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Exchequer: King' Remembrancer: Account Books for Funds in Court
Catalogue reference: E 217
What's it about?
E 217
This series consists of ledgers, journals of transactions, and dividend books relating to funds deposited in court by suitors in equity and revenue causes and matters in the Exchequer, kept by the Deputy King's Remembrancer to 1820 and thereafter...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- E 217
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Title (The name of the record)
- Exchequer: King' Remembrancer: Account Books for Funds in Court
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1675-1841
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of ledgers, journals of transactions, and dividend books relating to funds deposited in court by suitors in equity and revenue causes and matters in the Exchequer, kept by the Deputy King's Remembrancer to 1820 and thereafter by the Accountant-General and the Clerk of the Reports. From 1820 the money was deposited at the Bank of England. Some of the later accounts relate to railway companies and similar undertakings.
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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
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 131 volume(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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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- All the ledgers include indexes.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C6662/
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