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Series
Office of the Auditors of Land Revenue: Ancient Deeds, Series EE
Catalogue reference: LR 15
What's it about?
LR 15
Private conveyancing deeds, and transcripts of them, acquired by the auditors of the land revenue. Most of the records are likely either to have been obtained from the Augmentation Office or brought to the auditors' office for enrolment. There...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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LR 15
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Title (The name of the record)
- Office of the Auditors of Land Revenue: Ancient Deeds, Series EE
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Date (When the record was created)
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1349-1731
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Description (What the record is about)
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Private conveyancing deeds, and transcripts of them, acquired by the auditors of the land revenue. Most of the records are likely either to have been obtained from the Augmentation Office or brought to the auditors' office for enrolment. There are also some other document types such as wills.
The series mainly consists of smaller deeds dating from after 1603.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Later deeds are in LR 16
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English and Latin
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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322 parchment membranes
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1900 to 1903 Office of Land Revenue Records and Enrolments
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Conveyancing
- Government finances
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- A detailed typescript calendar indexed for persons places and subjects is available on open access at the Public Record Office. Please speak to staff at the Map and Large Document Room enquiry desk for the precise location.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10314/
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Office of the Auditors of Land Revenue: Ancient Deeds, Series EE
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