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Trustees for Crown Lands and Fee Farm Rents: Particulars for Sale of Estates of Charles I

Catalogue reference: E 320

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In 1649 trustees were appointed by Parliament to sell the estates previously belonging to Charles I, Queen Henrietta Maria and Prince Charles. These were surveyed and, on the basis of this information, detailed particulars of the properties were...

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E 320

Title
Trustees for Crown Lands and Fee Farm Rents: Particulars for Sale of Estates of Charles I
Date

1649-1660

Description

In 1649 trustees were appointed by Parliament to sell the estates previously belonging to Charles I, Queen Henrietta Maria and Prince Charles. These were surveyed and, on the basis of this information, detailed particulars of the properties were drawn up.

Also included in the series are certificates of rates, which provide the names of the purchasers, the price to be paid, and details of the payments to be made; certificates by the contractors authorising the trustees to convey the properties to named purchasers; and certificates by the deputy registrar that the conveyance has been completed and registered.

Related material

The registrar's books of particulars are in CRES 39

For certain other records of Parliamentary sales of Crown lands see SP 26

Particulars, warrants and transcripts are in E 367

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The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
Trustees for Crown Lands and Fee Farm Rents, 1649-1660
Physical description

24 bundle(s)

Subjects
Topics
Trade and commerce
Crown lands and estates
Farming
Unpublished finding aids
An eighteenth-century manuscript calendar and index, arranged by county, is available, IND 1/16983
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C6699/

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