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English Exchequer Accounts

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English Exchequer accounts, in quarterly volumes, 1701-1703 and 1705-1707.

Dates

  • Creation: 1701-1707

Extent

1.87 Linear metres (17 boxes)

Language of Materials

  • English

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Eng. hist. b. 126, fols. 1-2].

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Full range of shelfmarks:

MSS. Eng. hist. b. 126-131, b. 137-147

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 12946, 12947

Abstract

English Exchequer Accounts

Biographical / Historical

The Exchequer was the government department responsible for receiving and dispersing the public revenue.

Other Finding Aids

Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. VI, nos. 32387-32392, 34048-34058.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The 1701-1703 accounts were bought from W.J. Smith, bookseller of Brighton, in March 1897. The 1706-1707 accounts were presented to the Library by Keith R. Maitland of Edinburgh in 1908.

Title
English Exchequer Accounts
Status
Published
Author
Collection Level Description and EAD version 2020 by Alice Whichelow
Date
EAD version 2020
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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