GB 0096 MS 18 - Accounts of butlerage and prisage

1 volume containing 42 leaves

The manuscript contains a bookplate of the Aikman family. It was bought by Herbert Somerton Foxwell at the W J Thoms sale at Sotheby's, 9 Feb 1887.
GB 0096 MS 18 1597-1601 Collection (fonds) 1 volume containing 42 leaves Unknown
Butlerage was a commuted toll paid in specie at a fixed rate upon every cask imported by alien traders, and prisage a tax in kind on denizen subjects of the English crown importing wines.

The manuscript contains a bookplate of the Aikman family. It was bought by Herbert Somerton Foxwell at the W J Thoms sale at Sotheby's, 9 Feb 1887.

Part of the Goldsmith's Library of Economic Literature, initially collected by Herbert Somerton Foxwell and presented by the Goldsmith's Company to the University of London in 1903.

Manuscript volume containing accounts of butlerage and prisage from 26 July 1597 to 29 September 1600, and for half a year ending at Easter 1601.

Single item.

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English
Manuscript folio. Bound in half morocco over the old vellum covers. Half of the first leaf and the top corner of the second leaf are missing.

Collection level description.

Compiled by Sarah Smith as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project. ISAD(G) 2nd edition, and NCA rules for the construction of personal, place and corporate names (1997). Jun 2000 England Europe Finance Fiscal policy Taxation UK Western Europe London

Part of the Goldsmith's Library of Economic Literature, initially collected by Herbert Somerton Foxwell and presented by the Goldsmith's Company to the University of London in 1903.

Manuscript volume containing accounts of butlerage and prisage from 26 July 1597 to 29 September 1600, and for half a year ending at Easter 1601.

Single item.

Access to the items in the collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the controlled environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Access to archive collections may be restricted under the Freedom of Information Act. Please contact the University Archivist for details.

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

• anglais

• latin

English

Collection level description.

The originals are in the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney (Ref: ZML MSS 2901).

ISAD(G) 2nd edition, and NCA rules for the construction of personal, place and corporate names (1997).

• anglais