Series
Duchy of Lancaster: Bonds of Obligation
Catalogue reference: DL 24
Date: c1509-1837
This series consists of bonds of obligation created as part of the administration of the estate of the Duchy of Lancaster and the operation of the...
Series
Office of Woods, Forests and Land Revenues and predecessors: Country and England...
Catalogue reference: CRES 9
What's it about?
CRES 9
The letter books in CRES 9-17, 19-20 and 22, relate to all matters affecting the land revenues of the Crown, and also accounts and office establishment matters. The letter books were discontinued in 1913, but have only been preserved up to 1900....
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- CRES 9
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Title (The name of the record)
- Office of Woods, Forests and Land Revenues and predecessors: Country and England Entry Books of Out Letters and Treasury Report Books
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1802-1919
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Description (What the record is about)
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The letter books in CRES 9-17, 19-20 and 22, relate to all matters affecting the land revenues of the Crown, and also accounts and office establishment matters. The letter books were discontinued in 1913, but have only been preserved up to 1900. The Treasury report books contain reports to the Treasury on matters affecting the management of the Crown's land revenues for the guidance of the Treasury in issuing instructions to the Office of Woods and in deciding whether or not to sanction its proposed actions. The relevant Treasury letters, minutes and warrants are also entered. The matters dealt with include office establishment regulation; leases, sales or grants of Crown lands; purchase of properties; copyhold enfranchisement; erection and maintenance of buildings; grants of licences to search for gold; and audit of accounts. Most volumes are indexed.
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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 39
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Office of Woods, Forests and Land Revenues, 1810-1832
- Office of Woods, Forests and Land Revenues, 1851-1924
- Office of Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works and Buildings, 1832-1851
- Surveyor General of Woods and Forests, 1715-1810
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 165 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
- Crown lands and estates
- Forestry
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5459/
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