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Exchequer: Augmentation Office: Duchy of Cornwall Records
Catalogue reference: E 306
What's it about?
E 306
A miscellany of records relating to the Duchy of Cornwall, with a few records relating to the administration of later medieval princes of Wales in the Marches.Most of them were formerly in the custody of the auditor of the Duchy. They include...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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E 306
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Title (The name of the record)
- Exchequer: Augmentation Office: Duchy of Cornwall Records
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Date (When the record was created)
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c1327-c1685
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Description (What the record is about)
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A miscellany of records relating to the Duchy of Cornwall, with a few records relating to the administration of later medieval princes of Wales in the Marches.
Most of them were formerly in the custody of the auditor of the Duchy. They include assession rolls, that is, records of conventionary leases on the 17 assessionable manors of the Duchy in Cornwall; particulars of Haveners' accounts, recording customs and prisage in the ports of Cornwall and Plymouth in Devon; particulars for grants of lands and office in the lands of the duchy in the various counties which comprised its estate; brief states and subsidiary documents relating to accounts of the receiver-general of the duchy; inquisitions post mortem and of lunacy; a few records of the duchy council; documents concerning the coinage and pre-emption of tin; warrants to the auditor and other papers concerning the lands and revenues of the duchy.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Large numbers of related documents are kept in the Library and Archive of the Duchy of Cornwall Office, London. This archive is private and access is at the discretion of the Duchy archivist.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English and Latin
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Exchequer, Augmentation Office, 1554-1833
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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19 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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- A useful overview of the 14th and 15th-century records of the duchy, relating to Cornwall only, is provided by J Hatcher, Rural Economy and Society in the Duchy of Cornwall 1300-1500 (Cambridge, 1970) For later periods, see G Haslam, 'The Elizabethan Duchy of Cornwall, an estate in stasis', in The Estates of the English Crown, 1558-1640, ed R W Hoyle (Cambridge, 1992) Also, G Haslam, 'Jacobean Phoenix: the Duchy of Cornwall in the principates of Henry Frederick and Charles', in The Estates of the English Crown, ed Hoyle
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C6685/
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