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Series
Entry Papers of Excise Men
Catalogue reference: CUST 116
What's it about?
CUST 116
These papers of the Board of Excise and the Board of Inland Revenue contain personal details of successful examinees, together with an oath of office and subsequent certificate of qualification and proficiency. They cover appointments to...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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CUST 116
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Title (The name of the record)
- Entry Papers of Excise Men
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Date (When the record was created)
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1819-1870
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Description (What the record is about)
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These papers of the Board of Excise and the Board of Inland Revenue contain personal details of successful examinees, together with an oath of office and subsequent certificate of qualification and proficiency. They cover appointments to positions in England, Scotland and Wales.
It seems that this series is incomplete, although it is not possible to determine how much is missing. With the exception of a few papers relating to the Irish Revenue Police in CUST 116/41 there are no papers for men appointed to the Excise in Ireland.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
It is believed that the abbreviations in the series list, which are taken from notations on the documents signify:
- EP Entry or examination papers
- C Certificate
- RP Revenue police
- SC Scotland
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Appointments to the Irish Revenue Police are in CUST 111
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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)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Board of Excise, 1642-1849
- Board of Inland Revenue, 1849-2005
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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80 bundle(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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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- There was a card index; this has now been superceeded by the Catalogue.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5692/
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Within the department: CUST
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Entry Papers of Excise Men
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