except that particular cities or towns obtained 
 the privilege of having each its own Each eat or. 
 
 The office of Escheator appears to have disappeared 
 with the abolition of Feudal Tenures at the Restoration 
 inquiries respecting estates forfeited to the Crown from 
 about the 5th year of Charles I. to the present time being 
 made by virtue of Special Commissions for that purpose 
 issued out of the Court of Chancery and returnable into 
 the Petty Bag Office. 
 
 The lollowing classes of Records relate more especially 
 to lands, Szc. forfeited by Escheat, Attainder, or other- 
 wise. 
 
 Sec also the titles LNQl [8ITION8 POST MORTEM," 
 
 "Ministers' and Receivers' Accounts,'' "Tap; 
 Recusants, &c," "Royalists and Delinquents/ and 
 " Surveys and Rentals."
 
 112 
 
 ESCHEATS, ATTAINDERS, &c— (continued). 
 
 Escheators' Accounts and Inquisitions. (Exchequer 
 Q. R.) Henry III. to James I. 
 
 The earlier Escheators' Accounts contain full particulars 
 as to the property accounted for, stating where it was 
 situated, its extent and value, nnd the reasons why it was 
 seized into the King's hands, the matter therein containe 1 
 being uniformly distributed under the heads " Old 
 Escheats,' 1 " New Escheats," and " Goods of Outlaws, 
 Felons, and Fugitives/' An alteration in the mode of 
 making up these accounts took place about the 20th year 
 of Elizabeth, subsequent to which date all particulars are 
 omitted. 
 
 The "Escheators' Inquisitions" are contemporary Tran- 
 scripts of the Inquisitions post mortem taken before the 
 Escheators virtuie officii or otherwise, and returned into the 
 Court of Chancery, of which series they frequently supply 
 the deficiencies. They were not unfrequently returned in 
 the same pouch with the Escheators' Accounts, but have now 
 been arranged in two Series, extending from Henry III. to 
 Richard HI., and from Henry VII. to James I. respectively. 
 
 Calendar to the w Escheators' Accounts and Inquisi- 
 tions." Henry III. to James I. 10 Vols. MS. 
 
 Do. Henry VII. to James I. Printed. Report, X.. 
 App. II, pp. 1-222. 
 
 Index Nominum. Hen. VII. to James I. 1 Vol. MS. 
 
 Escheators' Accounts, Enrolments of. (Exchequer 
 L. 'J'. R.) 17 Edward II. to 21 James I. 161 Rolls. 
 
 Repertories. 1 Edward II. to 21 Henry VI. Prior to 
 17 Edward II. the Enrolments of Escheators' Accounts 
 appear on the PipeRolls and Chancellors' Rolls respectively. 
 
 An Inventory of these and other Foreign Accounts is 
 in progress. 
 
 Repertory. Edw. III. to Eliz. 1 Vol. MS. entitled 
 " Repertory of Escheators' Accounts, including vacant 
 Abbies and Priories." From Edw. III. to Edw. IV., this 
 volume gives the names of the escheators only, but from 
 Ric. III. to Eliz., it gives not only the escheators' names, 
 but also those of the persons whose lands were taken, and 
 of the vacant abbeys, &c whose possessions were seized 
 into the King's hands during such vacancy. 
 
 Felons' Goods, Inquisitions concerning. (Miscel- 
 lanea, Exchequer Q. R.) Henry IV. to Henry VI. 
 
 These consist of Writs and Inquisitions relating to the 
 goods and chattels of felons and outlaws in various 
 counties. 
 
 Descriptive Slips.
 
 113 
 
 ESCHEATS, ATTAINDERS, &c— (continued). 
 
 Forfeited Estates, Miscellaneous Aoooi $ i - bel \ i in- 
 to. (Miscellanea, Excheqi be <^. R.) Richard II. to 
 Edward IV. 
 
 Two bundles entitled " Miscellaneous Files and Parcels 
 of Accounts," and containing accounts of the Farmers of 
 Forfeited Estates or of forfeited goods and chattels in 
 various counties of the surplut t receipts over and above a 
 certain value ; together with a few accounts of Sheriffs and 
 of collectors of Customs and searchers in various ports. 
 
 Descriptive Slips. 
 
 Forfeited Goods, &c, Accounts of. (Miscellanea, 
 Exchequer Q. R.) Edward I. to Edward III. 
 
 These are principally Accounts of the goods and chattels 
 of " Felons, Fugitives, and Outlaws," and appear to be 
 subsidiary to the Escheators' Accounts. 
 Descriptive Slips. 
 
 Forfeitures (Various). 
 
 (1.) Lands of the Earl of Leicester and his Followers 
 (confiscated by the Dictum de Kenilworth. Temp. Henry 
 
 In .)- 
 
 a. A Roll entitled " Terras rebellium datse fidelibus," 
 
 containing brief notices of the lands forfeited, with 
 the names of the persons to whom they had been 
 given. [Miscellanea, Exchequer, Treasury of the 
 Receipt.] 
 
 b. A Roll entitled " De terris duellionum a rege diversis 
 
 personis concessis," 50 Hen. III. 
 
 [Misc. Rolls, &c, Chancery, No. ^.] 
 
 c. " Inquisitiones de Rebellious." 49 Hen. III. One 
 
 Portfolio, placed with the Inquisitions post mortem. 
 
 (2.) Lands of the Normans. (Confiscated temp. Henry 
 
 1IL ) 
 
 A Roll entitled " Terra? Normannorum seisitaein manum 
 
 Domini Regis," containing an account of the grants of 
 custody of certain lands formerly belonging to the Normans, 
 which had been seized into the king's hands on the Separa- 
 tion of Normandy from the English Crown. [Miscellanea, 
 Exchequer, Treasury of the Receipt^] 
 
 The foregoing is printed in full in Hunter's '*' Rotuli 
 Selecti." 
 
 (3.) Lands of the '* Contrariants." (Temp. Edward II.) 
 The Accounts relating to the possessions of Thomas. 
 Earl of Lancaster, and his adherents, who in respect of 
 their great power and influence instead of being described 
 as "Rebels" or "Traitors" were called -Contrariants," 
 have now been incorporated in the General Series of 
 
 u 80195. II
 
 114 
 
 ESCHEATS, ATTAINDERS, &c.— (continued). 
 
 Forfeitures (Various) — (continued). 
 
 " Ministers 9 and Receivers' Accounts," a detailed List of 
 which has recently been issued. 
 
 There are also amongst the records of the Exchequer, 
 L. T. R, Enrolled Accounts of the " Contrariants' Lands " 
 from 14 to 20 Edward II., consisting of three large rolls. 
 
 Grants by the King of the Lands, &c. forfeited by the 
 Contrariants are enrolled on a Patent Roll of 15 & 16 
 Edward II., entitled, " Cartae de Terris Forisfactis." 
 
 (4.) Lands of the Duke of Ireland and others. (Attainted 
 11 Richard II.) 
 
 A File of Inquisitions and extents of the lands and 
 possessions of Alexander Nevill, Archbishop of York ; 
 Robert de Vere, Duke of Ireland ; Michael de la Pole, 
 Earl of Suffolk ; Sir Robert Tresilian, Sir Nicholas Brembre, 
 and others attainted by Act of Parliament, ] 1 Richard II. 
 [Misc. Rolls, §rc., Chancery, Bundle 13, File 2.] 
 • Inventories of the goods and chattels of De Vere, 
 
 o ■ i 
 
 Duke of Ireland, and other attainted persons. 11-12 
 Richard II. 
 
 [Misc. Books, Exchequer, Tr. of the Receipt, Vol. 66.] 
 Inquisitions "De Forisfacturis," a Portfolio placed 
 with the Inquistions post mortem and referring to the 
 possessions of the under-mentioned persons : — 
 
 11 Ric. IJ. Michael de la Pole, Earl of Suffolk. 
 
 Alexander Nevill, Archbp, of York. 
 Sir Robert Tresilian. 
 
 12 Ric. II. John de Nevill of Raby. 
 L3 Ric II. Roger de Clifford. 
 
 John de Hastings, Earl of Pembroke. 
 
 14 Ric. II. Ralph Basset de Drayton. 
 
 15 Ric. II. Hugh de Courtenay, Earl of Devon. 
 
 16 Ric. II. Thomas, Earl of Stafford. 
 
 19 Ric. II. Henry Grey de Wilton. 
 
 William la Zouche de Haringworth. 
 Jonn de Carey (attainted 11 Ric. II.) 
 
 20 Ric. II. Thomas de Holand, Earl of Kent. 
 
 W. de Montacute, Earl of Salisbury. 
 John de Wellington. 
 
 21 Ric. II. Richard, Earl of Arundel. 
 
 Thomas, Duke of Gloucester. 
 
 Thomas, Earl of Warwick. 
 
 Thomas Mortymer. 
 
 Thomas, Archbp. of Canterbury. 
 
 John de C»bham. 
 
 Ralph de Drayton. 
 
 22 Ric. II. Roger Mortimer, Earl of March. 
 
 Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland. 
 Thomas, Earl of Stafford.
 
 I 15 
 
 ESCHEATS, ATTAINDERS, &o.— (continued). 
 
 Forfeitures- (Various) — (continued). 
 
 The foregoing are included in the printed Calendar of 
 Inquisitions post mortem. 
 
 The Accounts iclaiiriL: u. the possessions of the Knights 
 Templars (confiscated by Edward [I.) and of the Alien 
 
 Priories (confiscated by Henry V.) are described under 
 
 the head of MINISTERS' AND RECEIVERS' 
 ACCOUNTS. 
 
 The following documents relating to Attainders are 
 amongst the Miscellaneous Rolls (Chancery) : — 
 
 No. \J. The I'ronunciation of Judgment on Roger Mortimer 
 
 the elder and Roger Mortimer the younger. 16 Edw. II. 
 
 No. >,». The Pardon of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, and 
 
 Alianora his wife. Temp. Hen. V 1. 
 
 The following are amongst the Records of the Augmen- 
 tation Office : — 
 
 Letters and Papers relating to Anthony Wydvill. Earl Rivera . 
 and others. Temp. Edward IV. 1 Vol. 
 
 [Misc. Books, Vol. 486.] 
 Inventories of the goods of William Leighe of Middleton, 
 co. York, and others, attainted. 33 Henry VIII. 
 
 [Misc. Books. Vol. 171. 
 See also REBELLIONS. 
 
 Forfeited Estates, &c, Commissions of Inquiry 
 
 RESPECTING. (CHANCERY, PETTY Bag OFFICE.) 
 
 .James I. to Victoria. 
 
 These consist of Special Commissions to inquire respect- 
 ing estates forfeited to the Crown for various causes, with 
 the Inquisitions and Traverses thereon. They are arranged 
 in bundles under the following heads : — 
 
 Aliens, Estates acquired by. 15 Car. I. to 8 Victoria. 
 Concealed Lands. Car. II. to Will, and Mary. 
 Depopulations, or lands, &c. laid waste in various 
 
 counties. 5 James I. 
 Derelict Lands, or lands reclaimed from the sea. Car. I. 
 
 to Victoria. 
 Escheats (for want of heirs). 6 Car. I. to L889. 
 Forfeitures of Ollices. 5 Car. I. to 4 William IV. 
 Murders and Felonies, Lands, &e. forfeited tor. 12 
 
 Car. I. to Victoria. 
 Superstitious Uses, Lands given for. 33 Car. II to 
 
 1 1 Wm. III. 
 Treason, Lands, &c. forfeited for. ."> Car. I. to Anne. 
 
 Index. 1 Vol. MS. 
 
 Forfeited Estates Papers. Pursuant to Statute I 
 George I. 
 
 These are the Books, Papers, ami Proceedings of the 
 Commissioners appointed pursuant to an Act of Parlia- 
 
 H 2
 
 116 
 
 ESCHEATS, ATTAINDERS, &c— (continued). 
 Forfeited Estates Papers, &o. — (continued). 
 
 ment in the first year of the reign of George I., entitled, 
 " An Act for appointing Commissioners to inquire of the 
 " Estates of certain Traitors, and of Popish Recusants, and 
 " of Estates given to Superstitious Uses, in order to raise 
 " money out of them severally for the use of the Publick." 
 They consist, in addition to the Reports, Minutes, and 
 other proceedings of the Commissioners, of Rentals of and 
 deeds relating to the Estates of all the persons attainted 
 during the rebellion of 1715, complete lists of whom are 
 given, with the claims of creditors thereon, &c, &c. ; of 
 Lists of the Popish Recusants who had registered their 
 estates in the several counties in England and Wales, 
 arranged in counties and also alphabetically ; and of Infor- 
 mations, &c. respecting Lands given to Superstitious Uses. 
 Inventory. Report V., App. II., pp. 97-130. 
 
 FEES OF COURTS, &c. 
 
 Minutes of the Commissioners appointed to inquire 
 into the Fees taken in every Court, Parish Church, and 
 in every Office in England and Wales. (Exchequer 
 Queen's Remembrancer.) 1627 to 1636. 4 Vols. 
 
 FEUDAL TENURES. 
 
 When the levying of Scutage in lieu of military service 
 became a recognized institution, which appears to have 
 taken place in the reign of Henry II., the amount of 
 service due from each Tenant in Capite was at first ascer- 
 tained by Certificates, rendered to the Exchequer by the 
 Tenants themselves, of the number of Knights' Fees for 
 which they were liable, by which the Officers of the 
 Exchequer were guided in making their assessment. 
 Transcripts of the Certificates sent in by the Tenants in 
 Capite in the 14th year of Henry II., when a levy was 
 made on all the Knights' Fees throughout the kingdom in 
 aid of the marriage of the KiDg's daughter, are contained 
 in the " Red Book" of the Exchequer (fol. 83-122), but two 
 only of the original Certificates are now known to exist. 
 
 Another copy of these Certificates (printed by Hearne) 
 is contained in the Black Book of the Exchequer, known 
 as the " Liber Niger Parvus." 
 
 The Red Book contains also (fol. 47-81) a return of all 
 the Scutages levied between the 2nd year of Henry II. 
 and the 13th year of King John which was compiled from 
 the Great Rolls of the Exchequer by Alexander de 
 Swereford in the reign of Henry III. as a guide for future 
 assessments. See REGISTERS AND BOOKS OF 
 REMEMBRANCE.
 
 117 
 
 FEUDAL TENURES- (continued). 
 
 At a later period Inquisitions were taken from time to 
 time concerning the Knights' Fee- .- « n . I S«-rjeanties in the 
 various counties from which Returns or "Books of Knights' 
 Fees" were subsequently compiled, the chief of which are 
 well known as the "Testa de ETevill" or "Liber Feo- 
 dorum," in the reigns of Henry III. and Edward I. 
 - Kirkby's Quest "or Inquest of the 24th year of Edward I.. 
 and the " Hook of Aids," which contains a Record of the 
 Knights' Fees throughout the greater part of the kingdom 
 in the reigns of Edward [II. and Henry IV. Many of these 
 Inquisitions exist amongst the Miscellanea of the Queen 
 Remembrancer, including a Survey or Return made in the 
 31st vear of Henry II. of all wardships, reliefs, and other 
 profits due to the King from the Widows and Orphans of 
 his Tenants in Oapite which is generally known as the 
 "Rotulus de Dominabus" or "Ladies' Roll." 
 
 Inquisitions were also frequently taken for the purpose 
 of ascertaining the names of persons in the several counties 
 holding 20 librates of land or upwards, who were thereby 
 rendered liable to knight-service and became subject to 
 Fine or Composition for neglecting to take upon them- 
 selves the order of Knighthood, many of which will be 
 found amongst the Chancery Miscellaneous Rolls and 
 elsewhere as referred to below. 
 
 The various documents bearing on this subject, which 
 furnish invaluable evidence as to the Feudal Tenures 
 throughout England, are indicated in the following List : — 
 
 Aids, Book of. Edward III. and Henry IV. 
 
 A laro-e volume containing Particulars of the Accounts 
 of the Collectors of the Aid granted for making the King's 
 eldest son a knight in the 20th year of Edward III., and 
 also of an aid towards marrying the King's eldest daughter 
 oranted in the 3rd year of Henry the Fourth. The tenures 
 of the persons contributing to the several Aids are described 
 with great minuteness, the volume forming a most valuable 
 Record of the Knights' Fees throughout the greater part of 
 the kingdom. 
 
 [Misc. Books, Exchequer, Q. />'.. Vol ''>.] 
 
 Kirkby's Quest. 24 Edward I. 
 
 An account of* all the Knights' Fees, held from the King 
 in Capite or from others in various Counties, according to 
 Inquisitions thereof taken by John de Kirkeby the Ki 
 Treasurer and others thereto assigned in the 24th year of 
 Edward I. 
 
 [Misc. Books, Exchequer, Q. A'., Vol. 17. J 
 
 Transcripts of Kirkby's Quest for the County of York 
 
 will also be Eound in the Miscellaneous Books of the
 
 118 
 
 FEUDAL TENURES— (continued). 
 Kirkby's Quest — (continued). 
 
 Exchequer, Treasury of the Receipt. [Vols. 67 and 
 68.] 
 
 Fragments of the original Inquisitions for several 
 Counties exist amongst the Subsidy Rolls, Exchequer, 
 Queen's Remembrancer. [Subs. Roll, No. ff£. ] 
 
 Knights' Fees, Book of. 6 Henry VI. 
 
 A volume containing transcripts of Inquisitions as to 
 the Knights' Fees, &c." in various Counties, taken in the 
 6th year of Henry the Sixth for the purpose of levying the 
 Subsidy granted in that year. 
 
 [Misc. Books, Exchequer, Q. R., Vol. 4.] 
 
 Serjeanties, Rolls of. (Exchequer, L. T. R.) 
 Henry III. and Edward I. 
 
 There are amongst the Miscellaneous Rolls of the 
 Lord Treasurer's Department two large Rolls containing 
 Returns of all the Serjeanties throughout England in 
 the reigns of Henry III. and Edward L, stating whether 
 they were rented or alienated, wholly or in part, with the 
 names of the Tenants and the rent paid by them, &c. 
 The substance of these Rolls appears to be printed in the 
 « Testa de Nevill." 
 
 Testa de Nevill, ok Liber Feodokum. Henry III. 
 and Edward I. 
 
 The two volumes, known as " Testa de Nevill," contain 
 Transcripts, compiled apparently about the end of the 
 reign of Edward II., of Inquisitions taken temp. Henry 
 HI. and Edward I. concerning the Nomina Villarum, 
 Serjeanties, and Knights' Fees in the several Counties 
 throughout England. They appear to have derived their 
 title from Ralph de Nevill, who was an Accountant in the 
 Exchequer and Collector of Aids in the reign of Henry 
 the Third, or from Jollan de Nevill a Justice Itinerant of 
 the same reign. They contain an account of all Fees 
 holden either immediately of the King, or of others who 
 held of him in Capite, and also of Fees holden in Frankal- 
 moign with the values thereof respectively ; of all Ser- 
 jeanties holden of the King, distinguishing such as were 
 rented or alienated, with the values of the same ; of all 
 • \\ idows and Heiresses in Capite whose Marriages were in 
 the gift of the King with the values of their lands ; of all 
 Churches in the gift of the King, stating in whose hands 
 they were; of all Escheats, as well of the lands of Normans 
 as others, stating in whose hands they were and by what
 
 I I!) 
 
 FEUDAL TENURES— (continued). 
 
 Testa db Nevill ob Libee Feodorum, &c. — (continued). 
 
 services holden ; and of the Amounts paid for Scutageand 
 Aid, &c. by each Tenant. 
 
 [Misc. Boohs, Exchequer^ Q. />'., Vols. 5 and 6.] 
 
 Some of the original Rolls from which these two relumes 
 were compiled will befound amongst the Miscellanea of the 
 Exchequer Queen's Remembrancer ; and a portion of a Roll 
 amongsl the Miscellanea of the Treasury of the Receipt 
 bearing the same name, appears to be the original docu- 
 ment from which many of the entries have been copied. 
 See also Serjeanties, Rolls op. 
 
 These volumes have been printed in full by the Record 
 Commissioners in 1 Vol., folio, with Indices Lpcorum and 
 Nominum, 
 
 Tenures and Knights' Fees appertaining to the 
 Duchy op Lancaster in various Counties, Books 
 of. 3 Vols. 
 
 [Duchy of Lancaster Records. Div. Will., Vols. 31 to 
 33.] See also "Miscellaneous Records, Duchy of Lan- 
 caster." [Div. XXV. and Div. XXVI.]. 
 
 Knights' Fees, Inquisitions, kc. concerning. (Mis- 
 cellanea, Exchequer, Q. R.) Henry II. to Edw. I. 
 
 These consist of Returns of the names of persons holding 
 Knights' Fees in various Counties, including the " Rotulus 
 de dominabus, pucris ct puellis " of 31 Henry II., which 
 was a survey taken to ascertain " the wardships, reliefs, 
 and other profits due to the King from the widows and 
 orphans ot'his tenants in Capite, minutely describing their 
 agea and heirship, the quantity and value of their lands 
 and of the cattle and stock upon them," See. This Roll 
 has been printed by Stacey Grimaldi for the Society of 
 Antiquaries. 
 
 Descriptive Slips. 
 
 Many Inquisitions concerning Knights' Fees will also 
 be found amongst the Subsidy Rolls. [See Descriptive 
 Inventory in Report II., App. II , pp. 132-189 et seq.] 
 
 Knights' Fees, Inquisitions, &c. concerning. (Mis- 
 cellanea, Exchequer, Q.R.) Henry I II. to Henry VIII. 
 
 These consist of Returns of the names oi persons holding 
 Knights' Fees in various Counties, and also of those who 
 held 20 or 40 librates of land, and had not taken upon 
 themselves the order of Knighthood. They are at present 
 placed in two Bundles, entitled " Feudal Service." 
 
 Descriptive slips.
 
 120 
 
 FEUDAL TENURES— (continued). 
 
 Knights' Fees, Inquisitions, &o. — (continued). 
 
 Inquisitions concerning Knights' Fees in various Counties 
 will also be found amongst the Miscellaneous Rolls of the 
 Exchequer, Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer. 
 
 Knighthood, Compositions for. (Exchequer of Re- 
 ceipt.) 1630 to 163-2. 
 
 A volume containing the names of persons throughout 
 England who compounded for not taking the Order of 
 Knighthood, with the sum paid by each, arranged under 
 Counties. 
 
 There is also amongst the Miscellanea of the Exchequer 
 of Receipt an original Roil containing similar Accounts for 
 the Counties of York and Cumberland. 
 
 The following documents relating to Knights' Fees are 
 amongst the Miscellaneous Rolls, Chancery (Bundle 8): — 
 No. 1. Eeturns of the names of persons holding 15 librates 
 of laud and upwards who ought to he knights. 
 
 40 Hen. III. 
 
 No. 2. A Roll containing Writs of respite from taking up 
 
 knighthood, and also Writs relating to the payment of 
 
 the " Saladin Tithe," and memoranda relating to a 
 
 Treaty with Sicily. 41 & 42 Hen. III. 
 
 No. 3. A Roll containing Extracts from the ' ' Liber Feo- 
 
 dorum." Temp. Edw. I. 
 
 No. 4. A File of Writs and Returns of Sheriffs of the names 
 
 of persons in various counties holding 40 librates of 
 
 land, &c. 6 Edward II. 
 
 No. 5. Do. 18 Edward II. 
 
 No. 6. Do. 19 Edward II. 
 
 No. 7. Do. 8 & 9 Edward III. 
 
 No. 8. Extracts from the Red Book of the Exchequer and 
 
 the Liber Feodorum of all the Knights' Fees belonging 
 
 to Edmund Earl of Chester. 11 Edw. III. 
 
 No. 9. A File of Writs and Returns of persons holding 
 
 " centum solidatas terra? vel redditus," &c\ 
 
 18 Edw. III. 
 No. 10. Extracts from the Red Book of the Exchequer of the 
 names of all the Tenants in Capite in Norfolk, Suffolk, 
 Essex, Herts, Cambridge, and Hunts. 45 Edw. III. 
 No. 11. A List of all the Knights' Fees, &c. of Hugh 
 Courtenay, late Earl of Devon. Edw. III. 
 
 No. 12. Lists of all the Knights' Fees, &c. of Thomas Mow- 
 bray, late Duke of Norfolk (2 rolls). 1 Hen. IV. 
 Lists of Knights' Fees will also be found amongst the 
 Deeds of Partition. See PARTITION OF 
 LANDS. 
 
 The following are amongst the Miscellaneous Books of 
 the Exchequer, Treasury of the Receipt : — 
 Vol. 69. Extents of Knights' Fees, &c. belonging to the Honor 
 of Richmond. 9-10 Edw. I. 
 
 70. List of Knights' Fees in the County of Kent. 
 
 Temp. Edw. II. 
 
 71. Transcript of part of the " Testa de Nevill" (Edw. I.) 
 
 relating to Lincolnshire ; and a " Ledger Book " of 
 the Abbey of IJurlinges. (Edw. II to Hen. V.)
 
 121 
 
 FEUDAL TENURES- (continued). 
 
 72. A volume entitled " Ferula in Oapiti ' an 
 
 ac<-oiiiit of all Knights' I'- a the Counties of 1 levon, 
 Lincoln, Cumberland, Cent, and Backs, compiled by 
 the Ma iter of I be I lourl of Wardi and Li\ ■ ■ 
 
 34 B< a. \ 'ILL 
 
 73. Anaccount of all bhe Knights' Fees in the County of 
 
 Blent, bemp. Bdw. III. including those of the Castl e 
 of Dover. 35 Een. VIII. 
 
 74. Am acoount of the TenureB of Manors in I f of 
 
 Gloucester. ' ' Bliz. 
 
 FINES AND RECOVERIES. 
 
 FlNES. 
 
 A Fine (Finis, or Finn lis Concordia), so called from the 
 words with which it begins, and also from its effect in 
 putting a final end to all suits and contentions, was an 
 amicable agreement or composition of a suit (whether real 
 or fictitious) made between the parties with the consent of 
 the judges, and enrolled amongst the Records of the Court 
 in which the suit was commenced, and by which freehold 
 property might be transferred, settled, or limited. These 
 Fines, or Final Agreements, are said to be of equal anti- 
 quity with the first rudiments of the law, instances having 
 been produced of them even prior to the Norman invasion, 
 and they no doubt originated in actual suits for recovering 
 the possession of lands or other hereditaments, the posses- 
 sion thus gained being found so sure and effectual that 
 fictitious actions were soon introduced for the sake of 
 obtaining the same security. The Records of these actions 
 exist in an almost unbroken series from the reign of 
 Richard I. to the year 1834, when a Statute was passed 
 " For the abolition of Fines and Recoveries and the 
 u substitution of more simple modes of assurance." 
 
 The Records of Fines consist of the following branches, 
 each of which represents one step in the proceedings : — 
 
 1. The Writ of Covenant. — This is a writ of Praecipe 
 sued out of the Court of Common iMeas the foundation of 
 which is a supposed agreement or covenant between the 
 parties, the fulfilment of which has been neglected, ami 
 forms the commencement of the suit. From this writ a 
 fine was due to the King of one-tenth of the annual value 
 of the lands, which was called the primer fine. Then 
 followed the licentia concord audi, or leave to agree bet ween 
 the parties, for which, the suit having already been com- 
 menced and pledges to prosecute given, another line was 
 due to the King, which was called the -post fine or • King - 
 Silver." This was half as much again as the primer fine, 
 that is three-twentieths of the supposed annual value. 
 
 2. The Concord. — This is the actual agreement signed 
 by the parties after the leave to agree had been duly 
 obtained and was either acknowledged in open Court or 
 be lore two <>r more Commissioner- serially appointed lor
 
 122 
 
 FINES AND RECOVERIES— (continued). 
 
 Fines — (contiDiied). 
 
 the purpose. In the latter case there are annexed to it 
 the Writ of Dedimus Potestatem, containing the appoint- 
 ment of the Commissioners, and an affidavit verifying the 
 taking ot the acknowledgment. 
 
 The Concord being the complete Fine has been held to 
 be the priiicipale recordum, and the Fine was held to be of 
 that term in which the Concord was made. 
 
 3. The Note of the Fine. — This was made out by the 
 Chirographer from the Concord, and from this and the 
 other proceedings he drew up the Chirograph or Foot of 
 the Fine, which, with the previous proceedings annexed, 
 was then deposited with the Custos Brevium, the Notes 
 teino- retained by the Chirographer, by whom they were 
 filed in Terms 
 
 4. The Foot and Indentures of Fine. — The Foot or con- 
 clusion of the Fine, sometimes called the Chirograph, begins 
 with the words " Hrec est finalis concordia," (i This is the 
 final agreement," and recites the whole proceedings, the 
 Fine being then completely levied. 
 
 In order to render the Fine more universally public and 
 less liable to be levied by fraud, it was enacted that the 
 Fine after engrossment should be openly read and pro- 
 claimed in Court sixteen times, viz., four times in the 
 Term in which it was levied, and four times in each of the 
 three succeeding Terms. This was reduced by Stat. 31 
 Eliz. to once in each of the four Terms, and these pro- 
 clamations were endorsed on the Chirograph or Foot of 
 the Fine. 
 
 In addition to the Foot, two Indentures, or Transcripts 
 thereof, were engrossed by the Chirographer on the same 
 piece of parchment, which was then divided into three 
 indented portions, the Foot, between which and the two 
 Indentures the word " Cyrographum " was written, being 
 retained by the Custos Brevium, and the Indentures being 
 <*iven out to the respective parties to the Fine. The 
 annexed diagram will show the manner in which this was 
 done, and also how the Chirograph and the two Indentures 
 can be made to verify each other : — 
 
 Foot and Indentures of Fine. 
 
 
 !£§ 
 
 H Y 
 
 Ih Indenture of Fine. 
 
 Indenture of Fine.
 
 Il':; 
 
 FINES AND RECOVERIES— (continued). 
 
 Recovkhies. 
 
 A Recovery in its most extensive sense is a restitution 
 to a former right by the solemn judgment of :i Court of 
 Justice What is generally termed a Common Recovery 
 was, however, a judgment in a fictitious suit brought 
 against the tenant of the freehold, which was obtained in 
 consequence of a default made by the person last vouched 
 to warranty in such fictitious suit. It is stated to have 
 owed its origin to a practice introduced by the Religious 
 houses in the reign of Edward I. of bringing actions for 
 the recovery of lands, to which they set up a fictitious 
 title, in order by s<> doing to elude the Statute of Mort- 
 main and. obtain, by a sentence of the law, those lands 
 which they were otherwise precluded from acquiring. 
 
 It was not, however, till the reign of Edward IV. that 
 Common Recoveries were generally introduced and recog- 
 nised as an ingenious and effectual means of putting an 
 end to all fettered inheritances and of barring estates tail 
 and all remainders and reversions expectant thereon. 
 
 Though a Recovery, generally speaking, was a more 
 extensive species of conveyance than a Fine to guard an 
 estate against all claims and incumbrances, the operation 
 of each was frequently necessary in aid of the other. A 
 Fine was thus often levied for the purpose of creating a 
 good Tenant to the Praecipe on which the Recovery was 
 suffered, while a Recovery was suffered in order to operate 
 as a discontinuance of an estate-tail, or for the purpose of 
 barring remainders or reversions consequent thereon, and 
 such a conveyance by Fine and Recovery harrcd oil the world. 
 A. Fine is technically said to be levied, a Recovery to 
 be suffered. These terms have, however, not unfrequently 
 been confounded. 
 
 Recoveries were of two kinds, cither by single or by 
 
 double voucher, and were effected in the following manner : — 
 
 Suppose A.B. to be the Tenant-in-tail in possession of 
 
 a freehold, and to be desirous of barring all entails, &c 
 
 thereon, and of conveying the same in fee-simple to CD. 
 
 The first step in the proceedings is for CD., who is 
 then called the Demandant, to bring an action against 
 A.l>. for the recovery of the lands in question, alleging 
 that the Tenant has no legal title thereto, but that he only 
 came into possession after one Hugh Hunt had turned 
 him, the Demandant, out therefrom. This he does by 
 suing out a writ called, from its initial words, " Praecipe 
 quod reddat." The Tenant appears thereto and defends 
 his right," vouching," or calling to warranty a third person, 
 who was hence called the Vouchee. The Demandant then 
 craves leave of the Court to imparl, or confer with the 
 Vouchee in private, after which he returns again to the
 
 124 
 
 FINES AND RECOVERIES— (continued). 
 Recoveries — (continued). 
 
 Court, but the Vouchee, although solemnly called, " cometh 
 " not again, but departeth in contempt of Court/' and makes 
 default, whereupon judgment is given for the Demandant 
 to recover the lands in question against the Tenant, who on 
 his part may recover lands of equal value from the Vouchee ; 
 but the latter having no lands of his own, being usually 
 the Crier of the Court (who from being frequently thus 
 vouched is called the Common Vouchee), the Tenant has 
 only a nominal recompense, and the lands become abso- 
 lutely vested in the Demandant by Judgment of th« common 
 law, a writ being directed to the Sheriff of the County to 
 deliver seisin thereof. 
 
 The Recovery above described is by a sinr/lc voucher 
 only ; the Recovery by double voucher differed from this 
 by the estate being first conveyed, either by Fine or by 
 Indenture, to some indifferent person against whom the 
 Praecipe or Writ was issued, and who was thence called 
 ihe Tenant to the Praecipe. He vouched or called to War- 
 ranty the actual Tenant-in-tail, who in his turn vouched 
 the Common Vouchee, who made default as before. This 
 was much the more effective and common form of Reco- 
 very, for if the Recovery were had against the Tenant-in- 
 tail directly, it barred only such estate in the premises as 
 he was then actually seised of; whilst if the Recovery 
 were brought against another person, and the Tenant-in- 
 tail were called to Warranty, he thereby barred every 
 latent right and interest he might have therein. 
 
 As the most usual form of Fine, that " sur cognizance 
 de droit come ceo, &c," conveys an absolute estate without 
 any limitations to the cognizee, and as Common Recoveries 
 do the same to the Recoveror, these assurances could not 
 be made to answer the purpose of family settlements unless 
 their force and effect were subjected to the declaration of 
 other more complicated deeds wherein particular uses can 
 be more particularly expressed. If these deeds are made 
 previous to the Fine or Recovery, they are called deeds to 
 lead the uses ; if subsequent, Deeds to declare them ; and 
 the Fine, when levied or the Recovery when suffered, shall 
 enure to the uses so specified, and to no other. For 
 although the Cognizee or Recoveror has a Fee-Simple 
 vested in him by the Fine or Recovery, yet by the opera- 
 tion of this Deed he becomes a mere instrument or conduit- 
 pipe, seized only to the use of the persons specified in the 
 settlement in successive order, such uses coming immediately 
 into execution. 
 
 The enrolment of Deeds to lead or declare uses was not 
 compulsory 3 and, such Deeds being generally of a more or 
 lead confidential nature, was not often resorted to. They
 
 FINES AND RECOVERIES— (continued). 
 Recoveries — (continued). 
 
 might, however, be enrolled in any Court of Law within 
 six months of the date of their execution. 
 
 The following List embrace! the principal documents 
 relating to Fines and Recoveries amongst the Records of 
 the Cuurts of Common Pleas, and in the Beveral ( lonrl 
 the Principality of Wales and of the Counties Palatine of 
 Chester, Durham, and Lancaster: — 
 
 Common Pleas. 
 
 An idwits to Moderate Finks (Ai. u:\ation ()i i i« e). 
 180*2 to 1S34. These state the amount of the Purchase 
 Money, &c. 
 
 Affidavits on Warrants of Attorney for suffering 
 Recoveries. 1774 to 1834. 
 
 Fines,Feet of. Richard I. to G William IV. From Richard I. 
 to Henry VIII., the Feet of Fines are arranged alpha- 
 betically in Counties. Subsequently to the latter reign, 
 they are arranged chronologically Term by Term. 
 
 Fines, Concords of. 1 Eliz. to 6 Will. IV. 
 
 Fines, Notes of. Edward I. to 4 Will. IV. 
 
 Fines, Proclamations of. 1620 to 1841. 3 Vols. 
 
 Fines and Recoveries, Inrolments of Writs for. 
 23-24 Eliz. to 10 Anne. 
 
 King's Silver Books. Eliz. to Will. IV. 
 
 These books contain Abstracts of the Fines, giving the 
 names of the parties and full particulars of the premises. 
 Before George I. the series is very imperfect. 
 
 King's Silver Enrolments. These are entries of the 
 payment of King's Silver enrolled on the Recovery Rolls, 
 of which they form a distinct section. 
 
 Recovery Rolls or" Placita Terr^e." Easter, 25 Eliz- 
 abeth to 1837. 1004 rolls. Before Easter, 25 Elizabeth, 
 see " Placita de Banco," or " Common Rolls.'' The 
 Recovery Rolls consist of three portions: 
 
 1. Enrolments of " Common Recoveries " and also of 
 
 Real Recoveries, or "Writs of Right." 
 
 2. Enrolments of the payment of King's Silver for 
 
 license to levy Fines. 
 
 3. Enrolments of Deeds and other Instruments. 
 
 The last two rolls, extending from 1834 to 1837, consist of Pleas 
 
 of Land and Deeds Enrolled only.
 
 126 
 
 FINES AND RECOVERIES— (continued). 
 
 Common Pleas — (continued). 
 Remembrance Rolls for Recoveries. 1770 to 1850. 
 These contain entries of praecipes for suffering common 
 Recoveries with the record of the Tenants' appearances in 
 Court, the names of the Demandants, Tenants, and 
 Vouchees, and the particulars of the lands to be passed.- 
 
 The last of these Rolls, extending from 1834 to 1850, 
 contains enrolments of admissions to prosecute and defend 
 by guardians. 
 Rules to amend Fines and Recoveries. Geo. III. to 
 
 Will. IV. 
 Rules and Orders to pass Fines and Recoveries. 
 1797 to 1834. 
 
 Warrants of Attorney for suffering Recoveries. 
 See Affidavits on Warrants of Attorney. 
 
 Writs of Covenant. 1 Edw. III. to 1834. 
 
 Writs of Covenant, Extracts from. (Alienation 
 Office.) 1576 to 1837. 135 Vols. 
 Indexes. 102 Vols. 
 Writs of Entry en Recoveries, Extracts from 
 (Alienation Office.) 1595 to 1835. 33 Vols. 
 Indexes, 1660 to 1834. 27 Vols. 
 The means of reference to Fines and Recoveries are as 
 
 follows : — 
 Feet of Fines, Transcripts of. Ric. I. and John. Bedford 
 to Dorset. Printed in 2 Vols. 8vo. 
 Do. Ebor to Warwick. 7 Vols. MS. 
 
 Feet of Fines, 8fc., Indexes to ( for certain Counties). Ric. I. 
 to Hen. VIII. 37 Vols. See *LE NEVE'S INDEXES. 
 Feet of Fines, Index to. 1 Hen. VIII. to 58 Geo. III. 
 
 56 Vols. MS. 
 Do. 58 Geo. III. to 1839. 5 Vols. MS., called 
 
 " Index to Notes of Fines." 
 
 Do. 1611 to 1835, 54 Vols. MS., called " En- 
 
 try Books of Fines, and of Writs of Entry in Recoveries." 
 Recoveries, Indexes to. 7 Hen. VIII. to 5 Will. IV. 37 Vols. 
 
 M.S. 
 
 Welsh Courts. 
 
 The original Writs, Concords, and frequently the Chiro- 
 graphs of Fines and the Precipes and Warrants of 
 Attorney, &c. for Recoveries are arranged in^ Files or 
 Bundles for the following Counties ; the Recoveries being 
 also enrolled in full on the Plea Rolls : 
 
 Anglesey. 1 Jas. II. to 11 Geo. IV. 
 
 Brecon. 1 Eliz. to 1 Will. IV.
 
 127 
 
 FINES AND RECOVERIES— (continu., I, . 
 
 Welsh Courts— (<<>ntinuc(l). 
 
 Cardigan. 2 Edw. VI. to L Will. I V 
 Carmarthen. 2 Eli/., to I Will. IV. 
 Carnarvon. I J as, I. to I I ( reo. IV. 
 Denbigh. 3 & 4 Phil and Mary to 1 Will. IV 
 
 Flint. Hen. VI. to 1 Will. IV. 
 
 Glamorgan. Z4 Hen. VIII. to I Will. [V. 
 Merioneth. 7 Jas. I. to I Will. I V. 
 Montgomery. 1 Eliz. to 1 Will. IV. 
 Pembroke. ' 2 & 3 Phil, and Mary to 11 Geo. IV. 
 Radnor. 1 Mary to 1 Will. TV. 
 
 The means of reference are as follows : — 
 Docket Hooks of Fines and Recoveries. 
 
 (Ano-lesea, Carnarvon, and Merioneth.) 1803 to 1830 
 1 Vol. 
 
 (Brecon, Radnor, and Glamorgan.) 1686 to 1830. 
 5 Vols. 
 
 (Cardigan.) 1739 to 1830. 3 Vols. 
 
 (Carmarthen.) 1792 to 1815. 2 Vols. 
 
 (Denbigh.) 1792 to 1806. 1 Vol. 
 
 (Flint.) 1 Eliz. to 1 Will. IV. See " Docket Books, 
 Chester and Flint." 
 
 (Montgomery.) 1790 to 1830. " Entry Book." 1 Vol. 
 
 (Pembroke.) 1739 to 1798. 1 Vol. 
 Remembrance Rolls of Recoveries. 
 
 (Cardigan.) 1 Ja«. II. to 1 Will. IV. 
 
 (Carmarthen.) 1657 to 1 Will. IV. 
 
 (Pembroke.) 1 Anne to 1 Will. IV. 
 
 N.B.— The Docket Rolls and Docket Books of Pleas 
 also contain entries of Fines and Recoveries. See JUDI- 
 CIAL PROCEEDINGS. 
 
 Palatinate of Chester. 
 
 Fines and Warrants of Attorney, &c, fob Re- 
 coveries. I Edw. I. to I Will. IV. 
 
 These are Files or Bundles containing the original 
 Writs, Concords, and frequently the Chirographs of the 
 Fines and the Praecipes and Warrants of Attorney for 
 Recoveries. 
 
 Calendar. Edw. I. Printed. Report XX VIII. 
 App., pp. 6-19. 
 
 Docket Books of fines and Recoveries. 1 Henrv VIII 
 to 1 Will. IV. 12 Vols. MS. 
 
 Fines, Enrolments of (Chester). l ; s Elizabeth to 
 Anne.
 
 128 
 
 FINES AND RECOVERIES— (continued). 
 Palatinate of Chester — (continued). 
 
 Fines, Enrolments of (Flint). 12 Elizabeth to 2 
 George II. 
 
 Do. (Pembroke). 29-40 Elizabeth. 
 
 Recoveries, Enrolments of. 1 Hen. VIII. to Will. IV. 
 
 The Recoveries are enrolled in full on the Plea Rolls, 
 reference to them being made by means of the " Docket 
 Books of Fines and Recoveries." 
 
 Palatinate of Durham. 
 
 Fines, Feet of. Edw. VI. to 1834. 44 Bundles. 
 Fines, Concords of. 13 Chas. II to 1834. 44 Bundles. 
 
 Recoveries, Pr2ECIpes for. 13 Chas. II. to 1833. 35 
 
 Bundles. 
 Recoveries, Drafts of. 1770 to 1833. 3 Bundles. 
 
 The Recoveries are enrolled at length on the Judgment 
 
 Rolls. 
 
 Index to Fines. Hen. VI. to 31 Eliz. 1 Vol. 
 
 [Prothonotary's Indexes, No. 1.] 
 
 Writs of Precipe quod Reddat, Warrants of At- 
 torney, Writs of Dedimus Potestatem, and other 
 proceedings in Recoveries (Cursitors'). 35 Car. II. 
 to 1785. 8 Bundles. 
 
 Palatinate of Lancaster. 
 
 Feet of Fines, Concords, &c. In bundles. From John 
 of Gaunt (1362) to 4 Will. IV. 
 
 Fines, Enrolments of. 29 Eliz. to 4 Will. IV. Before 
 29 Elizabeth the Fines are enrolled on the Plea Rolls. 
 
 Recoveries. The Recoveries are enrolled in full on the 
 
 Plea Rolls. 
 Indexes as follows: — 
 Docquet Rolls. 1362 to 34 George II. These refer to 
 
 the Pleadings as well as to the Fines and Recoveries. 
 Docquet Rolls of Fines and Recoveries. 1 to 52 George III. 
 
 Referring to Fines and Recoveries only. 
 Docquet Rolls of Fines. 1 to 27 George II. Referring to 
 
 Fines only. 
 Docquet Books. 49 George III. to 4 William IV. 
 
 2 Vols. MS. called " Draft Docquets of Fines and 
 
 Recoveries.'*
 
 129 
 
 FORESTS, PARKS, AND CHASES. 
 
 A Forest w -us a portion of territory consisting both of 
 woodlands and pastures circumscribed by certain metes 
 and bounds within which the right of hunting was reserved 
 exclusively to the King, and subject to a code of special 
 laws frequently of exceptional severity, ll bad it.- own 
 Courts for the administration of the Forest Laws, con- 
 sisting of a Court of Justice Scat, a Court of Swainmote, 
 and a Court of Attachments. The first of these was 
 presided over bya.Ju.-tiee in Eyre of the Forest.-, who 
 went bis circuit once in every three years for the puij. 
 of trying the offences presented at the two inferior courts, 
 of which, the Court of Swainmote wus held three times a 
 year, and the Court of Attachments, or Woodmote Court, 
 every forty days. The .Justices in Eyre were appointed 
 early in the reign of Henry II., and were two in number, 
 one for the North and one for the South side of Trent. 
 The principal Officers of the Forest were the Verderers, 
 who acted as judges of the Swainmote Court and directors 
 of all the other officers ; the Reyarders, who made a regard 
 or Survey of the Forest every third year to inquire con- 
 cerning all offences against the Forest Laws, and concern- 
 mg Assort J. onus, or lands cleared of forest growth and 
 put under cultivation, for which Fines or Rents were due 
 to the King, and Purpresturea or encroachments of any 
 kind for which similar payments were exacted ; the 
 Agistors, who regulated the sums paid for the Agistment 
 or pasturage of cattle ; Foresters, Woodwards, and 
 others. 
 
 A Chase was, like a Forest, unenclosed and defined by 
 metes and bounds only, but it had no particular laws or 
 courts, offenders therein being punished according to the 
 Common Law of England, nor had it the same officers as 
 a Forest, but only Keepers and Woodwards. 
 
 A Park was of the .same nature as a ( Shase, with the 
 exception that it was always enclosed by a wall or pale. 
 Finally, Parks and Chases might be held by any subject, 
 whilst a Forest could, strictly -peaking, only be held by 
 the King, who alone could create a Justice of the Forest, 
 The Royal Forests were 69 in number, besides thirteen 
 Chases and more than seven hundred Parks. With the 
 exception of the .New Forest, which was formed by 
 William the Conqueror, the origin of the Royal Forests 
 cannot be exactly traced. 
 
 The bounds of the Forests were largely increased during 
 the reigns of Henry II.. Richard I., and King John, but 
 by the Charts de Foresta of the second and ninth years of 
 Henry III. it was enacted that the Royal Foresta should 
 
 be reduced to their ancient limits, :uu\ that those portions 
 
 U 8019"). I
 
 130 
 
 FORESTS, PARKS, AND CHASES— (continued). 
 
 which were not the ancient demesne of the King should be 
 disafforested. In order to carry this into effect several 
 Perambulations of the Forests were made during the reigns 
 of Henry III. and Edward I., which were subsequently 
 confirmed by Statute 1 Edw. III., c. 1. 
 
 Perambulations of the Royal Forests were also made in 
 the 17th year of Charles I. 
 
 The Accounts relating to the Royal Forests and of the 
 Issues of Assarts and Purprestures were enrolled at first 
 on the Pipe Rolls, and subsequently on the Rolls of 
 Foreign Accounts. A very large collection of original 
 Accounts of the Foresters, or " Custodes Forestarum," 
 also exists amongst the Miscellanea of the Exchequer. 
 
 Subsequent to the establishment of the Court of General 
 Surveyors of the King's Lands and of the Court of 
 Augmentations the management of the Royal Forests was 
 vested in the hands of Special Officers belonging to those 
 Courts, and the Accounts relating thereto will be found in 
 the General Series of MINISTERS' AND RE- 
 CEIVERS' ACCOUNTS. 
 
 The following classes of Records relate to this sub- 
 ject :— 
 Accounts, &c. relating to the Royal Forests. (Mis- 
 cellanea, Exchequer, Q. R.) Henry II. to James I. 
 
 These consist of Accounts of the Issues of the Royal 
 Forests, Presentments, and Certificates of Wastes and 
 Spoils, Proceedings in the Forest Courts, &c, &c. 
 
 Calendar. 1 Vol. MS. 
 
 Accounts of the deer in the Royal Parks and Forests, 
 1616 to 1674. [Audit Office, "Declared Accounts" 
 Bundes 8 46 and 847."] 
 
 Placita Forests or Forest Proceedings. (Chancery.) 
 John to Charles I. 
 
 These consist of Perambulations, Claims, Presentments, 
 and other proceedings before the Justices in Eyre of the 
 Forests, Enrolments of Grants and Deeds relating to lands 
 in the Royal Forests, and other documents of a similar 
 nature. Those of an early date, i.e., from John to Edward 
 III., are in one Bundle entitled " De Antiquis Forestis ; " 
 those from Henry VIII. to Charles I. consist of 155 
 Bundles, of which, as well as of the earlier proceedings, an 
 Inventory is printed in Report V., App. II., pp. 46-56. 
 
 Two Perambulations of the Forests dated 7 Edward I. 
 and 29 Edward I. formerly amongst the Miscellaneous 
 Rolls have been added to' the Bundle " De Antiquis 
 Forestis"; and a Bundle of Perambulations dated 17 
 Charles I. will be found amongst the "Special Com- 
 missions," &c. formerly in the Petty Bag Office.
 
 131 
 
 FORESTS, PARKS, AND CHASES— (continued ,. 
 
 Plaoita Forest/e, &0.— (continued). 
 
 There are also " Swainmote Court Rolls " of Windsor 
 
 Forest, from '1 Edw. VI to L4 Charles [, an Inventory 
 of which is printed in Report V., App. II., pp. 57-59 
 Index. 1 Vol. MS. 
 
 Do. (Exchequer, Treasure op the Receipt.) Henry I II 
 to Charles II. 
 
 These consist of Pleas, [nquisitions, Claims, Perambu- 
 lations, and other proceedings relating to the Royal Forests 
 of various dates. They were formerly deposited with 
 the so-called "County Bags" of Miscellanea. There 
 is also a box containing Perambulations and Inquisitions 
 "de statu Forestarum in Divers Counties. 
 
 Calendars. .'} Vols. MS. 
 
 The following are amongst the Miscellaneous Books of 
 the Exchequer, Treasury of the Receipt : — 
 
 Vol. 75. Transcripts of " arrentations," or demises of assarts 
 and wastes, &c, in divers Forests. 9-35 Edw. T. 
 
 76. Perambulations, Pica-, &o. relating to Sherwood Forest. 
 
 Hen. Til. to Edw. TIT. 
 
 77. The " Black Book of the Forests " ; a " perfect view and 
 declaration " of every head of game, &c. in all the King's 
 Forests north of Trent. 30 Hen. V ill . 
 
 Do. (Domestic State Papers.) 
 
 A Book of Orders concerning the Royal Forests. 1637 
 to 1648. (Calendared.) 
 
 [S.P. Dom., Carl., Vol. 384.] 
 
 Do. (Duohy of Lancaster.) 
 
 Pleas and Claims relating to (livers forests in Lancashire 
 and Yorkshire; Chute Forest in Wiltshire; the High 
 Peak in Derbyshire; Pickering in Yorkshire ; Waltham 
 Forest, in Essex, and others. Edw. I. to Hen. VII. 
 
 [Misc. Records, Duchy of Lane, Die. XX \'., Bundle 
 
 Surveys, &c, relating to the Castle and Foresl of 
 Knaresborough, kc, co. York. Edw. IV. to Geo. HI". 
 
 [Misc. Records, Duchy of Lane, Div. XXVL, Bundle 
 29.] 
 
 See also the " GrEEAT COWOHBBS" or Caiit.k Ki mm. 
 
 Pi.a< it \ Forests <>i; Forest Proceedings. (Welsh 
 
 Records.) 
 
 Forest Rolls. Chester. 55 Hen. III. to 18 Hen. VII. 
 Those contain Pleas of the Forest, Charters, and other 
 proceeding- relating to the Forests of MaeclotieM. Dela- 
 mere, Wirrall, Rudheath, and Overmarsh. 
 
 i 2
 
 L32 
 
 FORTIFICATIONS. 
 
 Commissions, &c. for putting into execution Acts 
 fob the better securing and fortifying the 
 Docks and Harbours at Portsmouth, Chatham, 
 and Plymouth, &c. (Chancery, Crown Office), 
 Anne to Will. IV. 
 
 No. 1. Commission and Return, dated Sept. 1, 1714, 
 for the docks, &c. at Portsmouth, Chatham, and Harwich. 
 
 No. 2. Ditto dated July 27, 1758, for the 
 
 docks, &c. at Portsmouth, Chatham, and Plymouth. 
 
 No. 3. Ditto dated Dec. 14, 1759, for the 
 
 docks, &c. at Milford Haven. 
 
 No. 4. Commission and Return, dated Sept. 17, 1760, 
 for removing the gunpowder magazine from Greenwich to 
 Purfleet. 
 
 No. 5. Decree, dated Nov. 8, 1762, for the docks, &c. 
 at Milford Haven. 
 
 No. 6. Commission and Return, dated July 19, 1762, 
 for securing lands in Kent, Sussex, and Southampton. 
 
 No. 7. Ditto dated Aug. 26, 1780, for the 
 
 docks, &c. at Plymouth and Sheerness. 
 
 No. 8. Ditto dated Aug. 26, 1780, for the 
 
 docks, &c. at Chatham. 
 
 No. 9. Ditto dated Aug. 26, 1784, for the 
 
 docks, &c. at Portsmouth, and the gunpowder magazine at 
 Faversham. 
 
 No. 10. Ditto dated June 24, 1786, for the 
 
 magazine, &c. at Faversham. 
 
 No. 11. Ditto dated Sept. 30, 1784, for the 
 
 docks, &c. at Portsmouth and Plymouth. 
 
 No. 12. Ditto dated Feb. 24, 1831, for the 
 
 docks, &c. at Gosport. 
 
 Commissions of Inquiry respecting Portsmouth 
 Harbour, &c (Chancery, Petty Bag Office.) 
 Anne. 1 Bundle. 
 
 Deeds, &c, relating to the Purchase of Land for 
 the Fortifications at Chatham. (Exchequer, 
 Q. R.) 1578 to 1715. (3 Parcels containing 110 docu- 
 ments.) 
 
 Ordnance Decrees. (Exchequer, Q. R.) 1785 to 
 1806. 23 Rolls containing enrolments of the Decrees 
 made under several Statutes for transferring lands for the 
 service of the Board of Ordnance, in erecting Fortifica- 
 tions, &c. (A List of these Rolls is contained in the volume 
 entitled " Index to Papers.")
 
 FRANCE, ENGLISH POSSESSIONS IN. 
 
 For a description of the French, Gascon, and NTobmah 
 Rolls respectively, see CHANCERY ENROL- 
 MENTS (VARIOUS). 
 
 Accounts and otheb documents relating to tius 
 English Possessions in France. (Miscellanea, 
 Exchequer, Q. R.) Henry III. to Henry VIII. 
 
 These consist of 51 Parcels, entitled " Realm of France ": 
 containing, in addition to the Accounts of the Constables 
 
 and Controllers of Bordeaux, Calais, and other towns, and 
 of the Collectors of Customs and other duos in various 
 ports, Accounts of the ►Seneschals and Governors of the 
 French provinces under the English rule, that is to say, 
 Aquitaine or Gascony, Ponthieu, the district of Calais and 
 the Marches, and for certain short periods parts of 
 Brittany and Normandy. 
 
 Calendar. 1 Vol. MS. 
 
 Many documents of a similar nature to the foregoing 
 formerly amongst the Miscellanea of the Treasury of the 
 Receipt will be added to this series. 
 
 The following are amongst the Miscellaneous Books of 
 the Treasury of the Receipt : — 
 
 Vol. 78. Accounts of payments made by the Constable of 
 Gascony. 4 Edw. II. 
 
 Vol. 79. Accounts relating to Harfleur and Ponthieu. 
 
 Hen. V. and Edw. III. 
 Vol. 80. Accounts of Ponthieu and Gascony. [Edw. III. | 
 
 Vol. 81. Accounts, &c. relating to Gascony. [Edw. II [.] 
 
 Vol. 82. Accounts of the Bishopric of Tournay. 2-'{ Hen. VII. 
 Vol. 83. Original Examinations in the Chancery of Brittany. 
 
 Hen. VIII. 
 
 Calais, Accounts relating to. Henry IV. 
 
 [Misc. Boohs, Augmentation Office, Vol. 335.1 
 
 Calais, Accounts of L\ni>- n i:ni \-i:d and exchanged. 
 (Exchequer, Augmentation < )ffick.) 32 Henry VIII. 
 to 5 Edward VI. 
 
 These are incorporated in the General Scries of 
 "Ministers' and Receivers 1 Accounts." 
 
 Calais and the Marches, Accounts relating to. 
 
 (Misc. Book-. Exchequer, L. T. R.) 
 
 30 Hen. VI. Account of Sir John Cheyne, Receiver 
 and Victualler of Calais. 
 
 22 Edw. [V. Comptroller's Account of the Office of 
 Treasurer. 
 
 36-37. Hen. VIII. Comptroller- Account of the Office 
 of Victualler.
 
 134 
 
 FRANCE, ENGLISH POSSESSIONS IN— (continued). 
 
 Calais, Comptrollers' Accounts. (Exchequer, 
 Treasury of the Receipt.) Henry VII. and Henry 
 VIII. 
 
 These are hound in four very large volumes. There 
 arc nlso several bundles of Indentures witnessing the 
 receipt by the Treasurer of Calais from the Collectors 
 of Customs iti various ports of the sums of money assigned 
 for the expenses of Calais, with bonds of merchants and 
 other documents relating thereto. 
 
 Treasurers' and Comptrollers' Accounts of the Town 
 and Marches of Calais from 8 to 18 Henry VII. will be 
 found amongst the Reoeiver-Generals' Accounts of the 
 Duchy of Lancaster. See Report XXX., App., pp. 35-38. 
 
 Calais and the Marches, Survey of. 
 
 A new Survey of Calais and the Marches taken in the 
 year 1556, and entitled " The description of the limytes, 
 " wayes, rivers, watergangs, and perambulacons and par- 
 " ticons of parisshes of the same, by measure from pointe 
 " to pointe directed by compas maryne by the Low 
 " Countrie measure." Tavo very large volumes. 
 
 [Misc. Boohs, Augmentation Office, Vols. 371-372.] 
 
 Calats, Laws, Liberties, and Privileges of. 1 
 Henry VIII. 1 Vol. 
 
 [D. of Lane. Div. xxv. M. 23.] 
 
 pontivy and monstroill, accounts of nicholas de 
 Louth, the King's Treasurer of the Lordships 
 OF. Edward III. 2 Vols. 
 
 [Misc. Books, Augmentation Office, Vols. 437-438.] 
 
 Gascon Petitions (Chancery). Edw. I. to Edw. III. 
 
 These have been incorporated with the Parliamentary 
 Petitions or Petitions to King and Council, and consist of 
 Petitions on various subjects addressed to the King in 
 Council, from his subjects in Gascony and other French 
 Provinces. 
 
 Calendar, Edw. II. 1 Vol. MS. 
 
 The following documents relating to the French Pro- 
 vinces are amongst the Miscellaneous Rolls, Chancery: 
 
 France, Documents relating to. (Chancery.) 
 Bundle 5. 
 
 No. 1. Petition of the Steward of Saintonge, complaining 
 of 11 io injuries inflicted by the Normans on English 
 subjects in Saintonge, Bayomic, the Cinque Ports, 
 Ireland, and elsewhere. 21 Edw. I.
 
 186 
 
 FRANCE, ENGLISH POSSESSIONS IN— (continued). 
 
 Franck, Dociwiknts i:ii.Aii\a to, &,c. — (continued). 
 
 No. 2. A copy of tin- foregoing (much defaced). 
 
 No •'<. An account of the grievances and damages done by 
 the Normans as above. 21 Edw. 1. 
 
 No. 4. A Boll of Gascon Petition Bdw. 1. 
 
 No. 5. Names of Gascons who bad lost tlioir lands for the 
 Kinti, with a valuation thereof. 27 Edw. I. 
 
 No. 6. Proceedings before the Auditors depnted by the 
 Kings of England and Fiance for the redress of the 
 grievances between the subjects of the two countries. 
 
 27-33 Edw. I. 
 
 No. 7. An account of the grievances suffered by the King's 
 subjects inBayoune from those of the King of France. 
 
 33 Edw. I. 
 
 No. 8. A similar account of grievances, &c. in the Diocese of 
 Lectoure. Edw. I. 
 
 No. 9. Allegations, &c. made before the King's Commis- 
 sioners relating to the Affairs in Gascony. 
 
 4 Edw. II. 
 
 No. 10. Proceedings by the Commissioners of the Kings of 
 England and France with reference to the losses, 
 suffered by their respective subjects in times of Truce. 
 
 10 Edw. II. 
 
 No. 11. Anaccount of the injuries done to the subjects of the 
 King of England in Gascony. 15 Edw. II. 
 
 No. 12. A Boll entitled " Gravamina de quibus conqueruntur 
 Consules et Universitas villsB Marmandae contra do- 
 minum de Lebreto." 15 & 16 Edw. II. 
 
 No. 13. Notarial copy of a Trial in Gascony between As- 
 salhita the wife of John de Brulhon and Galhard de 
 Fangeriis. 18 Edw. II. 
 
 No. 14. A Boll entitled " De antiquis libertatibus gentium 
 civitatis Baionse." 18 Edw. II. 
 
 No. 15. Allegations of injuries sustained by the King's 
 subjects in Gascony. Edw. II. 
 
 No. '16. Petitions from the officials of the Cities of Agen 
 and Condom and other towns in the Seneschalcy of 
 Agenois. Edw. 11. 
 
 No. 1". Grant from the King of England to Bertrand de 
 Guto, of the Castle, &c. of Blanquet'ort. in Guienne. 
 
 Edw. 1 1 . 
 
 No. 18. Examination of Witnesses in a cause between Wil- 
 liam Arnald of Campania, the King's Serjeant in 
 Saintonge, and certain men of Spain. Edw. 1 1. 
 
 No. 19. Inquisition concerning the possessions lost in 
 Gascony l>v Amanevus de Fossato during the wars of 
 Edward if. ■_' Bdw. Ml. 
 
 No. 20. Valuation of the Castle of Chayrak in Saintonge. 
 lost by Pontius, Lord of Castellion, one of the King's 
 adherents. 6-7 Edw. 111. 
 
 No. 21. Appeal by the King's subjects in Ai|uitaine acainst 
 the Proctor of the King of France. 9 Edw. III. 
 
 No. 22. A Memorial addressed to the King and Council 
 touching the affairs of Gascony. Edw. Ill . 
 
 No. 23. memorials by the Seneschal of Gascony and the 
 Constable of Bordeaux. Edw. III. 
 
 No. 24. Article- contained in the letters of the Seneschal of 
 Gascony. Edw. 111. 
 
 No. 25. Depositions of witnesses ooncerning the losses sus- 
 tained by Peter Blanc and his father by the war in 
 Aquitaim . Fdw. 111.
 
 1 36 
 
 FRANCE, ENGLISH POSSESSIONS IN— (continued). 
 France, Documents relating to, &c. — continued. 
 
 No. 26. Transcripts of Letters by the King of France re- 
 nouncing a maletolt granted to him by the town of 
 Bordeaux. 3 Edw. II. 
 
 No. '27. Proceedings between the King of England, as Duke 
 ot Aquitaine, and the Lord dc Caumont, concerning 
 the " locus de Gontant." 6 Edw. II. 
 
 No. 28. A Notarial Instrument relating to proceedings in the 
 Court of the King of France by the Proctor of the 
 King of England relating to the Castle of Agen. 
 
 16 Edw. II. 
 
 No. 29. Proceedings before the Bishop of Winchester and 
 others, Commissioners of the King of England, ap- 
 pointed to receive the oaths of the Steward, Nobles, 
 and others of Gascony. 16 Edw. II. 
 
 No. 30. Enrolment of Writs of Dedimus Potestatem to 
 Ralph Basset de Drayton and others to receive into 
 the King's peace all persons of the Duchy of Aquitaine 
 who are willing to return to their allegiance. 
 
 18 Edw. II. 
 
 No. 31. A Notarial copy of the Will of the Count of Poitou 
 and Toulouse. 55 Hen. III. 
 
 No. 32. Transcripts of the donations made to Stephen de 
 Montferrand by the Lady Margaret his wife, in Gascony, 
 Aquitaine, &c. 3 Edw. I. 
 
 No. 33. The Petition of Hugh, Earl of March, for the restora- 
 tion of his lands in Saintonge, &c. Edw. I. 
 
 No. :!4. Transcripts of instruments relating to the posses- 
 sions of the said Earl of March. Edw. I. 
 
 No. 35. A Petition from the Mayor, &c. of the Town of 
 Libourne concerning the losses sustained by them, 
 with the reply thereto. Hen. VI. 
 
 No. .'56. Extents of the lands, &c. belonging to the Castles 
 and Lordships of Merke, Calais, Sandgate, Guisnes, 
 &c. 10 Hen. V. 
 
 No. 37. An Inquisition concerning the state of houses and 
 buildings at Calais. 20 Hen. VIII. 
 
 See also the " Kegistrum Munimentorum," described 
 under the head of REGISTERS AND BOOKS OF 
 REMEMBRANCE, and TREATIES AND 
 DIPLOMATIC DOCUMENTS. 
 
 GENEALOGY. 
 
 Records of almost every kind may be said to bear in- 
 directly on the subject of genealogical inquiry, but there are 
 certain classes of documents especially rich in information 
 respecting the descent of families, and the ownership of 
 land, the chief of which may be briefly indicated as 
 follows : 
 
 (1.) The Inquisitions post mortem, extending from 
 ♦he reign of Henry III. to that of Charles II. 
 
 These were held on the death of any person holding or 
 supposed to hold lands or tenements as a tenant in eapite 
 from the Crown, and state the extent and value of the
 
 L37 
 
 GENEALOGY -(continued). 
 
 lands bo held, the date of the death of the proprietor, and 
 and the name, age, and relationship of the next heir. 
 
 (2.) The Fine Rolls, extending from the reign of John 
 10 that of Charles 1 ,and containing entries of all writs lor 
 the livery of lands, grants of wardships and marriages, and 
 other documents incidental to the Feudal Ten"]-. -. 
 
 (3.) The Inquisitions and Books ob Knight's Fees 
 from Henry [I. to Elizabeth, which state the number of Fees 
 
 held by the tenants in capite throughout England, accord- 
 ing to "the returns made thereof from time to time, for the 
 purpose of levying Seutagcs and other feudal imposts; 
 together with li«ts of persons in the various counties hold- 
 ing such a quantity of land as qualified them for the order 
 and duties of knighthood. 
 
 These are fully described under the head of FEUDAL 
 TENURES. 
 
 (4.) The Parliamentary Writs and Writs of 
 Summons to Military Service. 
 
 The Writs of Summons of Peers, Writs and Returns 
 of Members of the House of Commons, Writs of Sum- 
 mons, Commissions of Array, and other documents relating 
 to Military service (including the Scutage and Marshals' 
 Polls), for the Reigns of Edward I. and Edward II. have 
 been transcribed from the various classes of Records on 
 which they are enrolled and published, together with a 
 Chronological Abstract and Calendar thereof, in 4 Vols, 
 or parts, edited by Sir F. Palgrave. 
 
 There are also .">.") Vols, of similar Transcripts in Mb. 
 extending irom Edw. III. to Edw. IV. and a Chrono- 
 logical Abstract Irom 1 to 51 Edw. III. in S Vols. 
 
 (5.) The Accounts, Mtjsteb Rolls, Retinue Rolls, 
 and other documents relating to the Ai:mv AND Navi 
 from John to Elizabeth, which include Lists of the Knights, 
 and Men-at-arms who served in the Scotch and V\ elsh 
 wars, the Musters of the Army of Agincourt, and many 
 similar documents. _ 
 
 These are fully described under the title ARMY 
 AND NAVY. 
 
 (6.) The Chikoorapiis or Feet of Fixes, which 
 extend in an almost unbroken series from Richard I. to 
 William [V., and contain the evidence of almost every 
 transfer of land or other hereditaments which took place 
 between those dates. See FINES AND RECO- 
 VERIES. 
 
 (7.) The large collections of Ancient Deeds, a De- 
 scriptive Catalogue of which is in progress, two volumes 
 having been already issued (181)0-1894).
 
 138 
 
 GENEALOGY— (continued). 
 
 (8.) The Subsidy Rolls or Accounts of the Collectors 
 of Lay and Clerical Subsidies and other imposts, from 
 Henry III. to Wm. and Mary. 
 
 In many of these Rolls the assessments are set out in 
 full, the names being given of all the persons in each 
 Parish contributing to the Subsidy, Poll Tax, or other 
 levy, \vith the amounts at which they were assessed, in 
 lands or in goods. They also include voluminous accounts 
 of the Hearth Tax levied in the reign of Charles II., speci- 
 fying the number of Hearths paid for by each contributor. 
 These are further described under the head of TAXA- 
 TION. 
 
 (9.) The Royalist Composition Papers, or Proceed- 
 ings of the Committee for compounding with the Royalist 
 nobility and gentry for the estates forfeited by them during 
 the Commonwealth, which are full of interesting particulars 
 respecting those who favoured the Royal cause. See 
 ROYALISTS AND DELINQUENTS. 
 
 (10.) The Forfeited Estates Papers. Temp. 
 George I. 
 
 These papers contain complete lists of all the persons 
 attainted during the rebellion of 1715, with Rentals and 
 Deeds relating to their estates; lists of all Popish Recu- 
 sants who had registered their estates, pursuant to the 
 Statute of 1 Geo. I., arranged under counties, and also 
 alphabetically ; and a large collection of informations 
 respecting lands given to Superstitious Uses, all of which, 
 are genealogically valuable and interesting. 
 
 An Inventory of these Papers is printed in Report V., 
 App. II., pp. y 7-1 30. 
 
 (11.) The Chancery Proceedings, or Pleadings and 
 Depositions in Chancery Suits, from the reign of Elizabeth 
 to the present time. 
 
 These are indexed, and frequently contain statements 
 of family relationship extending over several generations. 
 See JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS. 
 
 In addition to the foregoing, attention may be directed 
 to the Rotulus de Dominabus or st Ladies' Roll " of 
 31 Henry II., printed by Stacy Grimaldi for the Society 
 of Antiquaries ; to the Calendarium Genealogicum or 
 Calendar of Heirs, Henry III. and Edw. I., extracted 
 from the Inquisitions post mortem and the Fine Rolls, 
 printed in the Series of " Calendars of State Papers, &c"; 
 the Calendar of Proofs of Age, temp. Edward III., 
 printed in Report III., App. II., p. 202, and Report IV., 
 App. II, p. 131 : and to the Hundred Rolls, the 
 Assize and Quo Warranto Rolls, the Abbreviatio 
 Placitori M, and other publications of the Record 
 Commissioners.
 
 GENEALOGY— (continued ). 
 
 Tlio 'Rolls of Common Law Proceedings, although full 
 of invaluable information, arc too bnlk) t<> invite the 
 attention of the genealogical inquirer, and the absence of 
 complete indexes renders an exhaustive search almost im- 
 practicable; but the RBDISSEI8IN ROLLS of the Court of 
 Chancery, which contain enrolments of all writs to the 
 Sheriffs of Counties to re-deliverto successful plaintiffs the 
 lands and tenements of which they bad been unjustly 
 deprived, arc well worth attention, as containing abstracts 
 oi pleadings relating to land. The greater portion of these 
 Rolls an- printed in the volumes entitled, " Rotulorum 
 Oiiginaiium Abbreviate." See CHANCERY EN- 
 ROLMENTS (VARIOUS). 
 
 The various series of CoTJRt Rolls described in the 
 present work, are full of information respecting copyhold 
 tenures. 
 
 There are amongst the collection known as " Palmer's 
 [ndexes" two folio volumes, entitled respectively " Primus 
 Liber Cedularum " and "Secundua Liber Cedularum " 
 (Vols. 102 and 103), which contain a collection of materials 
 touching the descent, of families from 1 Hen. VIII. to 28 
 Elizabeth, referring apparently to books at the " Herald's 
 College." 
 
 A collection of "Genealogical Notes'' extracted prin- 
 cipally from the Coram Rege and De Banco Rolls, 
 comprising 17 folio volumes, each volume being carefully 
 indexed, was acquired! by the Public Record Office from 
 the representatives of the late General Harrison in 1891, 
 and five more volumes by the same compiler were sub- 
 sequently presented to the office by J. C. C. Routh, Esq. 
 These volumes have been placed in the Search Rooms for 
 the public use. 
 
 The" Golden Grove Book," a Genealogical and Heraldic 
 collection relating to Wales, in I Vols., belonging to the 
 Earl of Cawdor, was in 1870 conditionally deposited by him 
 in the Public Record Office for public use. 
 
 The following documents relating to the history of 
 private families will be found amongst the " Miscellaneous 
 Rolls," Chancery. 
 
 The Pedigree of Lord Fitzhugh. Hen. VI. (No. \;\) 
 
 Letter-, &o. relating to the families of Darell, Stonor, &c. 
 
 Edw. IV— KHz. 
 
 Papers relating to the title of Lord Rutland and Wra. 
 Darrell] Esq., to the Manor of Chilton Foliot, co. Wilts. 
 
 Ben. VI— Eli*. 
 
 The following, relating chiefly to former Officers of the 
 Court of Exchequer, are amongst the " Miscellanea " 
 of the Exchequer, Queen's Remembrancer. 
 
 Fanshaw Papers. Hen. VTIL to da?. I.
 
 140 
 
 GENEALOGY— (continued). 
 
 Heneage Paper-?. Hen. VIII. and Edw. VI. 
 Holland Papers. James I. 
 Stonley Papers. Elizabeth. 
 
 There are also amongst the Records of the Augmentation 
 Office the following Chartulariea of private families 
 (Calendared in Report VIII., App. II., pp. 147-166) :— 
 
 A Register of the Muniments of the family of Beau- 
 champ of Hacche, Co. Somerset. Hen. III. to Edw. III. 
 Do. of the family of Hull or Hyll, of Spaxton, 
 
 Co. Somerset. Hen. III. to Edw. IV. 
 
 GENTLEMEN PENSIONERS. 
 
 Gentlemen Pensioners Rolls. (Exchequer of Re- 
 ceipt.) 4 & 5 Philip and Mary to 49 George III. 
 
 These contain yearly or quarterly accounts of the Wages 
 due at the Receipt of the Exchequer to the Captain and 
 other Officers and to the Band of " Gentlemen Pensioners " 
 whose names are specified, with the amounts due to each. 
 
 GRAMMAR SCHOOLS. 
 
 Schools, Documents relating to. (Exchequer, Aug- 
 mentation Office.) Edward VI. 
 
 A Package, containing : — 
 
 (1.) A File of Warrants by the Commissioners appointed 
 in the 2nd year of Edward VI. to take order for the 
 maintenance and continuance of schools and of 
 " preachers, priests, and curates of necessitie " and for 
 the payment of the stipends, &c. allowed by the said 
 Commissioners. 
 
 (2.) 14 Rolls of Particulars for Grants of lands and 
 tenements in various counties towards the erection 
 and maintenance of Free Grammar Schools, dated 
 5 Edward VI. 
 
 Licenses for the foundation of Grammar Schools, &c. 
 are enrolled on the Patent Rolls. 
 
 GUILDS AND FRATERNITIES. 
 
 Guilds, Certificates of. (Chancery.) 12 Richard II. 
 These are the Keturns made to the King in Council, 
 pursuant to Statute, 12 Ric. II., as to the Ordinances, 
 ( r sages s and Property, &c. of the various Guilds and 
 Brotherhoods throughout England. They are contained 
 in 9 Portfolios, placed with the Miscellaneous Rolls of the 
 Court of Chancery. A List of these Certificates arranged 
 under Counties has recently been prepared. Such of the 
 Returns as are written in English have been printed in full 
 in Toulmin Smith's " English Gilds." 
 
 See also MONASTIC FOUNDATIONS, &c.
 
 I (I 
 
 HANAPER ACCOUNTS. 
 
 Aocount8 op the Clerk of the Uahapeb. (Mib< i i 
 i.wka, Exchequer, Q. R.) Edward 1. to Elizabeth. 
 
 Accounts of* the Receipts and [siue* by the Clerk of 
 the Hanaper, with Writs, Receipts, and other docum< 
 
 subsidiary thereto. These include accounts of the Fees 
 received on Charters, Patents and Commissione passing 
 the Great Soul, specifying the names of the persons to 
 whom such Charters, &c, wen- granted ; and also Accounts 
 of the payments of salaries, allowances, and other disburse- 
 ments by the Clerk of the Hanaper to various Officers ol 
 the Court of Chancery. 
 Calendar. 1 Vol. MS. 
 Accounts of the Clerks of the Hanaper. 1562 to 
 
 1827. 
 
 \ Audit Office, "Declared Accounts;' Bundles 1354 to 
 L * 1420.] 
 
 HOSPITALS. 
 
 Accounts of the Receivers-General and Paymasters 
 of Chelsea Hospital. 1680 to 1827. 
 
 \ Audit Office," Declared Accounts," Bundles 1400 to 
 1 -" 1488.] 
 
 Hospitals and Infirmaries (Various), Accounts of. 
 
 1653 to 1809. 
 
 [Do., Bundles 1503 to 1528.] 
 
 Greenwich Hospital Accounts (Land Revenue 
 Office). 13 vols. 1702-1724. 
 
 Accounts of the Household expenses and of repairs and 
 other Works. 
 
 HUNDRED ROLLS. 
 
 HUNDRED Rolls. 2 & 3 Edward I. and 7 & S Edward I. 
 The Hundred Rolls contain the Inquisitions taken by 
 virtue of two Special Commissions issued in the second and 
 seventh years of Edward I. respectively, by which the 
 Commissioners were directed to summon juries to inquire 
 into the King's rights, royalties, and prerogatives, and into 
 the frauds and abuses connected therewith. 
 
 By them the Crown was furnished with evidence of "all 
 the demesne lands of the Crown, whether ancient or newly 
 acquired by escheat or purchase; of the manors, &c. 
 formerly in the hands of the Crown, the persona holding 
 the same, by what authority, and how alienated; of 
 the tenants in capite and tenants in ancient demesne: of 
 the losses sustained by the Crown (in military services and
 
 U2 
 
 HUNDRED ROLLS— (continued). 
 
 Hundred Rolls, &c. — (continued). 
 
 otherwise) by sub-mfeudations made by such tenants; of 
 alienations to the church under the pretext of gifts in 
 frankalmoigne ; of wardships, marriages, escheats, and 
 suits and services withholden and subtracted ; of the fee- 
 farms of the Crown, hundreds, wapentakes, and tythings ; 
 of courts, wreck of the sea, free-chase, free-warren, and 
 other jura regalin ; of the oppressions of the nobility, 
 clergy, and others claiming such rights ; of exactions by 
 excessive and illegal tolls in fairs, and for murage, pontage, 
 »Sz;c. ; of exactions by sheriffs, escheators, and other minis- 
 terial officers ; and of the illegal exportation of wools, 
 &C., &c." Similar inquiries appear to have been held by 
 the Justices Itinerant, both at earlier and subsequent dates. 
 The Returns to some of these are placed with the Hundred 
 Rolls, but they are more generally enrolled on the Assize 
 Rolls amongst the ; ' Placita Coronse " and " Placita de Quo 
 Warranto." 
 
 A portion only of the Inquisitiones Hundredorum or 
 Hundred Rolls, was returned into Chancery and deposited 
 in the Tower of London ; the remainder, so far as they 
 exist, together with the Rolls called u Extract Hundred 
 Rolls," from which the cleficiences can in many cases be 
 supplied, being deposited with the Records of the Treasury 
 of the Receipt of the Exchequer in the Chapter House. 
 
 Transcripts in full of most of the Hundred Rolls of 
 Edward I., together with several Inquisitions, dated 39 
 Henry III,, have been printed by the Record Commission 
 in 2 Vols, folio, with Indices Nominum and Locornm. 
 
 N.B. — The Titles of the several Hundred Rolls, as given 
 in the printed volumes, do not appear in the original Rolls, 
 but appear to have been compiled by the editors from the 
 several Commissions and Articles of Inquiry. 
 
 The Hundred Rolls, both of the Tower and Chapter 
 House Series, have now, for convenience of reference, been 
 placed together in 8 Boxes, the contents of which are set 
 out in the following List : — 
 
 Hundred Rolls. 
 
 (The Rolls marked with an asterisk have not been printed.) 
 Bedford. (Tower Series.) 7 Edw. I. 2 rolls. 
 „ (Chapter House.) „ 1 roll. 
 
 Bucks. (Tower Series.) „ 5 rolls. 
 
 (Chapter House.) 39 Hen. III. ~] 
 
 and U 18 rolls. 
 
 3 Edw. I. J 
 Cambridge. (Tower Series.) 7 Edw. L 15 rolls. 
 
 „ (Chapter House.) 3 „ 4 rolls.* 
 
 Derby. (Tower Series.) 3 „ 4 rolls.
 
 ! !:; 
 
 HUNDRED ROLLS— (continued). 
 
 Hundred Rolls, &c. — (continued). 
 
 Devon. (Chapter House.) 3 Edw. I. VI ins. 
 
 Dorset. „ :\ „ 4 ns. 
 
 Es *ex. ,. -j n 3 n ,n,. 
 
 Gloucester „ 2 „ 5 ms. 
 
 ,, „ 2 „ 1 roll.* 
 
 Hereford „ :; ;; ro |l 8 . 
 
 Hertford „ :} n i poll. 
 
 Hunts (Tower Series.* 7 „ 5 roll-. 
 
 3 „ 2 rolls.* 
 
 3 „ 1 roll. 
 
 3 „ 30 rolJs. 
 
 3 „ 16 IDS. 
 
 3 „ 1 roll. 
 
 (An - Extract Roll.") 
 7 Edw. I. 26 ms.* 
 7 ,, 2 ms.* 
 
 3 Edw. I. 12 rolls. 
 Hen. III. (0 1 roll, en- 
 titled "De Escheatis, et viduis et valetiis/' &c* 
 Northampton. (Chapter House.) 3 Edw. I. 2 rolls. 
 Nottingham. (Tower Series.) „ 4 rolls. 
 
 7 „ IS rolls. 
 
 (Chapter House.) 39flen.lII.^ 
 
 and w rolls. 
 
 Kent. 
 L 
 
 incohi. 
 
 Lond 
 
 (HI 
 
 (Tower Series.) 
 (Chapter House.) 
 
 >> 
 (Tower Series.) 
 (Chapter House.) 
 
 ,, (Tower Series.) 
 
 Middlesex. 
 Norfolk. (Chapter House.) 
 
 Oxford. 
 
 Rutland. 
 
 Salop. 
 
 Somerset 
 
 Southampton 
 
 Stafford 
 
 Suffolk. 
 
 Sussex. 
 
 Warwick. 
 
 1-23 rolls. 
 
 2 Edw. I. J 
 
 3 „ 1 roll. 
 39 Hen. III. 
 
 and 
 2 Edw. I. J 
 2 Edw. I. 25 ms. 
 
 2 & 3 Edw. I. 5 rolls. 
 39 Hen. IIL 1 roll. 
 39 Hen. HI."] 
 
 and >2 rolls.* 
 
 3 Edw. I. I 
 
 3 Edw. I. 9 rolls. 
 (Roll 9 not printed.) 
 3 Edw. I. 1 roll. 
 (An " Extract RolL") 
 3 Edw. 1. 1 m* 
 7 Edw. I. A book 
 
 of 126 leaves containing Transcripts of the Inquisi- 
 tions for the County of Warwick. [Misc. Books, 
 Exchequer Q. R., Vol. 15.] Not printed. 
 Wilts. (Chapter House.) 39 Hen. III. L Roll. 
 
 „ „ 3 Edw. I. 35 ins. 
 
 1 Roll.*
 
 144 
 
 HUNDRED ROLLS— (continued). 
 Hi ndred Rolls, &c. — (continued). 
 
 Extract Hundred Rolls &c. (in Box 8). 
 
 No. 1. Dorset, Northumberland, Essex, Norfolk, Suf- 
 folk, and Hertford. 
 
 No. 2. Lincoln, Oxford, Berks, Bucks, Beds, Cam- 
 bridge, Hunts, Devon, and Cornwall. 
 
 No. 3. York, Somerset, Worcester, Gloucester, 
 Leicester, Warwick, Notts, Derby, Stafford, Northampton, 
 and Rutland. 
 
 No. 4. Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Hertford, Dorset, and 
 Northumberland. (This Roll contains Verdicts " de Minis- 
 tris" only, and is not printed.) 
 
 Inquisitiones Hundredorum. (Exchequer Q. R.) 12 & 
 13 Edw. I. A bundle, formerly amongst the Miscellanea 
 of the Queen's Remembrancer, containing Inquisitions and 
 Extents of certain Hundreds in the Counties of Somerset 
 and Dorset, Uucks, Northampton, &c. 
 
 Inquisitions respecting Liberties and Franchises in 
 Divers Counties. 10 Edw. II. A bundle containing 
 79 Inquisitions, many of which are almost illegible. These 
 have not been printed. 
 
 INQUISITIONS, "POST MORTEM," AND "AD 
 QUOD DAMNUM," &c. 
 
 Inquisitions Post Mortem. 
 
 The documents known as "Inquisitiones post mortem" 
 or " Escheats," consist principally of the inquests which 
 were held on the death of any of the King's tenants in 
 capite by the escheator or escheators of the several counties 
 or districts, who, either by virtue of Writs " de diem 
 clausit extremum " to them directed, or " virtute officii " 
 merely, summoned a jury to inquire upon oath of what 
 lands, &c. such tenant was seized at the time of his death, 
 by what rents or services they were held, and the name 
 and age of the next heir, in order that the King might be 
 duly informed of his right of escheat or wardship or other 
 advantages thereby accruing to him. 
 
 If the heir was an adult, on his appearance in Court and 
 performance of homage to the King, and on payment of a 
 reasonable fine or relief, the livery and seisin of his lands 
 was granted to him. 
 
 If, however, he was a minor, he and his lands remained 
 in wardship until he could sue out his writ " de aetate 
 probanda," under which process witnesses were examined 
 and their depositions returned into Chancery, when, on being 
 proved of full age, he was released from his wardship.
 
 145 
 
 INQUISITIONS POST MORTEM, &c— (continued). 
 
 Inquisitions Post Mokte.m — (continued). 
 
 These "Proofs of A<je" will be found amongst the 
 Inquisitions post mortem. Proceedings " de probationc 
 ietatis ' are also entered on the earlier Coram Etege Rolls. 
 [See " Ancient Kalendars of the Exchequer Vol I. 
 
 p. li.] 
 
 The earlier Inquisition- post mortem also include the 
 Inquisitions " ad </no<l damnum" and a great variety of 
 other documents partaking of the nature of Returns to 
 Writs of Inquiry issued out of the Chancery. Such are 
 Inquisitions respecting Knights' Fees ; Extents of Manors; 
 Inquisitions as to the lands, &c. of Attainted Persons, of 
 Felons, and of Idiots and Lunatics ; inquiries respecting 
 the Liberties and Franchises of Cities and Boroughs, 
 Rights of Fishery, Free-Warren, &c, and respecting the 
 building and repairing of Castles and Bridges ; and Inquests 
 held on appeals of murder and homicide, and respecting 
 trespasses of various kinds and other misdemeanours. The 
 Inquisitions ad quod damnum, from 1 Edward II. to :'>!» 
 Henry VI. (with the exception of those of the reign of 
 Richard II.), have been separated from the Inquisitions 
 post mortem, and form a distinct class. Subsequent to 
 the latter date they are again filed with the Inquisitions 
 post mortem. 
 
 The series of Inquisitions post mortem commences with 
 the earlier portion of the reign of Henry the Third There 
 is, however, amongst the Miscellanea of the Exchequer, 
 (Queen's Remembrancer, a roll of a somewhat similar nature, 
 entitled " Rotulus de Dominabus et Pueris et Puellis de 
 " donatione Regis in xij. Comitatibus," which contains 
 Abstracts of Inquisitions taken in the 31st year of Henry 
 the Second, for the purpose of ascertaining the wardships, 
 reliels, and other profits due to the King from the widows 
 and orphans of his tenants in capite, and minutely describ- 
 ing their ages and heirship, with the quantity and value 
 of their lands, and the Btock thereon, &C., &c. 
 FEUDAL TENURES. 
 
 There is also amongst the Inquisitions post mortem a 
 Portfolio entitled '" Tnquisitiones de RebelKbus, anno in 
 Henri/ III.," which contains Inquisitions respecting the 
 possessions of such persons as were implicated in the 
 rebellion of the Earl of Leicester, which terminated with 
 the battle of Evesham. 
 
 The series of Inquisitions post mortem terminates with 
 
 the abolition of the Courl oJ Wards and Liveries, which 
 took place soon after the Restoration, a few Inquisitions 
 only existing of a later date than 20 Charles I. 
 
 14 80195. K
 
 146 
 
 INQUISITIONS POST MORTEM, &c— (continued). 
 Inquisitions Post Mortem — (continued). 
 
 Transcripts of the Inquisitions post mortem were sent 
 into the Exchequer, where they form a series known as 
 " Esoheators' Inquisitions," which in many instances 
 supplies the deficiencies of the Chancery series. 
 
 On the establishment of the Court of Wards and 
 Liveries in the year 31 & 32 Henry VIII., when the heir 
 was found to be a minor, a Transcript was also transmitted 
 to that Court. 
 
 Commissions of Inquiry respecting Escheats and For- 
 feitures, &c of a later date than the series of Inquisitions 
 post mortem, with the returns thereto, will be found 
 amongst the " Special Commissions " from the Petty 
 Bag Office and also amongst those of the Queen's Remem- 
 brancer's Department. See COMMISSIONS. 
 
 Inquisitions ad quod damnum. 
 
 The Inquisitions ad quod damnum were taken by virtue 
 of Writs addressed to the Escheators of the several 
 counties or districts, when any Grant of a Market, Fair, 
 or other privilege, or a License of Alienation of land was 
 solicited, directing them to inquire, by means of a jury, 
 whether such grant would be prejudicial to the interests 
 of the King or of other persons. They were originally 
 filed with the Inquisitions post mortem, but from 
 1 Edward II. to 39 Henry VI. (with the exception of those 
 of Richard II.), form a distinct series. Subsequent to the 
 latter date they are again filed with the Inquisitions post 
 mortem. 
 
 From the commencement of the reign of James I., the 
 Inquisitions ad quod damnum are amongst the " Brevia 
 Regia," of the Petty Bag Office. See CHANCERY 
 FILES. 
 
 A list of the several classes of Inquisitions post mortem 
 or ad quod damnum, with the means of reference thereto, 
 is appended. 
 
 Chancery. 
 
 Inquisitions tost mortem, &c. Henry III. to Charles I., 
 and Miscellaneous (Eliz. to Car. II.) 
 
 Calendar. Hen. III. to Ric. III. Printed with Indices 
 Nominum and Locorum. 4 Vols, folio. 
 
 Calendar. Hen. VII. in the press (1895.) 
 
 Indexes. Hen. VII. to Car. II. 9 Vols. M.S.* 
 
 See also PALMER'S INDEXES. 
 
 * These volumes will be superseded by the new Inventory of Chancery Inqui- 
 sitions from Henry VII. to Churles II. which is in progress.
 
 147 
 
 INQUISITIONS POST MORTEM, &c— (continued). 
 Chancery — (continued). 
 Inquisitions ad quod damnum. I Eld w. II. to 39 Hen. VI. 
 Calendar. Edw. II. to Hen. VI. Printed in one 
 volume folio, with Indices Nomiiiuin and Locoruffi. 
 
 [Before 1 Edw. II. and after 39 Hen. VI., and also for 
 the reign of Richard II., see " Inquisitions pom mortem, 
 &c." From and after the reign of James I., see " BfiEYl \ 
 Regia " (Petty. Bag < >ffioe).] 
 
 Exchequer, Queen's Remembrancer. 
 
 Inquisitions post mortem (Escheatobs'). Henry III. 
 to .lames I. 
 
 See " Escheators' Accounts and Inquisitions,'' 
 under the title ESCHEATS, ATTAINDERS, AND 
 FORFEITURES. 
 
 Court of Wards and Liveries. 
 
 Inquisitions post mortem. Henry YIIL to Charles I. 
 These are duplicates of the Chancery Series of Inquisi- 
 tions post mortem which were returned into the Court of 
 Wards and Liveries in all cases where the next heir was a 
 minor. 
 
 Index. 34 Hen. VIII. to Car. I. 2 Vols MS. 
 
 Inquisitions post mortem, Transcripts or. 2 to 23. 
 
 Henry VIII. 6 Vols. [Misc. Boohs, Vols. 304 to 309.] 
 
 Do. Abstracts of. 1 Eliz. to 15 Car. I. 
 
 9 Vols. [Misc. Boohs, Vols. 316 to 324.] 
 
 Do. EXTBACTS FROM 8 to 18 Hen. VIII. 
 
 and Philip and Mary (co. Chester only). 2 Vols. 
 
 [Misc. Boohs. Vols. 325-326.] 
 Chronological Index. 34 Hen. VIII. to 41 Eliz. L Vol. 
 
 [Misc. Books, Vol, 312.] 
 Alphabetical Calendar. 1 Eliz. to 7 das. I. L Vol. 
 
 [Misc. Boohs, Vol. 311.] 
 Calendar. 7 Eliz. to 15 Car. I. 1 Vol. 
 
 [Misc. Boohs. Vol 310.] 
 See also " Palmer* s Indexes," Vol. 104. 
 
 Duchy of Lancaster. 
 
 Inquisitions POST mortem. Edw. 1. to ('has. I. 
 
 Calendar. Printed in the volumes entitled "Duoatus 
 Lancastrian"' (Vol. 1, Pars Prima), with Indices Nominum 
 and Locorum. 
 
 K 2
 
 14.S 
 
 INQUISITIONS POST MORTEM, &0.— (continued). 
 
 Palatinate of Lancaster. 
 
 Inquisitions post mortem. Ric. II. to Eliz. 2 
 Bundles. 
 
 Calendar. Printed. Report XXXIX., App., pp. 
 533-545). 
 
 Palatinate of Durham. 
 
 Inquisition- post mortem, &c. Pontificate of Robert 
 Nevill (14-38-1457) to Chas. I. (Cursitor's Records, Nos. 
 164 to 190.) For Inquisitions prior to the Pontificate of 
 Bp. Nevill, see Inquisitions post mortem, Registers 
 
 OF. 
 
 Calendar. Report XLIV., App., pp. 310-542. 
 
 Inquisitions post mortem, Registers of. 
 
 Abstracts or Transcripts of Inquisitions post mortem 
 during the Pontificates of Bishops Beaumont, Bury, 
 Hatfield, Fordham, Skirlawe, Langley, and Nevill. 1318 
 to 1442. 1 Vol. containing 314 leaves. (Cursitor's 
 Records, No. 2.) 
 
