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Series
Duchy of Lancaster: Various Accounts
Catalogue reference: DL 28
What's it about?
DL 28
The various accounts in this series record the income and expenditure of the Duchy of Lancaster over seven centuries.They have been divided up in the following way:household and wardrobe accounts of the earls and dukes of Lancaster,...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- DL 28
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Title (The name of the record)
- Duchy of Lancaster: Various Accounts
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Date (When the record was created)
- c1272-c1984
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Description (What the record is about)
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The various accounts in this series record the income and expenditure of the Duchy of Lancaster over seven centuries.
They have been divided up in the following way:
- household and wardrobe accounts of the earls and dukes of Lancaster, 1284-1454;
- accounts of the town and marches of Calais, 1492-1503;
- receiver generals' accounts, 1376-1826;
- states of revenue and arrears, 1504-1535;
- views of ministers' accounts, 1505-1541;
- annuities and fines, c1399-1793;
- ministers' arrears, charges and accounts, c1272-c1757;
- declared accounts, 1729-1865;
- states of revenue, 1717-1848;
- postfines and green wax, 1793-1854;
- particular accounts, 1641-1857;
- writs of supersedeas for 1657.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Mainly in chronological segments.
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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)
- Not Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English, French and Latin
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Duchy of Lancaster, 1399-1399
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 88 bundles and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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In 1868 Duchy of Lancaster
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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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5982/
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Within the department: DL
Records of the Duchy of Lancaster
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Duchy of Lancaster: Various Accounts
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