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Special Collections: Rentals and Surveys, Portfolios
Catalogue reference: SC 12
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SC 12
Various manorial survey documents for crown lands, property which had passed into crown hands from, for example, the Marcher lordships, or property which had been the subject of an official enquiry. The principal types of documents are custumals,...
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SC 12
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Title (The name of the record)
- Special Collections: Rentals and Surveys, Portfolios
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Date (When the record was created)
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Henry III-William IV
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Description (What the record is about)
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Various manorial survey documents for crown lands, property which had passed into crown hands from, for example, the Marcher lordships, or property which had been the subject of an official enquiry. The principal types of documents are custumals, extents, rentals, surveys, terriers and valors. They were drawn up periodically by a number of different estate officials. Few documents date from later than 1685.
The series was created artificially from records taken from three Exchequer sources during the late nineteenth century: namely, miscellanea from the Queen's Remembrancer's Office, the Treasury of the Receipt of the Exchequer and the Augmentation Office (LR 2 and LR 13). Some records were also taken from those of the Palatinate of Chester (CHES).
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Exchequer, Augmentation Office, 1554-1833
- Exchequer, Kings Remembrancer, 1150-1875
- Exchequer, Treasury of the Receipt, 1109-1833
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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42 file(s)
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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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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
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In the late 18th century most of the records of the Queen's Remembrancer's Office were in the Palace of Westminster. Most were transferred to the Public Record Office in 1858. The records of the Augmentation Office were housed in St Margaret's Lane, near New Palace Yard at Westminster, at the end of the 18th century. In 1800 they were moved to rooms over the King's Bench Treasury at Westminster until sent to Carlton Ride in 1843. By 1858 the records had been transferred to the Public Record Office. By the beginning of the 19th century all the records of the Treasury of the Receipt were in the Chapter House repository at Westminster Abbey. Most of the records were removed to the Public Record Office by 1859.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Manorial surveys were made to provide the lord of the manor with comprehensive details of the revenues that he could expect from his lands and other possessions. Survey records were not intended as records of payments, which appear in manorial accounts.
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- The records are listed and indexed in: List of Rentals and Surveys and other Analagous Documents, Public Record Office Lists and Indexes, XXV (HMSO, London, 1908) List of Rentals and Surveys: Addenda Lists and Indexes to No XXV and Index, Public Record Office List and Indexes, Supplementary Series, XIV (New York, Kraus Reprint Corporation, 1968).
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13530/
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