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Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Ancient Deeds, Series RS
Catalogue reference: E 213
What's it about?
E 213
This series is made up of receipts held by the King's Remembrancer's Office which were separated from the main series of deeds in E 210 on account of their fine seals. The series consists of receipts for expenditure of Crown revenue, which were...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- E 213
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Title (The name of the record)
- Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Ancient Deeds, Series RS
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1290-1732
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series is made up of receipts held by the King's Remembrancer's Office which were separated from the main series of deeds in E 210 on account of their fine seals. The series consists of receipts for expenditure of Crown revenue, which were obtained by Crown receivers and brought to Exchequer audits as proof that funds had been disbursed. Payments were made to individuals supplying goods or services to the King and to the Crown's creditors, annuitants, pensioners, office-bearers and employees.
The documents relate to Crown expenditure throughout the kingdom and also to outgoings concerning English operations in Scotland, France and Ireland. Some of them may have been put to use as evidence in legal proceedings before the Court of the Exchequer or in investigations conducted by the King's Remembrancer's Office into defaulting accountants. Most of the receipts are of 14th and 15th century date. The series is arranged haphazardly and is unindexed.
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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)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English, French and Latin
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 442 papers
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C6658/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
393,710 records
Within the department: E
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