Series
Chancery: Inquisitions Post Mortem, Series I, Edward II
Catalogue reference: C 134
Date: c1307-c1327
The third series of inquisitions post mortem in Series I, dating to the reign of Edward II.
Series
Exchequer: Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer: Pipa Files
Catalogue reference: E 386
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E 386
Writs of process derived from the pipe rolls, sheriffs' petitions of allowance, and related documents.They include inquisitions post mortem and writs of certiorari on various matters affecting the Crown's ancient revenues. There are also writs of...
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- E 386
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Title (The name of the record)
- Exchequer: Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer: Pipa Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1433-1564
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Description (What the record is about)
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Writs of process derived from the pipe rolls, sheriffs' petitions of allowance, and related documents.
They include inquisitions post mortem and writs of certiorari on various matters affecting the Crown's ancient revenues. There are also writs of distraint against various Crown debtors, including those owing arrears on subsidies, and for outstanding sums owed by former sheriffs. The writs also include many distraints for fines imposed by the courts of common law but which remained unpaid.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Strays from Pipa files may remain amongst the loose writs in E 383
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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)
- Latin
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 43 file(s)
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- Topics
- Landed estates
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The coincidence of the appearance of the Pipa files in the year of the appointment of a reforming Treasurer suggests that they may owe their inception to the energies of Ralph, Lord Cromwell (1394?-1456). They probably continued as a separate series until the 1570s.
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