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Treasury: William Lowndes, Secretary of the Treasury: Papers
Catalogue reference: T 48
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T 48
Books and papers of William Lowndes, Secretary of the Treasury from 1695 to 1724, consisting of copies drafts and abstracts of accounts and other documents, memoranda and subsidiary papers on Crown lands, Customs, the Duchy of Lancaster, Finance,...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- T 48
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Title (The name of the record)
- Treasury: William Lowndes, Secretary of the Treasury: Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1625-1886
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Description (What the record is about)
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Books and papers of William Lowndes, Secretary of the Treasury from 1695 to 1724, consisting of copies drafts and abstracts of accounts and other documents, memoranda and subsidiary papers on Crown lands, Customs, the Duchy of Lancaster, Finance, Excise, Hearth Tax, the Royal Household, Scotland, Ireland, Military and Naval Affairs, the Mint and the Secret Service funds; a few original grants of offices and money, and private papers, including a treatise on the land laws by Lowndes and a manuscript copy of Fleta.
Other papers, formerly owned by members of the Lowndes family, including the Treasury Minute Book for 1672 to 1673, missing from T 29, and the declared account of the Hearth Tax from March 1674 to September 1679, missing from AO 1 have been added.
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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)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Lowndes, William, 1652-1724
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 92 volume(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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13785/
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: T
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