Finding Aid for the Legal and Exchequer Document Collection
1541-1754
Processed by Helen McManus.
William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Legal and Exchequer Document
Collection,
Date (inclusive): 1541-1754
Collection number: MS.1976.019
Creator: William Andrews
Clark Memorial Library
Extent:
4 boxes
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
Los Angeles, California 90095-1490
Abstract: The bulk of this collection consists of Exchequer records and
legal documents from England, 1541-1754. Includes
documents and fragments bearing the signatures of Exchequer officials
and other public officials. Also includes indentures regarding property in
the village of Sulgrave, ancestral home of George Washington's family,
and copies of documents relating to the city of Lille, France.
Physical location: Clark Library
Language of Material: Collection materials in English, Latin, French
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the William Andrews Clark Memorial
Library, UCLA. All requests for permission to publish or quote from
manuscripts or printed items must be submitted in writing to the Clark
Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the William
Andrews Clark Memorial Library, UCLA as the owner of the physical items
and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright
holder, which must also be obtained.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Legal and Exchequer Document Collection, MS.1976.019,
William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University of California, Los
Angeles.
Acquisition Information
Some of the items described in this finding aid originated in
accessions MS.1960.013 (Edwards), MS.1976.015 (Hofmann and Freeman),
MS.1976.016 (Hofmann and Freeman), MS.1976.016 (Myers), MS.2003.02, and MS.1976.20 (Thomas).
Accession MS.2003.02 was the gift of Kenneth Karmiole, 2003.
For many items, provenance and accession information is unclear.
Historical Note
Indentures
Indentures are legal contracts written in multiple copies (usually in
duplicate) on one sheet. The resulting parts of the sheet are separated
along a toothed or curved line. The parties to the contract each keep
one part of the indenture. The authenticity of the documents is
established by realigning the separated parts.
The Exchequer
The Exchequer was responsible for receiving, recording and dispersing
the public revenue. It was divided into two parts: the Upper Exchequer,
or Exchequer of Account, and the Lower Exchequer, or Exchequer of
Receipt.
Four Tellers of the Receipt recorded payments into the Exchequer. In
this process, three records of payments were created: one in the
Teller's book, one in the Teller's Rolls, and a third in the form of a
Teller's Bill or Exchequer Receipt. Payments to be made by the
Exchequer, such as repayments of loans, were authorized by Orders on the
Exchequer created in the office of the Auditor of the Receipt.
The offices of the Exchequer were abolished in 1834 by Act of
Parliament. Their functions were transferred to the Comptroller General
of the Receipt and Issue of the Exchequer.
Scope and Content
This is an artificial collection, composed of several distinct accessions.
It is primarily comprised of legal documents and
Exchequer records from England (after 1707, Great Britain), 1541-1754.
The collection features some interesting examples of calligraphy and
many documents and fragments bearing the signatures or autographs of key
public figures.
The collection includes indentures and other sealed legal documents;
inventories and wills; records of jury verdicts; orders on the Exchequer
and Exchequer receipts; personal and political correspondence; and
drafts and copies of acts of Parliament, correspondence, and legal
documents. It also includes a collection of documents regarding land in
Sulgrave, the ancestral home of George Washington's family, and
several copies of extracts from letters and privileges related to the city of Lille.
Arrangement
This collection is a composite of several accessions and lacks a
clear, organic original order. The arrangement scheme for this
collection was therefore imposed during processing. The collection is
arranged in twelve series, by monarch's reign or regnal chronology.
Within these series items are arranged chronologically. There are three
exceptions to this chronological arrangement within series. First, items
from different accessions will be found in separate folders within the
relevant series. Within the separate folders, items are arranged in
chronological order. Second, small sub-collections comprised entirely of
a particular document type (e.g. verdicts) are placed in separate
folders within the relevant series. Finally, the collection of documents
concerning Sulgrave are treated as a subgroup within Series 3 (James I).
The collection is organized into the following series:
- Series 1. Henry VIII, 1509-1547
- Series 2. Elizabeth I, 1558-1603
- Series 3. James I, 1603-1625
- Series 4. Charles I, 1625-1649
- Series 5. Charles II, 1649-1685
- Series 6. James II, 1685-1688
- Series 7. William III and Mary II, 1689-1694
- Series 8. Willliam III, 1695-1702
- Series 9. Anne, 1702-1714
- Series 10. George I, 1714-1727
- Series 11. George II, 1727-1760
- Series 12. Undated and Miscellaneous
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Eglinton
Family
Washington
family
Beversham
family
England and
Wales. Exchequer
Great
Britain. Exchequer.
