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Exchequer: King's Remembrancer and Treasury of the Receipt: Inventories of Goods...
Catalogue reference: E 154
What's it about?
E 154
This series consists of about 350 miscellaneous inventories of goods and chattels. Most are in the form of indentures. A heading, stating the names of the people conducting the inventory, is usually followed by lists of valued goods, room by...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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E 154
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Title (The name of the record)
- Exchequer: King's Remembrancer and Treasury of the Receipt: Inventories of Goods and Chattels
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Date (When the record was created)
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1207-1721
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of about 350 miscellaneous inventories of goods and chattels. Most are in the form of indentures. A heading, stating the names of the people conducting the inventory, is usually followed by lists of valued goods, room by room. The inventory will usually end with a list of debts or final expenses and total values.
Some of the inventories list agricultural stock and implements or details of shops and other business premises, as well as the more usual clothes, jewellery, furniture and books. There are a few inventories of ecclesiastical institutions and of ships' cargoes.
Many of the inventories relate to people indicted for treason or other felonies. The goods of such people were forfeit to the Crown, and include such famous traitors as Roger Mortimer, earl of March, Sir William Stanley and Sir Edmund Dudley. The majority of the inventories, however, relate to less well known people and there is a high proportion relating to citizens of the City of London.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For further inventories see:
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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, French and Latin
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Exchequer, Treasury of the Receipt, 1109-1833
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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7 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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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
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Most of the records in this series were part of the miscellanea of the King's Remembrancer's office or of the Treasury of Receipt.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C6599/
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