 Calendar. Report XLV., App. I., pp. 153-282. 
 
 Inquisitions post mortem, Proofs of Age. and 
 Assignments of Dower, Abstracts of. Temp. Bishop 
 Ruthall. 1509 to 1523. (Cursitor's Records, No. 3.) 
 A manuscript of 63 pages. 
 
 Index Nominum at the end of the volume. 
 
 Inquisitions post mortem, &c., Abstracts of. Temp. 
 Bishops Bothe and James. 1457 to 1483. A manuscript 
 of 93 folios. {Cursitor's Records, No. 4.) Index Nominum 
 at the end of the volume. 
 
 Inquisitions post mortem, Abstracts of, from the 
 Pontificate of Bishop Beaumont (1318) to the reign of 
 James I. Arranged alphabetically according to places. 
 Imperfect, ending with the letter S. A manuscript of 
 363 leaves. [Cursitor's Records, No. 5.] 
 
 Extents, &c. James I. 
 
 A manuscript book of a miscellaneous character, con- 
 sisting of 568 pages, and containing (inter alia) extents of 
 lands in the hands of the Bishop taken by virtue of Writs 
 of diem clausit extremum, of Mandamus, of Scire facias, 
 Extendi facias, &c. for intrusions into or alienation of 
 lands and tenements without license. 
 
 [ Cursitor's Records, No. 7.]
 
 INQUISITIONS POST MORTEM, &c— (c ontinu< -1 1. 
 Palatinate of Durham — (continued). 
 
 Extents fob Alienations withoi i Lh bnse, &c. A 
 Roll of 5 membranes. [Cursitor's Records, No. 198.] 
 
 Inquisitions ad quod damnum, Geo. [Land Geo. [II. 
 A bundle of 35 instruments. 
 
 [Cursitor's Records, No. L97.] 
 
 Palatinate of Chester and Flint. 
 Inquisitions tost mortem, &c. Edw. JI1. to Cai. 1. 
 
 This series contains Inquisitions post mortem, Inquisi- 
 tions ad quod damnum, Inquisitions as to Lunatics, Idiots, 
 and Right of Way; proofs of Age; Assignments of 
 Dower ; Extents ; Writs of Livery, &c. 
 
 Index. Report XXV., App., pp. 32-60. 
 
 Calendar. Edw. III. to Hen. VII. 1 Vol. MS. 
 (arranged chronologically with an Index Locoruin). 
 
 Index. Edw. III. to Car. II. 2 Vols. MS. (incom- 
 plete). Vol. 1 contains also references to Cairns of 
 Liberties. 
 
 IRELAND. 
 
 The principal documents relating to Ireland, in addition 
 to the Series of " Irish State Papers " consist of the 
 following : — 
 
 Chancery. 
 
 The " Rotuli HiBEENLffl," or Irish Rolls, from 1 to 50 
 Edward LtL See CHANCERY ENROLMENTS 
 (VARIOUS). 
 
 Exchequer, Queen's Remembrancer. 
 Imsir Exchequer Documents. Henry III. to RichardlU. 
 
 These are the Accounts of the successive Treasurers of 
 Ireland of their receipts and expenses, which were rendered 
 annually to the Exchequer in England pursuant to an 
 order made in the 21st year of Edward I., with other 
 documents relating to the transactions in that country and 
 to the Mint and Exchange there. Two ecclesiastical 
 taxations of Ireland, dated respectively A.D. 1302 and 
 A.D. 1306, are also deposited with these documents. They 
 are contained in 6 Rolls, of which a syllabus is given in 
 the Deputy-Keeper's Fifth Report, App. II. The Irish 
 Exchequer Documents have been elaborately described in 
 the " Calendar of Documents relating to Ireland " pub- 
 lished under the direction of the. Master of the Rolls. 
 
 Calendar. 1 Vol. MS.
 
 150 
 
 IRELAND — (continued). 
 Exchequer, Queen's Remembrancer— (continued). 
 Ministers' and Keceivers' Accounts. 
 
 The Accounts of the possessions in Ireland of Roger 
 Bigod, Earl of Norfolk, Thomas, Earl of Ormond, Elizabeth 
 deBurgo, Lady of Clare, and others will be found with the 
 General Series of Ministers' Accounts. (See Lists and 
 Indexes, No. V., 1894) 
 
 Exchequer, Treasury of the Receipt. 
 
 Documents relating to Ireland of various early dates, 
 including Transcripts from the Memoranda Rolls of the 
 Irish Exchequer from 1 Hen. V., to 12 Hen. VI. (printed 
 in the " Rotuli Selecti "), Indentures of Fealty, &c, &c, 
 will be found amongst the Miscellanea of the Exchequer. 
 
 Registrum Munimentorum " Liber A." 
 
 In this volume (fol. 416-420) will be found transcripts 
 of several documents relating to Ireland, including Grants 
 of the Seignory of Ireland and of the cities of Dublin and 
 Limerick, &c. made by Henry III. to his eldest son Edward; 
 of letters and obligations by the Prelates of Ireland and 
 others ; and of King John's letter declaring the reasons of 
 his proceedings against William de Breosa. 
 
 Exchequer of Receipt. 
 
 Civil List Establishment eor Ireland, 1709. 
 
 One volume, containing a list of the Irish and French 
 Pensioners, lists of Officers on full and half-pay, &c, &c. 
 There are also amongst the Miscellanea of the Exchequer 
 of Receipt accounts of the Military Establishments in 
 Ireland, and of the soldiers levied or impressed for service 
 there, from 43 Elizabeth to 20 James I. See ARMY, 
 NAVY, &c. 
 
 State Paper Office. 
 
 Extents, &c, of the possessions of the dissolved Monas- 
 teries in Ireland. 3 Vols. 
 
 [State Papers, Ireland, Folios. Vols. 1 to 3.] 
 Papers relating to the " Adventurers for lands in Ireland " 
 during the Commonwealth, with an Index. 14 Vols. 
 
 [State Papers, Ireland, Vols. 288-302.] 
 Ancient Maps. &c. 3 Vols. These include a Descrip- 
 tion of Ireland with a General Map and Plans of the 
 principal Forts ; Maps of the Provinces of Ulster and 
 Munster, and numerous County and Baronial Maps made 
 during the reigns of Elizabeth and James I. 
 
 [State Papers, Ireland, Maps, Vols. 1 to 3. 
 
 alBO STATE PAPERS, CALENDARS OF.
 
 151 
 
 IRELAND— (continued). 
 
 Calendar of born mint* relating to Inland. 1171 to 
 1307. 4 Vols., consisting of Excerpts from the Public 
 Records of "all instruments and enti k ^ing to 
 
 Ereland." Printed in the Series of " Calendars of State 
 Papers," &c. 
 
 Memoranda of Rolls, 8fc. relating to Ireland, Included in 
 AylofFe's " Calendar of Ancient Charters, &c." 1 Vol.4to. 
 
 See also the " Liber Munerum Publicorum Hiberniae," 
 amongst the Record Publications (Ireland). 
 
 JEWELS. 
 
 Chancery. 
 
 Matters relating to the Crown Jewels are entered on 
 the Close and Patent Rolls. See CHANCERY EN- 
 ROLMENTS. 
 
 Exchequer, Queen's Remembrancer, and Treasury 
 of the Receipt. 
 
 Accounts and Inventories of the Crown Jewels, &c. 
 These will be found amongst the Accounts, &c. relating 
 to the Wardrobe and Household, a complete Inventory 
 o£ which is being prepared. 
 
 Numerous Indentures relating to the pawning of the 
 Crown Jewels, &c, for the payment of troops, especially 
 during the reign of Henry V., exist amongst the Accounts, 
 &c, relating to the Army and Navy. 
 
 The following Inventories of Jewels are amongst the Miscel- 
 laneous Books from the Chapter House : — 
 
 Inventories of Plate, Jewels, and, Regalia 
 Hen. VI. Vol. 84. [Printed in Palgrave's " Ancirnt 
 Kalendars and Inventories of the Exchequer," Vol. II., 
 pp. 241-258.] 
 
 Accounts of the Jewel House. 24 Hen. VIII. 
 Vol. 85. [Printed, aa above, Vol. II., pp. 259-298.] 
 
 Inventories of the Royal Jewels, &c. 2 Junes I. 
 Vol. 8G. [Printed, as above, Vol. II., pp. 299-355, and 
 Vol. Ill, p. 424.] 
 
 Exchequer of Receipt. 
 
 accounts of the jewels, plate, &0., sold for her 
 Majesty's dse (Miscellanea, Exchequer op 
 Receipt.) 42 Elizabeth. 6 Rolls. 
 
 Entries relating to the purchase, &c. of Jewels will also 
 be found on the Essue Polls. 
 
 See RECEIPTS AMD ISSUES OF THE 
 EXCHEQUER.
 
 152 
 
 JEWELS— (continued). 
 Land Revenue Office. 
 
 The following Inventories of Jewels, Plate, &c. are preserved 
 at the Land Revenue Record Office. 
 
 An Inventory of the Wardrobe, Pictures, Statues, 
 Plate, Jewels, Cabinets, Household Goods and effects of 
 King Charles I., taken by the Commissioners appointed 
 in KU9 for the sale thereof. 
 
 Inventories and Accounts of the Jewels of Queen Anne 
 of Denmark, Consort of James I. 
 
 An Inventory of the Wardrobe and Jewels of Queen 
 Elizabeth in 1599. 
 
 [See Record Commissioners' Report, 1800, p. 170.] 
 
 Audit Office and Pipe Office. 
 
 Declared Accounts of the Master and Treasurer 
 of the Crown Jewels, &c. 1546 to 1639. 
 
 JEWS. 
 
 Before the expulsion of the Jews from England, which 
 took place about the year 1290, a considerable revenue 
 was drawn from them by the King by way of Tallages 
 (which were imposed at pleasure on the whole community, 
 who woe made to answer for one another, and if they made 
 default on the days fixed for payment, were heavily fined) ; 
 of Fines relating to law proceedings and Amerciaments for 
 misdemeanours ; and by means of the Fines and Com- 
 positions which they were compelled to pay for the King's 
 goodwill and protection, and for license to trade or 
 other privileges. In fact, the King seemed to be absolute 
 lord of their estates and effects, and even of the persons 
 of them and of their families, and " as they fleeced the 
 subjects of the realm, so he fleeced them." [Madox, Hist, 
 of the Exchequer I\ 
 
 The Receipt or place appointed for the management of 
 this Revenue of the Judaism was called Scaccarium Judce- 
 orum, or Scaccarium Judaismi, and formed a part of the 
 Great Exchequer; certain persons being assigned to be 
 Curators of this Revenue who were usually called Cus- 
 todes or Justiciarii Judoeorum, and who exercised jurisdic- 
 tion in all affairs relating to the community, namely, in 
 the Accounts of the Revenue, in Pleas upon Contracts 
 made with the Jews, and in causes or questions touch- 
 ing their lands or chattels, or their Tallages, Fines, and 
 Forfeitures. 
 
 When any Charter or Contract was made by the Jews 
 one part of it was laid up in a public chest, called the 
 Chest of the Chirographs, or of the Chirographers, such 
 part being designated the Pes Chirographi.
 
 L53 
 
 JEWS— (continued). 
 
 The Chirographers who had the custody of all such 
 Deeds or Contracts, wen: persons established for that 
 purpose in those towns in which a considerable number of 
 .lews resided, as al Lincoln, fork, Oxford, ecc, and 
 generally consisted of Jews and Christians acting together. 
 On the occasion of the goods and chattels of any Jew 
 being forfeited, the Chirographs or Contracts relating to 
 any debts due to him were transferred to the Exchequer 
 for the King's benefit. 
 
 King Henry III. " out of his royal grace to the Jews, 
 " and for the support of such of them as embraced the 
 " Christian religion, and were destitute of livelyhood," 
 founded a House at London, called the " Domus Conver- 
 sorum" or House of the Converts, and endowed it with a 
 competent revenue ; the custody of the said House being 
 generally granted to some clergyman of distinction, who 
 was assisted by a chaplain and clerks. 
 
 The custody of the Domus Conversorum was committed 
 by Edward II. to William de Ayremynne, then clerk or 
 keeper of the Rolls of the Chancery, to whose office it 
 was thenceforward attached, the ancient Hospital of the 
 Converts being eventually represented by the present 
 Rolls House. The converts in residence at any one time 
 appear from the Accounts of the Keeper of the Domus Con- 
 versorum to have seldom exceeded four or five in number. 
 
 Exchequer, Queen's Remembrancer. 
 
 Accounts, &c. relating to the Jews. Henry II. to 
 Edward I. 
 
 These consist of Accounts of Debts owing to Jews in 
 various counties. Receipts and Memoranda of the Tallages 
 levied on them, and Extents and Inquisitions as to their 
 lands and possessions, with enrolments of their Obligations 
 and Charters before the Treasurers and Barons of the 
 Exchequer. 
 
 Calendar, 1 Vol. MS. 
 
 Ai (DixTs of the Keeper <>k the Domus Conver- 
 sorum. Edward III. to Elizabeth. 
 
 These are the Accounts of " the Keeper of the Rolls of 
 " the King's Chancery, and of the Domus Conversorum." 
 or House set apart for the reception of converted Jews, 
 as well of the stipend of the Chaplain and Clerk there, as 
 ol the wages of the converts for the time being, who, 
 however, were generally very lew in number. 
 
 I)i scriptive Slips, 
 
 Two Rolls of Accounts of the Keeper of the Domus 
 Conversorum, bearing dates 8-i."> Edward I., formerly 
 deposited amongst the Miscellanea of the Exchequer, 
 Treasury of the Receipt, have been added to this Series.
 
 154 
 
 JEWS— (continued). 
 
 Exchequer of Receipt. 
 
 Jews Rolls. John to 23 Edward I. 
 
 This series consists of 38 Rolls, containing yearly- 
 accounts of the receipts from the Tallages, and from the 
 Fines and Amercements imposed on the Jews. 
 
 Jewish Contracts or "Starra." Temp. Henry III. 
 and Edward I. 
 
 These are original contracts written in Hebrew, generally 
 in the nature of Acquittances or Releases made by the 
 Jews, and are very few in number, and of no great 
 historical interest. Six documents of this nature are 
 referred to in the Pipe Roll of 3 John, as having been 
 produced by Robert, Earl of Leicester, in part dischargeof 
 a debt owing by him to Aaron the Jew of Lincoln, with 
 which he was charged on the lands and chattels of the said 
 Jew being seized into the King's hands. 
 
 Thirteen only of these documents exist in the Public 
 Record Office, but a much larger collection is preserved in 
 the Archives of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster 
 Abbey. 
 
 Exchequer of Pleas. 
 
 Pleas before the Justices of the Jews. 3 Henry III. 
 to 14 Edward I. 47 Rolls. 
 
 The following Documents relating to the Jews are 
 amongst the " Miscellaneous Rolls, Chancery." 
 
 No. 1 -. A Roll entitled " Scrutinium factum archaa chirogra- 
 
 5 phariorum Colecestriae," containing a schedule of 
 debts owing to the Jews by various persons. 
 
 4 Edw. I. 
 No lJ> A similar Roll relating to the Jews of York. 
 
 6 4 Edw. I. 
 No. —. A Roll of Grants of the houses which belonged to the 
 
 10 Jews in England. 19 Edw. I. 
 
 No. 1R . A Roll of the Sales of the houses of condemned 
 
 1 H Jews, made by order of the King. Temp. Edw. I. 
 
 JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS. Court of Chancery 
 (Equity Side). 
 
 The earlier proceedings of the Court of Chancery com- 
 mence in the reign of Richard II., and show that the chief 
 business of the Court at that period did not consist in 
 actions relating to the uses of land, but in receiving and 
 adjudicating on petitions addressed to the Chancellor in 
 cases of assault and trespass and a variety of outrages 
 cognizable at Common Law, but for which the petitioner 
 was unable to obtain redress owing to the position or 
 powerful connexions of his adversary.
 
 155 
 
 JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS. Court of Chancery 
 (Equity Side)— (continued ). 
 
 They are exceedingly valuable and interesting as illna 
 trating the origin and variations in the mode of procedure 
 in the Court, of Chancery as a Couii of equitable jurisdic- 
 tion, besides teeming with curious information as to the 
 manners and customs <>f the times 
 
 From the reign of Richard II. to that of Philip and 
 Mary, they are arranged chronologically according to the 
 periods of the several Chancellorship^ and a Calendar is in 
 course of formation. 
 
 The arrangement of the Chancery proceedings subse- 
 quent to the appointment of the Six Clerks of the Court 
 of Chancer)' is extremely complicated; and will be best 
 explained by a brief description of the method pursued in 
 filing the several documents in the Six Clerks' Office at 
 the period when those officers were virtually the solicitors 
 acting for the plaintiffs or defendants in each suit, the 
 records being thus treated to a considerable extent as 
 documents under the immediate control of each of the said 
 officers, and falling into six divisions accordingly. 
 
 When a Bill was brought into the Office to be filed it 
 was delivered to one of the subordinates (who were called 
 Sworn Clerks or Clerks in Court) of any one of the Six 
 Clerks, who thereupon entered the names of the plaintiff 
 and defendant, together with that of his principal and his 
 own names, in the Bill Book, which was always kept open 
 in the office for that purpose. The Six Clerk, whose name 
 was thus entered in the Bill Book, became thenceforward 
 the " Plaintiff's Six Clerk " and his said, subordinate the 
 " Plaintiff's Clerk in Court." The Bill was then taken 
 into the study of the Six Clerk to whom it belonged and 
 placed upon the File, where it remained until an appear- 
 ance was entered for one of the defendants. 
 
 The Sworn Clerk or Clerk in Court for the Defendant 
 making appearance then took the Bill off the File and 
 made a copy for his client, keeping the Bill in his posses- 
 sion until the Defendant's Answer was drawn up, when 
 the Bill with the Answer annexed was redelivered to the 
 Six Clerk of the Plaintiff. These Bills and Answers were 
 kepi in the Six Clerk's study during six clear Terms for 
 purposes of reference, after which period (hey were taken 
 down to the Record Rooms and sorted alphabetically into 
 bundles according to the plaintiffs' names. If more than 
 one Answer was made to a Bill, such subsequent Answers 
 were not generally annexed to the Bill like the first 
 Answer, but were filed with the Records of the Term in 
 which they were made. It, however, frequently happened 
 that when Answers were taken away by the Plaintiff's 
 Clerk in Court to be copied they were not returned to the
 
 156 
 
 JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS. Court of Chancery 
 (Equity Side) — (continued). 
 
 Six Clerk for mam/ years, and consequently never put into 
 their proper bundles. Tn c;ise of the death of any such 
 Clerk in Court the Records in his custody were delivered 
 to the Six Clerk whom he represented ; but uot being in 
 the proper order or method observed by the Six Clerks in 
 keeping their records, were arranged alphabetically under 
 the general head of " Pleadings," by which title they were 
 distinguished from the " Study Matters " or proceedings 
 taken annually from the Six Clerk's Study ; consequently 
 in a suit of long standing a search for the various 
 Answers has to be continued from bundle to bundle 
 for a considerable period. Moreover, when a Bill was 
 amended it was removed from its old bundles and placed 
 on the File as if it were afresh Bill; but the preceding 
 Answers were not removed from their bundles, and con- 
 sequently, after finding an Answer, it may become neces- 
 sary to search forwards to find the Bill to which it belongs. 
 The " Single Bills," or Bills to which no appearance was 
 entered, were put in bundles by themselves and kept 
 distinct from the " Study Matters," or " Pleadings." It 
 frequently happened that when a Bill was taken off the 
 File for the purpose of being copied, the Clerk in Court 
 whoso removed it did not leturn it directly to the Six 
 Clerk from whose File it was taken, but instead passed it 
 on to one of the other Clerks in Court or Sworn Clerks 
 who appeared for some other Defendant, and if no Answer 
 happened to be filed by such last-mentioned Clerk in Court 
 the Bill was never returned to the Plaintiff's Six Clerk at 
 all, but remained in the custody of the Clerk in Court to 
 whom it had been delivered, and was in due course put 
 away with the Records of the Six Clerk whom he repre- 
 sented. It thus often becomes necessary, if a Bill is not 
 found in the Division of the Six Clerk with whom it was 
 filed, to continue the search from Division to Division of 
 the remaining Clerks. 
 
 N.B. — The difficulties of searching are also increased by 
 the title of the suit being often varied according to the 
 name of the particular defendant making answer. 
 
 The Depositions in Country Causes, or Depositions 
 taken by Commission, remained for two years in the 
 custody of the Clerk in Court or Sworn Clerk for the 
 Plaintiff or Defendant, as the case might be, and were then 
 placed with the Records of the Six Clerk whom he repre- 
 sented, being indexed in the same books as the Bills and 
 Answers, but under a separate heading. 
 
 ( 'imi missions of Partition, Avith the returns thereto, will 
 also be found amongst these Depositions.
 
 L57 
 
 JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS. Court of Chancery 
 (Equity Side) — (continued). 
 
 The Depositions in Town Causes, or Town Depositions, 
 were kept in the Examiners' Office where they were taken, 
 those prior to 1724 being Bent to the Record Office in the 
 Tower for sate custody. The Town Depositions w<-re on 
 paper; those taken in the Country on •parchment, the 
 Commission by which they were taken being generally 
 annexed, together with an abstract of the Bill called the 
 " Dediinus Bill." 
 
 Tin- annexed list shows the several classes of document) 
 belonging to the Equity side of the Court of Chancery, 
 with the means of reference to each.* 
 
 Accountant-Genekal's Certificates. 1726 to 1825. 
 These are the Certificates made by the Accountant- 
 General of the Court of Chancery of the payment of Bume 
 of money into Court. They consist of about 527 Bundles 
 arranged alphabetically, according to the titles of the suits. 
 Those of a later date than 1825 are kept at the Chancery 
 Pay Office ; they are now called Paymaster-General'- 
 Certificates. 
 
 Administration Summonses. See " Chancery Pro- 
 ceedings." 
 
 Affidavits. 1611 to 1869. From 1611 to 1819 these 
 are arranged chronologically, Term by Term. After 
 1819 the Affidavits in each Term are arranged alphabeti- 
 cally according to the titles of the Causes or Matters. 
 From Trinity 1828, inclusive, the Affidavits in Matters 
 are generally kept distinct from those in Causes, and placed 
 at the end of the alphabetical arrangement. 
 
 Registers of Affidavits. 1615 to 1746. 53 Vols., con- 
 taining entries ol the Affidavits in full. 
 1607 to 1755. 49 Vols. 
 
 T , fu 
 
 Jn<lexei, \\78l to 1869. 99 Vols 
 
 Awards and Agreements. See "Reports and Cer- 
 tificates." 
 
 Awards of Arbitrators respecting enclosures, &c. and 
 in law suits of various kinds are enrolled on the early 
 Close Rolls. 
 
 Bills, Answers, Depositions, &o. See '• Chancery 
 Proceedings." 
 
 Chancery Proceedings. Richard II. to 1869. Onder 
 this title are included the Bills, Answers, Depositions, and 
 
 * The Chancer] Masters' Documents, placed onder the charge andsuperiptendence 
 of the Master of the Rolls pursuant to Statute 40 & 41 Vict. c. 55, are onder special 
 restrictions. Vide Report XL., App. No. 10.
 
 158 
 
 JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS. Court of Chancery 
 (Equity Side) —(continued). 
 
 Chancery Proceedings, &c. — (continued). 
 
 other Proceedings in Chancery suits which were formerly 
 deposited in the Tower of London, and in the offices of 
 the "Record and Writ Clerks (formerly the "Six Clerks"), 
 and of the Examiners of the Court of Chancery. They 
 may be classified as follows : — 
 
 (1.) Chancery Proceedings (Early). Ric. II. to Philip 
 and Mary, arranged under the names of the Lords 
 Chancellors. [Calendar in progress.] 
 
 (2.) Chancery Proceedings. Elizabeth to Charles I. 
 
 Series I. [Indexed.] 
 
 (3.) Do. (Supplementary). Series II. 
 
 [List in progress.] 
 
 (4.) Do. (Miscellaneous). 102 Bundles. 
 
 These will be eventually incorporated in Series II. 
 
 (5.) Chancery Proceedings. 1649 to 1842. Arranged 
 in Six Divisions, bearing the names of the Six Clerks 
 of the Court of Chancery respectively. 
 
 (6.) Chancery Proceedings. 1842 to 1869. Arranged 
 alphabetically, year by year, under the general 
 heading of " Pleadings." 
 
 (7.) Depositions (from the Examiners' Office) called 
 " Paper " or " Town Depositions." 26 Hen. VIII. 
 to 1853. These are arranged alphabetically in 
 bundles, Term by Term. 
 
 (8.) Depositions, " Sealed " or Unpublished. 389 Bun- 
 dles. 
 
 The means of reference are as follows : — 
 Bill Books. From about 1673 to 1852. 156 Vols. M.S, 
 These contain entries of all the Bills filed in Chancery 
 arranged alphabetically year by year, the names of the Six 
 Clerks and Clerks in Court who appeared for the plaintiffs 
 being given in the margin,thus enabling the searcher to refer 
 to the Division in which the Records should be indexed 
 and also to the i( Cause Books " and " Clerk in Court's 
 Books." From 1673 to 1713 the series is very imperfect. 
 After 1842 the Bill Books contain, instead of the names of 
 the Six Clerks, the numerical references to the Files of 
 Pleadings and the names of the Vice-Chancellors. 
 
 Cause Books. From about 1620 to 1842. Each of 
 the Six Clerks kept in his study a book called the " Cause 
 Book," in which he entered in full the names of the 
 Plaintiffs and Defendants in all suits in which the Bills 
 were filed in his office, adding thereto the dates of the 
 several Answers or Replications in the order in which 
 they were filed. In the margin he entered the names 
 of the Six Clerks and Sworn Clerks for the several
 
 159 
 
 JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS. Court of Chancery 
 (Equity Side)— (continued). 
 
 Chancery Proceedings, &o. — (continue. i,. 
 
 Defendants. When an answer was made by any of 
 the Defendants in whose name he appeared, an entry 
 thereof was also made by the Six Clerk in hu I 
 -book, with the date of filing such Answer. I I ,use 
 Hooks thus contain a complete record of the proceedings 
 m every cause so far as reiates to the time of filing Bills, 
 Answers, and Replications. The entries are made alpha- 
 betically, under the Plaintiffs' names. 
 
 Clerk in Courts Hooks. From about 1713 to 1842 
 These Nvere books kept by the several Clerks in Court or 
 bworn Clerks, in which they entered the dates of the 
 Appearances and other proceedings in the suits with widen 
 they were concerned, together with the names of the 
 Solicitors for the parties whom they represented, and the 
 name of the Six Clerk for the other side. 
 
 Calendars and Indexes, as foliates : 
 
 Bills and Answers. Elizabeth. A Calendar printed bv 
 the Kecord Commission, in 3 Vols, folio, with Indexes of 
 names and places. [Examples are prefixed of some of the 
 earlier Chancery Proceedings from Ric. II. to Hen. VIII 1 
 Do, Elizabeth. 1 Vol. M.S. An Index 
 
 Nomtnum only, [home of the documents noticed in this 
 Index are not included in the printed Calendar.] 
 
 „ . Do - , James r - ] Vol. M.S. ' An Index 
 
 Jyonnnum only. 
 
 -Do. James I. An Index Locorum in 3 
 
 Vols. M.S. 
 
 at • D °* , m Chu ? es l 4 Vols M - s - An Index 
 Nomxnum only. (Printed by the Index Society) 
 
 [Bills and Answers of the reigns of Elizabeth, James, 
 
 S5-T"?? T\\ ? la ° be £ouncl in the Si x Clerk's Books 
 « Mitford I.," Vol. 17, and « Mitford V.," Vol. 22 ] 
 
 Depositions (Country). Eli*, .lames, and Charles 1 
 Vol. MN An Index Nominum referring to the Deposi 
 tions taken by Commission, or -Country" Depositions 
 only [There are also Depositions of Eliz., James, and 
 Charles in the following "Six Clerks' Books,"' viz 
 'Bridges Depositions," Vol 6, « Collins' Depositions,"' 
 Vol. 10, and W hittington's Depositions," Vol 3'> ] 
 
 Depositions (Town) Hen. VIII. to Mary. An Index 
 JXominum in 1 Vol. MS. 
 
 Depositions (Unpublished). Index, 1 Vol. M S 
 
 Bills, Answers, and Depositions. 1649 to 1842 SO Vnl 
 
 MS., called "Six Clerks' Books." The', ^ in S* 
 
 Divisions, one for each of the Six Clerks, and contain the 
 
 Bills, Answers, Replications, and Country Depositions, the
 
 160 
 
 JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS. Court of Chancery 
 (Equity Side)— (contined). 
 
 latter being indexed separately. The name of the division 
 in which search should be made may be obtained from the 
 Bill Books, but it is sometimes necessary to search all Six 
 Divisions. [See above.] Since the year 1714, the Six 
 Clerks' Books are in three sets, extending respectively 
 from 1714 to 1758, 1758 to 1800, and 1800 to 1842, with 
 a supplementary volume, entitled " Records sorted since 
 1842," referring to such documents as were found in the 
 several studies on the abolition of the Six Clerks. [Some 
 of these documents are of comparatively early date.] 
 
 Do. 1842 to 1869. 94 Vols. MS. An Alpha- 
 
 betical Index to the Bills, Answers, Depositions, &c, 
 arranged alphabetically under Plaintiffs' names and entitled 
 " Index to Pleadings." 
 
 Decrees and Orders, Entry Books of. 36 Hen. 
 VIII. to 1869. These are the Entry Books kept by the 
 Registrars of the Court of Chancery, and were formerly 
 deposited in the Report Office. 
 
 They are divided into two series, distinguished as " Reg. 
 Lib. A." and " Reg Lib B" respectively. The first series 
 or Reg. Lib. A. commences in 36 Henry VIII. and, up to 
 and including Trinity Term 1629 contains the entries of 
 Decrees and Orders from A. to Z., inclusive. After 
 Trinity Term 1629, this series contains letters A. to K. 
 only. 
 
 The second series, or Reg. Lib. B., commences in 1 
 Edw. VI., and contains entries of Decrees and Orders 
 from A. to Z. inclusive, till Trinity Term 1629, after 
 which date it contains those from L. to Z. only. 
 Indexes. 38 Hen. VIII. to 1869. 628 Vols. MS. 
 
 Decree Rolls. 26 Hen. VIII. to 1878. The Decree 
 Rolls contain such Decrees, Orders, and Dismissions of 
 the Court of Chancery, &c, as were enrolled, generally for 
 the purposes of an appeal to the House of Lords. Any 
 Decree or Order of the Court of Chancery (and also Orders 
 by the Ecclesiastical Court in England "directing pay- 
 ment of any sum of money," and orders of the Court of 
 Chancery in Ireland, and of the Incumbered Estates 
 Court, Ireland, of a similar nature), might be enrolled 
 within six months from the date thereof, but not later 
 without special leave of the Court, and no enrolment of 
 any Decree, &c. was allowed after the expiration of five 
 years from the date thereof. In order to obtain the enrol- 
 ment of any Decree or Order a Docquet of Enrolment 
 setting forth the preliminary proceedings, and reciting the 
 Decree or Order to be enrolled, was drawn up, which 
 Docquet, after having been inspected by one of the Clerks
 
 Mil 
 
 JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS. Court of Chancery 
 (Equity Side) — (continued). 
 
 Decree Rolls, &c. — (continued). 
 
 of Records and Writs, was signed by the Lord Chancellor, 
 Lord Keeper, or Lords Commissioners of the Great Seal 
 for the rime being, and without such signature no Decree 
 or Order could be enrolled. The original Docqueti are 
 preserved in liundlcs from 26 Hen. VIII. Since the 
 passing of the Judicature Act in 1*75 the enrolment ol 
 Decrees and Orders <>!' the Court of Chancery became 
 unnecessary, with the exception of Orders confirming 
 Railway Schemes, pursuant to Stat. 30 and :51 Vict. c. 127. 
 The only other ( )rders enrolled subsequent to the passing 
 of the above-mentioned Act are those of other Courts 
 which it is intended to enforce by process issuing out of 
 the Chancery Division, such as Orders of Irish Courts, 
 under Stat. 41 Geo. III. c. 90. s. 5, and Orders of the 
 Arches Court under 2 and 3 Win. IV. c. 9)5. s. 2. 
 
 Calendars and Indexes. 14 Vols. MS., one of which is 
 an Index Locorum. 
 
 Paymaster-Geneual's Certificates. Before 1825 
 see " Accountant General's Certificates." Since 
 1825 they are at the Chancery Pay Office. 
 
 Petitions. 1834 to 1869. These are arranged alphabeti- 
 cally in bundles, according to the date of JMny, which is 
 generally subsequent to that of the Order made on the 
 Petition. It was not the practice to file the Petitions in 
 Chancery suits prior to 1834. There is, however, a col- 
 lection of "Appeal Petitions" extending from 1774 to 
 1869, and of " Corporation " or " Charity Petitions " from 
 1834 to 1845, to which there are separate Indexes. 
 
 Indexes. 16 Vols. MS. 
 
 Petition Books (Lokd Chancellors) 1 7 ."> 6 to 1 8.)*. 
 
 43 Vols. 
 
 Kailwai Schemes. These are filed with the " Pleading 
 the Orders confirming them being enrolled on bhe Decree 
 Bolls. 
 
 Reports and Certificates. 1554 to L869. These are 
 the Original Reports made to the Court by the Masters in 
 Chancery on the matters referred to them for their inves- 
 tigation and opinion, extending in date from 1544 to the 
 abolition of the Masters in Chancery in 1848. Subse- 
 quent to the latter date they consist of the Certificates of 
 the Chief Clerks and faxing Masters, with the accounts, 
 &c. thereto annexed. The Paymaster^ 1 eneral'a Certificates 
 are not included in this class 
 
 v 80195. i
 
 162 
 
 JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS. Court of Chancery 
 (Equity Side) — (continued). 
 
 Reports and Certificates — (continued). 
 
 The Reports and Certificates together comprise 2,953 
 volumes, in which the documents are alphabetically arranged 
 Term by Term. The last 24 volumes form a supplementary 
 Bet of reports extending from 1703 to 1799, with some few 
 of earlier date, and consisting principally of such documents 
 as were too bulky to be bound up in their regular order. 
 These documents are marked in the Indexes as "Not 
 Bundled.'' The last volume consists of " Corporation 
 Reports " (relating to Charities in various Boroughs) from 
 1836 to 1846. 
 
 Alphabetical Indexes. 1606 to 1869. 261 Vols. 
 
 The following; documents were transferred from the 
 Report Office, with the Reports, &c. above described : — 
 
 Awards and Agreements 1694 to 1844. 15 Bundles. 
 These are the Awards given by Arbitrators, and the Agree- 
 ments arrived at by consent between the parties in various 
 suits. As a rule they appear to have been embodied in the 
 Reports subsequently made by the respective Masters. 
 
 Exceptions to Reports, &c. 1756 to 1859. 44 
 Bundles. The nature of these documents is sufficiently 
 explained by their Title. 
 
 Registrars' Court or Minute Books. 1639 to 1869. 
 These contain the Notes taken in Court by the several 
 Registrars on the hearing of the Causes, with Minutes of 
 the decision of the Court, &c. They are arranged in 
 Terms, there being generally one volume per Term for 
 each Registrar, for which reason they are sometimes desig 
 nated " Term Books." There are also " Cause Books " 
 from 1735 to 1848, and " Cause Paper Books " from 1806 
 to 1843, which contain merely the titles of the Causes set 
 down for hearing, day by day. 
 
 JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS. Court of Chancery 
 (Common Law Side). 
 
 The jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery was originally 
 of two kinds : ordinary, or legal ; and extraordinary, or 
 absolute. The ordinary jurisdiction was that "in which 
 " the Lord Chancellor in his proceedings and judgments 
 " was bound to observe the Order and Method of the Com- 
 " mon Law " ; in which cases the proceedings were usually 
 in Latin, and were in later years filed at the Petty Bag 
 Office. The extraordinary jurisdiction was that exercised 
 by the Court in cases of Equity, the proceedings in which 
 were commenced by English Bill and Answer.
 
 163 
 
 JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS. Court of Chancery 
 (Common Law Side) -(continued). 
 
 The pleadings on the ordinary or Common Law Side 
 of* the Court consist of pleadings on Writs of' Right, on 
 Petitions and Monstrans de Droit, and respecting Recog- 
 nizances acknowledged in the Court of Chancery, pro- 
 ceedings on Writs of Scire Facias for the repeal of Letters 
 Patent, on Writs of Partition of Land in Co-parcenary 
 and for Dower, on Traverses of Inquisitions or Offices (to 
 prove that an Inquisition of lands or goods was defective 
 or untruly made), and in all personal actions by or against 
 any Officer of the Court. 
 
 Pleadings on the Common Law Side of Chancery. 
 (Tower Series.) Edward III. to Richard III. 
 
 Do. (Rolls Chapel Office Series.) Henry VII. to 
 James I. 
 
 Inventori/. Report IV., App. II., pp. 108-110. 
 Calendar. Henry VII. " Palmer's Indexes," Vol. 107. 
 
 Do. (Petty Bag Office Series.) James I. to Vic- 
 toria. 
 
 93 Bundles endorsed " Proceedings and Judgments on 
 Writs of Scire Facias, &c." 
 
 Indexes. 10 Vols. MS. 
 
 County Placita. John to Edward IV. 
 
 The documents known as " County Placita," so called 
 from their being arranged according to Counties, consist of 
 Transcripts of Proceedings in the King's Bench and other 
 Courts, and of Feet of Fines and other Records brought 
 into Chancery by Writ of Certiorari. 
 
 Index Locorum. Bedford to Wilts. 1 Vol. A IS. 
 
 Calendar. Bedford to Norfolk. 1 Vol. MS. 
 
 Precedent Books (Cursitors'). 3 Vols. 
 
 Do. (Petty Bag). 6 Vols. 
 
 Remembrance Rolls of Orders. (Petty Bag Office.) 
 14 Car. I. to 2 Geo. II. 10 Rolls. 
 
 These contain entries of the Orders made with reference 
 to proceedings on the Common Law Side of Chancery. 
 
 Writs. See Chancer? Files. 
 
 Writs, Precedents for. See Pre< edent Books. 
 
 JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS. Court of Queen's 
 Bench (Crown Side). 
 
 Affidavits (General). 17 K> to 1858. 
 
 Indexes. 17:58 to 1851. 15 Vols., called "Memoranda 
 Books of Affidavits." 
 
 L 2
 
 1.64 
 
 JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS. Court of Queen's 
 Bench (Crown Side)— (continued). 
 
 Appearance Books. 1725 to 1843. 13 Vols. 
 
 Assize Rolls, Eyre Rolls, &c. John to Edward IV. 
 1,550 Rolls. 
 
 (See Lists and Indexes, No. IV., 1894.) 
 
 Under the general Title of " Assize Rolls, &c." are 
 included : — 
 
 (a.) Rolls of tlu 1 Justices in Eyre, who were originally 
 sent at irregular intervals, as of five, six, or seven 
 years throughout the Counties of England with Com- 
 mission to hear more especially such causes as were 
 termed Pleas of the Crown. The scope of their 
 Commissions was gradually widened, and early in 
 the reign of Henry the Third they were competent 
 to hear pleas of every kind, their Rolls being 
 generally arranged under the several heads of — 
 " Placita de Juratis et Assisis," 
 " Placita Coronas," 
 
 " Placita Forinseca." (Pleas originated in the 
 County in which the Justices then were, 
 but relating to other Counties), 
 and 
 " Placita de Quo Warranto." 
 To these were sometimes added — 
 " Placita de Querelis, 
 Placita de Ragemannis, 
 and 
 " Deliberationes Gaolarum." 
 
 The Eyre Rolls were made up in Counties, there 
 being generally several copies of each Roll, one for 
 the King marked " Rex," and others bearing the 
 names of the several Justices. No Justices in Eyre 
 were appointed after 10 Edward III. 
 
 (6.) Rolls of the Justices of Assize (Justiciarii ad 
 eapiendas assisas), who appear to have been appointed 
 for the purpose of avoiding the delay and in- 
 convenience caused by the long intervals between 
 the Eyres of the Justices Itinerant. By the 
 Statute of Westminster, 13 Edward I., it was 
 enacted that two Justices should be assigned before 
 whom, and none other, Assises of novel disseisin, 
 mort d'ancestor, and attaints should be taken, and 
 who were to associate to themselves one or two of 
 the knights of each shire and to take the assises 
 and attaints therein three times in the year at the 
 most.
 
 Mi:, 
 
 JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS. Court of Queen's 
 Bench (Crown Side)— continued). 
 
 Assize Rolls, ErRB Rolls &c. (continued). 
 
 By the same Statute il was enacted that In- 
 quisitions of trespass might be determined before 
 the said Justices in pursuance of a Writ railed the 
 Writ of Nisi Prius, which directed the parties to 
 
 appear on a certain day at one of the Benches at 
 Westminster, " ni^i prius Justiciarii vcnerint ad illaa 
 '• partes ad capiendas assisas," mile-- the Justices 
 should first come to that place to take the Assi 
 which they were certain to do, thus saving the 
 parties much trouble and expense. 
 
 It being afterwards found that the Justices as 
 assigned were often hindered by other duties from 
 attending at the days and places appointed, it was 
 further enacted by Statute 21 Edward I., that the 
 Kingdom should be divided into four Circuits, and 
 that eight Justices should be assigned, two for 
 each Circuit, to Lake the Assises, &c, therein as 
 aforesaid. 
 
 The number of Circuits was afterwards increased 
 to six, at which it n nv stands, with the addition of a 
 Circuit for North and South Wales. 
 
 By a Statute of 27 Edward I., the Justices of 
 Assize were also empowered, after they had taken 
 the assises, to deliver the gaols in their respective 
 circuits. See (J AOL Deliykry Rolls. 
 
 (c.) Rolls of the Justices of Oyer and Terminer (Justi- 
 ciarii ad audiendum et terrainandum), who were sent 
 as occasion required to hear and determine one or 
 more special causes, or under any extraordinary cir- 
 cumstances, as the occurrence of a great riot or 
 insurrection, or the commission of heinous misde- 
 meanours or trespasses in any particular county or 
 district. The Justices of Oyer and Terminer were 
 also frequently Justices of Gaol Delivery. 
 
 This class also includes a few original Commissions 
 to take Special Assizes of Novel Disseisin. &c, with 
 the proceedings thereon, and also Inquisitions and. 
 Presentments of .Jurors and other documents sub- 
 sidiary to the Roll- of the Justices in Eyre and 
 Justices of Assize. 
 
 Amongst the Assize Rolls are also to be found 
 Pleas before the "Justices of Trailbaston," who were 
 originally appointed by Edward 1. to administer 
 justice during his absence in the Scotch and French 
 wars. 
 
 These .Justice- were of the nature oi Justid 
 Assize, their name being derived from the ■' baston "
 
 16(> 
 
 JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS. Court of Queen's 
 Bench (Crown Side)— (continued). 
 
 Assize Rolls, Eyre Rolls, &c. — (continued). 
 
 or staff delivered to iheni as the badge of their office, 
 which was to make Inquisition throughout the King- 
 dom touching the extortions of officers, intrusions 
 into other men's lands, breaches of the peace and other 
 offences. 
 
 The Placita de Quo Warranto enrolled on the 
 Rolls of the Justices in Eyre consist of the pleadings 
 and judgments on Writs of" Quo Warranto/' which 
 were in the nature of Writs of Right on behalf of 
 the King against those who claimed or usurped any 
 Office, Franchise, or Liberty, calling on them to show 
 by what authority their claims were supported. 
 These pleadings were first instituted as a consequence 
 of the Inquisitiones Hundredorum or Hundred Rolls, 
 taken by Commission in the 2nd and 7th years of 
 Edward L, Articles of Inquiry thereon being delivered 
 to the Justices in Eyre, for the purpose of holding 
 pleas upon the claims therein stated. 
 
 These Articles were repeated from time to time in 
 subsequent Commissions. 
 
 On the discontinuance of the Eyres in 10 Edward 
 III., the Pleadings and Judgments on Writs of 
 " Quo Warranto " or of " Quo titulo clamat " took 
 place in the King's Bench or the Exchequer, and are 
 enrolled on the " Coram Rege Rolls " or the " Memo- 
 randa Rolls " accordinglj*. 
 
 The " Placita de Ragemannis " which are occa- 
 sionally found on the Eyre Rolls are the pleas taken 
 under the Statute 4 Edward I. called the Statute of 
 Rageman, which directed that Justices should go 
 throughout the land to hear and determine all com- 
 plaints and suits for trespasses committed within the 
 25 years then last past as well by the King's Bailiffs 
 and Officers as by others. A Roll entitled " Vere- 
 dicta de Ministris," containing such pleas in the 4th 
 year of Edward the First, is placed with the Hundred 
 Rolls. 
 
 By Statute 9 Edward III. it was established that 
 the Justices of Assize, Gaol Delivery, and Oyer and 
 Terminer should send in their Records to the Treasury 
 of the Exchequer in Michaelmas Term every year, but 
 this practice appears to have been discontinued in the 
 reign of Edward IV. 
 
 The modern Justices of Assize and Nisi Prius 
 go upon their Circuits by virtue of five several 
 authorities : — 
 
 1. The Commission of the Peace.
 
 167 
 
 JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS. Court of Queen's 
 Bench (Crown Side)— (continued). 
 Assize Bolls, Etbe Rolls, &o.— (continued). 
 
 2. The ( lommission of < >v. it :in<l Terminer 
 •'!. The Commission of General Gaol Delivery. 
 
 4. The Commission of Assize. 
 
 5. The Commission of Nisi Priua 
 
 Their Records, which consist of Assize R oils or 
 Piles, including original [ndictments with the Verdicts 
 thereon, Coroners' Inquisitions, Minute Books, Gaol 
 Books or Calendars, and other proceedings arej 
 served b\ the Clerks of Assize of the respective 
 Circuits, and in some cases extend hack as far as the 
 reign of James L, whilst those of the Borne Circuit 
 begin in the reign of Philip and Mary. 
 
 [Vide Record Commissioners' Report, 1800 nn 
 237-245]. ll ' 
 
 The Records at Nisi Prius, with the Posteas 
 thereon, appear, however, to have been generally 
 handed to the parties concerned therein on their 
 making application for them, Minute Books only of 
 the Proceedings and Orders being kept by the Clerks 
 of Assize. 
 
 The following collections of documents subsidiary to 
 the Assize and Quo Warranto Rolls are amongst the 
 " Miscellaneous Books " of the Exchequer Treasury of the 
 Receipt : — 
 
 Vol. 87. Abstracts of Placita coram Rege, &c. Temp. John. 
 [Printed in the " Placitorum Abbreviatio."] 
 
 Vol. 88. A book containing original Bills preferred to the Jus- 
 tioes of Trailbaaton in Com. Glouc, 14Edw. II. ; to 
 Justices in Eyre in the Channel Islands, temp. Edw. I. ; 
 and in the Pal'limile of Lancaster, temp. Bow. Ill 
 
 , r , DA _ .. Edw. [.-Bdw. HI. 
 
 Vol. 89. Proceedings "de Qno Warranto " in Oom. Bedford. 
 
 _ _ n/v .. „ 4 Bdw. II. 
 
 vol. 9u. A Book containing Bills preferred to"H.deBerewick 
 et sociis suis '' at Preston, in the Counts of Lancaster, 
 in I lie second year of the Dukedom ; and to the Justices 
 [tineranl in theCounty of Bedford in the 18th vear of 
 Edw.III. l.du.III. 
 
 Vol. 91. Proclamations of Outlawry in the County of Lincoln 
 
 22 Bdw. I \ .-11 ll,n. \ J l. 
 
 " Ba<. v de Seoeetis." 17 Edward IV. to 53 George III. 
 The Records known under this Title consisl of [ndict- 
 ments and Attainders for Riga Treason, and other State 
 offences, with other proceedings on the Crown side of the 
 Court, which, on account of their important or secret 
 nature were kept apart. They were formerly kept under 
 three keys, one of which was held by the Lord Chief 
 Justice, another by the Attorney-General, and the third
 
 168 
 
 JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS. Court of Queen's 
 Bench (Crown Side)— (continued). 
 " Baga de Secretis " — (continued). 
 
 by the Master of the Crown Office, the " Baga " being 
 deposited in a closet, which has long since disappeared. 
 
 The proceedings are placed in small bags or pouches, a 
 Descriptive Inventory and Calendar of which is printed in 
 the 3rd, 4th, and 5th Reports of the Deputy Keeper of 
 the Public Records. Amongst these important records 
 will be found the Trials and Convictions of Anne Boleyn, 
 of Sir Walter Raleigh and others, of Guy Fawkes, of 
 Sir Hardress Waller and the other regicides, of the ad- 
 herents of the House of Stuart in 1715 and 1745, and 
 other documents of the greatest historical interest. 
 
 The proceedings with regard to Perkin Warbeck's 
 conspiracy in the reign of Henry VII., recently discovered 
 and added to this series, are described in the Deputy 
 Keeper's 54th Report, App. II. 
 Bails, Calendar of. 6 Jas. I. to 1 3 Will. III., 3 Rolls. 
 
 Controlment Rolls. 1 Edward III. to 1843. 
 
 The Controlment Rolls may be sub-divided into three 
 portions, the first of which is known as the Bag Roll, and 
 contains Minutes of all Writs of Venire Facias and other 
 Writs issued in each term ; the second portion or Control- 
 ment Boll proper, contains Minutes of the Appearances 
 and Pleas m each Term ; and the third, or Special Writ 
 Boll, contains enrolments in full of the Writs of Manda- 
 mus (which, when no return was made thereto, do not 
 appear on the Crown Roll), and of other Special W^rits. 
 The Controlment Rolls form a distinct class of records, 
 and do not refer in any way to the Coram Rege or Crown 
 Rolls, except in so far as they exhibit a record or minute 
 of the proceedings on the Crown side of the Court, terra 
 by term. There is one Controlment Roll for each year. 
 
 ( oxTUMACE Capiendo, Enrolment of Writs of. 1844 
 to 1857. 1 Parcel. Before 1844 see Controlment Rolls 
 
 Convicts, Returns of. 1785 to 1827. 10 Bags. 
 
 Coram Rege Rolls. 5 Richard I. to 22 Victoria (1858). 
 These Rolls are now sub-divided as follows : — 
 
 Curia Regis Rolls. 5 Richard I. to 56 Henry III. 
 
 Coram Rege Rolls. 1 Edward I. to 13 William III. 
 
 Crown Rolls. 1 Anne (1702) to 22 Victoria (1858). 
 (See Lists and Indexes, No. IV., 1894.) 
 
 Till the end of the reign of Henry III. when the Curia 
 Regis became finally merged in the Court of King's 
 Bench, the Rolls hitherto styled "Coram Rege Rolls" are 
 more correctly termed " Rotuli Curia; Regis," by which
 
 L69 
 
 JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS. Court of Queen's 
 Bench (Crown Side) — (continued). 
 Coram Regb Rolls -(continued). 
 
 name they are in 'act described in the ancienl calendars, 
 and include the Placita " de Banco," as well as the 
 Placita "Coram Rege." Sine- l Edward [.the Placita 
 de Banco form a distinct class of enrolments. From 
 1 Edward I. to the first year of Queen Ann.-, the Placita 
 Coram Rege, or Coram Rege Rolls, contain entries of all 
 the proceedings in the Court of Queen's Bench, both on 
 the Civil and Crown sides, the proceedings on the Crown 
 side forming the latter pait of each Roll, and being dis- 
 tinguished as the " Rex Roll." In 1702 the Pleadings 
 in Civil Causes were sepaiated and formed the " Pleas, 
 or "Judgment Roils" of the Court, the Placita Coram 
 Rege being thenceforward known as the " Crown Rolls." 
 
 The Curia Regis Rolls from 6 Ric. I. to 1 John, have 
 been printed in full, in two Vols. 8vo. 
 
 Abstracts of the Curia Reins and Coram Rene Rolls 
 from Ric. I. to Edw. II. are printed in the " Placitorum 
 Abbreviatio '' with Indices Locorum, Nominum,and Rcruni. 
 See also AGARDE'S INDEXES. 
 
 From 6 Charles I. to 1843 reference to the Crown causes 
 enrolled on the Coram Rege or Crown Rolls is to be made 
 by means of the " Great Doijcjett Books,'" 17 Vols. MS. 
 These books contain entries of all pleas and other proceed- 
 ings in the Court, term by term, specifying the date and 
 number of the indictment, the date of the controlment or 
 minute of the entry, and frequently the number of the 
 Crown Roll, on which the proceedings are entered in full. 
 
 N.B. — The numbers in the left-hand margin of the 
 books, when any such are given, refer to the Crown Roll 
 of the same term. Those in the right-hand margin refer 
 to the Crown Roll of the same date us the Controlment 
 specified, thus: ''By Controlment of Michaelmas last, 
 Roll 7," means that the proceedings will lie found on 
 Roll 7 of the Crown Roll of that Term. 
 
 COKONEBS 1 Rolls. Henry III. to Henry \ 1 . 256 Rolls. 
 
 These contain the enrolments of the Inquisitions taken 
 before the King's Coroner on the occurrence of any sudden 
 death, by misfortune or otherwise, which were directed 
 to be returned hy the Coroner to the Justices Itinerant 
 at the next Gaol Delivery, or to be certified into the 
 Court of King's Bench. They also include a tew Rolls 
 
 of Outlaws or of persons to be put in Exigent. (See Lists 
 and Indexes, No. 1 V. 1894.) 
 
 * The Pleadings in Civil Causes from the year 1890, together with the Deed* 
 enrolled, are indexed in the Doggetl Rolls and Doggett Boon "t the Plea Side of 
 
 the ( ourt.
 
 170 
 
 JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS. Court of Queen's 
 Bench (Crown Side)— (continued). 
 Curia Regis, Rolls of the. See Coram Rege Rolls. 
 Depositions. 1849 to 1857. 2 Bundles. 
 
 Error, Records in (from Ireland). Geo. II. and 
 
 Geo. III. 10 Rolls. 
 Gaol Delivery Rolls. Edward I. to Edward IV. 221 
 Rolls. /See Lists and Indexes, No. IV., 1894.) 
 
 These include a number of Special Gaol Deliveries and 
 Gaol Files, consisting of Writs, Panels of Jurors, Indict- 
 ments, &c. 
 
 Gaol Deliveries are also enrolled on the Rolls of the 
 Justices in Eyre. See Assize Rolls, Eyre Rolls, &c. 
 
 Indictments (Ancient). Henry III. to Henry VII. 34 
 Bundles. Series imperfect. 
 
 Indictments (London and Mildlesex). 1675 to 1845. 
 These consist of the original Indictments found by the 
 Grand Jury in the Court of King's Bench, of infor- 
 mations exhibited on the Crown Side of the Court, and 
 also of such indictments, presentments, and convictions in 
 London and Middlesex as were removed into the Court 
 of King's Bench by Certiorari or Writ of Error. 
 Pye Books. 1673 to 1843. 11 Vols. 
 
 Indictments (Out Counties). 1625 to 1845. 
 
 These consist of such indictments, presentments, and 
 convictions as were removed into the Court of King's Bench 
 from other counties than London and Middlesex and of 
 informations exhibited in the Court for oifences committed 
 in those counties. The earlier bundles contain also a few 
 Coroner's Inquisitions. 
 
 Pye Books. 1661 to 1843. 5 Vols. 
 
 Indictments (London and Middlesex and Out Counties, 
 amalgamated). 1846 to 1858. 
 
 Indictment Book. 1844 to 1852. 1 Vol. 
 
 N.B. The Indictments and other proceedings at 
 
 Assizes are kept by the Clerks of Assize of the several 
 Circuits. 
 
 Interrogatories. 1701 to 1838. 6 Bundles. 
 Judgments, Files of. 1734 to 1824. 4 Bundles. 
 Mandamus, Writs of. See " Controlment Rolls." 
 Outlawry Proceedings. 1739 to 1844. 1 Bag. 
 Posteas, Files of. 1728 to 1839. 43 Bundles. 
 Process Books. 1737 to 1821. 8 Vols. 
 Quo Warranto Rolls. See Assize Rolls, Eyre 
 ^ Rolls, &c.
 
 17 
 
 JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS. Court of Queen's 
 Bench (Crown Side)— (continued). 
 
 Rules, Entrt Books op. 1 589 to 1857. 7" Vols. 
 
 WRITS RETURNED, CALLED' RECORDS 01 ObDEBS." ll 
 
 to 18.")W. These arc contained in bags and consist of all 
 Writs returned into the Crown side of the Court, e: 
 Writs of Certiorari to remove Indictments, &c. which are 
 
 placed with the Indictments. Tiny contain special ca^es 
 reserved . 'it Quarter Sessions, and certain classes of Writ-, 
 
 such as Writs of Attachment and Habeas Corpus, which 
 do not appear upon the Bag or Controlment Rolls. 
 
 JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS. Court of Queen's 
 Bench (Plea Side). 
 
 Accounts of Money paid in lnd out <>r Couet, 
 called "Court Money Book-."' 167."> to I 
 30 Vols. 
 
 Accounts of Monet in the Receipt of the Signeb op 
 tiii: Writs. 1713 to 1780. l Vol. 
 
 Affidavits (General). 1733 to 1848. 
 Indexes. 1733 to 1848. 38 Vols. 
 
 Affidavits of Due Execution of Articles of Clerk- 
 ship. See ATTORNEYS. 
 
 Bails, Enrolments of Entries of. 1GG4 to 1714. 
 
 Cognovits. 182.") to 1848. 90 Bundles. See also " W u:- 
 rants of Attorney and Cognovits." 
 
 Commissions and Depositions. 1832 to 1837. 1 Bag. 
 
 Dogoett Papers of entering .1 1 dgment. 1772 to 1839. 
 41 Bags. These are slips of paper containing the 
 particulars and amount of the Judgment and Damages, 
 the date of signing and the names before whom signed . 
 with the number of the Roll and the names of the solicitors. 
 They are tied up in terms and arranged alphabetically 
 under the solicitors' names. 
 
 Ejectment, Proceedings in. 
 
 An action of Ejectment was originally an action brought 
 by one who had a lease for a term of years to recover tin 1 
 injury done to him by dispossession. It afterwards became 
 converted into a method of trying titles to the freehold, — 
 the Claimant making a formal entry on the premises, and 
 being thus in temporary possession thereof, sealing and 
 delivering a lease to some third person or lessee, who was 
 then left upon the premises till the prior tenant entered 
 thereon afresh and ousted him. or till BOme other person
 
 172 
 
 JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS. Court of Queen's 
 Bench (Plea Side)- (continued). 
 
 Ejectment, Proceedings in — (continued). 
 
 then called the casual ejector, either by accident or agree- 
 ment came upon the land and ejected him. The lessee was 
 thereupon entitled to his action of ejectment against the 
 tenant or the casual ejector, as the case might be, for the 
 recovery of his term with damages. 
 
 In the time of the Commonwealth, however, a new and 
 more simple method of trying titles by Writ of Ejectment 
 was introduced by Chief Justice Rolle, Avhich continued in 
 use till about the middle of the present century. This 
 new method was based upon a series of legal fictions ; no 
 actual lease was made, no actual entry by the Plaintiff, no 
 actual ouster by the defendant ; but all were assumed for 
 the sole purpose of trying the title. The usual course was 
 to draw up a Declaration, in which a lease of the premises 
 for a term of years was stated to have been made by him 
 who claimed the title to a fictitious personage, John Doe, 
 who is the nominal plaintiff in the action. It was also 
 stated that Doe, the lessee, entered, and that the Defendant, 
 Richard Roe, who is called the casual ejector, ousted him, 
 for which ouster he brought this action. A written notice 
 was then sent by the Defendant, Roe, to the tenant in 
 possession of the lands, informing him of the action 
 brought by John Doe, and transmitting him a copy of the 
 declaration, at the same time assuring him that he, Roe, 
 the Defendant, had no title at all to the premises, and 
 should make no defence ; and therefore advising him to 
 appear in court and defend his own title, otherwise he, the 
 casual ejector, would suffer judgment to be had against 
 him by default. On receipt of this friendly notice, the 
 tenant must either appear by his Attorney at the begin- 
 ning of the following term and consent to a Rule making 
 him the Defendant instead of the casual ejector, or, if he 
 does not so appear within the time appointed, on an 
 affidavit being made of due service of the Declaration and 
 Notice aforesaid, judgment is given by default against the 
 casual ejector, and the tenant in possession is on such 
 judgment turned out by a writ of Habere facias Posses- 
 ■<i<mcm. 
 
 When judgment in an action of Ejectment is allowed to 
 go by default, it is entered in the Docket Book under the 
 name of the casual ejector, Roe ; when, however, the 
 tenant takes upon himself the defence of the action, it 
 i- entered under his, the real Defendant's name. 
 
 Appearance Books in Ejectment. 1738 to 1830. 
 
 1)K< LABATION8 IN EJECTMENT 1728 to 1848.
 
 L73 
 
 JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS. Court of Queen's 
 Bench (Plea Side) continued). 
 
 Roleb (Consent) in Ejectment. Series I. 1720 
 
 to 1842 
 
 Do. Series II. 1721 to 1836. 
 Indexes. 17:; I to IMS. Id Vols. MS. aa followa:— 
 From 1734 to 1790,2 Vols., called "Alphabetical [ndex 
 to Country Ejectments." From 1790 to 1848,38 Vols, 
 called "Rules for Judgmenl in Ejectment/' which n 
 by number to the Declarations, the latter being generally 
 found in the bundle of the Term preceding the date of the 
 Rule. 
 
 Error, PROCEEDINGS in. These are enrolled on the Pica 
 or Judgment Rolls, and indexed separately in the Doggetl 
 Rolls or Doggett Books under the head of " Special 
 Remembrances." 
 
 Error, Writs and Transcripts of Records in (from 
 Inferior Courts). 16 Bags. 
 
 Essoin Rolls. Edw. III. to Hen. V. 74 Rolls. 
 
 Do. 3 Hen. VII. to 40 Geo. III. 1 Roll. 
 
 These contain entries of "Essoins" or "excuses'* for 
 non-appearance in answer to the Writs of Summons issued 
 by the Court, and also of the Writs directing no essoin to 
 be received in certain cases. 
 
 Extract Rolls, called " Extracta de Banco." Edw III 
 to Hen. IV. 140 Rolls. 
 
 Judgments on Posteas and Inquiries, Entry Books of. 
 1760 to 1838. 16 Vols. 
 
 Marshals' Docquets of Commitments. 1730 to 1822 
 1 Bag. 
 
 Marshals" > 11; i.'hnder and Committitur Books 1719 
 to 1838. 22 Vols. 
 
 Outlawries, Extents, and [nquisitions in. Geo. HI 
 to Vict. 1 Portfolio. 
 
 Oi tlyw rieSj Doggett Books of. 1684 to 1840. :; Vola 
 
 Plea ob .Ii dgment Rolls. 1702 to 18-18. Before 1702 
 Bee "Coram Rege Rolls" (Queen's Bench, Crown 
 SlDE). The Judgment Rolls are very imperfect, owing to 
 the frequent neglect of Solicitors to cany in the Roll to be 
 filed alter Judgment had been duty signed. Where the 
 particular Roll is wanting the only evidence of the Judg- 
 ment is contained in the " Entry Books of Judgments 
 Issues, and other entries,"' the Doggetl Papers of signing 
 Judgments, and in the Entry Hook- of Rules in which the 
 Rule to sign Judgmenl should appear.
 
 174 
 
 JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS. Court of Queen's 
 
 Bench (Plea. Side)— (continued) 
 Plea or Judgment Rolls — (continued). 
 
 Doygett Rolls. 1390 to 1655. Before 1702 the Doggett 
 Rolls and other Indexes refer to the " Coram Rege " or 
 " Crown Rolls " with which the Plea Rolls were then 
 incorporated. 
 
 Doqgett Books. 1656 to 1839. 331 Vols., arranged 
 alphabetically under Defendants' names* (In these books 
 the Enrolments of Deeds, &c. and the Proceedings in 
 Error are entered at the beginning of each Term under 
 the head of " Special Remembrances.") 
 
 11 Special Remembrance ifo#s." 1595 to 1648. Re- 
 ferences to the Deeds enrolled and Proceedings in error 
 only. 
 
 Entry Books of Judgments, &c. 1736 to 1848. Entries 
 of all Judgments, &c, arranged chronologically. 92 
 Vols. 
 
 Day Books of Judgments, &c. 1736 to 1848. Alpha- 
 betical Indexes to the' Entry Books. 87 Vols. 
 
 Prisoners' Papers. 1 Parcel. 
 
 Prisoners' Rules of Discharge. 1729 to 1838. 21 
 
 Vols. 
 Bui -es Entry Books of. 1 603 to 1 848. 
 
 Warrants of Attorney to confess Judgment. 1802 
 to 1825. 335 Bundles, arranged alphabetically. 
 
 Do. (from Various Courts). 1822 to 1825. 20 Bun- 
 dles. 
 
 Warrants of Attorney and Cognovits. 1822 to 1848. 
 1,437 Bundles. Arranged chronologically. 
 
 Warrants of Attorney, Entry Books of. 1822 to 
 1848. 54 Vols. 
 
 These are Registers of the Warrants of Attorney in 
 various Courts filed in tho Queen's Bench, pursuant to 
 Stat 3 Geo. IV. cap. 39. 
 
 Index. 1841 to 1848. 10 Vols. 
 Writs and Posteas. Eliz. to Will, IV. 1 Package. 
 Writs (Judicial). Series I. 1629 to 1848. 92 Bundles. 
 
 Writs (Special, Original). Series II. 1629 to 1844. 
 142 Bundles. 
 
 * These were discontinued by virtue of the Statute 2 Vict., cap. 11, by which 
 the Registration of Judgments in the Court of Common Pleas was instituted.
 
 175 
 
 JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS. Court of Queen's 
 Bench (Plea Side) —(continued). 
 
 Writs (Habeas Corpi L649 to L684. L2 B 
 
 (Amongst these will be found many Presentments before 
 Commissioners of Sewers and other document* of un 
 portance aa returned to Writs of Recordari facias.) 
 
 Writs of Replevin. 1 7<;-4 to ls:;5. 4 Portfolios. 
 
 Writs of Soire Facias, Enrolments op. L617 to 
 L826. 8 Bundles. 
 
 Writs, [ndexes to, galled " Alphabet Books. - 1751 
 
 to 18:52. 67 Vols. 
 
 JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS. Court of Common 
 Pleas. 
 Affidavits (General). 1704 to 1849. 
 Index. L 838 to 1847. 2 Vols. 
 
 Common Rolls. See Plea Rolls or " Common Rolls." 
 
 Crown Debts, Registers of. 1839 to 1848. 10 Vols., 
 entitled " The Index to Debtors and Accountants to the 
 Crown." 
 
 Lexicographical Index. 1839 to 1850. 11 Vols. 
 
 De Banco Rolls. 1 Edw. I. to 24 Hen. VII. 987 
 Rolls. (See Lists and Indexes, No. IV., 1894.; 
 
 The " Placita de Banco," and the Plea Rolls or Common 
 Rolls of the Common Bench prior to tho 25th year of 
 Elizabeth, contain, in addition to the Personal Plea Rolls 
 of that Court, the Pleas of Land or Common Recoveries, 
 including the Proceedings on Writs of Right and in all 
 real actions, and the Inrolments of Deeds and other 
 writings. In Easter 25 Elizabeth the Pleas of Land and 
 Deeds enrolled were formed into distinct Rolls, known as 
 "Recovery Rolls." 
 
 Before 1 Edward I., when the Court of Common Pleas 
 was finally separated from the Curia Regis, many Placita 
 de Banco or Common Pleas will be found with the Rolls 
 of that Court. See Coram Reoe Rolls (Qi ki\ - Bench, 
 Crown Side). 
 
 See LE NEVES INDEXES to the Feet of Fines 
 and Placita de Banco. 
 
 Ejectment, Declarations in (with Affidavits of service 
 annexed). 1704 to 1837. After 1837, see " Ai i ii>\\ i rs, 
 General." 
 
 Do., Consents in. 1727 to 1774. After 1774 these 
 are filed with the Declarations. 
 
 Indexes. 172S to 1809. 2 Vols., called • Ejectment 
 Books." 
 
 Do. 1815 to 1837. 1 Vol. 
 
 (For a description of Proceedings in Ejectment, sec 
 Judicial Proceedings of the Queen's Bench, Plea Side.)
 
 176 
 
 JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS. Court of Common 
 
 Pleas — (continued). 
 Essoin Rolls. 10 Hen. III. to 38 Geo. III. 
 
 These Rolls contain entries of excuses for non-appearance 
 to the summons of the Court. 
 
 Extract Rolls. 1-17 Edw. III. 
 
 These contain entries of Memoranda of Interlocutory 
 Pleadings in suits pending in the Court of Common Pleas, 
 which appear to have been subsequently entered on the 
 Placita de Banco. 
 
 Judgments, &c, Registers of. 1838 to 1849. 24 Vols. 
 These contain entries of Judgments in various Courts 
 registered in the Common Pleas pursuant to the Statute 
 1 & 2 Vict. See also " Crown Debts, Registers of." 
 
 Nisi Prius Records, Entries of. 1644 to 1837. 22 
 Vols. 
 
 Outlawry Books. 1821 to 1848. 4 Vols. 
 
 Outlawry, Reversals of. 10 Geo. II. to 1859. 4 
 Vols. 
 
 Plea Rolls or " Common Rolls." 1 Henry VIII. to 
 1859. 3,084 Rolls. Before Henry VIII., see " De Banco 
 Rolls." 
 
 Prior to Easter 25 Elizabeth the Plea or Common Rolls 
 include Pleas of Land or Common Recoveries, Proceed- 
 ings on Writs of Right and in all real actions, and Deeds 
 Enrolled. From and after that date these proceedings 
 form a distinct class of Rolls, called " Recovery Rolls " 
 
 Doggett Rolls. 1509 to 1859. 
 
 Prior to 1779, when the Prothonotaries' Offices were 
 united, there are separate Rolls for each of the three 
 Prothonotaries. 
 
 Doggett Books. 29 Car. II. to 1839. 
 
 These are Entry Books of Judgments under Defen- 
 dants' names.* 
 
 Judgments, Day Books of. 1838 to 1859. 21 Vols. MS. 
 Do. {Account). 1800 to 1858. 48 Vols. MS. 
 
 Judgment Books {Common). 1651 to 1802. 32 Vols. 
 Do. (Special). 1679 to 1802. 11 Vols. 
 
 Posteas, Files of. 1689 to 1852, and Miscellaneous. 
 These are the Records of the Final Judgments in the 
 several causes which should be annexed to or entered on 
 
 * These were discontinued by virtue of the Statute 2 Vict., cap. 11, by which 
 the Registration of Judgments in the Court of Common Pleas was instituted.
 
 177 
 
 JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS. Court of Common 
 Pleas — (continued). 
 
 Posteas, Files of — (continued). 
 
 the Issue Roll, thus converting it into a Judgmenl RoU. 
 This, however, was frequently neglected, and the Posto 
 bo called from the word with which they commenced, bav< 
 been tied up in distinct bundles, Bometimee called k Riders 
 or Final Judgments. There is also a box containing 
 Riders and Final Judgments from Eliz. to Geo. II. 
 Index. 17 Is to 1858. LO Vols. MS. 
 
 EIeoovbbi Rolls. 25 Elizabeth, Easter, to 1837. 1,004 
 Rolls. 
 
 Before Easter 2.~> Elizabeth, see Plea Rolls or 
 11 Common Rolls." 
 
 Remembrance Rolls (Prothonotaries). <i Hen. VIII. 
 to 17!)!). 
 
 Prior to the year 1770 these contain entries of all Rules 
 for Judgment, &c, and also of Praecipe*, &e. in Pleas of 
 Land or Common Recoveries. Alter 177o the Praecipes 
 for Recoveries are entered on a separate series called 
 '■' Remembrance Rolls for Recoveries.'' 
 
 Remembrance Books (Secondaries'), isoo to 1837. 
 38 Vols. Entries of Rules only. 
 
 Remembrance Books (Masters'). 1838 to 1859. 22 Vols. 
 Entries of Rules only. 
 
 Riders and Final Judgments. See " Posteas." 
 
 Rules, Entries of. See "Remembrance Rolls" and 
 " Remembrance Book>." 
 
 Warrants of Attorney to confess Judgment. 182( » to 
 1849. 
 
 Warrants op Attorney to sue and defend. 1769 to 
 1837. 
 
 (For Admissions to sue and defend by guardians, Erom 
 1834 to 1850, see " Remembrance Roll for Recoveri - 
 No. 88. 
 
 Writs of < Jovenant. Edw. III. to Will. IV. 64 Bags. 
 
 Writs of Capias, Writs Filed, &o., &c. 1800 to L859. 
 1 14 Bags. 
 
 Writs Filed, Index to. 1838 to 1859. 3 Vols. 
 
 Wbits of Entbi and Seisin. 1801 to L833. 94 Bags. 
 
 Writs of Inquiry. 1650 to 1854. 222 Packag 
 
 Writs of Right. Proceedings in real actions, as on ^ rita 
 of Right, Inquisitions in Partition, Pleas of An 
 Demesne, &c., subsequenl to Easter 25 Elizabeth are 
 enrolled on the "Recovery Rolls" and indexed in the 
 "Recovery Indexes." Trior' to thai date they will he found 
 on the De Banco Rolls or ( lommon Rolls. 
 
 m 8019S M
 
 178 
 
 JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS. Court of Exchequer 
 (Queen's Remembrancer's or Equity Side). 
 
 Affidavits (Original). 1572 to 1841. 
 
 Appearances, Entries of. 1588 to 1841. 19 Vols. 
 
 Bills, Answers, Eeplications, and Rejoinders. Eliz. 
 to 1841 and Miscellaneous. 
 
 Bill Boohs. Eliz. to 1841. 34 Vols. MS. Arranged 
 chronologically, in Counties. 
 
 Calendar. Elizabeth. 1 Vol. MS. (Bedford to Kent 
 only.) 
 
 Index. Jas. I. to Victoria. 1 Vol. MS. An Alpha- 
 betical Index to the " Miscellaneous Bills and Answers." 
 Do. Uncertain Dates. 2 Vols. MS. 
 
 Certificates of Sale and Transfer of Bank Stock. 
 1820 to 1841. 4 Vols. 
 
 Decrees and Orders : 
 
 Decrees and Orders (Original). 22 Eliz. to 14 Car. II. 
 Decrees (Original). 17 Car. II. to 1841. 
 Orders (Original). 16 Car. II. to 1842. 
 Decrees and Orders (Supplementary). 16 Eliz. to 12 
 Geo. I. and unarranged. 22 Portfolios. 
 
 Decrees and Orders, Entries of. 
 
 Series I. (Decrees and Orders). 1 Eliz. to 3 Jas. I. 
 
 29 Vols. 
 Series II. (Decrees and Orders). 1 Jas. I. to 1 Car. I. 
 
 37 Vols. 
 Scries III. (Decrees and Orders). 1 Car. I. to 13 
 
 Car. II. 39 Vols. 
 Series IV. (Decrees only). 2 Jas. I. to 4 & 5 Vict. 
 
 57 Vols. 
 Series V. (Orders only). 13 Car. II. to 1850. 
 
 94 Vols. 
 [Since 1841 these Books contain Revenue Orders only.] 
 See also MEMORANDA ROLLS OF THE 
 EXCHEQUER. 
 
 Calendar of Decrees and Orders. 1 Eliz. to 3 Jas. I 
 3 Vols. MS. ' 
 
 Do. of Decrees only. 1 to 31 Eliz. and Jas. I. to 
 Car. II., known as " Vanderzee's Index." 1 Vol. MS. 
 
 Chronological Index to Decrees and Orders. James I. 
 and Charles I. In progress. 
 
 Index to Decrees. 7 Charles I. to 1841. 13 Vols MS. 
 
 Index to Orders. (Imperfect.) 1686 to 1841. 25 Vols. 
 MS. 
 
 Index Locorum. Eliz. to Geo. III. 1 Vol. Printed, 
 known as f * Martin's Index to the Exchequer Records."
 
 L79 
 
 JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS. Court of Exchequer 
 (Queen's Remembrancer's or Equity Side)— 
 
 (continued). 
 
 Depositions taken before the Barons of the Ex- 
 chequer, called "Barons' Depositions." Eliz. to 
 
 1841. 
 
 Calendar. Elizabeth. [After the rei^n of Elizabeth, 
 the Barons' Depositions are arranged alphabetically.] 
 
 Depositions taken by Commission. Eliz. to 1841, and 
 Miscellaneous. 
 
 Calendar. 1 Eliz. to 22 Jas. I. Report XXXVI 1 1., 
 App., No. 2. 
 Do. 1 Car. 1. to 24 Car. I. Report XXXIX., 
 
 App., No. 2. 
 Do. 24 Car. I. to 4 Jas. II. Report XL., App., 
 
 No. 1. 
 Do. 1 Wm. and Mary to 13 Geo. I. Report 
 
 XLI., App., No. 1. 
 Do. George II. Report XLI1., App., No. 1. 
 
 Do. George III. 3 Vols. MS. 
 
 Do. George IV. to Victoria. 1 Vol. MS. 
 
 Index Nominum. 1 to 33 Eliz., 1 Vol. MS. 
 
 Do. 1 to 22 Jas. I., 3 Vols. MS. 
 
 Calendar. Eliz. to Vict (Miscellaneous), 1 Vol. 
 
 MS. 
 Index. Do. 2 Vols. MS. 
 
 Informations, Pleas, and Writs. Eliz. to Vict. 10 
 Portfolios. 
 
 Informations of Intrusion, Transcripts of. Temp. 
 Car, I. 
 
 [Misc. Hooks, Augmentation Office, Vol. 164.] 
 
 Informations of Intrusion. :;:; Geo. II. to G Vict. 
 1 Portfolio. 
 
 Do. (Atty. Gen. \. Lord Churchill.) 1836 to 
 1843. Relating to the Forest of Whichwood, C >. < ).\on. 
 
 1 Portfolio. 
 
 See also MEMORANDA ROLLS OF THE 
 EXCHEQUER. 
 
 Minute Books (Common). 1616 to 1821. 140 Vols. 
 
 Minute Books (Exchequer Chamber). 1695 to L841. 
 46 Vols. 
 
 Outlawries. Chas. I. to Vict. 1 Package. 
 
 Outlawry Books. 1639 to 1841. 4 Vols. 
 
 Petitions (Original). Geo. III. to 1841. 15 Portfolios. 
 ( Chronological Inventory. 
 
 m 2
 
 180 
 
 JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS. Court of Exchequer 
 (Queen's Remembrancer's or Equity Side)— 
 
 (continued). 
 
 Reports and Certificates. 1048 to 1841. 
 
 Original Reports by the Masters or Deputy Remem- 
 brancers with Certificates of the purchase, sale, or transfer 
 of Bank Stock. See also "Certificates of Sale." 
 Index. 1648 to 1841. 5 Vols. 
 
 Revenue Proceedings: — 
 
 Extents and Inquisitions for Debt. 1685 to 1837. 
 
 Informations relating to the Excise. Geo. III. to 
 Victoria. 
 
 Index. 1798 to 1830. 2 Vols. 
 
 Indentures of Appraisement. (Valuations of goods 
 seized for breaches of the Excise laws.) 1649 to 1827. 
 
 Do. 1837 to 1850. 
 
 License Books. 1637 to 1797. 4 Vols. 
 
 These contain Licenses granted to persons to compound 
 where vessels or goods have been seized in consequence of 
 informations raised against them. 
 
 Seizure Books and Entries of Writs of Appraisement. 
 1607 to 1843. 9 Vols. 
 
 Miscellaneous Papers in Revenue Causes. 72 Packages. 
 
 Index. 1 Vol. MS., called " Index to Papers." 
 
 Proceedings in Revenue Causes are also enrolled on the 
 MEMORANDA ROLLS OF THE EXCHE- 
 QUER. 
 
 The Orders relating to Revenue proceedings are to be 
 found in the " Entry Books of Decrees and Orders." 
 
 Wey Navigation Claims. 
 
 A bundle of claims of persons interested in the naviga- 
 tion of the River Wey, made pursuant to Statute 
 23 Car. II. 
 
 Writs and Posteas. Will, and Mary to 1850. 28 
 Packages. 
 
 Writs, Judicial. 1666 to 1714. 13 Bags. 
 
 Writs, Original Judicial. 1646 to 1830. 156 Bags. 
 
 JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS. Court of Exchequer 
 of Pleas or Common Law Side. 
 
 Accounts of Money paid in and out of Court. 
 1690 to 1775. 3 Vols. 
 
 Affidavits (General). 1830 to 1855. 
 
 Appearance Books. 28 Eliz. to 12 Anne. 35 Vols.
 
 IM 
 
 JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS. Court of Exchequer 
 of Pleas or Common Law Side [continued). 
 
 Cognovits. See ' Warrants of Attorney and 
 
 Ci)<;\o\ i r8. 
 
 Ejectment, I'uorKKinNos in. 
 
 Affidavits on motion in Court in Ejectment. L778 to 
 L837. 
 
 Declarations in Ejectment with Affidavits annexed. 
 1838 to 1849. 
 
 Index to Ejectments. 1 830 to 1852. 2 Vole. 
 
 For u description of Proceedings in Ejectment 
 .Il'dicial Proceedings of the Coubt of Qi ei 
 Bench (Plea Side). 
 
 Error, Transcripts of Proceedings in. L3 IJundles. 
 
 Jews' Plea Rolls. 3 Hen. III. to 14 Edw I. 47 Rolls. 
 These contain the Pleas before the Justices of the Jews. 
 See JEWS. 
 
 Plea Rolls. 53 Hen. III. to 1855. (See Lists and 
 Indexes, No. IV., 1894.) 
 
 Repertories. Edward IV. to Hen. VII. 1 Package. 
 Alphabetical Calendar. 1293 to 1820. 21 Vols. \ 
 Chronological Calendar. 1293 to 1820. 18 Vols. J 
 These consist of selections of the more important 
 pleadings and enrolments. 
 Calendar of Tythe-Suits enrolled in the Exchequer of 
 Pleas. Edw. IV. to George III. Report IT., App. II., 
 pp. 249-272. 
 
 Doggett Books. Eliz. to 1837. 51 Vol.-. 
 
 Entry Books of Judgments. 1830 to 1855. 100 Vols. 
 
 Alphabetical Index to Ditto. 1830 to 1855. 46 V 
 Minute Hooks. 1657 to 1830. 74 Vols. 
 Placitorum Formulare. 1 Vol. 
 Order Books. 3 Edw. VI. to 1830. 81 Vols. 
 Outlawry Rooks. L832 to 1869. 2 Vols. 
 Rule Books. 1811 to 1854. 43 Vols. 
 
 Warrants of Attorney lnd Cognovits. 1803 to 
 1855. 
 
 Wrtts, called ••' Bills a.nd Writs." Edw. III. to 1855. 
 
 Wurrs Returned (London and Middlesex). 1843 to 
 1855. 
 
 Do. (Out Counties). 1843 to 1855 
 
 WritSj [nquistions, PosteaSj &c. _ Portfolios. 
 
 Writs and Transcripts of Judgments prom the 
 Court of Great Sessions i\ Wales, i Portfolio.
 
 182 
 
 JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS. Court of Exchequer 
 (Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer's Side). 
 
 Pleadings and Judgments on Writs of " Quo titulo 
 clamat" and " Quare maneria, Sfc. in manibus regis seisiri 
 non deb'ent" on Claims of Liberties and Privileges by Cities, 
 Boroughs, and Towns, and Proceedings relating to the 
 Accounts of Sheriffs, &c, and to the Fines, Issues, and 
 Amerciaments due to the Exchequer from the Courts at 
 Westminster and other jurisdictions are enrolled on the 
 Memoranda Rolls of the Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer. 
 
 See MEMORANDA ROLLS OP THE EX- 
 CHEQUER. 
 There are also the following distinct classes of documents: — 
 
 Minute Books. 3 Jas. II. to 35 Geo. HI. 4 Vols. 
 
 These books contain Minutes of Orders on the Lord 
 Treasurer's Remembrancer's side, of the Exchequer entered 
 Term by Term, and also of the Admissions of Officers of 
 that court. 
 
 Orders, Entry Books of. 35 Car. II. to 3 & 4 Will. IV. 
 18 Vols. 
 Do. (Drafts.) 1819 to 1832. 24 Vols. 
 
 Orders Entry Book of. 21 Car. II. to 6 Geo. III. 1 Vol. 
 
 entitled " Orders of Court," containing Comptroller's copies 
 
 of Orders. 
 
 Do. 1685 to 1738. 1 Vol., entitled " Loane 
 
 Orders," containing Orders for the repayment of Loans to 
 
 the King, &c. 
 Writs Returnable, Entries of (called " Levy 
 
 Books"). 1805 to 1834. 7 Vols. 
 
 These contain entries of the sums to be levied by the 
 
 Sheriffs of the several counties from various persons whose 
 
 names are specified, with the reasons for such levy. The 
 
 entries are described as " Writs Returnable " on such a 
 
 date, where no Writs were issued " No Levy " being put 
 
 against the name of the Sheriff. 
 
 Writs and Inquisitions for Debt, &c. Eliz. to Geo. 
 IV. 15 Portfolios. 
 
 JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS. Exchequer (Courts of 
 Augmentations and of the General Surveyors). 
 
 Court of Augmentations. 
 
 Bills, Answers, &c. Henry VIII. 2 Vols. 
 
 [Misc. Books, Vols. 20 and 23.] 
 
 See also Survey, Court of.
 
 183 
 
 JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS. Exchequer (Courts of 
 Augmentations and of the General Surveyors) 
 — ( continued). 
 
 Court of Augmentations— (•oniinii.ilj. 
 
 Depositions. Benry VIII. to Edward VI. 26 Vols. 
 
 [Misc. Books, Vols 108 to 13:5.] 
 
 Index. II .,. VIII. to Edw. VI. 1 V I. MS. (copied 
 
 Prom N<>. 21,291 uf the Additional MSS. in r 1 1 « - British 
 
 Museum), referring to Bome of t ho Miscellaneous Books 
 
 above mentioned 
 
 Degrees and Okdkus. Henry VIH. to Edward VI. 15 
 Vols. 
 
 [Misr. Books, Vols. 91 to 105.] 
 
 Calendar. Henry VIII. to Edw. VI. 2 Vols. MS. 
 Index Lueorum. Do. 2 Vols. MS. 
 
 Informations and other proceedings iu the Court of 
 Augmentations. Hen. VIII. 1 Vol. 
 
 [Misc. Books, Vol. 165.] 
 
 Minute Book. 38 Henry VIII. 
 
 A volume entitled " Liber Comparentium," containing 
 Minutes of Orders in various Causes depending in the 
 Court of Augmentations, entered day by day. 
 
 [Misc. Books, Vol. 3.] 
 Do. 1634. 1 Vol. 
 
 [Misc. Books, Vol. 329.] 
 
 Orders of the Court of Augmentations concerning 
 Arrears. 38 Hen. VIII. to 1 Edw. VI. 1 Vol. 
 
 [Misc. Books, Vol. 328.] 
 
 Survey, Court of; Answers, &c. (Exchequer, Trea- 
 sury of the Receipt.) Hen. VIII. to Edw. VI. Six 
 volumes, containing the Answers to Proceedings in the 
 Court of Augmentations, with a few Bills presented in the 
 same Court. 
 
 Miscellaneous Proceedings. Henry VIII. to Philip 
 and Mary. If) Packages. 
 
 Writs, Precedent Book of. A volume called " Liber 
 Brevium," containing Transcripts of Writs of various 
 kinds issuing out of the Exchequer. 
 
 [Misc. Books, Vol. 169.] 
 
 There is also amongst the Miscellanea of the Treasury 
 
 of the Receipt of a Roll containing examples of a great 
 
 number of Writs compiled apparently in the reign of 
 
 Edward IV. 
 
 Court of General Surveyors. 
 
 Bills, Answers, &c. Hen. VIII. 3 Vols. 
 
 [Misc. Books, Augmentation Office, Vols. 19, 21, ami 22.]
 
 184 
 
 JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS. Exchequer (Courts of 
 Augmentations and of the General Surveyors) 
 
 — (continued). 
 
 Court of General Surveyors — (continued). 
 
 Degrees and Orders. 34 to 38 Hen. VIII. 
 
 \_JIisc. -Books, Augmentation Office, Vol. 106.] 
 This volume was kept pursuant to the Statute 33 Hen. 
 VIII. cap. 39, establishing the Court of General Surveyors, 
 by which it was enacted that the Clerk of the Court should 
 enter in a book the appearances of all persons summoned 
 1<> appear in the said Court, and all Acts, Decrees, and 
 Orders therein made. From 38 Hen. VIII. the business 
 of this Court was annexed to the new Court of Augmenta- 
 tions then established. 
 
 Calendar. Report XXX., App., pp. 166-196. 
 
 Minute Books. 6 to 18 Hen. VIII, and 34 to 38 Hen. 
 VIII. 2 Vols. 
 [Misc. Books, Augmentation Office, Vol. 313a. and 313&.] 
 
 JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS. Exchequer (Court of 
 First Fruits and Tenths). 
 
 Plea Rolls. Mary to George II. 19 Rolls. 
 Index. 1 Vol. MS. 
 
 Precedent Book. 1 Vol. 
 
 Process Books. 29 Hen. VIII. to 1817. 13 Vols, 
 
 Writs and Miscellaneous Documents. Henry VIII. 
 to William IV. 21 Packages. 
 
 JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS. Courts of Wales 
 and Chester (Equity Side). 
 
 Bills, Answers, &c. (Chancery.) 
 
 Chester Circuit. (Flint, Denbigh, and Montgomery.) 
 1750 to 1830. 
 
 Index. Geo. II. to Geo. IV. 1 Vol. MS. 
 
 North Wales Circuit. (Anglesey, Carnarvon, and 
 Merioneth.) 1712 to 1830. 
 
 Hill Books. 5 Anne to 1 Will. IV. 3 Vols. MS. 
 
 Brecon Circuit. (Brecon, Radnor, and Glamorgan.) 
 2 & 3 Will, and Mary to 1 Will. IV. 
 
 Bill Boohs. 3 Anne to 1 Will. IV. 3 Vols. MS. 
 
 Carmarthen Circuit. (Carmarthen, Pembroke, and 
 Cardigan.) 1 & 2 Wm. and Mary to 1 Will. IV. 
 
 Index. 4 Geo. II. to 1 Will. IV. 2 Vols. MS. 
 
 Decrees and Ordebs. (Chancery). 
 
 Chester Circuit. (Flint, Denbigh, and Montgomery.) 
 Minute Books of* Decrees and Orders. 6 Geo. II. to 
 1 Will. IV.
 
 L85 
 
 JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS. Courts of Wales 
 and Chester (Equity Side)— (continued). 
 
 Decrees and Obdbbs. (Chanoeby) — continued- 
 North Wales Circuit. (Anglesea, < iarnarvon, and Me- 
 rioneth.) 
 
 Entry Books of Decrees and Order-. 7 Geo. I. to 4 
 
 Geo. [V. 
 Rule and Order Books. I Geo. I. to Will. IV. 
 Brecon Circuit. (Brecon, Radnor, and Glamorgan.) 
 I decree Book, 9 Anne to 16 Geo. III. 
 Order Hooks. :) Anne to 34 Ceo. III. 
 Minute Hooks. 3 Geo. I. to 4 Geo. IV. 
 
 Do. (Registrar's.) 4 to 11 Geo. IV. 
 
 Carmarthen Circuit. (Carmarthen, Pembroke, and Car- 
 digan. ) 
 
 Order Book. 19 Geo. II. to 3 Geo. III. 
 
 Bills, Answers, &c. (Chester Exchequer.) 
 
 Chester and Flint. Hen. VIII. to" Geo. IV. This 
 
 series comprises the Bills, Answers, Depositions, and other 
 
 Proceedings in the Exchequer of Chester. 
 
 ( 1 al< Hilar and Index. Hen. VIII. to Phil. & Mary. 
 
 Report XXV., App. 3 pp. 23-31. 
 
 Index. 1 to 60 George III. 1 Vol. MS. 
 
 Decrees and Orders (Chester Exchequer.) 
 
 Chester and Flint. Entry Hooks of Decrees and Order-, 
 7 Eliz. to 19 Geo. II. 
 
 Do. (on Confessions). 5 Eliz. to 2 Will, and 
 Mary. 
 
 Minute Books of Decrees and Orders. 32 Eliz. to 40 
 Geo. III. 
 
 See also Rru: Hook.-. 
 
 Pleas in the Exchequee op Chester, 38 lien. VI. to 
 20 Car. II. 37 Rolls. 
 
 These consist of a few Traverses of Inquisitions post 
 mortem and of Pleas at the Great Sessions, &e. returned 
 into the Exchequer upon Writs of Certiorari. 
 Inventor)/. Report XXL, App., pp. H-46. 
 
 Pleas, In<»i [sitions, &c. (North Wales), Transcripts 
 OF. Edw. III. to Henry VI. 
 
 [Misc. Books, Exchequer, Augmentation Office, Vols 166 
 and L67.] 
 
 Portmote,Pentice, vsj> Crownmote Cot bts (Chester), 
 
 Proceedings in the. 5 Edw. \ I. to 2 Geo. I II. 40 Rolls, 
 
 These consist of such proceedings in the said ( lourts as 
 
 were returned into the Exchequer on Writs of Certiorari. 
 Rule Books. (Chester Exchequer.) 
 
 Chester and Flint. 13 Eliz. to 10 Geo. 1 V
 
 186 
 
 JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS. Courts of Wales and 
 Chester (Equity Side) — (continued). 
 
 '• Seal Books " (containing Issues of the Exchequer 
 Seal). 
 
 Chester and Flint. Five Series. 
 Series I. 3 Jas. I. to 1 Will. IV. 
 „ II. 40 YA\z. to 56 Gro. III. 
 „ 777. ]4 Car. II. to 54 Geo. III. 
 „ IV. 24 Gex III. to 1 Will. IV. 
 „ V. 7 & 8 Geo. III. to 32 Geo. III. 
 The*e are merely entries of the Fees paid for Writs, 
 Copies, &c. 
 
 JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS. Courts of Wales 
 and Chester (Common Law Side). 
 
 Assize Rolls, Eyre Rolls, &o. (Chester, Flint, and 
 Macclesfield.) 35 Edw. I. to 15 Hen. VII. 15 Rolls. 
 {See Lists and Indexes, No. IV., 1894.) 
 
 Calendar Kolls. 
 
 Chester. 39 Edw. III. to 38 Hen. VIII. 
 Flint. 21 Edw. III. to 13 Hen. VIII. 
 Radnor. 1 Mary to Commonwealth. 
 Glamorgan. 1 Mary to 48 Eliz. 
 Cardigan. 33 Hen. VIII, to 44 Eliz. 
 Pembroke. 33 Hen. VIII. to 20 Jas. I. and 26 
 Car. II. 
 
 These Rolls contain enrolments of the Calendar of In- 
 dictments and Pleas of the Crown which was usually filed 
 with the Indictments themselves on the Gaol Files, and 
 give the names of all persons indicted at the Great 
 Sessions with the offences charged against them, and also 
 abstracts of all Coroners' Inquests. 
 
 Crown Books. (Chester and Flint.) 
 Chester. 2 Eliz. to 10 Anne. 
 Flint. 24 Hen. VIII. to 16 Car. I. 
 Chester "I 
 
 and Ul Geo. III. to 1 Will. IV. 
 Flint. J 
 
 These books contain notes or Memoranda of the Indict- 
 ments, Presentments, Orders, and Sentences in Crown 
 Causes. There are in all 10 Volumes. 
 