Arundell,
Richard
Baillie,
George, 1664-1738
Bertie,
Charles, 1640 or 41-1711
Charles
Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, 1562-1630
De la Warr,
John West, Baron, ca. 1663-1723
Downing,
George, Sir, 1623?-1684
Eglinton,
Alexander Montgomerie, Earl of, 1723-1769
Ernle,
John, Sir, d. 1697
Halifax,
Charles Montagu, Earl of, 1661-1715
Halifax,
George Montagu, Earl of, ca. 1684-1739
Holland,
Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774
Howard,
Robert, Sir, 1626-1698
Leeds,
Thomas Osborne, Duke of, 1631-1712
Long,
Robert, ca. 1602-1673
Lynde,
Humphrey, Sir
Lyttelton,
George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773
Marlborough, James Ley, Earl of, 1550-1629
Onslow,
Richard Onslow, Baron, 1654-1717
Oxford,
Robert Harley, Earl of, 1661-1724
Pelham,
Henry, 1695?-1754
Pye,
Robert, 1585?-1662
Squibb,
Lawrence, 1604-1674
Tonson,
Jacob, 1656?-1736
Finance, Public--Great
Britain
Gresham College
Sulgrave (England)
Lille (France)
Genres and Forms
Autographs
Legal
instruments
Letters
Seals
Series 1.
Henry VIII
1509-1547
Box 2, Folder 1
Indenture
31 August 1541
Physical Description: 1 item
Scope and Content Note
Indenture in Latin, stating that George Plat[t?] swears homage and fealty to
John Scrope, Lord le Scrope of Bolton. Dated 31 August 1541. Signed by Scrope.
Seal attached.
Note
Other persons mentioned in this document include: William
Conyers
Series 2.
Elizabeth I
1558-1603
Box 1, Folder 1
Elizabeth I
1558-1603
Physical Description: 7 items
Scope and Content Note
Various legal documents and a report of the election of Rev. Ball to
be Reader in Rhetoric at Gresham College.
Box 2, Folder 2
Indenture
19 October 1575
Physical Description: 1 item
Scope and Content Note
Indenture between John Wight, Draper, of London and Edward Cooke,
Draper, of London. With the seal of Edward Cooke.
Note
Other persons mentioned in this document include: William
Dexmer, John Berners, William Belamy, Kathryne Belamy
Box 2, Folder 3
Charter
23 March 1591/2
Physical Description: 1 item
Scope and Content Note
Charter in Latin conferring property in Gutter Lane, West Cheap,
London to Robert Alyson (also written "Alison" and "Allison"). Dated
23 March 1591/2. With the seals of Christopher Corey, scrivener, and his wife
Margaret Corey attached.
Note
Hofmann and Freeman Accession. Other persons mentioned in this
document include:
Roger Pratt and his wife Anna, John Fooke and his wife Elizabeth,
William Sparrow, Thomas Robinson, Robert Symonds, Thomas Adams. Signed
on verso by: William Webb, Benedict Bornham, Sebright.
Series 3.
James I
1603-1625
Box 1, Folder 2
James I
1603-1625
Physical Description: 8 items
Scope and Content Note
This folder includes a statement of the committee for "The Bill for
Disabling of Recusants, Persons attainted of Forgery and Penury,
Outlaws, and Contemners of the Law, to be of the Parliament"; an
indenture between Leven Buffkyn and Robert Cranmer about land in
Langley; an estimate of costs for repair of royal parks; an Exchequer's
order; an opinion on James I's efforts regarding the Palatinate.
Note
Items include the signatures of: Charles Parkings, Robert
Cranmer, Robert Pye. Other persons mentioned in these documents include:
William Leighton, John Crumpe, Robert Treswell, Benjamin
Henshawe.
Box 3-4
Collection of documents concerning the holding of
property in Sulgrave, Northamptonshire
1601-1627
Scope and Content Note
This collection contains five indentures recording the transfer and lease
of property in and around Sulgrave, Northamptonshire.
