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Charter issued by the Anglo-Saxon King Edgar
The oldest complete document at The National Archives, this charter recording a grant of land dates back over 1,000 years.
Series
Exchequer: Treasury of Receipt: Ancient Deeds, Series WS
Catalogue reference: E 43
What's it about?
E 43
This series consists of those debentures, receipts, warrants and writs formerly held among the records of the Treasury of the Receipt of the Exchequer which were considered to have the finest seals.All payments made out of the royal treasure in...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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E 43
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Title (The name of the record)
- Exchequer: Treasury of Receipt: Ancient Deeds, Series WS
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Date (When the record was created)
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6 Edward 1-4 Henry VIII
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of those debentures, receipts, warrants and writs formerly held among the records of the Treasury of the Receipt of the Exchequer which were considered to have the finest seals.
All payments made out of the royal treasure in the Exchequer of Receipt were made on the authority of the King's writ or by order of the barons of the Exchequer. This series contains writs of privy seal, warrants and wardrobe debentures ordering such payments. There are also original warrants, auditors' orders, common debentures, original receipts for payments, orders for permanent charities and original orders for payments.
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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These records were separated because they have fine seals, but are from the same source as
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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760 parchment membranes
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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
- Landed estates
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C6542/
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Exchequer: Treasury of Receipt: Ancient Deeds, Series WS
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