 Essoin Rolls. (Chester.) 17 Edw. III. to 22 Hen. VII. 
 11 Rolls. 
 
 Gaol Files. 
 
 Anglesey. 1 Geo. IV. to I Will. IV. 
 Brecon. 1 Eliz. to 1 Will. IV.
 
 187 
 
 JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS. Courts of Wales 
 and Chester (Common Law Side)— (continued). 
 
 Gaol Files — (continued). 
 
 Cardigan. 34 Ben. VIII. to II Geo. IV. 
 Carmarthen. 4 Edw. VI. to I I Geo, I V. 
 
 Carnarvon. 1 Geo. M. to 1 Will. [V. 
 
 Denbigh. 17 Hen. VIM. to 1 Will IV 
 
 Glamorgan. 33 Hen. VIII. to 1 Will. I\ . 
 
 Merioneth. 1 Anne to 1 Will. IV. 
 
 Montgomery. 1 Marv t" 60 Geo. III. 
 
 Pembroke. ' l Edw. VI. to l Will. IV. 
 
 These consist of the documents filed by the Prothonotary 
 in his capacity as Clerk of the Crown, and correspond to 
 the k " Mainprize Files" of Chester and Flint. 
 
 Indictment Rolls. (Chester, Macclesfield, and Flint.) 
 22 Edw. I. to 12 Hen. VII. 31 Rolls. 
 
 These Rolls contain Indictments, Presentments, and 
 Inquisitions before the Justices of Chester at Chester, and 
 in their Eyres ; and before Justices appointed by Special 
 Commission, Sheriffs in their Tours, and the Coroners. 
 
 (See Lists and Indexes, No. IV., 1894.) 
 
 Mainprise Files. 
 
 Chester. 3 Eliz. to 1 Will. IV. 
 
 Flint. 30 Hen. VIII. to 1 Will. IV. 
 
 These contain in addition to the Records of Bails, from 
 which they take their name, all processes and documents 
 filed in criminal causes, and also the Inquisitions taken 
 before the Coroners. They correspond to the " Gaol 
 Files " of the remaining counties. 
 
 Mainprise Rolls (containing entries of Bails only). 
 Chester. 27 Edw. I to 38 Hen. VI 1 1. 
 Flint. 18 Ric. II. to 20 lieu. VIII. 
 Macclesfield. 49 Edw. Ill to 20 Ric. II. 
 Montgomery. 37 lien. VIII. 
 Kadnor. 1 M;u\ to B Eliz. 
 Glamorgan. -'>•') Hen. VIII. to (> Eliz. 
 Carmarthen. 37 Hen. VIII. to 1 Kdw. VI. 
 Carnarvon. 34 Hen. VIII. 
 
 Minute Books (Prothonotaries'). 
 
 Chester and Flint. 2 to 14 Geo. I I. 
 Chester. 15 Geo. II. to 1 Will. IV. 
 Flint. 15 Geo. II. to .'><> Ceo. III. 
 Glamorgan. 1 to 13 Anne. 
 See also " Rules, Kntky Books of." 
 
 Outlawry Rolls. (Chester.) 2 Edw. IV. to 1 Edw. V. 
 2 Rolls.
 
 INS 
 
 JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS. Courts of Wales 
 and Chester (Common Law Side)— (continued). 
 
 Plea Kolls. 
 
 Chester. 44 Hen. III. to 1 Will. IV. 
 
 Calendar of Deeds, Inquisitions, and Writs of Dower 
 enrolled on the Chester Plea Rolls. Hen. III. to 
 Hen. VIII. Printed in Reports XXVI. to 
 XXX. 
 Docket Rolls. 32-38 Hen. VIII. 
 Docket Boohs. I Hen. VIII. to 1 Will. IV. These 
 relate to Fines and Recoveries only. 
 Anglesey. 18 Eliz. to 1 Will. IV. 
 
 Docket Bolls. 8 Jas. I. to 2 Geo. IV. 
 Docket Books. 1 Geo. IV. to 1 Will. IV. 
 Brecon. 34 Hen. VIII. to 1 Will. IV. 
 Docket Rolls. 1 Eliz. to 20 Car. I. 
 Docket Books. 23 Car. I. to 41 Geo. III. (Brecon 
 only.) 
 
 Do. o Geo. II. to 1 Will. IV. (Brecon 
 and Radnor.) 
 Cardigan. 33 Hen. VIII. to I Will. IV. 
 
 Docket Rolls. 1 Jas. I. to 6 Geo. II. 
 Carmarthen. 33 Hen. VIII. to 1 Will. IV. 
 
 Docket Rolls. 1 Eliz. to 6 Geo. II. 
 Carnarvon. 10 Ric. II. to 1 Will. IV. 
 
 Docket Rolls. 18 Eliz. to 59 Geo. III. 
 Docket Book. 1 Geo. IV. to 1 Will. J V. 
 Denbigh. 33 Hen. VIII. to 1 Will. IV. 
 
 Docket Rolls. 11 Eliz. to 31 Geo. III. 
 Flint. 12 Edw. I. to 1 Will. IV. 
 
 Docket Rolls. 15 Jas. I. to 9 Will. HI. 
 Glamorgan. 33 Hen. VIII. to 1 Will. IV. 
 
 Docket Rolls. 37 Hen. VIII. to 16 Car. I. 
 Docket Books. 23 Car. I. to 42 Geo. III. 
 Do. 20 Geo. II. to 1 Will. IV. 
 
 Merioneth. 1 Edw. VI. to 1 Will. IV. 
 
 Docket Rolls. 18 Eliz. to 59 Geo. III. 
 Docket Book. 1 Geo. IV. to 1 Will. IV. 
 Montgomery. 33 Hen. VIII. to 1 Will. IV. 
 
 Docket Rolls. 38 Hen. VIIT. to 1 Will. TV. 
 Pembroke. 34 Hen. VIII. to 1 Will. IV. 
 Docket Rolls. 36 Hen. VIII. to 1653. 
 Radnor. 33 Hen. VIII. to 1 Will. IV. 
 Docket Rolls. 1 Mary to 20 Car. I. 
 Docket Books. 23 Car. I. to 49 Geo. III. 
 
 Do. 5 Geo. II. to 1 Will. IV. (Brecon 
 
 and Radnor.) 
 A List of all the Plea Rolls of Wales and Chester is 
 contained in the List of Plea Rolls. (Lists and Indexes, 
 No. IV. 1894.)
 
 L89 
 
 JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS. Courts of Wales 
 and Chester (Common Law Side) — (continued). 
 
 Quo Warranto Rolls. 
 
 Chester. 27 to 31 Edw. 111. and L5 Hen. VII. 3 Rolls. 
 Do. 15 Hen. \ II. 2 Rolls. 
 
 The latter are paper Rolls containing recitals of the 
 Liberties and Privileges of the Monasteries of Vale Royal 
 and St. Werburgh, in the form of pleadings on Write <>! 
 Que. Warranto. (They are apparently drafts.) 
 
 Quo Warranto, Original Wbits of. 14 lien. Nil. 
 1 Roll. 
 
 Kiles, Entry Hooks of, or "Rule and Minute 
 
 Books." (Pbothonotaries .) 
 
 Chester and Flint. 1 to 35 Eli/. 
 
 Chester. 35 Eliz. to 1 Will. IV. 
 
 Flint. 17 Hen. VIII. to 1 Will. IV. 
 
 Denbigh and ) ~ r< TT . , u -n T \ T 
 A r " > i ueo. II. to 1 \\ dl. IV. 
 
 Montgomery ) 
 
 North Wales Circuit (Anglesey, Carnarvon, and Vterio- 
 neth). 2-t Geo. III. to 1 Will. IV. 
 
 Brecon Circuit (Brecon, Radnor, and Glamorgan). 12 
 Geo. I. to 10 Geo. IV. 
 
 Carmarthen Circuit (Carmarthen, Pembroke, and 
 Cardigan). 13 Car. II. to Geo. III. 
 
 Sheriffs' Tourn Rolls, &c. 
 
 Chester. 31 Edw. III. to 18 Edw. IV. 7 Rolls. 
 
 Do. Flint. 1G Edw. III. to 1 Hen. IV 1 Roll. 
 These Rolls contain Indictments, presentments, &c, 
 similar to those found on the Indictment Rolls. 
 
 Warrants of Attorney, Bolls of. 
 
 Chester. 34 Edw. III. to 30 Hen. VIII. 
 
 The Warrants of Attorney arc generally enrolled on 
 the Plea Rolls. These few Rolls, however, form a distinct 
 series of enrolments. 
 
 JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS. Duchy of Lancaster. 
 
 Affidavits, Report.-, ( Ierttfu iates, Orders, Petitions, 
 
 &C. Elizabeth to 1800. 26 Bundles. 
 
 Bills and AjtswebSj DEPOSITIONS, &0. Men. VII. to 
 1S35. 
 
 The " Pleadings " or proceedings 1>\ Dill and Answer 
 in the Chancery of the Duchy el' Lancaster, more properly 
 called the Court of Duchy Chamber at Westminster, 
 commence in the reign of Henry VII. From that reign 
 to the end of Elizabeth they are bound in volumes, the 
 reference to these being by tin 1 printed Calendar (in three 
 volumes) called "Ducatus Lancastrian."
 
 190 
 
 JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS. Duchy of Lancaster 
 
 — (continued). 
 
 Bills and Answers, Depositions, &c. — (continued). 
 
 From lien. VII. to Philip and Mary the Pleadings form 
 two distinct Series, the first of which is described as 
 "Pleadings, Surveys, &c," and calendared in "Ducatus 
 Lancastrian," Vol. I. (Pars Secunda). 
 
 The second Series consists of a number of Pleadings 
 found in the Duchy Office after the first had been printed, 
 and bears the title of " Depositions, Examinations, &c." This 
 is calendared in " Ducatus Lancastriae/' Vol. II. (Pars 
 'Pert id). 
 
 From 1 James I. the Bills, Answers, and Replications 
 are arranged chronologically in bundles, each bundle con- 
 taining the four Terms of the year, and are referred to by 
 means of Alphabetical Indexes under the names of Plain- 
 tiffs and Defendants respectively according to the nature 
 of the document filed, the Bills being indexed in the Plain- 
 tiff's name, and the Answers, if any, in the names of the 
 several Defendants. 
 
 The Depositions, Examinations, and Surveys subsequent 
 to the reign of Philip and Mary form a distinct set of 
 bundles, to which there is a Manuscript Calendar. See 
 Depositions and Surveys. 
 
 Calendar of Pleadings, 8rc. Hen. VII. to Elizabeth. 
 3 Vols, folio, entitled " Ducatus Lancastrise." 
 
 Alphabetical Indexes. 1 Jas. II. to 1832. 6 Vols. MS. 
 
 Depositions, Surveys, &c. Elizabeth to George II. 
 
 Prior to the reign of Elizabeth the Depositions and Exa- 
 minations in suits pending in the Duchy Chamber are bound 
 up with the Pleadings and calendared in the printed 
 volumes known as " Ducatus Lancastrige." From 1 Eliza- 
 beth they are preserved in yearly bundles, the Surveys of 
 inclosures, encroachments, waste lands, &c. taken by Com- 
 mission under the Duchy Seal forming separate bundles. 
 
 Calendar. 1 Eliz. to Geo. III. 1 Vol. MS., entitled 
 " Surveys and Depositions." 
 
 Decrees and Orders, Entry Books of. Edw. IV. to 
 1825. 47 Vols. 
 
 Indexes. Hen. VII. to 1835. 14 Vols. MS. (Vol. 14 
 is an Index Locorum from 1699 to 1796, arranged under 
 Counties.) See also " Ayloffe's Calendars." 
 
 A - it sometimes happens that Decrees made by the 
 Court have never been enrolled, in the event of a Decree 
 not being found in the Books of Decrees the bundles of 
 Draft l)c<r<rs should also be searched. 
 
 Draft Decrees. Hen. VIII. to Geo. I. 142 Bundles. 
 
 Draft Injunctions. 12 Jas. I. to 1748. 23 Bundles.
 
 1<)1 
 
 JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS. Palatinate of Durham 
 (Crown Side). 
 
 Assize Calendars. (Returns of Prisoners Committed*) 
 
 1805 to 1861, 6 Bundles. 
 Costs of Prosecutions, &o. 1828 to 1*76. 56 Bundles. 
 Depositions. 1843 to 1877. 60 Bundles. 
 
 Gaol Delivery, Commissions of. 1784 to 1876. 39 
 Bundles. 
 
 Indictments. 1713 to 1877. I <; 6 Bundles. 
 
 Indictment Books. 1753 to 1876. 7 Vols. 
 
 Minute Books. 1770to 1784 and 1810 to 1876. 10 Vols. 
 
 Pardons. 1816 to 1863. 2 Bundles. 
 
 Recognizances. 1843 to 1877. 61 Bundles. 
 
 JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS. Palatinate of Durham 
 (Equity Side). 
 
 Registrars' Records. 
 
 Affidavits. 1(557 to 1812. 26 Bundles. 
 
 Bills, Answers, Replications, and Rejoinders. 1576 
 to 1840. 159 Bundles. 
 
 Bills of Costs. 1702 to 1775. 4 Bundles. 
 
 Commissions, Interrogatories, and Depositions. 1560 
 to 1803. 86 Bundles. 
 
 Orders, Decrees, and Reports. 1613 to 1778. 137 
 Bundles. 
 
 Do. (Minutes and Drafts of.) 17">~> 
 
 to 1829. 8 Bundles. 
 
 Orders and Decrees, Registrars' Kntry Books of. 
 
 1 <;:;:> to 1850. 7 Vols. 
 
 Cursitor's Records. 
 
 Interrogatories and Depositions. 1(572 to 1768. :;:', 
 Bundles 
 
 Signtficavtts for Writs db excommunicato capiendo 
 1700 to 17(55. 3 Bundles. 
 
 JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS. Palatinate of Durham 
 (Common Law Side). 
 
 Prothonotary's Record-. 
 
 Cognovits and Warrants of Attorney. 1828 to 1853. 
 17 Bundles. 
 
 Declarations and other Pleadings. 13 & 14 Car. II. 
 to 15 and 16 Victoria. 17s Bundles. 
 Indexes. 13 Car II. to 1774.
 
 192 
 
 JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS. Palatinate of Durham 
 (Common Law Side). 
 
 Ejectments, Appearances to. 4 Anne to 4 Geo. I. 
 1 Bundle. 
 
 Judgment Rolls. 20 Hen. VII. to 1844. 220 Rolls. 
 Index to Judgments. 24 Car. II. to 1728. 2 Vols. 
 
 [Prothonotary's Indexes No, 2.] 
 
 Judgments, Files of. 19 Car I. to 1853. 
 
 Posteas. 1751 to 1865. 6 Bundles. 
 
 JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS. Palatinate of Lan- 
 caster (Crown Side). 
 
 Assize Rolls. See Lists and Indexes, No. IV., 1894.). 
 1-10 Henry D. of Lancaster. 8 Rolls. 
 The foregoing Rolls are deposited with the Records of 
 the Duchy of Lancaster. 
 
 The earlier Assize Rolls relating to the County of 
 Lancaster will be found in the general Series of Eyre and 
 Assize Rolls. (See Lists and Indexes, No. IV., 1894.) 
 The following are with the Records of the Palatinate : — 
 1-14 Hen. VI. 1 Roll. 
 20-30 „ 1 Roll. 
 
 20 Hen. VI. (Fines and Amercements.) 1 Roll. 
 22 Hen. VI. ( Do. .) 1 Roll. 
 
 5-17 Edw IV. (Gaol Delivery.) 1 Roll. 
 And from 16 Hen. VIII. to 6 Victoria. 
 
 Bail Rolls. 22 to 38 Hen. VIII. 16 Rolls. 
 
 Coroners' Inquisitions. 14 Car. II. to 3 Geo. IV. 51 
 Bundles. 
 
 Depositions, Informations, and Examinations. 
 
 In bundles, from 1808 to 1867, including the Lancashire 
 Special Gaol Delivery (Fenian Trials) of 1867. 
 
 Indictments, Writs of Assize, &c. 3 Hen. VI. to 38 
 Hen. VIII. 22 Bundles. 
 
 Indictments, &c. 17 Hen. VIII. to 4 Will. IV. 27 
 Bundles. 
 
 Indictments, Calendars to. 
 17 Edw. IV. 1 
 
 16-21 Hen. VIII. U Rolls. 
 26-35 Hen. VI II. J 
 
 Indictments, Recognizances, Verdicts, and other 
 Proceedings, 1810 to 1867. In Bundles, entitled, 
 " Nomina Ministrorum." These include the Lancashire 
 Special Gaol Delivery (Fenian Trial) of 1867. 
 
 Minute Books (Crown Office). 2 Jas. IT. to 1828. 
 8 Vols.
 
 103 
 
 JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS. Palatinate of Lan- 
 caster (Crown Side)— (continued). 
 
 Order Books (Cbowh Office). 10 Geo. IT. to 1831. 
 4 Vols. 
 
 Outlawry Rolls. Johu of Gaunt to 1 Edward VI. 
 
 4 Rolls. 
 
 Recognizances. 35 Car. II. to 52 Geo. III. 15 Bandies* 
 
 Recognizance Books. 41 Geo. III. to 8 Geo. IV. 2 Vols. 
 
 Rule Books (Crown Office). 30 Geo. III. to 2 Victoria. 
 2 Vols. 
 
 JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS. Palatinate of Lan- 
 caster (Equity Side). 
 
 Chancery Records. 
 
 Affidavits. 1793 to 1836. 9 Bundles. 
 
 Do. Entries of. 1610 to 1678. 4 Vols. 
 
 Appearance Books. 1641 to 1703. 3 Vols. 
 
 Bills. Henry VII. to 1853. 
 
 From Henry VII. to 1800 the Chancery Bills are bound 
 in volumes, 91 in number; subsequent to the latter date 
 they are in yearly bundles. 136 Vols, and Bundles. 
 
 Answers. Edw. IV. to 1858. 
 
 Prior to 1710 the Answers are bound in volumes ; from 
 andafterthat date in yearly bundles. 251 Vols, and Bundles. 
 Bill Books. Edw! IV. to 1734. 10 Vols. 
 
 Do. 1639 to 1648. 2 Vols. (Bills and 
 
 Answers.) 
 
 Consents. 1793 to 1836. 1 Bundle. 
 
 Interrogatories, Depositions, and Examinations. 
 24 Eliz. to 1853. 273 Bundles. 
 
 Replications, Demurrers, Exceptions, &c. 1601 to 
 1S46. 21 Bundles. 
 
 Decrees and Orders, &C., Entry Books of. 15 Hen. 
 VIII. to 1784. 27 Vols. 
 
 Minute Book (Registrar's). 1704 to 1713. 1 Vol 
 
 JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS. Palatinate of Lan- 
 caster (Common Law Side). 
 
 Prothonotary's Records. 
 
 Affidavits. The Affidavits are filed with the " SESSIONAL 
 Papers." 
 
 Indexes. 1813 to 1838. 4 Vols, called M Pye Books." 
 
 u 80195. N
 
 194 
 
 JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS. Palatinate of Lan- 
 caster (Common Law Side) — (continued). 
 
 Judgments, Final, &c. 
 
 Final Judgments (Draft). 20 Geo. III. to 52 Geo. IIL 
 6 Vols. 
 
 Posteas (Draft). 51 Geo. III. to 11 Vict. 4 Vols. 
 Verdicts, Minutes of, 1839 to 1847. 1 Bundle. 
 See also " Panels of Jurors." 
 Panels op Jurors. 1811 to 1848. 75 Bundles. 
 
 These documents are useful as containing the Verdicts 
 in the Suits entered ou the Plea Rolls. 
 Plea Rolls. 2 Henry IV. to 11 Victoria. 767 Rolls. 
 
 Docquet Rolls. 1 to 15 John of Gaunt (1362 to 1377), 
 and 6 Henry VI. to 34 Geo. II. 
 
 Docquet Rolls of Issues. 2 Car. I. to 8 Geo. I. 
 Docquet Books of Issues. 41 Geo. III. to 11 Vict. 6 
 Vols. 
 Precedent Books. 5 Vols. 
 Remembrancers' Books. 8 Will. III. to 20 Geo. II. 
 
 3 Vols. 
 Rule Books. 7 Geo. II. to 8 Vict. 15 Vols. 
 Rules, Minutes of. 7 Geo. II. to 36 Geo. III. 3 Vols. 
 Rules (Consent). 2 Geo. IV. to 16 Vict. 1 Bundle. 
 Rules in Ejectment. 1811-1821. 1 Bundle. 
 Rules of Reference. 41 Geo. III. to 11 Vict, 4 Vols. 
 Sessional Papers. Henry VIII. to 1847. 219 Bundles. 
 These contain the Original Issues, Affidavits, and other 
 Pleadings in Suits in the Court of Common Pleas at 
 Lancaster. 
 
 Indexes called " Pye Books!' 2 Car. II. to 14 Geo. II. 
 6 Vols. 
 Writs. 9 Hen. VI. to 1846. 703 Bundles. 
 Writ Books. 1712 to 1845. 22 Vols. 
 
 JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS (VARIOUS). 
 
 High Court of Admiralty. 
 
 The principal Records of the High Court of Admiralty, 
 which are not open to inspection except by permission of 
 the Registrar of the Admiralty Court, are as follows : — 
 
 Instance Court. 
 
 Act Books. 1524 to 1744. 76 Vols. 
 Calendars. 1631 to 1673. 17 Vols. 
 
 Assignation Books. 1673 to 1767. 126 Vols. 
 Libels, Allegations, Decrees, and other Proceed- 
 ings. 1533 to 1772. 
 Warrant Books. 1540 to 1772. 78 Vols.
 
 195 
 
 JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS (VARIOUS)— (continued). 
 High Court of Admiralty— Cc<>n tin uei I ). 
 Prize Court. 
 Act Book- and Assignation Books. 1643 to 1770. 
 74 Vols. 
 
 Calendars. 1653 to 1744. 21 Vols, 
 
 Ex.\\ii\ vi [ONS, &c. 1664 to L783. 
 Letters of Marque, Calendars am> Entries oi 
 1621 to 1762. 42 Vols. 
 i)o. (during the American War). 40 Vols. 
 
 Sentence Books. 1643 to 1766. 42 Vols. 
 
 Do. (during the American War). 15 Vols. 
 
 Appeal Court. 
 
 Assignation Books. 1689 to the end of the American 
 War. 45 Vols. 
 
 Prize Papers. 1744 to 1810. 
 
 The Muniment Books of the High Court of Admiralty 
 from 1660 to 1815 are deposited in the Admiralty Registry 
 at Somerset House. 
 
 In these books are entered the Appointments of Vice- 
 Admirals, &c. &c. 
 
 Court of Chivalry, Court Military, or Earl Mar- 
 shal's Court 
 Placita Exercitus Regis in Scotia. 24 Edw. I. 1 Roll. 
 [Scottish Documents (Exchequer, Treasury of the Receipt, 
 Box 93, No. 15.] 
 Proceedings in the Court of Chivalry (Miscellane 
 oi is Rolls, &c, Chancery). Bundle 10. 
 
 No. 1. Proceedings in a cause of Arms between Lovell 
 
 and Morley. 9-10 Ric. II. 
 
 No. 2. Do. between Richard le Scrope and Rohert 
 
 Grosvenor (on the behalf of Scrope). 12 Rio. 11 
 
 No. 3. Do. do. (on the behalf of Grosvenor). 
 
 13 Ric, II. 
 
 No. 4. Proceedings "in causa depredationis" between 
 
 Roches and Hanky. 12-10 Ric. II. 
 
 5. Proceedings between Win. Gerard of London 
 
 and John Chamberlayn of Calais, concerning the 
 
 spoliation and detention of a prisoner. 22 Ric. II. 
 
 The following Proceedings in the Court of Chivalry are 
 
 amongst the Domestic State Papers: — 
 Report of the proceedings of a Court of Chivalry held in 
 the Painted Chamber, Westminster, by Earl Marshal 
 Arundel, with a full description of the Court. 2 I 
 Nov. 1623. 
 
 [S. P., Dom., James /., V6L 154. No. 7 1 ] 
 
 N 3
 
 196 
 
 JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS (VARIOUS)— (continued). 
 Court of Chivalry, &c— (continued^. 
 
 Proceedings in the Court of Chivalry, &c. — (con- 
 tinued). 
 
 Petition of Sir Thos. Harris, Bart,, to the King, stating 
 that one Simon Leake, who was employed to obtain 
 for him a certificate of descent, preparatory to his 
 creation as a Baronet, had entered a suit against him 
 in the Court of Chivalry for having unduly obtained 
 that certificate, and detailing the proceedings thereon. 
 21 March 1625. 
 
 [S. P., Born., James I., Vol. 185, No. 92.] 
 
 Proceedings in the Court of Chivalry on an appeal of 
 
 High Treason by Donald, Lord Reay, against David 
 
 Ramsey. (Printed in State Trials, Vol. III., p. 483.) 
 
 [S. P., Bom., Car. I., Vol. 217.] 
 
 Proceedings in Courts of Chivalry will also be found at 
 the Herald's College, where the Courts were formerly 
 held. 
 
 Ecclesiastical Courts. 
 
 Arches, Proceedings in the Court of, &c. 
 
 There are a few Certificates of Legitimacy and other 
 proceedings of early dates in the Court of Arches, and in 
 the Consistory Courts, amongst the Miscellanea of the 
 Exchequer. The later Records are in the custody of the 
 Registrar of the Court, 
 
 Delegates' Processes. 1609 to 1823. 
 
 These consist of 872 volumes containing the Processes 
 or Copies of the Papers in Causes heard before the 
 Court of Delegates. Transferred from the Registrars' 
 Office of the High Court of Admiralty. 
 
 They are not open to inspection, except by permission of 
 the Registrar of the Admiralty Court. 
 
 Minute Books of the Court of High Commission for 
 the exercise of Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction. 1634 
 to 1636 and 1639 to 1640. 4 Vols. 
 
 These are amongst the Domestic State Papers, and are 
 calendared in the published " Calendars of State Papers, 
 &c. 
 
 Marshalsea and Palace Courts. 
 
 Marshalsea Court, Proceedings of the. (Exchequer, 
 Treasury of the Receipt.) Edward I. to 
 Henry VI. 29 Rolls, called " Placita Aula?." 
 
 The " Placita Aulse Hospitii Domini Regis," or Pleas 
 before the Marshal of the King's Household, consist of
 
 107 
 
 JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS (VARIOUS)— (continued). 
 Marshalsea and Palace Courts — (continued). 
 Marshalsea Court, Pbocebdinos of the, &c. — 
 
 (continued ). 
 
 actions of trespass by or against the King's domestic ser- 
 vants or relating to trespasses committed within the verge 
 of the Court, that is to say, within 12 miles of the Royal 
 residence. 
 
 Marshalsea Court, Accounts of Fines and Ameb< ia- 
 mentsln tin:. (Exchequer, Queen's Remembrancer. 
 
 Edward I. to Elizabeth. 
 Calendar. 1 Vol. MS. 
 
 Palace Court, Records of the. Charles I. to 1849. 
 
 The principal Records of the Palace Court, removed to 
 the Public Record Office in 1850, consist of Bundles of 
 Affidavits, Declarations, Records or Judgments, and othei 
 proceedings extending from about 1 044 to 1849. 
 
 \ detailed Inventory of these Records is given in the 
 Deputy Keeper's Report XII., pp. 15-16. 
 
 Peveril Court. 
 
 The principal Records of the Court of the Honor of 
 Peveril, abolished by Stat. 12 & 13 Vict. c. 101, consist 
 of the following : — 
 
 Books of Pleading. 1682-1697. 
 Actions. 1686-1786. 
 „ I ~-ues and Judgments. 1755-1761. 
 
 "Minute Books. 1729-l80ii. 
 Praecipe Hooks. 1808-1850. 
 Bundles of " Papers." 1846-1 S4<). 
 A detailed Inventory of these Records is given in the 
 Deputy Keeper's Report XVI., App., pp. 43 and 44. 
 
 Court of Requests. 
 
 Bills, Answers, Depositions, kc. Henry VIII. to 
 Charles I. In Bundles. 
 
 Indexes. Henry VIII. to Car. 1. 4 Vols. MS. 
 
 Calendar. Elizabeth. 1 Vol. MS. 
 
 These refer to a very small portion of the proceedings. 
 A new Calendar is in progress. 
 
 MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS. 208 Vols., vix. : — 
 
 Affidavit P.ooks. Eliz. to Charles I. 31 Vols. 
 
 [Nos. 119-149.] 
 Index. 13-1 (i Car. I. 1 Vob [No. 150.] 
 
 Appearance Books. Hen. VIII. to Car. I. 14 Vols. 
 
 [Nos. 104-117.]
 
 
 198 
 
 JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS (VARIOUS)— continued). 
 Court of Requests — (continued). 
 Miscellaneous Books — (continued). 
 
 Commissions Eeturned. 1-16 James I. 1 Vol. 
 
 [No. 208.] 
 Note Books. Eliz. to Car. I. 20 Vols. 
 
 [Nos. 151-170.] 
 Order Books. Eliz. to Car. I. 65 Vols. 
 
 [Nos. 39-103.] 
 Order and Decree Books. Hen. VII. to Car. I. 38 
 Vols. [Nos. 1-38.] 
 
 Process Books. Eliz. to Car. I. 28 Vols. 
 
 [Nos. 171-197.] 
 Implications, Book of. 1632-1636. 1 Vol. [No. 207.] 
 
 Witness Books. Eliz. to Car. I. 9 Vols. 
 
 [Nos. 198-206.] 
 
 Court of Star Chamber. 
 
 Star Chamber Proceedings. Henry VII. to Charles I. 
 
 These consist of the Bills, Answers, Depositions, and 
 other pleadings in the Court of Star Chamber from the 
 reign of Hen. VII. to its final abolition. 
 
 They are exceedingly numerous and of great importance 
 as illustrating both public and private history. 
 
 None of the Orders or Decrees of this Court are known 
 to exist. In the Report of a Committee of the House of 
 Lords made in 1719, it is stated that "the last notice of 
 " them that could be got was that they were in a house 
 " in St. Bartholomew's Close, London," and it is to be 
 feared that they have been destroyed. 
 
 Index. Henry VIII. 1 Vol. MS. (Incomplete.) 
 Do. Elizabeth. 4 Vols. MS. 
 
 The foregoing Indexes refer to a very small portion of 
 the proceedings. 
 
 Accounts of Fines and Amercements imposed in the 
 Star Chamber. (Exchequer, Q. E.) Henry VIII. to 
 James I. 
 
 Descriptive Slips. 
 
 Court of Wards and Liveries. 
 
 Bills, Answers, Depositions, &c. Henry VIII. to Car. I. 
 In Bundles (under arrangement). 
 
 Calendar. Henry VIII. to Car. I. 4 Vols. These 
 refer to a portion of the Proceedings only. The greater 
 part are unindexed. 
 
 [Misc. Books, Vols. 281 to 284.]
 
 109 
 
 JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS (VARIOUS) -(continued;. 
 Court of Wards and Liveries— (continued). 
 
 Miscellaneous Books, as follows : — 
 
 Affidavit Books. 1 l Jas. I. to 21 Car. I. 16 Vols. 
 
 [Nob. 562-477.] 
 Decree Books. 15 Eliz. to 21 Car. I. 20 Vola. 
 
 [Nos. 8 I 102a.] 
 Minute Books. 2 Jas. I. to 1 I Car. I. I Vole. 
 
 [No.-. 2 1 1 -244.] 
 JProcess Books. 19 Hen. VIII. to 14 Car. I. 18 Vols. 
 
 [Nos. 233-240.] 
 Process, Certificates of. 1 to 20 James I. 3 Vols. 
 
 [Nos. 39-41.] 
 Order Books. 1 Edw. VI. to 24 Car. 1. 48 Vols. 
 
 [Nos. 514-561.] 
 
 KNIGHTHOOD, ORDERS OF. 
 
 The Statutes and Ordinances of the Most Noble 
 Order of the Garter, "reformed, explained, \m> 
 
 DECLARED AXI1W," BY KlNG HeNRY Till: ElGHTH. IVoL 
 
 [J//.NV. Books, Exchequer, Tr. of the Receipt, Vol, 92.] 
 
 Documents relating to the Order of the Garter are also 
 
 contained in Vol. 113 of the said series of Miscellaneous 
 
 Books. 
 
 Statutes of the Order of the Garter as ordaixkh 
 by Kino Edward VI. 
 
 A manuscript on vellum, probably drawn up by Sir Wm 
 Cecil, the Chancellor of the Order, Anno 6 Edw. VI. 
 
 [S. P. Dora., Edw. VI., Vol 17.] 
 
 Statutes of the Order of St. Michael, founded by 
 Louis XI. of France. 
 
 A beautifully illuminated volume amongst the records 
 •of the Exchequer, Treasury of the Receipt. 
 
 Windsor, Establishment of the Poob Knights of. 
 1 Elizabeth. 
 
 A volume, richly illuminated, containing the Indentures 
 of Foundation and Ordinances for the government of the 
 "Thirteen Poor Knights ol Windsor." 
 
 LEASES (CROWN). 
 
 The .Manor- and lands belonging to the Crown were in 
 ancient times " let to farm " by the King'- High or Chief 
 Justiciar or by the Justices Itinerant, the duty afterwards 
 devolving on the Treasurer of the Exchequer. 
 
 When, however, particular lands were withdrawn from 
 the control of the Exchequer and placed under the direct 
 supervision of persons thereto appointed, the power of
 
 f 
 
 200 
 
 LEASES (CROWN)— (continued). 
 
 granting leases was vested in the hands of such officers ; 
 thus by Statute 6 Henry VIII. the King's " General 
 Surveyors " were empowered to let the Crown Lands under 
 their control for 21 years, their " Bills of Lease " being 
 sufficient warrant to the Lord Chancellor for the prepara- 
 tion of the Letters Patent ; and on the erection of the 
 Courts of the General Surveyors and of the Augmentations 
 of the Revenues of the Croion the power of granting leases 
 under its own Seal was vested in each of the said 
 Courts. 
 
 The two Courts above mentioned were dissolved by 
 Letters Patent of the 38th year of Henry VIII. and 
 embodied into a new " Court of Augmentations " endowed 
 with similar powers, which in its turn was dissolved by 
 Letters Patent of 1 Mary, all Warrants for Leases being 
 thenceforward directed to be passed by the Lord Treasurer. 
 and the Leases, if the yearly rents of the land exceeded 
 405. a year, to pass under the Great Seal of England, and, 
 if the rent s did not exceed that value, under the Seal of 
 the Court of Exchequer. 
 
 By the same Letters Patent the Leases of the Court of 
 Augmentations were directed to be placed in the custody of 
 the Clerk of the Pipe. 
 
 The power of granting leases of the lands, &c. under its 
 control was also vested in the Court of Wards and Liveries 
 and continued therein till the abolition of that Court. 
 
 Leases of lands, &c. under the jurisdiction of the Duchy 
 of Lancaster, and of the several Counties Palatine of 
 Chester, Durham, and Lancaster were made under their 
 respective Seals and form distinct series. See LEASES 
 (DUCHY OF LANCASTER) and CHANCERY 
 ENROLMENTS (CHESTER, DURHAM, AND 
 LANCASTER). 
 
 The more modern method of obtaining a Crown Lease 
 was as follows : — 
 
 A petition or memorial for a lease was preferred to the 
 Treasury, which was referred to the Surveyor-General of 
 Crown Lands to be reported on. A Warrant was there- 
 upon issued to the Surveyor-General to make a Constat, 
 or to obtain from the Auditor a Particular of the Premises 
 as described in former Leases. The Constat or Particular 
 was then r.ited by the Surveyor General, which rate con- 
 tained a specification of the term of years, and of the 
 ■rved rent and fine, with the covenants and provisoes ; 
 the Constat, Particular, and Rate being sent to the 
 Treasury. 
 
 A warrant was then issued from the Treasury to the 
 Clerk of the Pipe to prepare the lease to be passed under 
 the Seal of the Court of Exchequer, a copy of the Draft of
 
 201 
 
 LEASES (CROWN)— (rontinucd). 
 
 the Lease which was called the Transcript heing trans- 
 mitted to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and, after 
 receiving his signature and that, of the Lords of the 
 Treasury, returned to the Pipe Office. 
 
 The Lease was then ingrossed, Burned by the Clerk of 
 the Pipe, and transmitted to the Chancellor to receive the 
 Exchequer Seal, after which it was enrolled in the Office 
 
 Of the . / miliar. 
 
 By authority of the Statute 1 and 2 George IV. 
 cap. 52., Leases are granted by the Commissioners of 
 Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues, by sufficient Warrant 
 fn. in the Treasury, both the Great Seal and the Exchequer 
 Seal being dispensed with. 
 
 For Leases by private persons, see DEEDS EN- 
 ROLLED. 
 
 The following are the principal classes of documents 
 relating to CROWN LEASES :— 
 
 Chancery. 
 
 Leases of Crown Lands are enrolled on the Patent Rolls, 
 and may be referred to by means of the general Indexes to 
 those Rolls. 
 
 References to Crown Leases from Charles I. to "Will. III. 
 enrolled on the Patent Rolls are also contained in " Palmer's 
 Indexes," Vol. 69, and in Vol. 38 a List is given of the 
 " Long Leases " of Crown Lands made during the reigns 
 of Charles I. and Charles II. 
 
 Exchequer, Queen's Remembrancer. 
 
 Counterparts of Crown Leases. 
 1677 to 1831. 26 Packages. 
 Index. 1 Vol. MS. 
 
 Exchequer, Augmentation Office. 
 
 Leases by various Queens. 
 
 Henry VII. — Henry VIII. Three volumes containing 
 original Indentures of Lease- by Elizabeth, Queen of 
 Hen. VII., and by Katharine of Arragon, Anne Bolero, 
 Jane Seymour, and Katharine Parr, wives of Henry VIII. 
 
 [Misc. Books, Vols. 176-178.] 
 
 Letters Patent and Indentures. Henry VIII. 
 6 Vols. 
 
 [Misc. Books, Vols. 238-243.] 
 Index. Report XLTX., App., pp. 209-360. 
 
 Leases, CoriES of. 
 
 Philip and Mary. Six volumes containing copies of 
 Leases (on paper). 
 
 [Misc. Books, Vol. 179/o 184.] 
 Index. Report XLIX., App., pp. 209-360.
 
 202 
 
 LEASES (CROWN)— (continued). 
 Exchequer, Augmentation Office — (continued). 
 
 Leases, Counterparts or Transcripts of. Henry VIII. 
 to James I. 51 Packages. 
 
 Index. Eliz. to James I. 1 Vol. MS. (References to 
 these Transcripts are also given in the Index to " Par- 
 ticulars of Leases," referred to below.) 
 
 Leases amd Pensions, Enrolments of. 28 to 38 
 Henry VIII. 
 
 Five volumes, containing enrolments of Letters Patent 
 granting Leases and Pensions. 
 
 [Misc. Books, Vols. 232 to 236.] 
 Index. Report, XLIX., App., pp. 209-360. 
 
 Leases, Enrolments of. 28 & 29 Henry VEIL to 
 o James I. 
 
 Twenty-one volumes, arranged chronologically. The 
 series is complete from 28 & 29 Henry VIII. to 5 Philip 
 and Mary. Since the latter date the 34th to the 38th years 
 of Elizabeth and the 3rd year of James I. are alone 
 represented. 
 
 [Misc. Books, Vols. 209 to 229.] 
 Index. Report, XLIX., App., pp. 209-360. ' 
 
 Leases, Enrolments of. 3 to 43 Elizabeth 8 Boxes. 
 
 Index. 1 Vol. MS. 
 Leases by the Surveyors-General, Enrolments of. 
 34 to 38 Henry VIII. 1 Volume. 
 
 [Misc. Books, Vol. 230.] 
 Calendar. Report XXV., App., pp. 1-22. 
 
 Leases, Particulars for. 
 
 [Henry VIII.] Seventeen volumes, containing original 
 Particulars for Leases collected from different parts of the 
 Augmentation Office in 1837, and arranged alphabetically 
 under Counties. The date of the majority of Lhem may 
 be attributed to the reign of Henry VIII. 
 
 [Misc. R?oks, Vols. 185 to 201.] 
 
 Henry VIII. and Edward VI. Six volumes, containing 
 Particulars for Leases, in many cases extracted from the 
 Rentals of the possessions of dissolved Monasteries, &c. in 
 various counties. The last volume contains Particulars 
 for Leases in the county of York only, temp. Edw. VI. 
 
 [Misc. Books, Vols. 204 to 208b.] 
 
 Elizabeth. Two volumes, containing Transcripts of 
 Particulars for Leases in various counties, temp. Elizabeth. 
 
 [Misc. Books, Vols. 202, 203.] 
 
 Henry VIII. to James I. 42 Portfolios, three of which 
 contain the " Particulars for Leases in Reversion." 
 
 Index, Elizabeth to James I. 4 Vols. MS.
 
 203 
 
 LEASES (CROWN)— (continued). 
 
 Exchequer, Augmentation Office— (continued). 
 
 Leases in Reversion, Partk i labs fob. Elizabeth (1564 
 to 1592). 3 Portfolios. 
 Index. 1 Vol. MS. 
 Leases, Repertory of. 9 & 10 Elizabeth, and 25 to 40 
 Elizabeth. 
 
 A Repertory <>r Calendar <>f Leases under the Ex- 
 chequer Seal in various counties, arranged chronologically. 
 
 [Misc. Books, Vol. 231.] 
 Leases surrendered to the Crown \m> Various^ 
 Henry VIII. and Edward VI. 9 Packages. 
 
 Exchequer, Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer. 
 Leases, Counterparts op, and Partiodlars for. 
 1566 to 1822. 
 
 A collection of Counterparts of Crown Leases with, 
 in many case?, the Particulars attached (sometimes the 
 Particulars only existing without the Counterpart), with a 
 few Particulars of Fee- Farm Rents, arranged in 28 Port- 
 folios. 
 
 .These documents are numbered consecutively from 1 to 
 6,702. 
 
 Index Nomina iii. 1 Vol. MS. 
 
 Leases, Enrolments of. Eliz. to Geo. III. 4 Rolls. 
 
 The first Roll contains Enrolments of Leases and Patents 
 of the 32nd and 33rd years of Elizabeth ; the second, Enrol- 
 ments af Leases of the lands of Recusants during the Com- 
 monwealth ; and the third and fourth, Enrolments of Leases 
 from the reign of Charles II. to that of George III., 
 inclusive. 
 Leases, Entry Books of. 1750 to 1812. 
 
 Eleven volumes, containing Entries of Crown Leases, in 
 Pall, each volume having an Index Nominum. 
 Li ises, Drafts of. Eliz. to Geo. IV. Eight packages, 
 
 called " Drafts of Demi-. 
 Leases, Abstracts of. 1 Eliz. to 52 Geo. III. 12 Vols. 
 Do. Elizabeth and James I. 1 Vol. 
 
 1 >. .. 1 to 26 Elizabeth. 
 
 [Vide B. P. Pom. Eliz., Vol. 166.] 
 Exchequer of Receipt. 
 
 Crown Lease? from 1599 to 1696 are entered in the 
 A 1 ditors' Pates c Books. 
 
 See RECEIPTS AND ISSUES OF THE 
 EXCHEQUER. 
 
 Court of Wards and Liveries. 
 
 Leases, Entries of. 20 Hen. VIII. t<> !•"> Eliz 5 Vols. 
 
 [Mite. Hooks, Volt. L87 to 191.] 
 Leases, Parth dlars for. :>5 Eliz. to 21 Car. I. 4 Vols. 
 
 [Mite, Boohs, Vols. 192 to 195.]
 
 201 
 
 LEASES (CONVENTUAL). 
 
 The classes known as " Conventual Leases " consist of 
 such Transcripts or Counterparts of Leases made by the 
 several Monastic Establishments as fell into the hands of 
 the Crown on the dissolution of those houses. Many Con- 
 ventual Leases will be found in the several Series of 
 Ancient Deeds. See DEEDS (ANCIENT). 
 
 Conventual Leases. (Augmentation Office.) Richard 
 II. to Henry VIII. 29 Portfolios. Arranged in Counties. 
 Calendar and Index Locorum. 1 Vol. MS. 
 
 Do. (Exchequer, Q. K.) Henry VIII. 
 
 1 Package. Formerly No. 895 of the Bundles of Ancient 
 Miscellanea of the Exchequer, Queen's Remembrancer. 
 Descriptive Slips. 1 Vol. MS. 
 
 LEASES (DUCHY OF LANCASTER). 
 
 Leases, Books of Inrolment of. Henry VII. to 13 
 Charles I. 11 Vols. 
 
 Index, in the volume entitled " Index to Leases Henry 
 VIII. to George II." 
 
 Entry Books of (North Auditor's). Henry VII. 
 
 to George III. 35 Vols. 
 
 Inventory. Report XXX., App. 1, p. 5. 
 
 Do. (South Auditor's). Henry VIII. to 
 
 George III. 22 Vols. 
 
 Inventory. Report XXX., App. I, p. 5. 
 
 Leases (Draft). Hen. VIII. to 1760. 104 Bundles. 
 
 [Div. XIV] 
 The particulars are in most cases prefixed to the Draft. 
 Calendar. Hen. VIII. to Geo. II. 1 Vol. called 
 " Index to Leases." 
 
 Leases, Counterparts of, &c. Edw. VI. to 1758. 
 
 [Div. XV. Bundles 1 to 61.] 
 
 Leases in Reversion. 8 to 44 Eliz. and Jas. I. 7 
 Bundles. 
 
 [Div. XIV. Bundles 50 to 55 and 71.] 
 
 Leases, Surrenders of. 1660 to 1705. 
 
 [Div. XV. Bundles 47 and 48.] 
 
 See also CHARTERS AND GRANTS.
 
 205 
 
 LE NEVE'S INDEXES. 
 
 A collection of 37 volumes, referring chiefly to the Feet 
 of Fines and De Banco Rolls, as follows : — 
 
 Vol. 1 - 
 Vol. 2 - 
 
 Vol.3 - 
 
 Vol. 4 - 
 
 Vol. 5 - 
 
 Vol. 6 - 
 
 Vol. 7 - 
 Vol. 8 - 
 Vol.9 - 
 Vol. 10 - 
 
 Vol. 11 - 
 
 Vol. 12 - 
 
 Vol. 12a 
 
 Vol. 13 - 
 
 Vol. 14 - 
 Vol. 15 - 
 Vol. 16 - 
 Vol. 17 - 
 
 Vol. 18 - 
 
 Bedford 
 
 Berks - 
 
 Bucks - 
 
 Cambridge 
 
 Cornwall 
 
 Cumberland and 
 Devon. 
 
 Derby - 
 
 Dorset - 
 
 Essex - 
 
 Gloucester and 
 Herts. 
 
 Various Counties 
 Divers Counties 
 
 Divers Counties 
 
 Divers Counties 
 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 Bucks 
 Do. 
 
 Yorks - 
 
 Do. 
 
 City of York 
 
 Ric. l.to Ric. 3. 
 
 Ric. 1. to Ric. 3. 
 Ric. 1. to Ric. 3. 
 Ric. l.toEdw. 4. 
 Ric. 1. to Ric. 3. 
 Ric. l.toEdw. 4. 
 
 Ric. 1. to Ric. 3. 
 
 Ric. 1. to Ric. 3. 
 
 Ric. 1. to Ric. 3. 
 
 John to Ric. 3., 
 Ric. 1. to Ric. 
 3. 
 
 3 Jas. 1. (East, 
 and Trin.) 
 
 Ric. l.toEdw. 2. 
 
 Hen. 2. to Edw. 
 2. 
 
 Edw. 3. to Hen. 
 6. 
 
 Edw. 6. to Phil. 
 & Mar. 
 
 3 to 5 Eliz. 
 Ric. l.to Hen. 3. 
 Ric. 1. to Hen. 6. 
 
 Hen. 6.- 
 
 Ric. 1. and John 
 Edw. 4. and Ric. 
 3. 
 
 A Calendar to the Feet of 
 Fines, with an Index Loco- 
 rum. 
 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 
 do. 
 do. 
 do. 
 do. 
 do. 
 
 do. 
 do. 
 
 Do. [no Index Locorum], 
 
 Do. [with Indices Loco- 
 rum]. 
 
 An Index to the Feet of Fines, 
 referring apparently to some 
 Entry Book. 
 
 A Calendar to the Feet of 
 Fines of Divers Counties or 
 Unknown Counties, with an 
 Index Locorum. [See also 
 vol. 26.] 
 
 A revised Calendar of " Feet of 
 " Fines of UnknowD, 
 " Various, and Divers 
 " Counties." [1870.] 
 
 A Calendar to the Feet of 
 Fines of Divers Counties, 
 with an Index Locorum. 
 
 Do. 
 
 do. 
 
 A Calendar to the Feet of 
 Fines. 
 
 Abstracts of Feet of Finei, 
 with an Index Locorum. 
 
 A Calendar to the Feet of 
 Fines, with Indices Nomi- 
 nura and Locorum. 
 
 A Calendar to the Feet of 
 Fines, with an Index Loco- 
 rum. 
 Do. do. 
 
 Abstracts of Feet of Fines.
 
 206 
 
 LE NEVE'S INDEXES— (continued). 
 
 Vol. 19 
 Vol. 20 
 Vol. 21 
 Vol. 22 
 
 Vol. 23 - 
 
 Vol. 24 - 
 Vol. 25 - 
 
 Vol. 26 - 
 
 Vol. 27 
 Vol. 28 
 
 Vol. 29 
 
 Vol. 30 - 
 
 Vol. 31 - 
 Vol. 32 - 
 
 Yorks - 
 
 Do. 
 
 Do. 
 England, &c. - 
 
 Do. 
 
 Do. 
 Southampton - 
 
 Hunts - 
 
 Westmoreland - 
 Do. 
 
 Divers Counties 
 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 
 England, &c. - 
 
 Wilts - 
 
 Beds to Middle- 
 sex. 
 
 Norfolk to Wilts 
 
 Bedford to Dor- 
 set. 
 
 Ebor to Lincoln 
 
 Hen. 3. to Edw. 1. 
 
 Edw. 2. and 
 Edw. 3. 
 
 Ric. 2. to Hen. 5. 
 
 Ric. 3. and 
 Hen. 7. 
 
 Temp. Hen. 8. - 
 
 Temp. Hen. 8. - 
 Ric. 1. to Edw. 1. 
 
 John to Ric. 2. - 
 
 John to Edw. 4. 
 
 40 Hen. 3. and 
 
 7 & 20 Edw. 1. 
 
 John to Edw. 2. 
 
 Edw. 3. to Edw. 
 
 6. 
 Edw. 4. 
 
 Hen. 7.- 
 
 John to Edw. 4. 
 1 to 24 Hen. 7. - 
 
 Do. 
 
 Edw. 2. 
 
 Edw. 2. 
 
 Middlesex to Edw. 2. 
 Bussex. 
 
 Abstracts of Feet of Fines 
 [with an Index Locorum] . 
 
 Do. 
 
 do. 
 
 Do. [with Indices Loco- 
 rum]. 
 
 A Calendar to the Feet of 
 Fines, with Indices Locorum 
 and Nomiiiuni for Ric. 3. 
 [The Index Locorum for 
 Hen. 7. is in Vol. 26.] 
 
 Abstracts of Feet of Fines of 
 various years. 
 
 Do. 
 
 do. 
 
 A Calendar to the 
 Fines. 
 
 Feet of 
 
 An Index Locorum to the Feet 
 
 of Fines. 
 Abstracts of Feet of Fines. 
 A bstracts of Assize Rolls, &c. 
 
 An Index Locorum to Feet 
 
 of Fines (referring to Vol. 
 
 12). 
 An Index Nominum to Feet of 
 
 Fines (referring to Vol. 13). 
 Abstracts of Fines, with Indices 
 
 Nominum and Locorum. 
 An Index Locorum to the Feet 
 
 of Fines, for the whole reign 
 
 of Hen. 7., referring to the 
 
 Calendar in Vol. 22. 
 
 An Index Locorum to the Feet 
 of Fines. 
 
 An Index Locorum to the Pla- 
 cita de Banco, arranged in 
 Counties. 
 
 Do. do. 
 
 [This vol. contains also an 
 Index Locorum to the 1'lacita 
 de Banco, temp. Ric. 3. and 
 Edw. 5., and to tbe Deeds 
 enrolled on the Placita de 
 Banco in the reign of Hen. 
 7-] 
 
 Indices Locorum to the Placita 
 de Banco and to the Feet of 
 Fines. 
 
 Do. 
 
 Do. 
 
 do. 
 
 do.
 
 207 
 
 LE NEVE'S INDEXES— Continued). 
 
 Vol. 33 - 
 
 Warwick to 
 
 Edw. 9. 
 
 Indices Locorom to the Placita 
 
 
 Wigorn, &c. 
 
 
 de Banco ami \<> the Feet of 
 
 Fines. 
 
 [This [ndex contain! also an 
 Index Locorom tc tin- Deeds 
 enrolled in tin- reign of Bdw. 
 
 2-] 
 
 Vol. 34 - 
 
 l.i-t uf Do Banco 
 
 Bdw. l. to Hen. '■ 
 
 
 Rolls. 
 
 
 
 Vol. 35 - 
 
 Bedford to 
 
 Hen. 8. - 
 
 An Index Locorum to the Feet 
 
 
 Wilts, &c. 
 
 
 of Fines. [Those relating to 
 Manors or Churches only are 
 indexed.] 
 
 
 Bedford to 
 
 Edw. 4. 
 
 An Index Locorum to the Pla- 
 
 
 Wilts, &c. 
 
 
 cita de Banco and to the 
 Deeds enrolled temp. Edw. 4. 
 
 
 Bedford to 
 
 Phil. & Mar. - 
 
 An Index Locorum to the Feet 
 
 
 Wilts, &c. 
 
 
 of Fines. 
 
 Vol. 36 - 
 
 Entries of 
 
 _ 
 
 A volume containing Notes of 
 
 
 Searches. 
 
 
 Searches made at Tarious 
 times in the Talley Office at 
 Westminster, with reference* 
 to the Records, and a General 
 Index. 
 
 Vol.37 - 
 
 Extracts from 
 
 - 
 
 A volume containing Extracts 
 
 
 Domesday 
 
 
 from Domesday Book and 
 
 
 Book, &c. 
 
 
 the Black Book of the Ex- 
 chequer, a List of Monas- 
 teries, and other notes. 
 See also "Agarde's Indexes," 
 vols. 24, 29, 38, 39, 53, and 
 54. 
 
 LIVERY OF LANDS. 
 
 Writs to Escheators, &c. for the Livery of Lands 
 are entered on the Fine Rolls. See CHANCERY 
 ENROLMENTS. 
 
 Warrants from the Court of Wards for Special and 
 General Liveries will be found in the Privy Seal and 
 Signed Bill Bundles. See PRIVY SEALS AND 
 SIGNED BILLS, &c. 
 Liveries, Books of. (Court of Wards and Liveries.) 
 Ben. VIII. to Charles I. 30 Vols. 
 
 [" Miscellaneous Boohs " (Court of Words, d&fc). Vols 54 
 to 83. See also Vols. 173 to 179.] 
 Livery, Writs of, &o. (Palatinate of Chester.) 
 Eliz. to Car. I. 
 
 Alphabetical Calendar. Report XXVI., App., pp. 
 32-3."). 
 General and Special Liveries. (Duohy of Lan- 
 caster.) Temp. Eliz. 2 Files. 
 
 [Div. XI I. Bundle 46.] 
 Calendar. Report XXXTX.. App., pp. 549—562.
 
 208 
 
 LOANS AND BENEVOLENCES. 
 
 Accounts and Assessments relating to Loans and Bene- 
 volences will be found amongst the Subsidy Rolls. See 
 TAXATION. 
 
 Loans, Documents relating to. (Exchequer, Treasuky 
 of the Receipt.) Edw. III. to Oar. I. 
 
 These consist of Letters Patent, &c. for the repajmient 
 of Loans to the King, with Commissions to raise money on 
 loans and the returns thereto, &c, &c. They are amongst 
 the Miscellanea. 
 
 Loans, Letters Patent and Privy Seals for. (Ex- 
 chequer, Treasury of the Receipt.) Hen. VII. to 
 Car. I. 
 
 Register of the Names of Contributors to a Loan. 
 1590. 1 Vol, [S.P. Bom., Eliz., Vol. 236.] 
 
 LUNACY AND IDIOTCY. 
 
 The custody of the lands and persons of Idiots and Luna- 
 tics was of old times vested in the King as a royal prero- 
 gative, which was confirmed and established by Stat. 17 
 Edward II. cap 10. 
 
 Prior to the establishment of the Court of Wards and 
 Liveries by Henry VIII., and also subsequent to its aboli- 
 tion, the jurisdiction over Idiots and Lunatics was entrusted 
 to the Lord Chancellor, by whom all grants were made of 
 the custody of their persons and estates. These Grants 
 were made out by the Clerk of the Custodies and originally 
 enrolled on the Patent Rolls. From the period of the 
 Commonwealth, however, they were entered on separate 
 rolls, and subsequently in books which were kept in the 
 office of the Clerk of the Custodies, and afterwards trans- 
 ferred to that of the Secretary of Lunatics. 
 
 The Grants of Custodies, together with the bonds given 
 by the Committees, or persons to whom such custody was 
 entrusted, were also entered in Docket Books, which 
 exist at the Lunacy Office, from the reign of Charles II. to 
 the present time ; as also the Accounts, Affidavits, Reports, 
 and Orders relating to the estates of lunatics, &c. 
 
 The appointment of Committees of the persons and 
 estates of lunatics, and the examination of their accounts, 
 were, under certain circumstances, vested in the Masters of 
 the Court of Chancery. 
 Lunacy, Commissions and Inquisitions of. (Chancery, 
 Petty Bag Office.) Charles I. to 1852. These con- 
 sist of commissions dc Ivnaiico inquirendo with the returns 
 thereto, arranged alphabetically. 24 Bundles. 
 
 Index. 1 Vol. MS. 

 
 209 
 
 LUNACY AND IDIOTCY— (continued). 
 
 Lunacy Commissions, &c. — (continued). 
 
 Do. 1853 to L869. 8 Bundle*, arranged chronologically. 
 Indexes at the Crown Office, Queen's Bench. 
 
 Inquisitions on Writs " de lunatico inquirendo" of 
 
 earlier dates are placed with the "INQUISITIONS I'OST 
 
 Mortem." 
 Lunacy Commissions, &o. (Palatinate of Lancaster.) 
 Car. II. to Will. IV. 1 Bundle. 
 
 MANOES, EXTENTS OP, &c. 
 
 A Manor appears to have constituted originally a cer- 
 tain circuit of ground granted by the King to some 
 Baron or man of worth, as an inheritance for_ him and his 
 heirs, with the exercise of such jurisdiction within the said 
 compass as the King saw lit to grant, and subject to the 
 performance of such services and yearly rents as were by 
 the grant required. 
 
 The greater Barons, who thus held a large extent of 
 territory under the Crown, frequently granted out to in- 
 ferior persons smaller manors, to be held from themselves 
 as superior lords, and rendering to them similar rents and 
 services, the superior lord being then called the Lord 
 Paramount over all such manors, and his seignory being 
 frequently termed an Honour, especially if it had belonged 
 to an ancient feudal Baron, or had been at any time in the 
 hands of the Crown. In imitation of this practice, the 
 inferior lords began to carve out and grant to others on 
 similar terms still more minute estates, till the superior 
 lords observed, that by this process of sub-infeudation 
 they lost all their feudal profits, as wardships, marriages, 
 escheats, &c, which fell into the hands of the mesne or 
 middle lords, who were the immediate superiors of the 
 tenant or occupier of the land ; and also, that the mesne 
 lords were so impoverished by the diminution of their 
 estates, that they were disabled from performing the ser- 
 vices due from them. This occasioned, firstly, a provision 
 in the Great Charter of 9 Henry III. " that no man 
 " should either give or sell his land without reserving 
 " sufficient to answer the demands of his lord," and after- 
 wards the Statute of " Quia Emptorts" 18 Edward I., 
 which directs that, in all sales or feoffments of lands, the 
 feoffee shall hold the same, not of the immediate feoffor but 
 of the chief lord of the Fee, and subsequent to which no 
 new manors were created. 
 
 In 4 Edward 1. a Statute was framed known as the 
 « Extents Manerii," [Statutes of the Realm, Vol I, p. 242] 
 containing directions for extending and surveying manors 
 which, although there is no evidence of any general survey 
 
 w 80195. O
 
 210 
 
 MANORS, EXTENTS OF, &c— (continued). 
 
 throughout the kingdom being then taken, appears to have 
 resulted in numerous Extents or Surveys being taken from 
 time to time, many of which will be found amongst the 
 Inquisitions Post Mortem, and also amongst the " Miscel- 
 lanea " of the Exchequer, Queen's Remembrancer, of 
 which a separate collection has been formed. 
 
 Numerous Surveys of Manors exist also amongst the 
 "Special Commissions" of the Exchequer, Queen's 
 Remembrancer. See COMMISSIONS. 
 
 Depositions relating to the Customs and Boundaries of 
 Manors and Decrees thereon are frequently referred to in 
 the Calendar of " Depositions taken by Commission " 
 (Exchequer, Q. R.), printed in Reports XXXVIII., 
 XXXIX., and XL., and in Martin's " Index to the 
 Exchequer Records." 
 
 Decrees relating to the Customs and Boundaries of 
 Manors are frequently enrolled on the Chancery Decree 
 Rolls, to which there is an Index Locorum. 
 
 See also RENTALS AND SURVEYS. 
 
 MANUMISSIONS. 
 
 Deeds of manumission of villeins will be found amongst 
 the several series of Ancient Deeds and Charters. See 
 DEEDS (ANCIENT). 
 
 There is amongst the Duchy of Lancaster Records a 
 volume containing entries of Manumissions in the reign of 
 Elizabeth. 
 
 [Duchy of Lane., Div. XT., No. 101.] 
 
 The original Instruments of Manumission, with Certifi- 
 cates of the Lands and Goods of Bond Men and Bond 
 Women in several Counties, are amongst the Miscellaneous 
 Records of the Duchy. 
 
 [Div. XXV., B.B., Nos. 1 to 3.] 
 
 MAPS, PLANS, AND CHARTS. 
 State Paper Office. 
 
 A collection of Maps, Plans, and Charts (English, 
 Colonial, and Foreign) partly MS. and partly engraved, 
 contained in 34 Vols, and 10 Cases. 
 
 Alphabetical Index. 1 Vol. MS. 
 Maps of Ireland. See IRELAND. 
 
 Maps and Plans of Manors belonging to the Duchy of 
 Lancaster. See SURVEYS. 
 
 Mips and Plans annexed to Inclosure Awards. See 
 DEEDS ENROLLED (p. 81). 
 
 MARKETS AND FAIRS. 
 
 Grants of Markets and Fairs are enrolled on the Charter 
 and Patent Rolls. See CHANCERY ENROL- 
 MENTS.
 
 211 
 
 MARKETS AND FAIRS— (continued). 
 
 There is also amongst the Miscellaneous Rolls, &c. of 
 the Court of Chancery a File of Grants and Claims of 
 Markets, Fairs, Free Warren, &c. (Bundle 6)j which is 
 calendared in " Palmer's Indexes,'* Vol. 106. 
 
 A List of all Markets and Fain granted under the Seal 
 of the Duchy of Lancaster is contained in the volume 
 known as "Great Ayloffe," fol. 40-47. 
 
 For Inquisitions " ad quod damnum '" taken prior to 
 granting a Market or Fair, see INQUISITIONS. 
 
 Chronological List of Grants of Markets and Fairs. 
 John to Edw. IV. [" Palmers Indexes;' Vol. 93.]* 
 
 MEMORANDA ROLLS OF THE EXCHEQUER. 
 
 Memoranda Rolls, (Exchequer, Queen's Remem- 
 brancer.) 1 Henry III. to 1848. 
 
 The Memoranda Rolls of the Queen's Remembrancer 
 of the Exchequer contain enrolments of Writs of Scire 
 Facias for the recovery of debts due to the Crown with 
 the proceedings thereon — of Informations on Seizures 
 made in the several Ports of goods forfeited for nonpay- 
 ment of customs or for unlawful importation — of Tran- 
 scripts of Outlawries and other proceedings whereby lands 
 or goods were forfeited to the Crown — of Special Com- 
 missions of Inquiry with the Returns thereto — of Informa- 
 tions of Intrusion on the Royal Forests and Wastes, ilscc. — 
 and of Recognizances and Bonds of various kinds, such as 
 those entered into by Printers and Publishers, &c, &c. 
 
 They also contain enrolments of Grants and Letters 
 Patent for several purposes, of "Warrants and Constitutions 
 under the Sign Manual, of many Decrees and Orders in 
 causes on the Equity side of the Exchequer, and of such 
 Deeds and Instruments between private individuals as 
 were acknowledged before the Barons of the Exchequer. 
 
 The Coming of the Sheriffs and other Accountants to 
 the Exchequer to make their half-yearly Profers, and the 
 States and Views of the Public Accounts of the Kingdom 
 with others matters concerning the collection of the 
 Revenue are also entered on these rolls in the same manner 
 as on the rolls of the Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer. 
 
 Repertories.] 1 Edw. I. to 32 Charles II. 
 
 Indexes called "Agenda Books." 35 Hen. VI 1 1, to 
 12 Victoria. 35 Vols. 
 
 Martin's * Index to the Exchequer Records." 1 1 Vol. 
 Svo. 
 
 Do. (Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer.) 
 
 1 Hen. III. to 5 Wm. IV. 
 
 * This List has been recently printed by the Royal Commission on Market Rights, .tc. 
 t Prior to the reign of Edward III. these Repertories are very meagre. 
 
 o 2
 
 212 
 
 MEMORANDA ROLLS OF THE EXCHEQUER— 
 
 (continued). 
 
 Memoranda Rolls, &c. — (continued). 
 
 The Memoranda Rolls of the Lord Treasurer's Remem- 
 brancer contain the enrolments of the Coming of Sheriffs, 
 Bailffs, Escheators, &c. to the Exchequer to make their 
 Profers and to render their Accounts — of Recognizances 
 or acknowledgments of debt to the King and others — of 
 Commissions and Letters Patent — of the " Communia" or 
 Common Matters or business of the Court in each Term 
 such as Pleadings and Judgments on Writs of quo titulo 
 clamat, and quare maneria, &c. in manibus Regis seisiri 11011 
 debent — of Claims of Liberties, Franchises, and Privileges 
 by Cities, Boroughs and Towns, &c. — of Pleadings respect- 
 ing the Fines, Issues and Amerciaments contained in the 
 Rolls of Estreats returned into the Exchequer from the 
 Courts at Westminster and other jurisdictions — of Proceed- 
 ings relating to the Accounts of Sheriffs, Escheators, and 
 Bailiffs, and of a variety of matters relating to the charge 
 and discharge of the King's Debtors and Accountants — 
 of States and Views of the Accounts of Sheriffs and other 
 Accountants — of the Presentations and Admissions of 
 Officers of the Court — of Bails or " Manucaptions " — of 
 Fines for Homage or Reliefs — of the " Precepta " or 
 Orders of the Court made with respect to the Accounts of 
 Sheriffs and others — and of the Writs and Process of 
 various kinds issuing from the Lord Treasurer's Depart- 
 ment. 
 
 They also contain the Enrolments of such Deeds and 
 Instruments as were acknowledged before one of the Barons 
 of the Exchequer and enrolled for safe custody. 
 Repertories {General). 1 Edw. HI. to 1653. 
 Repertories to " Fines and Reliefs." Edw. I. to 
 
 Edw. III. 
 Repertories to " Manucap clones." 20 Hen. VII. to 
 
 12 Eliz. 
 Repertories to " Precepta." 1 Edw. III. to 1 Jas. I. 
 Repertories to " States and Views of Accounts." 1 
 
 Edw. III. to 14 Jas. I. 
 Indexes, called " Agenda Books." 2 Jas. I. to 3 Will. IV. 
 
 9 Vols. 
 
 Do. called " Madox's Index" Various Dates. 
 
 3 Vols, containing selections from the Memoranda 
 
 Roll?. (Incorporated in Jones's Index to the Records.) 
 Abstracts jrom the Memoranda Rolls. 8 Hen. III. to 
 
 20 Edw. I. 4 Vols. 
 " T ay hare's Index " to the Memoranda and Originalia 
 
 Rolls. 1 Vol. MS. arranged alphabetically under 
 
 places. (The references are incorporated in Jones s 
 
 Index.)
 
 213 
 
 MEMORANDA ROLLS OF THE EXCHEQUER— 
 
 (continued). 
 
 Memoranda Rolls, kc. — (continued). 
 
 Jones's Index to the Records. Selections from the 
 Memoranda and ( triginalia Rolls arranged alphabeti- 
 cally under places and printed in 2 Vols, folio. Vol. 1. 
 relates to the Originalia Rolls only from Hen. VIII. 
 to A line Vol. 2, to the Memoranda Rolls from 
 Hen. HI to Geo. II. 
 
 Exohequeb Proceedings subsidiary to the Memos lnda 
 Rolls. (Exchequer, Q. R.) Henry III. to James I. 
 
 These consist of Bills and Petitions of Accountants. 
 Informations and Pleadings thereon, Writs of Distringas, 
 Writs and Returns of various kinds, and other Memoranda 
 relating to the business of the Exchequer, being, in fact, 
 the original documents in connexion with the proceedings 
 enrolled on the Memoranda Rolls of the Queen's Remem- 
 brancer. In the earlier bundles are also contained many 
 Transcripts from the Assize Rolls and from the Placita 
 coram Rege, Placita coram Baronibus de Scaccario, and 
 Placita de Banco. 
 
 Descriptive Slips. 
 
 Pleas before the Barons of the Exchequer, with Extents 
 and Inquisitions of various kinds. Temp. Edward III. 
 1 Vol. [Misc. Books (Augmentation Office), Vol. 487.] 
 
 "Biir.viA de Scaccario/' 1 to 8 Elizabeth. 
 
 Two vols, containing copies of Writs issued by the 
 Queen's Remembrancer of the Exchequer against sundry 
 Debtors and Accountants to the Crown. 
 
 [Misc. Books (Augmentation Office), Vols. 26 ami 27.] 
 
 MINES. 
 
 Mines, Accounts of. (Exchequer Q. R.) Edward I. 
 to Charles I. 
 
 Accounts of the receipts and expenses of the royal 
 mines in Devon and Cornwall, including the wages of 
 workmen, expenses of implements, &e., together with 
 Rolls of the "Cunagium Stanni" or" Stannary Rolls" 
 thereto belonging. 
 
 Similar accounts formerly existing amongst the Miscel- 
 lanea of the Treasury of the Receipt and amongst the 
 Records relating to the Duchy of Cornwall have been 
 added to this class. 
 
 Accounts ok the Cunagium Stanni. 13 Elizabeth to 
 Kill. 2 Vols. 
 [Misc. Books (Augmentation Office), Vols. 353 and 354.]
 
 214 
 
 MINISTERS' AND RECEIVERS' ACCOUNTS. 
 
 Under this title may be included the yearly Accounts of 
 all Bailiff's, Farmers, Reeves, Collectors, Receivers, and 
 other Officers or Ministers of such Manors and Lands 
 belonging to the Ancient Demesne of the Crown as did 
 not form part of the Fir ma Comitatus or yearly Farm of 
 the Sheriff, and also of such lands as were acquired from 
 time to time by escheat, forfeiture, or otherwise. 
 
 Amongst them will be found also numerous Accounts 
 as rendered to the Lords of the several Manors, &c. by 
 their respective Bailiffs or Farmers anterior to the date 
 of their acquisition by the Crown. 
 
 The Ministers' Accounts of the lands in the hands of the 
 Crown were at first entered, together with the Sheriffs 
 Accounts, on the Pipe Rolls, and subsequently, when from 
 the ever-increasing business of the Exchequer these Rolls 
 increased in bulk to an unmanageable degree, on a separate 
 series of Rolls called the Rolls of " Fokeign Accounts," 
 that is to say, of such accounts as were foreign to the 
 Sheriff's jurisdiction. It appears, however, to have been 
 the practice of the Bailiffs, Reeves, and other " Ministers " 
 to bring with them to the Exchequer on the occasion of 
 their yearly audit a Compotus or Account of their Receipts 
 and Expenses, and also a Roll of the Particulars of such 
 Accounts which, after comparison with the Accounts or 
 Abstracts thereof entered on the Pipe Rolls or the Foreign 
 Rolls, were left by the Accountants in the Treasury of the 
 Exchequer, where they form a large and important class of 
 documents containing the minutest details of the manage- 
 ment and revenue of the various lands, manors, and tene- 
 ments in the hands of the Crown from a very early period. 
 
 Early in the reign of Henry VII., in order to ensure a 
 more speed}* payment of his revenues than could have been 
 arrived at by following the ordinary course of the Ex- 
 chequer, an informal practice was introduced by which 
 certain lands were withdrawn from the direct survey or 
 control of that Court, and the Accounts thereof taken by 
 Avord of mouth before " Special Commissioners" appointed 
 for that purpose, by whom the sums received were paid 
 into the Treasury of the King's Chamber. 
 
 This was followed by the appointment, in the third year 
 of Henry VIII., of " General Surveyors and Approvers of 
 the King's Lands," who were legally authorised to call the 
 Accountants before them to the King's Chamber instead 
 of to the Exchequer itself, which hitherto was the only 
 lawful method, and by Statute 33 Hen. VIII. c. 39, in 
 order to render the said General Surveyors entirely inde- 
 pendent of any other Court or Jurisdiction, a Court was 
 erected called the " Court of the General Surveyors of the 
 King's Lands," and consisting of the King's Surveyors,
 
 2 1 5 
 
 MINISTERS' AND RECEIVERS' ACCOUNTS, &c. 
 — (continued). 
 
 a Treasurer, Attorney, Master oi* the Woods, Auditors, 
 Receivers, and other officers, under the BVirvey of which 
 were placed all lands accruing to the Crown by Attainder, 
 Escheat^ or Forfeiture, 
 
 By a previous Statute (2~ lien. VJIJ. rap 27, a Court 
 had been erected for tin- management of the vast revenues* 
 arising from the possessions oi the dissolved .Monasteries 
 under tire title of the Court of the Augmentations of the 
 1{( venues of tin- Crown, within the survey of which were 
 placed not only the revenues of the dissolved Monasteries) 
 l>ut also all lands, &c. acquired or to be acquired by Pur- 
 cha.se or Exchange. This Court comprised a Chancellor 
 who was empowered to make gifts, grants, &c. under the 
 Seal of the Court, a Treasurer, Attorney, Solicitor, and 
 Particular Auditors and Receivers. 
 
 Both the above-mentioned Courts were dissolved by 
 Letters Patent of the :58th year of Henry VIII., and a 
 "New Court of the Augmentations" erected, with full juris- 
 diction over all the revenues heretofore in the survey of 
 the said abolished Courts, and over all honors, castles, 
 seignories, manors, lands, kc. within England, Wales, Calais, 
 and the Marches thereof, which might thereafter come to 
 the King by any Act of Parliament or by any Gift, Grant, 
 Surrender, Bargain and Sale, or by Forfeiture, Attainder, 
 or Escheat. A proviso was, however, inserted that such 
 honours, &c. as were already in the survey of the Court of 
 Exchequer or of the Duchy of Lancaster should continue 
 in the same. 
 
 The principal Officers of this Court consisted of — 
 
 A Chancellor. 
 
 Two General Surveyoi's. 
 
 A Treasurer. 
 
 Two Masters of the Woods (one for the North and 
 one for the South side of Trent). 
 
 Two Surveyors of the Woods. 
 
 Ten Auditors of the Revenues. 
 
 Two Auditors of Imprests &c. 
 
 Eleven Receivers. 
 
 Particular Surveyors for each County. 
 
 An Attorney, Solicitor, Clerk, &c, &C. 
 This Court was in turn abolished by authority of the 
 Stat. 1 Mary. cap. 10, and the business thereof transferred 
 to the Exchequer. The ancient mode of collecting the 
 revenues through the Sheriffs was not, however, restored, 
 the several Ministers and Receivers rendering their Accounts, 
 as heretofore, to the Auditors of the Exchequer, now called 
 the Auditors of the J. and Revenue, and the sums due from 
 them being paid directly to the Receipt of the Exchequer, 
 instead of to a Treasurer.
 
 216 
 
 MINISTERS' AND RECEIVERS' ACCOUNTS, &C. 
 
 — (continued). 
 
 In the 32nd year of Henry VIII. a " Court of Wards'* 
 was established for the especial management of the revenues 
 arising from the possessions of Minors, Idiots, and Lunatics, 
 and other profits incident to the Tenures in Capite, and in 
 the following year the Liveries of Lands were subjected 
 to the jurisdiction of the same Court, which was thence- 
 forward known as the " Court of Wards and Liveries." 
 The principal Officers of this Court consisted of a Master, 
 an Attorney, a Receiver-General, two Auditors, and Par- 
 ticular Auditors and Receivers, by whom a distinct series 
 of Accounts relating to the possessions of Wards and 
 Minors was rendered to the Exchequer, which Accounts 
 exist from the establishment of the Court to the final 
 abolition of Feudal Tenures at the Restoration. 
 
 Subsequent to the Restoration the Gross Sums^ only- 
 arising from each particular district, in which no variation 
 was thenceforward made, were accounted for by the several 
 Receivers, no record being kept of the rents by which they 
 were made up, the persons by whom they were payable, 
 or the lands out of which they issued, and the Accounts of 
 the Bailiffs, Reeves, or other local Collectors being no 
 longer returned to the Exchequer. 
 
 With that period, therefore, the Ministers' Accounts as 
 a series may be said to terminate. The Rentals and other 
 documents "relating to the management of the Crown pro- 
 perty of a subsequent date will be found at the office of 
 the Land Revenue Records and Inrolments. 
 
 The following list represents the principal classes of 
 Ministers' and Receivers' Accounts, arranged according to 
 the Courts to which they belong. 
 
 A General Inventory of all the Ministers' Accounts 
 prior to the reign of Henry VII. has been issued (Lists 
 and Indexes, No. V., 1894). 
 
 Exchequer, Queen's Remembrancer. 
 
 Ministers' Accounts (General Series). Henry III. to 
 Richard III. 
 
 These consist mainly of original Accounts and Parti- 
 culars of Accounts of the Bailiffs, Reeves, and other 
 Ministers of such Honours and Lands as formed part of 
 the Ancient Demesne or from time to time came into the 
 hands of the Crown by escheat, forfeiture, or otherwise 
 (including the Temporalities of various Religious Houses), 
 which were formerly preserved amongst the so-called 
 Ancient Miscellanea of the Queen's Remembrancer's 
 Department, the collection comprising 880 Bundles or 
 Parcels, a brief list of which is given in the Appendix to 
 the Deputy Keeper's 20th Report, pp. 95-111. With 
 these however, have been incorporated analogous docu-
 
 217 
 
 MINISTERS' AND RECEIVERS 1 ACCOUNTS, &c. 
 
 — (continued). 
 
 Exchequer, Queen's Remembrancer — (continued;, 
 ments formerly preserved in the Chapter House at 
 Westminster, in the < office of Land Revenue Records, and 
 in the Tower of London. 
 
 The contents of these Rolls are set out at length in the 
 Genera] [nventory above referred to. 
 
 Ministers' Accounts (General Sebies). Henry \'ll. 
 
 to Charles II. 
 
 In this class are included the Ministers' Accounts of the 
 Courts of General Surveyors and of the Augmentations, 
 and those which subsequent to the abolition of those 
 Courts were preserved in the Augmentation Office of the 
 Exchequer and the Office of Land Revenue Records, with 
 which have been incorporated the Accounts of the Court 
 of Wards and Liveries and also those of the Duchy of 
 Cornwall between the above-mentioned dates. 
 
 These are at present arranged chronologically, but in 
 order to facilitate the production of consecutive Rolls they 
 will shortly be re-arranged county-wise, and a General 
 Inventory of them will be issued. 
 
 Such an Inventory has already been completed for the 
 reign of Henry VII. There is a Chronological List of the 
 remainder of these Accounts in 3 Vols. 
 
 Alien Priories, &c, Accounts of. 22 Edw. I. to 22 
 Edw. IV. 
 
 These consist of the Accounts of Bailiffs and other 
 Ministers, relating to the possessions of the Alien Religious 
 Houses in England, and also of laymen who were foreign 
 subjects. 
 
 The Alien Priories were cells or small convents estab- 
 lished by and subordinate to such foreign monasteries as 
 held possessions in this country. Some of these were con- 
 ventual, that is to say, choosing their own priors and 
 applying the revenues they received to their own use and 
 benefit, paying an obvention or acknowledgment only to 
 the foreign house; whilst others were entirely dependent 
 thereon and transmitted thereto the whole of their 
 revenues. For this reason their estates were generally 
 confiscated on the breaking out of a war between England 
 and France, being, however, restored to them on the return 
 of peace. Such confiscations took place in the reiirns of 
 Edward I, Edward II, Edward III., and Richard II. 
 The Alien Priories were finally dissolved by Act of Par- 
 liament 2 Henry V.. and all their estate- vested in the 
 Crown, except some lands granted to the College of 
 Fotheringay. A full description of these Priories is 
 printed in Dugdale's Mpnasticon, Vol VI., Pt. II., pp. 985- 
 1119.
 
 218 
 
 MINISTERS' AND RECEIVERS' ACCOUNTS^ &c. 
 
 — (continued). 
 
 Exchequer, Queen's Remembrancer — (continued). 
 Alien Priories, &c. — (continued). 
 
 These Accounts are included in the General Inventory of 
 Ministers' Accounts, Henry III. to Richard III. (Lists and 
 Indexes, No. V. 1894). 
 
 Bishops' Temporalities, Accounts of. Henry III. to 
 Richard III. 
 
 These consist chiefly of Bailiffs' and Ministers' Accounts 
 of the possessions of the various Bishoprics whilst _ they 
 were in the hands of the Crown during the vacancies of 
 the respective sees. They are included in the General 
 Inventory above referred to. 
 
 Subsequent to the reign of Richard III. these accounts 
 are included in the General Series of Ministers' Accounts. 
 
 Contrariants' Lands, Accounts of, &c. Edward II. 
 
 The Ministers' Accounts relating to Contrariants' Lands 
 are included in the General Inventory of Ministers' 
 Accounts, Henry III. to Richard III. 
 
 There are also amongst the Records of the Exchequer, 
 LordTreasurer's Remembrancer, three large Rolls belonging 
 apparently to the Series of " Foreign Accounts," containing 
 very full Accounts of the issues of the lands and tenements 
 of the '* Contrariants " in various counties, from 14 to 20 
 Edward II. 
 Knights Templars, Accounts of the Possessions of 
 the. Edward II. These are included in the General 
 Inventory above mentioned. 
 
 There are also amongst the Records of the Exchequer, 
 Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer, three large Rolls con- 
 taining accounts of the possessions of the Knight's Templars, 
 with a Repertory thereof (see below). 
 
 An Inquisition taken in 1185 by Geoffrey FitzStephen, 
 Master of the Order of Knights Templars, as to their pos- 
 session in England, will be found amongst the Miscell- 
 aneous Books of the Queen's Remembrancer's Office. 
 
 [Vol. 16.] 
 
 Exchequer, Augmentation Office. 
 
 Ministers' Accounts, Books of, Henry VII. to Edward 
 
 VI. 
 
 41 volumes, consisting chiefly of Receivers' and Receiver- 
 Generals' Accounts. 
 
 [Misc. Books, Vols. 268 to 308.] 
 
 Ministers' Accounts, Arrears of. Henry VII. to 
 James I. 10 Vols. 
 
 [Misc. Books, Vols. 7 to 14, Vol. 25, and Vol. 28.]
 
 219 
 
 MINISTERS' AND RECEIVERS' ACCOUNTS, &c. 
 
 — (continued ). 
 
 Exchequer, Augmentation Office — (continued). 
 
 Ministers' Accounts, Views of. Henry VIII. to 
 James I. 1:5 Vol:*. 
 
 [Misc. Booh, Vols. 442 to 454.] 
 
 Treasurers' Accounts. 28 Hen. VIII. to 1 Mary. LO 
 
 Rolls. 
 
 These contain an Account of all moneys received or 
 paid by the Treasurer of the Court of Augmentation-, 
 Bpeoifying the amounts received from the Particular Re- 
 ceivers of the Revenues of the dissolved Monasteries, &c, 
 in the various Counties throughout England and Wales, 
 with the sums produced by the sale of their Jewels, Plate, 
 and Ornaments ; the Fines or Compositions received for the 
 Toleration and Continuance of certain Religious Houses ; 
 and the various sums received by Sales of Lands, &c, with 
 an exact description of the premises sold, the name of the 
 purchaser, and date of purchase, &c. 
 
 The payments comprise the Fees and Wages to Officers 
 of the Court, Annuities to Royal and other personages, 
 Pensions to the Abbots, Priors, and others of the dissolved 
 Monasteries, and payments of various kinds made by 
 Warrant of the Chancellor of the Court of Augmentations 
 or otherwise. 
 Woods, Accounts of Sales of. Henry VIII. to James I. 
 
 2 Vols. 
 
 Do. Henry VIII. to Elizabeth. 6 Vols. 
 
 [Misc. Boohs, Vols. 457 to 462.] 
 
 Exchequer, Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer. 
 
 CONTRARIANTS' LANDS KnkOLLED ACCOUNTS OF. 14 
 
 to 20 Edward II. 3 Rolls. 
 Queen's Lvnds, Enrolled Accounts of. Edw, III., 
 Ric. II., and Hen. IV. 
 
 These contain Enrolments of Accounts relating to the 
 lands and possessions of Philippa, Anne, and Johanna, 
 Queens of England. A brief summary of the Accounts 
 only is given. 
 
 Templars' Lands, Enrolled Accounts of. Edward II. 
 
 Three large Rolls containing enrolments of the Accounts 
 
 of the possessions of the Knights Templars in various 
 
 Counties, which were seized into the King's hands on the 
 
 expulsion oi' that < )rder. 
 
 Repertory* 1 Roll. 
 
 Foreign Accounts, Rolls of. Edw. III. to Car. II 
 23 Roll- 
 See REVENUE ROLLS.
 
 220 
 
 MINISTERS' AND RECEIVERS' ACCOUNTS, &c. 
 
 — (continued). 
 
 Court of Wards and Liveries. 
 
 The Accounts of the Bailiffs ami Receivers of the Pos- 
 
 91 asions of Minors and of other Royal Wards under the 
 
 Survey of the Court of Wards and Liveries have been 
 
 incorporated with the General Series of Ministers' 
 
 Accounts. The following Accounts made up in the form 
 
 of Books remain with the Miscellaneous Books of 
 
 the Court. 
 
 Views of Accounts. 37 Hen. VIII. to 9 Car. I. 38 
 
 Vols. 
 
 [Nos. 1 to 38.] 
 
 Books of Arrears. Hen. VIII. to 21 Car. I. 12 Vols. 
 
 [Nos. 42 to 53.] 
 
 Receiver-Generals' Accounts. 26 Hen. VIII. to 17 
 
 Car. I. 71 Vols. 
 
 [Nos. 361 to 431.] 
 
 Feodaries' Accounts. 33 Hen. VIII. to 15 Car. I. 82 
 
 Vols. 
 
 [Nos. 432 to 513.] 
 
 The following Accounts relating to the possessions of 
 Wards are amongst the Miscellaneous Books of the 
 Treasury of the Receipt : — 
 
 Vol" 212. Declarations of Accounts of the possessions of 
 
 Wards 21 Hen - YIL 
 
 Vol. 246. Docket Book of Sales of Wards. 18-20 Hen. VIII. 
 
 Vol. 247. Ministers' Accounts of the possessions of Wards. 
 
 Vol. 248. Do. 22-23 Hen. VII. 
 
 Vol. 249. Feodaries' Account, Kent. 43 Eliz. to 5 Jas. I. 
 
 Duchy of Lancaster. 
 
 Ministers' and Eeceivers' Accounts. Edward I. to 
 George III. 
 
 A Calendar and Index to this Collection, which consists 
 of Ministers' Accounts, Accounts of Particular Eeceivers, 
 and Receivers' Declared Accounts, is printed in Report 
 XLV, App. 1, pp. 1-152. Those of an earlier date than 
 Henry VII. are included in the General Inventory of 
 Ministers' Accounts. (Lists and Indexes, No. V. 1894). 
 
 Receives General's Accounts, &c. Edw. III. to 1771; 
 
 [Div. XXVIII.] 
 
 Then- consist of the Accounts of the Keeper of the 
 Wardrobe and Treasurer of the Household and of the 
 Receiver-General's Accounts, and States of the Revenue 
 of the whole Duchy of Lancaster. They include Trea- 
 surer's and Comptroller's Accounts of the Town and 
 Marches of Calais from 8 to 18 Henry VII. 
 
 Descriptive Catalogue. Report XXX., App., pp. 35-38.
 
 221 
 
 MINISTERS' AND RECEIVERS' ACCOUNTS, &c. 
 
 — (continued). 
 
 Principality of Wales and Palatinate of Chester. 
 
 The Ministers' Accounts relating to Wales and Chester 
 prior to the reign of Henrj VII., including the Chamber- 
 Iain's ;iik1 Receiver-General's Accounts, are included in 
 the General Inventory of Ministers' Account- above 
 referred to. 
 
 Those of a later date than Richard III. will be found 
 in the General Series of Ministers' Account- < II nry VII. 
 to Charles II.) 
 
 Ireland. 
 
 Ministers' Accounts. Edw. I. to Edw. III. 
 
 These relate to the possessions of Roger Bigod, Earl of 
 Norfolk, Thomas, Karl of Ormond, Elizabeth de Burgo, 
 Lady of Clare, and others, and are included in the General 
 Inventory above referred to. 
 
 MINT. 
 
 In 1848 a Royal Commission was appointed to inquire 
 into the constitution, management, and expense of the 
 Mint, and the Report of the Commissioners, which was 
 presented to Parliament in the following year, contains a 
 complete history of the several Mints. 
 
 The Accounts and other documents relating thereto 
 include the following : — 
 
 Mint, Accounts, &c, relating to the. (Exchi <,>uer, 
 Queen's Remembrancer.) Henry III. to Geor_ [I, 
 
 These consist of the accounts of the " Custos Cambii et 
 Monetcn " (at London and Canterbury), from Hen y III 
 to Hcnrv VIII. ; of the Controller of the Miu , from 
 Henry III. to Elizabeth ; of the Master of the Mint, from 
 Edw. I. to Geo. II. ; and of Miscellaneous Documents 
 relating to Mint and Coinage, including those formerly 
 preserved in the Treasury of the Receipt l»1 the 
 Exchequer. 
 
 Calendar. 1 Vol. MS. 
 
 Do. (Audit Office and Pipe Oi T rE.) 
 
 Accounts of the Wardens of the Mint, 1536 to 1815. 
 
 Do. of the Masters and Workers. 1(»2(J to 827i 
 
 Do. of Purchases and Sales of Tin. 1603 ti !t!65, 
 
 and 1703 to 1725. 
 
 Controlment Rolls. 10 James I. to 18 Charle I 
 
 Miscellaneous Accounts. 1547 to 17oti. 
 
 See List of" Declared Accounts " (Lists and I lexes, 
 No. II. 1893).
 
 222 
 
 MINT — (continued). 
 
 Mint, Accounts, &c. — (continued). 
 
 The following documents relating to the Mint are 
 amongst the Miscellaneous Books of the Treasury of the 
 Receipt : — 
 
 Vol. 99. Book of Charges of the Old Mint House at 
 the Tower. 18 Henry VIII. 
 
 Vol. 100. Assay Rolls and other documents relating to 
 the Mint. Henry VIII. to Geo. I. 
 
 Vol. 101. Memoranda relating to the Trial of the 
 Pix. 
 
 ROTULUS EMPTIONUM ARGENTI FACTARUM IN CAMBIO 
 
 Londoni^e, &c. 50-55 Henry III. 
 
 [Misc. Bolls, &c. {Chancery) No. \?.] 
 
 Trials of the Pix, Proceedings on. (Exchequer, 
 Q. R.) 1603 to 1824. 1 Package. 
 
 Documents relating to the Mint will also be found 
 amongst the Treasury Records. 
 
 MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS. 
 
 The principal classes of Miscellaneous Books preserved 
 in the Public Record Office are those of the Queen's 
 Remembrancer's Department in the Exchequer, of the 
 Treasury of the Receipt of the Exchequer or Chapter 
 House, and of the Augmentation Office in the Exchequer. 
 A brief list of each class is appended. 
 
 Many of these books are more fully described in the 
 present volume under the heads to which they belong, and 
 those which contain Court Rolls, Ministers' Accounts, or 
 Rentals and Surveys, will be exhaustively dealt with in 
 the Lists of those documents now in progress. 
 
 Exchequer, Queen's Remembrancer. 
 
 Vol. 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 3 
 4 
 5 
 6 
 7 
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 9 
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 A " Breviate " of Domesday Book, with other 
 
 Memoranda. 
 The Bed Book of the Exchequer. 
 Book of Aids - 
 
 Book of Knight's Fees - 
 Testa de Nevill. (Vol. I.) 
 
 Do. do. (Vol. 2). 
 Book of Fifteenths and Tenths 
 Transcript of the Great Cowcher of the Duchy of 
 
 Lancaster. (Vol. 1.) 
 Transcripts of Statutes - 
 
 Do. - 
 
 Do. ... 
 
 The Black Book of the Exchequer, or Liher Niger 
 
 Parvus. 
 Pope Nicholas' Taxation. Vol. 1 (York). 
 
 Do. Vol. 2 ( Canterbury) . 
 
 Tenures in "Warwick (Transcripts of the Inquisi- 
 
 tiones Hundredorum), 
 Templars' Lands, Inquisition concerning - 
 
 Temp. Edw. I. 
 
 20 Edw. III. 
 6 Hen. VI. 
 
 3 Hen. V. 
 
 John to Kic. II. 
 Edw. III. to Hen. VI. 
 Edw.IV.toHen.VIII. 
 
 31 Hen. II.
 
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 Tran-.i-i j.t of Kirk by 's I ) - - - Temp. Bdw. 1. 
 
 Rental, &c. of the Priory of Bolj Trinity, Londou 
 (,'hartulary of Torn ■ Abbey. 
 
 Do. Godstowi- Nunnery. 
 Do. Coventry Prior}. 
 Do. Warwick College. 
 Do. Newstead Priory. 
 Do. Malmeabury Abbey. 
 Do. Chertscy Abbey. 
 Do. Oseney Abbey. 
 Do. St. Augustine's Monastery, Canter- 
 bury. 
 Do. Ramsey Abbey. 
 Do. Langdon Abbey. 
 Visitation of the Archdeaconry of Norwich - 
 Cardinal Pole's Pension Rook ... 
 The Pook of Common Prayer, deposited pursuant 
 
 to the Act of Uniformity. 
 Enrolments of Deeds of Bargain and Sale - 
 
 Do. do. 
 