The village of Sulgrave was home to the ancestors of George Washington.
Note
Thompson accession.
Box 3, Folder 1
Indenture of fine
3 March 1601/2
Physical Description: 1 item
Scope and Content Note
Indenture of fine on vellum between (1) Henry Buckerfeilde of Sulgrave and his wife Elizabeth
(Deforciant); and (2) William Buckerfeilde, father of Henry, and John Winckell of Pichley
[now Pytchley] (Plaintiff).
Signed by William Buckerfeilde, with two attached seals.
Box 3, Folder 2
Indenture recording transfer of land
20 December 1605
Physical Description: 1 item
Scope and Content Note
Indenture on vellum with two attached seals. Made between (1) Thomas Leeson, father, and Thomas Leeson, son; and
(2) John King of Morton Pinkney, Thomas Kingston, and Johan his wife. Includes 2 page schedule
of the land indented, which includes a reference to the Washington family land. Signed by Thomas
Leeson and Thomas Leeson.
Note
Thompson accession.
Box 3, Folder 3
Indenture recording lease of land
3 May 1616
Physical Description: 1 item
Scope and Content Note
Indenture on vellum with seal attached. Made between (1) Thomas Barrett, of Sulgrave and (2) Robert Wigson and Thomas Webbe,
regarding lease of a hall and land in Sulgrave. Signed by Thomas Barrett.
Note
Witnesses signed as: John Tompson and Thomas [Kind?].
Box 4, Folder 1
Tripartite indenture (part 1)
24 December 1627
Physical Description: 1 item
Scope and Content Note
Tripartite indenture on vellum with three attached seals. Made between (1) Henry Buckerfeilde, Elizabeth,
his wife, and Edward, his son; (2) William Buckerfeilde, son and heir apparent of Henry, and Parnell
Piggott; (3) Edward Piggott and William Plant. "...for and in consideration of a marriage intended"
between William Buckerfeilde and Parnell Piggot, this document records provisions made for Parnell
Piggott, should she outlive her future husband.
Collection includes two parts of this indenture. Part 1 signed by second and third parties:
William Buckerfeilde (seal missing), Parnell Piggott, Edward Piggott and William Plant.
Note
Witnesses for Edward Piggott and Parnell Piggot signed as: Thomas Perrie, Thomas Plant, Anthony Paxon.
Witnesses for William Buckerfeilde and William Plant signed as: John Stanton, Anthony Paxon, Thomas Plant, and
Edward White.
Docketing on verso signed "W.D. 1810 Nov."
Thompson accession
Box 4, Folder 2
Tripartite indenture (part 2)
24 December 1627
Physical Description: 1 item
Scope and Content Note
Tripartite indenture on vellum with five seal tags, all seals missing. Made between (1) Henry Buckerfeilde, Elizabeth,
his wife, and Edward, his son; (2) William Buckerfeilde, son and heir apparent of Henry, and Parnell
Piggott; (3) Edward Piggott and William Plant. "...for and in consideration of a marriage intended"
between William Buckerfeilde and Parnell Piggot, this document records provisions made for Parnell
Piggott, should she outlive her future husband.
Collection includes two parts of this indenture. Part 2 signed by first and second parties: Henry Buckerfeilde, Elizabeth
Buckerfeilde,
Edward Buckerfeilde, William Buckerfeilde and Parnell Piggott.
Series 4.
Charles I
1625-1649
Box 1, Folder 3
Charles I
1625-1649
Physical Description: 10 items
Scope and Content Note
Letters, bills and receipts; 2 pages from a copy of a document
concerning the disbanding of the armies and the Treaty of Oxford; an
argument against Sir Humphrey Lynde.
Note
Items include the signatures of: James Ley, Earl of
Marlborough; Francys Crane; Robert Pomfrett; Other persons mentioned in
these documents include: Robert Pye, Richard Smith, Edward Wardour;
Charles Emanuel, Duke of Savoy; Robert Townsend, Paull Pinder, Edward
Bradbourne; Edward Martin, Thomas Osborne, Roger Mingay, John Uttinge,
Thomas Baker; Thomas Smyth; William Pierrpoint, William Armyn, John
Holland, and B. Whitlocke; Humphrey Lynde.
