Record revealed
Request for compensation for the Boston Tea Party
On 16 December 1773, 340 chests of tea were thrown into Boston harbour by protesting colonists. This letter from the East India Company requests reimbursement.
Series
Exchequer: Office of First Fruits and Tenths: Returns with Orders of Court thereon...
Catalogue reference: E 333
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E 333
This series contains records of the Office of First Fruits and Tenths, documenting successful claims made in the Court of Exchequer in 1561 and between 1660 and 1694 for exemption from liability to pay first fruits and tenths in particular...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- E 333
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Title (The name of the record)
- Exchequer: Office of First Fruits and Tenths: Returns with Orders of Court thereon in Cases for Exemption from Payment of First Fruits and Tenths
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1561-1694
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records of the Office of First Fruits and Tenths, documenting successful claims made in the Court of Exchequer in 1561 and between 1660 and 1694 for exemption from liability to pay first fruits and tenths in particular cases.
The records consist of returns by bishops and others to writs of certiorari issued from the Exchequer (usually with the returned writ still attached) and orders of the Court of Exchequer thereon. They were held for future reference by the Office of First Fruits, which was responsible at this date for the collection of first fruits and of arrrears of tenths.
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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 and Latin
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 354 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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- Topics
- Taxation
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C6712/
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Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: E
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