 Accounts of the Voyages of Martin Frobisher 
 
 (Vol. 1.) 
 Do. do. (Vol. 2.) 
 
 lluinberstone's Survey. (Vol. 1 ) - 
 
 Do. (Vol. 2.) - - - 
 
 Surveys of Religious Houses in Somerset, Wilts, 
 
 Gloucester, aEd Worcester. 
 Survey of the Possessions of the Archbishop of 
 
 Canterbury. 
 Survey of the Possessions of Thomas Lord Paget 
 
 and Charles Paget. 
 Survey of the Possessions of Leonard Dacre 
 Survey of the Manor of Claxby, co. Lincoln 
 Survey of the Manor of Elthain, co. Kent - 
 Survey of the Possessions of Thomas, Duke of 
 Norfolk, and Philip, Earl of Arundel, in London 
 and Middlesex. 
 Survey of the Possessions of the same in Norfolk, 
 
 Suffolk, Cambridge, and Essex. 
 Surrey of the Honor of Penrith and of Inglewood 
 
 Forest. 
 An Ancient Repertory of Eseheators' Accounts. 
 A Book of Notes of Old Indentures 
 A Rook of Payments iu connection with the Post 
 Rook of Obligations for Survey of Woods - 
 A Pook relating to the Sale of Crown Lands 
 
 Copies of Leasee by Queen Anne in 14 .lame- I., 
 
 also Copies of Orders made by the Trustees for 
 the sale of Fee Farm Bents. 
 ( lopies of Leases granted by Bobert Earl of Holland 
 Account Rooks of the Stewards of Lords Warwick 
 and Holland. 
 
 Do. do. 
 
 Do. do. 
 
 Do. do. 
 
 Do. do. 
 
 A Journal relating to the removal of the Records of 
 the Court of Exchequer. 
 
 Temp. Edw. III. 
 
 2 & 3 Philip & Mary. 
 
 14 Car. II. 
 
 Temp. Hen. VIII. 
 
 Temp. Eliz. 
 
 1G16-17. 
 
 1585. 
 
 1589. 
 
 Temp. Eliz. 
 3 Jas. I. 
 
 32 Eliz. 
 
 31 Eliz. 
 17 Jas. I. 
 
 Temp. Edw. VI. 
 
 Temp. Philip & Mary. 
 
 Eliz. & Jas. I. 
 
 8 Jas. I. 
 
 A.D. 1650 to 1653. 
 
 A.D. 1655 to 1669. 
 
 A.D. 1822.
 
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 Exchequer, Treasury of the Receipt. 
 
 Vol. 
 
 1 Army and Navy Receipts and Payments - 
 
 - Charges of the Army and Navy 
 
 8 Army, Navy, and Ordnance Payments 
 
 4 Payments of the Royal Ordnance, &c. 
 
 5 Expenses of building the Henry Grace Dieu, &c. - 
 
 6 Accounts of the Royal Dockyard at Portsmouth - 
 
 7 Navy and Ordnance Accounts 
 
 8 Indentures of the King's Ordnance 
 
 9 Expenses of the Army to and from France - 
 
 10 Naval and Ordnance Receipts and Payments 
 
 1 1 Expenses, &c. of the Navy - 
 
 12 Expenses of the Navy - 
 
 13 Inventory of the Stores of the Royal Navy - 
 
 14 Accounts for money for King's voyage to Scotland, 
 &c. 
 
 Account of Military Stores - 
 
 Certificates of Musters, Hereford 
 
 Dorset - - 
 
 Stafford - 
 
 South 'ton 
 
 Denbigh - 
 
 Lincoln - 
 
 Norfolk 
 
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 Surrey - 
 
 Norfolk - - - 
 
 Monmouth 
 
 Worcester 
 
 Oxford and Suffolk 
 
 Dorset 
 
 York, E.R. 
 
 Hereford - 
 
 York and Ainsty (City 
 of). 
 
 Anglesea and Merioneth - 
 
 Yorkshire (Craven and 
 Booland). 
 
 Worcester 
 Do. 
 
 York, W.R. 
 Do. - 
 
 York, E.R. 
 
 Northumberland 
 
 York, N.R. 
 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 Do. 
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 Hen. VII. & Hen.VIII. 
 3-5 Hen. VIII. 
 Hen.VII. & Hen.VIII. 
 
 5 & 6 Hen. VIII. 
 Temp. Hen. VIII. 
 14 & 15 Hen. VIII. 
 Temp. Hen. VII. 
 
 Temp. Hen. VIII. 
 Hen.VII. & Hen.VIII. 
 Temp. Hen. VIII. 
 4 & 6 Hen. VIII. 
 
 6 Hen. VIII. 
 Temp. Hen. VII. 
 
 Temp. Hen. VIII. 
 
 South Wales 
 
 York, W.R. 
 
 York, N.R. - 
 
 Sussex - 
 
 Wilts - 
 
 Beds, North'ton, andNotts. 
 
 Salop ... 
 
 North Wales 
 
 Sussex ... 
 
 Dorset 
 
 Gloucester 
 
 Cornwall - 
 
 Rutland - - 
 
 Do. 
 
 Cornwall, Duchy of, Book of Arrears of the Re- 
 ceivers-General. 
 Charters, &c, of Edmund, late Earl of Cornwall, 
 Transcripts of. 
 
 Hen.VII. & Hen.VIII. 
 Temp. Edw. I.
 
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 Exchequer, Treasury of the Receipt— (contin u I). 
 
 Vol. 
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 An Ecclesiastical Taxation in the Diocese of 
 
 ( ii\ entrj and Lichfield. 
 A Certificate as to Monastic Pensions in the Wesl 
 
 Riding ol forks. 
 An Ecclesiastical Taxation in the Din,-, 
 
 Roches cer. 
 An Ecclesiastical Taxation in the Archdeaconry ol 
 
 Richmond. 
 An Ecclesiastical Taxation in tin- Diocese of 
 
 Lincoln. 
 < Original Renunciations of Papal Supremacy 
 
 Do. do. 
 
 BOOB of Values of all Spiritual Promotions - 
 Inventories of tin- goods and chattels of the Duke 
 of Ireland and others. 
 Transcripts of Kirkby's <,>uest for the Countv of York 
 
 Do. 'do. - 
 
 Extents of Knights' Pees of the Honor of Richmond 
 Lists of Knights' Fees in the Countv of Kent 
 Transcript of the Testa de Nevill for the County 
 
 of Lincoln, and a Ledger Book of the Abbey of 
 
 Bar tinges. 
 \ Booh of Knights' Fees in several Counties 
 
 entitled, "Feoda in Capite," compiled by the 
 
 Master of the Court of Ward-. 
 An Account of the Knights' Fee- in the County of 
 
 Kent, compiled by the Feodary of that county. 
 | An Account of the Tenures of Manors in the 
 
 ( lounty of Gloucester. 
 Transcripts of Arrentations in divers Forests 
 l'ci ambulations, Pleas, &c, relating to Sherwood 
 
 Forest. 
 The '■ Black Book " of the Forests 
 Accounts of Payments made by the Constable of 
 
 ( rascony. 
 Accounts relating to Harfleur and Ponthieu 
 
 Do. Ponthieu and Gascony 
 
 ; Accounts, &c, relating to Gascony - 
 Accounts of the Bishopric of Tournay 
 Original Examinations in the Chancery of Brittany 
 Inventories of Plate, Jewels, and Regalia 
 \, •conn's of the Jewel House ... 
 ( Inventories of the Royal Jewels, &c. - 
 Ali-trart- of Placita Coram liege, &C, (printed ill 
 
 the " Placitorum Abbreviatio "). 
 Bills preferred to the Justices of Trailbastou 
 Placita de Quo Warranto in Com. Bedford 
 
 Hill- preferred to the Justices Itinerant in the 
 ( SountieS of Lancaster and Bedford. 
 
 Proclamations of Outlawry in Com. Lincoln 
 
 The Statutes and Ordinances of the Most Noble 
 
 < (rder of the Carter. 
 A Book containing the names of Freemen of the 
 
 London ( Companies. 
 A Book containing the Petitions of Prisoners in 
 
 Ludgate, &o. 
 
 Accounts of the Lands, &C, of Sir John Husse^ 
 Wend-. Accounts of Sales of 
 
 Do. do. - - - - 
 
 Accounts ,,f the ManorBofSkernyngand Wendlyng, 
 
 co. Norfolk. 
 
 Temp. Hen. VII. 
 
 6 Ldw. VI. 
 
 Temp. Hen. Vil. 
 
 Temp. Hen. VIII. 
 
 Temp. Hen. vi. 
 
 Temp. Hen. VIII. 
 
 11-12 Pic. II. 
 
 Temp. Fdw. I. 
 
 9-10 Fdw. I. 
 Temp. Ldw. II. 
 
 :J4 Hen. VIII. 
 
 :?.', Hen 
 18 Eliz. 
 
 VIII. 
 
 9-35 Edw. I. 
 
 Hen. III. to Ldw. III. 
 
 30 Hen. VIII. 
 4 Edw. II. 
 
 Temp. Ldw. III. & 
 
 Hen. V. 
 Temp. Edw. III. 
 
 23 Hen.'VlI. 
 Temp. Hen. VIII. 
 Temp. Hen. V I. 
 
 24 Hen. VIII. 
 
 ■_• .las. I. 
 Temp. John. 
 
 Ldw. I. to Ldw. HI. 
 4 Ldw. II. 
 Temp. Fdw. III. 
 
 14 Hen. VII. 
 
 Temp. Hen. VIII. 
 
 Hen. VI1L to .Lis. 1. 
 Hen. VIII. to Eliz. 
 
 u 80195.
 
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 MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS— (continued). 
 Exchequer, Treasury of the Receipt — (continued). 
 
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 Temp. Hen. VIII. 
 Temp. Edw. IV. 
 
 26 Hen. VIII. 
 30 Hen. VIII. 
 
 Temp. Hen. VIII. 
 
 Hen.VII. & Hen.VIII. 
 Temp. Hen. VII. 
 1-2 & 7-8 Hen. VII. 
 13-20 Heu. VII. 
 9-20 Hen. VIII. 
 1-27 Hen. VIII. 
 
 Temp. Hen. VII. 
 9-13 Hen. VII. 
 21 Hen. VIII. 
 Temp. Hen. VIII. 
 12 Chas. I. 
 1655 to 1708. 
 1710. 
 
 21-25 Hen. VIII. 
 Temp. Hen. VIII. 
 24 Hen VIII. 
 
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 162 Rental or Valuation of the Monastery of Christ 
 
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 Temp. lviu. \'I. 
 
 14 Hen. VIII. 
 
 18 Hen. \ III. 
 Temp. Hen. VIII. 
 
 21 lien. VIII. 
 Temp. Hen. VIII. 
 Temp. Jas. II. 
 32 Hen. VIII. 
 Temp Hen. VIII. 
 
 26 Hen. VIII. 
 
 1 Mary. 
 
 Temp. Bdw. VI. 
 
 Edw.VL&Ph. &Mary. 
 
 Temp. Hen. VIII. 
 
 12 Hen.VIIL 
 
 Temp. Hen. VIII. 
 
 Temp. Ric. II. 
 
 13 Hen. VIII. 
 
 Hen. Vm. to Car. II. 
 
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 206 A Book of Orders of the Household (from S.F. 
 
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 207 Account of the Receivers of Elizabeth, Queen of 
 
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 229 J Do. - 
 
 280 Regulations of the Royal Household (the " Liber 
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 the State Paper Office. 
 
 Temp. Hen. VIII 
 13-14 Hen. VII. 
 
 Temp. Edw. II. 
 
 Temp. Hen. V. 
 
 Temp. Edw. III. 
 
 Edw. III. to Eliz. 
 Temp. Hen. VIII. 
 
 1 & 2 Ph. & Mary.. 
 14-16 Edw. I. 
 22-23 Edw. I. 
 12-14 Edw. III. 
 15-18 Edw. III. 
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 Temp. Edw. IV. 
 
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 7-8 Hen. VII. 
 
 15 Hen. VII. 
 17 Hen. VII. 
 
 21-23 Hen. VII. 
 21 Hen. VII 
 17-20 Hen. VII. 
 21 Hen. VII. to 1 
 
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 1-9 Hen. VIII. 
 9-12 Hen. VIII. 
 1-11 Hen VIII. 
 10 Hen. VIII. 
 12-13 Hen. VEIL 
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 14 Hen. VIII. 
 14-15 Hen. VIII. 
 
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 16-17 Hen. VIII. 
 
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 Expenses of the Diet of the Ring's Household 
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 Temp. Hen. \ III. 
 
 6 < has. I. 
 Temp. Hen. VIII. 
 
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 26 & 2s Hen. VIII. 
 i 28 & 29 Hen. VIII. 
 
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 22-23 Hen. VII. 
 
 41 Eliz. to 1 Jas. I. 
 
 17 Hen. VIII. 
 
 22-23 Hen. viii. 
 
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 Temp. Ph. and Mary. 
 Temp. Hen. V11I. 
 
 Temp. Edw. VI. 
 
 Do. 
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 1 Edw. VI. 
 
 3 to 28 Hen. VIII. 
 
 38 Hen. VIII. 
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 1647 to L652. 
 
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 30 Hen. VIII. 
 
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 Precedents for Writs (" Liber Brevium ") - 
 Presentments as to Concealed Lands in the County 
 
 of Lancashire. 
 Inventories of possessions of attainted persons in 
 
 Yorkshire. 
 
 Inventories of the Goods, &c., of Monasteries in 
 
 Warwickshire and Staffordshire. 
 
 35 Hen. VIII. 
 
 2 i,. _•- 1 1. n. VIII. 
 21 to 25 Hen. VIII. 
 Temp, i !has. I. 
 
 Temp. Hen. VIII. 
 
 Kdw. III. to Bic. II. 
 
 Phil. ,V Mary. 
 
 Temp. Etiz. 
 
 Tern],. Edw. III. 
 'I emp. KHz. 
 
 Temp. Hen. Nil I. 
 
 173 
 
 Contracts 
 
 tor tlie purchase of Crown Lands 
 
 - 
 
 L649 to 1651. 
 
 174 
 
 
 Do. 
 
 do. 
 
 - 
 
 1650 to 1653. 
 
 175 
 
 Leases "t 
 
 Rectories, 
 
 &c, Repertory to 
 
 - 
 
 Temp. Hen. \ III. 
 
 176 
 
 Leases in 
 
 Elizabeth 
 
 Queen of Henry VII. and by 
 
 Hen. VII. & HeD. 
 
 
 Kathai 
 
 ine of Arragon. 
 
 
 VIII. 
 
 177 
 
 Leases bj 
 
 Anne Bol 
 
 ■yn and Jane Seymour 
 
 - 
 
 Temp Hen. VIII. 
 
 178 
 
 Leases by Katharine 
 
 Parr 
 
 - 
 
 „ 
 
 179 
 
 Leases. Copies of* 
 
 . 
 
 - 
 
 Phil & Mary. 
 
 180 
 
 Do 
 
 
 _ - - 
 
 - 
 
 „ 
 
 181 
 
 Do 
 
 
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 - 
 
 ?> 
 
 182 
 
 Do 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
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 183 
 
 Do 
 
 
 _ 
 
 - 
 
 „ 
 
 184 
 
 Do 
 
 
 _ 
 
 - 
 
 „ 
 
 185 
 
 Leases, Particulars for, Beds, to Cambridge - 
 
 - 
 
 Hen. VIII. 
 
 186 
 
 
 Do. 
 
 Cheshire to Devon 
 
 - 
 
 ,, 
 
 187 
 
 
 Do. 
 
 Dorset to Essex 
 
 - 
 
 „ 
 
 188 
 
 
 Do. 
 
 ( rlono. to Hunts. 
 
 - 
 
 „ 
 
 189 
 
 
 Do. 
 
 Kent 
 
 - 
 
 „ 
 
 190 
 
 
 Do. 
 
 Lane, to Line. - 
 
 - 
 
 >> 
 
 191 
 
 
 Do. 
 
 Loud, and Middx. - 
 
 - 
 
 ,, 
 
 192 
 
 
 Do. 
 
 Monmouth to Xorthton 
 
 - 
 
 „ 
 
 193 
 
 
 Do. 
 
 Nbrthumbd. to Rutland 
 
 - 
 
 
 10( 
 
 
 Do. 
 
 Salop to Southton - 
 
 - 
 
 
 195 
 
 
 Do. 
 
 Stafford and Suffolk - 
 
 - 
 
 ,, 
 
 196 
 
 
 Do. 
 
 Surrej to War* ick 
 
 - 
 
 ,, 
 
 197 
 
 
 Do 
 
 Westmoreld. to Worceste 
 
 
 >» 
 
 198 
 
 
 Do. 
 
 Yorkshire (Part L) 
 
 - 
 
 „ 
 
 199 
 
 
 Do. 
 
 Yorkshire (Part 2) - 
 
 - 
 
 ,, 
 
 2011 
 
 
 Do. 
 
 Wales (( 'ounties) - 
 
 - 
 
 ,, 
 
 •Jill 
 
 
 Do. 
 
 Wales t Dioceses I 
 
 - 
 
 }9 
 
 202 
 
 
 Do. 
 
 Various ( lonnties - 
 
 - 
 
 Eli*. 
 
 208 
 
 
 Do. 
 
 do. - - 
 
 - 
 
 I ,, 
 
 204 
 
 
 Do. 
 
 Ehor, Devon, Dorset, &c. 
 
 - 
 
 1 Hen. VIII. 
 
 205 
 
 
 Dm. 
 
 Somerset and Devon 
 
 - 
 
 ,, 
 
 206 
 
 Leases. 
 
 Particulars 
 
 for, and Rentals, Yorks 
 
 - 
 
 j» 
 
 '2H7 
 
 
 Do. 
 
 do. 
 
 - 
 
 >» 
 
 208<» 
 
 
 Do. 
 
 do. Divers Counties 
 
 
 208/* 
 
 
 Particulars 
 
 for, Yorks. 
 
 - 
 
 Edw!Vl. 
 
 209 
 
 Leases, 
 
 [nrolments 
 
 of* ... 
 
 - 
 
 28-29 Hen. VIII. 
 
 210 
 
 
 Do. 
 
 ~ ■ 
 
 ■ 
 
 29 vV SO Hen. VIII. 
 
 * Indexed in tho Deputy Keeper's 49th Report.
 
 234 
 
 MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS— (continued). 
 Exchequer, Augmentation Office — (continued). 
 
 Vol. 
 
 211 
 
 Leases, Inrolments of * 
 
 . 
 
 30 & 31 Hen. VIII. 
 
 212 
 
 Do. 
 
 . . 
 
 . 
 
 31 & 32 Hen. VIII. 
 
 213 
 
 Do. 
 
 _ 
 
 . 
 
 32 & 33 Hen. VIII. 
 
 214 
 
 Do. 
 
 ... 
 
 . 
 
 33 & 34 Hen. VIII. 
 
 215 
 
 Do. 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 34 Hen. VIII. 
 
 216 
 
 Do. 
 
 ... 
 
 . 
 
 35 & 36 Hen. VIII. 
 
 217 
 
 Do. 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 37 & 38 Hen. VIII. 
 
 218 
 
 Do. 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 38 Hen. VIII. and 
 1 Edw. VII. 
 
 219 
 
 Do. 
 
 .... 
 
 . 
 
 2 Edw. VI. 
 
 220 
 
 Do. 
 
 ... 
 
 - 
 
 3 Edw. VI. 
 
 221 
 
 Do. 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 4 Edw. VI. 
 
 222 
 
 Do. 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 5 Edw. VI. 
 
 223 
 
 Do. 
 
 ... 
 
 - 
 
 >> 
 
 22 1 
 
 Do. 
 
 ... 
 
 - 
 
 6 Edw. VI. 
 
 225 
 
 Do. 
 
 .... 
 
 . 
 
 7 Edw. VI. 
 
 226 
 
 Do. 
 
 ... 
 
 - 
 
 1 to 5 Phil. & Mary. 
 
 227 
 
 Do. 
 
 - 
 
 . 
 
 34 to 36 Eliz. 
 
 228 
 
 Do. 
 
 ... 
 
 . 
 
 37 & 38 Eliz. 
 
 229 
 
 Do. 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 3 Jas. I. 
 
 230 
 
 Leases of the Surveyors-General f 
 
 - 
 
 34 to 38 Hen. VIII. 
 
 231 
 
 Leases, Repertory 
 
 of 
 
 - 
 
 9 & 10 and 25 to 40 Eliz 
 
 232 
 
 Leases and Pensions, Inrolments of * - 
 
 - 
 
 28 to 30 Hen. VIII. 
 
 233 
 
 Do. 
 
 do. 
 
 - 
 
 30 & 31 Hen. VIII. 
 
 234 
 
 Do. 
 
 do. 
 
 - 
 
 30 to 32 Hen. VIII. 
 
 235 
 
 Do. 
 
 do. 
 
 . 
 
 31 to 34 Hen. VIII. 
 
 236 
 
 Do. 
 
 do. - - 
 
 - 
 
 35 to 38 Hen. VI TI. 
 
 237 
 
 Inquisitions, &c, 
 
 as to the possessions of 
 
 the 
 
 29 Hen. VIII. 
 
 
 " Pilgrims of Grace." 
 
 
 
 238 
 
 Letters Patent and Indentures, Inrolments of* 
 
 - 
 
 Hen. VIII 
 
 239 
 
 Do. 
 
 do. 
 
 - 
 
 5> 
 
 240 
 
 Do. 
 
 do. 
 
 - 
 
 V 
 
 241 
 
 Do. 
 
 do. 
 
 - 
 
 „ 
 
 242 
 
 Do. 
 
 do. 
 
 - 
 
 »> 
 
 243 
 
 Do. 
 
 do. 
 
 - 
 
 Jas. I. 
 
 244 
 
 Monastic Pensions 
 
 Original Warrants for * 
 
 - 
 
 28 Hen. VIII. 
 
 245 
 
 Do. 
 
 List o? 
 
 - 
 
 Hen. VIII. 
 
 246 
 
 Do. 
 
 do. 
 
 - 
 
 ,, 
 
 247 
 
 Do. 
 
 (to Incumbents of Colleges 
 Chantries), Warrants for. 
 
 ind 
 
 Edw. VI. 
 
 248 
 
 Do. 
 
 Accounts of the payment of 
 
 - 
 
 31 to 33 Hen. VIII. 
 
 249 
 
 Do. 
 
 do. 
 
 - 
 
 32 Hen. VIII. 
 
 250 
 
 Do. 
 
 do. 
 
 . 
 
 33 Hen. VIII. 
 
 251 
 
 Do. 
 
 do. 
 
 - 
 
 34-35 Hen. VIII. 
 
 252 
 
 Do. 
 
 do. 
 
 . 
 
 35 Hen. VIII. 
 
 253 
 
 Do. 
 
 do. 
 
 - 
 
 36 Hen. VIII. 
 
 254 
 
 Do. 
 
 do. 
 
 
 37 Hen. VIII. 
 
 255 
 
 Do. 
 
 do. 
 
 - 
 
 38 Hen. VIII. 
 
 256 
 
 Do. 
 
 do 
 
 - 
 
 1 Edw. VI. 
 
 257 
 
 Do. 
 
 do. 
 
 - 
 
 2 Edw. VI. 
 
 258 
 
 Do. 
 
 ' do. 
 
 - 
 
 3 Edw. VI. 
 
 259 
 
 Do. 
 
 do. 
 
 - 
 
 4 Edw. VI. 
 
 260 
 
 Do. 
 
 do. 
 
 . 
 
 5 Edw. VI. 
 
 261 
 
 Do. 
 
 do. 
 
 - 
 
 6 Edw. VI. 
 
 262 
 
 Do. 
 
 do. 
 
 - 
 
 1 Mary. 
 
 263 
 
 Memoranda, obligations, &c. 
 
 - 
 
 Temp. Hen. VII. 
 
 264 
 
 Memoranda concerning Pailiffs' and Collectors' 
 
 4 Edw. VI. 
 
 
 Accounts. 
 
 
 
 
 265 
 
 Do. 
 
 do. 
 
 
 „ 
 
 266 
 
 Do. 
 
 do. 
 
 
 „ 
 
 267 
 
 Do. 
 
 do. 
 
 
 Edw. VI. & Phil. & 
 Mary. 
 
 * Indexed in the Deputy Keeper's 40th Report. 
 
 t Indexed in the Deputy Keeper's 25th Report.
 
 235 
 
 MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS— (continued). 
 Exchequer, Augmentation Office— (continued). 
 
 Ministers' and Receivers' Accounts, a- follows :• 
 
 Vol. 
 
 268 Receiver-General's Accounts of Cottingham, co 
 York. 
 
 Views of Accounts of the Priory of Christ- 
 churoh Twynham, oo. Soathampton. 
 
 269 < SoUeetors' Accounts of the Priory of St. Thomas 
 of Aeon, London. 
 
 270 Do. do. 
 ^71 Bailiffs' Ar.-. .nut- of Lands Exchanged (Han- 
 worth, &c. )• 
 
 •1~-1 Bailiffs' Accounts Of the Monastery of St. 
 
 Alban's. 
 273 Bailiffs' Accounts of Lands exchanged 
 
 Views of Accounts of Lands Forfeited - 
 874 Bailiffs' Accounts of the .Monastery of St. 
 
 Alban's. 
 275 Receiver-General's Account of Sir Win. Brtre- 
 
 ton's Lands in Cheshire. 
 27<") Views of Accounts of Sir John Savage's Lands in 
 
 Cheshire and other Counties. 
 
 277 ' Do. do. 
 
 278 Receivers' Accounts of Possessions of dissolved 
 Monasteries in several Counties. 
 
 279 Views of Receivers' Accounts in several Counties 
 
 280 '• Ministers' Accounts of the posse-sii ns of dis- 
 solved Monasteries in Nottinghamshire. 
 
 Ministers' Accounts in Northumberland and 
 
 Cumberland. 
 Ministers' Accounts and Receiver-General's 
 
 Accounts of Attainted Lands in York and 
 
 Lincoln. 
 Accounts and Rental of Merivale Abbey, co. 
 
 Warwick. 
 Accounts of the Church of Eccles, co. Lane. 
 
 284 Receivers' Accounts of the Possessions of Dis- 
 
 solved Monasteries in the County of Stafford. 
 
 285 i Ministers' A. counts of Attainted Lands in the 
 
 Counties of York, Lincoln, &c. 
 
 286 Do. do. 
 
 287 Receivers' Accounts of the Possessions of Dis- 
 
 solved Monasteries in the County of Leicester. 
 
 *- 288 Accounts and Views of Accounts of attainted 
 
 lands in the counties of York, Lancaster, &c. 
 
 Receivers' Accounts of the possessions of dis- 
 solved Monasteries in the Counties of Here- 
 ford, Lancaster, York, and Northampton. 
 
 Receivers' Accounts of the possessions of dis- 
 solved Monasteries in the ( 'entity of Warwick. 
 291 Receivers' Acc< ants of the possessions of dis- 
 
 solved Monasteries in the County of Salop. 
 
 Receivers' Accounts of the possessions of dis- 
 solved Monasteries in the ( ounty of Worcester 
 
 293 Receivers' Accounts of the possessions of dis- 
 
 solved Monasteries in the Counties- of Hen- 
 ford. Stafford, Salop, and Worcester. 
 
 294 Receivers' Accounts of the possessions of dis- 
 
 solved Monasteries in the Counties of North- 
 ampton, Warwick, and Leicester. 
 
 295 Ministers' Accounts of the Monastery of Bury 
 
 St. Edmunds, co. Suffolk. 
 
 296 : Receivers' Accounts of Buckingham's Lands - 
 
 Receivers' Accounts of the Monastery of Eves- 
 ham, CO. Worcester. 
 
 I to 7 Hen. VIII. 
 85 to B8 Hen. VHP 
 
 II to IS Hen. VIII. 
 
 19 to 29 Hen. VIII. 
 
 18 to 26 Hen. VIII. 
 
 17-18 Hen. VIII. 
 
 18-19 Hen. VIII. 
 28 to 33 Hen. VIII. 
 21-82 Hen. Villi 
 
 22-23 Hen. VI II., 24- 
 
 25 Hen. VIII. 
 22-23 Hen. VIII., 25- 
 
 26 Hen. VIII. 
 24-25 Hen. VIII. 
 27-28 Hen. VIII. 
 
 27 to 36 Hen. VIII. 
 27-23 Hen. VIII. 
 
 27 to 29 Hen. VIII. 
 
 28 to 35 Hen. VIII. 
 
 13-14 Hen. VII. 
 
 28-29 Hen. VIII. 
 
 29 to 32 Hen. VIII. 
 
 29 to 36 Hen. 
 29 to 85 He... 
 29 to 30 Hen. 
 
 VIII. 
 VIII. 
 
 VIII. 
 
 29 to 38 Hen. VIII. 
 
 30 to 32 Hen. VIII. 
 
 ■U-.'s2 Hon. VIII. 
 
 ■!•-• ■"..'! Hen. VIII. 
 
 14-15 He... VIII. 
 and'Ju-L'l Ben. VIII. 
 33 34 Hen. VIII.
 
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 MISCELL ANEOU S BOOKS— (continued). 
 Exchequer, Augmentation Office — (continued). 
 
 Vol. 
 
 297 
 
 298 
 299* 
 
 300 
 
 301 
 302 
 303 
 
 — 304 
 
 305 
 306 
 307 
 
 308 
 
 309 
 
 310 
 311 
 312 
 
 313a 
 
 313b 
 314 
 
 315 
 816 
 317 
 318 
 319 
 320 
 321 
 322 
 32:i 
 82 f 
 325 
 326 
 327 
 
 328 
 
 329 
 330 
 
 Ministers' & Receivers' Accounts, as follows (cont.)-. — 
 Receivers' Accounts of the possessions of dis- 
 solved Monasteries in the Counties of North- 
 ampton, Warwick, Leicester, and Rutland. 
 Receiver-General's Account of attainted Lands 
 
 in the Counties of York and Lancaster. 
 Receiver-General's Account of attainted Lands 
 in the Counties of Rutland, Suffolk, Lan- 
 caster, Chester, and York. 
 Ministers' Accounts and Views of Accounts of 
 the Monaster v of Whalley, co. Lancaster, and 
 of Jarvaulx, co. York. 
 Account 15ook of the Receipts and Expenses 
 
 of Fotheriugay College. 
 Receivers' Accounts of Queen Katharine's Lands 
 
 in Somerset and Dorset. 
 Receivers' Accounts of the possessions of dis- 
 solved Monasteries in the Counties of North- 
 ampton, Warwick, Leicester, and Rutland. 
 Receiver-General's Accounts of attainted Lands 
 
 in the Counties of York and Lancaster. 
 Accounts of the Surveyors of the Queen's Lands 
 
 of Fines, &c. received in various Counties. 
 Yiews of Accounts and Memoranda relating to 
 
 the Counties of Hereford and Worcester. 
 Receiver-General's Accounts of Sheriff Hutton, 
 
 co. York. 
 Receivers' Accounts of Buckingham's Lands 
 
 in divers Counties. 
 Receivers' Accounts of attainted Lands in the 
 
 Counties of York and Lincoln. 
 Views of Accounts of Monastic and other Lands 
 in the hands of the Crown. 
 Entry Book of Grants of the Offices of Bailiffs, 
 &c. 
 
 Do. do. 
 
 Do. do. 
 
 Ministers' Accounts of the Bishopric of Win- 
 chester. 
 Receiver-General's Account of the same 
 Valor of the Bishopric - - - - 
 
 Rough Minute Book of the General Surveyors of 
 
 the King's Lands. 
 Minute Book of the Court of General Surveyors 
 Minute Book of the Commissioners for the sale 
 
 of Crown Lands. 
 Navy Accounts - 
 
 Do. 
 
 Do. - - 
 
 Patents for Offices, Entries of 
 
 Do. do. - "- 
 
 Do. do. " - 
 
 Do. do. 
 
 Do. Abstracts of - - - 
 
 Do. Entries of 
 
 Do. Abstracts of - 
 
 Do. Entries of - - - 
 
 Do. do. 
 
 Obligation- - 
 
 Orders of the Court of Augmentations concerning 
 
 Arrears. 
 Orders, Bough Entries of 
 Precedent Hook for Charters. 
 
 34-35 Hen. VIII - 
 
 34-36 Hen. VIII, 
 
 » 
 
 29 to 31 Hen. VIII. 
 
 35 to 38 Hen. VIII. 
 
 36 to 38 Hen. VIII. 
 37-38 Hen. VIII. 
 
 28-29 Hen. VIII. 
 
 37 Hen. VIII. 
 28-38 Hen. VIIL 
 1-7 Hen. VIIL 
 15-21 Hen. VIIL 
 29-32 Hen. VIIL 
 1-3 Edw. VI. 
 
 2 to 45 Eliz. 
 
 1 to 22 Jas. I. 
 
 1 Chas.I.to 28 Chas.II. 
 
 2 Chas. I. 
 
 3 Chas. I. 
 
 4 Edw. VI. 
 
 6 to 31 Hen. VIIL 
 
 34 to 38 Hen. VIIL 
 1649 to 1659. 
 
 5 Hen. VIIL 
 Temp. Hen. VIIL 
 
 34 to 38"Eliz 
 39 to 43 Eliz. 
 44 Eliz. to 1 Jas. 
 1 to 4 Jas. I. 
 1 to 5 Jas. I. 
 5 to 21 Jas. I. 
 5 to 22 Jas. I. 
 22 Jas. I. to 19 Car. I. 
 9 to 1 1 Will. 3. 
 1 Edw. VI. to 1 & 2 
 Ph. & Mary. 
 
 38 Hen. VIIL 
 
 9-10 Car. I.
 
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 MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS— (continued . 
 
 Exchequer, Augmentation Office— (continued). 
 
 Vol. 
 38 1 
 882 
 333 
 334 
 335 
 
 336 
 
 :v.\: 
 
 889 
 
 340 
 341 
 842 
 343 
 344 
 845 
 346 
 347 
 348 
 849 
 350 
 
 351 
 
 352 
 353 
 
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 355 
 
 356 
 
 357 
 358 
 
 359 
 
 360 
 
 361 
 
 362 
 363 
 
 364 
 
 365 
 
 366 
 
 367 
 
 368 
 
 369 
 
 370 
 
 Privy Seals of tin- Court of Augmentation* 
 Purchase and Exchange, Inrolinente of I ►. . <ls of - 
 Do. do. 
 
 Do. do. 
 
 Receipts and Payments at Calais (Treasure 
 
 count). 
 Receipts and Payments hj the Court of Augmen- 
 tations. 
 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 
 do. 
 do. 
 
 do. 
 .!<>. 
 do. 
 do. 
 do. 
 do. 
 do. 
 do. 
 do. 
 dc. 
 do. 
 
 Receipts in the Counties of Chester, Flint, Mont- 
 gomery and Denbigh. 
 Receipts in the County of Northampton (church 
 
 offerings, &c.) 
 Recognizances in the Court of Augmentations 
 Stannary Courts (Cornwall and Devon) Accounts 
 of. 
 
 Do. do. 
 
 Views of Accounts of the Collectors of Customs, 
 
 &c, at Exeter and Dartmouth. 
 Views of Accounts of Subsidies in Various 
 
 Counties. 
 Surveys, Rentals, &c, as follows : — 
 
 Surveys of the Honor of .Ampthill, co. Beds. 
 
 Do. Manors of Ampthill, co. Beds., 
 
 and Yiellston and Eingdon, CO. Devon. 
 Surveys of the Manors of Arreton and W ellcw. 
 
 in the I of Wight. 
 Surveys of the Manors of Aylsbam and Wy- 
 
 inondham, co. Norfolk. 
 Surveys of the Commandery of Balsall, co. 
 Warwick, and Book of Sale relating to Sup- 
 pressed Monasteries in Herts. 
 Valor- of the Dioceses of Bangor and St. Asaph 
 Rental of Gorley, CO. Hants, and Ministers' 
 
 Accounts of Beaulieu. 
 Survey of Beaumanor, co. Leicester, ami arrears 
 
 of Ministers' Accounts. 
 Survey of the Manor and Honor of Bcrkhamp- 
 
 Btead, co. Berks. 
 Survey of the Honor of Berkhampstead, co. 
 
 Berks. 
 Rentals of Berkhampstead Manor, co. Berks - 
 
 Survey of Bowcombe, in the I. of Wight, and 
 
 Valor of the possessions of Lady Elizabeth 
 
 Warner in the County of Cent. 
 Surveys of the Manors of Brampton, o i. Hants, 
 
 Barnsley, co. York, and of the Borough of 
 
 Wallingford, co. Beaks. 
 Rentals of Crown Lands in the Counties of 
 
 Cornwall, Somerset, Gloucester, and Wilts. 
 
 88 Hen. VIII. 
 Temp. Hen. VIII. 
 
 Temp. Kdw. VI. 
 Temp. Hen. 1 V. 
 
 88-84 Hen. VII I. 
 
 B5-86 He,,. XIII. 
 86-87 Hen. VIII. 
 87-88 Hen. VIII. 
 1 Kdw. VI. 
 '_' Kdw. VI. 
 8 Kdw. 71. 
 
 4 Kdw. VI. 
 
 1-5 Kdw. VI. 
 
 5 Kdw. VI. 
 
 6 Kdw. VI. 
 6-7 Kdw. VI. 
 I Mary. 
 7Chas. I. 
 
 1-2 Ph. & Mary. 
 
 34-35 Hen. VIII. 
 15 to 29 Eliz. 
 
 30 Eliz. to 9 Jas. I. 
 5 to 8 Eliz. 
 
 43-44 Eliz. 
 
 33 Hen. VIII. 
 6 Jas. I. 
 
 19 Jas. I. 
 
 32 Hen. VIII. 
 
 27 Hen. VIII. 
 32 Hen. VIII. 
 
 88 Hen. VIII. 
 
 5 -las. I. 
 
 14 Jas. I. 
 
 32 Hen. VIII. & l&i 
 I'll. & Mary. 
 
 6 Jas. I. .S: 4 Kliz. 
 
 29 Hen. VIII., & 4 & 
 6 Jas. I. 
 
 ■I Hen. VIII. to 20 
 (has. I.
 
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 MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS— (continued). 
 Exchequer, Aug mentation Office — (continued). 
 
 Vol. 
 
 Surveys, Rentals, &e., as follows (cont.) : — 
 
 371 I Survey of Calais and the Marches - 
 
 372 , Do. do. 
 
 373 Surreys and Rentals of divers Priories in Car- 
 narvon, Radnor, Beds, and Middx., with 
 some Ministers' Accounts. 
 
 374 Rentals of divers Chantries in Worcestershire - 
 
 375 Valors of Colleges, Chantries, &c, in Sussex - 
 
 376 Valors of possessions of the Priories of Carlisle 
 and Wetheral in Cumberland, Westmoreland, 
 and Northumberland. 
 
 Rental of Queen Catherine's possessions in 
 England. 
 
 Rental and Survey of the Priory of Chalcombe, 
 co. Northampton. 
 
 Survey of the Manor of Cheltenham, co. Glou- 
 cester. 
 
 Surveys of the Manors of Drakelow, Rudheath, 
 Bnuttington, Alvecote, Spalding, and Crow- 
 land, in the cos. of Chester, Warwick, and 
 Lincoln. 
 
 Rentals of South Clifton, Coddmgtou,Winthorpe, 
 Newark, Berthorpe, Gretton, and Baldertou, 
 in co. Notts. 
 
 Rentals, Valors, &c, relating to Holme Cultram 
 and other Religious Houses in Cumberland, 
 Northumberland, and York. 
 
 Valor of the possessions of Thomas Earl of 
 Derby, with declaration of Receiver's 
 Accounts. 
 
 Surveys of the Marquess of Exeter's Lands, 
 co. Devon, and of the Manor of Stanwell, co. 
 Middlesex, with divers Ministers' Accounts. 
 
 Rentals of the possessions of Cecilia, Mar- 
 chioness of Dorset, in Cornwall, Devon, 
 Somerset, Dorset, and Wilts. 
 
 Rental of the Manor of Dungemarsh belonging 
 to Battle Abbey. 
 
 Survev of the Manor of Emneth, co. Norfolk - 
 388 Surveys of the Manors of Ewelme, co. Oxford, 
 
 Freshwater, co. Southampton, and Carnanton, 
 co. Cornwall. 
 
 Rentals, &c, of Gilliugham and other places in 
 Kent ; 
 
 Surveys of Barrow aud other places in Lincoln- 
 shire. 
 
 Valors of the Bishopric of Exeter (2 Hen. ATI.), 
 and of the possessions assigned to the 
 Bishopric of Bristol, &c. 
 
 391 Survey of the County of Hertford 
 
 392 Valor of the Deanery of Higham, co. Norfolk - 
 Survey of Lord Hussey's Lands in Lincoln, 
 
 Rutland, and Hunts. 
 Surveys of the Manors of Kingswood and Bisley, 
 
 in the cos. of Gloucester and Wilts. 
 Surveys of Moulton Harrington, co. Lincoln, 
 
 and of the Town of Southampton. 
 Survey of the possessions held by William, Lord 
 
 Howard, in right of his wife. 
 Survey of Wood-ales in Lichfield Forest, co. 
 
 Rutland, and 
 Survey of the Manors of Shefford and Campton 
 
 (Camelton), co. Beds. 
 
 2 & 3 Ph. & Mary. 
 1 Edw. VI. 
 
 31 Hen. VIII. 
 
 28 Chas. II. 
 Temp. Edw. Ill 
 2 Jas. I. 
 6 Chas. I. 
 
 Temp. Eliz. 
 Temp. Hen. VIII. 
 15 Hen. VIII. 
 
 Temp. Hen. VII. & 
 Heu. VITI. 
 
 15 to 17 Hen. VIII. 
 
 Temp. Hen. V. 
 
 5 Jas. I. 
 
 6 Jas. I. 
 
 18 Hen. VIII. 
 9 Chas. I. 
 Temp. Hen. VIII. 
 
 3 & 4 Ph. & Mary. 
 26 Hen. VIII. 
 29 Hen. VIII, 
 
 2 & 6 Jas. I. 
 5 Jas. I. 
 
 32 Hen. VIII. 
 5 Edw. VI. 
 
 3 Jas. I.
 
 
 MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS— (conti.ni. -1 . 
 Exchequer, Augmentation Office- -(continued). 
 
 Vol. 
 3!) 7 
 
 898 
 
 399 
 400 
 101 
 402 
 403 
 4(14 
 403 
 
 406 
 407 
 
 408 
 
 409 
 410 
 
 411 
 
 412 
 
 413 
 
 1!4 
 415 
 
 41G 
 
 417 
 118 
 419 
 480 
 
 481 
 
 42-2 
 
 42:; 
 42 1 
 42:. 
 42G 
 
 428 
 429 
 430 
 431 
 
 Surveys, Rentals, .vc, as follows (cont.'): — 
 Surveys of Monasteries called - Paper Soi ■ 
 
 Bucks tn London. 
 
 Do. 
 
 Do. 
 
 Do. 
 
 Do. 
 
 l- 
 
 D( . 
 
 Do. 
 
 do. 
 
 Mniniioiitli tu Wilts. 
 
 do. 
 do. 
 do. 
 do. 
 
 Books to Notts. 
 
 Salop t" Wilts. 
 
 Ymk. 
 
 Beds to Wales. 
 
 do. 
 
 Northants and Leic. 
 
 do. 
 
 Warwick. 
 
 Rentals of Dore, co. Hereford, Missendon, co. 
 Backs, Fotheringbay, co. Northampton, and 
 Sawtry, co. Hunt-, with Memoranda relating 
 to Monasteries in Cumberland, Westmorland, 
 Northumberland, and fork. 
 
 Surveys of Monasteries called " Paper Surveys," 
 Berks to Warwick. 
 
 Rental and Terrier of the Lordships of Oye and 
 Marke, near < 'alais. 
 
 Rentals and Surveys of monasteries, Ch< 
 
 Warwick. 
 
 Rentals and Surveys (various) 
 
 Do. do. - 
 
 Title to Sapperton and other Lands belonging 
 
 to Sir Henry Pool. 
 List of Encumbents of Rectories, &c, belonging 
 to the Collegiate Church of St. .Mary, South- 
 well, co. Notts, with amount of stipend-. 
 Surveys and Rentals (various) - 
 Survey uf the manor of Stockton, co. Norfolk - 
 Valor of Lands assigned hy the King to ( ihurches 
 and Colleges in Oxford and Cambridg 
 other Miscellaneous Papers. 
 Rentals of Calstock and other manors in Corn- 
 wall. 
 Survey "t'< rown Laud- in Glamorgan- 
 Valor of Sir John Russell's Lands 
 Surveys and Rentals (various) - 
 Surveys of the possessions of Glastonbury 
 \liiie\, co. Somerset, and of diveraMonas- 
 teries in co. Wilts. 
 Surveys of the Manors of Thorley, Ugaton, 
 
 and Niton, in the Isle of Wight. 
 Rental of Thornbury, co. Gloucester - 
 Surveys of Ashtun Keynes, co. Wilts, and 
 dale, co. York. 
 Valors of Monasteries, &c. in Wales 
 Survey of Walsingham Parva, co. Norfolk 
 
 Survey of the Manor >A' We-tham, Eases 
 
 Valor of the possessions of the Cathedral Church 
 
 of Westminster iu divers Counties. 
 
 Accounts and Miscellaneous Papers relating to 
 
 Whalley and other Monasteries 
 Views of Accounts (various) - 
 Surveys of Woods in divers Counties 
 
 Do. do. - - 
 
 Surveys of Wood- Id Devon and Cornwall 
 
 Temp. 1L ... VIII. 
 
 22 Edw. IV. 
 Hen.Vn.&Hen.Vin. 
 
 18 Jas. I. " 
 18 Hen. VIII. 
 
 Edw. VI. & .las. 1. 
 .". das. I. 
 Heu.VIII.toEdw.VI. 
 
 3 & 1 Ph. & Mary. 
 
 1 & 2 Ph. & Mary. 
 Temp. Hen. VIII. 
 Hen. VIII. to Jas. I. 
 81 to 82 lieu. VIII. 
 
 6 Jas. I. 
 
 17 Hen. VII. 
 
 Temp. Jas. I. 
 
 Temp. Hen. VIII. 
 
 •> » 
 
 a. I. 
 Temp. Hen. VIII. 
 
 Temp. Edw. Vi. 
 Hen. VIIL-Eliz. 
 
 3 Edw. VI."
 
 240 
 
 MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS— (continued). 
 Exchequer, Augmentation Office — (continued). 
 
 Vol. 
 
 Surveys, Rentals, &c., as follows (eont.): — • 
 
 432 Rentals of Wrington, co. Somerset, andAccounts 
 
 433 Survey and Rental of Wye, co. Kent - 
 
 434 Do. do. ... 
 
 435 Notes of divers Rents belonging to Syon Abbej T 
 
 436 Proceedings in the Court of Augmentations between 
 
 the Abbess of Syon and the Mayor of Rye, re- 
 lating to Gateborongh Marsh, co. Sussex. 
 4ii7 Accounts of the King's Treasurer in Fiance 
 
 438 Do. do. 
 
 439 Account Book of Sir Edward Cavendish, Treasurer 
 
 of lhe King's Chamber. 
 44n Survey of the University of Cambridge 
 
 441 Survey of the University of Oxford - 
 
 442 Views of Minister-' Accounts in the Counties of 
 
 Southampton, Wilts, and Gloucester. 
 
 443 Views of Ministers' Accounts in the County of 
 
 York. 
 144 Views of Ministers' Accounts in the County of 
 
 Gloucester. 
 I 15 Views of Accounts of the Monastery of Tewkesbury 
 
 and others, co. Gloucester. 
 
 446 Views of Accounts of the Monastery of Rornsey 
 
 and others, in Gloucester and Wilts. 
 
 447 Views of Accounts of the Monastery of Ciren- 
 
 cester, co. Gloucester. 
 44S Views of Accounts of Gower Laud and other Lands 
 in Wales. 
 
 449 I Views of Accounts of the Monastery of Jarvaux 
 
 and Bridlington, &c, co. York. 
 
 450 Views of Accounts of the Priory of Kington, &c, 
 
 co. Wilts. 
 
 451 Views of Accounts of Colleges and Chantries in 
 
 the County of Notts. 
 
 452 Views of Accounts of the possessions of Monus 
 
 teries in the County of Gloucester. 
 45:5 Views of Accounts of the possessions of Monas- 
 teries in the Counties of Wilts and Chester. 
 
 454 Views of Accounts of the possessions of Monas- 
 
 teries in the Counties of Lincoln, Notts, Derby 
 and Chester. 
 
 455 Wardrobe Accounts - 
 
 456 j Do. - 
 
 457 ' Woods, Accounts of Sales of, &c. 
 
 458 Do. do. 
 
 459 Do. do. 
 
 460 Do. do. - 
 
 461 Do. do. - 
 
 462 Woods, Certificates of ... 
 
 463 I Miscellaneous Accounts, &c. 
 
 464 Certificates of Musters, co. Berks - - - 
 
 465 Prest Money, Account of, co. Berks. 
 
 466 Certificates of Musters, co. Norfolk - 
 
 467 Customs Accounts, London - 
 
 468 Channel Islands, Accounts relating to the. (A 
 
 Transcript). 
 
 469 Will of King Henry VIII., Transcript of the. 
 
 470 Declaration of the Revenue of the Queen (Anne 
 
 of Denmark). 
 171 Accounts relating to various Guilds and Chantries 
 in Lichfield, co. Stafford, and to the repairs of 
 houses, &c, belonging to the same. 
 
 33-36 Hen. VIII. 
 Temp. Hen. VI. 
 
 Temp. Edw. IV. 
 Temp. Hen. VIII. 
 
 Temp. Edw. III. 
 2 Edw. VI. 
 37 Hen. VIII. 
 
 31 Hen. VIII. 
 
 32 Hen. VIII. 
 32-34 Hen. VIII. 
 35 to 37 Hen. VIII. 
 Hen. VIII. 
 
 5 Edw. VI. 
 Edw. VI. 
 
 10 Jas. I. 
 
 28 Hen. VIII. 
 31 Hen. VIII. 
 35 Hen. VIII. 
 Hen. VIII. to Eliz. 
 Hen. VIII. to Ph. & 
 Mary. 
 
 Edw"vi. 
 
 Ph. & Mary. 
 
 28 to 36 Hen. VIII. 
 
 Hen. VIII. 
 
 3 Jas. I. 
 
 13 Jas. I. 
 
 Temp. Ph. & Mary.
 
 241 
 
 MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS— (continued). 
 
 Exchequer, Augmentation Office- (continued;. 
 
 Vol. 
 47'2 
 47a 
 474 
 4 7.'. 
 476 
 477 
 478 
 479 
 480 
 481 
 
 482 
 483 
 
 484 
 
 485 
 
 486 
 487 
 
 488 
 489 
 
 490 
 
 491 
 
 492 
 493 
 
 494 
 
 Miscellaneous Letters and Papers 
 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 
 do. 
 do. 
 do. 
 do. 
 
 do. 
 do. 
 
 ,1". 
 .1... 
 
 Various Accounts and < >rdera of Committees during 
 the ( Jommonwealth. 
 
 Transcripts from the Close Bolls - - - 
 
 Transcripts of Letters of Administration from the 
 Registers of the Court of Probate. 
 
 A.ccoun1 of Fees paid in the Courts of King's 
 Bench and Common Pleas. 
 
 Customs Accounts, Newcastle-on-Tyne 
 
 Papers relating to Karl Rivers - 
 
 A Collection of Original Writs anil Returns in 
 tbe Exchequer. 
 
 Rentals of the Manor of Wye, &c., co. Kent - 
 
 Valuation of the Bishopric of Hereford with Trans- 
 cripts of Deeds, &c. 
 
 Regulse Monachornm (a eclbction of Monastic 
 Rules and Regulations^. 
 
 Ministers' Accounts, Rentals, &c, of Sot well, and 
 other [daces in ( Oxfordshire. 
 
 Statutes, &c. of Warwick College. 
 
 Final Concords, &c. in the Court of the Abbot of 
 Battle at Wye, co. Kent. 
 
 Valuations and Inventories of dissolved Monas- 
 teries in Southampton, Wilts, Cambridge, and 
 Gloucester. 
 
 Church Goods, Inventories of, Cambridge 
 
 Ben. VIII. 
 
 495 
 
 Church 
 
 496 
 
 Do. 
 
 497 
 
 Do. 
 
 498 
 
 Do. 
 
 499 
 
 Do. 
 
 500 
 
 Do. 
 
 501 
 
 Do. 
 
 502 
 
 Do. 
 
 503 
 
 Do. 
 
 504 
 
 Do. 
 
 505 
 
 Do. 
 
 506 
 
 Do. 
 
 507 
 
 Do. 
 
 508 
 
 Do. 
 
 509 
 
 Do. 
 
 510 
 
 Do. 
 
 511 
 
 Do. 
 
 512 
 
 Do. 
 
 513 
 
 Do. 
 
 514 
 
 Do. 
 
 515 
 
 Do. 
 
 do. 
 do. 
 do. 
 do. 
 do. 
 do. 
 do. 
 do. 
 do. 
 do. 
 do. 
 do. 
 do. 
 do. 
 do. 
 do. 
 do. 
 do. 
 do. 
 do. 
 
 Oxon and Derby 
 
 Herts 
 
 Middlesex 
 
 Norfolk - 
 
 do. 
 
 do. 
 
 do. 
 
 do. 
 
 do. 
 
 do. 
 Norwich 
 
 Lincoln and Notts 
 Stafford - 
 Suffolk 
 
 Suffolk - 
 Surrey 
 Surrey 
 Warwick 
 
 Wilts 
 
 York, E.R. - 
 
 1 Hen. VII. 
 
 Tern.). Commonwealth. 
 
 40 Eliz. 
 
 Temp. Edw. IV. 
 
 Temp. Edw. III. 
 
 9 Edw. III. 
 Temp. Edw. 
 
 III. 
 
 Temp. Hen. VIII. 
 
 Temp. Edw. III. 
 Temp. Hen. VIII. 
 
 Edw. VI. 
 
 MISCELLANEOUS ROLLS, &c. (CHANCERY). 
 
 This is a collection of Rolls and Bundles formerly pre- 
 served in the Tower of London, and frequently referred 
 to as the "Tower Miscellaneous Rolls," a brief Inventory 
 of which is printed in the Deputy Keepers 2nd and 3rd 
 
 u 90195. Q
 
 242 
 
 MISCELLANEOUS ROLLS, &c— (continued.) 
 
 Reports. Several Bandies containing original Letters 
 
 Patent. Petitions, and Writs of Privy Seal have been 
 
 removed from this series and added to their proper classes. 
 
 The remainder have been classified as far as possible under 
 
 the subjects to which they relate, as shown below, and are 
 
 described in detail in the present volume under the" Titles 
 
 indicated. A List of the unclassified Rolls and additional 
 
 documents, comprising Bundles 16 to 21, is appended. 
 
 Bundle. | 
 
 Akmt and Navy Accounts - - 
 
 See ARMY AXD XAVY. 
 Channel Islands Documents 
 
 See CHANNEL ISLANDS. 
 Deeds (Ancient) Transcripts of, and 
 Deeds of Partition. 
 
 See DEEDS (ANCIENT;. 
 Ecclesiastical Documents 
 
 See ECCLESIASTICAL MATTERS. 
 France, Documents relating to - 
 
 10 
 
 12 
 
 13 
 
 14 
 
 15 
 
 See FRANCE 
 Grants of Markets and Fairs - 
 See MARKETS AND FAIRS. 
 Homage Rolls - 
 
 See SCOTLAND. 
 Knights' Fees, Inquisitions and Rolls 
 op. 
 
 See FEUDAL TENURES. 
 Makshalsey of the Army, Rolls of the 
 
 See ARMY AND NAVY. 
 Proceedings in the Court op Chivalry 
 
 See JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS. 
 SoDTAGB Rolls - 
 
 See ARMY AND NAVY. 
 Sewers, Proceedings before Commis- 
 missioners of. 
 S,e SEWERS. 
 Special Commissions, Extents, and In- 
 quisitions. 
 See RENTALS AND SURVEYS. 
 Treaties and Diplomatic Documents - 
 
 See TREATIES. 
 "Wardrobe and Household Accounts 
 
 See WARDROBE AND HOUSEHOLD. 
 
 Edward I. to Edward 
 IV. 
 
 Edward I. to Eliza- 
 beth. 
 
 Henry III. to Edward 
 VI. 
 
 Edward I. to Common- 
 wealth. 
 
 Edward I. to Henry 
 VIII. 
 
 John to Henry VI. 
 
 19 to 24 Edward I. 
 
 Henry III. 
 IV. 
 
 to Henry 
 
 Edward I. and Ed- 
 ward II. 
 9 to 22 Richard II. 
 
 John to Edward III. 
 
 Edward II. 
 VI. 
 
 Richard II. 
 VIII. 
 
 to Henry 
 
 to Henry 
 
 Henry III. to Henry 
 VII. 
 
 John to Elizabeth. 
 
 Miscellaneous Rolls (Unclassified)^ as follows :- 
 
 42 Hen. III. 
 
 Bundle 16 
 No. 1 
 
 No. 2 
 
 No, 3 
 
 No. 4 
 No. 5 
 
 No. C 
 
 No. 7 
 
 A composition made between the Archbishop 
 of Canterbury and Gilbert de Clare re- 
 specting the services to be rendered by the 
 latter for certain Lands, &c, held by him 
 from the said Archbishop. 
 
 A Roll of Grants of the Lands, &c, of the 
 reb( 
 
 Accounts of the purchase of Silver for the 
 mint. 
 
 An Account of repairs, &c, at "Woodstock - 
 
 A Schedule of the Debts owing to the Jews 
 at Colchester. 
 
 A Schedule of the Debts owing to the Jews 
 at York. 
 
 Accounts of Works, &c, at certain of the 
 Royal Palaces. 
 
 50 Hen. III. 
 50-55 Hen. III. 
 
 3 Edw. I. 
 
 4 Edw. I.
 
 243 
 
 MISCELLANEOUS ROLLS, &C.— (continued). 
 Misoellan) n Rolls (Unclassified), &c. — [continued). 
 
 Bun 
 No. 
 
 die 
 8 
 
 L(j 
 
 No. 
 
 9 
 
 
 No. 
 
 10 
 
 
 No. 
 
 11 
 
 
 No. 
 
 12 
 
 
 No. 
 
 13 
 
 
 No. 
 
 14 
 
 
 No. 15 
 
 No. 10 
 
 No. 17 
 No. 18 
 
 No. li» 
 No. 20 
 No. 21 
 
 No. 22 
 No. 23 
 
 No. 2 1 
 
 No. 2."> 
 
 Bundle l! 
 No. 1 
 
 No. 2 
 
 No. 3 
 No. 4 
 No. 5 
 
 No. 6 
 
 No. 7 
 No. 8 
 
 Enrolments of Warrants to divers Merchants 
 for the exportation of wool. 
 
 Write " de custodia commissa" ol the I 
 ( lastles and Manors. 
 
 A Roll of Grants of the Houses which be- 
 longed to the Jewa in England. 
 
 Exemplification of a Plea in the Sing's B 
 between the Prior of Tynmouth and the 
 Burgesses of Newcastle on-Tyne. 
 
 An Account of Works, &<•., at the Palace of 
 the Archbishop of York in Loudon. 
 
 A Roll of Letters Patent relating to Loans by 
 gn Merchants. 
 
 A Roll of Letters Obligatory made bye 
 
 Abbots to divers Merchants. 
 An A'-eount of Debts due from the King to 
 
 divers Merchants for goods purchased. 
 Enrolment of Special Pleadings at Bury St. 
 
 Edmunds concerning matters in dispute 
 
 between the Abbot and the Burg 
 Extracts from Domesday Booh of the Lands 
 
 of Gilbert de Gand in various Counties. 
 Particulars of the Sales made by Order of the 
 
 King of the Houses forfeited by the con- 
 demned Jews. 
 An Extract from Domesday Book of the 
 
 Terra Regis in Derbyshire. 
 Enrolment of Writs for Trials at the Great 
 
 Assize. 
 Exemplification of a Plea relating to the 
 
 Inheritance of John de Walrond with 
 
 Transcripts of the Inquisitions taken on 
 
 her death. 
 Writs of Resumption of the Grants made by 
 
 the King. 
 A Lisl of the sums owing to the Ecclesiastics 
 
 of the County of York for Grain and Cattle 
 
 supplied to the King. 
 Memoranda relating to the delivery of the 
 
 Great Seal to Adam de Osgodby. 
 A Roll of presentments before the "Custodes 
 
 Pacia " of the County of Somerset. 
 
 Writs of " exigi facias " directed to the Jus- 
 tices of Trailbaston in Com. Essex. 
 
 The record, &C. of the Judgment pronounced 
 on the Mortimers by the Justices thereto 
 assigned. 
 
 A File ol Writs relating to the dissolution of 
 the Knights Templars. 
 
 The record, &c. of the sentence on the Ad- 
 here in of Thomas Karl of Lancaster. 
 
 A List of the Royal Castles in England and 
 Wales, with the namei of the Constables 
 of those in England. 
 
 A List of the Collectors and Controller- of 
 Customs in various ports, •See., compiled 
 from tin- Rolls of the Exchequer. 
 
 A Writ and Inquisition relating to the Goods 
 and Debts of the Society of the Sea 
 Florence. 
 
 An Inquisition relating to the repair of 
 Hethbeehe Bridge, co. Nott*. 
 
 5-6 Edw. I. 
 9, 10 Edw. I. 
 L9, 'Jo Edw. I. 
 20 1. Iw. I. 
 
 •.. I. 
 26 Edw. I. 
 
 » 
 31-33 Edw. I. 
 33 Edw. I. 
 
 Temp. Edw I. 
 
 1-20 Edw. II. 
 
 3 Edw. II. 
 
 3, 5 Edw. II. 
 
 4 Edw. II. 
 
 5 Edw. II. 
 7 Edw. II. 
 
 9 Edw. II. 
 1-', Edw. II. 
 
 17 Edw. II. 
 
 18 Edw. II. 
 
 Temp. Edw. 
 
 II. 
 
 1 Edw III. 
 
 Q 2
 
 
 24.4. 
 
 MISCELLANEOUS ROLLS, &c— (continued). 
 
 Miscellaneous Rolls (Unclassified), &c. — (continued). 
 
 Bundle 17. 
 No. 9 
 
 No. 10 - 
 
 No. 11 - 
 
 No. 12 - 
 
 No. 13 - 
 
 No. 14 - 
 No. 15 
 
 No. 16 - 
 
 No. 17 - 
 
 No. 18 - 
 
 No. 19 - 
 
 No. 20 
 
 
 No. 21 
 
 
 No. 22 
 
 - 
 
 No. 23 
 
 - 
 
 No. 24 
 
 - 
 
 No. 25 
 
 - 
 
 Bundle 
 
 18 
 
 No. 1 
 
 - 
 
 No. 2 
 
 No. 3 
 
 No. 4 
 
 No. 5 
 No. 6 
 
 No. 7 
 
 A Compendium or Epitome of the Statutes of 
 
 Edward III. ' 
 Transcript of " Placita de Quo Warranto " 
 
 relating to the Wapentake of Newark, co. 
 
 Notts. 
 Memoranda of Rolls delivered out of and re- 
 ceived into the Chancery. 
 A Roll of Grants, &c., made by Queen 
 
 Philippa. 
 A " Passage Roll " - - 
 
 A Roll of Writs " de warantia dierum " 
 The Tenor of Proceedings between the 
 
 King and John, son of Edmund late Earl 
 
 of Kent, concerning the Earm of the Town 
 
 of Ailesbury. 
 The Tenor of the Indictments, &c. against 
 
 John Fermour, knight, at Chelmsford. 
 The Tenor of the Indictments, &c. against 
 
 John Fitz Walter at Chelmsford. 
 Extracts from the Pipe Rolls of the Allowances, 
 
 &c. made to the Knights Templars and the 
 
 Brethren of St. John of Jerusalem, returned 
 
 into Chancery by Writ of Certiorari. 
 A Transcript of Proceedings in the Exche- 
 quer relating to the Town of Berwick on 
 
 Tweed. 
 An Extract from Domesday Book relating to 
 
 the Lands of the Church of Hertford. 
 A Transcript of the Will of Johanna, widow 
 
 of William de Hanampstede of London. 
 An Account of the whole revenue of the 
 
 Prince of Wales. 
 A Transcript of Proceedings before the King's 
 
 Justices in Ireland relating to the Advow- 
 
 son of the Church of Ardcath. 
 An Account of the wages of carpenters, &c. 
 
 employed in re-building a mill. 
 An Account of the wrongs inflicted on 
 
 William de Malkeney by ships of the 
 
 Bishop of Winchester. 
 
 Proceedings between John le Bret and 
 Nicholas de Bankwell relating to the Manor 
 of Williamthorp, &c. 
 
 Proceedings before the Council on the claim 
 of the Earl of Warwick to franchises in 
 Gowerland with a Roll of evidences relating 
 thereto. 
 
 A Roll containing a recital of the proceedings 
 against the Despensers, with an Account of 
 the Ceremony to be observed at the Coro- 
 nation of the New King. 
 
 A long Roll of Depositions of Witnesses re- 
 lating to the Jurisdiction of the Castle and 
 Lordship of Curte. 
 
 A " Passage Roll " - 
 
 An Indenture between William de Burstall 
 Keeper of the Rolls of the Chancery, and 
 his successor, witnessing the delivery of 
 the Records. 
 
 An Assessment on the Burgesses of Bury St. 
 Edmund of a Fine of 2,000 marks imposed 
 on them for certain Transgressions. 
 
 1-36 Edw. III. 
 3 Edw. III. 
 
 4-10 Edw. III. 
 
 14-15 Edw. III. 
 15-30 Edw. III. 
 22 Edw. III. 
 
 25 Edw. III. 
 
 26 Edw. III. 
 
 28 Edw. III. 
 
 .29 Edw. III. 
 43 Edw. III. 
 47-49 Edw. III. 
 49 Edw. III. 
 
 Temp. Edw. III. 
 
 Temp. Edw. III. 
 
 1 Edw. III. 
 
 Temp. Edw. III. 
 
 1 & 2 Rich. II. 
 5 Rich. II. 
 
 1 1 Rich. II.
 
 245 
 
 MISCELLANEOUS ROLLS, &c— (continued). 
 Miscellaneous U<>lls (Unclassified), &o. — (continued). 
 
 Bundle 18. 
 No. 8 
 
 No. 9 
 No. 10 
 
 No. 11 
 
 No. 12 
 No. 13 
 
 No 14 
 
 No. 15 
 
 No. 16 
 No. 17 
 
 No 18 
 
 No. 19 
 
 No. 20 
 
 No. 21 
 
 No. 22 
 No. 23 
 
 No. 24 
 
 No'. 25 
 
 A Boll of the Dames of the Clergy and Laity 
 in the County of Essex who took Ihe 
 Oath against annulling any of the Statutes 
 passed in the then presenl Parliament. 
 
 Transcript of a Plea of Debt before one of 
 the sheriffs of London (Forde v. Lomelyn 
 and others I. 
 
 Transcript of Proceedings in the Conrt of 
 Admiralty between John Sampson, of 
 Plymouth, and John Curteys, of Lost- 
 withiel. 
 
 Transcript of Proceedings in the Court of 
 Admiralty between John Gernesej and 
 .lolm Henton, of Bridgwater. 
 
 Transcri] is of Documents relating to [reland 
 
 Appointments of Mayors and Constables of 
 
 the Staple. 
 
 A List df the Creditors of John late Duke of 
 Norfolk, with the sums owing to them. 
 
 The Tenor of Proceedings in the Exchequer 
 relating to the possessions of Gilbert ue 
 Gaunt in the County of Lincoln. 
 
 A roll of proceedings on a Traverse of Office 
 for John le Scrop of Masham. 
 
 Transcript of proceedings in the Exchequer 
 relating to Wool taken by the King's 
 enemies from certain merchants of Boston. 
 
 A Copy of Certain Articles which the Earl 
 of Somerset prays to have exemplified 
 under the Great Seal, with the King's 
 Answers thereto. 
 
 A Koll consisting of a Petition and Sign 
 Manual Warrant for a Grant of Certain 
 Liberties to St. Mary's College, Cambridge. 
 
 A Koll of Evidences relating to an enfeoffment 
 to Thomas Tropenall and his heirs by 
 Robert Burdall of lands in Chikkelade and 
 ll\ ndon, co. Wilts. 
 
 Agreemenj between the Cbancellorand Scho- 
 lars of the University of Oxford and the 
 Mayor and Burgesses of the same town, 
 with Proceedings before the Council on 
 matters in dispute between them. 
 
 The tenor of Proceedings before the Council 
 between the Prior of Coventry and Q 
 
 Isabella. 
 
 Petition to Parliament of the Provost and 
 
 Scholar- of the College of St. Mary and 
 
 St. Nicholas, Cambridge, with draft of 
 Letters Patent annexed. 
 [Printed in " Rot. Pari." Vol. V.,pp. 
 87-103.] 
 Petition to Parliament of the Town of Shrews- 
 lmr\ , with Schedule annexed. 
 
 [Printed in " Hot. Pari." 1".;/. !'., pp. 
 l'Jl 127.] 
 Petition to Parliament for a continuation of 
 Privileges t<> Eton College, with draft of 
 Letter- Patent annexed. 
 
 [Printed in " Rot. Pari." Vol. V.,pp. 
 75-87.] 
 
 11 Rich. II. 
 
 19 Kich. II. 
 15 Kich. II. 
 
 5 lien. IV. 
 
 Temp. Hen. IV. 
 1-10 lieu. VI. 
 
 10 Hen. VI. 
 
 13 Hen. VI. 
 
 If, Hen. VI. 
 
 20 Hen. VI. 
 
 21 Hen. VI. 
 
 22 Hen. VI. 
 33 Hen. VI. 
 
 IS Edw. I. 
 
 10 Edw. III. 
 
 23 Hen. VI.
 
 246 
 
 MISCELLANEOUS ROLLS, &c— (continued). 
 
 Miscellaneous Rolls (Unclassified), &c. — (continued). 
 
 Bundle 19. 
 No. 1 
 
 No. 2 
 No. 3 
 
 No. 4 
 No. 5 
 
 No. 6 
 
 No. 7 
 No. 8 
 
 No. 9 
 
 No. 10 
 No. 11 
 
 No. 12 
 
 No. 13 
 
 No. 11 
 
 No. 15 
 No. 16 
 
 No. 17 
 
 No. 18 
 No. 19 
 No. 20 
 
 No. 21 
 No. 22 
 
 No. 23 
 
 No. 24 
 
 No. 25 
 
 35-37 Hen. VI. 
 Temp. Hen. VI. 
 
 An Account of the " Wrongs and Losses sus- 
 tained by Richard Southall at the hands 
 
 of Sir John Huddlestone." 
 Memoranda of Escheats and Outlaws 
 The Petition of Ralph, Lord Cromwell, 
 
 Treasurer of England. 
 The Pedigree of Lord Fitzhugh 
 The Pardon of Humphrey, Duke of Glou- 
 cester, and Eleanor, his wife. 
 Lists of the Clergy and Laity in the Counties 
 
 of Notts and Berks who had take*n the oath 
 
 directed by the King's Writ. 
 A Roll containing Regulations for the Lords of 
 
 the Council. 
 A Writ and Return relating to the Advowson 
 
 of Bedington, co. Surrey. 
 A Paper Roll containing Instructions by the 
 
 Parliament of Ireland to the Commissioners 
 
 sent by them to entreat succour and relief. 
 An Account of the Revenues of the Crown in 
 
 Ireland. 
 A List of the Manors appointed to the King 
 
 for the term of his life. 
 A Roll of proceedings in the Court of the 
 
 Bishop of Norwich. 
 An Inventory of the Goods, &c, in the 
 
 Houses of John Sutton in the City of 
 
 London. 
 Proceedings in the Consistory Court of the 
 
 Bishop of Rath and Wells. 
 A Roll of Ordinances for the King's Council 
 A Transcript of Proceedings in the Ex- 
 chequer relating to certain ships belonging 
 
 to Merchants of Newcastle-on-Tyne taken 
 
 by the King's enemies. 
 A Roll of Writs to Collectors of Subsidies 
 
 for the delivery of a fifteenth to the Mer- 
 chants of Lucca. 
 Appointments of Collectors of a thirtieth 
 
 granted in aid of the Welsh War. 
 A Transcript of the Taxation of the Abbot 
 
 of Woburn towards the Clerical Subsidy. 
 A List of Persons appointed throughout the 
 
 Kingdom to Collect a Subsidy in Wool, &c. 
 Appointments of the Collectors of a Subsidy 
 Memorandum as to the delivery of certain 
 
 Records to the Keeper of the Rolls of 
 
 Chancery. 
 Names of Sheriffs and Escheators who have Temp. Hen. VI. 
 
 found security before the Barons of the 
 
 Exchequer. 
 List of Persons in the County of Dorset taking 
 
 the oath to support the establishment of the 
 
 King's succession. 
 Account of Michael Locke of the expenses of 
 
 the voyage of Martin Frobisher to the 
 
 "Meta Incognita," certified into Chancery 
 
 by Writ. 
 
 34 Hen. VI. 
 
 Bundle 20. 
 
 No. 1 - I Portion of a roll of payments out of the Great 
 
 Wardrobe. 
 No. 2 - ! Roll of wages of Sergeants at Arm3 - 
 
 8 Hen. VI. 
 
 15 Edw. IV. 
 
 Edw. IV. 
 
 Temp. Hen. VII. 
 
 13 Eliz. 
 
 20 Eliz. 
 
 37 Eliz. 
 
 1-3 Hen. VI. 
 29 Hen. VI. 
 
 4 Edw. I. 
 
 11 Edw. I. 
 
 11 Edw. III. 
 
 14 Edw. III. 
 
 3 Hen. IV. 
 2 Hen. IV. 
 
 26 Hen. VIII. 
 
 26 Eliz. 
 
 43 Hen. III. 
 12 Edw. I.
 
 247 
 
 MISCELLANEOUS ROLLS, &0.— (continued). 
 Miscellaneous Rolls (Unclassified), . — (continued. 
 
 Bundle 20. 
 No. 3 
 
 No. 4 
 
 No. 5 
 
 No. G 
 
 No. 7 - 
 
 No. 8 
 No. 9 
 No. 10 - 
 
 No. 1 1 - 
 No. 12 - 
 
 No. 13 - 
 No. 14 - 
 No. 15 - 
 
 No. 16 - 
 
 No. 1 7 - 
 
 No. 18 - 
 
 No. 10 - 
 
 No. 20 - 
 
 No. 21 - 
 
 Xo. 22 - 
 
 No. 23 - 
 
 No. 2 I - 
 
 No. 25 - 
 
 Bundle 21. 
 No. 1 
 No. 2 
 
 No. 3 
 
 No. 4 
 No. 5 
 No. 6 
 
 ( 'laims for allowances on their account by the 
 
 Peruchi. 
 Debts claimed by the Merchants of the Scala 
 
 of Florei 
 
 for allowances on their Account by 
 
 the Bardi. 
 Expenses on behalf of a messenger of the 
 
 King lit' Arragon. 
 Fragment of Account of Expenses of the 
 
 Ahbot of Welbech and other Envoys to 
 
 Norway. 
 Expenses of Francesco d'Accorso in going to 
 
 the Parliament of Paris. 
 Fragmenl < f an Account of AVages of 
 
 masons, carpenters, and other workmen. 
 Charter Party of the ship "Sainl Yves," of 
 
 St. Malo. 
 Note of Account between the officers of the 
 
 Staple at ( lalais and John 1 
 Fragment of an Account of the expenses of 
 
 Messengers and other Payments out of the 
 
 Wardrobe. 
 Document relating to the Debts of 
 
 Passapayre, dat< d at Bordeaux. 
 Fragment of an Account of various Beceipts 
 
 and Payments for Matters in Gascony. 
 Draft of an Indenture appointing John 
 
 Donati of Florence and others Master and 
 
 t officers of the Mint. 
 Accounts of Mariners' Wages paid at Sand- 
 wich. 
 Return of ships arrested for the King's 
 
 service. 
 Pr iceedings as to Piracy before Robert de 
 
 Herle, Admiral of the Fleet. 
 Memorandum as to the shipment of certain 
 
 Provisions at Boston to be taken to Sluys. 
 Bond for good behaviour by the Captains of 
 
 certain ships of Bayonne. 
 A Collection of Warrants for various pay- 
 
 ts addressed to the Treasurer ai War. 
 Portions of Returns to Commissions of Array 
 
 in several Counties. 
 Commission of Array and Return thereto 
 
 for the Duchy of Lancaster. 
 Valuation of Victuals for the purposes of the 
 
 expedition to Scotland. 
 Memorandum as to Victuals for the Navy - 
 
 A file of Writs of Scutage 
 
 A file of Miscellaneous Memoranda formerly 
 
 incorporated with the Parliamentary Peti- 
 tions and Royal Letters. 
 
 A tile of documents relating to the will of 
 Drew Barentyn, Citizen and Alderman of 
 London. 
 
 An Account of tijies for respite of Knight- 
 sen ice. 
 
 A tile of Writs of Summons to attend the 
 marriage of Eleanor, the King's daughter. 
 
 A file of documents relating to ships and 
 mariners. 
 
 I'.dw. III. 
 Edw. III. 
 
 Temp. Edw. III. 
 Temp. Edw. I. 
 . Edw. I. 
 
 I E Iw. I. 
 Temp. Hen. III. 
 30 Ben. VI. 
 Temp. Hen. VI. 
 
 Temp. Edw. IV. 
 
 44 Edw. III. 
 18 Edw. III. 
 30 Edw. III. 
 
 21 Edw. III. 
 
 32 Edw. III. 
 35 Edw. 111. 
 25 Edw. I. 
 
 II Edw. III. 
 10 Hen. V. 
 
 Edw. I. to Edw. III. 
 
 33 Edw. III. 
 3 Edw. II. 
 Temp. Edw. III. 
 
 14 Hen. 111. 
 
 6 Edw. I. 
 
 21 Edw. I. 
 
 Edw. I. to Edw. HI.
 
 248 
 
 MISCELLANEOUS ROLLS, &C— (continued). 
 Miscellaneous Rolls (Unclassified), &c. — (continued). 
 
 Bundle 21. 
 No. 7 
 
 No. s 
 
 No. 9 
 
 A file of documents relating to Commissions ; Edw. I. to Edw. III. 
 
 of Array and Musters. 
 A file of documents relating to landowners ; Edw. I. to Ric. II. 
 
 wbo ought to take up Knighthood. 
 A file of Writs summoning men at arms to I 20 Edw. III. 
 
 Portsmouth, &c. 
 
 MONASTIC FOUNDATIONS, &c. 
 
 Under the general name of Monastic Foundations may 
 be included those Cathedral and Collegiate Churches", 
 Abbeys, Priories, Colleges, Hospitals, Friaries, and other 
 ecclesiastical bodies which were suppressed at different 
 times by authority of Parliament. 
 
 The Monastic Cathedral Churches were those in which 
 the Bishop held the place of Abbot, the greater part of 
 which were reconstituted subsequent to the dissolution of 
 the Religious Houses by Henry VIII. 
 
 The Collegiate Churches and Colleges consisted of a 
 number of Secular Clergy, living under the government 
 of a Dean, Warden, Provost, or Master, and having for 
 the more solemn performance of divine service, Chaplains, 
 Singing men, and Choristers belonging to them. 
 
 The Abbeys were societies of Religious Persons, presided 
 over by an Abbot or Abbess, some of which were so con- 
 siderable that their Abbots were summoned to Parliament 
 as Peers of the Realm, and wore Mitres, having many "of 
 the attributes of a Bishop within the limits of their respec- 
 tive Houses. 
 
 The Priories were similar societies to the Abbeys, ruled, 
 instead of by an Abbot, by a Prior or Prioress, who in 
 the Abbeys were only subordinate officers. They were of 
 two kinds : Firstly, those in which the Prior held full sway 
 as entirely as if he were an Abbot and was chosen by the 
 convent, as the Cathedral Priors and most of those of the 
 Austin Order. " Secondly, such as were Cells, subordinate 
 to some great Abbey by whose Abbot the Prior was 
 placed and displaced at will. Some of these were alto- 
 gether subject to their respective Abbeys, who sent them 
 what officers and monks they pleased, taking their 
 ' revenues into the common stock of the Abbey ; others 
 consisting of a stated number of monks who had a Prior 
 sent them from the Abbey, and paid a yearly pension as 
 an acknowledgment of their subjection, but acted in other 
 matters as an independent body, and had the rest of their 
 revenues for their own use. 
 
 Alien Priories were such as were Cells to foreign Mon- 
 asteries, by whom they were established to collect and 
 administer the revenues of such manors &c. as they held
 
 249 
 
 MONASTIC FOUNDATIONS, &C.— (continued), 
 
 in this country. These also were of two kinds, Borne 
 being conventual, that is to Bay, having Prion of their 
 own choosing, and paying only the ancient "apport ,, to 
 the foreign bouse, whilst others were entirely dependent 
 on the foreign bouses, t • whom they returned all their 
 revenues For this reason their estates were generally 
 seized during the wars between England and Prance, 
 being restored to them on the conclusion of peace. 
 
 Hospitals wen- bouses established by royal patents for 
 the relief of poor and impotent people, and were capa- 
 ble of receiving gifts and grants in perpetuity. There 
 were generally two or three Ecclesiastics attached to each 
 Hospital, one as Master or Prior, and the others as Chap- 
 lains or Confessors. 
 
 Friaries were houses erected for the occupation of 
 Friars, who, being by profession Mendicants, were sup- 
 posed to have no property, and their houses were seldom 
 endowed. The accounts of their possessions, therefore, 
 show little more than the sites of their respective Houses, 
 with the adjacent gardens, &c. 
 
 Chantries were endowments of lands or other revenues 
 for the maintenance of one or more priests to say daily 
 mass for the souls of the founder and his relations and 
 benefactors, sometimes at a particular altar, and often in 
 little chapels added to cathedral and other churches for 
 that purpose. 
 
 Free Chapels were places of religious worship, exempt 
 from all jurisdiction of the Ordinary, some of which 
 having been originally built upon the manors and ancient 
 demesnes of the Crown for the use of the King and his 
 retinue, had been granted away together with such estates, 
 retaining their original freedom from jurisdiction; others 
 again having again been built and endowed by private 
 persons with the special license of the Crown. 
 
 Preceptories were small communities of Knights Tem- 
 plars established in various parts of the country under the 
 government of the so-called " Prseceptores Templi," for 
 the management and administration of their estates, being 
 in fact Cells to the principal house in London. 
 
 Commanderies were similar institutions belonging to 
 the Knights Hospitallers, or Knight.- of St. John of 
 Jerusalem. 
 
 The first of these religious foundations to undergo the 
 process of confiscation, to which by their ever-in< reasing 
 revenues they were all eventually doomed, was that vi' 
 the Knights Templars, who, on the suppression of that 
 Order by Clement V., were distributed into several con- 
 vents, their possessions being transferred to the rival 
 Order of St. .John of Jerusalem.
 
 250 
 
 MONASTIC FOUNDATIONS, &c .— (continued). 
 
 The Alien Priories, the revenues of which, as has already 
 been mentioned, were generally seized into the King's 
 hands on the breaking out of a war, were the nest to 
 fall, an Act of Parliament being passed in the second 
 year of Henry V., by which they were entirely sup- 
 pressed, and their possessions confiscated to the King's 
 use. With the revenues of these Priories several Colleges 
 were subsequently almost entirely endowed, as that of 
 All Souls, in Oxford, founded by Archbishop Chicheley 
 in 1437, and Eton College, and King's College, Cam- 
 bridge, founded by Henry VI. about 1441. 
 
 In 1497 the Bishop of Ely, with the King's consent, 
 suppressed St. Rhadegund's nunnery in Cambridge, and 
 with the revenues thereof founded Jesus College. 
 
 In 1505 Margaret, Countess of Richmond and Derby, 
 founded Christ's College, Cambridge, and obtained the 
 Pope's license to suppress the Abbey of Creyke, in 
 Norfolk, and to settle its revenues on that College, and 
 similar suppressions of the smaller monasteries for the 
 purpose of endowing seats of learning were of not unfre- 
 quent occurrence prior to the reign of Henry VIII. 
 
 In April 1524, Cardinal Wolsey, being desirous of 
 founding two Colleges, viz., one at Ipswich (his. birth- 
 place), and one at Oxford, and " finding, that there were 
 " several mean monasteries in England in which both 
 " the revenues and the number of the religious were 
 " two small to keep up regular discipline, church ser- 
 " vice, and hospitality," obtained a bull from Pope 
 Clement VII. for suppressing the Priory of St. Frides- 
 wide, in Oxford ; and another in .September of the same 
 year, for the suppression of as many small monasteries as 
 were needed to raise a revenue not exceeding 3,000 ducats 
 per annum. 
 
 In June 1525, the royal consent was obtained thereto, 
 and Commissioners appointed to carry the suppression into 
 effect. In 1528 and 1529 several other bulls were granted 
 for similar purposes, and thus the way may be considered 
 to have been paved towards a general dissolution. 
 
 On the casting off of the Papal Supremacy by Henry 
 the Eighth, although the Religious Houses generally 
 subscribed to an acknowledgment of the sovereign as 
 the supreme head of the church, but little faith was placed 
 in the sincerity of their allegiance, and the King being 
 evidently resolved on their destruction, had little diffi- 
 culty in finding suitable pretexts. In the 27th year of 
 his rei^n, an Act was passed for the dissolution of all the 
 Religious Houses whose incomes were less than 200?. a year, 
 the loose and vicious lives of the monks and nuns in the 
 smaller houses, and the misapplication of their revenues
 
 251 
 
 MONASTIC FOUNDATIONS, &0.— (continued). 
 
 (as appeared l>y the visitations thereof made), being 
 alleged :is reasons for breaking tnem up and transferring 
 their occupants to the greater monasteries, "in which, 
 " thanks be to God, religion i right vr< red and 
 
 " kept up," their revenue-, however, being applied to the 
 King's use 
 
 15y this Act, about 380 houses were dissolved and a 
 revenue of about 30,000£ per annum accrued to the 
 royal Exchequer, besides 100,000?. in plate and jewels. 
 
 By another Act passed in the same reign, a new 
 Court was established, called the "Court of the Aug- 
 mentations of the Revenues of the Crown," under the 
 survey of which the revenues of all the dissolved Mon- 
 asteries were placed, together with all lands, &c. acquired 
 by the Crown by purchase or exchange. 
 
 The suppression of these houses occasioned great dis- 
 content, and in 1536 a rebellion broke out in Lincolnshire 
 headed by Doctor Makerel, the Trior of Barlings, who, 
 styling himself " Captain Cobler," drew after him a great 
 body of men, who were, however, soon dispersed and 
 compelled to lay down their arms. Another and much 
 more formidable insurrection broke out in Yoi'kshire, 
 called the " Pilgrimage of Grace," on the termination of 
 which the King resolved on the suppression of the rest 
 of the Monasteries, and a new visitation thereof was 
 appointed in 1537. This caused the greater Abbeys to be 
 surrendered apace, many of them, having been implicated 
 in the late rebellion, hoping by the voluntary surrender 
 of their houses to save their lives. 
 
 Eventually, although there was no law compelling the 
 Abbeys and Convents to surrender, they were almost all 
 wrought upon to do so, and by an Act passed in the 
 31st year of the King's reign, all the Religious Houses, 
 which since the passing of the former Act had been 
 suppressed, forfeited, or given up, or should be so here- 
 after, were confirmed to the King and his successors, 
 with all their rents, profits, and revenues, which were 
 placed under the survey of the Court of Augmentations, 
 with the exception of those attainted of treason, the 
 revenues of which were accounted for at the Court of 
 Exchequer. 
 
 In consequence of this .Vet, all the Abbots were pre- 
 vailed upon to surrender, except those of Colchester, 
 Glastonbury, and Reading, who could not be induced to 
 do so, and were therefore accused of high treason, and 
 executed, and their Abbeys forfeited by attainder. 
 
 The next year a bill was brought in tor suppressing the 
 Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, and thus the revenues 
 of all the greater houses passed into the hands of the
 
 252 
 
 MONASTIC FOUNDATIONS, &c— (continued). 
 
 King, amounting- to above 100,000/. per annum, including 
 a large sum in plate and jewels. 
 
 The religious persons occupying these houses had, 
 however, almost all of them something given them for 
 their present subsistence, and pensions were assigned to 
 them either for life or till they could be preferred to some 
 other cure or dignity. The amount of these pensions was 
 very considerable. Out of the revenues that came to his 
 hands, however, the King managed to found six new 
 Bishoprics, the Colleges of Christ Church, Oxford, and 
 Holy Trinity, Cambridge, with Professors! dps of Divinity, 
 Law, Physics, &c, in both Universities, besides laying 
 out great sums of money iff building and fortifying many 
 
 Ports in the channel. 
 
 In 1545 further supplies were necessary for the main- 
 tenance of the wars with France and Scotland, and an 
 Act was passed which, after reciting that the possessions 
 of the Colleges, Chantries, Free Chapels, Guilds, &c., had 
 been misapplied in various ways, and that in many cases 
 not only the founders and donors thereof but other persons 
 pretending to be such, and in some cases the priests or 
 wardens themselves, had entered upon their lands, &c, and 
 converted the profits thereof to their own use, declared 
 that where such fraudulent practices had taken place the 
 Chantries were thereby dissolved and their possessions 
 forfeited to the King ; and by direction of the same Act 
 Commissioners were appointed to inquire into and make 
 Certificates of the names of the various Chantries and their 
 founders, the value of their lands, &c, and to take Inven- 
 tories of their jewels, plate, and ornaments. 
 
 Few of the Chantries were disturbed, however, till the 
 first year of Edward VI., when another Act was passed, 
 by which all Chantries, &c. existing at any time within the 
 five yours preceding the date of the Act, and not already 
 in the hands of the late or present King, were declared to 
 belon" to the Crown with all their lands and revenues, 
 Commissioners being again appointed to make Certificate 
 into the Court of Augmentations of all manors, lands, &c. 
 belonging to the same, which were to be placed under the 
 control of that Court and their revenues to be converted 
 to the King's use. This was done accordingly, and these 
 institutions were destroyed to the number of 90 colleges, 
 110 hospitals, and 2,374 chantries and free chapels. 
 
 A very elaborate account of the Monastic Foundations 
 throughout England and Wales, with Transcripts of the 
 Deeds' of Foundation and of other Charters and Grants 
 relating thereto, is contained in Dugdale's " Monasticon 
 AnMicanum " which also contains Accounts of their pos- 
 sesions extracted from the Ministers' Accounts and from
 
 253 
 
 MONASTIC FOUNDATIONS, &c— (continued). 
 
 the Valor Ecclesiasticus ; and copious references to Bee >rda 
 from which Bimilar information may be obtained, and also 
 to the grants of the Sites of the several Religious II 
 made at the time of the dissolution will be found in Tanner's 
 " Notitia Monastica." 
 
 The following classes of documents illustrate this Bub- 
 
 ject :— 
 
 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS OF SuPBEMACT. (EXCHEQUER, TrEA- 
 BT i:V OF THE RECEIPT.) 
 
 These are the original Acknowledgments made by the 
 several Religious Houses, &c, having in most cases the 
 Conventual Seals attached, and bearing the signatures of 
 the Abbots, Priors, and others. 
 
 Descriptive Inventory. Report VII., App. II., pp. 279- 
 306. 
 
 Alien Prioimes, &c, Extents of. (Exchequer, 
 Q. R.) -22 Edw. I. to 22 Edw. IV. 
 
 These consist of Extents and Inquisitions relating to 
 the possessions of the Alien Religious Houses in England, 
 and also of laymen who were foreign subjects. The 
 Ministers' Accounts of such possessions have been added 
 to the General Series of Ministers' Accounts, Henry III. 
 to Richard III., and are set out at length in the Inventory 
 of Ministers' Accounts. (Lists and Indexes, No. V., 
 1894.) 
 
 Augmentation Office Accounts (Exchequer, Q.R.) 
 Edward VI. 
 
 These consist of Rolls of the Pensions granted to the 
 
 m O 
 
 Incumbents and other ministers of the late dissolved col- 
 leges, chantries, &c, and of Commissions and Returns 
 of Monastic Pensions made in the 6th year of Edward VI. 
 See also " Treasurer's Accounts." 
 
 Cardinal Wousey's Inquisitions. (Chancery.) Henry 
 VIII. 
 
 Two volumes amongst the Inquisitions Post Mortem 
 (formerly amongst the Miscellaneous Bundles of the Rolls 
 Chapel Office), containing — 
 
 (1.) Inquisitions respecting the possessions of the several 
 Monasteries, &c. surrendered to Cardinal Wolsey. 
 
 (2.) Inquisitions taken alter Wolsey'- death by the 
 Commissioners specially appointed for that pur- 
 pose. 
 
 Calendar. 1 Vol. MS.
 
 254 
 
 MONASTIC FOUNDATIONS &c— (continued). 
 Cardinal AVolsey's Inquisitions, &c. — (continued). 
 
 The following is a List of the Religious Houses respect- 
 ing which Inquisitions were taken : — 
 The Monasteries or Priories of — 
 
 Bes-ham, co. Kent. 
 
 BJaekinore, co. Essex. 
 
 Brad well, co. Bucks. 
 
 Bromehill, co. Norfolk. 
 
 Canwell, co. Stafford. 
 
 Caiceto, co. Sussex. 
 
 Daventree, co. Northampton 
 
 Dodness, co. Suffolk 
 
 St. Frideswide, co. Oxon t 
 
 Le&nes, co. Kent 
 
 Pray, co. Hertf. 
 
 St. Peter' s. Ipswich, co. Suff. 
 
 Poghley, co. Berks. 
 
 Rumburgh, co. Suff. 
 
 Ravenston, co. Bucks. 
 
 Sandewall, co. Stafford. 
 
 Snape, co. Suff. 
 
 Tiptree, co. Essex. 
 
 Tonbridge, co. Kent. 
 
 Thoby, co. Essex. 
 
 Tykford, co. Bucks. 
 
 "Wallingford, co. Berks. 
 
 Walton, co. Suff. 
 
 Wykes, co. Essex. 
 
 Cardinal's Colleges, Documents relating to. 
 
 Accounts, &c. relating to Cardinal's Colleges. 
 
 [Misc. Books Excli. Tr. of Receipt, Vols. 102, 103, and 
 104.] 
 
 Transcripts of Grants to Cardinal's Colleges, &c. 
 
 [Do., Vol. 105.] 
 
 Statutes of Cardinal's College. [Do., Vol. 106.] 
 
 Terrier of Manors belonging to Cardinal's Colleges. 
 
 [Do., Vol. 163.] 
 
 Rental of the possessions of Cardinal's College, Oxford. 
 
 [Do., Vol. 164.] 
 
 Surrenders and Annexations to Cardinal's College. 
 (Exchequer, Tr. of Receipt.) 4 Cases. 
 
 Wolsey's Patents. (Exchequer, Tr. of Receipt.) The 
 original Grants by Cardinal Wolsey to the Colleges at 
 Oxford and Ipswich of the possessions o£ the several 
 Monasteries surrendered to him for their endowment and 
 other documents connected therewith. 23 Boxes. 
 
 Abstracts of these are contained in the " Calendar of 
 Letters and Papers, Henry VIII."
 
 2 50 
 
 MONASTIC FOUNDATIONS, &c— (continued). 
 
 CHABTULARIE8. 
 
 The Monastio Chartularies were Registers kept by the 
 several Religious Houses, in which were entered the D 
 and Charters from their various benefactors; Rentals and 
 Surveys of their estates; Papal Letters and Bulls: and 
 occasionally contemporary Chronicles of Events. 
 