Box 2, Folder 4
Copy of Contract
7 May 1633
Physical Description: 1 item, 29 pages
Scope and Content Note
Lawyer's copy of a contract concerning loans made to
Charles I, to be repaid in lands. This contract was made between (1)
King Charles I; Thomas, Lord Coventry; Richard, Lord Weston; Edward,
Viscount Conway; Henry, Earl of Manchester; Robert, Earl of Lindsey;
Thomas, Earl of Arundel and Surrey; Philip, Earl of Pembroke and
Montgomery; Theophilus, Earl of Suffolk; Edward, Earl of Dorset;
William, Earl of Salisbury; William, Earl of Exeter; John, Earl of
Bridgewater; James, Earl of Carlisle; Henry, Earl of Holland; William,
Earl of Banbury; Henry, Earl of Danby; William, Earl of Northampton;
George, Viscount Duplin; William, Earl of Morton; Thomas, Earl of
Kellie; Thomas, Earl of Melrosse; John, Earl of Marre; Dudley, Viscount
Dorchester; Edward, Viscount Wimbleton; Thomas, Viscount Wentworth;
Oliver, Viscount, grandson Henry Viscount Falkland; Charles, Viscount
Wilmott; John, Lord Savile; Edward, Lord Newburgh; Sir Thomas Edwards;
Sir Robert Nauton; Sir John Coke; Sir Humfrey May; Sir Francis
Cottington; Sir Julius Caesar; Sir William Alexander; and (2) Sir John
Heydon, Sir William Russell, and Charles Harbard.
Note
Myers Accession.
Box 2, Folder 5
Tripartite indenture
10 April 1637
Physical Description: 1 item
Scope and Content Note
Tripartite indenture between (1) Edward Drake of Rygate, Surrey, (2)
Timothy Cartwright, draper, of London, and (3) Nicholas Bourne and
Francis Shepard, scrivener. With three seals attached, and the seal of Timothy Cartwright missing from seal tag.
Note
Other persons mentioned in this document include: Richard Baker
Box 2, Folder 6
Freedom of the City of Norwich
31 January 1644/5
Physical Description: 1 item
Scope and Content Note
Certificate of Freedom of the City of Norwich, granted to Thomas Snowden
on 31 January 1644.
In Latin, with signature of Roger Gooche, Chamberlain. Seal attached.
Note
Hofmann and Freeman Accession.
Series 5.
Charles II
1649-1685
Box 1, Folder 4
Charles II
1649-1664
Physical Description: 9 items
Scope and Content Note
Legal and financial documents, and one letter "taken from a wanderer
and a counterfeit".
Note
Items include the signatures of: Isack Hunt, William Potter,
Francis Sayer, John Sayer, Henry Sefton, T. Southampton, Lawrence
Squibb, William Wardour, Peter Winter. Other persons mentioned in these
documents include: Robert Ardon, Master Blythe, George Benyon, Humphrey
Boughton, William Boughton, Charles Cotterell, Thomas Fantenberge,
Robert Long, Roger Mingay, John Morris, John Parkinson, Thomas Player,
William Tilghman, the Trustees sitting at Worcester House.
Box 1, Folder 35
Charles II
1657
Physical Description: 1 item
Scope and Content Note
Indenture between William Wentworth, 2nd Earl of Strafford, and Lyonell Copley of Rotherham.
Note
Signed by H. Metcalfe, Humph. Bagaley, Tho. Blake and Strafford. For the loan of 4000 pounds.
From accession MS.2009.009, gift of Marvin Lessen.
Box 1, Folder 5
Charles II
1665-1673
Physical Description: 9 items
Scope and Content Note
Three bills and a note written by George Hill of Brasenose College,
Oxford; various Exchequer records; and a contract in Latin and English.
Note
Items include the signatures of: William Ashburnham, W. Baker,
Henry Gregory, George Hill, Mary Mildmay, Mary Staunton, W. Swallow.
Other persons mentioned in these documents include: John Barton, Thomas
Boylstone, Edward Burton, Mr Clayton, Robert Cory of Banbury, Martin
Hill, Thomas Killigrew, Thomas Lane, John Morris, Charles Porter,
Lawrence Squibb, Nicholas Warren, William Warren, Thomas Woolsey.
