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: Plea Rolls
Catalogue reference: E 337
What's it about?
E 337
This series consists of enrolments of pleas in cases relating to first fruits and tenths, with the judgements thereon made by the barons of the Exchequer, which were drawn up in the office of the remembrancer of first fruits.The majority of cases...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- E 337
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Title (The name of the record)
- Exchequer: Office of First Fruits and Tenths: Plea Rolls
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1554-1735
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of enrolments of pleas in cases relating to first fruits and tenths, with the judgements thereon made by the barons of the Exchequer, which were drawn up in the office of the remembrancer of first fruits.
The majority of cases followed the issue of Exchequer process against incumbents for failure either to compound for first fruits, or, having compounded, to pay the sums due at the four terms stated in the bonds given as part of the composition process, or to pay tenths or arrears of tenths. Most cases came to court only when the liability itself was contested. The series is not complete.
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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)
- 19 roll(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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- Topics
- Taxation
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- A repertory of the rolls is available for consultation.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C6716/
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