 A great number of Chartularies remain in the hands of 
 private individuals, or are scattered amongst the several 
 Public Libraries, and of these a very complete List is 
 printed in the "Collectanea Topograph ica." The fol- 
 lowing are deposited in the Public llecord Office : — 
 
 Acornbury, Priory of. 
 
 [Misc. Books, Augmentation Office, Vol. 55.] 
 Barlings, Abbey of. 
 
 [Misc. Books, Exch. Tr. of Receipt, Vol. 71.] 
 Battle Abbey. 
 
 [Misc. Books, Augmentation Office, Vol. 56.] 
 Burseough, Priory of St. Nicholas. 
 
 [Duchy of Lane. Records, Div. XI., No., G.] 
 Bury St. Edmund's, Abbey of. 
 
 [ Do., No. 5.] 
 
 Canterbury, Mon. of St. Augustine's. 
 
 [Misc. Books (Exch. Q.R.), Vol. 27.] 
 Chertsev, Abbey of. 
 
 [ Do., Vol. 25.] 
 
 Coventry. Priory of. 
 
 [ Do., Ffl/,21,] 
 
 Furness, Monastery of. 
 
 [Duchy of Lane. Records, Dir. XL, No. 3.] 
 Gloucester, Abbey of St. Peter's.* 
 
 [Amongst the Records of the Court of Chancery.] 
 Do. Original Charters relating to the. 1 Box. 
 
 [Ibid.] 
 Godstow, Nunnery of. 
 
 * [Misc. Books {Exch. Q.R.), Vol 20.] 
 Kirkstall, Abbey of. 
 
 [Duchy of Lane. Records, Div. XL., No. 7.] 
 Langdon, Abbey of. 
 
 [Misc. Books, (Exch. Q. R), Vol. 29.] 
 Malmesbury, Abbey of.* 
 
 [ Do., Vol. 2 k] 
 
 Newstead, Priory of. 
 
 [ Do., Vol 23.] 
 
 Oseney, Abbey of. 
 
 [ Do., • I r ol 20.] 
 
 * Piiutcd in the series of " Chronicles aud Memorials, &c."
 
 256 
 
 MONASTIC FOUNDATIONS, &c— (continued). 
 
 Chart ul a ries — (continued). 
 
 Pershore, Abbey of. 
 
 [Misc. Books, Augmentation Office, Vol 61.] 
 Ramsey, Abbey of.* 
 
 [Misc. Books {Exch., Q. R.), Vol 28.] 
 Selby, Abbey of. 
 
 \_Duchy of Lane. Records, Div. XI., No. 8.] 
 Torre, Abbey of. 
 
 [Misc. Books (Exch., Q. R.), Vol. 19.] 
 Warwick, College of St. Mary and Priory of. 
 
 [ Do., Vol. 22.] 
 
 Warwick, College of St. Mary, Accounts, &c. of. 
 
 [Misc. Books, Augmentation Office, Vol. 64.] 
 Worcester, Cathedral Church of. 
 
 [ Do., Vol 63.] 
 
 Colleges and Chantries. 
 
 Certificates of Colleges and Chantries. (Augmentation 
 Office.) Hen. VIII. and Edw. VI. 
 
 These consist chief!}' of the Returns of the Commis- 
 sioners appointed under the Act of ] Edward VI. to 
 inquire into the possessions of all Colleges, Hospitals, 
 Chantries, Free Chapels, &C, the objects for which they 
 were founded, the date of their foundation, names of the 
 founders, and yearly value thereof. There are a few 
 Returns only under the Act of 37 Hen. VIII. Others 
 will be found amongst the Misc. Rolls, &c, Chancery, 
 (Bundle 13) having been returned to that Court by virtue 
 of Special Commissions. 
 
 Calendar. 1 Vol. MS. 
 
 Particulars for the Sale of Colleges and Chantries. 
 (Augmentation Office.) Hen. VIII. and Edw. VI. 
 
 These are entered in two volumes amongst the Miscel- 
 laneous Books of the Augmentation Office. (Nos. 67 and 
 68.) 
 
 Calendar and Index Locorum. 1 Vol. MS. 
 
 Particulars for Grants relating to Colleges and Chantries. 
 
 Edward VI. 2 Vols., with an Index. 
 [Misc. Books, Exchequer, Tr. of the Receipt, Vol. 258, 
 
 259, and 2 60. 
 
 Certificates of Colleges and Chantries in the County of 
 Lancaster. Edward VI. 
 
 [Duchy of Lane. Records, Div. XVIIL, No. 26. 
 
 Do. in the County of Lincoln. 
 
 [ Do., No. 25.] 
 
 Printed in the series of " Chronicles and Memorials, &c."
 
 2:. 7 
 
 MONASTIC FOUNDATIONS, &c.— (continued). 
 
 Colleges and Chantries— (continued) 
 
 Auditors' Particulars of lands belonging to Chantries in 
 Lancashire, Yorkshire, and other Counties. Henry 
 VIII. and Edw. VI. 
 [Duchy of Lancaster Records, Die .Y.YJ'., Bundle U.] 
 
 Certificates of Colleges, Chantries, and Guilds in t lie 
 City of London. (Land Revenue Office.) Henry VIII. 
 These arc still in the Land Revenue Record Office, and 
 consist of Certificates as to the Foundations and Endow- 
 ments of Colleges, Chantries, Hospitals, &c and also of 
 the endowments of the different Crafts or Companies of 
 the City of London. 
 
 Indentures of Foundation of Henry VII. 's Chapel at 
 Westminster. (Exchequer, Treasury of the Receipt.) 
 Two volumes magnificently hound in red velvet. 
 Transcripts of Charters, &c. relating to the Chantry of 
 the Blessed Mary in St. Dunstan's in the West. 
 49 Edw. III. 
 
 [Misc. Bolls, 8fc. {Chancery), No. .] 
 Transcripts of Charters, &c. relating to the Hospital of 
 St. Bartholomew, near Oxford. John to Edw. 1. 
 [ Do., No. 
 
 Inquisition, &c. concerning the state of the King's Free 
 Chapel in the Castle of Hastings. 12 Edw. II. 
 
 [ Do., No. .V] 
 
 Petition, &c, concerning Liberties granted to the College of 
 
 St. Mary and St. Nicholas, Cambridge. 22 Henry VI. 
 
 [ Do., Nos. ±& and £|.] 
 
 Petition &c, concerning a Confirmation of Liberties to 
 
 Eton College. 23 Hen. VI. 
 
 [ Do > No. ££.] 
 
 A Roll relating to the Jurisdiction of the Bishop "t 
 Chichester in" the King's Free Chapel at Hastings. 
 Temp. Henry VI. 
 
 [ Do., &<>.&.] 
 
 Foundation and Statutes of the College of Pleshey, co. 
 K>sex. 
 
 [Duchy of Lancaster Records, Div. XXV., B. 10.] 
 
 The following documents relating to Colleges and 
 Chantries are amongst the Miscellaneous Books of the 
 Exchequer, Treasury of the Receipt : — 
 
 Vol. 109. Documents relating to Christ Church College, 
 Oxford. Hon. V11I. 
 
 Vol. 110. Ordinances relating to a Chantry in the Chapel of 
 Allhallows, Barking. Edw. IV. 
 
 Vol. 111. Ordinances of St. George's Chapel, "Windsor. 
 
 Vol. 112. Instructions as to the foundation of a Chantry at 
 Carupesev, in Sutfolk. 
 
 Vol. 113. Documents relating to St George's Chape], Windsor. 
 II 80195. r
 
 258 
 
 MONASTIC FOUNDATIONS, &c— (continued). 
 Colleges and Chantries — (continued). 
 
 The following are amongst the Miscellaneous Books of 
 the Augmentation Office: 
 
 Sacristan's Account of the College of Fotheringay, co. 
 
 Northampton, &c. [Vol. 145.] 
 
 Accounts of the Master of Fotheringay College. [Vol. 146.] 
 
 Statutes of Fotheringay College. [Vol. 147.] 
 
 Indentures of Foundation of a Chapel, &c. at West Brayn- 
 
 ford. co. Midd. 21 Hen. VIII. [Vol. 148.] 
 
 Foundation and Statutes of a Chantry at Chalgrave, co. 
 
 Oxon. 10 Hen. IV. [Vol. 149.] 
 
 Foundation of a Chantry at Chiddingstone, co. Kent. 
 
 9 Hen. VITI. [Vol. 150.] 
 Inquisitions and Presentments as to Chantry Lands in the 
 County of Northampton. Temp. Elizabeth. [Vol. 168.1 
 A similar volume for the County of Lancaster. (Hundreds 
 of Amounderness and Leylond.) [Vol. 170.] 
 
 Statutes of Warwick College. [Vol. 492.] 
 
 Many deeds relating to the foundation and endowment 
 of Colleges and Chantries will be found amongst the " Cartas 
 Miscellanea; " of the Augmentation Office and in other 
 series of " Ancient Deeds," &c. 
 See DEEDS (ANCIENT). 
 Conventual Leases. See LEASES. 
 Household Accounts of Monasteries, &c. 
 
 A great number of these, such as the Cellarers' Accounts, 
 Sacristans' Accounts, Treasurers' Accounts, and so forth, 
 will be found in the series of Ministers' Accounts of which 
 they form a distinct branch. Such accounts are, however, 
 frequently attached to the general Account of the Revenues 
 of the Monastery. (See Lists and Indexes, No. V., 1894.) 
 The following are amongst the Miscellaneous Books of 
 the Treasury of the Receipt : — 
 
 Yol. 107. Household Accounts of the Abbot of Eamsey. 
 
 21 Hen. VII. to 24 Hen. VIII. 
 Vol. 108. Do. of Holy Trinity Priory, London. 
 
 5-6 Hen. VIII. 
 
 Knights Templars, Possessions of the. 
 
 Inquisition concerning the possessions of the Knights 
 Templars, taken by Geoffrey Fitz-Stephen, the Master of 
 that Order, in 1185. [Misc. Books, Exch., Q. R., Vol. 16.] 
 
 Rolls of Accounts of the Templars' Lands. Temp. 
 Edw. II. (Exchequer, L. T. R.) Three large Rolls. 
 
 Repertory. 1 Roll. 
 
 \\ rite relating to the dissolution of the Knights Templars 
 and the seizure of their possessions. 17 Edw. II. 
 
 [Misc. Rolls, 8fc, Chancery, No. * F 7 .] 
 
 Extracts from the Pipe Rolls relating to allowances 
 
 made to the Brethren of the Temple and of St. John of 
 
 Jerusalem. 26 Edw. III. 
 
 [ Do No. jf]
 
 259 
 
 MONASTIC FOUNDATIONS, &C— (continued). 
 
 Leases and Pensions. 
 
 Enrolments of Leases and Pensions. (Augmentation 
 Office.) Eenry VIII. to James I. 4 I Vols. 
 Index. Report KLIX., A pp., pp. 209-360. 
 \\n.,l< of Payment of Pensions. 31 Hen. VIII. to 
 1 Mary. 14 Vols. These contain accounts of the pay- 
 ment of pensions to " dyvers, being late religious persons/' 
 specifying their names, the Houses to which they re- 
 spectively belonged, and the amounts paid to each. 
 
 [Misc. Books (Augmentation Office), Vols. 248 to 262.] 
 Warrants for Pensions. 28 Hen. VIII. 
 A volume containing original Warrants or Letters 
 Patent for the payment of pensions to the Abbots, Priors, 
 &c. of ihe dissolved Monasteries. 
 
 [Misc. Boohs (Augmentation Office), Vol 244.]* 
 Do. Edward VI. 
 A similar volume containing Warrants for pensions to 
 the Incumbents of the late Colleges and Chantries, &c. 
 
 [ Do., I r ol. 247.]* 
 
 Cardinal Pole's Certificate of Pensions. 2 & 3 Philip 
 and .Mary. A Certificate or Return, taken by virtue of 
 an Indenture dated 24th Feb. 2 & 3 Philip and Mary, 
 between the King and Queen of the one part and Cardinal 
 Pole as Papal Legate of the other part, of all Fees, 
 Annuities, Corrodies, or Pensions payable to Religious 
 Persons throughout England and Wales. 
 
 [Misc. Books (Exch. Q. E.), Vol 31.] 
 See also " Augmentation Office Accounts," "Sup- 
 pression PAPERS," and " TeEASUEEES ACCOUNTS." 
 
 Pensions. See Leases and Pensions. 
 
 Possessions of Monasteeies, &c, Accounts of the 
 (both prior and subsequent to the dissolution). See 
 MINISTERS' ACCOUNTS, &c. 
 
 Possessions of the dissolved Monasteries, &c, Par- 
 ticulars fob Chants of the. See CHARTERS 
 AND GRANTS. 
 
 SUPPEESSION OF THE MONASTEBIES, &C. 
 
 " Suppression Papers." (Exchequer Q. R.) Henry VIII 
 These consist of Views of Accounts of the possessions of 
 Religious Houses In variousX/Ounties, with Accounts of the 
 Pensions assigned to the Monks, Nuns, and Servants of 
 the said Houses, &c, &c. 
 
 Descriptive Slips. 1 Vol. MS. 
 
 * Indexed iu the Deputy Keeper's 49th Report. 
 
 E 2
 
 2C0 
 
 MONASTIC FOUNDATIONS, &c— (continued). 
 Suppression of the Monasteries, &c. — (continued). 
 
 Commission and Instructions to ascertain the value of 
 Ecclesiastical Possessions. 26 Hen. VIII. 
 
 [Misc. Books (JExch., Tr. of the Receipt), Vol. 114.] 
 Dockets of the Submissions of the Monasteries and 
 Abstracts of the Inventories of their possessions. 30 
 Hen. VIII. 
 
 [ Do., Vol. 115.] 
 
 Instructions, &c. as to the Suppression of Monasteries. 
 
 [ Do., Vol. 116.] 
 
 Inventories of the Goods of Friaries in various Counties. 
 Temp. Hen. VIII. 
 
 [ Do., Vol 154.] 
 
 Do. of Monasteries in various Counties. Temp. 
 
 Hen. VIII. 
 
 [ Do., Vol. 155.] 
 
 Do. &c. of Monasteries in the Counties of South- 
 
 ampton, Wilts, and Gloucester. 31 Hen. VIII. 
 
 [Misc. Books {Augmentation Office) Vol. 494.] 
 Do. in the Counties of Warwick, Stafford, &c. 
 
 [ Do., Vol. 172.] 
 
 Memoranda of Monasteries surrendered to Cardinal 
 Wolsey. 
 
 [Misc. Books (JExch., Tr. of the Receipt), Vol. 117.] 
 
 A great number of documents relating to the Suppression 
 
 of the Religious Houses will also be found amongst the 
 
 " Letters and Papers," Henry VIII., calendared in the 
 
 Series of " Calendars of State Papers." 
 
 Surrenders of Monasteries. (Augmentation Office.) 
 Henry VIII. 1 Case. 
 
 These are the original Deeds of Surrender, attested by 
 the autograph signatures of the Abbots, Priors, and others, 
 with, in most instances, the conventual seal attached. 
 
 Descriptive Catalogue. Report VIII., App. II., pp. 
 1-51. 
 
 See also Cardinal's Colleges. 
 
 The Deeds of Surrender are also enrolled on the Close 
 Rolls. 
 
 Surveys and Rentals of the possessions of the dissolved 
 Monasteries, &c. 
 
 See RENTALS AND SURVEYS. 
 
 Treasurer's Accounts of the Court of Augmenta- 
 tions. 28 Hen. VIII. to 1 Mary. 10 Rolls. 
 
 These contain an Account of all moneys received or paid 
 by the Treasurer of the Court of Augmentations, specify- 
 ing the Amounts received from the Particular Receivers 
 of the revenues of the dissolved Monasteries, &c. through-
 
 2G1 
 
 MONASTIC FOUNDATIONS, &C— (continued). 
 
 Teba8uebe's Accounts of the Coi kt op Augmenta- 
 tions — (continued). 
 
 out England and Wales, with the sums produced by the 
 sale of their Jewels, Plate, and Ornaments; the Fines or 
 Compositions received for the Toleration or Continuance 
 "I certain Bouses; and the various sums received by Salee 
 of Lands, &c., with an exact description of the pren 
 sold, the name of the purchaser, and date of] archase, &c. 
 
 The payments comprise the Fees and Wages of 
 ( Officers of the Court, Annuities to Royal and other person- 
 ages, Pensions to the Abbots, Priors, and others of the 
 dissolved Monasteries, and payments of various kinds made 
 by Warrant of the Chancellor of the Court of Augmenta- 
 tions or otherwise. 
 
 Inventory. Report XXI., p. 12. 
 
 Valuations of the Religious Houses &c. 
 
 The "Valor Ecclesiasticus " of 27 Henry VIII. gives a 
 Survey or Valuation of the possessions and revenues of all 
 the Religions Houses and Foundations throughout Eng- 
 land and Wales. 
 
 See ECCLESIASTICAL MATTERS. 
 
 Visitations of Hospitals and other Foundations. 
 
 Visitation of the Hospital of St. Leonard, Derby. 
 1 Edw. III. [Misc. Rolls, &c. {Chancery), No. ^.] 
 
 Visitation of the King's Chapel in the Castle of Hastings. 
 19 Edw. III. [ ' Do., No. T V] 
 
 Visitation of the Hospital or St. Leonard, York. 39 
 Edw. III. [ Do., No. &.] 
 
 Visitation of the Hospital of St. Mary Bethlem, London. 
 4 Hen. rV. [ Do., X . 7 < T .] 
 
 NOMINA VILLARUM. 
 
 The documents known as " Nomina Villarum *' consist 
 of the Returns to Writs issued in the ninth year of Ed- 
 ward II. to all (he Sheriffs throughout England, directing 
 them to certify to the Exchequer the number of Hundreds 
 and Wapentakes within their respective Bailiwicks, what 
 Cities. Boroughs, and Townships there were within each 
 of such Hundreds or Wapentakes, and who were the 
 Lords thereof. These were required in relation to the 
 Military Levies granted in the Parliament at Lincoln in 
 9 Edward II., when it was directed that one man-at-arms 
 should be raised from every Township. The original 
 Returns were made on Rolls :* few of which are still 
 extant amongst the Records of the Lord Treasurer's 
 Remembrancer, as specified below.
 
 262 
 
 NOMINA VILLARUM— (continued). 
 
 In the first year of Henry VII. it was noticed that these 
 Rolls or Returns, being almost in daily use, had become 
 so blind and frayed that they could scarcely be read or 
 understood, and it was therefore ordered that they should 
 be forthwith transcribed in a book to remain for ever in 
 the Exchequer. This was done accordingly, as appears 
 by the Memoranda Roll of Hilary, 1 Henry VII., but 
 the volume thus framed has long since disappeared. A 
 later Transcript of this volume, in the handwriting of Sir 
 Henry Ellis, is, however, preserved amongst the Series of 
 Transcripts made for the Record Commission, and other 
 copies, more or less imperfect, exist amongst the Harleian 
 MSS. and elsewhere. 
 
 These Transcripts, together with some of the original 
 Returns, have been used in the compilation of the Returns 
 printed in Palgrave's Parliamentary Writs, &c. Vol. II., 
 Div. 3, pp. 297-416. 
 
 The original Rolls of Nomina Villarum hitherto found 
 are eight in number representing the Counties of Beds and 
 Bucks, "Devon, Lincoln, Middlesex, Notts, and Derby, 
 Salop and Stafford, Southampton, and Warwick respec- 
 tively, the latter having been recently discovered. 
 
 [Misc. Bolls, Exchequer, L. T. R. Bundle 2.] 
 
 There are also amongst the records of the Queen's 
 Remembrancer's Department five volumes called "Nomina 
 Villarum," containing Certificates made to the Barons of 
 the Exchequer by the Bailiffs of Liberties in various 
 Counties of the names of the Towns, Hamlets, &a within 
 their respective Liberties with relation to the claims by 
 the Lords thereof to Estreats, Felons' Goods, &c. 
 
 These volumes bear date in the reign of Charles II. 
 
 OATHS OF ALLEGIANCE, &c. 
 
 The Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy, and also the 
 Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, were by several Statutes 
 and Ordinances enacted against Papists and Non-confor- 
 mists directed to be taken by all persons holding offices, 
 civil or military. The chief of these statutes were : — 
 (1.) The Corporation Act of 13 Car. II., by which no 
 person could be legally elected to any office 
 relating to the government of any City or Cor- 
 poration unless within one year before accepting 
 such office he had received the Sacrament of the 
 Lord's Supper according to the rites of the 
 Church of England,' being at the same time en- 
 joined to take the Oaths of Allegiance and 
 Supremacy.
 
 263 
 
 OATHS OF ALLEGIANCE, &C.— (continued). 
 
 (2.) The Test Act, 25 Oar. II., Cap. II., by which all 
 officers, civil and military, and persons having 
 places of trust under bie lifajesty wen- directed 
 to take the oath and make the declaration 
 against transubstantiation in the Court of King's 
 Bench or Chancery, and within six months after 
 their admission to receive the Sacrament of the 
 
 Lord's Supper in some public church, and to 
 
 deliver into Courl a Certificate thereof signed by 
 
 the Minister and Churchwardens. 
 (3.) The " Solemn Association" entered into in 7 l<: 8 
 Will. III. by which the Parliament bound itself 
 to defend his Majesty's person and Government 
 against all plots and conspiracies, all persons 
 bearing offices, civil or military, being enjoined 
 to subscribe the Association to stand by King 
 William under certain forfeitures and penalties. 
 
 The Oaths subscribed by Attorneys and Solicitors and 
 by the Officers of the several Courts of Law are referred 
 to under the heads of "Attorneys and Solicitors" and 
 "Offices and Appointments" respectively. 
 
 Oath Bolls. (Chancery.) 
 
 There are three sets of Oath Rolls which were trans- 
 ferred from the Petty Bag Office, viz. : — 
 
 1. Oaths of Allegiance and Test Oaths. Charles II. to 
 
 Victoria. 36 Rolls, being the Original Oaths to 
 which the signatures of the jurors were affixed. 
 
 2. Enrolments of Oaths. Charles II. to Anne. 7 Rolls. 
 
 These include a Roll containing the names of all 
 the officers and men in Ids Majesty's Fleet who 
 had taken the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy. 
 12 Car. II. 
 
 3. Association Oath Rolls. 8 William III. These 
 
 were subscribed by all persons bearing offices, pur- 
 suant to the "Solemn Association" entered into 
 by the Parliament of William III. to defend his 
 Majesty's person and Government against all plots 
 and conspiracies. They are exceedingly voluminous, 
 comprising upwards of 473 Rolls, and including all 
 the Members of the House of Commons, the Free- 
 men of all the City Companies, the Military and 
 Civil Officers of the Crown, and the Clergy and 
 Gentry throughout England and Wales. 
 
 Oaths of Allegiancf.. (Exchequer, Queen's Re. 
 membrancek.) Geo. I. to Geo. IV. 1 Portfolio.
 
 264- 
 
 OATHS OF ALLEGIANCE, &c— (continued). 
 
 Oath Rolls or " Swearing Rolls." (Queen's Bench,. 
 Crown Side.) 1673 to 1858. 
 
 Four Bags, containing Oath Rolls of various kinds, as 
 Oaths of Allegiance, Sacrament and Test 0;>ths, Associa- 
 tion Oath Rolls, temp. William III., and Oath Rolls of 
 Naturalization from 1 to 12 Anne. 
 
 Oaths of Allegiance, &c. (State Paper Office.) 
 A Collection of Original Instruments of Association for 
 the defence of Queen Elizabeth, dated 19 Oct. 1584, and 
 signed by various members of the Privy Council, by the 
 dignified clergy of the Provinces of York and Canterbury, 
 and by the gentry and principal persons of various counties 
 and towns. 
 
 [S. P. Dom., Eliz., Vol 174.] 
 
 Sacrament Certificates. (Chancery.) 1673tol789. 
 These are the Certificates, signed by the Minister and 
 Churchwarden of each Parish, of such persons as had re- 
 ceived the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper pursuant to 
 the Test Act of 25 Charles II. 
 
 Do. (Queen's Bench, Crown Side.) 
 
 1676 to 1828. 10 Bags. 
 
 OFFICES AND APPOINTMENTS. 
 
 Chancery. 
 
 Grants of Offices of various kinds are enrolled on the 
 Patent Rolls and may be referred to by means of the 
 ordinary Calendars. A collection of references to Grants 
 of Offices from Ric. III. to Car. II., arranged under 
 Counties, is contained in " Palmer's Indexes," Vols. 108 and 
 109, and similar collections from Henry VIII. to Car. II. 
 are contained in Vols. 136 and 137, in the first of these 
 the entries being classified according to the nature of the 
 offices. [See also Vols. 36, 57, 63, and 110.] 
 
 Surrenders of Offices are enrolled on the Close Rolls, 
 on the Surrender Rolls, and on the Specification 
 
 AND SUEBENDEE ROLLS. 
 
 There is a Bundle of Certificates of Surrenders of Offices 
 amongst the Certificates (Various) from the Petty Bag 
 Office. See CERTIFICATES. 
 
 Special Commissions to inquire into Forfeitures of 
 Offices. 5 Charles I. to 4 William IV. See COM- 
 MISSIONS. 
 
 ESCHEATOBS AND CUSTOMERS. 
 
 The appointment of Escheators and also of the Searchers 
 and other officers of the Customs are enrolled on the " Fine 
 ROLLS " till the reign of Charles L, when that series became 
 extinct ; afterwards on the Patent Rolls, and subsequent
 
 265 
 
 OFFICES AND APPOINTMENTS— (continw 
 Chancery— (continued). 
 
 Esohbatoes and Oustomeb — (continued), 
 to the year 1725 on the "Bishops' Patent Rolls, 
 
 which, in addition to the Appointments of Bishops, con- 
 tained those of the Eecheatore and also of " I lustomei 
 
 There are also amongst the Record- transferred from 
 the Petty Bag < office Bundles entitled "Customebs' 
 Patents," containing the original Patents or Privy Seal 
 Bills for such appointments from George I. to Gre »ij* III. 
 
 JUSTICES OF THE PEACE. Commissions of the Peace are 
 enrolled on the back of the Patent Rolls. 
 
 The Commissions of the Peace of later dates are 
 preserved at the Chancery Crown Office. 
 
 Writs of Dedimus Potestatem to swear Justices of the 
 Peace, and also the Masters Extraordinary in Chancery, 
 are amongst the " Brevia Regia " from the Petty Ba<^ 
 Office. ' 7 ° 
 
 Lists of Justices of the Peace of various dates are also 
 to be found amongst the Domestic State Papers, under the 
 title " Liber Pack" 
 
 Lords Lieutenant of Counties. 
 
 • The Commissions appointing Lords Lieutenant of 
 Counties are enrolled on the back of the Patent Rolls and 
 entered in the Index to those Rolls under the head of 
 " Commissions." See also the volumes entitled " Liber 
 Pacis " amongst the Domestic State Papers. 
 
 Masters Extraordinary in Chancery. 
 
 Writs of Dedimus Potestatem to swear Masters Extra- 
 ordinary are amongst the "Brevia Regia" from the 
 Petty Bag Office. 
 
 Officers ofthe Court of Chancery, Admissiom Rolls 
 of. 40 Eliz. to the present, time (from the Peth- Ba«- 
 Offi< 
 
 Index, 1 Vol. MS. 
 
 Orders for the payment of Salaries to the Masters and 
 other Officers are entered in the Registrar's Entry Books 
 of Decrees and Orders, and indexed under the title 
 " Suitors' Fee Fund." 
 
 Sheriffs. 
 
 The appointments of Sheriffs are entered on the Fine 
 Rolls. 
 
 Sheriffs' Rolls (from the Petty Bag Office). 36 
 Henry VIII. to 16 Charles I. These consist of the en- 
 rolmente of the Lists of persons proposed as Sheriffs, 
 showing which names were duly pricked. Similar Rolls 
 amongst the Miscellaneous Rolls of the Court of Chancery 
 have been added to this Scries.
 
 266 
 
 OFFICES AND APPOINTMENTS— (continued). 
 Cliancery(contmued). 
 Sheriffs — (continued). 
 
 Sheriffs' Rolls (from the Six Clerks' Office). 1700 to 1848. 
 100 Rolls. 
 
 There are amongst the Records of the Lord Treasurer's 
 Remembrancer four volumes called " Sheriffs' Books " 
 containing the names of the Sheriffs throughout England 
 from 1735 to 1832. 
 
 A complete List of all the Sheriffs of England from the 
 earliest period to the reign of William IV., extracted from 
 the Pipe Rolls and other sources has been completed and 
 will shortly be issued in the series of Lists and Indexes. 
 
 Exchequer, Queen's Remembrancer. 
 
 The appointments of Officers in the Queen's Remem- 
 brancer's Department are enrolled on the Memoranda 
 Rolls. 
 
 The Oaths of several Officers of the Exchequer are 
 entered in the Red Book and also in the Black Book of 
 the Exchequer. 
 
 There are also amongst the Records of the Queen's 
 Remembrancer two Rolls containing the. Names of the 
 Barons of the Exchequer from 8 Edw. II. to 27 Eliz., and 
 of the Treasurers erf the Exchequer from 6 Edw. II. to 
 14 Eliz. 
 
 Exchequer, Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer. 
 
 Presentations and Admissions of Officers are entered on 
 the Memoranda Rolls. 
 Sheriffs' Books. 1735 to 1832. 
 
 Four volumes, containing the names of the Sheriffs 
 throughout England. 
 Rolls of the Names of Sheriffs, Bailiffs, and 
 other Accountants at the Exchequer. 11 Henry 
 VIII. and 31 Henry VIII. 
 
 [Misc. Rolls, Nos. T 2 3- and ^.] 
 
 Exchequer, Augmentation Office. 
 
 Grants of Offices. 33 Elizabeth to 19 Charles I. and 
 9 to 11 Wm. III. 
 
 Nine Volumes, entitled "Stewardships," containing en- 
 rolments of Grants of the Offices of Seneschals, Bailiffs 
 and Collectors of Rents, &c. 
 
 [Misc. Boohs, Vols. 318 to 326.] 
 Particulars for Grants, of Offices. Henry VIII. 
 Two Volumes containing Particulars relating to the 
 granting of the Office of Bailiff or Collector of the Rents 
 of Lordships and Manors in various counties. 
 
 [Misc. Boohs, Vols. 157 and 158.]
 
 267 
 
 OFFICES AND APPOINTMENTS— (continued). 
 Exchequer, Augumentation Office — (continued). 
 
 Particulars fob Grants of Offices, &c. — (continued). 
 
 Elizabeth to Charles I. 3 Vole. 
 
 [Misc. Books, Vols. 309 to 311.] 
 Henry VIII. to Charles 1 1. *>■+ Packages. 
 
 Exchequer of Receipt. 
 
 The Appointments of Officers are. enrolled in the 
 
 Patent Books and Privy Seal Books of "the Pell 
 
 office. 
 
 Accounts of payments to Judges, Officers of the Court, 
 Commissioners of the Treasury, the Chancellor of the 
 Exchequer, the Auditor, Clerk of the Pells, the Tellers, 
 and other Officers will be found in the t( POSTING Books." 
 See RECEIPTS AND ISSUES OF THE EX- 
 CHEQUER. 
 Index to Appointments and Offices. Eliz. to 1827. 2 Vols. 
 These contain references to the .Registrations of Grants 
 of Offices and Appointments in the Patent Books and 
 Rolls of the Auditor's Office. Vol. 1 is arranged alpha- 
 betically under the names of the Persons; Vol. 2' under 
 the names of the several Offices or Appointments. 
 
 Domestic State Papers. 
 
 A Book of all the Offices under the Crown, with 
 the amount of salaries, fees, and allowances attached to 
 each; comprising Officers of the Courts of Revenue; 
 Officers and Ministers of Justice ; Officers in the various 
 Departments of the Household ; Keepers of the Royal 
 Castles, Parks, and Forests; and Keepers of Forts and 
 Garrisons in various Counties, &c, &c., the whole 
 amounting to 84,428/. 2s. od. About 1588. 
 
 [S. P. Dom., EUz., Vol. 221.] 
 
 "Liber Paois." 1577. 
 
 A Book containing the names of the Council in the 
 North and of the Commissioners of Oyer and Terminer 
 there ; of the Council in the Principality of Wales ; of the 
 Judges on the Circuits ; and of the Justices of the Peace 
 in all the Counties in England and Wales. 
 
 [8. P. Dom., EUz., Vol. 121.] 
 
 « Liber Pacis." 1580. 
 
 A similar volume. [S. P. Dom., Eliz., Vol. 145.] 
 
 "Liber Pacis." 1608. 
 
 A volume containing Lists of the Justices of Assize 
 and of the Lords Lieutenant and Justices of the Peace 
 throughout England and Wales. 
 
 [S. P. Dom., Jas. I., Vol. 33.]
 
 268 
 
 OFFICES AND APPOINTMENTS— (continued). 
 
 Domestic State Papers— (continued). 
 
 "Liber Paois." 1632. 
 
 A Volume containing the names of all the Justices of the 
 Peace throughout the Kingdom, with a List of the Lords 
 Lieutenant, 
 
 [S. P. Bom., Car. I, Vol 212.] 
 " Liber Pacis." 1638. 
 
 A Book containing a List of all the Justices of the 
 Peace for England and Wales ; together with a List of all 
 the able men fit for the wars in the County of Derby as 
 returned in Dec. 1638, the total number being 17,308. 
 
 [S. P. Bom., Car. I. s Vol. 405.] 
 Note. There is a " Liber Pacis " dated 2 Car. I. amongst 
 "Miscellanea" of the Exchequer, Q. R. 
 
 Admiralty, High Court of. 
 
 Appointments of Vice-Admirals, &c. are entered in 
 the " Muniment Books " of the High Court of Admiralty, 
 which are preserved at the Admiralty Registry from 1660 
 to the present time. 
 
 Duchy of Lancaster. 
 
 The Grants of Offices of early dates are enrolled in 
 the " Registers of Grants, &c." [See CHARTERS 
 AND GRANTS.] Those from Henry VII. to 1767 
 are in the class known as Privy Seals and Bills for 
 Patents of -Offices, &c. (Division XII.). 
 
 There is an Index to Grants of Offices, Annuities, Pre- 
 sentations, Warrants, &c. from Hen. VIII. to 1835 in 
 1 Vol. MS., entitled " Index to Patents'' 
 
 Palatinate of Chester. 
 
 An Alphabetical List of Officers of the Palatinate of 
 Chester in the counties of Chester and Flint and North 
 Wales from the earliest period to the extinction of the 
 Welsh Judicature, with the dates of Appointment and 
 references to the Records, is printed in the Appendix to 
 the 31st Report, pp. 169-261. 
 
 PALMER'S INDEXES. 
 
 A collection of private Indexes purchased from the executors 
 of Thos. Palmer, Esq., formerly Chief Clerk of the Record Office 
 at the Rolls Chapel, consisting of Calendars and Indexes to the 
 Patent Rolls, Close Rolls, Inquisitions Post Mortem, and other 
 Records of the Court of Chancery, arranged principally with refer- 
 ence to the names of Manors and Places. 
 
 Vol. 
 A. 
 
 Patent Rolls 
 Close BollB 
 Charter Rolls 
 
 Edw. 5. 
 
 19 & 20 Hen. 7. 
 
 Ric. 3. to Hen. 8. 
 
 A calendar. 
 
 " Indentures de Suffragiis." 
 
 A calendar, with Index Loco-
 
 269 
 
 PALMER'S INDEXES— (continued). 
 
 Vol. 1, 
 A. 
 
 Vol. 2, 
 B. 
 
 Patent Rolls 
 
 Do. 
 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 
 Close Kolls 
 
 Do. 
 Patent Rolls 
 
 Vol. 
 
 c. 
 
 3, 
 
 Do. 
 
 Vol. 
 D. 
 
 4, 
 
 Do. 
 
 Vol. 
 E. 
 
 5, 
 
 Do. 
 
 Vol. 
 F. 
 
 6, 
 
 Do. 
 
 Vol. 
 G. 
 
 7, 
 
 Do. 
 
 Vol. 
 H. 
 
 *, 
 
 Do. 
 
 Vol. 
 I. 
 
 9, 
 
 Do. 
 
 Vol. 
 K. 
 
 10, 
 
 Do. 
 
 Vol. 
 L. 
 
 11. 
 
 Do. 
 
 Vol. 
 M. 
 
 12, 
 
 Do. 
 
 Vol. 
 
 N. 
 
 13, 
 
 Do. 
 
 Vol. 
 0. 
 
 H, 
 
 Do. 
 
 Vol. 
 P. 
 
 15, 
 
 Do. 
 
 Ric. 3. 
 Hen. 7. 
 
 26 to 30 Hen. 8. 
 Ric. 3. - 
 
 Ric. 3. 
 Hen. 7. 
 Hen. 7. 
 
 Hen. 7. 
 Hen. 8. 
 
 Do. 
 
 Do. 
 
 and 
 
 Hen. 7. to 14 
 Eliz., and 23 
 to 26 Eliz. 
 
 Hen. 7. to 14 
 Eliz., and 23 
 to 26 Eliz. 
 
 Edw. 6. 
 
 Do. 
 
 Phil. & Mar. 
 
 1 to 14 Eliz., and 
 23 to 26 Eliz. 
 
 15 to 22 Eliz. 
 
 26 to 32 Eliz 
 
 33 to 37 Eliz., 
 and 12 & 13 
 Chas. •_'. 
 
 38 to 15 Eliz. 
 
 A calendar arranged under 
 
 Counties. 
 A calendar <>f Entails created 
 
 and Reversions granted by 
 
 Patent, temp. Hen. 7. 
 
 A calendar. 
 
 i. mlar, with [ndexea of 
 
 ( i .initio, 1 Vix. ns, and 
 Places. 
 
 Do. do. 
 
 Do. do. 
 
 An /mil. i- Locorum to the Cal. 
 (if l'at. Rolls, temp. Hen. 7. 
 contained in the three fol- 
 lowing vols. 
 
 A calendar arranged in Coun- 
 ties. [Bedford to Kent.] 
 
 Do. [Lincoln to Rutland.] 
 
 Do. [Surrey to West- 
 moreland.~\ 
 
 A calendar for the county of 
 York only. 
 
 A calendar for the county of 
 Essex only. 
 
 A calendar arranged in Coun- 
 ties. [Anglesea to Notts.] 
 
 Do. [Northampton 
 Westmoreland.'] 
 
 t.. 
 
 A calendar arranged in Coun- 
 ties. [Eugland, Wales, and 
 
 Ireland.] 
 
 Do. [All English Coun- 
 ties, except York and Essex, 
 
 for which see Vols. and 7. | 
 
 A calendar, arranged chrono- 
 logically, for England and 
 Wales. [Index Locorum in 
 Vol. 153.] 
 
 Do. do. 
 
 [Index Locorum as above.] \ 
 
 Do. do. 
 
 [Index Locorum as above.] 
 
 Do. do. 
 
 [Index Locorum in Vols. 30 
 to 33.]
 
 270 
 
 PALMER'S INDEXES— (continued). 
 
 Vol. 
 
 ca- 
 
 16, 
 
 rol. 
 
 E. 
 
 17, 
 
 Vol. 
 
 S. 
 
 IS, 
 
 Vol. 
 T. 
 
 19, 
 
 Vol. 
 V. 
 
 20, 
 
 Vol. 
 
 w 
 
 21, 
 
 Vol. 
 X 
 
 22. 
 
 Vol. 
 Y. 
 
 23, 
 
 Vol. 
 Z. 
 
 24, 
 
 Vol. 25, 
 U.K. 
 
 Vol. 
 
 26 - 
 
 Vol. 
 
 27 - 
 
 Vol. 
 
 28 - 
 
 Vol. 
 
 29 - 
 
 Vol. 
 
 30 - 
 
 Patent Eolls 
 Do. 
 
 Do. 
 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 
 Do. 
 
 Do. 
 
 Do. 
 
 Do. 
 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 
 Do. 
 
 1 to 14 Jas. 1. 
 
 3 to 5 Jas. 1. 
 temp. Chas. 1. 
 and 1655. 
 
 6 to 8 Jas. 1. - 
 
 9 to 12 Jas. 1. - 
 12 to 15 Jas. 1. 
 16 to 22 Jas. 1. 
 1 to 16 Chas. 1. 
 Do. 
 
 1 to 14 Chas. 1. 
 
 Chas.2.toGeo.2. 
 
 1 Mar. to 2 & 3 
 Phil. & Mar. 
 
 3 & 4 to 5 & 6 
 Phil. & Mar. 
 
 1 to 5 Jas. 1. - 
 14 to 31 Chas. 2. 
 
 Han. 8. to Geo. 2. 
 
 A calendar, arranged in Coun- 
 ties. [Berks to Norfolk.'] 
 
 A calendar, arranged chrono- 
 logically [with Memoranda, 
 arranged alphabetically, of 
 Special Grants, Enrolments, 
 Acts of Parliament, &c, 
 &c.*j. 
 
 A calendar, arranged chrono- 
 logically. [Index in Vol. 
 
 35.] 
 
 Do. 
 
 do. 
 
 A calendar, arranged chrono- 
 logically. [Index in Vol. 35.] 
 
 Do. 
 
 do. 
 
 A calendar, arranged in Coun- 
 ties. [Berks to Kent.'] 
 
 Do. [Lane, to Wilts] , and 
 also Welsh Counties, 
 
 America, and West Indies, 
 Channel Islands, &c. The 
 English Counties only are 
 indexed. 
 
 A calendar, arranged chrono- 
 logically. [This vol. con- 
 tains a complete calendar of 
 the Ditchfield Grant of 
 4 Chas. 1.] 
 
 Abstracts of Grants, Licences, 
 &c, with an index to the 
 Counties ; also a list of 
 Charters of Incorporation, 
 &c, from Chas. 2. to Geo. 2. 
 
 Abstracts of Grants, with an 
 Index Locorum. [See also 
 Vol. 34.] 
 
 Abstracts of Grants, &c, 
 arranged chronologically. 
 [Index in Vol. 34.] 
 
 Do. [Index in Vol. 34.] 
 
 Do. 
 33.] 
 
 [Index in Vols. 30 to 
 
 Indices Locorum [Bedford to 
 Durham] referring to calen- 
 dars contained in Vols. 3 to 
 24 inclusive, in " Liber H.R." 
 (Vol.25),and to the Abstracts 
 of Grants in Vol. 29.
 
 271 
 
 PALMER'S INDEXES— (continu.-l ,. 
 
 Vol. 31 - 
 Vol. 32 - 
 
 Vol. 33 - 
 
 Vol. .;[ - 
 
 Vol. 35 - 
 
 Vol. 36 - 
 
 Vol. 37 - 
 Vol. 38 - 
 
 Vol. 39 
 Vol. 40 
 
 Vol. 41 
 
 Vol. 42 
 
 Vol. 43 
 Vol. 44 
 Vol. 45 
 Vol. 46 
 Vol. 47 
 
 Patent Rolle 
 Do. 
 
 Do. 
 
 Do. 
 
 Do. 
 
 Do. 
 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 
 Do. 
 
 Do. 
 
 Do. 
 
 Patent, < 
 and Charter 
 Rolls, &c. 
 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 
 Hen.8. toO.-o. 2 
 
 Do. 
 
 Do. 
 
 Ben. 7.toG 
 
 6 to 22 Jas. 1. 
 
 Mary, Phil. & 
 
 Mary, Eliz. 
 
 22 to 31 Eliz. - 
 
 Hen. 7. to Will. 
 3. 
 
 Eliz. 
 
 Eliz. 
 
 Chas. 2. to Will. 
 3. 
 
 Een.3.toEdw.4. 
 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 
 Do. 
 
 Tndii > I ■ urn BSf to 
 
 Rutland], referring as above. 
 
 Indict Locorum Northampton 
 to Somerset], referring aa 
 above. 
 
 Iiuli' I urn | Salop to 
 Westmoreland], referring as 
 above. 
 
 Indies Locorum [York, &c.]. 
 
 This Vol. COnSlStS of 10 
 
 divisions, referring as noted 
 on the fly-leaf of the volume. 
 
 Indicia Locorum, arranged in 
 ties, referring to"\ 
 
 to 2 1 . 
 
 References to Grants of Offices, 
 Commissions, Licences, Crea- 
 tion*, and Incorporations. 
 
 A chronological calendar. 
 
 A " Genera] Alphabetical 
 Index " t<> < 'harters of Incor- 
 poration of Boroughs and 
 ( 'ompanit s, Grants <>j I 
 leges, Licences of various 
 kinds, and other matters of 
 importance selected from the 
 Patent Rolls. 
 
 A calendar arranged alpha- 
 betically under Counties, A. 
 to L. 
 
 A calendar arranged alpha- 
 betically under Counties, L. 
 
 to /. 
 
 A chronological calendar. 
 
 References arranged alpha- 
 betically under nam 
 
 -. to the Patent. I 
 
 ami Charter Rolls, Inq. post 
 mortem, o.<-., formerly in the 
 
 Tower of London, Letters A. 
 and 15. 
 
 Do. C. to G. 
 
 Do. II. to L. 
 
 Do. M. to R. 
 
 Do. S. to '/.. 
 
 An Index Locorum to the five 
 preceding volumes.
 
 272 
 
 PALMER'S INDEXES— (continued). 
 
 Vol. 4S - 
 
 Vol. 49 
 
 Vol. 50 - 
 
 Do. 
 
 Vol. 51 - 
 
 Do 
 
 Vol. 52 - 
 
 Do 
 
 Vol. 53 - 
 
 Do 
 
 Vol. 54 - 
 
 Vol. 55 - 
 
 Vol. 56 - 
 Vol. 57 - 
 
 Vol. 58 - 
 
 Do 
 
 Vol. 59 - 
 
 Do 
 
 Vol. 60 - 
 
 Do 
 
 Vol.61 - 
 
 Do 
 
 Vol. 62 - 
 
 Do 
 
 Vol. 63 - 
 
 Do 
 
 Vol. 6* - 
 
 Do. 
 
 Patent Kolls 
 
 Do. 
 
 Do. 
 
 Do. 
 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 
 12 & 13 Chas. 2. 
 
 Edw. 6. 
 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 
 Do. 
 
 Do. 
 
 Phil. & Mar. - 
 
 1 to 25 Eliz. 
 
 27 & 28 Eliz. 
 
 Kic. 3., Jas. 1., 
 and Chas. 1. 
 
 1 to 3 Jas. 1. - 
 
 4 to 6 Jas. 1. - 
 
 7 to 8 Jas. 1. - 
 9 to 12 Jas. 1. - 
 
 12 to 15 Jas. 1. 
 
 1 to 9 Jas. 1. - 
 
 9 to 12 Jas. 1. - 
 
 Keferences to Grants of Lands, 
 Offices, and Presentations in 
 England, Wales, &c, ar- 
 ranged in Counties. 
 
 A calendar, arranged in Coun- 
 ties, from Anglesea to Ebor. 
 
 Do. Ebor to Notts. 
 
 Do. Northampton 
 Southampton. 
 
 to 
 
 Do. Anglesea to Middle- 
 sex. 
 
 Do. Norfolk to Wilts, &c. 
 [The earlier portion of this 
 appears to he a copy of the 
 foregoing calendar in vols. 4 9 
 to 51.] 
 
 A calendar with an Index Lo- 
 coritm, an Index to the Ad- 
 vowsons granted, and an 
 Index entitled " Posses- 
 siories," giving the names of 
 the owners of the lands, &c., 
 before they came into the 
 hands of the Crown. 
 
 A calendar to the Grants of 
 Lands only. [Index Lo- 
 corum in vol. 151.] 
 
 A calendar. 
 
 A collection of references to 
 Grants and Commissions of 
 various kinds, with copies of 
 certain Warrants, Licences, 
 &c. [Apparently a book of 
 rough memoranda'only.] 
 
 A calendar, with an Index Lo- 
 corum. 
 
 A. calendar with an Index to 
 the counties. 
 
 Do. 
 
 do. 
 
 A calendar without Index \_see 
 vol. 64]. 
 
 A calendar with an Index to 
 the counties. 
 
 A calendar to the Grants of 
 Offices. 
 
 A fair copy of Vol. 61, with an 
 Index Locorum.
 
 273 
 
 PALMER'S INDEXES— (continu..-. I ). 
 
 Vol. 05 
 
 Vol. 66 
 
 Vol. 67 
 Vol. 68 
 
 Vol. 69 
 
 Vol. 70 
 
 Vol. 71 - 
 
 Vol. 72 - 
 
 Vol. 73 - 
 
 Vol. 74 
 
 Patent lloll^ 
 
 Do. 
 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 
 Close Rolls 
 
 Do. 
 
 Fee-fanp Rents 
 
 Delinquents' 
 Lands. 
 
 id to 22 Jas. i. 
 
 1 to 4 ('has. 1. 
 
 5 to 21 < has. I. 
 
 Chas. 2. (divers 
 years >. 
 
 .la"-. 2. to Will. 3. 
 
 Chas. 1. to Will. 
 3. 
 
 Chas. 2. to Will. 
 3. 
 
 Hen. 8., Edw. 6., 
 and Eliz. 
 
 Hen. 8. 
 
 22 to 25 Chas. 2. 
 
 Chas. 2. 
 
 Commonwealth - 
 
 A calendar with an Index /•>- 
 
 ■nit. 
 
 lendar with an Index to 
 the count 
 
 Do. 
 
 do. 
 
 A calendar with an Index 2V*b 
 
 in ilium. 
 
 A complete calendar. 
 
 References to Lea from the 
 
 C ! nn of years, 
 
 i oiled in the Patent Ko!lg. 
 References, in chronological 
 order, to Pui ni an i Char- 
 ters, Grants of Offices and 
 ( 'ommissions, and Grants in 
 Perpetuity. 
 
 References, arranged alpha- 
 betically under names of 
 Places, to Grants, Inq. post 
 mortem, &c, in the Counties 
 of Bucks, Cambridge, 
 i In ster, Cumberland, Nor- 
 folk, and Warwick. [The 
 grants will be found in the 
 calendars marked A. to Z.] 
 
 A calendar with an Index Lo- 
 corum. [A list is appended 
 of the Summons to Parlia- 
 ment, Surrenders of Monas- 
 teries, and other Special 
 matters enrolled during the 
 above period.] 
 
 An abstract of the Deeds En- 
 rolled, particularly of the 
 Bargains and Sales made by 
 the Trustees for the sale of 
 Fee-farm Rents, 8cc, with an 
 Index Locontm. 
 
 A vol. containing copies of (1.) 
 The Act of Parliament for 
 advancing the sale of Fee- 
 farm Rents ; (2.) The Act 
 vesting the power of sale in 
 Lord Hawley and others; 
 and (3.) The grant by 
 Charles II. of Fee-farm 
 Rents in divers counties to 
 Lord Hawley and the other 
 trust 
 
 Absti Claims to the 
 
 Estat s of Delinquents, ar- 
 ranged alphabetically under 
 the name- of the Delinquents, 
 ami giving the names of the 
 claimants and particulars of 
 the est 
 
 « 80195.
 
 274 
 
 PALMER'S INDEXES— (continued). 
 
 Vol. 7.") 
 
 Vol. 76 
 
 Vol. 77 
 Vol. 78 
 
 Vol. 79 
 Vol. 80 
 
 Vol. 81 
 Vol. 82 
 
 Vol. 83 - 
 Vol. 84 - 
 
 Vol. 85 - 
 
 Vol. 86 - 
 Vol. 87 - 
 
 Vol. 88 - 
 
 Vol. 89 - 
 
 Vol. 90 - 
 Vol. 91 - 
 
 Fine Rolls 
 
 Do. 
 
 Do. 
 
 Close Rolls 
 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 
 Do. 
 
 Charter, Patent, 
 and Close 
 
 Rolls. 
 
 Inquisitions post 
 mortem. 
 
 Patent Rolls 
 
 Do. 
 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 
 Do. 
 
 Inquisitions post 
 morte?n 
 
 Edw. 5. to Phil. 
 & Mar. 
 
 Ehz. to Chas. 1. 
 
 Do. 
 Commonwealth - 
 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 
 Do. 
 John to Edw. 6. 
 
 Hen. 3. to Ric. 3. 
 Hen. 7. to Chas. 1. 
 
 Phil. & Mar. - 
 
 12 to 18 Chas. 2. 
 
 Ric. 3. to 20 
 Hen. 8., and 
 temp. Hen. 8. 
 
 21 to 34 Kcd. 8. 
 
 35 to 38 Hen. 8. 
 
 Edw. 5. to Hen. 7. 
 
 Hen. 7. to 5 Chas, 
 1. 
 
 A calendar, arranged alpha- 
 hetically, under Names of 
 Perso?is, with au Index Lo- 
 corum. 
 
 A chronological calendar. 
 [Index Locorum and Nonu- 
 nion, in vol. 77.] 
 
 Indices Locorum and Nomi- 
 num. 
 
 A calendar of the Bargains a?id 
 Sales of Crown Lands and 
 of Delinquents' Estates made 
 during the Commonwealth. 
 
 An Index Locorum to the fore- 
 going calendar. 
 
 A calendar of the Bargains and 
 Sales of Church Lands, made 
 during the Commonwealth. 
 
 An Index Locorum to the fore- 
 going calendar. 
 
 References • relating to the 
 County of York, arranged 
 chronologically. 
 
 Do. 
 
 do. 
 
 An Index Locorum to the fore- 
 going calendar. 
 
 Two vols, in one, containing re- 
 ferences to grants of lauds, 
 &c, in Wales (including 
 Monmouth), arranged in 
 Counties. 
 
 Abstracts of Grants, arranged 
 under Counties. 
 
 Do. 
 
 do. 
 
 Abstracts of Grants of lands, 
 with an Index Locorum. 
 
 Do. 
 
 do. 
 
 Do. [Index Locorum in 
 Vol. 152.] 
 
 Entries of Patents, arranged 
 chronologically, with a list of 
 Charters and Conunissions. 
 
 Full abstracts of the Inq. posl 
 mortem for the county of 
 Cambridge.
 
 27; 
 
 PALMER'S INDEXES— (continue!). 
 
 Vol. 
 
 92 - 
 
 Vol. 
 
 93 - 
 
 Vol. 
 
 94 - 
 
 Vol. 
 
 95 - 
 
 Vol. 
 
 96 - 
 
 Vol. 
 
 97 - 
 
 
 • 
 
 Vol 
 
 98 - 
 
 Vol 
 
 99 - 
 
 Inquisitions post 
 mortem. 
 
 Fairs aud Mar- 
 kets. 
 
 Iii'[. post mor- 
 tem, &c. 
 
 Do. 
 
 Do. 
 
 Vol. 100 
 
 Vol. 101 
 
 Vol. 102 
 
 Do. 
 
 Do. 
 
 Do. 
 
 Do. 
 
 Do. 
 
 Hen. 8. to Phil. 
 & Mar. 
 
 John to Edw. 4. 
 
 Hen. 3.toRic. 3. 
 
 Do. 
 
 Do. 
 
 " Primus Liber 
 Cedularuui." 
 
 Do. 
 
 Do. 
 
 Do. 
 
 lieu. 7. to Jas. 1. 
 
 lien. 7. to Cbas.l. 
 
 lien. 7. to Mar. 
 
 The same for the county of 
 York. 
 
 A Chronological List of the 
 Granl of Fairs and Markets 
 enrolled on the Patent/Char- 
 ter, and Close Kolls. 
 
 A calendar to the Inq. post 
 mortem for the counties of 
 
 Berks, Mucks, and Cum- 
 bridije, with references to the 
 Patent, Close, and other Roll* 
 for the same period. [In- 
 dices Nominum for Berks and 
 Bucks]. 
 
 Indices Locorum only for the 
 counties of Chester, Derby, 
 and Devon. [The calendar 
 to which they refer is not in 
 this collection.] 
 
 A calendar to the Inq. p. in. for 
 the county of Essex, with an 
 Index Locorum. This vol. 
 contains also references to 
 Inq. p. in. and other records, 
 under the headings " Citra 
 " and Ultra Trehtani," and 
 " Co. Durham." 
 
 A calendar of the Inq. p. m.,- 
 &c, for the counties of Kent, 
 Leicester, and Middlesex. 
 [No Index.] 
 
 A similar calendar for the coun- 
 ties of Northumberland) Ox- 
 ford, and Suffolk. 
 
 A similar calendar for the coun- 
 ties of Susser, Warwick, and 
 Wilts, with Indices Locorum 
 
 for Sussex and Wilts. 
 
 Abstracts of Inq. post mortem 
 in Suffolk, giving the date of 
 
 the death and the Name, &C., 
 of the next Heir. 
 
 A similar volume for the county 
 of Northampton, with an In- 
 dex Locorum. 
 
 A collection of materials touch- 
 ing the Descent of various 
 families, the Lands th.y p )S- 
 1, their Tenure, &C, ex- 
 tracted apparently from books 
 at the Heralds" College, with 
 an Index Locorum. 
 
 S 2
 
 276 
 
 PALMER'S INDEXES— (continued). 
 
 Vol. 103 < 
 
 Vol. 104 
 
 Vol. 105 
 
 Vol. 106 
 
 Vol. 107 
 
 Vol. 108 
 
 Vol. 1U9 
 Vol. 110 
 
 Vol. Ill 
 
 Vol. 112 
 Vol. 113 
 Vol. 114 
 
 Vol. 115 
 Vol. 116 
 Vol. 117 
 
 •Secundus Liber 
 Cedulanim." 
 
 Inq. post mor- 
 tem, ( 'ouri <>/' 
 Wards. 
 
 Extents 
 Manors. 
 
 of 
 
 Miscellaneous ' 
 Rolls, Chan- 
 cery, &c. 
 
 Common Law 
 Proceedings, 
 Chancery. 
 
 Patent Rolls 
 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 
 Placita Corona; - 
 
 Patent Rolls - 
 
 Inq. post mor- 
 tem. 
 
 Patent Charter, 
 and Close 
 Eollfl, &c, 
 
 &c. 
 
 Patent Rolls - 
 
 Do. 
 
 Patent and Close 
 Rolls, &c. 
 
 1 to 28 Eliz. 
 
 Hen.8.toChas.l 
 
 21 to 22 Eliz. 
 
 John to Edw. 4. 
 
 Hen. 7. - 
 
 Ric. 3. to Jas. 2. 
 
 Do. 
 Jas. 1. 
 
 Hen. 3. and 
 Edw. 1. 
 
 1 to 3 Jas. 1. - 
 Hen. 7. to Chas.l 
 Hen. 3. to Edw. 4. 
 
 3 Edw. 6. 
 
 1 7 to 30 Hen. 8. 
 
 John to Hen. 6. 
 
 A similar volume to the fore- 
 going, with Indices Nominum 
 and Locorum. 
 
 An Index JYoyninian, referring 
 to abstracts of inq. post 
 mortem amongst the Miscel- 
 laneous Books of the Court 
 of Wards. 
 
 Extents of manors, &c, in 
 Various Counties, a hook be- 
 longing apparently to the 
 Court of Wards and Liveries. 
 
 A volume containing references 
 to the Miscellaneous Rolls 
 formerly in the Tower of 
 London. 
 
 A vol. entitled " Placita et Tra 
 " versa super Inquisitiones," 
 &c. 
 
 References to grants of Offices, 
 Liberties, &c, in England, 
 Scotland, Wales, and Ireland, 
 arranged under Counties, A 
 to L. 
 
 Do. L to W. 
 
 References to Grants of Offices 
 in England and Wales. 
 
 Selections from the Placita 
 Coronse, &c, of Inquisitions 
 as to services in various 
 Counties from Gloucester to 
 York. 
 
 A chronological calendar of 
 Grants. 
 
 Abstracts of Inq. p. m. in the 
 county of Leicester. 
 
 Miscellaneous references ar- 
 ranged alphabetically (for the 
 letters A and B only). 
 
 A chronological calendar. 
 
 Do. do. 
 
 Miscellaneous references, ar- 
 ranged under the heads of 
 Admiralty, Constableship of 
 England, Cinque Ports, Ire- 
 la i id, Isle of Man, Oxford 
 University, Parliaments, 
 
 Scotland, Tower of London, 
 Visitations, Wales, &c., &c.
 
 277 
 
 PALMER'S INDEXES— (continued). 
 
 Vol. 
 
 118 
 
 Vol. 
 
 119 
 
 Vol. 
 
 120 
 
 Vol. 
 
 131 
 
 Vol. 
 
 122 
 
 
 
 Vol. 
 
 123 
 
 Vol. 
 
 124 
 
 Vol. 
 
 125 
 
 Vol. 
 
 126 
 
 Vol. 
 
 127 
 
 Vol. 
 
 128 
 
 and 129. 
 
 Vol. 
 
 130 
 
 Vol. 
 
 131 
 
 Vol. 
 
 131* 
 
 Vol. 
 
 133 
 
 Patent Rolls 
 
 Do. 
 
 Inq. post roor- 
 tem. 
 
 Precedents of 
 tbo office of 
 
 Escheator. 
 
 Miscellaneous 
 References. 
 
 Grants of Fee- 
 farm Rents. 
 
 Patent and Close 
 Rolls, &c. 
 
 Inq. post mor- 
 tem. 
 
 Do. 
 
 Patent Rolls 
 
 Notes concerning 
 the Manor of 
 Secroft. 
 
 Borough of 
 
 Hertford. 
 
 Patent Rolls, 
 &c. 
 
 Do. 
 
 10 to 87Chaa. 2. 
 
 Edw. 5.toIIen.7. 
 
 lien. 7. 
 Hen. 8. 
 
 and 
 
 Hen.8.toChas. 1 
 
 Hen. 8. to Geo. 2. 
 
 Hen. 7. to Eliz. 
 
 Do. 
 
 Hen. 8. to Jas. 2. 
 
 1622 
 
 Hen. 7. to Edw. 6. 
 
 Anne to Geo. -• 
 
 Beferences to Grants, arranged 
 alphabetically under names 
 
 of r. 
 A chronological calendar. 
 
 An Index Nominum, from A to 
 L. 
 
 A collection of Forma and other 
 matters relating to the Es- 
 cheator's Office, entitled 
 " Liber Praesidentium - 
 lium." 
 
 A list of references to various 
 Records in the Bolls Chapel, 
 since Ric. 3., proposed to be 
 printed as a supplement to 
 " Rymer's Fcedera." 
 
 A list of grants of Fee-farm 
 Rents in England and Wales, 
 arranged under Counties. 
 
 Miscellaneous references of 
 various dates from Hen. 8. to 
 Geo. 2., arranged alphabeti- 
 cally, and Abstracts of 
 Grants, §•<;., Chas. 2. to Will. 
 & Mar. 
 
 Abstracts of Inq. p. m. relating 
 to London. 
 
 Do. relating to Middlesex. 
 
 Abstracts of Grants, &c, in the 
 county of Leicester. 
 
 Two vols., entitled " Guide 
 " Books in searching this 
 " Series." 
 
 A volume containing a copy of 
 the Grant of the Manor of 
 Secroft, temp. Jas. I., with 
 copious Notes and references 
 concerning the same manor. 
 
 A copy of an Inquisition re- 
 lating to the Borough and 
 Town of Hertford. 
 
 Miscellaneous references to 
 Grants, &c., arranged in 
 Counties. 
 
 An Alphabetical List of Grants, 
 &c., od the Patent Rolls.
 
 278 
 
 PALMER'S INDEXES— (continued). 
 
 Vol. 
 
 134 
 
 Vol. 
 
 135 
 
 Vol. 
 
 13G 
 
 Vol. 
 
 137 
 
 Vol. 
 
 13S 
 
 Vol. 
 
 139 
 
 A r ol. 
 
 140 
 
 Vol. 
 
 141 
 
 Book 
 Entries." 
 
 of 1696 to 1701 
 
 Grants, &c, 
 Court of 
 
 Chancery and 
 Court of Aug- 
 mentations." 
 
 Fatent Rolls 
 Do. 
 
 Do. 
 
 Do. 
 
 Vol. 
 
 142 
 
 Vol. 
 
 143 
 
 Vol. 
 
 144 
 
 Vol. 
 
 145 
 
 Vol. 
 
 146 
 
 Do. 
 
 Patent Rolls and 
 Liveries. 
 
 Inq. postmortem 
 
 Patent, Charter, 
 and Close 
 Rolls, &c. 
 
 Do. 
 
 Patent Rolls 
 
 Abstracts of £ign 
 Manuals. 
 
 Ric. 3. to Chas. 2. 
 Hen. 8. toChas.2 
 
 Jas. 1. to Chas. 1. 
 Various reigns - 
 
 Temp. Eliz. 
 Ric. 3. to Eliz. - 
 
 Hen. 3. to Ric 3. 
 John to Edw. 4. 
 
 Hen. 3. to Ric. 3. 
 Edw. 6. 
 
 8 Jas. 1. to 7 
 Chas. 1. 
 
 Memoranda of Commissions 
 and other matters passing the 
 Great Seal, entered alpha- 
 betically according to the 
 Subjects. 
 
 Copies of grants to the Clerk of 
 the Enrolments, &c, with 
 Notes concerning the Court 
 of Augmentations, the Fees 
 at the several Law Courts, 
 &c. 
 
 References to Grants of Offices, 
 frc. 
 
 References to Patent Rolls, 
 principally to Grants of 
 Offices, &c. 
 
 References to Special Licences, 
 Pardons, Gaol Deliveries, 
 Forfeitures, &c, arranged 
 under subjects. 
 
 Miscellaneous references, ar- 
 ranged alphabetically under 
 Names of Places, being ap- 
 parently memoranda of 
 Searches made from 1809 to 
 1818. 
 
 References to Grants, &c, in 
 various counties, from Bed- 
 ford to Huntingdon. 
 
 References to the Patent Rolls, 
 arranged under Counties ; 
 also an alphabetical Index 
 Nominum of Liveries from 1 
 to 6 Eliz. 
 
 Abstracts of Inq. p. m. in the 
 county of Essex. 
 
 Indices Locorum only, arranged 
 under Counties, referring to 
 some volume not in this col- 
 lection. 
 
 References to Charters, Inqui- 
 sitions, post mortem, &c, &c, 
 for the counties of Chester, 
 Cornwall, Dorset, and West- 
 moreland. 
 
 Abstracts of Grants, &c, ar- 
 ranged in Counties from 
 Salop to Wilts.
 
 279 
 
 PALMER'S INDEXES— (continued). 
 
 Vol. 147 
 
 Catalogue of 
 Surveys. 
 
 Ben. 7. t.i Com- 
 monwealth. 
 
 Entitled " < Catalogue of Sui 
 
 " in the < Mliri- of Jam i -■ West, 
 ■■ 1 ... 1 7 ■ .:," and refi rring 
 to the Bui 1 1 
 in the Land Berei Becord 
 
 Office. 
 
 Vol. 14S 
 
 Parliament Bolls 
 
 4 EdV. 8. to 'j 
 Hen. 5. 
 
 An " Abstract of all the I'arliu- 
 " ment Bolls in the Tower 
 " of London." 
 
 Vol. L49 
 
 - 
 
 26 to 45 Eliz. - 
 
 An Index Locoruin, referring to 
 some Calendar not yet iden- 
 tified. 
 
 Vol. ISO 
 
 - 
 
 26 to 45 Eliz. - 
 
 Do. do. 
 
 Vol. 151 
 
 Patent Rolls - 
 
 1 to 25 Eliz. - 
 
 An Index Locorum, referring to 
 Vol. 55. 
 
 Vol. 152 
 
 Do. 
 
 35-38 lien. 8. - 
 
 Do. referring to Vol. 89. 
 
 Vol. 153 
 
 Do. 
 
 15 to 37 Eliz. - 
 
 A rough Index Locorum 
 referring to Vols, 12, 13, 
 
 and 14. 
 
 PAPAL BULLS. 
 
 Papal Bulls. John to Henry VIII. 
 
 A collection of original Papal Bulls and Letters brought 
 together from various sources and including those 
 formerly preserved in the Tower of London, an Inventory 
 of which is printed in the Deputy Keeper's 5th Report. 
 A Catalogue of these documents, many of which have 
 been printed in Rymer's " Fcedera " and elsewhere, is in 
 preparation. 
 
 A number of Papal Bulls and Letters will also be 
 found amongst the State Papers of Henry VIII. (See 
 Calendar of w Letters and Papers, &c") 
 
 The " Golden Bull " of Clement VII., confirming the 
 title of Defender of the Faith on Henry VIII., so-called 
 from the eeal of solid gold which on that occasion took 
 the place of the ordinary leaden " Bulla,'" is amongst the 
 records of the Exchequer, Treasury of the Receipt. 
 
 Copies of Papal Bulls will also be found in the 
 Red Book of the Exchequer, in the "Regisrrum Muni- 
 mentorum," and in several of the Monastic Chartulariea 
 deposited in the Public Record Office. 
 
 PAPISTS, RECUSANTS, AND NON-CONFORM- 
 ISTS. 
 
 The penalties imposed on Papists for the exercise of 
 their religion, and the restrictions on the education of
 
 280 
 
 PAPISTS, RECUSANTS, AND NON-CONFORM- 
 ISTS— (continued;. 
 
 their children as enforced by various statutes from 
 Elizabeth to George I., were both numerous and severe. 
 
 If any English priest of the Church of Rome came to 
 England from beyond the seas, or tarried in England 
 three days without conforming to the church, he was 
 guilty of high treason. 
 
 If the children of Papists were educated at home, and 
 the schoolmaster did not repair to church, or was not 
 allowed by the Bishop of the Diocese, the parents were 
 liable to forfeit 10/. a month, and the schoolmaster 405. a 
 (lav. If they sent their children abroad for education they 
 were liable to forfeit 1007., and the children so sent were 
 disabled from inheriting, purchasing, or enjoying any 
 lands, tenements, or other profits. 
 
 Saying Mass was punishable by a forfeiture of 200 
 marks ; hearing it, by a forfeiture of 100 marks. 
 
 All persons refusing to conform to the rites and 
 ceremonies of the Church of England as by law established 
 were, under several Statutes passed in the earlier part cf 
 Elizabeth's reign, subject to various penalties for such 
 " Recusancy " as it was termed, no distinction being 
 made between the Papists and other Non -conformists, 
 and absence from church alone, unaccompanied by any 
 other act, being sufficient to constitute such recusancy. 
 In the 35th year of the same reign a Statute was, however, 
 passed against Popish Recusants as distinguished from 
 Protestant Recusants, by which the former were punishable 
 by a fine of 20/. for every month during which they 
 absented themselves from church, and by disabilities of 
 various kinds, being also condemned within three months 
 of their conviction as Popish Recusants either to submit 
 and renounce their religious opinions, or, if required by 
 four justices, to abjure the realm. 
 
 By Statute 11 & 12 Will. III. it was enacted that a 
 person educated in or professing the Popish Religion who 
 did not, within six months after attaining the age of 
 1C, take the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy, and 
 subscribe the Declaration against Popery prescribed by 
 Stat. 30, Car. II., should, so far as regarded himself, be 
 disabled from inheriting or taking lands by descent, devise, 
 or limitation, and that during his life his next of kin, 
 being a Protestant, should enjoy the said lands without 
 accounting for the profits ; and that such a person should 
 be incapable of purchasing lands, and all estates, interests, 
 or profits made or suffered to his use or in trust for him 
 should be void. Papists were also subjected to the burden 
 of a double Land Tax. 
 
 By Statute 1 Geo. I. they were requited under certain 
 penalties therein mentioned to register their names and
 
 281 
 
 PAPISTS, RECUSANTS, AND NON-CONFORM- 
 ISTS -(continued;. 
 
 csiatcs; and hy Statute 'J Geo. f. the obligation was 
 imposed on them of enrolling their Deeds and Wills. The 
 following documents hear on this Bubject :— 
 
 [See also OATHS OF ALLEGIANCE, &c] 
 
 Papists, Returns of. (Exchequer, Q. R.) George I. 
 
 Returns by the Clerks of the Peace of the several 
 counties of the Names and Estates of Papists registered 
 pi rsuant to tlic Statutes of the 1st and Oth years of 
 Geo. I., with a few certificates by the Land Tax Com- 
 missioners of the payment by certain Papists of the 
 double assessment on their estates, fcc. 1 Portfolio. 
 
 Judex. ] vol. MS. 
 
 Papists in Lancaster, Returns of. (Queen's Bench, 
 Crown Side.) George I. 
 
 These contain names of those Papists in the County of 
 Lancaster who had been summoned to take the Oath of 
 Allegiance pursuant to Statute 9 Geo. L, but who did not 
 appear. 1 Parcel. 
 
 The Deeds and Wills of Papists enrolled pursuant to 
 the several Statutes on that behalf are to be found on the 
 Close Rolls of the Court of Chancery and also on the 
 Recovery Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas. See 
 DEEDS ENROLLED. 
 
 Lists of all those Papists who had registered their 
 Estates pursuant to the Statute 1 Geo. I., will be found 
 amongst the "Forfeited Estates Papers." See 
 ESCHEATS, ATTAINDERS, AND FOR- 
 FEITURES. 
 
 Recusant Rolls. (Exchequer, L. T. R.) 34 Elizabeth 
 
 to 1 & 2 William and Mary. Pipe Office Series. 82 Rolls. 
 
 Do. ( do. ) 34 Elizabeth 
 
 to 1 & 2 William and Mary. Chanct llor's Series. G.'i Rolls. 
 
 These contain the Accounts of the pecuniary Penalties 
 inflicted en Recusants, that is to say, on such persons 
 "as did not repair to any Church or Chapel or usual place 
 " of Common Prayer to hear Divine Service;" and also 
 of the lands seized into the King's hands on account of 
 the sums due to the Exchequer in consequence of such 
 recusancy. 
 
 Li-t> of Welsh Recusants will be found in the " CROWN 
 Books " for the Counties of Cluster and Flint See 
 JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS. 
 
 Certificates of Recusants' Estates sequestered during the 
 Commonwealth, and of " Popish Recusants and Persons 
 Concealed," from Anne to George I., will he found amongst 
 the Certificates (Various) from the Petty Ban- Office 
 See CERTIFICATES.
 
 282 
 
 PAPISTS, RECUSANTS, AND NON-CONFORM- 
 ISTS — (coutinued). 
 Recusant Rolls, &c. — (continued.) 
 
 Papers relating to the discovery of a Jesuits' College 
 at Clerkenwell, including a " list of all the Jesuits in this 
 Province." 1628. [S. P. Dom., Car. L, Vol. 99.] 
 
 Accounts of the Receivers and Collectors of the 
 Revenues arising from the Estates of Popish Recusants 
 and of attainted persons. 1557, 1602 to 1605, and 1627 to 
 1734. [Audit Office, " Declared Accounts," Bundles 359 
 
 to 363.] 
 Accounts of moneys received from the principal Recusant 
 clergy for providing Horses and Lances for Her Majesty's 
 service in the Low Countries. 1585 to 1589. 
 
 [Audit Office, " Declared Accounts," Bundle 1592.] 
 
 NOX- CONFORMISTS, LICENSES TO. 
 
 Licenses for Non-conformist Preachers and Teachers, 
 and for places to be used as Meeting-houses, with other 
 Memoranda relating thereto. 1672. 
 
 [S. P. Dom., Car. II., Vol. 321.] 
 An Entry Book of similar Licenses. 1672. 
 
 [S. P. Dom., Entry Book, Car. II., Vol. 38a.] 
 A similar Book in which the entries are classified as 
 " Congregational " and " Presbyterian." 
 
 \_S. P. Dom., Entry Book, Car. II., Vol. 38£.] 
 
 PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. 
 
 The Records of Parliament preserved in the Public 
 Record Office consist of the Original Petitions and 
 Pleadings in Parliament from Edw. I. to Edw. IV. ; 
 of the Parliament Rolls, on which were entered the 
 daily transactions of the Assembly and the Bills and 
 Petitions thereto presented, together with the .Answers to 
 the same, and on which, from the first year of Richard III., 
 the .several Acts of Parliament were formerly enrolled ; of 
 the Statute Rolls or enrolments of the Acts of Parlia- 
 ment from Edw. I. to Edw. IV., with volumes of Tran- 
 scripts of Statutes from John to Henry VIII.; of such 
 Private Acts of Parliament as have been certified into 
 Chancery from the reign of Henry VIII. to that of 
 Georo-e III. inclusive (the enrolment of Private Acts 
 having been finally discontinued in the 35th year of 
 Elizabeth) ; and of the Writs of Summons of Peers, 
 and Writs and Returns of Members of the House of 
 Commons from the earliest period to the present reign. 
 
 An alphabetical list of these documents is appended :— 
 Parliament Rolls. (Chancery.) 5 Edward II. to 
 48 & 49 Victoria. 
 
 The " Rotuli Parliamentorum," or Rolls of Parliament 
 prior to the reign of Richard HI., contain entries of the
 
 283 
 
 PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS- (continued). 
 
 Parliament Rolls, &c. — (continued.) 
 
 Beveral transactions in Parliament, including the adjourn- 
 ments and all other common and daily occurrences and 
 proceedings from the opening to the close of inch Par- 
 liament, with the several Petitions Or Bills and the answers 
 given thereto, not only on public matters on which the 
 Statutes were afterwards framed, but also on private 
 concerns. In some few instances the Statutes drawn up 
 in form are entered, but in general the petitions and 
 answers only, in which case the entry of itself furnishes 
 no evidence that the petition and answer were at any time 
 put into the form of a Statute. The Acts of Parliament 
 from 6 Edw. I. to 8 Edw. IV., when drawn up in the form 
 of Statutes, are enrolled on the Statute Rolls. 
 
 The Acts of Parliament commenced to be regularly 
 enrolled on the Parliament Rolls in the first year of 
 Richard the Third, and from that date to 3 Charles I. 
 inclusive, the Parliament Rolls continue to contain, in 
 addition to the Acts enrolled, Petitions and other mis- 
 cellaneous proceedings of Parliament ; the latter, however, 
 disappeared by degrees, the Parliament Rolls then con- 
 sisting of the Acts enrolled only. 
 
 From Richard III. to 25 Henry VIII. they contain all 
 the Acts, both public and private, passed in every session, 
 with the introductory forms of presentation and the 
 concluding forms of assent. 
 
 From 25 Hen. VIII. to 35 Elizabeth several of the 
 Private Acts and afterwards all the Private Acts are 
 omitted, their titles only being noticed. 
 
 From 16 Car. I. to 31 George II. the Rolls contain 
 nothing but the Public Acts and the titles of the Private 
 Acts, without any other parliamentary matter, and from 
 32 Geo. II. the titles of the Private Acts are also omitted. 
 
 In Feb. 1849 the engrossments and enrolments ceased, 
 and Acts printed on vellum were substituted. 
 
 Such Private Acts as were removed into Chancery by 
 Writ of Certiorari for the purpose of exemplification or 
 otherwise, will be found in the ''Certiorari Bundles" 
 referred to below, under the heading of "Piuyati: A< TS 
 or Pakliament, & 
 
 The Original Acts, both public and private, are kept 
 at the Parliament Office. 
 
 In addition to the Chancery Series there are Parliament 
 Rolls of various dates from the 18th to the 35th of 
 Edward I. amongst the Records of the Exchequer 
 Treasury of the Receipt, and many Transcripts of Acts 
 and Pleadings in Parliament will be found amongst the 
 Parliamentary Progkedings of the Exchequer, Queen's 
 Remembrancer, referred to below.
 
 284 
 
 PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS— (continued). 
 Parliament Rolls, Szc. — (continued). 
 
 An ancient Transcript of the Rolls of Parliament from 
 the 18th to the 35th years of Edward I., and for the 12th 
 year of Edward II., known as the " Vetus Codex," is 
 preserved amongst the Records formerly in the Tower of 
 London. 
 
 See Vetus Codex, or Placita Parliamentary. 
 
 The Parliament Rolls (collected from various sources), 
 together with many of the original Petitions to Parliament, 
 from 6 Edward I. to 19 Henry VII. have been printed in 
 Vols, folio, entitled " Rotuli Parliamentorum," with an 
 elaborate Index, in 1 Vol. 
 
 The " Statutes " from 6 Edward I. to Queen Anne are 
 printed in 9 Vols., entitled " Statutes of the Realm," with 
 Indexes in 2 Vols. 
 
 The " Acts and Ordinances" of the Parliament from 
 1640 to 1656 were printed by Henry Scobell, the Clerk 
 of* the Parliament in 1658 by special order of the Parlia- 
 ment. The original Records of these Acts being destroyed 
 it the Restoration, this Volume forms the only evidence 
 of the proceedings of the Long Parliament. 
 
 Indexes to Parliament Rolls, from 1 Richard III., to 
 48 & 49 Victoria, 10 Vols, (part MS. and part printed). 
 
 Parliament Rolls. (Exchequer, Treasury of the 
 Receipt.) 18 to 35 Edward I. 10 Rolls. 
 
 These are printed in the " Rotuli Parliamentorum " 
 referred to above. 
 
 Parliament Pawns. See " Summons to Parliament, 
 "Writs of." 
 
 Parliamentary and other Petitions. (Chanceri% 
 and Exchequer.) Edward I. to Henry VII. 
 
 These consist of original Petitions of ancient date now 
 brought together from various sources, and including 
 Petitions to the King, to the King and Council, and to 
 Parliament, with otliers addressed to the Chancellor in 
 his executive capacity, and to various Officers of State. 
 A great number of Petitions to the King from the 
 inhabitants of Gascony and other French provinces will 
 also be found in this collection. 
 
 Many of the Petitions to Parliament have been printed 
 in the " Rotuli Parliamentorum." 
 
 An Alphabetical List of all these " Ancient Petitions " 
 has been issued. (Lists and Indexes, No. I., 1892.)
 
 285 
 PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS— (continued). 
 
 PARLIAMENTARY AND OTHEB PROCEEDINGS. (ChAN- 
 
 CERY.) 
 
 A collection of Transcript- of Statutes, Pleadings, and 
 other proceedings in Parliament and before the Council, 
 formerly amongst the Miscellaneous Records in the Tower 
 of London. 
 
 Parliamentary Proceedings. (Exchequer, Q. R.) 
 13 Edward I. to James I. 
 
 These consist of Pleadings, Transcripts of Statutes and 
 other proceedings in Parliament of the highest interest. 
 and importance, many of which have been printed in the 
 "Rotuh* Parliamentorum," the "Statutes of the Realm," 
 and in Cole's "Documents illustrative of English History," 
 published by the Record Commissioners. 
 
 The greater portion of these were formerly preserved 
 with the so-called Miscellanea of the Exchequer, Queen's 
 Remembrancer, but numerous documents of a similar 
 nature from the Records of the Treasury of the Receipt of 
 the Exchequer have been added to the collection, a com- 
 plete catalogue of which has been made, including the 
 Parliamentary and other Proceedings of the Court of Chan- 
 cery above mentioned. The Petitions to Parliament 
 formerly in this class have been added to the collection of 
 " Parliamentary and other Petitions," described above. 
 
 Parliamentary Writs, and Writs of Military 
 Summons, &c. Collected from various sources. 
 
 Transcripts, Chronological Abstract and Calendar. 
 
 Edw. 1. and Edw. II. Printed iu 4 Vols, or Parts, edited 
 by Sir F. Palgrave. 
 
 Transcripts. Edw. III. to Edw. IX. 55 Vols. MS. 
 
 Chronoloyical Abstract. 1 to 51 Edw. III. 8 Vols. MS. 
 
 The foregoing volumes contain Transcripts from various 
 classes of Records consisting of Writs of Summons of 
 Peers to Parliament, AVrits and Returns for the election 
 of Members of the House of Commons, Writs for lowing 
 the Kxpenses of Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses, Writs 
 of Military Summons addressed to such as wore generally 
 considered Barons of the Realm, Writs for the performance 
 of Military Service addressed to the Sheriffs of Counties, 
 Commissions of Array, and other documents relating to 
 Military Service, or affording evidence of the names of 
 individuals attending or deliberating in Parliaments or 
 Councils, &c. Vide Preface to the first volume of " Par- 
 liamentary Writs," &c.
 
 28G 
 
 PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS— (continued). 
 
 Private Acts of Parliament certified into Chan- 
 cery. (Rolls Cliapel Office Series.) Henry VIII. 
 to George III. 
 
 These consist of a series of Bundles called " Certiorari 
 Bundles," continuing transcripts of such Private Acts 
 of Parliament as were brought into Chancery by Writ of 
 Certiorari for the purpose of being exemplified under the 
 Great Seal. 
 
 Do. (Petty Bag Office Series.) James I. to 
 George III. 
 
 A collection similar to the foregoing, removed from the 
 Petty Bag Office. 
 
 Index (to both Series). 1 Vol. MS. 
 
 A bundle of " Acts of Parliament passed in Ireland/' 
 and enrolled in the 10th year of Charles I., exists amongst 
 the Miscellaneous Bundles of the Rolls Chapel Office. 
 
 Statute Rolls. 6 Edw. I. to 8 Edw. IV. 
 
 These contain the enrolments of the Statutes when 
 formally drawn up. The series is very imperfect, consisting 
 of six Rolls only, which, however, are supplemented by 
 Transcripts of Statutes apparently sent into the Chancery 
 for the purpose of being exemplified under the Great Seal, 
 and now placed with the Parliamentary Proceedings 
 described above. 
 
 See CHANCERY ENROLMENTS (VARI- 
 OUS). 
 
 Statutes, Transcripts of. John to Richard II. 
 
 A Volume containing Transcripts of Statutes, com- 
 mencing with those of Marlborough and Runnymede, 
 together with entries of a great number of Writs, an 
 Article entitled " Prerogativa Regis/' &c, &c. 
 
 [Misc. Books {Exchequer, Q. It.), Vol. 9.] 
 
 Do. Edw. III. to Henry VI. A similar volume, 
 beautifully illuminated, with an Index to the Subjects. 
 
 [ Do., Vol. 10.] 
 
 Do. Edw. IV. to Henry VIII. A similar volume, 
 extending from 1 Edw, IV. to 7 Hen. VIII. 
 
 [ Do., Vol. II] 
 
 Do. A compendium or epitome of the Statutes of 
 Edward the Third. 1-36 Edw. III. 
 
 [Misc. Rolls, &c, Chancery, No. y.] 
 
 See also Parliamentary Proceedings.
 
 
 
 PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS -(continued). 
 Summons or Peebs to Parliament, Writs of. 
 
 These are enrolled on the bucko! the Close Rolls till 
 21 Hen. VIII., after which date they were filed at the 
 Petty Bag Office, and an- described as " Parliament 
 Pawns." 
 
 Transcripts in full. 49 Hen. III. to L685. Printed 
 in 1 Vol., entitled "• Dugdale's Summons to Parliament." 
 
 also Parliamentary Writs, &c. 
 
 Summons to Parliament, Writs of, called "Parlia- 
 ment Pawns." (Chancery, Petty Baq Office.) 
 21 Hen. VIII. to 1818. 
 
 These consist of the enrolments of Writs of Summons 
 of Peers to Parliament. They are put up in three Parts 
 or Bundles, to which there is an Index. 
 
 Before 21 Hen. VIII. the Writs of Summons are 
 enrolled on the back of the Close Rolls. 
 
 Vetus Codex, or Placita Parliamentabia. (Chan- 
 cery.) 
 
 A Volume amongst the Tower Records (sometimes called 
 the Black Book of the Tower), containing an ancient 
 transcript of the Rolls of Parliament from 18 to 35 Edw. I. 
 and of the 12th year of Edw. II. 
 
 It is not. known by whom or on what occasion this 
 transcript was made, but it is referred to in the Parliament 
 Roll 6 Ric. II., Part 2, m. 2G, as being then in the Tower 
 of London. 
 
 The " Vetus Codex " is printed in Ryley's Placita Par- 
 liameritaria, with an Appendix of illustrative Records. See 
 Parliament Rolls. 
 
 Writs and Returns of Members to Parliament. 
 (Chancery.) 3 Edw. I. to 1 Victoria. 
 
 These are the original Writs for the election of Knights 
 and Burgesses to serve in Parliament, with the Returns 
 thereto. They arc contained in 288 Portfolios or Bundles, 
 the Single Returns being kept distinct from the General 
 Returns. Abstracts of these returns, giving the name 
 of every member returned to serve in Parliament from 
 the earliest period to 1880 with the name of the con- 
 stituency represented, so far as they can be ascertained 
 therefrom, have been printed in Return to two orders of 
 the House of Commons, dated respectively -1 May 1876 
 and !.) March 1877 ; the information given being checked 
 and supplemented by reference to the 1>< oks of Parlia- 
 mentary Returns preserved at the Crown Office. An 
 Index has been made to these Abstracts, and published 
 in two Volumes.
 
 288 
 
 PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS— (continued). 
 
 Notes of Debates in the House of Commons from 
 March 21 to June 9, 1628. 
 
 These are partly in shorthand, and contain brief par- 
 ticulars l)v Sir E. Nicholas of a great number of speeches 
 of which 'there is no other known report. {Vide Calendar 
 cf Domestic State Papers.) 
 
 [S. P. Dom., Cur. I., Vol. 97.] 
 
 PARTITION OF LANDS. 
 
 Chancery. 
 
 Commis>k >xs of Partition. 
 
 Partition suits in Chancery were commenced by Bill in 
 the ordinary manner, a Commission being thereupon issued, 
 which, with the return thereto, was returned into the Six 
 Clerks' Office. These Commissions will be found amongst 
 the " Depositions taken by Commission." 
 See JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS. 
 
 Deeds of Partition. 
 
 These are generally enrolled on the Close Rolls. 
 
 The following Deeds of Partition, with a few Assign- 
 ments of Dower? each forming a distinct roll, are amongst 
 the Miscellaneous Rolls, &c, Chancery (Bundle 3) :— 
 
 No. 3. Partition of the Manors of Northcrek, HilHngton, 
 Combes, and Helmingham, in the County of Suffolk, 
 amongst the heirs of Roger, the son of Peter Fitz 
 Osbert. 34 Edw. I, 
 
 No 7. Partition of the lands, &c. of Gilbert de Clare, 
 formerly Earl of Gloucester. (The pourparty of Hugh 
 Daudeley and his wife.) H Edw. II. 
 
 ]tf . 8. Do. (The pourparty 
 
 of Hugh le Despenser and his wife.) 11 Edw. II. 
 
 No. 9. An extent of the possessions of the Earldom of Clare. 
 
 11 Edw. II. 
 
 No. 10. Partition of the lands, &c. of Gilbert de Clare. (The 
 pourparty of Roger Damory and his wife.) 11 Edw. II. 
 
 No 13 Partition of the Manor of Thaxted amongst the heirs 
 of Giles Badlesmere. 21 Edw. III. 
 
 No 14 Partition of the lands, &c. of Giles Badlesmere in 
 'Ireland. prr ^ 25 Edw III. 
 
 No 17 Partition of the possessions of Humphrey de Bohun, 
 Earl of Hereford, in Herefordshire and the Marches 
 of Wales. 4 R , ic - IL 
 
 JSo 18 Partition of the lands, &c. of Thomas Beauchamp, 
 ! of Warwick. 4 Hen. IV. 
 
 No l f > Alignment of Dower to Anne, widow ot Edmund, 
 late Earl of Stafford. 5 Hen IV. 
 
 No. 20. Partition of lands, &c. in Glamorgan, between Joan, 
 widow of Richard Vernon and others. 13 Hen. IV. 
 
 No 21 Assignment of Dower to Margaret, widow of John 
 barer? 14 Hen - IV * 
 
 No 22 Partition of the lands, &c. of Humphry de Bohun, 
 Earl of Hereford. (The pourparty of Anne, Countess 
 of Stafford.) Hen - V.
 
 2 8 9 
 
 PARTITION OF LANDS— (continued). 
 Chancery — (continued). 
 Deeds of Partition — (continued). 
 
 No. 23. Partition of the land Edmund,Eari of March. 
 
 :; II. u. VI. 
 No. 24. Do. do. • 3 Hen. VI. 
 
 No. 25. Partition of the lands, Ac. of Joan, late Countess of 
 
 Kent. 21 Een. VI. 
 
 No. 26. Partition of the lauds, &c. of the late Kail Marshal. 
 
 (2 Rolls.) Temp. Hen. Hi. 
 
 No. 27. Partition of the Knights' Fees, &c. of Thomas <Ie 
 
 Clifford, Knight. Temp. Hen. 71. 
 
 PETITIONS. 
 
 Petitions to the Kino; and Council and to Parliament 
 See PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. 
 
 Petitions of various kinds, addressed to the Sovereign 
 and to the principal Officers of State, will be found in the 
 Series of Domestic State Papers and amongst the other 
 Records of the Home Office. 
 
 See STATE PAPERS, CALENDARS OF, and 
 DEPARTMENTAL RECORDS. 
 
 Petitions in connexion with proceedings in the several 
 Courts of Law are described under the head of JUDICIAL 
 PROCEEDINGS. 
 
 PIRACY. 
 
 Matters relating to Piracy are entered on the early Close 
 Rolls, and frequent references thereto appear in the 
 Domestic State Papers. 
 
 Pirates, Abstracts of Proceedings against. 
 
 A volume containing Abstracts of proceedings against 
 the receivers and aiders of Pirates in all the maritime shires 
 of England and Wales, with lists of ports, creeks, and 
 havens, mums of Commissioners for trial of piracies, &c. 
 15 < < to 1579. [S. P. Dom., Eliz., Vol 135.] 
 
 Pirates' Goods. 
 
 A few Inventories of the goods of Pirates, several of 
 which relate to one "Clinton Atkinson," described as a 
 " Sea Rover," will be found amongst the Miscellanea of 
 the Exchequer. 
 
 POST OFFICE. 
 
 Accounts or the Masters and Comptrollers of the 
 Posts. 1.366 to 1631). 
 
 Do. of thi: Receivers-General. 1695 to 1827. 
 Do. of the Accountants-General. 1746 to 1827. 
 The above are amongst the " Declared Acconats" of 
 the Audit ( HHce. 
 See DEPARTMENTAL RECORDS. 
 
 w 80195.
 
 290 
 
 PRISONS (QUEEN'S BENCH AND FLEET). 
 Queen s Bench Prison. 
 
 Commitment Books., 1719 to 1862. 54 Vols. 
 Commitments, Abstract Books or. 1780 to 1815. 21 Vols. 
 
 Do., Entry Books of. 1785 to 1862. 25 Vols. 
 
 Do., to Strong Room. 1847 to 1862. 3 Vols. 
 
 Declaration Books. 1747 to 1856. 18 Vols. 
 Discharges. 1780 to 1862. 79 Packages. 
 Execution Books. 1758 to 1851. 10 Vols. 
 Inquisitions post mortem on Prisoners. 1747 to 
 1839. 
 Amongst the Records of the Queen's Bench, Crown Side. 
 
 Prisoners, Alphabetical Lists of. 1778 to 1862. 32 
 Vols. 
 
 Prisoners' Papers. (Various.) 
 
 These consist of Petitions, Rules, and other documents 
 relating to prisoners in the Queen's Bench, and are placed 
 with the Records of the Queen's Bench, Plea Side. 
 
 Miscellaneous Books. 39 Vols. 
 
 Fleet Prison. 
 
 Commitment Books. 1699 to 1842. 50 Vols. 
 Commitments (arranged numerically). 160 Bundles. 
 Discharges. 43 Bundles. 
 
 N.B. — The Registers of Marriages, &c. of both the 
 Queen's Bench and the Fleet Prison are at the General 
 Register Office, Somerset House. 
 
 PRIVY COUNCIL. 
 
 The Acts and Proceedings of the Privy Council, from 
 the Registers preserved in the Privy Council Office and 
 elsewhere, have been published by the Record Com- 
 missioners in 7 Vols, royal 8vo., extending in date from 
 10 Richard II. to 33 Henry VIII. 
 
 A New Series, of which ten volumes extending from 
 1542 to 1578, have been issued, has been commenced 
 under the direction of the Master of the Rolls. 
 
