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Series
Exchequer of Receipt: Assignments and Exchequer Bills
Catalogue reference: E 406
What's it about?
E 406
This series contains records relating to the repayment of government loans and debts and to the disbursement of pensions, annuities and other payments by the Exchequer of Receipt, dating from the 17th to 19th centuries.The records include the...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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E 406
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Title (The name of the record)
- Exchequer of Receipt: Assignments and Exchequer Bills
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Date (When the record was created)
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1622-1862
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records relating to the repayment of government loans and debts and to the disbursement of pensions, annuities and other payments by the Exchequer of Receipt, dating from the 17th to 19th centuries.
The records include the assignment books of the London goldsmiths who had lent money to the government in 1677, with details of their own creditors; pells office assignment books with details of the assignments made by thirteen bankers to their creditors, after the Exchequer was closed down in 1672 with debts outstanding, which books also contain brief entries of wills, copies of probates and letters of administration; auditors' assignment books; warrants of attorney; and statistical accounts of the number of bills paid out, moneys outstanding, and calculations of interest on the loans.
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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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English and Latin
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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222 volume(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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C6772/
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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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