GB 0096 MS 58 - English public revenue, 1693-1700

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GB 0096 MS 58

Title

English public revenue, 1693-1700

Date(s)

  • 1693-1700 (Creation)

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2 volumes containing 199 leaves

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Biographical history

The Exchequer was responsible for receiving and dispersing the public revenue. In time the upper Exchequer developed into the judicial system, while the lower Exchequer became the Treasury.

Archival history

Volume I contains the bookplate of Robert Byerley of Gouldesborough, Yorkshire, dated 1702.
GB 0096 MS 58 1693-1700 Collection (fonds) 2 volumes containing 199 leaves Unknown
The Exchequer was responsible for receiving and dispersing the public revenue. In time the upper Exchequer developed into the judicial system, while the lower Exchequer became the Treasury.

Volume I contains the bookplate of Robert Byerley of Gouldesborough, Yorkshire, dated 1702.

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 volumes containing an account of the public revenue of England, 1693-1700, entitled 'The general state of receipts and issues of the the publick revenue between the Feast of St Michael 1693 and the Feast of Saint Michael 1694' (continued to Michaelmas 1700).

Two volumes.

Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Uncatalogued material may not be seen. 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.
English
Manuscript folio. Fo. 51 of Volume I has been torn out, and only a small fragment remains. In Volume II, the section covering 1696-1697 is bound out of place after the section for 1697-1698.

Collection level description.

Other accounts of the English public revenue for this period may be found at University of London MSS 53, 54, 75, 76.

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). Jul 2000 England Europe Finance Public finance UK Western Europe London

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

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.

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Scope and content

Manuscript volumes containing an account of the public revenue of England, 1693-1700, entitled 'The general state of receipts and issues of the the publick revenue between the Feast of St Michael 1693 and the Feast of Saint Michael 1694' (continued to Michaelmas 1700).

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Two volumes.

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Conditions governing access

Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Uncatalogued material may not be seen. Please contact the University Archivist for details.

Conditions governing reproduction

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.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

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English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Other accounts of the English public revenue for this period may be found at University of London MSS 53, 54, 75, 76.

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Senate House Library, University of London

Rules and/or conventions used

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

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  • English

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