 The Council Books and other Proceedings during the 
 time of the Commonwealth are amongst the Records of 
 the State Paper Office. 
 
 Proceedings before the Council of early date will be 
 found in the collection of " Parliamentary and other 
 Proceedings (Chancery)." The following are amongst 
 the " Miscellaneous Rolls, &c." Chancery : —
 
 201 
 
 PRIVY COUNCIL— (continued). 
 
 No. U'. A roll containing "Regulations for the 
 Lords of the Council." (Printed in Rot Pari. Vol. IV., 
 pp. 343-34 1.) 8 Hen. VI. 
 
 No. | '. A roll entitled, "Ordinances for the King's 
 Council."" 1-3 Hen. VI. 
 
 PRIVY SEALS, SIGNED BILLS, &c. 
 
 The usual methods by which the Lord Chancellor was 
 authorized to affix the Great Seal to Charters and Letters 
 Patent or Close prior to the reign of Henry VIII. were by 
 aWrit or I Hll under the Privy Seal, by a Royal Sign Manual 
 or Signed Bill, by a Let'er under the Pi ivy Signet, or 
 by a Fiat or Warrant of the King or of one of the higher 
 Officers of State. 
 
 The Whit of Privy Seal commenced with the 
 name and titles of the sovereign, and address'incc the 
 Lord Chancellor by name directed the issuing of docu- 
 ments under the Great Seal in due form, concluding with 
 the datal clause, "under our Privy Seal," and giving the 
 regnal year of the sovereign. 
 
 The Pill of Privy Seal omitted the royal style and 
 the name of the Chancellor, and was used principally for 
 directing the issue of Letters of protection and safe 
 conduct. 
 
 Tiie Sign Manual or Signed Bill consisted of the 
 Bill or Petition addressed to the Kins beseeching the 
 granting of his Letters Patent to which the Sign Manual 
 had b?en affixed, and which was then delivered to the 
 Lord Chancellor as his authority for carrying out the 
 prayer of the petition. To this Bill a schedule was some- 
 times annexed containing the form of the Letters Patent 
 to be issued, which, when separate, also bore the Royal 
 Sign Manual. The Bill and Schedule were, however, 
 more frequently written on the same piece of parchment. 
 In some cases the form of the Letters Patent only if 
 preserved with the royal signature at the top. With the 
 Sign Manuals are frequently found, documents in the form 
 of Petitions or Drafts of Letters Patent which are without 
 the Sign Manual, but which bear evidence of having 
 been delivered to the Chancellor for execution. 
 
 The Signet Letter differed from the Writ of Privy 
 Seal by omitting from the face of the document both the 
 name and titles of the King and of the person to whom 
 it was addressed, commencing merely with the words, u By 
 the King," and being couched more in the form of a 
 modern letter. It was more frequently written in 
 English or French than in Latin, and bore the name of 
 the person to whom it was addressed on the outside. "I me 
 regnal year was sometimes omitted in the datal clause 
 
 T 2
 
 292 
 
 PRIVY SEALS, SIGNED BILLS, &c— (continued). 
 
 which -was "under our Privy Signet" instead of "under 
 our Privy Seal." A great number of the Signet Letters or 
 Letters Missive, subsequent to the reign of Henry V., have 
 also the Sign Manual at the commencement. 
 
 The Fiat or Warrant was issued either by the King 
 himself or by one of the higher Officers of State, as the 
 Lord Treasurer, the Lord High Admiral, the Steward of 
 the Household, &c. The Royal Fiats were generally for 
 Letters of Protection and Safe-Conduct, and occasionally 
 for Commissions and Appointments, those of the Officers 
 of State relating generally to the appointment of Deputy 
 Officials and to matters of minor import. 
 
 Subsequent to the passing of the Act " concerning the 
 " Clerks of the Signet and Privy Seal" in the 27th year 
 of Henry the Eighth the process to be followed in order 
 to obtain the passing of Letters Patent was somewhat 
 complicated, several stages having in ordinary cases to be 
 passed through in succession, in the course of which the 
 following documents were, according to the circumstances, 
 brought into requisition : — 
 
 1. A Warrant under the Royal Sign Manual, 
 addressed to the Attorney-General or Solicitor- General, 
 or both of them, directing the preparation of a Bill for the 
 signature of the sovereign, which was technically called 
 the « King's Bill " or « Queens Bill." 
 
 2. The King's or Queen's Bill which was made out 
 by the Clerk of the Patents at the " Patent Bill Office " 
 according to the precedents preserved in his Office, or in 
 new and special cases from drafts transmitted with the 
 Warrants, or drawn up by liim and submitted to the 
 Attorney or Solicitor-General to be perused and settled. 
 The King's Bill contained the whole form of the Charter, 
 Grant, or Patent to be issued in the words in which it 
 was to pass the Great Seal, with the exception only of the 
 Royal style at the beginning and the testing clause at the 
 end, but with the addition at the foot of the Bill of a 
 Docket signed by the Attorney or Solicitor-General, or 
 both of them, explaining the contents of the Bill, and 
 specifying the authority by which it was drawn up. It was 
 engrossed on parchment and transmitted to the office of the 
 Secretary of State for the Home Department to receive 
 the Royal signature, transcripts being sent to the Privy 
 Signet Office and the Privy Seal Office to be made use of 
 in the further stages of the Patent. 
 
 3. The Bill of Privy Signet or Signet Bill. 
 This was prepared by one of the Clerks of the Privy 
 Signet from the transcript of the King's Bill sent to the 
 Signet Office from the Patent Bill Office, by collating it 
 with the original King's Bill bearing the Royal Sign Manual
 
 293 
 
 PRIVY SEALS, SIGNED BILLS, &c— (continued). 
 
 (which was lodged in the Signet Office fur tint purpoc 
 completing it, and affixing the Privy Signet thereto together 
 with liis own signature. 
 
 'J he Privy Signet Bill was then addressed by hira to 
 
 the Lord Privy Seal, ami Forwarded to his office as the 
 
 authority for making out the Writ of Privy Seal. 
 
 1. The Wbit OF Pi:i\ v SEAL. On tlie receipt of the 
 Privy Signet Pill, the Keeper of the Records in the Privy 
 Seal Office prepared the Bill or Writ of Privy Seal by 
 
 adding the formal parts to the Transcript of the King's 
 Bill received by him from the Patent Bill Office, and 
 presented it to the Lord Privy Seal in order that the 
 Seal might be affixed thereto. The Privy Signet Bill 
 which was the authority to the Lord Privy Seal for so 
 doing was generally kept by him in his private possession, 
 which accounts for the existence of Privy Signets in so 
 many libraries and private collections. This practice was, 
 however, discontinued in 1831, since which date they are 
 preserved in the Privy Seal Office. 
 
 The AVrit of Privy Seal was then presented to the 
 Lord Chancellor, who signed a memorandum called the 
 Rccejri at the foot of the same, and this signature was the 
 authority to the proper Officers for the preparation of the 
 Letters Patent, and for affixing the Great Seal. 
 
 The Writs of Privy Seal were transmitted annually to 
 the Six Clerks' Office, and on the abolition of that office 
 to the Clerks of Records and Writs, for enrolment on the 
 Patent Polls, of which records they form to a great 
 extent the original instruments. The enrolment was 
 however in many cases neglected, and the Bundles of 
 Privy Seals, should a grant not be found on the Patent 
 Rolls, will often supply the deficiency. From the Six 
 Clerks' Office the Bundles of Privy Seals, &c 3 together 
 with the enrolments, were transmitted to the Petty Pag 
 Office, and thence to the Chapel of the Polls. They are 
 now enrolled at the Enrolment Office in Chancery, and 
 thence transferred along with the Patent Polls to the 
 Public Record < )ffice. 
 
 5. SiGNKD Pir.r.s. The Sign i Bill was a Bill under 
 the Royal Sign Manual obtained by the direct intervention 
 of the Lord Chancellor or Lord Keeper, who directed a 
 Pill to be prepared by the Clerk of the Crown, to which 
 he procured the Royal signature. According to the usage 
 of the Chancery the Great Seal was then affixed to the 
 Letters Patent by the authority of the Bill so signed, 
 without any previous Warrant under the Sign Manual, 
 and without the subsequent authorities of the Privy 
 Signet and Privy Seal, by which three out of the four 
 mandatory documents above described were dispensed 
 with. The Signed Bills were chiefly used for Letters
 
 294 
 
 PRIVY SEALS, SIGNED BILLS, &c— (continued). 
 
 Patent appointing the Judges, Attorneys and Solicitors 
 General, and other legal appointments (with the exception 
 of the Masters of the Rolls, Vice Chancellors, and Masters 
 in Chancery, whose appointments passed under the Privy 
 Seal). 
 
 6. Immediate Warrants. When it was necessary 
 that the Letters Patent should pass the Great Seal with 
 more than usual expedition, a Warrant was prepared by 
 the Secretary of State for the Home Department in a form 
 styled Immediate, the effect of which was to dispense with 
 the Bill of Privy Signet and the Writ of Privy Seal. 
 This Warrant having received the Royal Sign Manual 
 empowered the Attorney-General to direct the preparation 
 of the King's or Queen's Bill accordingly. This was 
 entered at the Privy Signet and Privy Seal Offices, but 
 no Bill or Writ was issued thereon. The Statute of 
 27 Henry VIII. , which recognizes this practice, directs, 
 however, that the usual fees shall be paid at the said 
 offices. 
 
 The Signed Bills, the Immediate Warrants and the 
 King's or Queen's Bills thereon are all included in the 
 bundles of Writs of Privy Seal. 
 
 In addition to the documents above described the Privy 
 Seal and Signed Bill Bundles contain Commissions of 
 various kinds, Proclamations, Leases, Warrants of 
 the Court of Wards for the Livery of Lands, 
 Licenses of Entry, Wine Licences, &c, &c. The 
 King's or Queen's Bills from 1660 to the present time are 
 amongst the Home Office Records (to which Department 
 the business of the Privy Signet Office was transferred on 
 its abolition), and are known under the title of " Signet 
 Office Bills." 
 
 Proclamations. 
 
 An Order having been made by the Privy Council for 
 a Proclamation, whether for holding of Parliaments or any 
 other purpose, the same was transmitted to the Crown 
 Office, where the Proclamation was drawn up by the Clerk 
 of the Crown, and, after having been submitted to the Law 
 Officers for their approval, was engrossed and received 
 the Royal Sign Manual. The Proclamations so signed 
 were then transmitted to the Lord Chancellor's Office for 
 the Great Seal to be affixed, and being returned to the 
 Crown Office they were then transmitted annually to the 
 Six Clerks' Office for enrolment with the Signed Bills 
 and Privy Seals, and are entered on the back of the 
 Patent Rolls. 
 
 The original Proclamations will be found in the Privy 
 Seal and Signed Bill Bundles.
 
 295 
 
 PRIVY SEALS, SIGNED BILLS, &c— ( continu< .-.I). 
 
 There are also amongst the Domestic State Papers col- 
 lections of printed Pboclamations extending Prom 
 James I. to George III. (See Lists and Ind 
 No. III., 1894.) 
 
 The following are the principal Series of Privy Seals, 
 Signed Bills, &C. as at present arranged: — 
 
 Privy Seals, Signed Bills, &c. (Chancery) called 
 "Warrants for the Great Seal." Henry J J I. to 
 
 Victoria. 
 
 These include the Series formerly preserved in the 
 Tower of London and the Rolls Chapel respectively. 
 They have now been amalgamated ami arranged in strict 
 chronological order up to the end of the reign of Richard 111. 
 From the reign of Henry VII. to the present time they 
 are arranged in" monthly Bundles. 
 
 Those of the reign of Henry VIII. are included in the 
 Calendar of Letters and Papers relating to that reign, and 
 a Calendar to those of the first seven years of Charles I. 
 has been made, which is printed in the Appendix to the 
 43rd Report. 
 
 Sign Manual Warrants. (State Paper Office.) 
 James I. and Charles I. Thirty Volumes, containing 
 original King's Bills or Warrants for the Great Seal, and 
 forming Vols. 4 to 33 of the Series of " Warrant Books." 
 
 References to these are included in the printed " Calendars 
 of State Papers." 
 
 Signet Office Bills. (Home Office.) 1061 to 1851. 
 387 Bundles. 
 
 These are arranged in monthly Parcels or Files and 
 form a continuation of the " Sign Manual Warrants" or 
 "Kings Bills" from the State Paper Office. 
 
 Docquet Books (from the Signet Office). 1584 to 1835. 
 . 35 Vols. 
 
 Indices Nominum. 1584 to 1829. 11 Vols. 
 
 Docquet Books (from the Patent Office). 1017 to 1850. 
 19 Vols. 
 
 Privy Seals, Docketsof lnd Warrants for. (Amongst 
 the Harleian MSS.) 1034 to 1711. 
 
 Tlusc documents formerly belonged to the Duke of 
 Newcastle as Lord Privy Seal, in the reign of Queen Anne, 
 and are now deposited with the Harleian MSS. in the 
 British Museum. 
 
 Calendar. Car. I. to Anne. Printed. Report "XXX.. 
 App., pp. 360-503. 
 
 Do. Do. 1 Vol. MS., with In- 
 
 dices Nominum and Locoram. [ Transcripts. Series 11 
 No. 20.]
 
 296 
 
 PRIVY SEALS, SIGNED BILLS, &c— (continued). 
 
 Privy Signet Bills or "Warrants for the Privy 
 Seal." (Exchequer, Treasury of the Receipt.) 
 Series I. (under arrangement). 
 
 Series II. Henry VIII. to Charles I., 120 Bundles. 
 Index. 3 Vols. MS. 
 
 Privy Seal Books and Rolls. (Exchequer of Receipt, 
 Pells' and Auditors' Departments.) Elizabeth to 
 Victoria. 
 
 See RECEIPTS AND ISSUES OF THE 
 EXCHEQUER. 
 
 J*bivy Seals and Warrants for Issues. (Exchequer 
 of Receipt.) Henry II [. to William IV. 
 
 These consist of Writs of Privy Seal for payments out 
 of the Exchequer, including Writs of Liberate and Solvatis. 
 They are useful as supplying defects in the series of Issue 
 Rolls. Prior to 1 Henry IV. this collection is very 
 imperfect. 
 
 Warrants for the delivery of Records. (Exche- 
 quer, Augmentation Office.) 24 Henry VII. to 1635. 
 1 Box. 
 
 Privy Seals and Signed Bills. (Duchy of Lancas- 
 ter.) 1 H(n. VII. to 1767. 43 Bundles. 
 
 Index, entitled " Index to Grants in fee." 1 Vol. MS. 
 
 Privy Seals, Signed Bills, Letters Missive, &o. 
 (Palatinate of Lancaster.) Ric. II. to Hen. VII. 
 3 Bundles. 
 
 Privy Seals, Signed Bills, and Warrants. (Chester 
 am. Flint.) Hen. VII. and Hen. VIII. 
 
 Alphabetical Calendar. Report XXVL, App., pp. 
 16-31. 
 
 REBELLIONS. 
 
 Records of the Trials and Convictions of Rebels and of 
 all persons attainted of High Treason are contained in the 
 class of documents known as the " Baga de Secretis," 
 deposited with the Records of the Queen's Bench, Crown 
 Side. 
 
 A Calendar gm&^Index to the contents of the Baga de 
 Secretis, which extend from the reign of Edw. IV. to that 
 of George III. inclusive, are contained in the Deputy 
 Keeper's Third, Fourth, and Fifth Reports. 
 
 There are also Commissions of Inquiry respecting 
 TREASON, -with the Returns thereto, from 5 Charles I. to 
 Anne, amongst the Special Commissions from the Petty 
 Bag Office.
 
 297 
 
 REBELLIONS— ('■•oi.tiiMic-.l j. 
 
 Attention may also be directed to the following Miscel- 
 laneous References to Rebellions and Reb< I- : — 
 
 Earl of Leicester's Rebellion. Temp. Henry III. 
 Proceedings against the Earl of Leicester and other 
 rebels in pursuance of the Dictum de Kenilwortb, 51 
 Henry III., and other documents, consisting of: — 
 
 1. A roll entitled "Terras rebellium datae fidelibus," 
 
 containing a brief notice of many forfeited land--, 
 with the names of the persons who had formerly 
 
 held them and of those to whom they had been 
 given by the King. (Amongst the Miscellanea of 
 the Exchequer.) 
 
 2. Four rolls entitled " Placita de Terris datis et occu- 
 
 " patis occasione turbacionis in regno Angliae," con- 
 taining the record of the proceedings in consequence 
 of the Dictum de Kenilwortb in the counties of 
 Essex 3 Northampton, Suffolk, and Cambridge 
 respectively. [These rolls form part of the regular 
 series of Assize Rolls.] 
 
 The foregoing are printed in full in the i( Rotuli Selecti " 
 by Joseph Hunter. 
 
 3. " Inquisitiones de Rebellious." 49 Henry III. One 
 
 poi*tfolio containing Inquisitions respecting the pos- 
 sessions of such persons as were implicated in the 
 " Bellum de Evesham.'' (This is placed with the 
 regular series of Inquisitions post mortem, Sec.) 
 
 4. A roll entitled " De terris duellionum a Rege diversis 
 
 personis conccssis." 50 Henry III. 
 
 [Misc. Rolls, Chancery, No. '/•.] 
 
 Earl of Lancaster's Rebellion. Temp. Edward II. 
 
 Record and process of the sentence against certain 
 adherents of Thomas, Earl of Lancaster. 18 Edw. II. 
 
 [Misc. Bolls, Chancery, No. */.] 
 Full Accounts of the possessions of the so-called " Con- 
 trariants," or adherents of Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, will 
 be found amongst the Ministers' and Receiver^ Accounts 
 and also amongst the Enrolled Accounts of the Lord 
 Treasurer's Remembrancer. 
 
 See MINISTERS' AND RECEIVERS' AC- 
 COUNTS. 
 
 Earl of Kent's Rebellion. 1 Henry IV. 
 
 "Placita Coronae aulas Elospitii domini Regis," con- 
 cerning the rebellion of Thomas lloland, Earl of Kent. 
 1 Henry IV. 
 [Placita Aula. Boll i } s.]
 
 298 
 
 REBELLIONS— (continued). 
 
 Perkin Waebeck's Rebellion. Temp. Henry VII. 
 
 The Indictments and other proceedings against the 
 adherents of Perkin Warbeok will be found in the " Baga 
 de Secretis." 
 
 There is also amongst the Miscellanea of the Exchequer 
 a roll of 33 membranes containing an account of the 
 Fines imposed upon those who had favoured or adhered to 
 the rebels against the Lord the King — " Michael Joseph, 
 " James, late Lord Audeley, and a certain man of 
 " infamous character, Peter Warbek, born in Flanders." 
 12 Henry VII. 
 
 Aske's Rebellion, or the "Pilgrimage of Grace." 
 Temp. Henry VIII. 
 
 Depositions, &c. relating to Aske's Rebellion. Three 
 Vols. 
 
 [Misc. Boohs, Exch., Treasury of the Receipt, Vols. 118, 
 
 119 and 120.] 
 Letters and Papers relating to the disturbances in the 
 North of England. Temp. Henry VIII. 
 
 [ Do., Vol. 121.] 
 
 Documents relating to Aske's Rebellion. 
 
 [ Do., Vol 122.] 
 
 Inquisitions, &c. concerning the possessions of those who 
 took part in the rebellion called " The Pilgrimage of Grace." 
 29 Hen. VIII. 
 
 [Misc. Boohs, Augmentation Office, Vol. 237.] 
 Accounts of the possessions of the " Pilgrims of Grace." 
 See MINISTERS' AND RECEIVERS' AC- 
 COUNTS. 
 
 Calendar. 1 Vol. MS., called " Index to Attainders." 
 
 Babington's Conspiracy, Documents relating to. 
 Elizabeth. 
 
 These are amongst the Miscellanea of the Exchequer 
 and consist of Inventories of the goods and chattels of 
 Anthony Babington, Chidiock Tichebourne, and others 
 :ittainted of High Treason as participators in "Babington's 
 Conspiracy." 
 
 Duke of Norfolk's Conspiracy. Elizabeth. 
 
 Surveys of the possessions of the Earls of Northumber- 
 land and Westmoreland, and of Sir John Neville, Leonard 
 Dacre, and other rebels, taken by Commission dated 18 
 March 1569. Two large volumes, amongst the Miscel- 
 laneous Books of the Exchequer Queen's Remembrancer, 
 known as " Ilomberstone's Survey." 
 
 The Gunpowder Plot. 
 
 The Depositions, Examinations, and other papers 
 relating to the " Gunpowder Treason," including the 
 anonvmous letter written to Lord Monteagle, the Con-
 
 299 
 
 REBELLIONS-(continued). 
 
 The Gunpowder Plot — (continued). 
 fessions Bigned byGuido Fawkea himself, letters of Father 
 Garnett, and other papers of the greatest interest, are con- 
 tained in two volumes belonging to the Domestic Scries of 
 State; Paper-;. 
 
 The Duke of Monmouth's Rebellion. 
 
 An account of the proceedings againsl the rebels and 
 other prisoners in the Counties of Southampton, Wilts, 
 Dorset, Devon, and Somerset, who were tried before L >r 1 
 Jeffreys in the so-called "Bloody Assize," is appended to 
 a Warrant dated 12 .Nov. 1685, directing the issuing of 
 Commissions to inquire into their lands and possessions. 
 [Treasury Letter Book, 1684-1686, Vol. 3, pp. 187-197.] 
 The Rebellions of 1715 and 174."). 
 
 The Trials and Convictions of the adherents of the 
 . House of Stuart who took part in the risings of 1715 
 and 1745 are contained in the Baga de Secretes. 
 
 Lists of all the persons attainted in connexion with the 
 rebellion of 17 15, with Rentals, Surveys, and other Papers 
 relating to their estates, will be found amongst the Pro- 
 ceedings of the Commissioners of Forfeited 
 Estates, an Inventory of which is printed in Report V., 
 App. II, pp. 97-130. 
 
 RECEIPTS AND ISSUES OF THE EXCHEQUER. 
 
 The Exchequer was at first a general name signifying 
 as well the place where the Revenue avis supervised and 
 managed as the place where it was paid in, that part of it 
 in which the money was received and issued being called 
 the Thesaurus or Treasury, the phrase ■' in thesauro liber- 
 avit " being generally used to signify that an accountant 
 had delivered money into the Exchequer. In process of 
 time this became known as the Inferius Scaccarium, the 
 Lower Exchequer, cr Exchequer of Receipt, the branch 
 which exercised the management of the Revenue with its 
 several Departments being called the Upper Exchequer or 
 Exchequer of Account. 
 
 Although the Exchequer of Receipt was the principal 
 place for the receipt and issuing of the Royal revenue, 
 payments and issues were sometimes made at the Camera 
 Regis or King's Chamber, and also at the King's Wardrobe 
 in the Tower of London, and at a Treasury in the New 
 Temple. 
 
 Several other inferior Receipts or Treasuries called 
 Exchequers were also established for particular purposes, 
 and in various parts of the realm. 
 
 "When any money was to be paid into the Exchequer 
 by a Sheriff or other Accountant the proper place was at 
 the Office of the four Tellers or Numerator** Scaccarii in
 
 300 
 
 RECEIPTS AND ISSUES OF THE EXCHEQUER— 
 
 (continued). 
 
 the Exchequer of Receipt. There the amount was 
 entered in a book, and immediately transcribed on a slip 
 of parchment called a Bill or Tellers' Bill, and thrown 
 down a pipe into the Tally Court, where a Tally was 
 struck or levied. A Tally was a stick (generally of hazel), 
 prepared by an Officer called the Tally Cutter, on which 
 notches were cut. indicating the sum specified in the 
 Teller's Bill, in addition to which the sum was written on 
 two sides of it by the Tally Writer, and it was then cleft 
 from end to end through the notches, one of the parts 
 being retained by the Chamberlain of the Exchequer and 
 the other given to the party paying in the money in order 
 to be used in his discharge at the Exchequer of Account,, 
 •where the Tallies on which allowance was claimed were 
 carefully compared with the Counter-Tallies from the 
 Chamberlain's Office. 
 
 The Teller's Bill was entered by the Clerk of the Pells 
 on the Receipt Rolls, called the Pellis Introitus, Pellis 
 Rccejitai, or Pell of Receipt, and then filed by the Auditor, 
 who also entered the same and afterwards made Certificate 
 thereof to the Lord Treasurer. 
 
 By Stat. 23 Geo. III., cap. 82, Tallies were directed to 
 be abolished, and indented Check Receipts to be sub- 
 stituted, but this did not come into operation till the 
 removal of the Chamberlains in 1826. 
 
 When the Tallies were discontinued, a Memorandum of 
 the Teller's Bills sent into the Tally Court called the Bill 
 of the Day, was made by the Clerk of the Introitus, which 
 was sent to the Principal Office to enable the Clerk of 
 the Cash Book to charge the Tellers at the close of each 
 day. An account of each head of the Revenue was also 
 entered in the Daily Receipt Booh, the moneys received by 
 each Teller being kept distinct, and at the end of every 
 week a total made of each branch of Revenue. A General 
 Receipt Booh was also kept, in which was inserted the 
 total amount of Revenue received during the week, classed 
 under heads, separating that of England and Scotland. 
 
 The Issues from the Exchequer were in earlier times 
 made by virtue of a Writ or Mandate from the King 
 under the Great or Privy Seal, directed sometimes to the 
 Chief Justiciar and Barons, but most commonly to the 
 Treasurer and Chamberlains of the Exchequer; the Writ 
 most generally used being called a Writ of Liberate. 
 These Writs were put into execution by Orders or 
 Warrants from the Lord Treasurer, directed to the 
 Auditor of the Receipt, which were his authority for 
 drawing up an Order on one of the Tellers for the payment 
 of the sum, which Order was then signed by the Lord
 
 301 
 
 RECEIPTS AND ISSUES OF THE EXCHEQUER— 
 
 (continued ). 
 
 Treasurer or Under Treasurer, and forwarded by the 
 Auditor to the Teller named. 
 
 In and subsequent to the reign of Charles II. an addi- 
 tional authority was issued by the Treasurer, called a 
 Letter of Direction, describing the particular funds out of 
 which the money was to be paid, &c. 
 
 The Writs of Liberate <»r Privy Seal were of two kinds, 
 one of which was final, directing the payment of a certain 
 sum at a fixed time, the other, which directed several 
 payments to be made from time to time, being called a 
 Writ or Privy Seal Current or Dormant, several Orders 
 being frequently grounded on a single Writ. 
 
 Sometimes issues were made from the Royal Treasuries 
 by way of Prest or Imprest, that is to say, money advanced 
 for certain purposes for which the persons receiving it 
 became accountable at the Exchequer of Account. 
 
 An account of all moneys issued Mas entered by the 
 Clerk of the Pells on the Issue Roll called the Prills Exltus 
 or Pell of Issue, stating by whom the sums were paid, and 
 by what "Warrant. 
 
 Yearly or half-yearly Declarations or Views of the 
 Receipts and Issues of the Exchequer were made to the 
 Lord Treasurer by the Auditor of the Receipt, or by the 
 Clerk of the Pells, and during the reign of Henry VIII. 
 Half-yearly Declarations, showing the State of the Royal 
 Treasury, were made to the King by the Under- 
 Treasurer. 
 
 The ancient constitution of the Receipt of the Exchequer 
 was abolished by Stat. 4 Wm, IV., cap. 15, the Auditor, 
 Tellers, Clerk of the Pells, and other subordinate officers 
 being then replaced by a Comptroller-General of the 
 Exchequer with an Assistant Comptroller and the 
 necessary Clerks and Assistants. 
 
 On the abolition of the Office of the Comptroller-General 
 of the Exchequer as a separate office, which took place in 
 1867 pursuant to Stat. 28 & 29 Vict. c. 9:'.. the records of 
 that office, in continuation of those of the Ancient Receipt 
 of the Exchequer, were transferred to the Public Record 
 Office. 
 
 The following are the principal Records relating to the 
 business of the Exchequer of Receipt : — 
 
 Account Books (Audi tors'). 17JS2 to 1834. 27 Vols. 
 Do. (Comptrollee-Geneeal's) : — 
 
 Great Britain. 1835 to 1867. 14 Vols. 
 
 Ireland. 1837 to 1867. 12 Vols. 
 
 Revenue Quarterly, Ireland. 1837 to 1846. 1 Vol. 
 
 Revenue Yearly, Ireland. 1838 to 1867 : 2 Vols.
 
 302 
 
 RECEIPTS AND ISSUES OF THE EXCHEQUER— 
 
 (continued). 
 
 Acquittance or Receipt Books. 1629-32 and 1693- 
 1 706. 2 Vols. 
 
 These contain the Acquittances or Receipts for sums 
 paid to various private individuals, and furnish an 
 interesting series of Autographs of distinguished persons, 
 such as those of Gibbons, Wren, and others. 
 
 Annuities. See Fees and Annuities. 
 
 Assignment Books (Auditors'). 1622 to 1834. 32 Vols. 
 
 These contain the Deeds of Assignment, whereby 
 pensions", annuities, and other payments out of the 
 Exchequer were alienated in whole or in part ; and also 
 Letters of Attorney, Letters of Administration, and 
 Probates of Wills, with other like documents, as recorded 
 in the Office of the Auditor of the Receipt. 
 
 From 1791 to 1S34 these Volumes contain Letters of 
 Attorney only, the Assignment Books forming a separate 
 series, consisting of five Vols. 
 
 Inventory. 1622-1834. Report VII., App. II, p. 32. 
 
 Dc >.sc riplive Catalogue. 1622-1738. Report V., App. II., 
 pp. 292-295. 
 
 A -ignment Books (Pells'). 1677 to 1704. 18 Vols. 
 
 These are called " Bankers' Assignments," and contain 
 entries of Deeds, Wills, and Administrations relative to 
 the transfer of shares in the interest of the Loans made to 
 King Charles II. by several Bankers, and payable at the 
 Exchequer. 
 
 Descriptive Catalogue. 1677 to 1703-4. Report VI., 
 App. II., pp. 228-230. 
 
 Assignment Books (Goldsmiths'). 
 
 First Series. 1676 to 1713. 11 Vols. 
 
 Second Series. 1678 to 1688. 17 Vols. 
 
 In the year 1677 great loans were advanced to the 
 Government by the " Goldsmiths" or Bankers of London 
 on the credit of the hereditary revenue of the Excise, to 
 pay the interest of which terminable Annuities were secured 
 and charged upon that Revenue, by Letters Patent granted 
 to the several contractors or principal creditors, who in 
 their turn made Assignments of divers portions of those 
 Annuities to the persons who had contributed to such 
 Loans. The foregoing are Entry Books of these Assign- 
 ments ; in Series I. the Assignments being collected under 
 the names of the individual bankers to whom the original 
 Assignments were made by the Crown, and in Series II. 
 the same Assignments being entered in chronologicalorder. 
 
 Description and Inventory. Reports IV., App. II. 
 p. 167 ; and V., App. II., p."246. 
 
 Assignments of Orders on Bankers' Annuities. 1704 
 to 1717. 2 Vols.
 
 303 
 
 RECEIPTS AND ISSUES OF THE EXCHEQUER— 
 
 (continued). 
 
 Attorney, Letters, Warrants, and Powers op. 
 
 "Letters of Attorney." L 706 to 1768. 8 Vole. These 
 relate to " Annuities," &c. 
 
 Powers of Attorney.' 1 17 l.". to L787and 1801 to 1829. 
 
 8 Vols. These contain Towers from various Public Officers 
 to enable a third party to receive their salaries at the 
 Kcceipt of tin' Exchequer. 
 
 Indexes to the foregoing. 4 Vols. 
 
 Sec also Assignment Books. 
 
 " Entry Book of Letters of Attorney of Nevis and St. 
 Christopher's Debentures." 1707. 1 Vol. 
 
 Bills of the Day. Sec Receipt Books (Daily). 
 
 " Blood Money " Certificates. 1649 to 1800. 3 Bundles, 
 containing Certificates of the conviction of highwaymen 
 and other felons, and of the names of the persons by means 
 of whom such convictions were obtained, stating the amount 
 of the rewards due to them in respect thereof. The receipts 
 of the persons mentioned are endorsed on the Certificates. 
 
 Breviates of [ssues. See Posting Books, or Privy 
 
 lls (Dormant). 
 Cash Books (Auditors')- 1800 to 1834. 35 Vols. 
 
 Certificate. Books (Pells'). 1611 to 1670. 9 Vols. 
 
 These consist of entries of the Certificates, made weekly 
 or otherwise, of the Receipts, Issues, and "Remains" of 
 the four Tellers of the Exchequer, showing the precise 
 state of the revenue and expenditure from week to week. 
 Brief entries of " Tellers' Remains;' or the sums remaining 
 in the hands of the four Tellers, are also contained in the 
 "Posting Books of Issues on Privy Seals." 
 
 Description and Inventory. Report VI., App. II., pp. 
 244-246. 
 Certificate Books, called " Tellers' Weekly Certi- 
 ficate Books." 
 
 1610 to 1665. . 14 Vols, 
 and 
 
 1813-1835. 5 Vols. 
 Certificate Books (Auditors'). 1704tol834. 20 Vols. 
 Civll List Issues. 1812 to 1834. 7 Vols., containing a 
 
 summary of the Revenue set apart to be applied for the 
 
 Civil List. 
 Consolidated Fund Books. 1757 to 1834. 45 Vols., 
 itaining Accounts of the income of the Consolidated 
 
 Fund and of the charges thereon. There are also original 
 
 Letters touching payments out of the Consolidated Fund, 
 
 &C. a from 1809 to 1834.
 
 304 
 
 RECEIPTS AND ISSUES OF THE EXCHEQUER— 
 
 (continued). 
 
 Debenture Books (Auditors'). 1569 to 1608. 34 Vols. 
 culled " Tellers' Views of Keceipts and Issues," or Yearly 
 Views of the Payments of Fees, Salaries, Annuities, and 
 Pensions, by the four Tellers of the Exchequer, forming 
 the " Auditors' Accounts of Payments upon Debentures." 
 Descriptive Catalogue. Report II., App. II., pp. 243- 
 
 240. 
 
 Do. 1619 to 1691. 24 Vols. 
 
 called " Auditors' Debenture Books." 
 
 Descriptive Catalogue. Report V., App. II., pp. 295- 
 
 299. 
 
 Do. 1696 to 1834. 55 Vols, 
 
 called " Auditors' Debenture Books." 
 
 See also Payments by Rotae Warrant or " Solu- 
 
 TIONES PER WARRANTA." 
 
 Declaration Books (Auditors'). 1625 to 1699. 
 
 Brief Declarations of the Receipts and Issues of the 
 Exchequer, and of the state thereof, as certified to the Lord 
 Treasurer by the Auditor of the Receipt, in half-yearly 
 volumes. 31 Vols. [There is also amongst the Miscel- 
 lanea a volume containing " Auditors' Declarations of 
 Issues," from 1544 to 1560.] 
 
 Descriptive Catalogue. 1625 to 1699. Report II., 
 App. II, pp. 235-237. 
 
 Declaration Books (Pells'). 1555 to 1792. 
 
 Half-yearly Declarations of the Receipts and Issues of 
 the Exchequer, made by the Clerk of the Pells. 
 
 Descriptive Catalogue. Report VI., App. II., pp. 232- 
 243. 
 
 Declarations of the State of the Treasury (Under- 
 Treasurer's). 24 Hen. VII. to 38 Hen. VIII. 26 Vols. 
 Do. Drafts of. Temp. 
 
 Hen. VIII. 3 Vols. 
 
 Descriptive Catalogue. Report II., App. II., pp. 195- 
 199. 
 Entry Books (Auditors'). 1833 to 1835. 4 Vols. 
 Establishment of the Princess Charlotte of Wales, 
 Salaries, &o. op aacB. 1806 to 1814. 1 Vol. 
 
 ExOHEQUEB Bills, Issue Books of. 1744 to 1834, and 
 of various dates from 1696 to 1855. 26 Vols., consisting 
 of Entry Books of the Weekly Issues on Exchequer Bills. 
 Do. (Second Series), 1778 to 
 
 1833. 17 Vols., called " Issue Books." 
 
 Do., Certificates of. 1666 to 1862; 
 
 56 Vols., called " Certificates of Exchequer Bills issued." 
 Do. Do. 1714 to 1726.
 
 305 
 
 RECEIPTS AND ISSUES OF THE EXCHEQUER— 
 
 (continued). 
 
 EXOHEQDEB BlLLS, CERTIFICATES (>F — (continue 
 
 Entitled tf Certificates of Exchequer liills authorized 
 to be issued l>y Parliament" (anno 1697, anno 1720, and 
 anno 1723 respectively). 8 Vols. 
 
 Do., Registers op. 1793-1794. 9 Vols. 
 
 Do., Warrants and Contracts for. 
 
 1696 to 1834., 14 Vol-. 
 
 Do., Paymaster's Certificates. 1830 
 
 to 1834. 1 Vol. 
 
 Do., Accounts and Reports relating 
 
 to. 1697 to 1731 and 1722-3. 1 Vol. 
 
 Do., Accounts of the Receivers and 
 
 Paymasters, &c. 1697 to 1828. (Amongst the " Declared 
 Accounts " of the Audit Office.) 
 
 Fees and Annuities, Breviates of. 43 Eliz. to 1698. 
 37 Vols, (in 4 Bundles), entitled "Breviates of Fees and 
 Annuities payable at the Exchequer." 
 
 Do., Assurances, Wills,&c. relating 
 
 to Annuities. 1691-1711. 7 Vols. 
 
 See also " Assignment Books " and " Debenture 
 Books." 
 Imprest Books (Pells'). 1682 to 1790 and 1826 to 1834. 
 15 Vols. 
 
 These Books contain entries by the Auditor of the 
 Receipt of the Exchequer of the sums paid to various 
 public officers by way of ' r Imprest" or Advance (of which 
 they were to render an account), to be by them disbursed 
 in their respective Departments, pursuant to the authorities 
 therein specified. The last volume is in tabular form, and 
 appears to bear a closer relation to the series called 
 " General Imprest Rolls." There is an Index Nominum at 
 the end of each volume. 
 
 Description and Inventor)/. Report VII., App. II., 
 pp. 217-218. 
 Imprest Books (Pells'). 1569 to 1678. 11 Vole, 
 
 Called " Imprest Certificate Book-." 
 Imprest Rolls, General (Auditors'). 1788 to 1834. 
 7 Vols. 
 
 These contain short entries of the issues week by week, 
 mentioning to whom and for what purpose, hut not giving 
 the authority for the payment. 
 
 Imprest Rolls of the Exchequer. 22 Elizabeth to 
 1760. (Amongst the Records of the Audit Office.) 
 
 These contain the Accounts of sums advanced to the 
 Treasurers of the Army, Navy, and Ordnance, the Pay- 
 masters of the Works, &c., &c 
 
 Issue Books (Auditors'). See " Order Books." 
 
 U 80195. U
 
 306 
 
 RECEIPTS AND ISSUES OF THE EXCHEQUER— 
 
 (continued). 
 
 Issue Books (Pells'). 1597 to 1834. 483 Vols. 
 
 These Books contain entries of all payments made at 
 the Receipt of the Exchequer, and are in fact duplicates, 
 or rather drafts, of the Issue Rolls since the final estab- 
 lishment of the Record of Expenditure called the " Pell 
 of Issue." 
 
 All payments being made either upon Dcbentvres 
 (which are grounded on Letters Patent), or upon Orders 
 (which are grounded on Letters of Privy Seal), the entries 
 consist of the whole tenor of one, and of the substance of 
 the other, respectively. They were set down in tie same 
 manner as the entries in the Receipt Books, day by day, 
 as the several authorities for payment were presented ; for 
 no money could be paid by any Teller until the Clerk of 
 the Pells had testified the recording of the Issue, by 
 writing his Rccordatur, with the date of the entry in his 
 Book or Roll, on the Debenture or Order by virtue of 
 which the payment was to be made. 
 
 They are, like the Receipt Books, furnished with 
 Indexes from the time of the Commonwealth, and are 
 thereby rendered more consumable than the Issue Rolls. 
 Since the time when the engrossing of the Issue Rolls 
 ceased they have become the principal record or " Pell " 
 itself; and" therefore, from and after Easter Term 1797, 
 are the only authentic Records of the expenditure of the 
 Exchequer. 
 
 Description and Inventory. Report III., App. II, 
 pp. 175-187. 
 
 Indexes, called " Alphabets to Issue Books," 1822 to 
 1832. 22 Vols. 
 I?sue Rolls (Pells'). 6 Hen. III. to 19 Edw. IV. and 
 from 9 Eliz. to 1797. 1215 Rolls. 
 
 Do. (Auditors'). 1 Edward I. to 19 Edw. IV. 
 357 Rolls. 
 
 The Issue Rolls, Pelles Exitus, or Pells of Issue contain 
 the entries made by the Clerk of the Pells of all payments 
 made out of the Revenues of the Crown by the Lord High 
 Treasurer and the Chamberlains of the Exchequer, com- 
 mencing in the reign of Henry III., and being, continued 
 in a regular series to the end of the reign of Edward IV., 
 similar°Rolls being also made up by the Auditor of the 
 Receipt. From the reign of Edward IV. to that of 
 Elizabeth the regular engrossing of the rolls appears to 
 have ceased ; being, however, re-established in the latter 
 reign, and thence continued until 1797, after which date 
 the entries are in Books.* • 
 
 * Accounts of Issues during the period for which the Issue Rolls are wanting 
 will he found on the *' Tellers' Rolls."
 
 307 
 
 RECEIPTS AND ISSUES OF THE EXCHEQUER— 
 
 (continued). 
 
 Issue Rolls (Auditors')— (continual). 
 
 A translation of the Issue Roll of 34 Edward III. has 
 been printed in full, together with extracts of the Issue 
 Rolls from Henry III. to Henry VI., by F. Devon. 
 
 Issues. See Receipts and Issues. 
 
 Issues, Breviates of. See "Posting Books." 
 
 Jews Rolls. John to 23 Edward I. 
 
 These contain yearly accounts of the receipts from 
 Tallages and other imposts on the Jews. 
 
 JoenaLIA Rolls. 21 Edward I. to 1 Edward II. 
 
 These contain entries of the total amount of the Receipts 
 and Issues of the Exchequer, day by day, and week by 
 week. They consist of two bundles containing 18 rolls. 
 
 Liberate Rolls. 10 Henry III. to 33 Edward I. 
 
 These rolls contain precepts directing the payment of 
 sums of money to the Keeper of the Wardrobe, the officers 
 of the Exchequer, and for disbursements of the Crown 
 . generally. They also contain orders to Sheriffs to deliver 
 possession of lands or goods which had been extended. 
 There is a series of similar rolis amongst the records of 
 the Court of Chancery extending from the reign of John 
 to that of Henry VI. See CHANCERY ENROL- 
 MENTS. 
 
 Miscellaneous Exchequer Papees, called "Thorpe's 
 Exchequer Papers." 14G9 to 1685. 
 
 A collection of original Letters, Warrants, &c. relating 
 to the business of the Exchequer purchased from Mr. 
 Markham John Thorpe (by whom they had been bought 
 at an auction) in August 1844, and bound in seven 
 volumes. 
 
 Order Books (Pells'). 1597 to 1698. 88 Vols. 
 
 These are Entry Books containing the Bubstance of the 
 Order- and Warrants made from time to time by the Lord 
 Treasurer directing payments to be male by the Tellers 
 of the Exchequer in pursuance of Writs of Privy Seal. 
 The Privy Seal being a Warrant to the Treasurer but 
 not to the Tellers, the Lord Treasurer on receipt of such 
 a Writ, or of a Warrant from the Sovereign or the Privy 
 Council grounded on or referring to one. found it necessary 
 to charge Borne Teller to issue and pay the whole or part 
 of the turn therein specified, as the ease might require; 
 thus many Ciders were frequently made upon the Privy 
 Seal or Warrant. 
 
 These Orders were signed by the Lord Treasurer and 
 TJnder-Treasurer, or, in later times, by three or more of 
 the Commissioners of the Treasury, but were not complete 
 
 U 2
 
 308 
 
 RECEIPTS AND ISSUES OP THE EXCHEQUER— 
 
 (continued). 
 
 Order Books (Pells') — (continued ). 
 
 even when thus signed until subscribed with a direction 
 to some Teller by name for the payment of the whole or 
 part of the sum specified out of some particular branch 
 of the Revenue; for which purpose a Letter of Direction 
 was sent to the Auditor from the Treasury specifying the 
 Revenue upon which the sum was to be charged. Thus 
 the original Order served to the Teller as a cheque to a 
 banker, and (together with the Receipt of the person to 
 whom the money Avas paid) was retained among his 
 Vouchers until his Account was examined by the Auditor, 
 with whom it was finally lodged. No Order was, how- 
 ever, permitted to be paid by any Teller until it had been 
 recorded in the " Order Books " of the Pell Office. 
 
 These Books are of great use in facilitating researches 
 for payments which are valuable for historical purposes, 
 inasmuch as, although the Privy Seal Books afford the 
 original authority for the miscellaneous expenditure of the 
 Crown, the evidence of the actual payments made thereon 
 must be sought either in the Issue Rolls or Books, or 
 which is much better, in the Order Books, from which all 
 payments of salaries and annuities are excluded, the 
 labour of searching being thereby much reduced. 
 
 Description and Inventory. Report VI., App II., 
 pp. 221-226. 
 
 [Selections from the Order Books above described 
 during the reign of James I., which include many curious 
 and important entries, have been printed in 1 Vol. 8vo., 
 entitled " Issues of the Exchequer, James I.," edited by 
 F. Devon.] 
 
 Order Books (Auditors'). 1619 to 1678, and 1697. 
 29 Vols. 
 
 These books are similar in their contents to those of 
 the Pell Office, but slightly different in form. 
 
 Descriptive Catalogue. Report II., App. II., pp., 228- 
 231 ; and Report V., App. II., pp. 299, 300. 
 
 Do. (Series II.) called " Issue Books." 
 
 1760 to 1834. loO Vols. After 1834, see Orders and 
 T R easu et Warrants. 
 
 Obders (Auditors'), entitled "Modern Tellers' 
 Vouchees." 1560 to 1669, and 1701 to 1834. 
 The original orders, contained in 81 Parcels or Bundles. 
 
 Orders (Earl Camden's). 1806 to 1812. 11 Vols. 
 
 Orders (for Pensions raid by Lord Thurlow). 
 1782 to 1808. 2 Vols. 
 
 Orders (for "Permanent Charities"). 1789 to 1808. 
 A parcel of loose documents, filling up the chasms in 
 Lord Thurlow's volumes.
 
 309 
 
 KECEIPTS AND ISSUES OF THE EXCHEQUER— 
 (continued). 
 
 Obdebs and Receipts relating to the Committee foj 
 
 the Publk Revenues. 1648 tol652. I Bundle. 
 Obdebs and Wabbants. See Tbbasubt Obdebs and 
 
 Wabbants, and Wabbants, Obiginal. 
 Obdebs and Tbeasuby Warrants (Comptbqlleb- 
 Genebai 's). 1834-18(55. 29 Vols. 
 
 Do. Ireland. 1837-1867. 30 Vols. 
 
 Do. Registers of, called " Cbedi 
 
 England. 1834-1867. 39 Vols. 
 Ireland. 1837-1867. 31 Vols. 
 Patent and Privy Seal Books and Rolls. 
 
 In this series are enrolled all Letters Patent granting 
 offices, annuities, pensions, or honours to which pecuniary 
 emolument are attached, and also Privy Seals and War- 
 rants for the payment of money out of the Exchequer. 
 Amongst these will be found Inrolmeot Books of the 
 Letters of Privy Seal issued by Oliver and Richard 
 Cromwell during the Commonwealth, and of the "'Letters 
 Patent fcr Fees and Annuities" granted by Charles I. at 
 Oxford from 1643 to 1646, and of Letters Patent under 
 the Great Seals of Oliver and Richard Cromwell, and in 
 the name of '' The Keepers of the Liberties of England," 
 from 1654 to 1660 inclusive. They are classified as 
 follows : — 
 (a.) Patent Books (Pells'). 1597 to 1834. 46 Vols. 
 
 These are Books of Inrolment of Letters Patent. Royal 
 Sign Manual Warrants for Pensions, Treasury Constitu- 
 tions and Appointments to Offices kept by the Clerk of 
 the Pells. 
 
 Descriptive Catalogue. Report IV., App. II., pp. 182- 
 186. 
 
 A Calendar of the contents of Vols. 11 and 12 of this 
 Series, extending from 1643 to 1646, and from 1654 to 
 1660 respectively, is printed in Report IV., App. [I., pp. 
 1 87-20<>. 
 (b.) Patent Books (Auditor^ "... 
 
 First Series. 1509 to 1834. 56 Vols. 
 
 These are Entry Books of Letters Patent irrantin<? 
 
 i . o " 
 
 Offices, Pensions, and Honours with pecuniary emoluments. 
 
 Descriptive Catalogue, 1509 to 1663. Report II., 
 App. II., pp. 205 20 9. 
 
 Second Series. 1599 to 1696. 12 Vols., called 
 " Auditors' Patents for Tallies," containing entries of 
 Letter- hit' ni relating to Grants of or from the Revenues 
 of the Crown or charged* thereupon, Crown Leases t Annui- 
 ties, and other Patents. 
 
 Descriptive Catalogue. Report II., App. II., pp. 209- 
 211.
 
 310 
 
 RECEIPTS AND ISSUES OP THE EXCHEQUER— 
 
 (continued). 
 
 (c.) Patent Kolls (Auditors'). 7 to 1 7 James I. 9 Eolls. 
 
 Inventory. Report VII., App. II., p. 29. 
 (A) Patent and Privy Seal Rolls (Pells'). 2 to 17 
 
 James I. 6 Rolls. 
 
 Descriptive Catalogue. Report IV., App. II., pp. 210, 
 
 — l 1. 
 
 (e.) Patents and Privy Seals (for Baronets), Entries 
 of. James I. to James II. 9 Vols., so called, contain- 
 ing accounts of the sums paid by various persons for 
 Patents of Baronetcy. 
 ( f.) Privy Seal Books (Pells'). 1597 to 1834. 59 Vols. 
 These volumes contain entries of all the Letters of 
 Privy Seal addressed to the Treasurer and Chamberlains 
 of the Exchequer, directing the payment of any money out 
 of the Receipt of the Exchequer, and also of the Royal 
 "Warrants grounded thereon. Similar Entry Books or 
 Books of Enrolment "were also kept by the Auditors of 
 the Exchequer. 
 
 Descriptive Catalogue. Report IV., App. II., pp. 203- 
 208. [No. 13 of this Series contains the Privy Seals of 
 Oliver and Richard Croimoell, a Calendar of which is 
 printed in Report V., App. II., p. 246.] 
 (g.) Privy Seal Books (xIuditors'). 1 Plenry VII. to 
 14 Henry VIII. (1 Vol.) ; and 1570 to 1834 (32 Vols.). 
 
 These are similar Entry Books to those of the Clerk of 
 the Pells. . 
 
 Descriptive Catalogue. Report II., App. II., pp. 211- 
 219; and Report V., App. II., p. 291. 
 
 Do., called " Enrolments of Privy Seals, 
 
 Assignments, Warrants, and Letters of Attorney." 1620 
 to 1 707. 7 Vols. 
 
 Descriptive Catalogue. Report II, App. II., pp. 219- 
 
 (//.) Privy Seal Rolls (Auditors') 9 to 17 James I. 
 6 Rolls. 
 
 Inventory. Report VII., App. II., p. 31. 
 Payments by Royal Warrant, Books of. 1 to 28 
 Elizabeth. 17 thin Vols., entitled " Solutiones facta3 per 
 Warranta Reginse per Numeratores Scaccarii," containing 
 abstracts of all payments out of the Exchequer by Writs 
 of Privy Seal, AVarrants, &c. reduced under distinct heads 
 according to the several kinds of Warrants issued. 
 
 Descriptive Catalogue. Report II., App. II., pp. 246- 
 
 Paymextx out of the Consolidated Fund. See t( Con- 
 solidated Fund Books." 
 
 Payments, Books of (relating to the Wardrobe and 
 Household). 1571 to 1593. 10 Vols.
 
 311 
 
 RECEIPTS AND ISSUES OP THE EXCHEQUER— 
 
 (continued). 
 
 Payments, Tellers' Views op. - <■ "Receipts and 
 [ssues, Tellebs' Views op." 
 
 Pensions. See Patent and Privy Seal Books, &o. 
 
 Pensions paid bt Lord Thublow. See Orders. 
 
 " Permanent Charities." See Oede 
 
 Posting Books (Pells'). First Series, l"< ( .)7 to 1028, 
 called " Breviatee of Is-ues upon Letters of Privy Seal " 
 or " Privy Seals, Dormant." 
 
 A Large proportion of the payments made out of the 
 Exchequer being made by virtue of Privy Seals which 
 were not satisfied by a single payment, but operated 
 as the authority for successive payments at intervals, 
 the Clerk of the Pells posted into a book, under the 
 names of the individuals, offices, departments, or services 
 referred to, abstracts of all the Privy Seals then in force, 
 with references to the places of their enrolment in liis 
 " Privy Seal Book," the payments made thereon from 
 time to time being; specified in the margin. He was thus 
 enabled to ascertain how far every Privy Seal was satisfied, 
 and whether there remained sufficient of the original sum 
 specified therein to warrant any payment directed by an 
 Order on that authority. Such Privy Seals as did not 
 expire in a single Issue were technically described as 
 dormant ; they were not dead, but sleeping. Hence, these 
 books have been called "Dormant Privy Seals " ; though, 
 as they contain Abstracts only of those documents, which 
 are entered in full in the " Privy Seal Books," the name 
 " Posting Books " by which the more modern books of a 
 similar nature were known in the Pell Office has been 
 thought to describe them more clearly. They furnish a 
 convenient and comprehensive clue to the contents of the 
 Issue Roll, and omitting the ordinary payments of salaries 
 and pensions, exhibit all the great expenditure of the 
 Crown for purposes naval and military, domestic and 
 foreign. 
 
 Descriptive Catalogue, Report IV., App. II., pp. 1GU- 
 171. 
 Posting Books (Peli.>*). Second Series. 1718 to 18; 
 These Books contain brief entries of all Payments on De- 
 bentures arranged under the names of the several Grantees, 
 including those to Members of the Royal Family, the 
 Salaries of the various Officers of the Treasury and Ex- 
 chequer, of Judges ami Law Officers, of Secretaries of 
 State, Political and Foreign Ministers, .v.'., &c., and of 
 Perpetuities and Pensions. There is an Index Nominum 
 at the end of each volume. 
 
 Descriptive Catalogue, lleport IV., App. II., pp. 177- 
 17'.'.
 
 312 
 
 RECEIPTS AND ISSUES OP THE EXCHEQUER- 
 (continued). 
 
 Powers of Attorney. See Assignment Books, and 
 Attorney, Warrants, Letters, and Powers of. 
 
 Pbjsstita Polls. (Exchequer, Q. P.) John to James I. 
 These consist of Accounts of the payments made to 
 various Officers of the Royal Household ami others at the 
 Exchequer of Peceipt on account of their Salaries, Wages, 
 &G, or for the performance of special duties as messengers 
 or otherwise, or the execution of works and repairs. 
 The first of these Rolls, dated 7 John, is printed in the 
 " Selections from the Miscellanea of the Queen's Re- 
 membrancer," published by the Record Commission. 
 
 There is also a Prasstita Roll of the 12th year of King 
 John amongst the Miscellaneous Enrolments of the Court 
 of Chancery; and a similar Roll dated Michaelmas, 43 
 Henry IIP, will be found amongst the Miscellanea of the 
 Exchequer of the Receipt. 
 
 Privy Seals and Warrants for Issues. Henry III. to 
 William IV. 218 Parcels. 
 
 Prior to 1 Henry IV. the series is very imperfect. 
 
 Privy Seal Books, &o. See Patent and Privy Seal 
 Books, kc. 
 
 Privy Seals (Dormant). See Posting Books. 
 
 Receipt Books (Auditors'). 1570 to 1709. 128 Vols. 
 
 These contain an account of all Payments into the 
 Exchequer for every half year, under the names of the 
 several Tellers receiving the same, and subdivided under 
 the several species of Revenue so received. 
 
 They form an almost perfect series from 1570 to 1642 
 inclusive, with three books of the time of the Common- 
 wealth, five of the reign of Charles II., and one of that of 
 Queen Anne. 
 
 Descriptive Catalogue. Report II., App. II. pn 237- 
 243. li 
 
 Do., called " Bills of the Day," or 
 
 "Daily Receipt Books." 1801 to 1834. 32 Vols. 
 
 Do. (Pells'). 1559 to 1834. 516 Vols. 
 These books contain copies of all the Tellers' Bills, as 
 thrown down by them upon the table of the Tally Court 
 on the payment of revenues into the Exchequer ; stating 
 the County or Place from which the revenue arose, the 
 name of the Accountant rendering the same, the amount, 
 and the name of the Teller to whose hands the money was 
 paid. From these Books the Receipt Rolls, of which they 
 form the drafts or duplicates, were engrossed, and in default 
 or absence of the Roll the Book serves authoritatively as
 
 3 1 3 
 
 RECEIPTS AND ISSUES OF THE EXCHEQUER— 
 (continued). 
 
 Receipt Books (Pells') — (continued). 
 
 the Pell of Receipt. The enrolling of the Receipts being 
 discontinued in the year 17>S2, from thai date to tin: year 
 1834 the Receipt Books form the only Record of the 
 Income of the Exchequer. From the year L64J each 
 Book (with few exceptions) is furnished with an In Lex. 
 
 / > scription and Inventory. Report III., App. II., 
 pp. 156-169; and Report IV., App. II., p. 166. [A 
 Calendar of certain Privy Seal- from 1666 to 1670, 
 enrolled in Vol. 515 of this series, is printed in Report 
 IV., App. II., p. 208.] Before 1559 see Receipt 
 Rolls. 
 Receipt Eooks (Comptroller-* {en eeal's) : — 
 
 Great Britain. 1834 to 1866. 20 Vols. 
 
 Ireland. 1837 to 1867. 18 Vols. 
 
 These form a continuation of the Auditors' Receipt 
 Books. 
 RECEIPT BOOKS (for sums paid to private individuals). 
 
 See Acqi i itaxce and Receipt Books. 
 Receipt Rolls (Pells'). 14 John to 22 George III. 
 1110 Rolls. 
 
 Do. (Auditors'). 5 Henry III. to 10 Eliz. 
 
 555 Rolls. 
 
 The Receipt Rolls, Pedes Receptrc, or Pells of Receipt, 
 were anciently engrossed from the " Tellers' Bills," or, 
 before they were invented, from the Tallies, and subse- 
 quently from the Receipt Books, and contain copies of all 
 the Tellers' Bills, &e. as thrown down by them upon the 
 table of the Tally Court on the payment of revenues into 
 the Exchequer. Prior to the reign of Edward I. the 
 series of these Rolls is irregular, but from the first year of 
 that reign to the 22nd of George III., when the 
 engrossing of the Receipts on Rolls was discontinued, it 
 is nearly perfect. Since Easter 1782 the Receipt Books 
 are the only Records of the income of the Exchequer. 
 BeoetptS] Abbreviates of (Pells'). 1562 to 1643. 
 68 Vols. 
 
 Tlusc books contain abridged entries of all payments of 
 Revenues into the Exchequer, very briefly extracted out 
 of the Receipt Book. 
 
 Descriptive Catalogue. Report III., App. II., pp. 171- 
 173. 
 Receipt> \m> Issues, Accounts of. Henry VII. to 
 Henry \ III. 
 
 A few rough Entry Books of Receipts and Issues, 
 belonging chiefly to the reigns of Henry VII. and Henry 
 VIII., will be found amongst the Miscellaneous Books of 
 the Exchequer Treasury of the Receipt. (See p. 226.)
 
 31-4 
 
 RECEIPTS AND ISSUES OP THE EXCHEQUER— 
 
 (continued). 
 
 RECEIPTS AND ISSUES, BRIEF DECLARATIONS OF (AUDI- 
 TORS'). 1 Car. I. to 1699. 31 Vols. 
 
 Receipts and Issues, Tellers' Views of. 11-12 Eliza- 
 beth to 1G08. 34 Vols. 
 
 Receipts and Payments, Weekly Certificates of 
 (Pells'). 1611 to 1670. 9 Vols. 
 
 Revesue, Accounts of the. 1786 to 1834. 23 Vols. 
 These are the Yearly, Quarterly, and Weekly Accounts 
 of the Revenue made from the Exchequer to the Lords of 
 the Treasury. There is also amongst the Miscellanea a 
 Synopsis' of the Revenue Accounts for the reign of 
 George IV. 
 
 Revenue, Receipts and Orders relating to the 
 1648 to 1652. 
 
 A bundle of Receipts and Orders relating to the Com- 
 mittee for the Public Revenues during the Commonwealth. 
 
 Supply Cash Books. 1817 to 1833, 18 Vols., containing 
 apparently entries of the Supplies for the various Public 
 Departments. 
 
 Tellers' Bills. Henry VI. to George III. 39 Bundles 
 containing the original " Tellers' Bills," or accounts of 
 money paid into the Receipt of the Exchequer, on narrow 
 slips of parchment. 
 
 Tellers' Books or Rolls. Henry IV. to Charles I. 
 155 Rolls. 
 
 These are the Rolls of Accounts of Receipts and Issues 
 kept by the four Tellers of the Exchequer. They are 
 valuable as supplying information for periods when the 
 Issue Rolls are wanting. 
 
 Tellers' Certificate Books. See Certificate Books. 
 
 Tellers' Remains. See Posting Books. 
 
 Tellers' Views of Accounts. 1 Eliz. to 9 James I. 37 
 Vole. 
 
 These consist of Views (otherwise called " Brief Decla- 
 rations ") of the Receipts and Issues of the four Tellers aa 
 certified to the Lord Treasurer by the Auditor of the 
 Receipt of the Exchequer. 
 
 Descriptive Catalogue. Report II., App. II., pp. 233- 
 234. See also Receipts and Issues, Tellers' Views 
 of. 
 
 Tellers' Vouchers. See Orders (Auditors'). 
 
 Treasury Letters. 1793 to 1834. 30 Vols., containing 
 Letters of direction from tl.e Treasury to the Auditors of 
 the Exchequer. See Order Books.
 
 315 
 
 RECEIPTS AND ISSUES OF THE EXCHEQUER— 
 
 (continued). 
 
 Treasury Letters (Comttbglleb-Genebal's) : — 
 Great Britain. 18:54-1807. 56 Vols. 
 Ireland. 1837-1867. 31 Vole. 
 
 Reference Books or Indexes. England. 1834-1865. 
 12 Vol.. 
 
 Ireland. 1837-1865. 4 Vols. 
 
 Teeasurt Obdebs and Waebants. 1547 to 1788. 
 
 ^ Original Orders and Warrants to the Tellers of the 
 Exchequer for payments bearing the signatures of the 
 Lord High Treasurer and others. 20 Portfolios. 
 See also Orders, and Warrants, Ori.gixal. 
 Under-Treasurers' Declarations. See Declarations. 
 Vouchers. See Orders. 
 
 Wabdeobe Debentuees, &c. Various dates. 58 Parcels. 
 These consist of original Debentures or Notes of sums 
 owing in the Great Wardrobe, which were paid at the 
 Exchequer of Receipt, the Debenture being thereupon 
 cancelled and retained as a voucher. They were formerly 
 amongst the Records of the Treasury of the Receipt of 
 the Exchequer. The payments are recorded on the Issue 
 Rolls. 
 
 Warrant Books (Pells'). 1617 to 1790. 
 
 These contain Entries of the Warrants of the successive 
 Lords Treasurers and Under-Treasurers (1) for striking 
 Tallies ; (2) for drawing Orders and Debentures for Issue?, 
 being the Ordinary Money Warrants ; (3) for Issues cut 
 of the Royal Aid and other special Revenues ; (4) for the 
 payment of Interest on Bankers' Loans; (5) for tlwj pay- 
 ment of Arrears to the Servants, &c. of Charles II. ; (6) 
 relative to the Funds of the South Sea Company; and 
 (7) relative to payments out of the Sales of Forfeited 
 Estates. 
 
 Descriptive Catalogue. Report V., App. II pn 9g9_ 
 289. ™ 
 
 Warrant Books (Auditors'). 1626 to 1790. 70 Vols. 
 These are the Auditors' Entry Books of AVarrants of 
 various kinds in several series. 
 
 Descriptive Catalogue. Report II, App. II, pp. 221- 
 228. (See also Report V., App. II., p. 292.) 
 
 Wabbants fob Issues. See Pbivy Seals andWabeants 
 
 for Issues. 
 
 Warrants, Original. 1794 to 1834. 88 Vols., containing 
 
 Original Royal and Treasury Warrants for the Issue of 
 Money at the Receipt of the Exchequer. 
 
 Descriptive Catalogue. Report VIII., App. IL, pp. 193- 
 198. See also Treasury Orders and Warrants.
 
 316 
 
 REGISTERS, AND BOOKS OF REMEMBRANCE. 
 
 Under this Title are included the several Entry Books of 
 Official Memoranda, and of documents of special import- 
 ance, which were compiled at a very early period by the 
 Officers of the Exchequer and others for the use of their 
 respective Departments. Such are the Black Books of 
 the Treasury of the Receipt and of the King's Remem- 
 brancer's Department, the Red Book of the Exchequer, 
 the Registrum Munimentorum, and others, the contents 
 of which are fully described below. To these have been 
 added certain ancient Kalendars and Inventories of the 
 Exchequer, giving Lists of Charters, Treaties, &c, and 
 of the Royal Jewels and other Articles of Value deposited 
 in the Treasury. 
 
 The Book of Aids, the Liber Feodorum, and other 
 volumes consisting exclusively of Returns of Knights' 
 Fees, are described under the head of FEUDAL 
 TENURES. 
 
 The Black Book of the Admiralty, which includes the 
 " Laws of Oleron," stated to have been made by Richard I. 
 when he was at the Isle of Oieron, and said to be " the 
 " most excellent collection of sea-laws in the world," is 
 in the custody of the Registrar of the Admiralty Court. 
 
 Black Book of the Exchequer or "Liber Niger." 
 (Exchequer, Treasury of the Receipt.) 
 
 The contents of this volume are as follows : — 
 
 1. A Table or perpetual Calendar for finding the Dominical 
 
 Letters, &c. 
 
 2. A Calendar or Almanac containing Memoranda of remark- 
 
 able occurrences and of appointments of various Officers 
 of the Exchequer. 
 
 3. Drawings of the emblems of the four Evangelists, accom- 
 
 panied by verses from the several Gospels (probably 
 used for the purpose of administering oaths). 
 
 4. Drawings of the Crucifixion, the Virgin and Child, St. 
 
 Michael, &c, with Latin and English verses and 
 miscellaneous entries. 
 
 5. The " Dialogus de Scaccario," a Treatise on the ancient 
 
 constitution and practice of the Exchequer. (There is 
 another copy of this treatise in the Red Book.) 
 
 6. The Oath of the Teller of the Exchequer. 
 
 7. The Oath of the Messenger of the Exchequer. 
 
 8. A Survey of the Manor of Isleworth. Edw. III. 
 
 9. A Deed of sale of timber at Bodyham. 50 Edw. III. 
 
 10. Admissions of Chamberlains, Tellers, and Clerks of the 
 
 Pells. Hen. YI. and Edw. IV. 
 
 11. A collection of rhymes and idle verses. 
 
 12. Tables for the calculation of salaries, apparently of the 
 
 reign of Edw. II. 
 
 13. Miscellaneous entries relating to the Eeceipt of the Ex- 
 
 chequer, Admissions of Officers, Orders of Court, Writs 
 and other Memoranda of a similar description from 
 19 Edw. II. to 1715, a few original instruments being 
 annexed or inserted.
 
 317 
 
 REGISTERS, AND BOOKS OF REMEMBRANCE 
 -—(continued). 
 
 Black Booh of the Exchequer ob "Leber Niger 
 Parvus." (Exchequer, Queen's Remembrancer.) 
 
 This was compiled aboul the same time as the Red Book 
 (Temp. Henry 1 1 1 >, and contains m ny similar entriea 
 
 The content- arc as foil >WS : — 
 
 1. The Will Of lloo.-c II. 
 
 2. Treat] between Henry I. and Robert Earl of Flan' 
 
 dated at Dover, o' [d. Martii. [Printed in Byn 
 Foedi 
 
 3. Treaty between the same, dated 16 Kal. Junii. [Printed 
 
 in Rymer'u Poedera. 
 
 4. Ti^eaties between Henry LI.. Bar] Tbeodoric, and Philip, 
 
 Earl of Flanders. [Printed in Bymi r'a Fo dera.] 
 
 5. Acknowledgment of the Homage due from the subjects of 
 
 the Ear] of Flanders to Henry II. [Printed as above.] 
 
 6. Agreement between Henry II. and William King of Scot- 
 
 land. [Printed as above.] 
 
 7. Four Bulls of Pope Alexander. Temp. Hen. II. [Printed 
 
 as abov< 
 
 8. Certificati ■ or " Ohartaa" by the several Tenants in Capite 
 
 of the number of Knighl b' F< ee In Id by them returned 
 into the Exchequer in the 1 1th year of Henry II. 
 
 9. An account of the Royal Household (Temp. Henry II.), 
 
 entitled " < 'on -t initio domus Regis de procurationibus.'' 
 
 10. Carta Stannarii Domini Regis. 
 
 11. Carta Hamelini Comitis Warren'. 
 
 12. Carta Walteri Croc. 
 
 13. Carta Henrici dc Clinton. 
 
 14. Carta Alicicc de Bella Aqua. 
 
 15. Carta Domini Coventrensis. 
 
 16. Confirmatio Decani et Capituli Lichfeldensis. 
 
 17. Charter to W. de Braosa. 
 
 18. Carta Scabinorum et proborum hominum de Sancto Audo- 
 
 maro. 
 
 19. The pledges for the sons of W. de Braosa. 
 
 •JO. lienor Bolonise. [A Li>t of the Knights' Fees, &c. 
 belonging to the Honour.) 
 
 Red Book <>k the Exchequer or "Liber Rubei 
 (Exchequer, Queen's Remembrancer.) 
 
 The Red Book of the Exchequer consists of two distinct 
 portions or subdivisions, the first of which comprises the 
 original entries made at the time the volume was compiled 
 (none of which are of a later date than 15 Henry III.), 
 •and is distinguished from the rest of the volume by the 
 regularity and beauty of the handwriting, by the illumina- 
 tion, and by the entries being in double columns. By this 
 portion, however, one half only of the volume is occupied, 
 the rest being filled by entries in the hands of later scribes, 
 many of which are of great curiosity and value, but have 
 been made with little regard to the uniformity or beauty 
 of the volume. 
 
 The greater part of these entries belong to the period 
 of Edward I., with a few of the reigns of Edward II., 
 Edward III., and Richard II. 
 
 Since the latter reign nothing appears to have been 
 added (with the exception of one grant in the reign of
 
 31S 
 
 REGISTERS, AND BOOKS OP REMEMBRANCE 
 
 — (continued). 
 
 Red Book of the Exchequer &c. — (continued). 
 
 Henry V.) till the reign of Elizabeth, when the blank 
 leaves of the volume appear to have been used by the 
 Officers of the Exchequer for official Memoranda of various 
 kinds entered quite at random. 
 
 The contents of the First Portion are as follows : — 
 
 1. The Laws of Henry I. " De libertate Ecclesise et tocius 
 
 Anglise observanda." 
 
 2. " Constitutio Domus Eegis" (Temp. Hen. II.). This is 
 
 also in the Black Book. 
 
 3. The " Dhilogus de Scaccario." (Also in the Black Book.) 
 
 4. A collection made from the Pipe Kolls by Adam de Swere* 
 
 ford (temp. Hen. III.) of all the Scutages levied between 
 2 Hen. II. and 13 John, showing the number of Knights' 
 Fees accounted for by each Tenant in Capite. 
 
 5. Transcripts of the Certificates or " Chartse " by the several 
 
 Tenants in Capite of the number of Knights' Fees held 
 by them returned into the Exchequer in 14 Hen. II. 
 [These are also in the Black Book.] 
 
 6. A Return of the Serjeanties in the different Counties. 
 
 7. Inquisitions respecting Knights' Fees and other Tenures 
 
 in Capite. 12 & 13 John. 
 
 8. Similar Inquisitions respecting the Knights' Fees of 
 
 escheated Honours. 13 John. 
 
 9. An account of the Knights' Fees held by the Tenants of 
 
 the Duke of Normandy, with the service due from 
 them. 
 
 The additional entries may be classified as follows : — 
 (I.) Lists of Knights' Fees, &c. and Official Memoranda, 
 as follows : — 
 
 1. Excerpts froth the Pipe Bolls of Henry II. and Richard I. 
 
 2. A large collection of the Feudal Tenures in various 
 
 Counties, with the sums paid thereon in the reigns of 
 Henry II. and Richard I. 
 A liBt of Knights' Fees in the County of Chester. 37 
 Hen. III. 
 
 4. Accounts of Castle Guard Rents belonging to Dover, 
 
 Windsor, Newcastle-on-Tyne, &c. Temp. Hen. III. 
 
 5. A collection of Ordinances by the King and Council 
 
 respecting the practice of the Exchequer in the reigns 
 of Edw. II. and Edw. III. 
 
 6. The Oaths of the several Officers of the Exchequer (in the 
 
 handwriting of the reign of Elizabeth), together with 
 those of the Lord Mayor of London and of the Mayors 
 and Bailiffs of other Cities and Towns, and of the 
 Escheators, Sheriffs, Justiciars, and Members of the 
 King's Council, with other Memoranda relating to the 
 business of the Court and various documents relating 
 to the Mint and Coinage. 
 (II.) Public Charters, Statutes, and Diplomatic Docu- 
 ments, as follows: — 
 
 1. Transcript- of Charters of "William the Conqueror, Henry I., 
 Henry II., and Henry III., including an Inspeximus 
 of Magna Charta and the Charter of Liberties of 
 9 Hen. III. 
 
 [The copies of these Charters printed in the Sta- 
 tutes of the Realm," and in Rymer's " Fcedcra" have
 
 319 
 
 REGISTERS, AND BOOKS OF REMEMBRANCE 
 
 — (continued). 
 
 Bed Book of the Exchequer — (continued). 
 
 beett cither taken from or collated with those in the 
 Red Book.] 
 
 2. Transcripts of Statutes of Benrj III.. Edward I., and 
 
 Edward 1 1 . I Tinted in thi of the & a 
 
 3. Letters and Treati P( lating bo the affair oi thi Emperor 
 
 Frederic II. (brother-in-law of Henry ILL), :,I1, l to 
 nea," ce, [Handera, and Scotland. 
 
 (III.) Papal Hulls and Letters. 
 
 These consist of Transcripts of Hulls and Letters concerning 
 the Papal authority, of variouE dates, incduding a 
 Declaration by "Win. Marshall Earl of Pembroke and 
 others in the name of the magnates of Ireland, pro- 
 testing against the absolution by Pope Innocent of the 
 . subjects of the King of England from th ir all giance, 
 the famous Letter from Robert Grosteste, Bishop of 
 Lincoln to Pope Innocent IV. in 12-D3 ; and a Catalogue 
 of Papal Bulls delivered into the Exchequer. 
 (IV.) Title Deed,?, &c. of the Royal Possessions. 
 These consist of Transcripts of Grants and Conveyance 
 
 the King from various persons, including Quit-claims 
 from Piers de Gaveston of several Manors received by 
 him from Edward II. ; documents relating to the 
 ssions of Isabella de Fortibus Countess of Albe- 
 marle (Temp. Edward I.), who had made the King 
 her heir; and Charters and Grants to the King from 
 John de Warrenna Earl of Surrey, Ealph Pipard 
 Knight, Gilbert Pcche Knight, Hugh de Plcssetis, the 
 Bishop of Winchester, and many others. 
 A very full Keport by Mr, Hunter on the composition 
 and contents of the Red Book of the Exchequer, from 
 which the foregoing particulars are taken, is contained 
 in the Report of the Record Commissioners for the year 
 1837, pp. 165-177. 
 
 This volume is now being edited for the " Rolls Series" 
 of publications. 
 Registrum Munimentorum. (Exchequer, Treasury 
 of the Receipt.) 
 
 Two volumes generally referred to as "Liber A " and 
 "Liber B," being Registers or "Books of Remembrance," 
 formed in the reign of Edward I. They contain Tran- 
 scripts of Papal Bulls and of Treaties and other diplomatic 
 documents during the reigns of Henry III. and Edward I., 
 a List of which is appended. 
 Contents of "LlBEB A." 
 
 1. TaUo of Contents, with references to the I i. in 
 
 which the originals of the documents transcribed in 
 the volume were deposited. 
 
 2. Papal Bulls relating to the grant of the tenths of eccle- 
 
 siastical ben Bees for the recovery of the Holy Land. 
 
 3. Papal Bulls relating to Guy and Aymerio de Montfort, 
 
 monitions id to the Kings of Scotland and 
 
 Princess of Wales, excommunications of the King's 
 enemies , & c, <ic
 
 320 
 
 REGISTERS, AND BOOKS OF REMEMBRANCE 
 
 — (continued). 
 
 Registrum Munimentorum — (continued). 
 
 4. Documents relating to the disputes between Hugh, Count 
 
 of March and Angouleme, and Henry III. 
 
 5. Documents relating to the marriage of Margaret daughter 
 
 of Edward I. with John son of the Duke of Brabant. 
 
 6. Documents relating to the Treaty of Marriage of the Maid 
 
 of Norway. 
 
 7. Documents relating to the marriages between Joanna 
 
 daughter of Henry King of Navarre and a son of 
 Edward I., and between Elizabeth daughter of Edw. I. 
 and John the son of Florence Count of Holland. 
 
 8. Papal Bulls, &c. relating to the rnarriaeje between Alphonso 
 
 son of Peter King of Aragon and Eleanor daughter of 
 Edward I. 
 
 9. Further documents relating to the marriage of the Maid 
 
 of Norway. 
 
 10. Grants, convej-anees, &c. made to the Crown, obligations 
 
 and securities for payment of moneys to the King, 
 grants of aids and subsidies, and other miscellaneous 
 documents. 
 
 11. Documents relating to the election of the Prior of St. 
 
 Swithin's, Winchester, &c. 
 
 12. Constitutions made by John Peckham, Archbishop of 
 
 Canterbury, in the Council held at Reading. (Printed 
 by Wilkins.) 
 
 13. Award by Richard King of the Romans as to the manner 
 
 in which the Earl of Gloucester is to proceed to the 
 Holy Land, &c. 
 1-4. Transcripts of the Statute of Westminster pro Mercatori- 
 bus. 13 Edw. I. ; and of the Statute of Gloucester, 
 6 Edw. I. 
 
 15. Miscellaneous documents, including the Will of Edw. I. ; 
 
 Papal Bulls, &c. relating to the liberation of Aymeric 
 de Montfort ; Inquisitions concerning the Parks of 
 Fremantle and Howden ; Leagues with Castile ; Letters 
 from English prelates concerning the war against the 
 Welsh, &c. 
 
 16. Letters, submissions, homages, and other documents 
 
 relating to the affairs of Wales during the reigns of 
 Henry III. and Edward I. 
 
 17. Grants of the Seigniory of Ireland and of the Cities of 
 
 Dublin and Limerick, &c. made by Henry III. to his 
 eldest son Edward ; Letters and obligations from the 
 Prelates of Ireland, and other documents relating to 
 that country. 
 
 18. Treaties of Peace with Norway, &c. 
 
 Contents of " Liber B." 
 
 1. Tables of Contents. 
 
 2. Treaties and Diplomatic Documents between France and 
 
 England. 
 
 3. Letters from the Count of Savoy, the Magistrates of 
 
 various towns in Ponthieu, &c. 
 
 4. Letters of Homage and other documents relating to 
 
 France. 
 
 5. Deed of Covenant for money lent to Prince Edward by 
 
 St. Louis in aid of his pilgrimage to the Holy Land, 
 with other documents relating thereto. 
 
 6. Treaties and Correspondence with Florence Count of 
 
 Holland, and with Castile, &c.
 
 321 
 
 REGISTERS, AND BOOKS OF REMEMBRANCE 
 — (continued ). 
 
 Registrum Mini MENTOEU3J — ( continued ). 
 
 7. Document^ relating bo th between Philip Kii - 
 
 I'r.i nc ■ and AJphonso Kinj »n. 
 
 •'- ; . Treaties between Edward [. and Guy, ( namlers. 
 
 '.'. Documents relating to the Treaty al Tarrascon 
 
 Alphonso King of Arragon and Char ; of 
 
 Sicily. 
 
 10. Letters, &c. relating to the liberation of the Prince of 
 
 Salerno, made captive by the King of Arragon. 
 
 11. i Dreaties, and other documents relating to the 
 
 affairs of Arragon and Sicily. 
 
 12. Eoma as, Q-rants, and other documents relating to 
 
 Qascony. Temp. John and Eenry III. 
 
 13. The Charters of Oleron, surrendered l>y the community 
 
 on account of their trespasses. 
 
 14. Privileges granted to the Bastida of Valence in the 
 
 Agennois. 
 
 15. Grants of lands, demesnes, Ac. made by Henry 1.11. to his 
 
 son Edward, both in England and Wales and beyond 
 the Sea . 
 
 16. Various documents relating to G I 
 
 17. Documents relating to Gascony, Ponthieu, the Agennois, 
 
 &c. 
 Kalendare de Bi llis Papalibus, &c. (Exchequer, 
 Treasury op the Receipt.) Edward II. 
 
 This Calendar, also known as "Bishop Stapleton'a 
 Calendar," was compiled about the year 1323, under the 
 direction of Walter Stapleton, Bishop of Exeter, who at 
 that time held the office of Treasurer. It contains a 
 description of all the documents then in the Treasury, 
 methodically arranged under the heads of Papal Hulls, 
 Charters, &c., the various chests, &c. in which they were 
 deposited being noted in the margin, with drawings of 
 the signs by which they were distinguished. [Printed in 
 Palgrave's ''Ancient Kalendars and Inventories of the 
 Exchequer," Vol. 1, pp. 1—155.] 
 Liber Memorajndorttm Camerarii. (Exchequer, 
 Treasure of the Receipt.) 39 Edw. III. to 35 
 Hen. VIII. 
 
 This volume contains the Memoranda made from time 
 to time by the Chamberlains or their deputies as well 
 of the Muniments as of the Jewels and other articles 
 deposited in the Treasury or delivered out of the same. 
 Many valuable instruments are inserted at full length, 
 and others are annexed to the leaves and bound up 
 therewith. 
 
 [Printed in Palgrave's ''Ancient Kalendars and Inven- 
 tories of the Exchequer."] 
 Kellawe's Register. (Palatinate of Durham.) 1311 
 to 1316. 
 
 Tins volume is a record of all the Acts and Proceed- 
 ings of the Palatinate, whether relating to ecclesiastical or 
 
 « 8019.*). v
 
 322 
 
 REGISTERS, AND BOOKS OP REMEMBRANCE 
 
 — (continued). 
 
 Kellawe's Register. (Palatinate of Durham) — 
 
 (continued). 
 
 temporal matters during the Pontificate of Richard de 
 Kellawe, Bishop of Durham, from A.D. 1311 to A.D. 1316. 
 A brief description of this Register, with an Index of 
 Persons and Places, is printed in Report XXX., App., 
 pp. 99-120, and the Register has been published in the 
 Series of " Chronicles and Memorials," in 4 Vols. 4to» 
 edited by Sir Thos. Duff us Hardy. 
 
 RENTALS AND SURVEYS. 
 
 Under the general title of Rentals and Surveys a 
 collection has been made of the numerous Rentals or 
 Rent Rolls, Terriers, Extents, and Surveys or Valuations 
 of Monastic and other possessions which formerly existed 
 amongst the Miscellanea of the Queen's Remembrancer's 
 Department, of the Treasury of the Receipt of the 
 Exchequer, and of the Augmentation Office, with a few 
 documents of the like nature amongst the Records trans- 
 ferred from the Tower of London and the Records of 
 the Principality of Wales and Palatinate of Chester. 
 
 These have been arranged as far as possible in Counties, 
 and an Inventory of them has been prepared. 
 
 Numerous Rentals and Surveys will also be found in 
 the several series of " Miscellaneous Books," described 
 on pp. 222-241. 
 
 The Extents of Manors in the nature of returns to 
 
 Writs of Extendi Facias or to Special Commissions out of 
 
 . the Exchequer drawn from the sources above mentioned 
 
 form a separate Collection, an Inventory of which is in 
 
 progress. 
 
 The Surveys belonging to various Courts and offices* 
 which exist as distinct classes or groups are described 
 on pp. 341-345. 
 
 REVENUE ROLLS. 
 
 Under this title may be classed the several Rolls, with 
 the documents subsidiary thereto, by means of which the 
 Crown Revenue was accounted for at the Pipe Office of 
 the Court of Exchequer. The business of this Office, 
 which derived its name from the fancied resemblance of 
 its functions to those of a pipe or conduit, — " for as water 
 " is conveyed from many fountains and springs by a pipe 
 " into the cistern of a house and from thence into the 
 " several offices of the same, so this golden and silver 
 " stream is drawn from several courts (as fountains of 
 " justice and other springs of revenue), reduced and col- 
 " lected into one pipe, and by that conveyed into the
 
 323 
 
 REVENUE ROLLS— (continued). 
 
 " cistern of hi< Majesty's Receipt," — consisted of recording 
 on the Great Roll, there called the Pipe Roll, the King's 
 determined debts and certain c . and of levying 
 
 the same by process addressed to the Sheriffs of the 
 several counties, who, with the Bailiffs :ui<l other account- 
 able officers, were first summon 1 into the Exchequer to 
 be duly apposed a-> to th ■ various item- in charge against 
 them for which they subsequently accounted at the Pipe 
 Office, receiving therefrom their formal discharge or 
 "Quietus." 
 
 The Revenues of the Crown under the Feudal System 
 were of two kinds, cither certain or casual, both of which 
 were accounted for almost entirely by the Sheriffs of the 
 several counties, cities, and towns, to whom as the King's 
 Farmers the custody of his lands, tenements, and other 
 possessions was committed. 
 
 The certain Revenue consisted of the rents and services 
 due to the King from the tenants of the various manors, 
 lands and tenements held by grant or lease from the 
 Crown, the charge of the whole of which was committed 
 to the Sheriff under the title or " Corpus Cotmtatiis or 
 the Farm of the whole shire, and was grounded on the 
 Estreats or Extracts from the Rolls of Chancery of all 
 Charters, Letters Patent, Writs, and other documents for 
 which any rent or consideration was to be rendered, 
 which were sent into the Exchequer under the title of 
 " Original ia " or "Originals," in order that any rents or 
 reservations due thereon might be collected by means of 
 the process issuing out of the latter Court. [See 
 Obiginajlia Rolls.] 
 
 The casual Revenue consisted of the Fines, Issues, 
 Amerciaments, and Forfeited Recognizances in the various 
 Courts of Law and before the Justices of the Peace, and 
 of the profits of lands, tenements, goods, and chattels 
 seized into the King's hands by virtue of writs of out- 
 lawry, or de diem clausit extremum, &c., an 1 other profits 
 arising from the royal prerogative. 
 
 The several processes by means of which these were 
 accounted for to the Exchequer were as follows: — 
 
 (1.) Twice in the year, at the Terms of Hillary and 
 Trinity respectively, a Writ was issued from the Pipe 
 OtKce of the Exchequer which was called the Summons 
 of the Pipe, and was addressed to the Sheriffs throughout 
 England, directing them to appear before the Treasurer and 
 Barons of the Exchequer, bringing with them whatever 
 they aired to the King and all debts thereunder written. 
 
 To this Writ, which was returnable in the following 
 term, was annexed a Transcript from the Great Roll of 
 the Pipe of the whole charge against the Sheriff, 
 
 x 2
 
 324 
 
 REVENUE ROLLS— (continued). 
 
 On the appointed day the Sheriff appeared by his Under- 
 Sheriff or Attorney, and was apposed, at first in open 
 court, and afterwards before the Cursitor Baron, on his 
 account. 
 
 Tiiis apposed consisted of examining the several items 
 of charge expressed in the Writ or Summons of the 
 Pipe one by one, and placing them to the Sheriff's Ac- 
 count or otherwise, according to the answers made by 
 him. It was so called because the Court then decided what 
 items the Sheriff should apponere or place to account. 
 
 If the Sheriff had levied any of the debts specified in 
 the schedule annexed to the Writ of Summons to each of 
 such items he said tot, meaning thereby that he charged 
 himself with the whole sum, or 50 much as was therein 
 expressed. The letter T. was thereupon set against that 
 particular sum in the margin of the Pipe Roll, which 
 is called " totting " it. If he had not received the 
 whole of the money the remainder of the item was 
 nichilled thus, "'Reed, [so much]" "nil the rest." If 
 any sums due to the Crown had been paid at the 
 Receipt of the Exchequer, as was sometimes done, the 
 Sheriff did not tott that particular item, because he had 
 not actually levied it. He was still, however, charged 
 therewith, but conditionally only, the item being marked 
 O, or O'ni., that is to say, oneratur, nisi habeat sufficientem 
 eponerationem. In such cases the Sheriff had to produce 
 the Record or Book of the Clerk of the Pells, showing 
 that the sum had been actually paid, on doing which he 
 received an order of discharge, and " Exon'." was entered 
 against that item on the margin of the Pipe Roll. If the 
 Sheriff had not received any particular item, he answered 
 nil, and such item was thereupon said to be nichiUed. 
 These nichilled items were afterwards put into a sche- 
 dule called the Schedule of the Pipe, which was sent 
 down to the Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer in order that 
 process might be issued against the defaulters. Upon this 
 Schedule the Lord Treasurer issued what was called the 
 Long Writ or Prerogative Writ, which combined in itself 
 every species of compulsory process known to the law 
 being at once a non omittas, fieri facias, capias, and extent, 
 and also a writ of diem clausit extremum, attachment, and 
 distringas. 
 
 Towards the end of the reign of Edward the Third, in 
 consequence of the great increase of the casual revenue 
 caused by the establishment of the Justices of the Peace, 
 the recognizances taken by whom were so numerous and 
 so frequently forfeited that the Clerk of the Pipe was 
 totally unable to transcribe all the estreats on the Pipe 
 Roll, two new officers were appointed to assist the
 
 325 
 
 REVENUE ROLLS— (continued). 
 
 Clerk and the Comptroller of the Pipe in the disch 
 of their duties, called respectively ihe Clerk of the Foreign 
 Estreats and the Foreign Apposer. 
 
 The duties of the Clerk of the Foreign Estreata were to 
 receive from the Clerks of the Judges of the several Courts, 
 the Clerks of Assize, Clerks of the Peace, Town Clerks, 
 and others the Estreats or Extracts of the several Fine-', 
 [ssues, Amerciaments, and forfeited recognizances b their 
 several Courts, and to enter them on rolls called Estreat 
 Rolls, irom which he afterwards made out the Writs of 
 Summons to the Sheriff's of the different counties, called 
 the Summons of the Green Wax, calling them to account 
 at the Exchequer for the issues of Casual revenue or of 
 the Green Wax in the same way as the Summons of the 
 Pipe called them to account for the certain or fixed lie venue. 
 
 The Summons of the Green Wax, so called because 
 the Estreats annexed to the Writ were under a Seal in 
 . Green Wax, were issued twice a year at the same time ; i~ 
 the Summons of the Pipe, and were answered in the same 
 manner. The apposal of the Sheriff on the casual revenue 
 or Green Wax, took place, however, before the Foreign 
 Apposer s who was specially appointed for that purpose, 
 instead of before the Cursitor Baron, the Clerk of the 
 Estreats attending him with the Estreat Rolls and marking 
 them, according to the Sheriffs answers in the same wav 
 as the Pipe Rolls were marked on his apposal on the 
 summons of the Pipe. 
 
 On this apposal the Clerk of the Estreats also marked 
 on the Molls the claims made by the Bailiffs of Liberties. 
 If any Fines or other Issues were claimed by the Lord 
 or Grantee of any Liberty in respect of such Libertv, 
 a claim on his behalf Mas made by his Bailiff in open 
 Court, and the decision pronounced on such claim by the 
 Foreign Apposer, whether allowed or not, was thereupon 
 entered on the Estreat Roll, and the item dealt with 
 accordingly. After the Sheriffs had been apposed, the 
 Foreign Apposer extracted from the Estreat Rolls what- 
 ever sum- had been totted, and transmitted a copv thereof 
 to the Pipe Office, which was called an Escrow or Scroll. 
 They were then recorded by the Clerks of the Pipe Office 
 on the Great Roll, and charged on each Sheriff under the 
 head of " Nova Oblata," or accounts of the current year. 
 
 The following may be regarded as the principal Revenue 
 Rolls:— 
 Pipe RolLS. :>1 Henry I. to 2 William IV. 670 Rolls.* 
 
 The Pipe Rolls or Great Rolls of the Exchequer con- 
 tained the yearly charge against the Sheriffs of the several 
 
 * There is also a small collection of" Norman Pipe Rolls," or Great Kolls of the 
 exchequer of Normandy, extending from 30 Henry II. to the reign of Kin "■ John, 
 the whole of which have been printed by the Society of Antiquaries.
 
 326 
 
 REVENUE ROLLS— (continued). 
 Pipe Rolls— (continued). 
 
 counties as drawn up and engrossed by the Clerk of the 
 Pipe and specifying the various rents, farms and debts 
 due from them to the King in their capacity as Farmers 
 or Collectors of his Revenues. 
 
 Sometimes the Sheriff accounted merely as the Custos 
 or Bailiff of the shire, the rents paid to him in that capacity 
 being particularised one by one, but more generally the 
 greater part of the rents due to the King within any 
 one county were let to farm to the Sheriff at a fixed sum, 
 such rents being then called Viscontiel rents, and the sum 
 rendered by the Sheriff in lieu thereof being termed the 
 ' Farm of the whole county," or Firma tie corpore comi- 
 tatus. This amount was accounted for by the Sheriff in 
 a f/ross sion, without specifying the several Viscontiel 
 reuts by which it was made up, and was frequently sub- 
 divided into two amounts, specified as bianco and numero 
 respectively. The difference between the two methods 
 of computation was considerable, the bianco, or " blank 
 silver," being the amount represented by silver, the fineness 
 of which had been tested by combustion or melting down ; 
 this was either real or nominal ; real, when a sample was 
 actually put into the furnace and melted ; nominal, when 
 Is. in every 20s. was paid and accepted in lieu of the 
 actual test. Farms, the rent of which was thus paid, were 
 said to be dcalbated or blanched. 
 
 The payment described as numero, or by tale, was the 
 amount represented by tne ordinary coinage without 
 reference to the fineness of the silver. Both of these 
 forms of payment were frequently made use of in account- 
 ing for the firma de corpore comitatus, according to the 
 manner in which the rents had been answered to the 
 Sheriff by the sub-tenants. 
 
 In addition to the Corpus Comitatus there were in each 
 county certain Gross Farms, that is to say, rents charged 
 upon particular persons, or on cities and towns, and 
 accounted for separately on the Pipe Roll, either because, 
 although written out to the Sheriff, they were to be 
 answered for by the persons upon whom they were 
 charged, or because they were such as had been reserved 
 after the Farm of the county had been fixed at a certain 
 sum. 
 
