Series
Alienation Office: Account Books of Pre- and Post-fines
Catalogue reference: A 6
What's it about?
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...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- A 6
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Title (The name of the record)
- Alienation Office: Account Books of Pre- and Post-fines
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1759-1794
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Description (What the record is about)
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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.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Rolls of post-fines are in E 374
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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)
- 4 volume(s)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1612/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: A
Records of the Alienation Office
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Alienation Office: Account Books of Pre- and Post-fines