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Committee for the Advance of Money: Books and Papers

Catalogue reference: SP 19

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SP 19

Records of the Committee for the Advance of Money, including order minutes and letter books, delinquency records, assessment lists (especially for London), the sub-committee's order books, and papers both general and particular relating to the...

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Reference
SP 19
Title
Committee for the Advance of Money: Books and Papers
Date
1642-1656
Description

Records of the Committee for the Advance of Money, including order minutes and letter books, delinquency records, assessment lists (especially for London), the sub-committee's order books, and papers both general and particular relating to the committee's business.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Creator(s)
Committee for the Advance of Money, 1642-1656
Physical description
165 volume(s)
Administrative / biographical background

The Committee for Advance of Money was set up by Parliament in November 1642. It first had to produce voluntary loans and subsequently compulsory assessments for the fight against King Charles I. From 1645 it had also to uncover the concealed resources of royalist delinquents. A sub-committee was in charge of reducing onerous assessments, 1643-1647. By 1650 the committee was an amalgam, joined with those for Sequestration and Compounding. Following the Acts of Pardon and Oblivion of 1651 its role diminished, and it ceased to function in 1656.

Publication note(s)
Most of the records are calendared in Calendar of the proceedings of the committee for advance of money, 1642-1656, ed M A E Green (London, 1888).
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13561/

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