 The manors and lands which made up the Corpus 
 Comitatus were frequently charged by the King with 
 settled payments of Alms and Liveries, &c. for which an 
 allowance or deduction was made from the Sheriff's Farm, 
 as was also dune in the case of the Terra data, or lands 
 granted away by the King, for the lands of which the 
 Sheriff could, as a matter of course, be no longer held 
 responsible.
 
 327 
 
 REVENUE ROLLS— (continued). 
 
 Pipe Rolls — (continued). 
 
 After the Firma de Corpore Comitatna had been ac- 
 counted for, the next item put in tin charge on the roll 
 was the " Crementum Gomitatus " (if any), that is to 
 the rents of farm9 which had heretofore been particular 
 farms to the Sheriff ami were now thrown into the 
 " ( 'orpus ( Jomitatus." 
 
 Then followed the "Prq/icuumComitatu8, v oi Profitsofthe 
 Sheriff's Tourns and of the County Court (these were some- 
 times let to farm to the Sheriff for :i 6xed mum, called Firma 
 ilc Proficuo), the Escheats .and Purprt stures, or amounts 
 arising from forfeited lands and encroachments of was 
 &c. : (<ul>-equcnt to the appointment of Escheatora in the 
 reign of Henry III., the escheated lands were accom 
 for by those officers instead of by the Sheriffs); the Fines, 
 Oblatus } Issues, and Amerciaments and other profits and 
 perquisites of courts ; and the sums to be accounted for 
 by way of Aids, Tallages, Scutdges, and other feudal 
 imposts. 
 
 At the end of Hilary and Trinity Terms in each year, 
 two Writs, called respectively the Summons of the Pipe 
 and the Summons of the Green Wax(ov Casual Revenue) 
 were i-sued from the Pipe Office to the Sheriffs of the 
 several counties throughout England, and answered by 
 them at the Utas or Octaves of Easter and Michaelmas 
 Terms respectively, when they m tde their Prefers or half- 
 yearly prepayments on account of the Issues of their 
 Bailiwicks and underwent their apposal or examination 
 respecting the several items put in charge against them on 
 tin' Tie Roll, on which their answers were duly noted. 
 The Summons issued in Hilary Terra contained the 
 " Corpus Gomitatus " and the Farms that were in arrear 
 the preceding year with the " Oblata " and " Placita 
 Curia-, "' &c, or casual revenue up to the end of that 
 term ; those sent out in Trinity Term containing the 
 " Nova Oblata," and " Nova Placita," &c., or accounts of 
 the current year, which was reckoned from Michaelmas to 
 Michaelmas, 
 
 Chancellor's Rolls. !> Henry II. to 3 William IV. 
 612 Rolls. 
 
 These were counter-rolls or duplicates of the Pipe Rolls 
 made annually by the Comptroller of the Pipe who was 
 anciently styled the "Clericus Cancellarii," or Olerkof the 
 Chancellor, as the Clerk of the Pipe was in like manner 
 
 * The Pipe Rolls of 31 Hen. I. -2, :(, ami 4 Hen. II.. and Bic. I. have boon 
 printed, in extenso, by the Record Commission ; and those from 5 to 13 Hod. II. by 
 thc " Pipe Roll Society."
 
 328 
 
 REVENUE ROLLS— (continued). 
 
 Chancellor's Rolls — (continued). 
 
 styled the Clerk of the Treasurer. They served as a 
 check upon the Pipe Roll, and from them the Comp- 
 troller of the Pipe twice in the year made out the process 
 called the " Summons of the Pipe." The series is very 
 imperfect. The Chancellor's Roll of 3 John has been 
 printed by the Record Commission. 
 
 Exaxxual Rolls. Edw. I. to Geo. III. 15 Rolls. 
 
 By the Statute commonly called the Statute of Rutland, 
 12 Edw. I., it was ordained that the Corpus Comitatus instead 
 of being written afresh every year in the Great Roll of the 
 Pipe, should be written in a separate roll so as to avoid the 
 repetition of the Terra data, in the Sheriffs Accounts 
 which thereafter began with the words " Corpus hujus 
 " comitatusannotatur in Rotulo, &c," and then proceeded 
 to the Remcmens fir ?n(B post terras clatas. A roll entitled 
 " De CorporibusComitatuum/'of the 12th year of Edward L, 
 is placed with the regular series of Pipe Rolls of that date. 
 At the same time it was directed that the matters which 
 could not be collected, which were called Dead Farms and 
 Desperate Debts, should not be repeated year by year on 
 the Pipe Roll to the great burden of the officers of the 
 Exchequer, but should be made up into a separate roll to 
 be read yearly to the Sheriffs on passing their accounts, 
 in order to see if any of them could be collected. 
 
 Some of these Desperate Debts are entered on the roll 
 above referred to, called " de Corporibus Comitatuum," 
 the remainder forming a distinct series called Exannual 
 Rolls. 
 Forejgn Accounts, Rolls of. 42 Edw. III. to Chas. II. 
 23 Rolls, including two rolls entitled " Rotuli de diversis 
 Computis," extending from John to Edw. III. 
 
 In addition to the Accounts of the Sheriffs the early 
 Pipe Rolls contain those of several other Accountants, as 
 the Escheators or Custodes Esccetarum ; the Farmers or 
 Custodes of such Towns and Burghs as were not part of 
 the Corpus Comitatus nor within the Sheriff's receipt ; 
 the Custodes Cambii ; the Keepers of the Wardrobe ; the 
 Treasurers of Ireland and others. These were at first 
 placed at the end of the Great Roll in each year, but sub- 
 sequently formed into distinct Rolls known as Foreign 
 Rolls or Rolls of Foreign Accounts, that is to say, such 
 as were Foreign to the Jurisdiction of the Sheriff. 
 
 Repertories. Edw. III. to Hen. VI. 
 
 An Inventory of all the Foreign Accounts from Henry 
 III. to Richard III. inclusive whether enrolled on the Pipe 
 Rolls, the Chancellor's Rolls, or the Rolls of Foreign 
 Accounts has been nearly completed.
 
 32 'J 
 
 REVENUE ROLLS— (continued). 
 
 Originalia Rolls. Henry HI. to 1837. 1102 Rolls. 
 
 The "Originalia," or " Estreats of tin- Chancery," con- 
 tain Tran8cripta in full from the Patent, Close, and Fine 
 Rolls and other Chancery Enrolments oi all Grants, 
 Leases, Writ.-, or other documents wherein any rei 
 reserved to the Crown or Bor which any payment or 
 service was to be rendered or done, which w< re transmitted 
 to the Exchequer in order thai Buch rents or payments 
 might he duly put in charge to the Sheriffs on the Pipe 
 Ro 
 
 The earlier Originalia Rolls also contained in addition 
 to such "estreats," commissions for taking inquisitions, 
 and various original writs issued from the Court of 
 Chancery in respect of the Crown revenue which at a 
 later period were issued under the authority of the Court 
 of Exchequer, and are recorded on the Memoranda Rolls 
 of that Court. 
 
 A brief Abstract of the rents, &e. reserved, and of the 
 substance of the Originalia, was made by the Clerks of 
 the Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer in the form of an 
 Index or Repertory, and sent into the Pipe Office as 
 particulars to be put in charge on the Great Roll, where 
 they were termed " Parcels of the Pipe." 
 
 The making of these Repertories and the preparation of 
 such particulars was termed, in official phrase, " Executing 
 the Originals." 
 
 Abstracts. Hen. III. to Edw. III. Printed by the 
 Record Commissioners from the Office Repertories, in 
 2 Vols., folio, entitled " Rotulorum Originalium Abbre- 
 viate." With Indexes of Persons and Places. 
 
 Repertories. (General.) 11 Hen III. to 8 Geo. III., 
 and 1821 to 1824. 
 
 Repertories, called "Originalia Abstracts." 12 Car. II. 
 to 22 Geo. III. 
 
 Do. called "Originalia Extracts." 25 Hen. VI. 
 to 16 Car. I. 
 
 Abstracts. Hen. VIII. 4 Vols. MS. 
 
 Calendar. Edw. I. to Eliz. 1 Vol. MS., entitled 
 "References to Originals." 
 
 Do. Various dates. 1 Vol. MS., entitled 
 
 "References to Charters and Grants to Corporations." 
 
 Do. lien. VIII. to Anne. Printed in Vol. 1 
 
 of Jones's " Index to the Records." 
 
 Reversions, Rolls of. Edw. III. to Hen. VIII. 
 
 Two rolls containing extracts from the Pipe Rolls 
 and Originalia Rolls of the Issues and Profits which ought 
 to be accounted for by reason of the reversion of lands 
 and tenements on the expiration of leases or otherwise.
 
 330 
 
 REVENUE ROLLS— (continued). 
 
 The following classes of documents may be regarded as 
 subsidiary to the Revenue Rolls : — 
 
 Amerciaments. ■ See Fines and Amerciaments. 
 
 Estreats (Chancery)., See Originalia Rolls. 
 
 Estreats (Foreign). These are enrolled on the Memo- 
 randa Roll?. 
 
 Repertories. 23 Hen. VII. to 31 Geo. III. 
 
 Estreats (Foreign), Rolls or. (Exchequer, L. T. R.) 
 5 Edvr. VI. to 5 Will. IV. 
 
 Fines and Amerciaments, Accounts or. (Exchequer, 
 Q. R.) Henry III. to James II. 
 
 These are accounts of the Issues of Fines and Amerce- 
 ments before the Justices of Assize, Justices of the Bench, 
 and others in various counties, giving in many instances 
 the names of the persons by whom such Fines were paid. 
 
 Fines and Amerciaments, Claims to. (Exchequer, 
 L. T. R.) 1 Vol. 
 
 This volume contains an Abstract of all the claims to 
 Fines and Amerciaments made by Lords of Liberties in 
 the various Counties and Towns throughout England, 
 with references to the Pipe Rolls on which such claims 
 are recorded and wherein the Charters by virtue of which 
 the claims were made are generally fully recited. 
 
 There are aiso five volumes entitled " Nomina Vi larum," 
 Temp. Car. II. which contain the names of the Towns, 
 Hamlets, &c. w T ithin the several Liberties throughout 
 England as certified to the Barons of the Exchequer by 
 the Bailiffs of such Liberties. 
 
 Simmons of the Pipe, Writs of. (Exchequer, Q. R.) 
 Edward II. to James I. 
 
 These are Writs addressed to the Sheriffs of the several 
 Counties directing them to appear and account for their 
 farms to the Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer. 
 They were issued twice in the year, and were accompanied 
 
 * by a roll containing a transcript from the Pipe Roll of the 
 chfirge against the Sheriff showing the farms, debts, arrears, 
 &c, for which he was to answer. They are valuable only 
 a9 illustrating the process of business in the Exchequer. 
 See also SHERIFFS' ACCOUNTS. 
 
 ROYAL AND HISTORICAL LETTERS. 
 
 Royal and Historical Letters. Richard I. to Henry 
 VII. 
 
 Under the title of " Ancient Correspondence " a 
 collection has been made of all the original Royal and 
 Historical Letters formerly preserved in the Tower of 
 London, in the Treasury of the Exchequer, and amongst 
 the various classes of Miscellanea which have been recently 
 examined.
 
 331 
 
 ROYAL AND HISTORICAL LETTERS— (continued). 
 Royal and II1STOMCA.L. LiETTEBS — (continued). 
 
 These have been arranged as Ear as practicable in 
 
 chronological order, and a Descriptive Catalogue of the 
 whole scries is in progress. 
 
 Selections from the Koyal Letters of the reigns <>' 
 Henry III. and Henry 1 V., in '■'> Vols. 8yo., have been 
 printed in the series of " Chronicles and Memorials." 
 
 Royal Letters, &o., Transcripts of. 
 
 There is amongst the Miscellanea of the Exchequer 
 
 a roll containing transcripts of the Letters of Edward 
 Prince of Wales, in the 33rd year of Edw. f. 
 
 A description of this roll is printed in the 9th Report, 
 App. II., pp. 246-249. 
 
 A collection of original letters addressed to Edward 
 the Black Prince (41 Edw. III.), and of Correspondence 
 relating to the affairs of Gascony and Ponthieu in the 
 reign of Edw. III.j formerly bound in a volume and de- 
 posited with the Miscellaneous Books of the Treasury of the 
 Receipt, has been added to the Series of" Ancient Corre- 
 spondence." 
 
 There is also amongst the Miscellaneous Books of the 
 Treasury of the Receipt (Vol. 144), an original Register 
 of the Letters of Privy Seal of Edward the Black Prince 
 extending from 20 to 21 Edw. III. 
 
 See also REGISTERS, &c. 
 
 ROYALISTS AND DELINQUENTS. 
 
 During the period of the Commonwealth the executive 
 administration was carried on by a series of Committees 
 under the supreme direction of the Council of State. 
 Of these Committees there were two, the sole object of 
 ■which was the seizure and confiscation of, or the levying 
 of Fines and Compositions for, the estates of "Delin- 
 quents," that is'to say of those who took the Royalist side 
 in the Civil War or who came under the description of 
 Papists or Recusants. 
 
 The first of these was the Sequestration Committee, 
 by the rules of which, on an information of delinquency, 
 if well grounded, the estate in question was seized and 
 held until the accusation could be investigated. If the 
 delinquency was proved to the satisfaction of the Com- 
 mittee the delinquent was deprived of his whole Estate, 
 one-fifth being however allowed to him for the mainten- 
 ance of his children, and one-fifth of the proceeds of the 
 estate being allowed to the informer. In eases of 
 Recusancy one-third of the estate was allowed to the 
 Recusant. 
 
 In the course of a few years the Sequestration Com- 
 mittee, the working of which was very unfair and unsatis-
 
 ROYALISTS AND DELINQUENTS— (continued). 
 
 factory, was entirely superseded by a Committee for 
 Compounding for the Estates of Royalists and Delinquents, 
 the object of which was to receive from the Delinquents 
 themselves, both from those against whom no information 
 had been made and from those who were already under 
 sequestration, — 
 
 (1.) A confession of their delinquency. 
 
 (2.) A pledge of adherence to the present Govern- 
 ment. 
 
 (3.) A full account on oath of their possessions, real 
 and personal. 
 
 A legal Report was then made thereon and they Avere. 
 admitted to compound in proportion to the degree of their 
 guilt. 
 
 One-half his estate was exacted from any delinquent 
 member of Parliament, one-sixth from those who had 
 taken purt in the former or latter war, and one-third from 
 those who had been active in both wars. 
 
 [Calendar of State Papers. 1649-50.] 
 
 The following are the principal records bearing on this 
 subject : — 
 
 Royalist Composition Papers. 
 
 These are in two Series, the first of which comprises the 
 Correspondence and Orders of the Commissioners for the 
 sequestration and sale of the estates of the royalist nobility 
 and gentry, and is contained in 113 folio volumes. 
 
 The second Series consists of 54 volumes, containing 
 the original particulars, taken on oath, of the estates and 
 personal property of those Royalists who were permitted 
 to compound on payment of a fine, with the amount of the 
 Compositions at which they were assessed. 
 
 A Calendar of the Proceedings of the Committee, for 
 Compounding, including the volumes above described, has 
 been published in the Series of u Calendars of State 
 Papers, &c." 
 
 Delinquents' Estates, Particulars of. 
 
 Two very large volumes, containing Entries of Particu- 
 lars of Delinquents' Estates, Real and Personal, with an 
 Index Nominum in a separate volume. 
 
 [*S r . P. Dom. Commonwealth. G. 55, 56, and 57.] 
 Delinquents' Estates, Reports on, &c. 
 
 Two Entry Books, containing Reports on Delinquents' 
 Estates and Accounts of the Fines levied thereon. 
 
 [S, P. Dom. Commonwealth. G. 53 and G. 54.] 
 
 Delinquents' Estates, Surveys of. 
 1652 and 1653. Two Volumes. 
 
 [S. P. Dom. Commonwealth. G. 58 and G. 59.]
 
 333 
 
 ROYALISTS &ND DELINQUENTS— (continued). 
 
 Delinquents' Estates, Bargains and Sales op. 
 Commonwealth. Enrolled on the Close Rolls. 
 
 [See " Palmer's Indexes" Vols. 7s and 7!).] 
 
 Do., A.BS1 R IOT8 OE ( I-Ai MS I ( ». 
 
 ( lommonwealth. 
 
 "Palmer's Indexes" Vol. 74.] 
 Do., Certificates op. (Chancery 
 
 Petty Bag Office.) 1 Bundle. 
 
 SCOTLAND. 
 
 The principal classes of documents relating to Scotland, 
 in addition to the Scottish Series of State Papers, and 
 the collection of " Border Correspondence," consist of 
 the " Rotuli Scotiaj," or Scotch Rolls, described 
 under the head of CHANCERY ENROLMENTS 
 (VARIOUS); the "Great Roll of Scotland," on which 
 are recorded the chief steps of the process amongst the 
 competitors for the crown of Scotland in the reign of 
 Edward I.; the "Ragman Roll" containing the enrolments 
 of the "Homage Bills," or submissions of the Prelate-, 
 Nobility, and Commonalty of Scotland to Edward I.; 
 the original " Homage Bills " therein referred to ; Accounts, 
 &c. relating to various Scottish Castles ; and Indentures of 
 Wardenship of Berwick and the Marches, &c, &c., the 
 references to which are as follows : — 
 Homage Rolls. (Chancery.) 19-24 Edw. I. 
 
 These consist of five rolls, amongst the Miscellaneous 
 Rolls, &c. formerly preserved in the Tower (Bundle 7), 
 the first two of which, sometimes called the "Great Roll 
 of Scotland,'' are duplicates, and relate to the competi- 
 tion for the crown of Scotland between Balliol, Bruce, 
 and others. (Printed in Rymer's " Foedera, &c," Vol. II., 
 pp. 542-600.) 
 
 . Nos. 3. 4, and 5 arc triplicates of the so called 
 "Ragman Roll," which contains the enrolments of the 
 submissions of the Scottish nobility to Edward I. 
 Scottish Docn ments. (Chancery). 
 
 Henry III. to Charles II. Two Portfolios, placed with 
 the Miscellaneous Rolls, &c, containing a large variety of 
 documents relating to Scottish affairs. Most of these 
 are referred to in Mr. Bain's "Calendar of Documents 
 relating to Scotland," or printed in Stevenson's" Docum 
 illustrative of the History of Scotland." 
 
 Do. (Exchequer, Treasury o* the Receipt.) 
 Edward I. to Elizabeth. 
 
 These consist of Diplomatic and other Documents 
 relating to the affairs of Scotland from the reign of 
 Edward I. to that of Elizabeth, with a few of earlier 
 date, including the original Submissions or Homage
 
 SCOTLAND— (continued). 
 
 Scottish Documents, &c. — (continued). 
 
 Bills of the Scottish nobility to Edward I. They are 
 contained in 5 Portfolios (numbered 1 to 5) and 96 Boxes 
 (numbered 6 to 101). Most of these documents have 
 been printed either in Eymer's « Foedera/' in Palgrave's 
 "Documents illustrative of the History of Scotland," or 
 in Stevenson's Collections on the same subject. 
 
 Scotland, Accounts, &o. relating to. (Exchequer 
 Q. K.) Edw. I. to Edw. III. 
 
 These consist of a few Sheriffs' and Bailiffs' Accounts 
 relating to Edinburgh, Roxburgh, and Berwick-on-Tweed, 
 an Account of the Chamberlain of Scotland dated 1329, 
 with some Inquisitions and subsidiary documents. 
 
 The Accounts of the Keepers of several Scottish 
 Castles and the Indentures of Wardenship of Berwick 
 and the Marches will be found amongst the Accounts, &c. 
 relating to the Army and Navy. 
 
 A bundle of Inquisitions as to the possessions of Scots 
 in several counties of England dated 24 Edward I. will be 
 found with the Sheriffs' Accounts. See p. 304. 
 Laws of the Marches. Edward VI 2 Vols. 
 
 [S. P. Bom. ■ Edw. VI. Addenda, Vols. 5 mid 6.] 
 
 A Calendar of various Documents in the Public Record 
 Office relating to Scotland from 1108 to 1509, edited by 
 Mr. Joseph Bain, under the direction of the Deputy Clerk 
 Register of Scotland, has been published in four volumes. 
 See also STATE PAPERS, CALENDARS OF. 
 
 SEALS. 
 
 There are amongst the Records formerly in the Chapter 
 House, and also amongst those of the Augmentation 
 Office, several boxes of loose Seals. 
 
 Seals of the various Monasteries, &c. will be found 
 
 attached to the ACKNOWLEDGMENTS OF SUPREMACY. 
 
 There is also amongst the Chapter House Records a 
 small box containing "Forged Seals," temp. Hen. VI. 
 
 An Inventory of the Seals originally attached to the 
 "Barons' Letter " of 29 Edward I. is printed in 
 Report VIII., App. II., pp. 185-188. 
 
 A separate collection of Ancient Deeds having Seals 
 attached i- now being formed, a Catalogue of which will 
 be issued in due course. . 
 
 An Account of the Graver of the Mint for making 
 Seals for the late Queen Elizabeth, and for James I. on 
 his accession, extending from 1600 to 1G09, will be found 
 amongst the " Declared Accounts " of the Audit 
 Office. [Bundle 2120]
 
 335 
 
 SEWERS, COMMISSIONS AND LAW! OF. 
 
 The Commissioners of Sewer* m re in early reams 
 appointed al the pleasure of the Crown, «m all parte of 
 the ftealm wherever needful," by Commission under the 
 ureat bea,] , granted pro re nata, such Commissions to 
 endure tor five, and sometimes for 10 or L5 \. 
 
 By Statute 23 II,,.. VIII. it waa enacted that the 
 Oommissions were to be at the discretion and nomination 
 oi the Lord Chancellor, Lord Treasurer, and Chief 
 Justices, and to continue for 10 years unless repealed by 
 anew ( ommission, The duties of the Commissioners of 
 bewers were to over-look the repairs of sea-banks 
 sea-walls, and the cleansing of rivers, public streams, and 
 ditches &c. lor the carrying off of water, and were limited 
 to the county for which they were specially appointed 
 Ihey were empowered to make Laws and Ordinances for 
 the carrying out of such repairs and to , !1( I levy 
 
 such rates as they deemed necessary for that, purpose. 
 Ihey might decree the sale of lands in default f payment 
 of sueh rate, but their Decrees were to be certified into 
 Chancery and to have the royal assent ; and the Com- 
 missioners were subject to the jurisdiction of the Court of 
 King's Bench. 
 
 The Commissions of Sewers are enrolled on the dor-e 
 of the Patent Rolls. 
 
 Proceedings before the Commissioners "f Sewers 
 (Chancery.) Edw. IT. to Hen. VI. 
 
 A bundle amongst the "Miscellaneous Rolls, &c." 
 (No. 12), containing Transcripts of Proceed ino-s' before 
 various Commissioners of Sewers and of Proceedings in 
 
 the Court of King's Bench relating to sea-banks, &c 
 returned into the Court of Chancery pursuant to Writs of 
 ( 'ertiorari. 
 
 Sewebs, Laws op, &c. (Chancery, Petty Bag Or 
 FIOE), as follows .— 
 
 Laws and Ordinances of Sewers. 42 Elizabeth to 1831 
 Two Bundles. These contain also several Commissions' 
 
 ot >ewers with the Inquisitions thereon. 
 
 Do. Enrolments of. 8 Charles I. to 
 
 1 < U. Four Rolls. 
 
 Decrees relating to Bedford Level. \G & 17 Charles II 
 t«> :5(! Charles II. Eight Bundles or Parts. 
 Index. 1 Vol. MS. 
 
 Seavers, Draft Commissions of. (Duchy or Lanc v^ter ) 
 1660 to 1722. Three Bundles.
 
 336 
 
 SHERIFFS* ACCOUNTS, &c. 
 Exchequer, Queen's Remembrancer. 
 
 Sheriffs' Accounts, Particulars of. Henry III. to 
 James I. 
 
 These are the Particulars of the Accounts rendered to 
 the Exchequer by the Sheriffs of the several counties of 
 the issues of the manors and lands, goods and chattels, in 
 their custody, and of their expenses in repairs of castles, 
 provision of victuals, custody of prisoners, &c. &C. 
 Amongst the documents subsidiary to these Accounts are 
 many receipts from persons who received Annuities by. 
 direction of the King out of the moneys coming to the 
 hands of the Sheriff, for which he claimed allowance. 
 Amongst these- Accounts is a Parcel entitled " Inquisi- 
 f - liones de terris Scotorum in diversis Comitatibus." 24 
 Edward I. 
 
 Dcscriptire Slips. 
 
 Exchequer, Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer. 
 
 Sheriffs' Accounts of Seizures, &c. Kic. III. to Car. 
 II. 179 Rolls. 
 
 These rolls contain the Particulars of the various 
 Seizures made by the Sheriff from year to year, with the 
 total amount of which he was charged on the Pipe Roll. 
 They are arranged in Counties, and contain full particulars 
 relating to each Seizure, stating in what roll the Sheriff 
 accounted for the same. They also contain an account of 
 the Felons' Goods, Waifs, Strays, &c. taken possession of 
 by the Sheriff by virtue of his office from year to year. 
 Repertories. 7 Edw. VI. to 13 Car. I. 
 Sheriffs' Accounts, Entries of. 12 Win. III. to 33 
 
 Geo. III. 4 Vols. 
 Sheriffs' Accounts. States and Views of. 21 Car. I, 
 to 2 Wm. IV. 16 Vols. 
 
 States and Views of the Accounts of Sheriffs are also 
 enrolled on the Memoranda Rolls. 
 
 Repertories to States and Views. 1 Edw. III. to 
 14 Jas. I. 
 
 The following are amongst the Miscellaneous Books of 
 the Exchequer, Treasury of the Receipt: — 
 
 Yol. 145. States of Accounts of the Sheriffs throughout 
 
 England. 21 Hen. VII. 
 
 Vol. 146. Declarations "de minutis particulis " of the 
 
 Sheriffs throughout England. 19 Hen. VIII. 
 
 Palatinate of Durham. 
 
 Sheriffs' Accounts, &c. 1335 to 1624. 
 
 These are amongst the Miscellaneous Documents 
 selected from the Auditors' Records when the latter were
 
 337 
 
 SHERIFFS' ACCOUNTS, &C.— (continued). 
 
 Palatinate of Durhani — (continued;. 
 Shbbifps'8 Accounts, &o. — (continu sd). 
 returned to the custody of the Ecclesiastical Commis- 
 sioners. 
 
 Descriptive List. 
 
 Duchy of Lancaster. 
 
 Sheriffs' Bills. 1684 to 1758. 6 Bundles including 
 1 bundle of Sheriffs' Oaths from 17:>:5 to 1737. 
 
 SPECIAL COMMISSIONS AND RETURNS. See 
 COMMISSIONS. 
 
 The Eollowing are amongst the Miscellaneous Rolls, &c. 
 (Chancery) : — 
 
 Special Commissions, Extents, Inquisitions, &c. (Miscellm 
 Bolls, /Sv., Ohcmc&ry, Bimdle 13J. 
 File 1. Proceedings before the Council against John 
 Northampton, Mayor of London, Richard Norbury, 
 ami John Mure with Extents of their lands, go 
 and chattels. 8 Ric. II. 
 
 File 2. Inquisitions as to the possessions of Alexander 
 Nevill, Archbishop of York and others attainted by- 
 Act of Parliament. li Ric. II. 
 Filo 3. Inquisitions as to the possessions of John le Scrop 
 de Masham, in connexion with a Petition of Right. 
 
 2 Hen. VI. 
 
 File 4. Inquisitions concerning Depopulation pursuant to 
 
 Stat, 9 Hen. VIII. 9-10 Hen. VIII. 
 
 File 5. Special Commissions and Returns thereto relating 
 
 to the possessions of certain Colleges and Chantries. 
 
 38 Hen. VIII. 
 
 SPECIFICATIONS OF PATENT INVENTIONS. 
 
 Specifications of Inventions, Enrolments of. 
 (Chancery.) 
 
 Prior to the year 1849 the Specifications of Inventions 
 were enrolled either at the Enrolment Office in Chancery, 
 the Petty Bag Office, or the Rolls Chapel Office. Those 
 enrolled ;it the Enrolment Office were entered on the 
 Close Rolls together with the ordinary Indentures, &c, 
 there being distinct sets of Rolls at the Petty Bag Office 
 and Rolls ('Impel Office respectively known as " Specifica- 
 ' tion and Surrender Rolls/' on which the Surrenders of 
 Offices, &c. were also enrolled. 
 
 From 184!) to 1853 inclusive the Specifications were 
 enrolled at the Enrolment Office only, and during that 
 period Bonn a distinct branch of the Close Bolls, to which 
 there i< a operate Index. 
 
 Disclaimers of Specifications are also enrolled as a dis- 
 tinct branch of the Close Rolls, consisting of six Parts 
 or Bolls, the dates of which extend from 1854 to 1867 
 inclusive. 
 
 u 80195. V
 
 338 
 
 SPECIFICATIONS OF PATENT INVENTIONS— 
 
 (continued). 
 
 Specifications of Inventions, &c. — (continued). 
 
 The Specifications of a later date than 1853 are registered 
 at the Great Seal Patent Office. 
 
 Calendar (to Specifications enrolled on the Close Rolls). 
 Anne to 1 Geo. IV. 
 
 Printed. Reports VI., App. II., pp. 155-203; VII., 
 App. II., pp. 189-210, and VIII., App. II., pp. 82-134. 
 
 * Do. 1712 to 1840. MS. In the volume 
 
 entitled « Rotuli Regis Caroli, &c." pp. 101-260. 
 
 Index. 1841 to 1848. See Index to " Indentures." 
 Do. 1849 to 1853. 1 Vol. MS. 
 
 N.B. — Alphabetical, Chronological, and Reference Indexes 
 to all Patents of Inventions have been published by the 
 Patent Office. 
 
 Specification and Surrender Rolls. (Petty Bag 
 Office Series.) 1712 to 1848. 
 
 287 Rolls or Parts, containing the Enrolments of Speci- 
 fications of Inventions and of Surrenders of Offices, &c. 
 
 Index. 2 Vols. MS. 
 Do. (Rolls Chapel Office Series.) 1712 
 
 to 1848. 
 
 These consist of 140 Parts or Rolls, containing the 
 Enrolments of such Specifications of Inventions as were 
 enrolled at the Rolls Chapel Office, and also of Surrenders 
 of Office.-, &c. [See also the Surrender Rolls described 
 under the head of CHANCERY ENROLMENTS 
 (VARIOUS).] 
 
 Calendar. 1712 to 1837. Printed. Reports VI., 
 
 App. II., pp. 116-154 ; and VII., App. II., pp. 108-187. 
 
 Do. 1712 to 1848. MS. In the volume 
 
 entitled " Rotuli Regis Caroli, &c." 
 
 Specifications of Patent Inventions. (Patent 
 
 Office Series.) 1852 to 1879. 
 
 These documents subsequent to the year 1851 are ar- 
 ranged in numerical order, each patent having its distinctive 
 number, as shown in the various Indexes issued by the 
 Patent Office. 
 
 STATE PAPERS, CALENDARS OF. 
 
 The State Papers spring from three great and original 
 .sources, namely, the Offices of the Secretaries of State for 
 the Foreign, the Colonial, and the Home Departments, and 
 in the State Paper Office were classified under those several 
 denominations, the papers emanating from the Home De- 
 partment being technically described as the Domestic 
 Papers in contradistinction to those relating to the Foreign 
 and Colonial interests of the nation, and the correspondence 
 relating to Ireland and Scotland being also treated as 
 disiinct Series.
 
 339 
 
 STATE PAPERS, CALENDARS (HP— (continued). 
 
 The magnificenl collection of Letters and Papers from 
 the reign of Henry VIII. to thai of Charles N.. inclusive, 
 has been rendered so familiar and easy of access to the 
 student by the voluminous Calendars published from time 
 to time under the direction of the Master of the Rolls 
 that it will suffice for the purpose of the present volume 
 to indicate the number of volumes already published and 
 the dates between which they extend. For State Papers 
 of an earlier date than Henry VIII. reference must be 
 had to the Ancient Correspondence formerly preserved in 
 the Tower described under the head of " Royal and 
 Historical Letters, &c. ," to the "' Treaties and Diplomatic 
 Documents " formerly in the Chapter House, and to the 
 several classes of " Chancery Enrolments " on which 
 documents of this nature were formerly entered. 
 
 The later records of the Home. Foreign, and Colonial 
 Offices, together with those of the Admiralty, War Office, 
 and other Departments of State are described under the 
 head of " Departmental Records." 
 
 A brief account of the formation and History of the 
 State Paper Office, showing the manner in which large 
 masses of State Papers have become dispersed amongst 
 Public Libraries and Private Collections, is given in the 
 Introduction to the present volume. 
 
 The Calendars of State Papers in the Public Record 
 Office already published are as follows : — 
 
 State Papers. Henry VIII. Selections of the most im- 
 portant Letters printed in full. 11 Vols. 4to. (Published 
 under the authority of the Commissioners for publishing 
 State Papers. 1830-1852.) 
 
 Letters and Papers (Foreign and Domestic), of the 
 reign of Henry VIIL 1509 to 1539. 14 Vols. 
 
 In addition to the State Papers and Correspondence 
 relating to the reign of Henry VIIL preserved not only in 
 the Public Record Office but in the British Museum, the 
 Libraries of Oxford and Cambridge and elsewhere, these 
 volumes contain Abstracts of all Grants from the Crown, 
 Privy Seals, Accounts of the Army, Navy, and Ordnance, 
 and other documents illustrating in any way the political, 
 social, or religious history of the countrv during the reign 
 of Henry VIIL 
 
 State Papers. (Domestic Series.) 
 
 Edward VI. to James I. 1547 to 1625. 12 Vols. 
 Charles I. 1625 to 1649. 22 Vol.*. 
 Commonwealth. 1649 to 1060. 13 Vols. 
 
 Do. 1643 to 16G0. A Calendar of the 
 
 Proceedings of the Committee for Compounding, kc. 
 5 Vols. 
 
 T 2
 
 340 
 
 STATE PAPERS, CALENDARS OF— (continued) 
 State Papers. (Domestic Series.) — (continued). 
 
 Commonwealth. 1642 to 1656. A Calendar of the 
 Proceedings of the Committee for the Advance of Money. 
 3 Vols. 
 
 Charles II. 1660 to 1671. 11 Vols. 
 
 State Papers. (Foreign Series.) 
 
 1547-1558. 2 Vols. 
 
 1558-1577. 11 Vols. 
 State Papers. (Colonial Series.) 
 
 America and West Indies. 1574 to 1676. 4 Vols. 
 
 East Indies, China, and Japan. 1513 to 1634. 5 Vols. 
 
 State Papers relating to Ireland. 
 
 Henry VIII. to Elizabeth. 1509-1597. 6 Vols. 
 Do. James I. 1603-1625. 5 Vols. 
 
 State Papers relating to Scotland. 1509 to 1603. 
 2 Vols. 
 
 These volumes include the Scottish Series of State 
 Papers for the reigns of Henry VIII., Edw. VI , Mary, and 
 Elizabeth, with an Appendix from 1543 to 1592 ; and a 
 separate Series of Papers relating entirely to Mary Queen 
 of Scots, during her detention in England from 1568 to 
 1587. The " Border Correspondence," from 1547 to 1577 
 inclusive, has been incorporated in the Foreign Series of 
 State Papers. 
 
 Home Office Papers. 1760 to 1772. 3 Vols. 
 
 Treasury Papers. 1557 to 1728. 6 Vols.^ 
 
 A List of Printed Books, containing State Papers, is 
 given in the Deputy Keeper's 28th Report, pp. 140-141. 
 
 STATE PRISONERS. 
 
 Accounts of the custody of Prisoners of War, &c. 
 (Exchequer, Q. R.) Edw. III. to Hen. VII. 
 
 These consist principally of Accounts of the Constables 
 of various Castles and Fortresses, including the Tower of 
 London, relating to the custody of Prisoners of War and 
 to their Ransoms, &c. and will be found amongst the 
 Accounts, &c. relating to the Army and Navy. (See 
 p. 17). 
 
 Expenses of the Diet, &c. of Mary Queen of Scots, 
 
 AND ALSO OF HER FUNERAL. 1584 to 1587. 
 
 [Audit Office, " Declared Accounts" Bundle 2119.] 
 
 Expenses of State Prisoners in the Tower of 
 London and Pay of the Garrison. 1551 to 1553. 
 
 [Do. Bundle 2298.] 
 
 See also TOWER OF LONDON.
 
 341 
 
 STATUTE STAPLE. 
 
 Statute Staple, Certificates and Reoognizanci - of 
 
 (Chancery.) Hen. VIII. to Anne. 
 
 By the .Statute of the Staple of 27 Edward III. the 
 Mayor and Constables of the Staple, in each town in 
 which a Staple of Wools or othei merchandise was 
 established, were empowered to take and seal Recognizances 
 or Obligations of Debts; upon which, on default of pay- 
 ment, the Mayor might imprison the Debtor and attach 
 his goods, to be afterwards sold for the satisfaction of 
 the Creditor. If, however, the Debtor should not be 
 found within the limits of the Staple in question the 
 obligation was to be certified, into the Chancery, from 
 which Court process should thereupon issue. These 
 Certificates and Recognizances consist of 43 Bundles, 
 formerly deposited in the Rolls Chapel Office. 
 
 Inventor)/. Report IV., App. II., p. 110. 
 
 The Certificates and Recognizances of an earlier date 
 than lien. VIII., with extents and other proceedings on 
 the Statute Staple, will be found amongst the " Brevia 
 Regia " or Chancery Files. 
 
 Statute Staple, Proceedings on the. (Chan< i my. 
 Petty Bag Office.) Jas. I. to Geo. III. 
 
 Extents, re-extents, and other proceedings on the Statute 
 Staple, formerly deposited in the Petty Bag Office, and 
 known as " Writs of Execution." Those of an earlier 
 date will be found amongst the " Chancery Files." No 
 proceedings have been taken upon Statutes Staple since 
 If) George III. 
 
 Appointments of Mayors and Constables of the 
 Staple. 1-10 Hen. VI. 
 
 [Misc. Bolls, \c. {Chancery), No. |f] 
 
 Accounts of the Staple at Calais. Hen. VII., and 
 Hen. VIII. 
 
 These will be found amongst the Original Accounts 
 &c. of the Exchequer relating to France. 
 
 Proceeding-- on the Statute Staple. Hen. VIII. 
 
 [Misc. Books, Exchequer, Treasury of the Becei/>t, 
 
 Vol. 147.] 
 
 SURVEYS, &c. 
 
 The Domesday Survey is described under the head of 
 Domesday Book. 
 
 For Surveys of Bishoprics and other Ecclesiastical 
 Benefices, see ECCLESIASTICAL MATTERS. 
 See also MONASTIC FOUNDATIONS, &c.
 
 342 
 
 SURVEYS, &c— (continued). 
 
 The principal Collections of Surveys are the follow- 
 ing :— 
 
 Chancery. 
 
 Surveys of Church Livings. Temp. Commonwealth. 
 3 Vols. 
 
 These contain Returns of the number and value of the 
 Ecclesiastical Benefices in various Counties made pursuant 
 to an Ordinance of Parliament dated 20 Dec 1649. 
 
 Vol. 1 contains the Returns for the Counties of Berks, 
 Bucks, Essex, Gloucester, Hertford, Lancaster, and 
 Lincoln. 
 
 Vol. 2 contains these for the County of Dorset only. 
 
 Vol. 3 those for the Counties of Middlesex, Norfolk, 
 Northumberland, Oxford, Sussex, Westmoreland, Wilts, 
 and Yorkshire. 
 
 The foregoing are the only original Returns known to 
 exist, but there are in the Lambeth Library 24 large 
 volumes containing official copies of these Returns, which 
 in many cases supply their places when wanting. 
 Survey of the Manor of East Greenwich. 1696. 
 
 This is amongst the Special Commissions from the 
 Petty Bag Office. See COMMISSIONS. 
 
 Exchequer, Queen's Remembrancer. 
 
 For Surveys taken by Special Commissions issuing out of 
 the Exchequer, see COMMISSIONS. 
 
 " llomberstone's Survey." 1569. Two large volumes 
 
 y c containing a survey of the possessions of the Earls of 
 
 Northumberland and Westmoreland, and of Sir John 
 
 Nevill, Leonard Dacre, and other rebels, made by Edmund 
 
 Hall and William Homberstone by virtue of a Commission 
 
 'da'cd 18 March 1569. 
 
 [Misc. Books, Exchequer Q. R., Vols. 37 and 38.] 
 Several other Books of Surveys will be found amongst 
 the Miscellaneous Books of the Queen's Remembrancer's 
 Department. (See p. 223.) 
 
 Exchequer, Augmentation Office. 
 
 SUBVEY8 ( PaBLIAMENTART). 
 
 Commonwealth. 56 Portfolios. The " Parliamentary 
 Surveys," so called as having been taken under the 
 authority of the Parliament (A.D. 1649 to 1653), extend 
 to all the Counties of England and Wales, and are of two 
 kinds, one class being made " by virtue of a Commission 
 " granted upon an Act of the Commons assembled in 
 " Parliament for the Sale of the Honours, Manors, and 
 " Lands " belonging to King Charles I., his Queen, and 
 Prince, passed 16th July 1649 ; the other class was taken 
 under a Commission grounded upon an Act of the
 
 343 
 
 SURVEYS, &C— (continued). 
 
 Exchequer, Augmentation Office— (continued). 
 
 Subveys (Parliamentary) — (continued). 
 
 Commons for the Sale of the Fee-Farm Rents belonging 
 to the Commonwealth of England, which were formerly 
 payable to the Crown of England, the Duchy of Lan- 
 caster, and the Duchy of Cornwall, passed 11 March 1640. 
 
 Some of the documents in this series arc only copies of 
 Evidences submitted to the Surveyors in the course of 
 their labours, others being short Certificates by the 
 Surveyors themselves. The great majority of the docu- 
 ments however are complete Surveys subscribed by the 
 Surveyors. Similar Surveys relating to the Duchy of 
 Lancaster exist amongst the Duchy Records now in the 
 Public Record Office, those relating to the County of 
 Cornwall being deposited in the Duchy of Cornwall 
 Office 
 
 Calendar. Report VII., App. II, pp. 224-238 (Bed- 
 ford to Lancaster); and Report VIII., App. II., pp. 52- 
 81. (Leicester to York, Sue.) 
 Surveys and Rentals (Various). 
 
 Surveys and Rentals. ' Henry VIII. to James I. 
 
 These consist of 79 volumes containing Survey:-, 
 Rentals, and Valuations of Lands, chiefly Monastic, in 
 various counties and of various dates. Some of these are 
 known as the " Paper Surveys." 
 
 See " Miscellaneous Books, Exchequer Augmentation 
 Office," Vols. 357 to 435 (pp. 237-240). 
 
 Exchequer, Treasury of the Receipt. 
 Subveys, Rentals, &c. (Various). 35 vols. 
 
 See " Miscellaneous Books, Exchequer, Treasury of the 
 Receipt," Vols. 148 to 182 (p. 227). 
 
 Court of Wards aud Liveries. 
 
 Suevets, BOOKS OF. 5 lien. VIII. to 21 Elizabeth and 
 12 James 1. 17 Vols. 
 
 [Misc. Boohs, Vols. 12!) to 146.] 
 
 Feodabies' SuBVEYS. Hen. VIII. to Charles I. 287 
 Bundles. 
 
 These are original paper surveys and arc arranged in 
 Counties. 
 
 Duchy of Lancaster. 
 
 Subveys, Books oe. EdV. VI. to Jas. II. :;:; Vols, 
 Inventory. Report XXX., App., pp. 10-12. 
 
 "Olives Cbqmwell's Subveys." 
 
 These correspond to the "Parliamentary Surveys" of 
 the Augmentation Office. 
 
 Inventory. Report XXX., App., pp. 40, 41.
 
 344 
 
 SURVEYS, &C— (continued). 
 
 Duchy of Lancaster— (continued). 
 
 Surveys of Woods, Books of. Eliz. to Jas. I. 13 Vols. 
 Some of these include Maps. 
 Inventory. Report XXX., App., p. 12. 
 
 Surveys of Religious Houses in Lancashire. Henry 
 VIII. 
 
 [Misc. Records, Div. XXV. Bundle G.] 
 Surveys, &o. taken by Commission. Eliz. to Geo. III. 
 72 Bundle?. Index. 1 Vol. MS. 
 
 Warrants and Commissions to Survey, &c, Drafts of. 
 13 Eliz. to 1785. 80 Bundles. 
 
 Inventory. Report XXX., App., pp. 9, 10. 
 Ancient Maps and Plans. 
 
 These are chiefly descriptive of boundaries of manors 
 and of extents and valuations of premises viewed under 
 Special Commissions of Survey issued in suits pending in 
 the Duchy Court or otherwise. The Surveys to which 
 they belong are generally to be found in the bundles of 
 Surveys, &c. taken by Commission. 
 
 Inventory. Report XXX., App., pp. 39, 40. 
 Extents for Debts. Eiiz. to Car. II. 7 Bundles. 
 Inventory. Report XXX., App., p. 12. 
 
 Sl'rveys, &c. (Various) : — 
 
 Rentals of the Honor of Tutbury, co. Stafford. 2 Henry 
 V. A collection of Rentals of various Manors in the 
 Counties of Derby, Stafford, Notts, Leicester, and Warwick 
 belonging to the Honor of Tutbury, parcel of the Duchy 
 of Lancaster, taken by virtue of Letters Patent, dated 
 4 Feb., 2 Hen. V, 1 Vol., generally known as the Coucher 
 of the Honor of Tutbury. 
 
 [Registers of Grants, d'c. Div. XI. No. 4.] 
 
 Extent of the Honor of Tickhill and Survey of Incles- 
 more, with Map. 
 
 [Register of Grants, &c. Div. XL No. 12.] 
 
 Many other Surveys and Rentals will be found amongst 
 the Miscellaneous Records in Bundles. A List of these 
 has been made. 
 
 Palatinate of Chester. 
 
 Extents and Rentals. Chester and Flint. Edw. III. 
 to Eliz. 
 
 These are incorporated with the General Series of 
 Rentals and Surveys. (See p. 322.) 
 Claims of Liberties and Privileges within the 
 Palatinate of Chester. Temp. Hen. VI. (?) 
 
 These are indexed in the first volume of the MS. Index 
 to the Inquisitions post mortem.
 
 345 
 
 SURVEYS, &c— (continued). 
 
 Domestic State Papers. 
 
 A Survey of the Manors of Minster and Shurland in 
 the Isle of Sheppey, taken by virtue of a Commission from 
 
 the Exchequer. 27 Nov. 1573. 
 
 [S. P. Dom., Eliz. t Vol. 87.] 
 Many other Surveys are incorporated in the Series of 
 Domestic State Papers. [Vide printed Calendars.] 
 
 TAXATION. 
 
 The most ancient forms of direct Taxation were the 
 Hidage and Carucage assessed on such lands as were not 
 held by Military Service, the Tallages paid by the King's 
 Ancient Demesnes and by the Cities and Towns, and the 
 Scutages or compositions for non-performance of military 
 service, which, at first merely arbitrary payments, came 
 eventually to be levied by a regular assessment at so much 
 t for every Knight's Fee. A new kind of Tax in the form of 
 a Tenth, Fifteenth, or other Part of all moveables belonging 
 to the subject is said to have been introduced by Henry II. 
 in order to defray the expenses of an expedition to Pales- 
 tine, from which circumstance the first of such Taxes has 
 been described as the Saladin Tithe. 
 
 Grants to the King of Tenths and. Fifteenths or other 
 proportions were made from time to time by the Commons 
 in Parliament, new assessments being generally made at 
 each fresh grant, the amount raised by such taxes beinn- 
 thus very uncertain. 
 
 In the 8th year of Edward III. it was, however, reduced 
 to a certainty, a new valuation at the rate of a fifteenth 
 being then made of every township, borough, and city in 
 the kingdom, which, notwithstanding any alteration in "the 
 value of money or increase of personal property, remained 
 for some time the fixed standard for future assessments ; 
 so that whenever the Commons granted the King a 
 fifteenth every parish in England knew the proportion 
 required from it. 
 
 Poll Taxes at the rate of so much a head on all persons 
 above a certain age were also frequently granted by Par- 
 liament, as in the 51st year of Edward III. and the 2nd 
 and 4th years of Richard II. respectively. 
 
 The term Subsidy has been applied generally to all the 
 foregoing imposts, as also to the duties on Wools, Cloths, 
 &c, which from time to time were granted to the King 
 in aid of his expenses; the subsidy properly bo called was, 
 however, a Tax which came into use about the reign of 
 Richard II., and was not imposed directly on property, 
 but on persons according to the reputed value of their 
 estates, at the rate of 4*-. in the pound lor lands and
 
 346 
 
 TAXATION— (continued). 
 
 2s. 8d. for o-oods, those of Aliens being valued at a double 
 rate. The valuation was, however, so very moderate that 
 an entire subsidy of this kind did not amount to more 
 than 70,000*. 
 
 In addition to the Subsidies from the Laity which 
 were o-ranted by the Commons in Parliament, similar 
 grants, to be assessed on ecclesiastical preferments, were 
 made by the Clergy in Convocation, which grants had, 
 however, to be afterwards confirmed by Parliament. A 
 Subsidy from the Clergy was at the rate of 4s. in the 
 pound, according to the valuations of their livings made 
 from time to time. 
 
 The Lay Subsidy was usually raised by Commissioners 
 appointed by the Crown or the great officers of State; 
 but during the Civil War between Charles I. and his 
 Parliament the latter, having no other sufficient revenue, 
 introduced the practice of making weekly and monthly 
 assessments of a specific sum on the several Counties of 
 the kingdom, which were levied by a pound rate on lands 
 and personal estates, and these were continued during the 
 whole of the Commonwealth. After the Restoration the 
 ancient method of granting Subsidies seems to have been 
 once, and once only, renewed, namely, in 1663, when 
 four Subsidies were granted by the Temporal ty and four 
 by the Clergy. This was, in fact, the last time of raising 
 supplies in that manner, from that time forward periodical 
 assessments being made in the manner of the modern 
 Land and Assessed Taxes. 
 
 The Land Tax as at present levied, although most of the 
 above-mentioned imposts partook more or less of that 
 nature, was finally established by the Statute 4 Wm. and 
 Mary, c. 1, according to an assessment or valuation of 
 all the estates throughout the kingdom made in the pre- 
 vious year. From the year 1693 to 1798 it continued 
 to be an annual charge on the subject at rates varying 
 from 4s. to Is. in the pound, being made perpetual in 
 the latter year at the rate of 4*. in the pound. 
 
 By the Act of 38 George III., by which it was made 
 perpetual, the Land Tax was also made subject to Re- 
 demption or Purchase, the sums paid for such Redemption 
 or Purchase being made applicable to the reduction of the 
 National Debt. 
 
 Copies of the Assessments of the Land Tax for the 
 year 1798 on each Parish and Division throughout Eng- 
 land, the quota then fixed as payable by each Parish or 
 Township remaining unchanged from that date to the 
 present time, are preserved at the Land Tax Redemption 
 Office. The Parchment Duplicates of such Assessments 
 which, according to the Statute of 4 Wm, and Mary,
 
 347 
 
 TAXATION— (continued). 
 
 were to be annually certified into the Exchequer, are 
 amongst the Records of the Queen's Remembrancer's 
 Department. 
 
 The Hearth Tax, a payment to the King of 2s, on 
 every hearth " in all houses paying to church and poor," 
 was first established by Statute 13 & 14 Car. II., although 
 a similar payment under the name of fumage or " smoke- 
 farthings" was a custom of great antiquity, mention 
 thereof being made in Domesday Book. This tax, which 
 was especially obnoxious on account of its inquisitorial 
 nature, was finally abolished by Statute J Win. and Mary. 
 
 Six years later, however, a tax of 2s. was levied on 
 all houses except cottages, and also a tax on all windows 
 in such houses exceeding nine in number. The Hearth 
 Tax Rolls are placed with the SuBSEDT Rolls 
 
 Amongst the various forms of Indirect Taxation, the 
 accounts of which are to be found amongst the Records 
 of the Exchequer, may be indicated Accounts of Col- 
 lectors of Customs, of Underage and Prisage, of the duties 
 on Cloth or Ulnage, and of the Subsidies on Wools, kc, &c. 
 
 Scutage, Accounts of Collectors of (Exchequer 
 Q.R.) 
 
 The Accounts of Collectors of Scutages, Tallages, and 
 other contributions of a like nature will be found amongst 
 the Subsidy Rolls described below. The Scutage Rolls, 
 which contain the Mandates for the relief from payment 
 of Scutage of such persons as had personally or by deputy 
 rendered the service due from them or had compounded 
 therefor by a fine, are described under the head of 
 ARMY, NAVY, &c. 
 
 Subsidy Rolls. (Exchequer, Q. R.) Henry III. to 
 William and Mary. 
 
 These are sub-divided into two Series, " Clerical " and 
 " Lay," and consist of the Rolls of Accounts, Assessment?, 
 Inquisitions, Certificates, and other documents relating to 
 the assessing and collection of the "Tallages, Carucages, 
 " Scutages, Aids, Subsidies, Loans, Benevolences, Contri- 
 " butions, Reliefs, &c. granted to the King by the Clero-y 
 " in Convocation, or by the Laity in Parliament, or enjoyed 
 " by him in virtue of the Royal Prerogative or ancient 
 " prescriptive right." 
 
 As many of these Rolls contain the names of the 
 persons assessed towards the payment of each subsidv, 
 they are extremely valuable in the compilation of pedi- 
 grees, showing at once the precise hundred and township 
 in which the family lived at the time of the assessment, 
 and also to a certain extent their rank and position, which 
 may be deduced from the amounts paid. The most valu- 
 able assessments for materials of this nature are the ^rants
 
 348 
 
 TAXATION— (continued). 
 
 Subsidy Rolls, &c. — (continued.) 
 
 of 23 Edward I. and of the 1st and 6th years of Edward 
 III., and the Poll Taxes of 51 Edward III. and the 2nd 
 and 4th years of Richard II. 
 
 From the latter date to 14 Henry VIII. the rolls, with 
 few exceptions, supply no names, but from 14 Henry VIII. 
 to the reio-n of Charles the Second the lists of names 
 are numerous and complete, especially in the Hearth 
 Tax Rolls of the latter reign. The Subsidy Rolls cease 
 about the year 1698, their place being supplied by the 
 Accounts of Land and Assessed Taxes, which, how- 
 ever, do not contain the names of the person assessed, 
 but only the Total Amount paid by each Parish. 
 
 The " Clerical Subsidies" in the same manner show 
 the' names of the Churches, and sometimes of the clergy 
 who paid the sums assessed on them. 
 
 There are also Rolls of " Alien Subsidies," which 
 contain accounts of the Subsidies assessed on Foreigners 
 resident in England. 
 
 With the Subsidy Rolls are also placed the Non.e Rolls 
 or " Inquisitiones Nonarum" of 14 & 15 Edward III. 
 These specify the value of every benefice, distinguishing 
 how far it exceeded or fell short of the valuation of Pope 
 Nicholas in 1291, and stating the causes of such variation 
 in o-lebe, tithe, endowment, appropriation, &c, and other 
 circumstances connecied therewith. They also include 
 Lists of the Burgesses of the several Cities and Towns, 
 with the sums at which they were assessed, and the names 
 of those persons taxed at a fifteenth. 
 
 These Inquisitions were taken upon oath of the 
 parishioners in every Parish, for the purpose of assessing 
 a Subsidy of a 9th and a 15th granted in the 14th year 
 of Edward III. The subsidy granted was a ninth of the 
 corn, wool, and lambs in each Parish, and from the Cities 
 and Towns a ninth of all moveables, whilst from Foreign 
 Merchants, those who dwelt in forests and wastes, and 
 " others that lived not of their gain or store " a fifteenth 
 only was exacted. Many of these rolls, but not all of 
 them, have been printed by the Record Commissioners in 
 the volume entitled " Nonarum Inquisitiones." 
 
 With the Lay Subsidies were also formerly placed the 
 "Certificates of Residence," i.e., documents under 
 the hands and seals of the Commissioners for levying and 
 assessing the Subsidies in the several Counties, certifying 
 that the persons therein named were, at the time of a 
 particular assessment, resident at the place specified in 
 the Certificate, and had there been taxed to the amount due 
 from them in respect of the said Subsidy, and were there- 
 fore exonerated from any further payment in that behalf.
 
 349 
 
 TAXATION— (continued). 
 
 Subsidy Rolls, &c. — (continued). 
 
 These afford valuable evidence of changes of residence, 
 as they were given in order to prevent persona removing 
 from one County to another I icing twice assessed towards 
 the same Subsidy. 
 
 They belong chiefly to the reigns of Elizabeth and 
 .lames I., and are now being arranged in alphabetical 
 order. 
 
 Descriptive Inventory. (Clerical and Lav.) Reports IX, 
 App. II., pp. 132-189; III., App. II., pp. 3-104; IV., 
 App. II., pp. 2-29 ; and V., App. II., pp. 2-32. 
 
 Descriptive Slips. (Clerical.) 26 Vols. MS. (Vol. 26 
 contains the Taxations of Popes Nicholas and Boniface.) 
 
 Descriptive Slips. (Lay.) 71 Vols. MS. (Numbered 
 27 to 97. Vol. 95 contains "Alien Subsidies" from 
 Edw. III. to Ric. III., and Vols. 96 and 97 Subsidies in 
 " Divers Counties.") 
 
 The following volumes relate to the collection of Sub- 
 sidies, &c : — 
 
 Fifteenths and Tenths, A Book of. 3 Henry V. A 
 volume containing Particulars of the Collection of a 
 Fifteenth and Tenth granted by the laity in the 3rd 
 year of Henry the Fifth in all Counties and Cities 
 throughout England. The Total Amounts only are 
 given. [Misc. Books (Exchequer, Q. R.), Vol. 7.] 
 
 Accounts of the Collectors, of Subsidies in various 
 Counties. 43 & 44 Elizabeth. 1 Vol. 
 
 \Misc. Books (Augmentation Office), Vol. 356.] 
 Names of the Contributors, &c. to a Loan granted to 
 Queen Elizabeth in the year 1590, in the City of 
 London and various Counties in England, with the 
 sums demanded from each, none being of lower 
 amount than 20/. [S. P. Dom., Eliz., Vol 236.] 
 
 Ship-Money. An account of the money raised in 1 
 for fitting out a ship of 800 tons to be ready at Ports- 
 mouth on 1st March 16:56-7. This account states 
 the name of every inhabitant in each parish as>essed 
 to this tax, with the amount with which he was 
 charged. [S. P. Dom., Car. L, Vol. 358.] 
 
 Papers relating to the case of Ship-money between the 
 King and John Hampden. 1637, L638. 
 
 [8. P. Dom., Car. L, Vol. 394.] 
 
 Land and Assessed Taxes. 
 
 Land and Assessed Taxes, Accounts of. (Exchequer, 
 Q, R.) 1688 to 1830. 
 
 These include the Parchment Duplicates certified into 
 the Exchequer pursuant to the Statute -1 Win. and Mary, 
 c. I., giving the Total Amounts assessed in each Parish, 
 &c, year by year, with the names of the Collectors.
 
 350 
 
 TAXATION— (continued). 
 
 Land and Assessed Taxes — (continued). 
 
 Those of the year 1798 are especially valuable, as in 
 that year the Quota payable by each Parish became a fixed 
 amount, and remains so to the present day, the Parchment 
 Duplicates being the absolute evidence of the amount due 
 in each case. 
 
 Land and Assessed Taxes, Entries of. (Exchequer, 
 Q. R.) 1689 to 1834. 200 Vols. 
 Do. 1693 and 1697. 2 Vols. 
 
 Do. called " Tax Books" (Ex- 
 
 chequer, L. T. R.), in two series, as follows : 
 Land Tax. 1689 to 1821. 10 Vols. 
 Assessed Taxes. 1708 to 1822. 11 Vols. 
 Land and Assessed Taxes, Receiver-General's Accounts 
 of. (Land Revenue Office.) 1688 to 1830. 58 Bundles. 
 
 BUTLERAGE AND PeISAGE. 
 
 Pincerna Regis, Accounts of the. (Exchequer, Q. R.) 
 8 Edw. I. to 17 Jas. I. These relate to the dues which 
 the King's Butler was entitled to take on all importations 
 of wine. They show the ports at which ships landed 
 wine, the quantity landed, the amount taken for the King's 
 use, &c, &c. Similar Accounts will be found amongst 
 the Miscellanea of the Treasury of the Receipt. 
 
 Calendar. 1 Vol. MS. 
 
 Butlerage and Prisage, Accounts of. Henry VIII. 
 Two Vols., one relating to London and the other to South- 
 ampton. 
 
 {Misc. Books, Exch., Tr. of the Receipt, Vols. 183 and 
 
 184.] 
 
 Customs. 
 
 The following Accounts, &c. relating to the collection 
 of Customs are amongst the Records of the Exchequer, 
 Queen's Remembrancer : — 
 
 Customs, Accounts of Collectors of. Edward II. to 
 James I. 
 
 These are the Accounts of the Collectors of Customs in 
 various Ports, with Files of Receipts and Acquittances 
 and other documents subsidiary thereto. They are arranged 
 under the names of the several Ports. 
 
 Descriptive Slips. 
 
 Customs (Dover Haven), Accounts of. Elizabeth. 
 
 Accounts relating to the dues levied in various ports on 
 all vessels of a certain tonnage for the repair of Dover 
 Haven, pursuant to Statute 23 Eliz. c. 6., entitled " An 
 Act for the Repair of Dover Haven." 
 
 Descriptive Slips. 
 
 Customs. (Havener's Accounts.) Henry IV. and 
 Henry VI. 
 
 Descriptive Slips.
 
 351 
 
 TAXATION— (continued). 
 Customs— (continued) 
 
 Customs. (Searchers' Accounts.) Edw. [I. to Elizabeth. 
 
 These are the Accounts of the Searchers of < 'ustome in 
 various ports of the money, goods, &c. forfeited by illegal 
 exportation. 
 
 Descriptive Slips. 
 
 Forfeitures of Goods exported "contra proclamationem," 
 
 Accounts of. Edward III. to Richard [I. 
 
 These are the Accounts of Bailiffs, Searchers, and other 
 Officers in various Ports of seizures of Money, Provisions, 
 Cloth, Arms, Horses, &c. intended for exportation con- 
 trary to the King's proclamation. 
 
 Descriptive Slips. 
 
 The following are amongst the Miscellaneous Books of 
 the Augmentation Office : — 
 
 Accounts of the Collector of Customs in the Ports of 
 Exeter and Dartmouth. 8 Elizabeth. 1 Vol. 
 
 [Misc. Books, Vol. 355 ] 
 
 An Account of the Tonnage and Poundage collected in 
 the Port of London for one whole year. 2-3 James I. 
 
 [ Do., Vol. 467.] 
 
 A similar volume for the Port of Newcastle-on-Tyne. 
 40-41 Elizabeth. [Misc. Boohs, Vol. 485.] 
 
 Ulnage. 
 
 Ulnagers' Accounts. (Exchequer, Q. R.) Edw. III. 
 to James I. 
 
 Tin sc are Accounts of the Collectors of the Ulnage or 
 Subsidy granted to the King on all cloths sold in each 
 county. They contain very little information. 
 
 Wools, Subsidies on. 
 
 Wools, Accounts, &c, relating to. (Exchequer, Q. K.) 
 Edward III. 
 
 These are Accounts of the Collectors of the Subsidies 
 on Wools, «Scc, giving the amount of wool received from 
 each person, with its value, and other documents subsidiary 
 thereto. 
 
 The following Accounts, relating to various forms of 
 Taxation, are amongst the " Declared Accounts "of the 
 Audit Office and similar Accounts will be found in 
 the Pipe Office Series. {Sec Lists and Indexes, 
 No. II., 1893.) :— 
 Accounts of the Receivers- General of the Duties on 
 Marriages, Births, and Burials (and also on Bachelors and 
 Widowers), in certain counties and precincts. 1695 to 
 1706. 
 Butlerage and Prisage. Accounts of the Chief Butler of 
 England. 1554 to 1673.
 
 352 
 
 TAXATION— (continued). 
 
 Declared Accounts — (continued). 
 Customs : 
 
 Accounts of the Farmers, Commissioners, Collectors, 
 and Comptrollers-General of the Customs. 1602 to 1827. 
 Do. of Receivers-General and Cashiers. 1672 
 to 1827. 
 
 Do. of the Comptrollers and Cashiers in the West 
 Indies and America. 1684 to 1786. 
 Excise : 
 
 Accounts of the Commissioners and Governors of Excise. 
 1647 to 1849. 
 
 Hackney Coaches, Receiver-General's Accounts of the 
 duty on. 1694 to 1828. 
 
 Hawkers' Licences, Receivers' and Commissioners' 
 Accounts of. 1697 to 1828. 
 
 Hearth Tax. Accounts of the Receivers, &c. 1673 to 
 1684. 
 
 Salt, Duties on. Cash and General Accounts. 1694 
 to 1798. 
 
 Stamp Duties. Cash and General Accounts. 1694 to 1827. 
 
 TOWER OP LONDON. 
 
 Accounts of the Constable of the Tower. (Exche- 
 quer, Q. R.) Edw. I. to Hen. VI. 
 
 These are accounts of the yearly expenses of the Con- 
 stable of the Tower, including the costs of repairs, &c, and 
 of the custody of various Scotch and Welsh prisoners, 
 and will be found amongst the Accounts, &c, relating to 
 the Army and Navy. (See p. 17.) 
 Bills of the Lieutenants of the Tower. (Exche- 
 quer of Receipt.) 1572 to 1765. 
 
 Two parcels containing Bills from the Tower of London 
 for the Fees, &c. of the Officers there, and for the main- 
 tenance of State Prisoners from 1572 to 1605, and from 
 1634 to 1765 respectively. 
 Accounts of the Masters and Keepers of the 
 Armoury. 1556 to 1686. 
 
 [Audit Office, " Declared Accounts.''' Bundles 
 
 2299 to 2301.] 
 Accounts of State Prisoners and Pay of the Gar- 
 rison. 1551 to 1553. 
 
 [ Do. Bundle 2298.] 
 
 An Index to the " Records in the Custody of the 
 " Constable of the Tower of London, relating 
 " to the State Prisoners, Garrison, &c," which are 
 contained in five volumes extending from 1660 to 1837 
 inclusive, is printed in the Appendix to the Deputy 
 Keeper's Thirtieth Report, pp. 313-359. The volumes 
 referred to nre still at the Tower. 
 
 See also WORKS AND BUILDINGS.
 
 353 
 
 TREATIES AND DIPLOMATIC DOCUMENTS. 
 
 A a the Lord Chancellor wae in ancient timea aot only 
 the Keeper of.the King'e c uaci rice bul also hi- Secretary 
 of State both for Home and Foreign Affaire, it 
 Rolls "f the Chancery that we musl look for the most 
 complete record of the correspondence and negotiations 
 with Scotland, [reland, Wales, and Foreign Countries, and 
 for the Appointments and Powers of Ambassadors, L I 
 oi Safe Conduct, and other documents of a more or 
 < 1 1 i » I » * 1 1 * . 1 1 j . - nature. These are enrolled on a - 
 formerly known as the Treaty Rolls, ! ui which are now 
 sub-divided into the several classes of Almaln Rolls, 
 French Rolls, [rish Rolls, Norman Rolls, Roman 
 Rolls, Scotch Rolls, Vascon Rolls, and Welsh 
 Rolls, described in the present volume under the- title 
 of CHANCERY ENROLMENTS (VARIOUS). 
 
 Documents of a similar nature will also be found on the 
 Close and Patent Rolls, and numerous isolated documents 
 relating to the same subject exist amongsl the Miscel- 
 laneous Rolls of the Court of Chancery, including the 
 " Homage Rolls," which relate to the competition for 
 the Crown of Scotland between Balliol, Bruce, and others 
 in the reign of Edward I. 
 
 A large and important collection of original Treaties 
 and of documents subsidiary thereto from Henry I. to 
 Henry VIII. known as "Diplomatic Documents" 
 exists amongst the Records of the Treasury of the Eeceipt 
 of the Exchequer formerly deposited in the Chapter House, 
 ami Transcripts of similar documents will be pound in the 
 several REGISTERS AND BOOKS OF REMEM- 
 BRANCE <h scribed under that title and also amongst the 
 ^Miscellaneous Books " of the Treasury of the Receipt, 
 indicated in the following List. 
 
 There is also a large collection of Treaties from 
 Henry VIII. to 1837 and of " Treatt Papebs" from 
 about Henry VI. to George ill. amongsl the Records 
 of the Foreign Office. See DEPARTMENTAL 
 RECORDS. 
 
 See also STATE PAPERS. 
 
 Diplomatic Documents. (Chancery.) Henry III to 
 Henry VII. 
 
 A collection of diplomatic and other documents relating 
 principally to the affaira of the French Provinces under 
 the English rule. 4 portfolios. 
 
 The following are amongst the Miscellaneous Rolls, &c 
 (Bundle 14): — 
 
 No. 1. Enrolment of a Treaty between the Kin ra f England 
 and France, dated 7 April 27 II. n. HI., find of Writs of 
 -Ucdimus Potestatem, &c. relating to Truces of the 
 14th and 26th years of Hen. 111. 27 n eu . ill 
 
 u 80195. 
 
 Z
 
 354 
 
 TREATIES AND DIPLOMATIC DOCUMENTS— 
 (continued). 
 
 Diplomatic Documents. (Chancery) — (continued). 
 
 No. 2. Enrolment of a Treaty between the Kings of England 
 and France, dated 20 May 1259, and of various Letters 
 relating thereto. 43 Hen. III. 
 
 No. 3. Enrolments of Letters from the King of England to 
 the Kings of France and Castile, the Pope, and others. 
 
 8-10 Edw. I. 
 
 No. 4. Treaties and State Letters between the Kings of 
 England, France, and Arragon. 14 Edw. I. 
 
 No. 5. Letters, &c. relating to a dispute between the King of 
 England and the Comte de la Marche concerning the 
 Castle of Montreuil. 18 Edw. I. 
 
 No. 6. Copies of Treaties and Letters between the King of 
 England and Eric, King of Norway. 18 Edw. I. 
 
 No. 7. Letters of Credence for the Archbishop of Dublin and 
 Anthony, Bishop of Durham, &c. 22 Edw. I. 
 
 No. 8. Writs for the restitution of ships and merchandise 
 according to the Agreement between the subjects of 
 the Kings of England and Portugal. 23 Edw. I. 
 
 No. 9. Letters and Drafts of Letters from the King to divers 
 nobles of Gascony. 23 Edw. I. 
 
 No. 10. Drafts of Letters relating to the Treaty made 
 between the Kings of England and France on the 
 mediation of the two Cardinals sent by Pope Boniface. 
 
 23 Edw. I. 
 
 No. 11. Treaties between the Kings of England and France, 
 elated 23 Oct. 1 298. 25 Edw. I. 
 
 No. 12. Letters from the King to the Papal See relating to 
 the renewal of peace between England and France. 
 
 25 Edw. I. 
 No. 13. A roll containing Transcripts of the submissions of 
 
 the Proctors representing England, France, Burgundy, 
 &c. in the Compromise made before Pope Boniface. 
 
 26 Edw. I. 
 No. 14. A roll containing a Transcript of the procuration 
 
 made by the representative of Burgundy. (Imperfect.) 
 
 26 Edw. I. 
 
 No. 15. A roll, entitled " De snperioritate maris Anglise et 
 " jure officii Admirallatus in eodem," containing 
 Transcripts and Confirmations of Ordinances respect- 
 ing the shipping and commerce between England, 
 Bayonne, Flanders, &c. 26 Edw. I. 
 
 No. 16. Articles of the Peace between the Kings of England 
 and France. 31 Edw. I. 
 
 No. 17. Articles relating to the homage of the Court of 
 Flanders to the King of France. Temp. Edw. I. 
 
 No. 18. Transcript of an Ordinance between the King of 
 England, the Court of Flanders, and the people of 
 Ghent. Temp. Edw. I. 
 
 No. 19. Proposed Articles of a Treaty between England and 
 France, with the answers thereto. 4 Edw. II. 
 
 No. 20. A roll containing copies of Letters from Louis X. 
 and Philip VI. of France concerning peace between 
 that country and England, and also of Petitions from 
 English subjects to the French King, with the answers 
 thereto. 8 Edw. II. and 7 & 8 Edw. III. 
 
 No. 21. Demands made at " Peitiers " to the King of France, 
 with the responses thereto. Edw. II. 
 
 No. 22. Articles relating to the homage due from the Kmg 
 of England to the King of France. Edw. II. 
 
 No. 23. AComposilion between the Kings of England and 
 France relating to the Castle, &c. of Blaye. Edw. II
 
 355 
 
 TREATIES AND DIPLOMATIC DOCUMENTS- 
 (continued). 
 
 Diplomatic Documents. (Chancery)— (continued >. 
 
 No. 2 I. Articles of inquirj 
 
 England and other oonntries and ih ■ reme- 
 
 'I es, •'• ith i he an Ed w. II. 
 
 . No. 25. I'r eedings relating to the surrender of the I 
 
 <>n. J Edw. III. 
 
 No. 26. The form of declaration of homage to be made by 
 the King of England for the Duchy of Aquitaine. 
 
 :: Edw. HI. 
 
 No. 27. A roll relating to the matters of dispute between 
 England and other countries, the remedies form erly 
 provided and now to be corrected. 4 Edw. III. 
 
 No. 28. Enrolment of a Treaty between the Kings of Eng- 
 land and France. (Imperfect.) 5 Edw. III. 
 
 No. 29. Proceedings of the Commissioners of the King of 
 England and the Earl of Flanders at Bruges con- 
 cerning tho losses incurred by certain merchants. 
 
 8 Edw. III. 
 
 No. 30. A Transcript of the Certificates made to Edward I. 
 concerning the dangers to be apprehended from the 
 confederacies of the French, Scots, and others, with 
 a List of the documents taken by the Bishop of 
 Chester and the Earl of Lincoln to the Court of France. 
 
 . III. 
 
 No. 31. Letters of Credence, Instructions, &c. for William 
 Fitz-Waryn and John de Langtoft concerning a Treaty 
 between England and France. Edw. III. 
 
 No. 32. The Certificate of John Peres concerning the affairs 
 and dangers which affect the King in the processes 
 pending in the Court of France. Edw. III. 
 
 No. 33. A roll containing the reasons for assigning Com- 
 missioners, &c. to defend the King's rights in the 
 negotiations with France. Edw. III. 
 
 No. 34. Negotiations, &c. between the Kings of England and 
 Aragon touching the dispute between the latter and 
 Philip do Valoys. Edw. III. 
 
 No. 35. Petitions, &c. relating to the losses inflicted on the 
 People of Flanders and the subjects of the King of 
 Castile and Leon. Hen. IV. 
 
 No. 36. A Tri aty between the King of England and the 
 Merchants of the Hanse To v. 1-i Edw. IV. 
 
 No. 37. Transcripts of Fitters from the Archduke Maximi- 
 lian to Henry VII., dated respectively the 14th, 19th, 
 and ipt. 1506. (Printed. Gairdner. I. 301- 
 
 306.) 
 
 No. 38. Acknowledgments by Hen. III. of debts due from 
 him to "W. de Talma and W. Torco, Citizens of Agen. 
 
 38 Hen. III. 
 
 No. 39. List of witnesses before the King of France, con 
 cerningthe Bastide of Agen, Temp. Ben. III. 
 
 No. 40. Proc ledh ga bef re Adam de Norfolk and John de 
 Forgetter, the King's Commissioi i ing 
 
 the injuries alleged to be Buffered by John de 
 eilli and Alexander de Bergerao through the con- 
 struction of the Bastide of Sauvefo rre. 10 Edw. I. 
 
 No. -11. IV tit ions addressed to the I lommissioners appointed 
 by the Kings of England and France with regard to 
 losses sustained by English subjects. 
 
 25 Edw. I. 
 
 z 2
 
 356 
 
 TREATIES AND DIPLOMATIC DOCUMENTS— 
 (continued). 
 
 Diplomatic Documents. (Chancery) — (continued). 
 
 No. 42. Matters in dispute between Edward, King of 
 England, and Eobert de Bruce. Temp. Edw. I. 
 
 No. 43. Memorandum concerning the question of referring 
 to the Pope differences occurring between the Kings 
 of England and Scotland. Temp. Edw. I. 
 
 No. 44. The certificate of William de Sardene, an officer of 
 the Court of Canterbury, concerning the dangers to 
 which the King is exposed owing to the claims of the 
 Papacy, and showing how such dangers may be 
 avoided. Temp. Edw. I. 
 
 No. 45. A roll containing a Notarial copy, dated 27 May 
 1311, of complaints by the French King of breaches 
 of the late Truce, &c. 4 Edw. II. 
 
 No. 46. Draft of proceedings before the Proctors of the 
 Kings of England and France. 5 Edw. II. 
 
 No. 47. Report of John de Benstede and Thomas de Cam- 
 bridge, made to the Lord Chancellor, on the results 
 of their mission from the King to various towns and 
 districts of Gascony. 9 Edw. II. 
 
 No. 48. Tenor of proceedings and judgment in the Court of 
 Antony Pessaigne, Seneschal of Aquitaine, in a dispute 
 between Jordan de L'Isle and Alexander de Caumont. 
 
 11. Edw. II. 
 
 No. 49. Eecapitulation of the pretexts for the war waged in 
 Guienne between Edward II. of England and Charles 
 IV. of France. 17 Edw. II. 
 
 No. 50. Roll of accusations against J. de Colom of Bordeaux, 
 one of the King's Council in Gascony. 
 
 Temp. Edw. II. 
 
 No. 51. Answers of the Seneschal of Gascony and the Agenois 
 to the petitions of the nobles and others of the Agenois 
 respecting their liberties and customs. 
 
 1 Temp. Edw. II. 
 
 No. 52. Monition addressed to the Mayor and others of the 
 town of Lynn by Elias de Jonestone, on behalf of the 
 Bishop of St. David's and Sir Wm. Trussel, Commis- 
 sioners appointed to carry into effect the treaties 
 heretofore made between the Kings of England and 
 France, against any infraction of the said Treaties by 
 Ship-Masters. H Edw. III. 
 
 No. 53. Fragments of enrolments of instruments issued by 
 Edward III. as Vicar-General of the Roman Empire. 
 
 Temp. Edw. III. 
 
 No. 54. Petitions addressed by the Inhabitants of Cahors to 
 Sir John Chandos, the King's Lieutenant, with the 
 replies thereto. Temp. Edw. III. 
 
 No. 55. Matters concerning the foreign possessions of the 
 English Crown, as to which the advice of certain 
 persons is to be taken and certified to the King. 
 1 Temp. Edw. III. 
 
 Diplomatic Documents. (Exchequer, Treasury of 
 the Receipt.) Henry I. to James I. 
 
 A collection of Original Treaties and of documents 
 subsidiary thereto contained in 35 boxes. 
 
 Calendar. Report XLV., App. I., pp. 285-380, and 
 Report XLVIII., App., pp. 5G1-619.
 
 .,.,! 
 
 TREATIES AND DIPLOMATIC DOCUMENTS— 
 
 (continued ), 
 
 Dillomatio Documents. (Exchequer, Treasury of 
 THE RECEIPT.)— (continued . 
 
 The following are amongsl the Miscellaneous Books of 
 the Treasury of the Receipt: — 
 
 A ol. 18t>. An "Inventory of the Treaties remaining in the 
 
 Treas nry." 
 Vol. 187. A Calendar or Repertory of Papal Bulls, Trei 
 
 ; to the I rachy of Aquitaine. Edw. II. 
 
 Vol. 188. Transcripts of ancient Tr< ati< - betw< enthi 
 
 England and Fran Hen. V. 
 
 A'ol. 18!'. Register of the Acts of Homage and Fealty by the 
 nobility and others of the Duchy of Aquitaine. 
 
 Edw. J 1 1 . 
 Vol.190. Documents relating to Scottish Affairs. (Many of 
 are printed in Rymer's Poedera.) 
 
 Edw. III. to Eliz. 
 
 Vol. 191. Documents relating to the Marches of Scotland and 
 
 Wales. Hen. VIII. 
 
 Vol. 192. Instructions to Ambassadors at the Court of the 
 
 King of Axragon. Hen. VII 1. 
 
 TREATISES ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS. 
 England, the Condition op. 
 
 "An account of the State of England in anno Domini 
 1600." By Thos. Willson. A manuscript of 87 page?, 
 stating the claims of the several competitors for "the 
 Crown, with a description of the country and of Ireland 
 the condition of the people; state of the revenue and 
 expenses; the military and naval forces; &c, &c. 
 
 [S. P, Bo,,,., Eliz., Vol 280.] 
 
 Ax Account of England and its Institutions. A 
 volume written apparently about the end of the reign of 
 James I. [S. P. Daw., Charles L, JW/l7\.] 
 
 Teade and Voyages of Discoveet. 
 
 A volume containing copies and extracts of treaties, 
 grants, &c. relating to trade and voyages of discovery 
 from the time of Offa, King of Mercia, to the year 1 
 Printed in « Hakluyt's Voyag 
 
 * [S. P., Dom.,Eliz., Vol 190.] 
 Aurum RegInze. 
 
 A Treatise on the Queen's el. dm to the Aurum Regime. 
 
 1607. 
 
 [S. P., Dom.,Jas. /., Vol 29.] 
 The following are amongsl the Miscellaneous Hooks of 
 the Exchequer, Treasury of the Receipt: — 
 
 Vol. L93. On the " Tropes and Figtu iptnre." 
 
 Vol. L94. Fragments of L< 
 
 Vol. 195. ] Legal Subjects, &c. 
 
 Vi !. [96. Treatises on Theological Subj< 
 
 Vol.197. Axmestrong's rt S h Supre- 
 
 itia- 
 
 Vol. 198 Legal Common Place Book. 
 
 Vol, L99. A print ;• found 
 
 amongst the papers of fcl if Wards.
 
 358 
 
 UNIVERSITIES. 
 
 Accounts, &c. relating* to the Universities of Ox^ 
 ex »kd and Cambridge. (Exchequer, Q. R.) Edw. IIL 
 to Elizabeth. 
 
 These consist principally of Accounts of the Warden of 
 King's Hall, Cambridge, relating to the expenses of the 
 scholars, &c, Avith a few Warrants and Receipts for pay- 
 ment of Annuities, &c. by various Colleges in Oxford and 
 Cambridge. 
 
 Calendar. 1 Vol. MS. 
 
 Surveys of the Universities of Oxford and Cam- 
 bridge. (Exchequer, Augmentation Office.) 37 
 Henry VIII. 
 
 A Survey or Valuation of all the possessions, as well 
 temporal as spiritual, of the various Colleges, Halls, 
 Hospitals, Chantries, and Chapels within the several 
 Towns and Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, 
 together with the expenses and reprises thereof, and full 
 particulars of the several Foundations, giving the names of 
 the Founders, date and conditions of foundation, stipends, 
 benefactions, &c. ; taken by Commissioners appointed for 
 that purpose in the 37th year of Henry VIII. Two large 
 volumes. 
 
 [Misc. Books, Vols. 440 (Cambridge) and 441 
 
 (Oxford).] 
 
 The following volumes relating to the Unversities of 
 Oxford and Cambridge are amongst the Domestic State 
 
 apers : — 
 
 A manuscript describing the Founders and Bene- 
 factors of various Colleges in Cambridge; 
 and the names of all those at present in the University. 
 1563? 
 
 [S. P., Dom., Eliz., Vol 32.] 
 A Commission and Depositions of Witnesses re- 
 specting a disputed election to the Mastership of St. 
 John's College, Cambridge. 1633. 
 
 [S. P., Dom., Car. I., Vol 249.] 
 Entry Books of Letters, Warrants, &c. relat- 
 ing to the Universities. Charles II. 2 Vols. 
 
 [Dom. Entry Books, Vols. 27 and 53.] 
 
 See also the " Ecclesiastical Entry Books " in the 
 same series. 
 
 WALES. 
 
 The principal classes of documents relating to Wales, in 
 addition to the " Rotuli Walliai " or Welsh Kolls of the 
 reign of Edward I., and the Patent or Remembrance 
 Rolls of the Palatinate of Chester, both of which
 
 359 
 
 WALES— (continued). 
 
 arc described under the head of CHANCERY EN- 
 ROLMENTS, consist of the Plea Bolls and other 
 Proceedings of the Courts of Great Sessions from 
 33 Henry VIII. (see JUDICIAL PROCEED- 
 INGS), and of Ministers' and Receivers' Acooi 
 Coubt Rolls, Enqi isitions Post Mortem (Chester 
 and Flint), Fines and Recoveries, &c. described under 
 the titles indicated. 
 
 The Plea Rolls of the Palatinate of I com- 
 
 mence in the 44th year of Henry III, and a Calendar 
 of the Deeds, Inquisitions, &c. enrolled thereon from 
 Hen. III. to Hen. VIII. is printed in the Deputy 
 Keeper's Reports, Nos. XXVI. to XXX. inclusive. 
 
 The StatUTA WALLIiB of 12-13 Edward I. will be 
 found amongst the PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS 
 described on p. 285. 
 
 The Record of Caernarvon, a collection of* extents in 
 the Counties of Caernarvon and Anglesey, taken principally 
 in the 2Gth Edw. III., with an Extent of the Bishopric of 
 Bangor and various other matters, is amongst the Harleian 
 MSS. in the British Museum. 
 
 This volume was printed by the Record Commission in 
 1838. 
 
 Letters, Submissions, Homages, and other documents 
 relating to the affairs of Wales during the reigns of 
 Henry III. and Edward I. are contained in the REGIS- 
 trum Mdnimentorum "Liber A." See REGIS- 
 TERS AND BOOKS OF REMEMBRANCE. 
 
 The Golden Grove Book, a Genealogical and 
 Heraldic; Collection relating to Wales, consisting of three 
 volumes with an index volume, was in 1870 conditionally 
 deposited in the Public Record Office, for the Public use, 
 by its owner, the Earlof Cawdor. 
 
 WARDROBE AND HOUSEHOLD ACCOUNTS. 
 
 The King's Wardrobe, subsequently subdivided into a 
 
 Great Wardrobe, a Wardrobe of the Household, and a 
 Privy Wardrobe, was anciently one of the Royal Treasuries 
 into which certain portions of the revenue- of the Crown 
 were paid, and from which disbursements were made, as 
 well for military and naval as for civil and domestic 
 expenses. 
 
 It represented, in fact, with regard to the expenditure 
 of the State a group of government offices comprising an 
 Admiralty, War Office, Foreign Office, and Lord Cham- 
 berlain's Department, and including the functions of a 
 Keeper of the Privy Purse. 
 
 According to the author of Flet 1. to the Treasurer of 
 the Wardrobe were committed the expenses of the King
 
 360 
 
 WARDROBE AND HOUSEHOLD ACCOUNTS— 
 
 (continued). 
 
 and his family, and in conjunction with a Clerk of the 
 "Wardrobe, who was associated to him as comptroller, he 
 \\,as to keep a record of whatever belonged to bis office. 
 
 He was to keep the King's money, jewels, gifts, and 
 private receipts, and to make a separate roll thereof, to be 
 returned annually into the Exchequer. 
 
 In another roll were to be entered the daily and neces- 
 sary expenses, which comprised the buying of horses and 
 carriages and many other articles; also gifts, alms and 
 oblations; the wages of knights and archers; the wages 
 of messengers, and foreign fees, presents or accommoda- 
 tions ; and the expenses of the wardrobe, including the 
 buying of cloth, furs, wax, spices, linen and such like ; 
 together with purchases of jewels, &c, goldsmiths' work, 
 and the wages of the royal falconers and huntsmen. 
 
 In the Day Book of the Comptroller of the Wardrobe 
 of the 28th year of Edward the First, preserved in the 
 library of the Society of Antiquaries, and printed by order 
 of the society in 1787, the issues of the Great Wardrobe 
 are classified under twelve heads, as follows : — 
 
 1. Alms and Oblations. 
 
 2. Necessaries for the Household ; including the purchase of 
 
 horses for the King's use, the charges and expenses of 
 ambassadors and messengers, wages of servants and 
 expenses of household requisites. 
 
 3. Victuals and Stores for the use of the King's household, 
 
 and also for the use of the Army and of certain castles 
 and garrisons. 
 4 Gifts and rewards to messengers and servants coming 
 to the King, payments for the restoration of horses 
 killed or destroyed in the king's service, and expenses 
 of the support of prisoners. 
 
 5. Payments to knights and others of the Household of their 
 
 annual fees, and payments to foreign soldiers. 
 
 6. Wages of Archers, Men-at-Arms, and others. 
 
 7. Wages of foot soldiers and of artificers and workmen 
 
 employed in the wars, and also wages of seamen. 
 
 8. Expenses of messengers and others despatched on the 
 
 King's business. 
 
 9. Wages of the royal falconers and huntsmen and expenses 
 
 attending hawko and hounds. 
 
 10. Allowances for the robes of the knights and others of the 
 
 Household. 
 
 11. Accounts of the Jewels and goldsmiths' work bought 
 
 within the year or otherwise coming into the Ward- 
 robe, and also Lists of the Jewels, &c. given away, 
 and of tl ining in the Wardrol>". 
 
 12. Accounts of the cloths, furs, wax, spices, and other 
 
 articles bought for the Wardrobe. 
 
 This will sufficiently indicate the nature of the Accounts 
 referred to below which, in addition to many similar 
 Comptroller's Account Books include Accounts of the 
 ('] rks and Keepers of the Great Wardrobe, of the Ward-
 
 361 
 
 WARDROBE AND HOUSEHOLD ACCOUNTS— 
 (continued). 
 
 robe of the* Household , of the Privy Wardrobe, and of* 
 
 several minor royal Households. 
 
 The accounts of the Wardrobe of the Household relate 
 more especially to diet and domestic expenses and are 
 int< resting and valuable as showing the movements of the 
 King and his Court from day to (lay. 
 
 The Particulars of Account- relating to the expenses oi 
 the Army and Navy, and of Ambassadors and Env< 
 form distinct classes and arc referred to in the presenl 
 volume under the titles indicated. 
 
 The Accounts of the Equitium Regis or Royal 
 Stables also form a distinct class as mentioned below. 
 
 From the reign of Elizabeth to the present time the 
 Accounts of the Keepers of the Great Wardrobe and of 
 the Royal Household, &c. will be found amongst the 
 Records of the Lord Chamberlain's Department and also 
 amongst the Declared Accounts of the Audit Office and 
 Pipe Office. See DEPARTMENTAL RECORDS. 
 
 Wardrobe and Household Accounts (Excheqi eb 
 Queen's Remembrancer. 14 John to 56 George III. 
 
 These are original Accounts of all the Receipts and 
 Issues of the Great and Privy Wardrobe and of the daily 
 expenses of the Royal and minor royal Households ae 
 rendered to the Exchequer by the Clerks and Keepers of 
 the Wardrobe, the Treasurer of the King's Chamber, and 
 at a later period by the Cofferers and Comptrollers of the 
 Household and others, with Receipts and other documents 
 subsidiary to such accounts. 
 
 They include also numerous inventories of the Royal 
 Jewels and Plate from a very early pe 
 
 The •• Misae Roll " or roll of daily expenses of 14 John 
 belonging to this series is printed in full in Cole's " Selec- 
 tions from the Records of the Exchequer " published by 
 the Record ( lommission. 
 
 With this series have been incorporated many similar 
 Accounts formerly deposited with the Miscellanea of the 
 Treasury of the Receipt of the Exchequer and a few rolls 
 from the Miscellaneous Records of the Exchequer of 
 Receipt. 
 
 An Inventory of all the Original Accounts of the 
 Exchequer in which the foregoing arc included has 1 
 
 apleted and will shortly be issued in the series of 
 '• Lists and 1 ndexes." 
 
 Clare Household A.ocounts. (Exchequeb Queen's 
 Remembrancer). Edward I. to Edward 111. 
 
 Th< s • / Accounts of the daily expenses of the House- 
 hold of Elizabeth de Burgo Lady of Clare. 
 
 They will be included in the Inventory above mentioned.
 
 362 
 
 WARDROBE AND HOUSEHOLD ACCOUNTS— 
 
 (continued). 
 
 Equitium Regis Accounts (Exchequer Queen's 
 Remembrancer). Edward I. to James I. 
 
 These relate to the expenses of the Royal Stud, the pur- 
 chase of provender, wages of attendants, &c. 
 
 They will be included in the Inventory of Exchequer 
 Accounts above mentioned. 
 
 Many Books of Accounts relating to the Wardrobe and 
 Household will be found amongst the Miscellaneous Books 
 of the Exchequer Treasury of the Receipt and a few 
 amongst those of the Augmentation Office. See MIS- 
 CELLANEOUS BOOKS. 
 
 The following rolls of Accounts are amongst the 
 Miscellaneous Rolls, &c, Chancery. (Bundle 15) : — 
 
 No. 1. An account of expenses in provisions for the Royal 
 Household. Temp. John. 
 
 No. 2. An account of the Treasurer of the Wardrobe. 
 
 10 Hen. III. 
 No. 3. An account of cloth of gold, &c. sent to the Emperor 
 and of the royal beds and robes. 19 Hen. III. 
 
 No. 4. An account of expenses of the Eoyal Household. 
 
 Temp. Hen. III. 
 No. 5. A List of presents given to and by the King. (Imper- 
 fect.) Temp. Hen. III. 
 No. 6. A File of Accounts relating to the Receipts and Issues 
 of the Wardrobe. Temp. Hen. III. 
 No. 7. Accounts of the Wardrobe, " de minutis particulis." 
 
 3-8 Edw. I. 
 No. 8. An account of the expenses made for the Tournament 
 at Windsor. 6 Edw. I. 
 
 No. 9. A roll of Ordinances of the Royal Household. 
 
 7 Edw. I. 
 No. 10. Expenses of the Royal Household. 8 Edw. I. 
 
 No. 11. Expenses of victuals in G-ascony and Wales. 
 
 10 Edw. I. 
 
 No. 12. Do. in Wales. 10-11 Edw. I. 
 
 No. 13. An account of Wines, &c. purchased for the King's 
 
 use. 9-13 Edw. I. 
 
 No. 14. The Household expenses of Edward the King's son. 
 
 18 Edw. I. 
 
 No. 15. Do. • at Langley. 18 Edw. I. 
 
 No. 16. An account of the King's Goldsmith. 24-25 Edw. I. 
 
 No. 17. The Household expenses of the Bishop of Coventry 
 
 and Lichfield on an embassy. 25 Edw. I. 
 
 No. 18. The household expenses of Thomas of Lancaster and 
 
 Henry his brother. 25 Edw. I. 
 
 No. 19. An account of the Clerk of the Wardrobe of the Cloth 
 
 of Gold, &c. issued. 34 Edw. I. 
 
 No. 20. Expenses of Royal Household. Temp. Edw. I. 
 
 No. 21. Do. Temp. Edw. I. 
 
 No. 22. A roll of Ordinances of the Household of Lord 
 
 d'Eresby. 12 Edw. II. 
 
 No. 23. Do. of the Royal Wardrobe. 
 
 17 Edw. II. 
 
 No. 24. An account of the household expenses of William de 
 
 Stowc. Temp. Edw. III. 
 
 No. 25. Do. of the Lady 
 
 Alicia de Brienne. 13 Hen. IV. to 1 Hen. V.
 
 
 WARDROBE AND HOUSEHOLD ACCOUNTS— 
 
 (continued). 
 
 No. 26. The Ordinances of the Bang's Eonsehold. 
 
