Series
Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Miscellaneous Books, Old Covers
Catalogue reference: E 166
What's it about?
E 166
This series consists of the original covers and medieval and Tudor re-bindings removed from the Red Book of the Exchequer, the Book of Fees, and the cartularies of the abbeys of Malmesbury, Godstow, Torre, and Ramsey, Warwick College and Coventry...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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E 166
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Title (The name of the record)
- Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Miscellaneous Books, Old Covers
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Date (When the record was created)
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c1200-c1600
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of the original covers and medieval and Tudor re-bindings removed from the Red Book of the Exchequer, the Book of Fees, and the cartularies of the abbeys of Malmesbury, Godstow, Torre, and Ramsey, Warwick College and Coventry Priory.
All the bindings are of skin on board, for which oak was most commonly the wood used. Some covers have the remains of brass fastenings or clasps; and some the remains of the binding cords, exhibiting various styles of binding. The bindings have some evidential value for the historic custody and use of the volumes to which they relate.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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The volumes originally bound within these covers are in E 164
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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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Latin
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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4 box(es)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C6611/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: E
Records of the Exchequer, and its related bodies, with those of the Office of First...
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Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Miscellaneous Books, Old Covers