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Series
Alienation Office: Deputy Receivers' Account Books
Catalogue reference: A 1
What's it about?
A 1
Alienation Office account books of cash transactions with the officers and clerks The first volume is a simple chronological record of cash payments, including rents, salaries and other expenses, and pensions paid to individuals, such as the Duke...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- A 1
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Title (The name of the record)
- Alienation Office: Deputy Receivers' Account Books
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1684-1806
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Description (What the record is about)
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Alienation Office account books of cash transactions with the officers and clerks
The first volume is a simple chronological record of cash payments, including rents, salaries and other expenses, and pensions paid to individuals, such as the Duke of St Albans, bastard son of Charles II and Nell Gwynne. The later volumes were kept by the deputy receiver and include information on land tax payments, the collection of post-fines for licences to make final concords, and cash accounts of receipts and payments with the principal officers, their deputies and the clerks.
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 5 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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- Topics
- Taxation
- Pay and pensions
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1607/
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Alienation Office: Deputy Receivers' Account Books
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