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Alienation Office: Account Books of Pre- and Post-fines

Catalogue reference: A 6

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A 6

Alienation Office account books of the total sums collected for pre-fines and post-fines for each county, together with a note of the number of writs of covenant issued.Included are lists of the bailiffs of the counties and liberties where...

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A 6

Title
Alienation Office: Account Books of Pre- and Post-fines
Date

1759-1794

Description

Alienation Office account books of the total sums collected for pre-fines and post-fines for each county, together with a note of the number of writs of covenant issued.

Included are lists of the bailiffs of the counties and liberties where post-fines were being claimed. The surviving accounts begin at the point at which the office took over the collection of post-fines from the sheriffs under the Post-Fines Collection Act 1758. There are no similar records for the period after 1794.

Related material

Rolls of post-fines are in E 374

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Physical description

4 volume(s)

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1612/

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Over 27 million records

This record is held at The National Archives, Kew

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Within the department: A

Records of the Alienation Office

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Alienation Office: Account Books of Pre- and Post-fines