 23 Ben, VI. 
 No. 27. An [nventory of Furniture, &o. Temp. Een. \'I. 
 
 No. 28. An Account of the New Sears' Gifts made to and by 
 the Qnoen. 5 Eliz. 
 
 No. 29. Do. !'•' Eliz. 
 
 No. 30. Do. Eliz. 
 
 No. 31. Do. 4 5 Eliz. 
 
 The following Books of "Accounts of the Clerk and 
 Comptroller of the Wardrobe " form a separate Bundle : — 
 
 No. 1. A Wardrobe Account Book. G Echv. I. 
 
 No. 2. Do. 13 Edw. I. 
 
 No. 3. Do. 14 Edw. I. 
 
 No. 4. Do. I? Edw. I. 
 
 No. 5. Do. 1.8 Edw. I. 
 
 No. 6. Do. 25 Edw. I. 
 
 No. 7. Do. -•"• Edw. I. 
 
 (a portion only). 
 
 Wardrobe and Household Accounts Enrolments 
 OF. (EXCHEQUER, L.T.R.) 42 Henry III. to 1 Edward 
 IV. 10 Rolls, as follows:— 
 
 No- 1. Accounts of the Clerk of the Wardrobe. 
 
 42 to 45 Henry III. 
 No. 2. Accounts of the Keepers of the King's Wardrob9. 
 
 9 Edw. II. to 22 Edw. III. 
 No. 3. Accounts of the Clerks and Purveyors of tlie Great 
 Wardrobe. 17 Edw. II. to 25 Edw. III. 
 
 No. 4. Accounts of the Keeper of the Wardrobe. 
 
 24 Edw. III. to 9 Ric. II. 
 No. 5. Accounts of the Keeper of the Great Wardrobe. 
 
 48 Edw. III. to 1 Hen. IV. 
 No. 6. Accounts of the Keeper of the Great Wardrobe. 
 
 6 Hen. IV. to 2 Edw. IV. 
 No. 7. Accounts of the Keeper of the Great Wardrobe. 
 
 Hen. IV. to Edw. IV. (much decayed) 
 No. 8. Accounts of the Keeper of the G-reaj Wardrobe. 
 
 1 Hen. VI 1. to 1 Edw. VI. 
 No. 9. Duplicate Accounts. Edw. II. & Edw. III. 
 
 No. 10. Duplicate Accounts. Edw. III. 
 
 Accounts of the Wardrobe and IIo isehold are also 
 enrolled with other " Foreign Account-," on the Pipe 
 Rolls and Chancellor's Rolls. A List of all these enrolments 
 is in preparation. 
 
 Wardrobe Account Books (Exchequer of Receipt). 
 Accounts of the Keeper of the Gnat Wardrobe. 
 
 18-19 Henry VIII. 1 Vol. 
 Expenses of the Great Wardrobe. 15G1 1o 1566. 5 Vols. 
 Accounts of the Privy Purse and Robes tA' Prince Henry. 
 
 6-7 dames I. 1 Vol. 
 Accounts of the Cofferer and Keeper of the Great Ward- 
 robe of the Household of Prince Charles. 
 
 1616-1625. S Vols.
 
 3G4 
 
 WARDROBE AND HOUSEHOLD ACCOUNTS— 
 
 (continued). 
 
 Wardrobe Account Books, &c. — (continued). 
 
 Accounts of the Comptroller of the Household of Prince 
 
 Charles. 1616-1625. 8 Vols. 
 
 Accounts of the Master of the Wardrobe and Robes to 
 
 Prince Charles. 1617-1624. 12 Vols. 
 
 Accounts of the Eecei vers- General of the Revenues of 
 
 Charles I. as Prince and as King. 1618-1640. 7 Vols. 
 
 Descriptive Catalogue. Report II., App. II., pp. 199- 
 
 203; and Report V., App. II., pp. 289-290. 
 
 \Yardrobe Account Books (Audit Office Records). 
 
 Accounts of the Expenses of Funerals and Coronations. 
 
 1619 to 1714. 6 Vols. 
 Books of Expenses of Revels. 1571 to 1588. 12 Vols. 
 See also Declared Accounts (pp. 88-89.) 
 An Account of the Household of Henry II., entitled 
 " Constitute Doraus Regis cle Procurationibus " is con- 
 tained in the Black Book of the Exchequer (Liber Niger 
 Parvus). 
 
 The following Books of Regulations of the Royal 
 Household, formerly in the State Paper Office, have been 
 added to the Miscellaneous Books of the Exchequer, 
 Treasury of the Receipt. 
 Vol. 206. Orders and Regulations set down for the 
 government of the Household of Edward IV. An 
 attested copy by Sir J. Williamson of " a fair Manuscript 
 st given to him by Dr. Barlow, Provost of Queen's College, 
 « Oxford." 1 Vol. 
 Vol. 230. An elaborate Treatise on the early regulations 
 of the Household of the Kings of England, known as the 
 Liber Niger of the Household of Edward IV. 1 Vol. 
 Vol. 231. Articles devised at Eltham for the Establish- 
 ment of the Royal Household, anno 17 Henry VIII., 
 with Lists of Officers, their wages and diet, &c. 1 Vol. 
 
 The two last-mentioned volumes are printed in the 
 collection of " Ordinances and Regulations for the Govern- 
 " inent of the Royal Household in various Reigns," pub- 
 lished by the Society of Antiquaries in 1790. 
 
 WARDS AND MINORS. 
 
 Grants of the custody of the lands and persons of Wards 
 and .Minors, and Writs' for the Livery of such Lands on 
 the heir attaining his majority, are entered on the Patent 
 and Fixe Rolls respectively. See CHANCERY 
 ENROLMENTS. 
 
 Inquisitions respecting the possessions of W T ards and 
 .Minors and the PeoOFS OF Age taken on suing out the 
 Writ " de probatione a&tatis " will be found amongst the 
 INQUISITIONS POST MORTEM.
 
 365 
 
 WARDS AND MINORS— (continued). 
 
 Accounts of the possessions of Wards and Minora are 
 included in the general (series of MINISTERS' AND 
 RECEIVERS' ACCOUNTS. 
 
 A " Court of Wards," to which the office of Liveri 
 subsequently united, was instituted by Statute 32 Henry 
 VIII. c. 46., for the purpose of superintending ami regulat- 
 ing the inquiries made upon the death of the King's tenants 
 to the lands oi* which they died Beised, and the name 
 .•mil age of the next heir &c, in order to ensure to the 
 King his rights ,,f marriage, wardship, relief, and primer 
 seisin, ami all such inquiries were subject to the jurisdiction 
 of the Court until its final abolition by the Statute 1.; Car. 
 II. c. 24. 
 
 The Inquisitions returned into the Court of Wards and 
 Liveries are referred to under the head of INQUISI- 
 TIONS POST MORTEM, and its Judicial Proceedings 
 under the head of JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS 
 (VARIOUS). 
 
 The remaining Records of the Court consist chiefly of 
 " Miscellaneous Books'' as follows : — 
 
 Dower, Indentures, Patents, and Assignments of. 
 Hen. VIII. and Edw. VI. 1 Vol. 
 
 [Misc. Books. Vol. 286.] 
 
 Dowers, Particulars for. 9 Eliz. to 11 Car. I. 2 Vols. 
 
 [ Do. Vols. 287-288.] 
 
 Extents, Attachments, Bonds, and Recognizance?, 
 Entries of. Eliz. to Car. I. 118 Vols. 
 
 [ Do. Vols. 583 to TOO.] 
 
 Evidences, Books of. 1556 to 1645. 4 Vols., and 
 
 Calendar, 1 Vol. [ Do. Vols. 180 to 184.] 
 
 See also " Deeds, Charters, Evidences, &c. 
 
 (Original) " described under the head of DEEDS 
 
 (ANCIENT). 
 
 Indenture Books. Hen. VIII. to Car. I. 15 Vols. 
 
 [ Do. Vols. Ill to 128.] 
 
 Liveries, Books of. Hen. VIII. to Car. 1. 30 Vols. 
 
 [ Do. Vols. 54 to 83.] 
 
 Liveries, Particulars for. Hen. VIII. to Mary. 5 
 Vols. [Misc. Books, Vols. 578 to 582.] 
 
 Patent and Decree Books. Hen. VIII. to Jas. I. 11 
 Vols. [ Do. Vols. 103 to 113.] 
 
 Surveys, Books of. 5 Hen. VIII. to 21 Eliz., fc 12 Jas. I. 
 
 17 Vols. [ Do. Vols. 129 to 146.] 
 
 There is also a collection of Surveys in Bundles known 
 
 as "Feodaries Surveys/' extending from Hen. VIII. to 
 
 Car. I., and arranged in Counties.
 
 366 
 
 WARDS AND MINORS— (continued). 
 
 W vrdships, Petitions and Compositions foe. 8 Jas. I. 
 to 20 Car. I. 7 Vols. [ Do. Vols. 214 to 220.] 
 
 Wardships, Sales of, and Preferments. Hen. VII J. 
 to Car. I. 18 Vols. [ Do. Vols. 147 to 164.] 
 
 Miscellaneous Books. Henry VIII. to Car. I. 196 
 Vols. [ Do. Vols. 165 to 360.] 
 
 The following volumes relating to the king's wardships 
 before the establishment of the Court of Wards are 
 amongst the Miscellaneous Books of the Exchequer, 
 Treasury of the Receipt : — 
 
 Vol. 246. Sales of Kind's Wardships. 18-20 Hen. VIII. 
 
 Vol. 2 47. A Book of Wards. 19-21 Hen. VIII. 
 
 Vol. 248. Do. 22-23 Hen. VIII. 
 
 WILLS (ROYAL AND PRIVATE). 
 
 Eoyal Wills. 
 
 The Will of Henry II. is enrolled in the Black Book of 
 the Exchequer. 
 
 The Will of Edward I. is enrolled in the " Registrum 
 Munimentorum " {Liber A. No. 15). 
 
 The Wills of Richard II., Henry V., Henry VII., and 
 Henry VIII. are preserved amongst the Records of the 
 Treasury of the Receipt of the Exchequer, each forming a 
 separate volume. 
 
 A Copy of the Will of Henry VIII. forms Vol. 469 of 
 the Miscellaneous Books of the Augmentation Office. 
 
 Wills of Private Persons. 
 
 Many Wills of private persons are to be found in the 
 several Series of "Ancient Deeds" now in the course of 
 being catalogued. See DEEDS (ANCIENT). 
 
 Pursuant to Statute 1 Geo. I. the Wills of Roman 
 Catholics are enrolled on the Close Rolls. 
 
 Wills are also frequently enrolled on the Decree Rolls 
 of the Court of Chancery and on the Recovery Rolls of 
 the Common Pleas. See DEEDS ENROLLED. 
 
 Letters of Administration and Probates of Wills relating 
 to Government Annuities, &c. are entered in the Assign- 
 ment BOOKS of the Exchequer of Receipt from 1622, and 
 previous to that date in the Patent and Privy Seal 
 Books of that Court. See RECEIPTS 'AND 
 ISSUES OF THE EXCHEQUER. 
 
 A Parliamentary Return in 1845 {Sessional Paper, 
 II. C, 1845, No. 249), exhibits the extraordinary number 
 of jurisdictions in which Wills are to be found, showing 
 that they are deposited in Parish Churches, private houses 
 of Registrars, with Lords of Manors, &c, &c.
 
 367 
 
 WILLS (ROYAL AND PRIVATE)— Continued). 
 Wills of Pbivatb Persons -(continued). 
 
 Wills affecting lands or tenements in Middlesex or in 
 Yorkshire arc registered at the several District Registries 
 established for those Counties. See DEEDS, &c, 
 REGISTRIES OF. 
 
 By Statute 42 Geo. [II.-c. 99. Extracts of Wills from 
 the Registries of the different Counties 3 Divisions, &c. are 
 -cni to the Legacy Duty Office, Somerset Mouse. 
 
 The Original Wills filed in the Prerogative Court of 
 Canterbury Prom L383, and those of several other jurisdic- 
 tions, arc also preserved at Somerset House. 
 
 WORKS AND BUILDINGS. 
 
 Accounts of the Clerk of the Works. (Ex- 
 chequer, Q. R.) Edward III. to Elizabeth. 
 
 These are Accounts of the Works carried on in various 
 Royal Palaces, Castles, Parks, &c, with Files of Receipts 
 and other documents subsidiary thereto. Amongst them 
 will be found a number of writs, receipts, and indentures 
 in connexion with the account of Geoffrey Chaucer during 
 the period in which he was Clerk of the King's Works. 
 
 Accounts of Works at Westminster and the Tower. 
 
 (Exchequer, Q. R.) Henry III. to Philip and Mary. 
 
 These are Accounts by the Clerk of the Works of the 
 Wages of Artificers, and expenses of materials in repairs 
 and building executed in the Royal Palace at Westminster 
 and in the Tower of London. They are voluminous, and 
 contain much curious information. Similar Account? will 
 be found amongst the Miscellanea of the Treasury of the 
 Receipt. 
 
 Accounts relating to Windsob Castle and Chapel. 
 
 (Exchequer, Treasury of the Receipt.) Hen. VIII. 
 
 These are amongst the Miscellaneous Books (Vols 2G2 
 
 to 264) and consist of the Accounts of the Constable of 
 
 Windsor Castle, and of Accounts of Repairs and Buildings 
 in connexion therewith. 
 
 The earlier Accounts of the Constable of Windsor 
 Castle will be found amongst the Accounts, &c. relating 
 to the Army and Navy. (See p. 17.) 
 
 Accounts of Repairs at Westminster. (Exchequer 
 of Receipt.) 44 Henry III. 2 Rolls. 
 
 These rolls give a most minute account of the expenses 
 incurred for rebuilding, repairing, and enlarging part of 
 the King's Palace at Westminster, and for decorating and
 
 368 
 
 WORKS AND BUILDINGS— (continued). 
 
 Account of Repairs at Westminster, &o. — (continued), 
 ornamenting the same, specifying the sums paid to each 
 artist and workman, and whence the timber, stone, and other 
 materials were obtained. 
 
 All the foregoing Accounts are included in the new 
 Inventory of Original Accounts of the Exchequer. 
 
 Accounts of Works and Buildings. (Audit Office.) 
 1563 to 1827. 
 See DEPARTMENTAL RECORDS. 
 
 The following Accounts of Repairs at Royal Palaces, 
 
 &c. are amongst the Miscellanea : — 
 Expenses of Repairs at Woodstock. 3 Edw. I. 
 
 [Misc. Bolls, &c. {Chancery), No. x |.] 
 
 Expenses of the Royal Palaces. 4 Edw. I. 
 
 [ Do. No. £.] 
 
 Expenses at the Palace of the Archbishop of York in 
 London. 25 Edw. I. 
 
 [ Do. No. |f.] 
 
 Accounts of Works, &c. at the Palace of Westminster. 
 22-23 Hen. VIII. 
 
 [Misc. Books, Exchequer, Treasury of the Beceipt, 
 
 Vols. 251 and 252.
 
 3C9 
 
 I N DEX. 
 
 Account Books (Exchequer of Receipt), 301. 
 Accountant General's Certificates, 157. 
 Accounts, Original (Exchequer, Q.R.), !• 
 
 Declared (Audit Office and Pipe Office), 2. 
 „ Enrolments of (Exchequer, Q.R.), 3. 
 
 (Exchequer, L.T.R.), 4. 
 
 „ States and views of (Exchequer, Q.R.), 5. 
 
 I Exchequer, L.T.R.), 5. 
 „ of lands in the hands of the Crown. See " Mini 
 
 and Receivers' Accounts." 
 „ of the Receipts and Issues of the Exchequer. See 
 
 '* Receipts and Issues." 
 „ of money paid in and out of Court : 
 
 (Queen's Bench, Plea Side), 171. 
 (Exchequer of Pleas), ISO. 
 Acknowledgments of Deeds, 5. 
 
 „ of Supremacy, 253. 
 
 Acquittance or Receipt Books (Exchequer of Receipt), 302. 
 Acts of Parliament, 282, 283. 
 
 „ „ passed in Ireland, 286. 
 
 Administration Summonses, 157. 
 Admiralty, Records of the, 83. 
 
 „ Correspondence (Home Office), 91. 
 
 Entry Books (Home Office), 91. 
 „ Minutes of the Lords Commissioners of the (1631 
 
 to 1640), 26. 
 Admiralty, High Court of: 
 
 Description of the, xxiii. 
 Jurisdiction of the, 26. 
 Proceedings of the, 194. 
 Affidavits (Chancery), 157. 
 
 „ (Queen's Bench, Crown Side), 163, 
 „ (Queen's Bench, Plea Side), 171. 
 „ (Common Pleas), 175. 
 „ (Exchequer of Pleas), 180. 
 „ (Exchequer, Q.R.), 178. 
 „ (Duchy of Lancaster), 189. 
 „ (Palatinate of Lancaster), 193. 
 „ (Palatinate of Durham), 191. 
 Affidavits to moderate Fines (Common Pleas), 125. 
 
 „ on Warrants of Attorney for suffering Recoveries 
 (Common Pleas), 1 25. 
 African Company (Royal), Accounts of the, 84. 
 
 „ „ Records of the, 94. 
 
 Agarde's Indexes, 6. 
 Agincourt Mu-ter Rolls, 21. 
 
 u eoi95. a A
 
 870 
 
 Aids, Book of, 117. 
 Alienation of Lands, 10. 
 Alienation Office, 10. 
 Alien Clergy, 12. 
 „ Priories, 12, 217. 
 „ Subsidies, 12. 
 Aliens, Estates of, 12. 
 
 „ Returns of, 11. 
 Alinain Rolls, 38. 
 Ambassadors, &c., Appointments of, 13. 
 
 „ Commissions and Instructions to, 13, 91. 
 
 „ Expenses of, 14. 
 
 America and "West Indies, Correspondence, &c. relating to, 90. 
 American Loyalist Claims Commission, Records of the, 95. 
 Ancient Correspondence, 330. 
 Deeds, 77. 
 „ Demesne, Pleas of (Common Pleas\ See "Writs of 
 Right." 
 Annuities, Memorials of (Chancery), 14, 
 
 (Exchequer of Receipt), 302, 305. 
 Assurances, Wills, &c. relating to (Exchequer of 
 Receipt), 305. 
 Apparel, Inquisitions concerning, 15. 
 Appeal Court (High Court of Admiralty), 194. 
 Appeal Petitions (Chancery), 161. 
 Appearance Books (Queen's Bench, Crown Side), 164. 
 „ „ (Exchequer of Pleas), 180. 
 
 „ „ (Palatinate of Lancaster), 193. 
 
 Appearances, Entries of (Exchequer, Q.R.), 178. 
 Appointment Books (Lord Chamberlain's Department), 92. 
 
 „ (Treasury), 93. 
 Appointments. See " Offices and Appointments." 
 Arbitrators, Awards of (Chancery), 162. 
 Arches, Court of, Description of the, xxiv. 
 „ „ Proceedings of the, 196. 
 
 Armoury in the Tower of London, Accounts of the Masters and 
 
 Keepers of the, 89. 
 Arms, Grants of, 59. 
 
 Army, Assessments for the (1644 to 1649;, 18. 
 „ Estimate for the (1719), 18. 
 „ Establishment of the (1640), 25. 
 Army and Navy Accounts (Chancery), 16. 
 
 (Exchequer, Q.R.), 17. 
 „ ,, (Augmentation Office), 18. 
 
 (Exchequer, L.T.R.), 19. 
 „ (Exchequer, Treasury of the Receipt), 
 
 19. 
 „ (Exchequer of Receipt), 20. 
 
 (Audit Office and Pipe Office), 20. 
 Array, Commissions of, 21.
 
 371 
 
 " Arrow " Bundle, 52. 
 Articles of Clerkship (Queen's Bench), 27. 
 M ,, (( lomrnoo Pleas); 28. 
 
 M „ Affidavits of due execution of : 
 
 (Queen's Bench), 27. 
 (Wales and Chester), 28. 
 (Palatinate of Durham), 29. 
 (Palatinate of Lancaster), 29. 
 „ „ Books of (Palatinate of Lancaster), 29. 
 
 n „ Files of (Wales and Chester), 29. 
 
 „ llegister of ((Queen's Bench), 27. 
 
 „ „ (Common Pleas), 28. 
 
 (Wales and Chester;, 29; 
 Articles of Clerkship of Solicitors, llegister of, 27. 
 Aske's Rebellion, 298. 
 
 Assart Lands, Accounts of Moneys arising from, 84. 
 Assignment Books (Exchequer of Receipt), 302. 
 Assignments of Dower. See "Inquisitions post mortem." 
 Assize Calendars (Palatinate of Durham), 191. 
 Assize Rolls, &c. (Queens Bench, Crown Side), 164. 
 (Wales and Chester), 186. 
 „ (Palatinate of Lancaster), 192. 
 
 Assizes, Proceedings at, 167. 
 Assurance Companies, Memorials of Trustees and Directors of 
 
 (Chancery), 79. 
 Attainders and Forfeitures, Accounts of the Revenues from, 84. 
 Attainted Lands, Special Commissions concerning, 62. 
 Attorney, Warrants of (Chancery). See " Chancery Files.'' 
 
 „ „ (Exchequer of Receipt), 303. 
 
 Attorneys, Admission Books of (Common Pleas), 28. 
 Admission Rolls of (Common Pleas), 28. 
 Admissions of (Wales and Chester), 26. 
 Certificate Books of (Queen's Bench), 27. 
 M (Common Pleas), 28. 
 
 Certificates of (Palatinate of Durham), 29. 
 Oath Rolls of (Queen's Bench), 27. 
 „ (Common Pleas), 28. 
 
 „ (Exchequer of Pleas), _ - 
 
 (Wales and Chester), 28. 
 „ (Palatinate of Durham), 29. 
 
 „ Residence Books of (Queen's Bench), 27. 
 
 Rolls or Books of (Queen's Bench), 27. 
 M (Common Pleas), 28. 
 
 (Exchequer of Pleas), 28. 
 ( Exchequer, Q.R.), 28. 
 Attorney and Solicitor-General's Reports, fee. (Home Office), 91. 
 Audit Office, Records of the, 8 4. 
 Auditors (of Receipt, Imprest, and Land Revenue), Duties of 
 
 the, xxii. 
 Auditors' Entry Books (Exchequer of Receipt), 304. 
 
 A A 2
 
 372 
 
 Auditors' Issue Books (Exchequer of Receipt), 305. 
 „ Issue Rolls (Exchequer of Receipt), 306. 
 „ Order Books (Exchequer of Receipt), 308. 
 Augmentation Office. See " Augmentations, Court of." 
 
 „ „ Accounts, 253. 
 
 Augmentations, Court of. Description of the, xxii. 
 
 „ „ Schedule of Records of the, lix. 
 
 „ „ Proceedings of the, 182. 
 
 Aula Regis, Description of the, vii. 
 Aurum Regina?, Treatise on the, 357. 
 Awards and Agreements (Chancery), 162. 
 Ayloffe's Calendars, 29. 
 Babington's Conspiracy, 298. 
 
 Bachelors and Widowers, Accounts of the Duties on, 87. 
 Baga de Secretis, 167. 
 
 Bailiffs and Collectors, Grants of Offices of, 266. 
 Bail Rolls (Palatinate of Lancaster), 192. 
 Bails, Calendar of (Queen's Bench, Crown Side), 168. 
 „ Enrolments of (Queen's Bench, Plea Side), 171. 
 Bankrupts' Estates, 30. 
 Bankruptcy, Proceedings in, 30. 
 
 Bank Stock, Certificates of Transfer of (Exchequer, Q.R.), 178. 
 Bargain and Sale, Deeds of (Chancery), 79. 
 Baronets, Creations of, 30, 31. 
 
 „ Patents and Privy Seals for, 30. 
 Barons' Depositions (Exchequer, Q.R.), 179. 
 Barons of the Exchequer, Names of, 266. 
 Beauchamps of Hatch, Chartuktry of the, 140. 
 Bedford Level Decrees, 335. 
 Benefices, Institutions to, 99. 
 
 „ Returns of, 100. 
 Benevolences. See " Loans and Benevolences." 
 Bill Books (Chancery), 158. 
 Bills and Answers (Chancery), 157. 
 Bille, Answers, &c. (Exchequer, Q.R.), 178. 
 
 „ „ (Court of Augmentations), 182. 
 
 „ „ (Court of General Surveyors), 183. 
 
 „ „ (Duchy of Lancaster), 189. 
 
 „ „ (Palatinate of Durham), 191. 
 
 „ „ (Palatinate of Lancaster), 193. 
 
 „ „ (Courts of Wales and Chester), 184-185. 
 
 Bills of Costs (Palatinate of Durham), 191. 
 Bills of the Day (Exchequer of Receipt), 303. 
 Bishoprics, Henry the Eighth's Scheme of, 100. 
 
 „ Surveys and Valuations of, 107. 
 
 Bishops' Certificates of Institutions, 99. 
 
 „ Lands, Accounts of the Sale of (Audit Office), 101. 
 
 „ Patent Rolls, lUO. 
 
 „ Patents, Warrants for, 101. 
 
 „ Temporalities, Accounts of, 218.
 
 373 
 
 Black Book oi' the Admiralty, 316. 
 
 n of the Exchequer, 316-17. 
 „ of the Forests, 131. 
 Black Prince, Letters of the, 331. 
 
 Blood Money Certificates (Exchequer of Receipt), 303. 
 Bloody Assize, Proceedings at the, 299. 
 Board of Trade Papers (Colonial Office), 90. 
 Boldon Book, 97. 
 Bonds and Recognizances (Chancery), 31. 
 
 (Exchequer, Q.R.), 31. 
 „ (Exchequer, Augmentation Office), 31. 
 
 M M (Duchy of Lancaster); 31. 
 
 „ „ (Palatinate of Chester), 31. 
 
 Border Correspondence, 340. 
 Brevia Regia (Chancery, Petty Bag Office). See " Chancery 
 
 Files." 
 Breviates of Issues (Exchequer of Receipt), 303. 
 Buildings, Certificates for Regulating, 82. 
 Butlerage and Prisage, 350. 
 Calais, Accounts relating to, 133. 
 
 „ Comptrollers' Accounts of, 134. 
 „ Laws, Liberties, and Privileges of, 134. 
 „ Survey of, 134. 
 Caledonian Canal Commission, Records of the, 95. 
 Calendar Rolls (Wales and Chester), 186. 
 Cambridge. See " Universities." 
 Captives at Algiers, Morocco, &c. Accounts of the Redemption 
 
 of, 85. 
 Cardinal's Colleges, 254. 
 Cardinal Pole's Certificate of Pensions, 259. 
 Cardinal Wolsey's Inquisitions, 253. 
 Carnarvon, The Record of, 359. 
 Carucage, Accounts of. See u Subsidy Rolls." 
 Carta3 xintiqua) Rolls, 39. 
 Cartas Miscellanea: (Augmentation Office), 77 
 w „ (Duchy of Lancaster), 77. 
 
 Carta3 Regum (Duchy of Lancaster), 60. 
 Cash Books, Auditors', (Exchequer of Receipt), 303. 
 Castles, Accounts of Constables of, &C. See "Army and Navy 
 
 Accounts'' and "Works and Buildings." 
 Cattle Plague Commission, Records of the, 95. 
 Cause Books, Six Clerks', (Chancery), 158. 
 ( aveats, Entries of. Home Office, 91. 
 Census Commission, Records of the, 95. 
 Ceremonies, Records of Masters of the, 92. 
 Certificate Books (Exchequer of Receipt ). 303. 
 Certificates of the Accountant General (Chancery), 157. 
 
 „ of the Chief Clerks and Taxing Masters (Chancery), 
 
 161. 
 „ of Statutes Staple (Chancery), 311.
 
 374 
 
 Certificates of various kinds, from the Petty Bag Office 
 (Chancery), 32. 
 „ of Acknowledgment of Deeds (Common .Pleas), 5. 
 „ of the Sale, &c. of Bank Stock (Exchequer, Q.R.), 
 
 178. 
 „ of Institutions to Benefices (Exchequer, First Fruits 
 
 Department), 104. 
 „ of Colleges and Chantries (Exchequer, Augmentation 
 
 Office), 256. 
 „ of the Sale of Crown Lands, &c (Exchequer, Q.K.), 
 133. 
 Certificates of Residence and Payment of Subsidies, 348. 
 Certiorari Bundles, 286. 
 
 Chamberlains of the Exchequer, Duties of the, xxi. 
 Chancellor's Rolls, 327. 
 Chancery, Court of, Description of the, ix. 
 
 „ „ Schedule of Records of the, xlv. 
 
 Chancery Enrolments, 33. 
 
 „ „ (Palatinate of Chester), 48. 
 
 ,, ,, (Palatinate of Durham), 48. 
 
 „ „ (Palatinate and Duchy of Lancaster), 49. 
 
 Chancery Files, 51. 
 Chancery Masters, Duties of the, xi. 
 
 „ „ Records of the, 157 note. 
 
 Chancery Proceedings, 157. 
 
 Change of Name, Deeds Poll relating to (Chancery), 79. 
 Channel Islands Documents (Chancery), 52. 
 
 „ „ (Exchequer, Q.R.), 53. 
 
 „ Correspondence (Home Office), 91. 
 
 „ Entry Books (Home Office), 91. 
 
 Chantries. See " Colleges and Chantries." 
 Chapter House Records. See "Exchequer, Treasury of the 
 
 Receipt." 
 Charitable Trusts, Petitions and Reports on, 53. 
 
 „ „ Schemes for the Administration of, 53. 
 
 Charitable Uses, Proceedings relating to (Chancery), 53. 
 
 „ „ „ ,, (Palatinate of Lancas- 
 
 ter), 54. 
 Charities, Minute Book of Commissioners to inquire into the 
 Administration of the Poor Laws, &c. (1631), 54. 
 „ (Permanent), Payments to (Exchequer of Receipt), 311. 
 „ Trust Deeds relating to, 53. 
 Charles the First, Wardrobe, Pictures, &c. of, 152. 
 Charter Rolls, 33. 
 
 Charters and Grants of the Duchy of Lancaster, 60. 
 Charters and Letters Patent (Original), 57. 
 Chartularies, 255. 
 Chatham, Fortifications at, 132. 
 
 Chaucer Geoffrey, Accounts rendered by, as Clerk of the Works, 
 367.
 
 375 
 
 Chelsea Hospital Accounts, 141. 
 
 Chester, Palatinate of. Sec "Palatinate of Chester." 
 
 „ Claims of Liberties, &c. within the Palatinate of, 344. 
 „ Recognizance Rolls, 48. 
 
 „ Register of Letters and Writs addressed to the Justice.-* 
 and Chamberlains of, 230. 
 Chief Clerks' Certificates (Chancery), 161. 
 China and Japan, Colonial Correspondence relating to, 90. 
 Chirographer, Duties of the (Common Pleas), xix. 
 Chivalry, Court of, Description of the, xxiv. 
 „ „ Proceedings in the, 195. 
 
 Church Books (Home Office), 91. 
 Church Goods, Inventories of, 101. 
 Church Lands, Deeds of Bargain and Sale of, 101. 
 
 „ „ Abstracts of Leases of the lands belonging to 
 
 the Archbishopric of Canterbury, 101. 
 Church Livings, Surveys of, 109. 
 
 „ „ under the value of 50/., Certificates of, 104. 
 
 Cinque Ports, Jurisdiction and Customs of the, 61. 
 Civil List Inquiry Commission, Records of the, 95. 
 
 „ Issues (Exchequer of Receipt), 303. 
 Clare Household Accounts, 361. 
 
 Clergy Diocesan Contributions and Subsidies, Returns of, 102. 
 Clerical Subsidies, Accounts of, 102. 
 Clerk in Court's Books (Chancery), 159. 
 Clerk of the Crown in Chancery, Duties of the, xiv. 
 
 „ „ „ the King's Bench, Duties of the, xvi. 
 
 „ „ Estreats, Duties of the, xxii. 
 ,, „ Pipe, Duties of the, xxii. 
 
 „ „ Warrants (Common Pleas), Duties of the, xviil 
 
 Clerks of Records and Writs, Duties of the, xii. 
 Close Rolls, 3i ;. 
 
 Cognovits (Queen's Bench, Plea Side), 171. 
 Colleges and Chantries, 250-258. 
 
 „ „ Certificates of, 256. 
 
 M „ Particulars for the Sale of, 256. 
 
 >} n ,, Grants relating to, 256. 
 
 Colonial Office, Records of the, 89. 
 
 „ State Papers, 340. 
 Commissariat Accounts, 85. 
 Commission Ledgers (War Office), 94. 
 Commission and Warrant Books (Admiralty), 83. 
 Commissions (Chancery), 62. 
 
 (Exchequer, Q.R.), 62. 
 „ (Duchy of Lancaster), 63. 
 
 „ of Inquiry (Expired) Records of, 95. 
 
 „ of the Peace, 265. 
 
 Common Law Pleadings (Chancery), 163. 
 Common Pleas, Court of: 
 
 Description of the, xvii. 
 Schedule of Records of the, lii.
 
 376 
 
 Common Prayer Book, Sealed copies of the, 63. 
 Common Rolls (Common Pleas), 176. 
 
 Composition Books (Exchequer, First Fruits and Tenths), 1 OS- 
 Concealed Lands, 73. 
 
 „ j, Accounts, &c, relating to, 74. 
 
 „ „ Special Commissions concerning, 62, 75. 
 
 Concealments, Particulars of, 74. 
 Concilium Regis, Description of the, viii. 
 Confirmation Rolls, 39. 
 
 Conscience, Court of. See " Requests, Court of." 
 Consents (Chancery), 79. 
 
 „ (Palatinate of Lancaster), 193. 
 Consolidated Fund Books (Exchequer of Receipt), 303. 
 Contrabrevia Rolls, 39. 
 Contracts for the Purchase of the Lands, &c, of Charles L 
 
 (Augmentation Office), 73. 
 Contrariants' Lands, Accounts of, 113, 218. 
 Controlment Rolls, 168. 
 
 Contumace Capiendo, Enrolment of Writs of, 168. 
 Conventual Leases. Sec " Leasts (Conventual)." 
 Convicts, Returns of (Queen's Bench, Crown Side), 168. 
 Coram Rege Rolls, 1G8. 
 Cornwall.. Duchy of, Acquittances by Receivers of the, 64. 
 
 „ „ Assession Book, 64. 
 
 ., ,, Assession Rolls, 64. 
 
 „ ,, Caption o£ Seisin of the, 65. 
 
 „ „ Council Book of the, 65. 
 
 „ „ Letters, &c, relating to the, 64. 
 
 „ „ Ministers Accounts of the, 64. 
 
 ,, „ Miscellaneous Accounts of the, 64. 
 
 „ „ Miscellaneous Rolls, 65. 
 
 „ „ Receiver General's Accounts of the, 65. 
 
 „ „ White Book of the. See " Council Book." 
 
 Cornwall, Earldom of, Bailiffs Accounts of the, 65. 
 
 „ „ Charters, &c, Transcripts of, 65. 
 
 Coronation Rolls, 39, 66. 
 Coronations, Accounts, &c, relating to, 92. 
 
 „ Proceedings at, 66. 
 
 Coroners' Inquests, 67. 
 
 „ „ (Palatinate of Lancaster), 192. 
 
 Coroners' Rolls, 169. 
 Corporation Act, 262. 
 Corporation Petitions, (Chancery), 161. 
 Corpus Comitatus, Roll of the, 328. 
 Council Office, Minutes and Correspondence of the (Home 
 
 Office), 91. 
 Council, Regulations for the, 291. 
 „ Ordinances for the, 291. 
 ,, Proceedings before the, 290. 
 Council, Select) Description of the, viii.
 
 377 
 
 Councils of War, (1626 to Kill), .Minutes of, &c, 25, 
 
 County PJacita, (Chancery). L63. 
 
 County Kate Books, 82. 
 
 Court Money Books, (Queen's Bench, Crown Side), 171 
 
 Court Rolls or Manor Rolls, 67. 
 
 Courts of Justice Inquiry Commission, Records of the, 95. 
 
 Courts of Justice, Reports on, 08. 
 
 Criminal Papers (Home Office), 91. 
 
 „ Register.-, (Home Office), 91. 
 Crown Books, (( Ihester and Flint), 18G. 
 
 „ Debts Registers of, (Common Pleas), 175. 
 „ Jewel-, Accounts and Inventories of, 151. 
 „ Lands and Rents, 68-76. 
 Crown Lands, Accounts, &c, relating to (Augmentation Office), 72r 
 ,, (Audit Office), 72. 
 „ „ Bargains and Sales of (Commonwealth), 73. 
 
 „ „ Purchases,- and Exchanges of (Henry VIII. and 
 
 Edward VI.), 75. 
 Crown Lease Books (Treasury), 93. 
 
 „ Leases. See " Leases (Crown)." 
 Crown Office (King's Bench), Nature of the, xvi. 
 Crown Rolls, 168. 
 
 Cunagium Stanni, Accounts of, 213. 
 Curia Regis, Description of the, vii. 
 
 Rolls of the, 168, 
 Cursitors in Chancery, Duties of the, xii. 
 Custodies, Clerk of the, Duties of the, xiv. 
 Customers, Appointments of, 264. 
 Customs Accounts (Audit Office), 85. 
 „ Accounts of Collectors of, 350, 
 „ Appointments of Officers of, 264. 
 Customs Excise, and Public Revenue Commission, Records of 
 
 the, 95. 
 Custos Brevium (King's Bench) Duties of the, xvii. 
 
 „ „ (Common Pleas) Duties of the, xviii. 
 
 Custos Sigilli, Accounts of the, 77. 
 Darrell and Stonor Papers, 139. 
 De Banco Rolls, 175. 
 
 Debates in the House of Commons, Notes of, 288. 
 Debenture Books Exchequer of Receipt), 304. 
 Declaration Books (Exchequer of Receipt), 304. 
 Declarations in Ejectment. See " Ejectment." 
 
 „ and other Pleadings (Palatinate of Durham), 191. 
 
 Declarations of the State of the Treasury (Exchequer of Receipt) 
 
 304. 
 Decree Rolls (Chancery), 160. 
 Decrees and Order- (Chancery), 160. 
 
 „ „ (Exchequer, Q.R.), 178. 
 
 „ „ (Court of Augmentations), 1S3. 
 
 „ „ (Court of General .Surveyors), 184.
 
 Decrees and Orders (Duchy of Lancaster),. 190. 
 „ „ (Palatinate of Durham), 191. 
 
 „ „ (Palatinate of Lancaster), 193. 
 
 „ „ (Courts of Wales and Chester), 184-185. 
 
 Decrees enrolled (Chancery), 160. 
 
 „ relating to Bedford Level, 335. 
 Deeds (Ancient), 77. 
 
 „ „ Transcripts of, 78. 
 
 Deeds and Charters, Precedent Book of, 77. 
 „ and Evidences (Court of Wards), 77. 
 Deeds enrolled (Chancery), 79. 
 
 (Queen's Bench, Crown Side), 79. 
 (Queen's Bench, Plea Side), 79. 
 (Common Pleas), 80. 
 (Exchequer of Pleas), 80. 
 (Exchequer, Q.R.), 80. 
 (Exchequer, L.T.R.), 80. 
 (Exchequer Augmentation Office), 80. 
 (Palatinate of Lancaster), 81. 
 (Palatinate of Chester), 81. 
 (Palatinate of Durham), 81. 
 (Principality of Wales), 81. 
 Deeds Poll (Chancery), 79. 
 Deeds, &c, Registries of, 81. 
 
 Defective Titles, Particulars for the Amendment of, 73. 
 Degrees granted by the Archbishop of Canterbury, 83. 
 Delegates, High Court of: 
 
 Description of the, xxv. 
 Delegates' Processes, 196. 
 Delinquents' Estates, Particulars of, 332. 
 Reports on, 332. 
 „ „ Surveys of, 332. 
 
 „ „ Bargains and Sales of, 333. 
 
 „ „ Abstracts of Claims to, 333. 
 
 „ „ Certificates of, 333. 
 
 Demises, Drafts of (Exchequer, L.T.R.), 203. 
 Denization, Letters Patent of, 12. 
 Depopulations, Commissions of Inquiry into, 95. 
 Depositions (Chancery). See " Chancery Proceedings." 
 „ (Queen's Bench, Crown Side), 170. 
 
 „ (Queen's Bench, Plea Side), 171. 
 
 (Exchequer, Q.R.), 179. 
 „ (Court of Augmentations), 183. 
 
 „ (Duchy of Lancaster), 190. 
 
 „ (Palatinate of Durham), 191. 
 
 (Palatinate of Lancaster), 192, 193. 
 Derelict Lands, Commissions of Inquiry respecting, 95. 
 Dialogus de Scaccario. See " Red Book of the Exchequer." 
 Diplomatic Documents (Chancery), 353. 
 
 n „ (Exchequer, Treasury of the Receipt), 356.
 
 370 
 
 Disclaimers of Specifications, 337. 
 
 Discovery, Voyages of, 357. 
 
 Disentailing Deeds (Chancery), 79. 
 
 Dispensation "Rolls, 39. 
 
 Dispensations and Faculties, Clerk of tho, Duties of the, xiv. 
 
 Docks and Harbours, Fortification of, 132. 
 
 Domesday Book, 96. 
 
 ,, „ Abreviation of, 97. 
 
 ,, „ Abstract of, 97. 
 
 Domus Conversorum, Accounts of the Keeper of the, 1 53. 
 Duchy of Lancaster, Description of the, xxi.v. 
 
 „ „ Schedule of Records of the, Ixx. 
 
 Duke of Ireland and others, Lands of the, 113. 
 
 „ „ „ Goods and Chattels of the, 1 13. 
 
 Duke of Norfolk's Conspiracy, 298. 
 Dunkirk, Accounts of the Receiver of the money arising from the 
 
 sale of, 85. 
 Durham, Palatinate of. See " Palatinate of Durham." 
 „ Kellawe's Register of the Palatinate of, 321. 
 ,, Survey of the Bishopric of, 108. 
 Earl Marshal's Court. See " Chivalry Court of." 
 East Indies, Colonial Correspondence relating to the, >. 
 Ecclesiastical Causes, Court of High Commission in, xxvi. 
 „ Districts, Deeds for the Settlement of, 102. 
 
 „ Documents (Chancery), 102. 
 
 „ „ (Exchequer), 102. 
 
 „ Petitions (Chancery), 103. 
 
 „ Preferments, 103. 
 
 Taxations, 103. 
 Education Commission, Records of the, 95. 
 Edward, the Black Prince, Letters of, 331. 
 ,, Prince of AVales, Letters of, 331. 
 Ejectment, Declarations in, (Queen's Bench, Plea Side), 171. 
 „ (Common Pleas), 175. 
 
 „ „ (Exchequer of Pleas), 181. 
 
 „ Proceedings in, (Queen's Bench, Pica Side 1 . 171. 
 
 n „ (Exchequer of Pleas), 181. 
 
 Rules in (Palatinate of Lancaster), 194. 
 „ Appearances in (Palatinate of Durham), 192. 
 
 Emigrants to New England, Nova Scotia, &C. S 110. 
 Encroachments, Special Commissions concerning, G2. 
 England, Condition of, in 1600, 357. 
 
 „ and its Institutions, An Account of, 357. 
 Envoys. See " Ambassadors, &c." 
 Equitium Regis, Accounts of the, 362. 
 Error, Proceedings in (Queen's Bench, Plea Side), 173. 
 
 ., Transcripts of Records in, from Ireland (Queen's Bench, 
 
 Crown Side), 170. 
 ,, Transcripts of Records in (Queen's Bench, Plea Side), 173. 
 „ Transcripts of Proceedings in (Exchequer of Pleas), 181.
 
 380 
 
 Errors Clerk of the (Common Pleas), Duties of the, xviii. 
 Escheators' Accounts, 112. 
 
 „ „ Enrolments of, 112. 
 
 Escheators, Appointments of, 264. 
 Escheators' Inquisitions, 112. 
 
 .cats (for want of heirs), 115. 
 Essoin Rolls (Queen's Bench, Plea Side), 173. 
 „ „ (Common Pleas), 176. 
 
 „ ( Palatinate of Chester), 186. 
 Ess ins, Clerk of the (Common Pleas), Duties of the, xviii. 
 Establishment Books (War Office), 94. 
 
 „ „ See " Military Establishment Books." 
 
 Estreats, 330. 
 
 Examiners in Chancery, Duties of the, xiv. 
 Exannual Rolls, 328. 
 Exchange Rolls, 40. 
 Exchequer, Appointments of Officers of the, 266, 267. 
 
 „ Names of Barons and Treasurers of the, 266. 
 
 Oaths of Officers of the, 266. 
 Exchequer Bills, 304, 305. 
 
 „ Accounts of (Audit Office), 85. 
 
 Exchequer, Court of, and its branches, Description of the, xix. 
 
 „ Schedule of Records of the, liv.-lxvii. 
 
 Exchequer Papers (Exchequer of Receipt), 307. 
 
 „ Proceedings, 213. 
 
 Exchequer Queen's Remembrancer's Department, Records of 
 the, liv. 
 „ Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer's Department, 
 
 Records of the, lviii. 
 „ Augmentation Department, Records of the, lix. 
 
 „ First Fruits and Tenths Department, Records of the, 
 
 lxvi. 
 „ Land Revenue Department, Records of the, lxvi. 
 
 „ Treasury of the Receipt, Records of the, lxiii. 
 
 Exchequer of Pleas, Schedule of Records of the Court of, liv. 
 
 „ of Receipt, Schedule of Records of the, lxiii. 
 
 Excise Accounts (Audit Office), 86. 
 
 „ Informations. See " Revenue Proceedings." 
 Exigenters (Common Pleas), Duties of the, xviii. 
 Exon Domesday, 97. 
 Extract Hundred Rolls, 144. 
 Extract Rolls (Chancery), 40. 
 
 n „ (Queen's Bench, Plea Side), 173. 
 
 „ „ (Common Pleas), 176. 
 
 Eyre Rolls. See " Assize Rolls, &c." 
 
 Faculties, Accounts of the Clerk of the, 86. Sec also " Dispensa- 
 tions and Faculties." 
 Fairs. See " Markets and Fairs/' 
 Fanshaw Papers, 139. 
 Fee-Farm Rents, Certificates and Contracts for the Sale of, 75.
 
 . - 1 
 
 Fee-Farm Rents, Certificates of Payments for, 75. 
 
 „ Counterparts of Deeds of Sale of, 75. 
 
 „ Particulars for the Sale of Augmentation 
 
 Office), 75. 
 „ Particulars for the Sale of (Duchy of Lan- 
 
 caster), 75. 
 Fees and Annuities, Brcviatcs of (Exchequer of R< 05. 
 
 Fees of Courts, 116. 
 
 Fees of Public Offices, Inquiry Commission, Records of the, 
 
 Felons' Goods, Inquisitions concerning, 112. 
 
 Feodaries' Accounts (Court of Wards), 220. 
 
 „ Surveys (Court of Wards), 343. 
 Feudal Tenures, 116. 
 Fiats, 292. 
 
 Fifteenths and Tenths, Book of, 349. 
 Filazers (Common Pleas), Duties of the, xviii. 
 Fine Rolls, 37. 
 Fines and Amerciaments, Accounts of (Exchequer, Q.R.). 
 
 „ „ Claims to (Exchequer, L.T.R.), 330. 
 
 Fines Concords of (Common Pleas), 125. 
 „ Feet of (Common Pleas), 125. 
 „ Notes of (Common Pleas), 125. 
 „ Proclamations of (Common Pleas), 125. 
 Fines and Recoveries, Description of, 121. 
 
 „ „ Inrolmcnt of Writs for (Common PI - 
 
 125. 
 „ „ Records relating to (Common Pleas), 125. 
 
 (Welsh Courts), 126. 
 „ ,, „ „ (Palatinate of Chester), 
 
 127. 
 „ „ „ „ (Palatinate of Durham), 
 
 128. 
 „ „ „ „ (Palatinate of Lancas- 
 
 ter), H 
 First Fruits and Tenths, 104, 
 
 „ „ Court of, Description of the, xxiii. 
 
 „ ,, Proceedings of the, 184. 
 
 First Fruits and Tenths Office, Records of the, lxvi. 
 Fleet Prison Records, 290. 
 Foreign Accounts, Rolls of, 328. 
 
 „ Apposer, Duties of the, xxii. 
 Foreign Claims Commission, Records of the, ' 
 Foreign Merchants, 11. 
 Foreign Office, Records of the, 90. 
 
 „ State Papers, 340. 
 Forest Proceedings (Chancery), 130. 
 „ „ (Exchequer), 131. 
 
 „ „ (Duchy of Lancaster), 131. 
 
 „ ,, (Palatinate of Chester), 131 
 
 Forests, Accounts, &c. relating to the, 130.
 
 382 
 
 Forests, Black Book of the, 131. 
 
 Forfeited Estates, Accounts of the Farmers of, 113. 
 
 „ Commissions of Inquiry respecting, 115. 
 
 Forfeited Estates Papers, 115. 
 
 Fortification of Docks and Harbours, 132. 
 
 France, Accounts, &c. relating to the English possessions in, 133. 
 
 Freeholders, Lists of, 82. 
 
 French Protestants. See " Protestant Refugees." 
 „ Refugees Commission, Records of the, 95. 
 
 French Rolls" 40. 
 
 Frobisher's Voyages, Expenses of, 18. 
 
 Funerals and Coronations, Expenses of, 364. 
 
 Mourning (Royal) Accounts of, 92. 
 
 Gaol Delivery, Commissions of (Palatinate of Durham), 191. 
 
 Gaol Delivery Rolls, 170. 
 
 Gaol Files (Welsh Courts), 186. 
 
 Garter, Statutes of the Order of the, 199. 
 
 Gascon Petitions, 134. 
 
 „ Rolls, or Vascon Rolls, 47. 
 
 Genealogical Notes, 139. 
 
 General Surveyors, Proceedings of the Court of, 183. 
 
 Gentlemen Pensioners' Rolls, 140. 
 
 German Troops, Muster Rolls of, 25. 
 
 Golden Bull, 279. 
 
 Golden Grove Book, 139. 
 
 Governors, Agents, &c, Accounts of, 86. 
 
 Grammar School?, 140. 
 
 Grants of Arms, 59. 
 
 Grants, in Boxes. (Duchy of Lancaster), 78. 
 
 Grants, Registers of (Duchy of Lancaster), 60. 
 
 Grants and Leases, Auditors' Entry Books of (Duchy of Lan- 
 caster). 61. 
 
 Grants of Land in the Colonies, 59. 
 
 Grants of Offices. See c < Offices, Grants of." 
 
 Grants, Particulars for (Augmentation Office), 58. 
 
 „ (Exchequer, Treasury of the Receipt), 59. 
 
 „ (State Paper Office), 59. 
 
 Grants, Transcripts of (Augmentation Office), 59. 
 
 Great Cowchers (Duchy of Lancaster), 60. 
 
 Great Seals, Accounts of the Graver of the Mint for, 88. 
 
 Green Wax, Summons of the, 327, 
 
 Greenwich Hospital Accounts, 141. 
 
 Guilds, Certificates of, 140. 
 
 Guilds in the City of London, Certificates of, 257 
 
 Gunpowder Plot Papers, 298. 
 
 Guy Fawkes, Depositions of, &c, 298. 
 
 Hackney Coaches, Accounts of the Duty on, 86. 
 
 Half-Pay Books (Admiralty), 83. 
 
 Halmote Court Books (Palatinate of Durham), 68 
 
 Hanaper, Clerk of the, Accounts of the, 141.
 
 38:5 
 
 Hanaper, Clerk of the, Duties of the, xiii. 
 Hawkers' Licences, Receivers' Accounts of, 86. 
 Hearth Tax, Accounts of. See " Subsidy Rolls." 
 Heneage Papers, 140. 
 
 High Commission in Ecclesiastical Causes, Court of, Description 
 of the, xxvi. 
 
 „ ,, Minute Books of the, 19G. 
 
 Highland Roads and Bridges Commission, Records of the, 95. 
 High Treason, Trials for. See " Baga de Secretis." 
 Holland Papers, 140. 
 
 Holyhead Road and Harbour Commission, Records of the, 95. 
 Homage Bills (Scotland), 333. 
 Homage Rolls (Scotland), 333. 
 Homberstone's Survey, 342. 
 Home Office Papers, Calendar of, 340. 
 "Horn" Bundle, 52. 
 Horse, Masters of the, Accounts of, 86. 
 Hospitals. See " Colleges and Chantries." 
 Hospitals, Accounts of, 141. 
 Hospitals, &c. Visitations of, 261. 
 
 Household Accounts. See " Wardrobe and Household Ac- 
 counts." 
 Hull or Hyll, Chartulary of the Family of, 140. 
 Hundred Rolls, 141. 
 Idiots and Lunatics, Inquisitions concerning. See " Inquisitions 
 
 post mortem." 
 Immediate Warrants, 294. 
 Imprest Books (Exchequer of Receipt), 305. 
 Imprest Rolls (Exchequer of Receipt), 305. 
 Inclosure Awards, 81. 
 Indentures of War, 21. 
 
 Indians (North American). Agents' Accounts, 87. 
 Indictment Rolls (Chester and Flint), 187. 
 Indictments (Queen's Bench, Crown Side), 170. 
 „ (Palatinate of Durham), 191. 
 
 „ (Palatinate of Lancaster), 192. 
 
 „ at Assizes, 170. 
 
 Informations (Excise). See " Revenue Proceedings." 
 Informations, Pleas, and Writs (Exchequer, Q.R.), 179. 
 Informations of Intrusion (Exchequer, Q.R ? ), 179. 
 Injunctions, Draft (Duchy of Lancaster), 190. 
 Inquisitio Eliensis, 97. 
 Inquisitiones Nonarum, 106. 
 Inquisitions post mortem (Chancery), 146. 
 
 ,y „ (Exchequer), 147. 
 
 (Court of Wards), 147. 
 
 » i, (Duchy of Lancaster), 147. 
 
 » » (Palatinate of Lancaster), 148. 
 
 „ „ (Palatinate of Durham), 148. 
 
 (Palatinate of Chester and Flint), 149.
 
 384 
 
 Inquisitions ad quod damnum (Chancery), 147. 
 
 M „ (Durham Records), 1-19. 
 
 Inquisitions " de Forisfacturis," 114. 
 
 «de Rebellibus," 114. 
 Inspection Returns (War Office), 94. 
 Instance Court (High Court of Admiralty), 194. 
 Institution Books, 99. 
 
 Interrogatories (Queen's Bench, Crown Side), 170. 
 Inventions, Specifications of, 337. 
 Ireland, Ancient Maps of, 150. 
 
 „ Calendar of Documents relating to, 151. 
 „ Civil List Establishment for, 150. 
 „ Correspondence, &c. relating to (Home Office), 91. 
 „ Entry Books relating to (Home Office). 91. 
 „ Documents relating to, 149. 
 „ Ecclesiastical Taxations of, 149. 
 „ Military Establishments in, 150. 
 „ Ministers' Accounts of lands in, 150. 
 „ Monastic Possessions in, 150. 
 „ State Papers relating to, 340. 
 „ Treasurers of, Accounts of the, 149. 
 Irish Exchequer, Accounts of the, 149. 
 
 Irish Reproductive Loan Fund Commission, Records of the, 95. 
 Irish Rolls, 41. 
 
 Isle of Man, Correspondence, &c, relating to the (Home Office), 
 91. 
 „ Entry Books relating to the (Home Office), 91. 
 
 Issue Books (Exchequer of Receipt), 306. 
 
 „ Rolls (Exchequer of Receipt), 306. 
 Japan. See " China and Japan." 
 Jewels, Plate, &c, Inventories of, 151. 
 Jewish Contracts or " Starra," 154. 
 Jews, Accounts, &c. relating to the, 153. 
 Jews' Houses, Grants and Sales of (Temp. Edward I.), 154. 
 Jews' Plea Rolls (Exchequer of Pleas), 154. 
 
 „ Tallage Rolls (Exchequer of Receipt), 154, 307. 
 Jornalia Rolls (Exchequer of Receipt), 307. 
 Judgment Rolls (Queen's Bench, Plea Side). See "Plea 
 Rolls." 
 „ „ (Palatinate of Durham), 192. 
 
 Judgments, Doggett Papers of (Queen's Bench, Plea Side), 171. 
 „ Files of (Queen's Bench, Crown Side), 170. 
 „ „ (Palatinate of Durham), 192. 
 
 ,. Final, &c. (Palatinate of Lancaster), 194. 
 „ on Posteas and Inquiries, Entry Books of (Queen's 
 
 Bench, Plea Side), 173. 
 ,. Registers of (Common Pleas), 176. 
 Jurors, Panels of (Palatinate of Lancaster), 194, 
 Justices of the Peace, Appointments of, 265. 
 „ „ &c., Lists of, 265.
 
 Kalendare dc Bullis Papalibus, 321. 
 Kellawe'a Register, 321. 
 
 King's Books (Exchequer, First Fruits and Tenths) ! fl 5. 
 
 King's Council, Description of the, viii. 
 
 King's or Queen's Bills, 292. 
 
 King's or Queen's Bench, Court of, Description of the, xv. 
 
 „ „ „ Schedule of Records pf the, ). 
 
 King's or Queen's Remembrancer in the Exchequer, Duties oi 
 
 the, xxi. 
 King's Silver, Clerk of the (Common Pleas), Duties of the, xix. 
 „ „ Books (Common Pleas), 125. 
 
 ,. „ Enrolments (Common Pleas), 125. 
 
 Knighthood, Compositions for, 120. 
 
 Orders of, 199. 
 Knights' Fees, Books of, 118. 
 
 „ „ belonging to the Duchy of Lancaster, Books of, 
 
 119. 
 „ „ Inquisitions concerning, 119. 
 
 Knights' Templars, Accounts of the possessions of the, 218, 258. 
 
 „ „ Inquisitions as to the possessions of the, 258. 
 
 Kirkby's Quest, 117. 
 Lancaster, Duchy of. See u Duchy of Lancaster." 
 
 „ Palatinate of. See " Palatinate of Lancaster." 
 Land and Assessed Taxes, 349. 
 Law Papers (Home Office), 91. 
 Law Reports (Home Office), 91. 
 Laws of the Marches, 334. 
 Lease and Release, Deeds of (Chancery), 79. 
 Leases (Crown), Enrolments of* (Chancery), 201. 
 
 ,, „ (Augmentation Office), 202 
 
 (Exchequer, L.T.R.), 203. 
 Entry Books of (Exchequer, L.T.R.), 203. 
 „ „ (Exchequer of Receipt), 203. 
 
 (Court of Wards), 203. 
 „ Counterparts of (Exchequer, Q.R.), 201. 
 
 „ „ (Augmentation Office), 202. 
 
 (Exchequer, L.T.R.), 203. 
 „ Particulars for (Augmentation Office), 202. 
 
 (Exchequer, L.T.R.). 203. 
 (Court of Wards), 203. 
 Abstracts of (Exchequer, L.T.R.), 203. 
 Drafts of (Exchequer, L.T.I!. >. 203. 
 „ Copies of (Augmentation Office), 201. 
 
 » Repertory of (Augmentation Office), 203. 
 
 „ by various Queens (Augmentation I Office), 201. 
 
 » by the Surveyors General Augmentation 
 
 Office), 202. " 
 ,» in Reversion, Particulars for (Augmentation 
 
 Office), 203. 
 „ surrendered to the Crown (Augmentation 
 
 Office), 203. 
 
 u 80195. BR 
 
 V
 
 386 
 
 Leases (Duchy of Lancaster), Counterparts of, 204 
 
 „ Entry Books of (North and South 
 
 Auditors'), 204. 
 „ Inrolrnent Books of, 204. 
 
 (Draft), 204. 
 }} in Reversion, 204. 
 
 Surrenders of, 204. 
 Leases (Conventual), 204. 
 
 „ (Monastic). See " Leases (Conventual)." 
 Le Neve's Indexes, 205. 
 Letters of Marque, Warrants for, &c, 25. 
 Letters Missive. See " Signet Letters." 
 Letters Patent, Clerk of the, Duties of the, xiv. 
 Letters Patent and Indentures (Augmentation Office), 201. 
 Levant Company (Foreign Office), 90. 
 " Liber A " and " Liber B," 319. 
 
 Liber Decimarum (Exchequer, First Fruits and Tenths), 105* 
 Liber Feodorum or "Testa de Nevill," 118. 
 Liber Memorandorum Camerarii, 321. 
 "Liber Pacis," Books called, 2G7. 
 
 Liber Regis (Exchequer, First Fruits and Tenths), 106. 
 Liberate Rolls (Chancery), 42. 
 
 „ „ (Exchequer of Receipt), 307. 
 
 Licences for Ale Houses, &c, Registers of, 82. 
 
 „ to pass beyond the Sea, 110. 
 Livery of Lands, 207. 
 
 „ Writs of (Palatinate of Chester), 207. 
 Liveries. See " Wards and Liveries." 
 
 „ Books of (Court of Wards and Liveries), 207. 
 „ General and Special (Duchy of Lancaster), 207. 
 
 Loans and Benevolences, 208. 
 Log Books (Admiralty), 83, 
 
 London, Certificates of Colleges, Chantries, and Guilds in, 257. 
 London Companies, Endowments of, 257. 
 Lord Chamberlain's Department, Records of the, 92. 
 Lord Chancellor's Petition Books, 161. 
 Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer, Duties of the, xxi. 
 
 n „ Records of the, lviii. 
 
 Lords Justices' Warrants, &c (Home Office), 92. 
 Lords Lieutenant, Appointments of, 265. 
 Lotteries, Annuities, &c. Accounts of Paymasters and Receivers, 
 
 87. 
 Lunacy, Commissions and Inquisitions of, 208. 
 Mainprise Files (Chester and Flint), 187. 
 Rolls (Wales and Chester), 187. 
 Qeheflter, Papers of the Duke of, xxxviii. 
 Mandamus, Writs of, 170. 
 Manors, Extents of, 209. 
 
 „ Customs and Boundaries of, 210. 
 Manumissions of Villeins, 210. 
 Maps, Plans, and Charts, 210.
 
 
 Marches, Laws of the, 33 I. 
 
 „ Wardenship of the, 33 1. 
 Marching Orders (War Office), 91. 
 Markets and Fairs, 210. 
 
 Marriages, Births, and Burials, Accounts of the Duties on, v 7. 
 Marshals' Dockets of Commitments (Queen's Bench, Plea Side), 
 173. 
 „ Surrender and Committitur Books (Queen's Bench, 
 Pica Side), L73. 
 Marshalsea and Palace Courts, Description of the, xxvi. 
 
 „ „ Proceedings of the, 19G, 197. 
 
 Marshalsey Rolls, 23. 
 Mary Queen of Scots, Expenses of whilst prisoner, &c., 340. 
 
 „ „ Slate Papers relating to, 340. 
 
 Masters in Chancery, Duties of the, xi. 
 
 „ „ Records of the, 157 note. 
 
 Masters Extraordinary in Chancery, Appointments of, 265. 
 Masters of the Horse, Accounts of, 86. 
 Masters Reports (Chancery), 161. 
 
 „ ,, Exceptions to (Chancery), 1(32. 
 
 Members of Parliament, Returns of, 287. 
 Memoranda Rolls (Exchequer, Q.R.), 211. 
 „ (Exchequer, L.T.R.), 211. 
 „ „ Proceedings subsidiary to the (Exchequer, Q.R.), 
 
 213. 
 Metropolitan Buildings, Records cf the Registrar of, 94. 
 Middlesex Registry, 82. 
 
 Military Auxiliary Expeditions (Foreign Office), 90. 
 Entry Books, 25, 92. 
 „ blishment Bonks, 20. 
 
 „ Returns (Colonial), 90. 
 
 Service, Indentures of, 21. 
 ,, Summons, Writs of, 21, - 
 Militia Correspondence, (Home Office), 92. 
 Mills, Special Commissions concerning, 62. 
 Mine, Accounts of, 213. 
 Ministers' and Receiver- Accounts, 214-221. 
 
 „ „ ,, ( 1 hichv of Ran >aste] ), 22 
 
 „ „ „ (Wales and Chester), 221. 
 
 (Ireland), 221. 
 Mint, Ac &c. relating to the, 221. 
 
 Minute Books (Exchequer, Q.R.), L79. 
 
 „ (Exchequer Chamber), 179. 
 „ ., (Exchequer of Pleas), 181. 
 
 .. (Exchequer, L.T.R.), L82. 
 ,, „ (Court of Augmentations), I 
 
 „ „ (Court of General Surveyors), 1- . 
 
 „ „ (Palatinate of Durham), 191. 
 
 „ „ (Palatinate of Lancaster), l!)2. 
 
 ,, » (Wales and Chester). 187. 
 
 B B 2
 
 388 
 
 Minute Books, Registrars' (Chancery), 162. 
 
 Misffl Roll, 42. 
 
 Miscellaneous Books (Exchequer, Q.E.), 222-223. 
 
 „ „ (Exchequer, Treasury of the Receipt), 224- 
 
 229. 
 „ „ (Exchequer, Augmentation Office), 229-241. 
 
 Miscellaneous Rolls, &c. (Chancery), 241-248. 
 Miscellany Bocks (War Office), 94. 
 Monastic Accounts, 258. 
 
 „ Chartularies, 255. 
 Monastic Foundations, &c, 248-261. 
 
 „ Pensions, 259. 
 
 Monasteries, &c, Household Accounts of, 258. 
 
 „ Inventoriesof the Goods of, 260. 
 
 „ Possessions of the, 259. 
 
 „ Suppression of the, 259-260. 
 
 „ Surrenders of, 260. 
 
 Monmouth's Rebellion, 299. 
 Monthly Returns (War Office), 94. 
 Municipal Boundaries Commission, Records of the, 95. 
 Muniment Books (High Court of Admiralty), 195. 
 Murders and Felonies, Lands forfeited for, 115. 
 Muster and Retinue Rolls, 21. 
 Muster Rolls and Pay-Lists (War Office), 94. 
 Musters, Certificates of, 21. 
 Naturalization, Certificates of, 13. 
 
 „ of Settlers in the American Colonies, 13. 
 
 Nautical Terms, Dictionary of, 25. 
 Naval Officers, Instructions to (1625 to 1637), 25. 
 Navy, Accounts of the. See " Army and Navy." 
 Navy Estimates (1626 to 1631), 26. 
 „ Estimate for the (1724-5), 18. 
 „ Report on abuses in the (1608), 25. 
 „ Surveys of the, 25. 
 New Churches, Accounts of the Treasurers of the Fund for, 106. 
 New England, &c, Emigrants to, 110. 
 Nisi Prius Records, 167. 
 
 „ „ Entries of, (Common Pleas), 176. 
 
 Nihils, Clerk of the, xxii. 
 Nomina Villarum, 261. 
 Nome Rolls, 106. 
 Nonconformists, Licences to, 282. 
 Norman Roll?, 43. 
 
 „ Pipe Rolls, 325. 
 Normans, Lands of the. 113. 
 Norwich, Visitation of the Archdeaconry of, 108. 
 Nova Scotia, Emigrants to, 110. 
 Nuncii (Ambassadors and Envoys), Accounts of, 14. 
 Oath Rolls (Chancery), 263. 
 
 „ (Queen's Bench), 264.
 
 389 
 
 Oath Rolls of Attorneys and Solicitors. 8 " Attorneys and 
 
 Solicitor.-." 
 Oaths of Allegiance, &c, 262. 
 Oblata or Fine Rolls, 37. 
 
 Officers of the Court of Chancery, Admission R 265. 
 
 „ „ Exchequer, Appointments of, 2 
 
 Oaths of, 2G6. 
 „ „ Palatinate of Chester, Appointments of, 268. 
 Offices and Appointments, 264-268. 
 Offices under the Crown, Salaries of, 267. 
 
 }} „ Augmentation Office, Grants of, 2 
 
 )} J} tJ „ Particulars for Grants of, 
 
 266. 
 „ „ Duchy of Lancaster, Grants of, 268. 
 
 Offices, Grants of, 264. 
 ., Surrenders of, 264. 
 „ Forfeitures of, 264. 
 Oliver Cromwell's Surveys, (Duchy of Lancaster), 343. 
 Order Books (Exchequer of Fleas), 181. 
 
 (Exchequer of Receipt), 307, 308. 
 „ (Palatinate of Lancaster), 193. 
 
 Orders. See "Decrees and Orders." 
 Orders, Entry Rooks of, (Exchequer, L.T.R.), 182. 
 
 „ Remembrance Rolls of, (Petty Bag Office), 163. 
 Orders and Warrants (Exchequer of Receipt), 308, 309. 
 Ordnance Accounts (Exchequer Q.R.), 18. 
 „ Correspondence (Home Office), 92. 
 
 „ Entry Books (Home Office), 92. 
 ( )rdnance Decrees, 132. 
 
 Ordnance, King's Warrant Books (War Office), 94. 
 ( udnance Office, Accounts of the (1619 to 1632), 26. 
 ( )riginalia Rolls, 329. 
 
 Orphans' Fund, Accounts of the (Audit Office), 54. 
 Outlawries, Doggett Books of (Queen's Bench, Plea Side), 173. 
 „ Extents and Inquisitions in (Queen'- Bench, Plea 
 
 Side), 17:;. 
 „ (Exchequer, Q.R.), 17i>. 
 
 Outlawry Books (Common Pleas), 176. 
 
 „ (Exchequer, Q.R.), 179. 
 „ „ (Exchequer of Pleas), L81. 
 
 „ Proceedings (Queen's Bench, Crown Side), 170. 
 „ Reversals of (Common Pleas), 176. 
 Outlawry Rolls (Chester), 187. 
 
 „ ,, (Palatinate of Lancaster), 193. 
 
 Oxford. Set "Universities." 
 Oxford University Commission, Records of the, 95. 
 Palace Court. See " Marshalsea and Palace Courts." 
 Palaces, Parks, &c. Si e ~ Royal Palaces," & 
 Palatinate of Chester, Description of the, xxx'u\ 
 
 n ., Records of the. S i '• Wales and Chester, 
 
 Court- o r ."
 
 190 
 
 Palatinate of Durham, Description of the, xxx. 
 
 „ „ Schedule of Records of the, Ixvii. 
 
 Palatinate of Lancaster, Description of the, xxxii. 
 
 „ „ Schedule of Records of the, lxix. 
 
 Palmer's Indexes. 26S-279. 
 Papal Bulls, 279. 
 
 Papal Supremacy, Renunciations of, 107. 
 Papists, Returns of, 281. 
 
 „ Deeds and Wills of, 281. 
 „ Estates of, 281. 
 Pardon Rolls 44. 
 
 Pardons (Palatinate of Durham), 191. 
 Parish Boundaries and Ecclesiastical Districts, Deeds for the 
 
 settlement of, 102. 
 Parliament, Acts of, 282, 283. 
 Parliament Pawns, 284. 
 
 Rolls, 282-284. 
 Parliamentary Boundaries Commission; Records of the, 95. 
 „ Debates, Notes of, 288. 
 
 ,, Proceedings, 285. 
 
 „ Surveys, 342. 
 
 „ Writs, 285. 
 
 Parliamentary and other Petitions, 284. 
 
 Particulars for the Sale of the Estates of Charles I., &c, 
 
 (Augmentation Office), 73. 
 „ „ Fee-Farm Rents, 75. 
 
 Partition, Commissions of, 288. 
 
 ,, Deeds of, 288. 
 Partition, Inquisitions in (Common Pleas). See " Writs of 
 
 Right." 
 Passage Rolls, 44. 
 
 Patent and Privy Seal Books (Exchequer of Receipt), 309. 
 „ „ Rolls (Exchequer of Receipt), 309'. 
 
 Patent Rolls, 33. 
 Patents, Specifications of, 337. 
 Paymaster-General's Certificates (Chancery), 161. 
 Payments, Books of (Exchequer of Receipt), 310. 
 
 „ by Royal AVarrant (Exchequer of Receipt), 310. 
 
 Peers, Creations of, 36. 
 
 „ Writs of Summons of, 287. 
 Pells, Clerk of the, xxii. 
 Pells Department in the Exchequer. See " Exchequer of 
 
 Receipt." 
 Pensions (Exchequer of Receipt), 311. 
 
 ., (Monastic), 259. 
 Perkin Warbeck's Rebellion, 298. 
 
 Permanent Charities, Payments to (Exchequer of Receipt), 311. 
 Petition Books (Lord Chancellor's), 161. 
 Petitions (Chancery), 161. 
 
 (Exchequer, Q.R.,, 179.
 
 391 
 
 i\ titions to the Kin- and Council. See " Parliamentary and other 
 Petition 
 „ to Parliament. "Parliamentary and oil 
 
 Petitions." 
 Petitions, Reports, &c. (Homo Office), 92. 
 Petty Bag, Clerks of the, Duties of the, xiii. 
 Peveril Court, Description of the, xxvii. 
 
 „ Records of the, 197. 
 
 Pilgrimage of Grace, 298. 
 Pincerna Regis, Accounts of the, S50. 
 Pipe, Comptroller and Clerk of the, Duties of the, xxii. 
 Pipe Rolls, 325. 
 Piracy, 289. 
 
 Pirates' Goods, Inventories of, is 1 .). 
 Pirates, Proceedings against, 289. 
 Pix, Trials of the, 222. 
 Placita Anise, 1 96. 
 
 „ de Banco. s,c "De Banco Rolls." 
 „ de Quo Warranto, 166. 
 „ de Ragemannis, 166. 
 „ Exercitus lieu is, 195. 
 „ Forestie. See " Forest Proceedings." 
 „ Parliamentaria, 287. 
 Placitorum Formulare (Exchequer of Pleas), 181. 
 Plans. See " Maps, Plans, and Charts." 
 Plea Rolls (Queen's Bench, Plea Side), 1 73. 
 „ (Common Pleas), 176. 
 
 „ (Exchequer of Pleas), 181. 
 
 „ (Exchequer, Court of First Fruits and Tenths), 184. 
 „ (Palatinate of Lancaster), 194. 
 „ (Wales and Chester), 188. 
 Pleadings on the Common Law Side of Chancery, 163. 
 Pleas in the Exchequer of Chester, 185. 
 Pleas, Inquisitions, &c. North Wales), 185. 
 Plymouth Docks &c, Fortification of, 132. 
 Polish Refugees Commission, Records of the, 95. 
 Poll Books, 82. 
 
 Poll Taxes, Accounts of. See •• Subsidy Rolls." 
 Poor Knights of Windsor, 199. 
 Poor Laws, Minute Book of Commissioners to inquire iuto the 
 
 Administration of, &c. (1631), 54 
 Pope Nicholas 1 Taxation, 103. 
 
 Port of London Compensation Commission, Records of the, 95. 
 Portmote Courts, &c. (Chester), Proceedings at the, 185. 
 Ports, Special Commissions concerning Boundaries of, 62. 
 Portsmouth Harbour, Fort itie.it ion of, 132. 
 Post Office, Accounts relating i > the. 289, 
 
 „ Correspondence (Home Office), 92. 
 
 Postcas > Files of (Queen's Bench, Crown Side), 170. 
 „ (Common Pleas), 176.
 
 392 
 
 Posteas, Files of (Palatinate of Durham), 192. 
 
 Posteas and Inquiries, Entry Books of Judgments on. ( Queen's 
 
 Bench, Plea Side), 173. 
 Posting Books (Exchequer of Keceipt), 311. 
 Potato Crop Returns Commission, Records of the, 95. 
 Powers of Attorney (Exchequer of Receipt), 312. 
 Pra?stita Rolls (Chancery), 45. 
 
 (Exchequer, Q.R), 312. 
 Preaching Licenses, 282. 
 Precedent Books (Chancery), 163. 
 
 „ (Exchequer, Court of First Fruits, &c), 184. 
 
 ,, (Palatinate of Lancaster), 194. 
 
 „ (Home Office), 92. 
 
 „ (Lord Chamberlain's Department), 93. 
 
 Precedents for Writs (Exchequer), 183. 
 Presentations, Clerk of the, Duties of the, xiv. 
 Presentations to Livings (Chancery), 99. 
 
 „ „ (Duchy of Lancaster), 100. 
 
 Prince of Wales, Letters of the, 331. 
 Prisons (Queen's Bench and Fleet), 290. 
 Prisoners' Papers (Queen's Bench, Plea Side), 174. 
 
 ., Rules of Discharge (Queen's Bench, Plea Side), 174. 
 Prisoners of State, 340. 
 of War, 340. 
 Private Acts of Parliament, 283. 
 
 „ „ (Certified into Chancery), 286. 
 
 Privy Council, Acts and Proceedings of the, 290. 
 Privy Purse, Accounts of the Keeper of the, 88. 
 Privy Seal Books (Exchequer of Receipt), 310. 
 „ Rolls (Exchequer of Receipt), 310. 
 
 Privy Seal, Writs or Bills of, 291, 293. 
 Privy Seals, &c. (Chancery), 295. 
 
 „ (Duchy of Lancaster), 296. 
 
 „ (Palatinate of Lancaster), 296. 
 
 (Chester and Flint), 296. 
 Privy Seals, Dockets of and Warrants for, 295. 
 
 „ Dormant (Exchequer of Receipt), 312. 
 
 Privy Seals and Warrants for Issues (Exchequer of Receipt), 296, 
 
 312 
 Privy Signet Bills, 292, 296. 
 Prize Court (High Court of Admiralty), 194. 
 Prize Papers (High Court of Admiralty), 194. 
 Process Books (Queen's Bench, Crown Side), 170. 
 
 (Exchequer, Court of First Fruits, &c), 184. 
 Proclamations, 294. 
 Proofs of Age, 145. 
 
 Prosecutions, Costs of (Palatinate of Durham), 191. 
 Protection Rolls, 45. 
 
 Protestant Refugees, Warrants for the Denization of, 13. 
 Protestant- in Piedmont and Poland, Accounts oft he Treasurers, 
 88.
 
 393 
 
 Prothonotaries (Common Pleas), Duties of the, xviii. 
 
 Provisions for the Army, &c, Accounts of (Exchequer, Q.R.), 
 
 18. 
 Public Accounts Commission, Records of the, 95 
 Public Records Commission, Records of the. 95. 
 Public Schools Commission, Records of the, 95. 
 Qualification Rolls, 82. 
 Qualifications of Dissenting Ministers and Roman Catholics, 83. 
 
 „ of Members of Parliament, Certificates of, 32. 
 
 Quarter Sessions, Proceedings at, 82. 
 
 „ „ Special Cases from, 171. 
 
 Queen Anne's Bounty Act, Conveyances under the, 107. 
 
 „ „ Office, Records from the, 107. 
 
 Queen's Bench. See " King's or Queen's Bench." 
 Queen's Bench Prison Records, 290. 
 Queen's Lauds, Accounts of, 219. 
 
 Queen's Remembrancer. See " King's or Queen's Remem- 
 brancer." 
 Quo Warranto, Placita dc, 16G. 
 Quo Warranto Rolls (Chester), 189. 
 Rageman, Statute of, 166. 
 Ragman Roll (Scotland), 333. 
 Railway Schemes, 161. 
 Rebellions, 296-299. 
 Rebels, Lands of, 113,297. 
 Receipt Books (Exchequer of Receipt), 312, 313. 
 
 „ Rolls (Exchequer of Receipt), 313. 
 Receipts, Abbreviates of (Exchequer of Receipt), 313. 
 Receipts and Issues, Accounts of (Exchequer of Receipt), 313. 
 
 „ Declarations of (Exchequer of Receipt), 314. 
 
 „ Tellers' Views of Accounts of (Exchequer of 
 
 Receipt), 314. 
 Recognizance Rolls (Chester), 48. 
 Recognizances. See " Bonds and Recognizances." 
 
 „ (Palatinate of Durham), 191. 
 
 ,, ( Palatinate of Lancaster), 193. 
 
 Record of Caernarvon, 3.39. 
 Record and AVrit Clerks, Duties of the, xii. 
 Records of Orders (Queens Bench, Crown Side), 171. 
 Recoverir Si • Fines and Recoveries." 
 Recovery Rolls (Common Pleas), 125. 
 Rectories, Valuations of, kc, 108. 
 Recusant Rolls, 281. 
 Recusants' Estates, Certificates of, 281. 
 Red Book of the Exchequer, 317. 
 Redisseisin Rolls, 45. 
 
 Regencies, Correspondence, &c. (Home Office), 92. 
 Registrars (Chancery), Duties of the, xii. 
 Registrars' Minute Books (Chancery), 162. 
 Resistries of Deeds, 81.
 
 394 
 
 Registrum Munimentorum, 319. 
 Remembrance Books (Common Pleas), 177. 
 Remembrance Rolls (Common Pleas), 177. 
 
 „ „ for Recoveries (Common Pleas), 126? 
 
 (Welsh Courts), 127. 
 Rentals and Surveys, 322. 
 Renunciations of Papal Supremacy, 107. 
 Report Office (Chancery), Nature of the, xii. 
 Reports and Certificates (Chancery), 1G1. 
 
 „ (Exchequer, Q.R.), 180. 
 
 Requests, Court of, Description of the, xxvii. 
 
 „ Proceedings of the, 197. 
 Resumed Lands, Accounts of, 76. 
 Retinue Rolls, 21. 
 Revels, Accounts of the Masters of the, 88. 
 
 „ Expenses of, 364. 
 Revenue, Accounts of the (Exchequer of Receipt), 314. 
 Revenue Proceedings (Exchequer, Q.R.), 180. 
 Reversions, Rolls of, 329. 
 Robes, Accounts of the Masters of the, 88. 
 Roman Rolls, 45. 
 Royal African Company. Accounts of the, 84. 
 
 „ „ „ Records of the, 94. 
 
 Royal Castles. Sec " Works and Buildings." 
 „ Funerals, Accounts of, 92. 
 „ Gardens Commission, Records of the, 95. 
 Royal and Historical Letters, 330. 
 
 Royal Household, Accounts o£ the. See " Wardrobe and House- 
 hold." 
 „ „ Establishment Books of the, 92. 
 
 „ „ Orders and Regulations for the, 364. 
 
 Royal Messengers, Payments to, 14. 
 
 „ Military Canal Commission, Records of the. 95. 
 „ Palaces, &c, Works at. See " Works and Buildings." 
 „ Palaces, Accounts and Estimates for, 92. 
 „ Parks, &c, Works at. See " Works and Buildings." 
 „ Progresses, Accounts of the Expenses of, 88. 
 „ Stables, Accounts of the, 362, 
 Royalist Composition Papers, 332. 
 Rule Books (Queen's Bench, Crown Side), 171. 
 „ (Queen's Bench, Plea Side), 174. 
 
 ,, (Exchequer of Pleas), 181. 
 
 „ (Chester Exchequer), 185. 
 
 ,, (Palatinate of Lancaster), 193. 
 
 „ -Wales and Chester), 189. 
 
 Rules to amend Fines and Recoveries (Common Pleas), 126. 
 Rye, The Custumal of, 61. 
 Sacrament Certificates, 264. 
 
 Safe Custody, Deeds, &c. enrolled for (Chancery), 79. 
 Saint Michael, Statutes of the Order of, 199.
 
 
 Salaries, &c. Accounts of (Lord Chamberlain's D 93. 
 
 Salt, Accounts oi the Duties on, 88. 
 
 Schools, Documents relating to, 1 10. 
 
 Scire Facias, Proceedings and Judgments on. Se^ ( union 
 
 Law Pleadings i ( ihancei 
 Scotch Rolls, 45. 
 Scotland, Accounts, &c. relating to, .334. 
 
 Church Books for (Home Office), 91. 
 
 „ Correspondence, &c. relating to < Home Office) 
 
 „ Great Roll of, 333. 
 
 „ State Papers relating to, 340. 
 
 „ Warrant Books for (Home Office), 92. 
 Scots, Mary Queen of. Accounts of her diet, &c, and of her 
 
 funeral expenses, 88. 
 Scottish Army in England, Muster Roll of the (1646), 25. 
 Scottish Documents (Chancery), 333. 
 
 „ „ (Exchequer, Treasury of the Receipt), 333. 
 
 Scottish Harbours Commission, Records of the, 95. 
 Scutage, Accounts of. See " Subsidy Rolls." 
 Scutage Rolls, 24. 
 
 Sea Banks, Special Commissions concerning, 62. 
 Seal Books (Chester Exchequer), 186. 
 Seals attached to the Barons' Letter, 334. 
 „ Forged, 334. 
 „ Loose, 334. 
 „ Monastic, 334. 
 Secondaries (King's Bench), Duties of the, xvii. 
 
 ,, (Common Pleas), Duties of the, xviii. 
 
 Secret Service Accounts, 88. 
 Select Council, Description of the, viii. 
 Serjeantics, Rolls of, 118. 
 
 Dual Papers. (Palatinate of Lancaster), 194. 
 Settlers in America, Accounts for, 89. 
 Sewers, Commissions of, 335. 
 
 „ Laws of, 335. 
 
 „ Proceedings before Commissioners of, 335. 
 Shaftesbury Papers, xxxviii. 
 Sheriffs' Accounts, 336. 
 
 „ „ Entries of, 336. 
 
 „ ,, - and Views of, 336. 
 
 „ „ of Seizures, 336. 
 
 „ „ (Palatinate of Durham), 336. 
 
 Sheriffs, Appointments of, 265. 
 Sheriffs' Bills (Duchy of Lancaster), 337. 
 
 „ Rolls, 265, 266. 
 
 „ Tourn Rolls (Chester and Flint), 1S9. 
 Ship Money, 349. 
 Ships' Muster and Victualling Books, (Admiralty), 6 
 
 „ Passes I Borne Office).' 92. 
 
 „ Pay Books (Admiralty), S3.
 
 396 
 
 Sign Manual Warrants, 295. 
 
 „ Manuals, 291, 292. 
 Signed Bills, 291, 293. 
 Signet Letters, 291. 
 Signet Office Bills, 295. 
 
 „ „ .Letter Books, 92. 
 
 Significavits (Chancery), 107. 
 
 „ (Palatinate of Durham), 191. 
 Six Clerks in Chancery, Duties of the, xii. 
 Slave Compensation Commission, Records of the, 95. 
 
 „ Registration Department, Records of the, 94. 
 Solemn Association for the defence of William III., 263. 
 Solicitors, Admissions of (Palatinate of Chester), 28. 
 „ Articles of Clerkship of, 27. 
 „ Rolls or Bocks of, 27. 
 
 „ and Attorneys, Certificates of Admission of, 27. 
 Spaniards shipwrecked, Accounts of, 89. 
 Special Commissions, kc. (Chancery, Tower Series); 337. 
 „ „ (Chancery, Petty Bag Office Series), 62 
 
 „ „ (Exchequer, Q.R.), 62. 
 
 Special Services, Accounts of Agents fur, 84. 
 Speci6eation Rolls, 337. 
 
 „ and Surrender Rolls, 338. 
 
 Specifications of Inventions, 337. 
 
 ,, Disclaimers of, 337. 
 
 Stamp Duties, Accounts of, 89. 
 Staple Rolls, 46. 
 Stapleton's Calendar, 321. 
 
 Star Chamber, Court of, Description of the, xxviii. 
 ,, „ Fines and Amercements in the, 198. 
 
 „ ,, Proceedings of the, 198. 
 
 Starra Judseorum, 154. 
 
 State Paper Office, Description and Records of the, xxxv. 
 State Papers, 339, 340. 
 „ „ Printed Books containing, 340. 
 
 „ „ Publication of, Commission of Inquiry on the, 95. 
 
 State Prisoners, 340. 
 Statuta Wall ire, 359. 
 Statute Rolls, 46, 286. 
 
 Statute Staple, Certificates and Recognizances of, 341. 
 „ Proceedings on, 341. 
 
 „ Mayors of the Staple, &c, Appointments of, 341. 
 
 „ Staple at Calais, Accounts of the, 341. 
 
 Statutes, Transcripts of, 286. 
 Stonley Papers, 140. 
 Stuarts, Adherents of the, 299. 
 Subsidy Rolls, 347. 
 Summons of the Green Wax, 327. 
 Summons of the Pipe, Writs of, 330. 
 Summons to Parliament, Writs of, 287
 
 397 
 
 Superstitious Oses, Lands given for, 115. 
 
 Supply Cash Books l Exchequer of Reeeipi ), 314. 
 
 Suppression of the Monasteries, Papers, fee. relating to the 
 
 259, 260. 
 Surrender Rolls, 17. f| 
 
 Sep " Specification and Surrender Bolls. ^ 
 Surinam Absentee Estate- Commission, Records of the, 95. 
 
 Surveys, 341-345. 
 
 „ of Church Livings (Chancery), 342. 
 
 „ Parliamentary (Augmentation Office), -34 2. 
 
 (Duchy of Lancaster), 3 13. 
 (Court of Wards and Liveries)*, 3 13. 
 Swainmote Court Rolls (Windsor Forest), 131. 
 Swearing Rolls (Queen's Bench), 264. 
 Tallages, Accounts of. See " Subsidy Rolls." 
 Taxe.° Land and Assessed, 349. 
 Taxing Masters' Certificates (Chancery), 161. 
 Teller? Bills (Exchequer of Receipt), 314. 
 
 Books or Rolls (Exchequer of Receipt), 3 14. 
 Views of Accounts (Exchequer of Receipt), 314. 
 Templars' Lands. See " Knights Templars." 
 Tents, Halls, and Pavilions, Accounts of the Masters of the 89. 
 Test Act, 263. 
 
 Testa de Nevill, 118. . , 
 
 Theatres, Patents and Licenses for (Lord Chamberlains Depart- 
 ment), 93. , 
 Thorpe's Exchequer Papers (Exchequer of Receipt), 30 i . 
 Tithe Suits enrolled in the Exchequer of Pleas, 181. 
 Tithes, Special Commissions concerning, 62. 
 Tower Miscellaneous Rolls. See " Miscellaneous Rolls, fee. 
 
 ( ( 'hancery). 
 Tower of London, Accounts of the Constable of the, 352. 
 
 „ of the Keepers of the Armoury, 352. 
 of the State Prisoners and pay of the 
 Garrison, .>o2. 
 M Bills of Lieutenants of the, 352. 
 „ Records of the, 352. 
 " n Works at the, 367. 
 
 Toyles, Accounts of the Masters of the, 89. 
 Trade and Plantations, Expenses of the Council for, 89. 
 
 Voyages of Discovery, Extracts relating to, \uu. 
 Trailbaston, Justices of, 165. _ 
 
 Transcripts of Judgments from the Court of Great Sessions in 
 
 Wales 181. 
 Transport Service, Accounts of the, 89. 
 Treason, Lands forfeited for, 115. 
 Treasurers' Accounts (Augmentation Office), 219, 260. 
 Treasurers of the Exchequer, 266. 
 Treasury, Records of the, 93. 
 Treasury Papers, Calendar of, 340
 
 398 
 
 Treasury Solicitor, Accounts of the, 89. 
 Treasury and Customs Correspondence (Home Office), 92. 
 Treasury Entry Book (Home Office), 92. 
 
 Treasury, Declarations of the State of the (Exchequer of Receipt), 
 304. 
 
 „ Letters (Exchequer of Receipt), 304. 
 
 „ Orders and Warrants (Exchequer of Receipt), 315. 
 Treaties and Diplomatic Documents, 353. 
 Treatises on Various Subjects, 357. 
 Treaty Rolls, 47. 
 Trials of the Pix, 222. 
 Trinity House Certificates, 25. 
 
 Trust Deeds relating to Charities, Schools, Chapels, &c., 53. 
 Trustees and Directors of Assurance Companies, Memorials of 
 
 (Chancery), 79. 
 Tyne River Commission, Records of the, 95. 
 Ulnagers' Accounts, 351. 
 Universities of Oxford and Cambridge : 
 
 Accounts relating to the, 858. 
 
 Survey or Valuation of the, 358. 
 
 Warrants, &c. relating to the, Entry Books of, 358. 
 
 Founders and Benefactors of Colleges in Cambridge, 358. 
 
 Mastership of St. John's College, Cambridge, 358. 
 Valor Ecclesiasticus, 106, 109. 
 Vascon Rolls, 47. 
 
 Verdicts, .Minutes of (Palatinate of Lancaster), 194. 
 Vetus Codex or Placita Parliamentarian 287. 
 Vice- Admirals, Appointments of, 268. 
 Vice-Admiralty Courts, xxiv. 
 Villeins, Manumissions of, 210. 
 Visitations of Hospitals, &c, 261. 
 
 Volunteer Corps, Correspondence, &c. (Home Office), 92. 
 Voyages of Trade and Discovery, Extracts relating to, 357. 
 Wales, Documents relating to, 358. 
 "Wales and Chester, Courts of, Description of the, xxxiii. 
 
 „ „ Schedule of Records of the, lxxii. 
 
 War Office Correspondence (Home Office), 92. 
 War Office, Records of the, 94. 
 
 Wardenship of Berwick and the Marches, Indentures of, 334. 
 Wardrobe, Description of the, 359. 
 W.ndrobe and Household Accounts, (Chancery), 362. 
 
 „ „ „ (Exchequer, Q.R.), 361. 
 
 ; , „ „ (Exchequer, L.T.R.), 363. 
 
 » » „ (Exchequer of Receipt), 363. 
 
 „ „ (Audit Office), 364. 
 
 Wardrobe Debentures (Exchequer of Receipt), 315. 
 Wardrobe, Pictures, Jewels, &c. of Charles the Firat, 152. 
 Wards and Liveries, Court of, Description of the, xxix. 
 „ „ Proceedings of the, 198. 
 
 ,, „ Miscellaneous Books of the, 365.
 
 399 
 
 Wards and Minor.-, Possessions of, 365. 
 Warrant Book- | Exchequer of Receipt), 315. 
 (Home Office), 92. 
 „ „ (Treasury); 93. 
 
 Warrants (Lord Chamberlain's Department), 93. 
 Warrants of Attorney (Queen's Bench, Plea S 74. 
 
 „ „ (Common Pleas), 177. 
 
 „ „ (Exchequer of Fleas), 181. 
 
 „ „ ( Palatinate of Durham I, 191. 
 
 Warrants of Attorney, Rolls of (Chester). l-!i 
 Warrants for Issues. See M Privy Seal- and Warrants for I 
 
 Books of (Exchequer of Recci 
 Warrants tor the Great Seal, 295. 
 
 „ „ delivery of Records, 296. 
 
 Watson's Roll, 48. 
 W.lsh Rolls, 48. 
 
 West Indies. See " America and West Indie.-." 
 Westminster and the Tower, Accounts of Works at, 367. 
 Wey Navigation Claims, 180. 
 Wills (Roval), 366. 
 
 ,, (of Private Persons), 366. 
 Windsor Castle and Chapel, Accounts relating to, 367. 
 
 „ Poor Knights of, 199. 
 Winton Domesday, 97. 
 Wolsey's Inquisitions, 253. 
 
 „ Patents, 254. 
 Woods, Sales of, 219. 
 
 Special Commissions concerning, 62. 
 Wools, Subsidies on, 351. 
 
 Works and Buildings, Accounts relating to, 367. 
 Writs (Chancery). See " Chancery File-." 
 „ (Queen's Bench, Crown Side), 171. 
 „ (Queen's Bench, Plea Side), 174, 175. 
 „ (Common Pleas), 177. 
 „ (Exchequer, Q.R.), 180. 
 „ (Exchequer of Picas), 181. 
 „ (Exchequer, L.T.R.), 182. 
 „ (Palatinate of Lancaster), 194. 
 Writs and Miscellaneous Documents (Exchequer, Court of First 
 
 Fruits, &c), 184. 
 Writs " de excommunicato capiendo," Significavits for, 107. 
 Writs of Right (Chancery), L63. 
 
 i ( 'ommon Pleas), 177. 
 Writs and Returns of Members to Purlin nr.
 
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