Series
Cabinet Office: Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster: Registered files
Catalogue reference: CAB 197
Date: 1974-1979
This series contains registered files of the office of the Chancellor of the Lancaster for the period of Harold Lever.
Series
Surveyor General of Land Revenues and successors: Constat Books
Catalogue reference: CRES 6
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CRES 6
These constat books were used by the Surveyor General of Land Revenues for the entry of proceedings by him and others relating to the leasing out of Crown lands, between the restoration of Charles II in 1660 and 1851.The books contain entries in...
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- CRES 6
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Title (The name of the record)
- Surveyor General of Land Revenues and successors: Constat Books
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1660-1918
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Description (What the record is about)
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These constat books were used by the Surveyor General of Land Revenues for the entry of proceedings by him and others relating to the leasing out of Crown lands, between the restoration of Charles II in 1660 and 1851.The books contain entries in full of petitions and memorials, reports to the Treasury, Treasury warrants directing the drawing up of constats, the constats themselves, and other documents, sometimes including plans and extracts of inclosure awards, relating to the administration of the hereditary estates of the Crown and the collection of the revenues. The constat books proper were discontinued in 1851 but a series of volumes containing extracts from inclosure awards up to 1918 has been added to the series.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- LRRO 63
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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)
- 186 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Constats are detailed records of the considerations and terms of leases, etc., drawn up as a preliminary to the execution of a formal conveyance.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5456/
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