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Exchequer: Pipe Office: Chancellor's Rolls
A series of duplicates of the Pipe Rolls, which recorded the accounts of the sheriff and other accountants at the Exchequer, kept for the Chancellor and held in the Exchequer Pipe Office.Supposedly a copy of the Pipe roll for the same year, each roll…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1162-1962
- Reference
- E 352
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Duchy of Lancaster: Enclosure Awards
The records in this series are enclosure awards and extracts of awards, which relate to lands and rights of the Duchy of Lancaster.The awards and extracts mainly relate to Yorkshire and Lancashire, although Buckinghamshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1640-1882
- Reference
- DL 45
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Duchy of Lancaster: Warrants
The records in this series are warrants for the issue of instruments under the seals of the Duchy of Lancaster and the County Palatine of Lancaster (otherwise in PL, Chancery Administrative Records division), dating from the reign of Henry VII to Geo…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- c1485-1910
- Reference
- DL 12
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Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: The Caption of Seisin of the Duchy of Cornwall
This series consists of the Caption of Seisin of the Cornish possessions of the Duchy of Cornwall, taken on behalf of Edward, eldest son of Edward III, in May 1337.The purpose of the document was for seisin to be taken of the Cornish lands, knights' …
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1337
- Reference
- E 120
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Records of the Offices of Non-Departmental Ministers attached to the War Cabinet...
Files of the military secretariat of the Cabinet Office for the period that Churchill and Attlee successively combined the offices of Prime Minister and Minister of Defence are in CAB 120. Records relating to the extra-departmental duties of the hold…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1930-1979
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Duchy of Lancaster: Chancery: Inquisitions Post Mortem
This series consists of stray inquisitions post mortem relating to lands held by the Duchy of Lancaster otherwise found in DL 7. Many of the early inquisitions, dating from the reign of Richard II, are in response to writs of John of Gaunt, Duke of L…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 17 Richard II-30 Henry VIII
- Reference
- PL 4
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The Crown Estate and predecessors: maps used for land management; Crown ownership...
These maps record in graphic form the land possessions of the Crown. They record Crown ownership and transactions occurring in the course of land management. They were the ?master? documents on which all transactions were recorded.
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- 1752-1999
- Reference
- CRES 68
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Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from records of the Duchy of Lancaster
This is one of 35 artificial accumulations created by the Public Record Office during the twentieth century to cater for maps, plans and drawings extracted from records following transfer to the Office, primarily as a preservation measure, usually if…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 16th century-19th century
- Reference
- MPC
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Duchy of Lancaster: Maps and Plans
This series originally contained maps and plans created or accumulated by the Duchy of Lancaster, relating to estates in England. Some had been transferred or extracted to this series from records in DL 3 and DL 4: these were made principally in the …
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- c1485-1887
- Reference
- DL 31
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Office of Woods, Forests and Land Revenues and successors: Windsor Estate Office:...
Files contain letters in and copies of letters despatched, the related minutes, reports and memoranda, and a number of plans. The correspondence is mainly between the deputy surveyor at Windsor and the commissioners of Crown lands in Whitehall, vario…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1869-1979
- Reference
- CRES 46
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Surveyor General of Crown Lands: Entry Books of Reports on Crown Leases
This series contains three entry books of reports on Crown leases made in the eighteenth century. The original petition to the Treasury requesting a revision of a lease may usually be found transcribed also.The petition was referred by the lords comm…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1716-1786
- Reference
- CRES 7
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Trustees for Crown Lands and Fee-Farm Rents: Particulars
This series relates to the sale, during the Interregnum, of fee-farm and similar ground rents due to the Crown, as authorized by Act of Parliament in 1650.Virtually all the records in the series are particulars, or memoranda relating to them. A parti…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1558-1660
- Reference
- E 308
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Board of Trade: Mercantile Marine Department: Foreshores Files
These are records of the Mercantile Marine Department of the Board of Trade, which passed to the Commissioners of Crown Lands in 1950 when foreshore responsibilities returned to them.The files in this series refer to applications for using the foresh…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1920-1935
- Reference
- CRES 42
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Special Collections: Court Rolls
Court rolls (and in some cases, court books) of manors (some separated from LR 3), honors, hundreds and other local jurisdictions (including the Marcher lordships of the Duchy of York), the majority of which belonged to the crown, or which came to th…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- c1200-c1900
- Reference
- SC 2
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The Regional Portfolio From The Crown Estate Website
This series contains dated gathered versions (or 'snapshots') of the Regional Portfolio From The Crown Estate website. [Please note: These records may be accessed via the UK Government Web Archive.]
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- From 2019
- Reference
- CRES 69
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Court of Augmentations and Exchequer, Pipe Office: Leases and Offices Surrendered...
Deeds which relate to the surrender of leases and offices into the Court of Augmentations.Many of the deeds are subscribed or endorsed with the details of surrender, albeit often without a date. The original grants thus surrendered were made either b…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- c1509-c1558
- Reference
- E 312
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The Crown Estate Commissioners: Annual Reports
Published annual reports of the The Crown Estate commissioners, usually containing sections relating to the business of the board, management, finance and accounts, forestry, foreshores and the seabed, agricultural estates in England, Scotland and Wa…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1956-2004
- Reference
- CRES 45
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Records of the Treasury of the Receipt
Records of the Treasury of the Receipt or those which were deposited there as the earliest repository of royal valuables and records. The records can be divided into two groups:First, those considered to be of particular value to the Crown:Domesday B…
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- 1086-1952
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Office of the Auditors of Land Revenue and predecessors and successors: Drafts of,...
Drafts of, and warrants for, particulars for lease and sale of crown land, most of which came to the crown at the Dissolution of the religious houses and chantries. They were prepared by the auditors of the Court of Augmentations, the Auditors of the…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- Henry VIII - 1819
- Reference
- LR 10
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Crown Estate Website
This series contains dated gathered versions (or 'snapshots') of the Crown Estate website. [Please note: These records may be accessed via the UK Government Web Archive using the links listed below (for a general explanation of these parallel links, …
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- From 2006
- Reference
- CRES 67