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Court of Augmentations: Treasurers' Accounts
Catalogue reference: E 323
What's it about?
E 323
This series consists of rolls of account, all but one of which are the accounts of the Treasurer of the Courts of Augmentations.These list all monies received or paid by the Treasurer, including receipts from receivers, for the sale of jewels and...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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E 323
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Title (The name of the record)
- Court of Augmentations: Treasurers' Accounts
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Date (When the record was created)
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1536-1554
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of rolls of account, all but one of which are the accounts of the Treasurer of the Courts of Augmentations.
These list all monies received or paid by the Treasurer, including receipts from receivers, for the sale of jewels and plate of the religious houses, the sale of lands and woods, and fines paid for leases; payments of fees to the Court's officers, annuities, pensions of the former religious, costs of court messengers, land purchases, and payments made by warrant and to the king.
This series also includes a stray account of a Receiver of the Court of Augmentations for Gloucestershire, Hampshire and Wiltshire, 1539-1540.
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Court of Augmentations, 1536-1547
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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11 roll(s)
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Treasurer was the financial officer responsible for the receipts and payments of the Courts of Augmentations and had to account for the revenues of the court yearly.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C6702/
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