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Warrants and accounts from the reigns of King George I, King George II, King George...
Catalogue reference: DL 12/47
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This record is about the Warrants and accounts from the reigns of King George I, King George II, King George... dating from 1721-1864 in the series Duchy of Lancaster: Warrants. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- DL 12/47
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1721-1864
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Description (What the record is about)
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Warrants and accounts from the reigns of King George I, King George II, King George III, and Queen Victoria:
- (1) Account for board and lodging totalling 6s 1d, 1864;
- (2) Account of Duchy fines totalling £130 1s 6d, collected by the sheriffs of several counties for the year ending Michaelmas 1775, 15 George III (1776);
- (3) Warrant of King George I to Richard Lechmere, receiver general of the Duchy, for payment of £35 plus £5 to Ralph Taylor, gentleman usher and messenger of the Duchy Chamber, 8 August 1721;
- (4) Warrant [of King George III] for the arrest of Thomas Prudence, otherwise Pratton, to be brought before the chancellor and council in the Duchy Chamber on 23 January [1761], 'there to answer unto certain contempts [etc]', 3 December 1760;
- (5) Warrant of King George II to Richard Lechmere, receiver general of the Duchy, for payment of £21 to Martha Allen, relict and executrix of Benjamin Ayloffe, late clerk of the council of the Duchy, 21 June 1735
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Item 5 (warrant for payment to Martha Allen) endorsed with reference code DL 12/46/1
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- 12F08(2)
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open on Transfer
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- Open Document, Open Description
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DL 12
Duchy of Lancaster: Warrants
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Within the department: DL
Records of the Duchy of Lancaster
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Within the series: DL 12
Duchy of Lancaster: Warrants
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Warrants and accounts from the reigns of King George I, King George II, King George...
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