Box 1, Folder 6
Charles II
1674-1684
Physical Description: 8 items
Scope and Content Note
Various Exchequer records, an Exchange office account, a letter
concerning the clergy of the Church of England in Ireland, and other
receipts.
Note
Items include the signatures of: Richard Blackmore; John
Caplin; Nicholas Caplin; John Ernle; [Arthur, Earl of] Essex; [Edward]
Dering; George Downing; L. Hyde [Lawrence Hide]; Charles, Lord Lucas;
George Waller. Other persons mentioned in these documents include:
Robert Howard, John Moncke, Thomas Player, Jacques Smit, Richard
Wynne.
Box 1, Folder 7
Charles II
1661-1684
Physical Description: 9 items
Scope and Content Note
Orders on the Exchequer, Exchequer receipts, and some copies of such
documents.
Note
Myers Accession. Items include the signatures of: Charles
Bertie, John Billingsley, Thomas Blagrave, Thomas, Lord Clifford, Thomas
Coates, Richard Dormer, Thomas Dyos, William Hargrave, John Henderson,
Samuell Herne, Robert Howard, Richard Kensey, Robert Long, Thomas, Lord
Osborne, John Sayer, John Squibb. Other persons mentioned in these items
include: Thomas Austin, John Portman, Humphrey Sickford, Lawrence
Squibb, Godfrey Taylor, Thomas White.
Box 1, Folder 8
Quotations
1664
Physical Description: 6 items
Scope and Content Note
This folder contains small slips of paper bearing quotations in
Latin, Greek and Hebrew. These quotations were written at
Nördlingen in 1664.
Box 1, Folder 9
Exchequer Receipts
1661-1671
Physical Description: 4 items
Scope and Content Note
Exchequer receipts on parchment, in Latin, signed by Lawrence Squibb
and George Downing.
Box 1, Folder 10
Verdicts
1669-1675
Physical Description: 11 items
Scope and Content Note
Records of juries and verdicts in East Ruston.
Note
Items include the signatures of: Robert Budd, Nathan[eal?]
Clapton, Edward Cobbett, Richard Cooke, William Cooke, Robert Drake,
John Durrell, Robert Gaze, Robert Middleton, Daniel Parson, Nicholas
Playman, John Sharkle, William Turner, Robert Ward, John Wattson,
Jeffery Wiseman.
Box 2, Folder 7
Indenture
12 October 1675
Physical Description: 1 item
Scope and Content Note
Indenture concerning land in the Manor of Holdenby, Northamptonshire.
Made between (1) Henry, Earl of Arlington, and (2) George Legg and James
Bridgman of St Martins in the Fields in Middlesex. With signature and
seal of Arlington.
Note
Other persons mentioned in this document include: William
Godolphin; James, Earl of Northampton; Henrietta Maria, Queen, consort
of Charles I, King of England, 1609-1669; John Arper, alias Harper;
Peter Ball; Robert Long; Charles Harbord; John Wintour; Henry
Wood.
Box 2, Folder 8
Indenture
10 November 1675
Physical Description: 1 item
Scope and Content Note
Indenture between James Herbert (Second son of Phillip, Earl of
Pembroke and Montgomerie) of Tythrop, Oxon, and Samuel Daniel, Yeoman,
of Milton, Kent. Signed by Samuel Daniel, seal missing from seal tag.
Note
Myers Accession. Fine scrollwork at top of
document, signed Edw. Berry. Other persons mentioned in this document
include: John Borough.
Box 2, Folder 9
Copy of letter from Charles II
1677
Physical Description: 1 item
Scope and Content Note
Transcription of letter from King Charles II to Henry Slingsby. On
verso: "Copy Mr Maitland, Privy Seal." "The originals are lodged in Sir
John Earnly's hands, left there by me on June 18 1677, Tho. Jenner."
Note
Myers Accession. Other persons mentioned in this document
include: Thomas Strickland, Charles Maitland of Halton, John
Ernle.
Box 2, Folder 10
Indenture
2 March 1682/3
Physical Description: 1 item
Scope and Content Note
Indenture made between Ann, Countess Dowager of Bristol, and Andrew
Card of Gray's Inn, Middlesex. Title from docketing: "The Lady Bristoll's
Assignem't for secureing £1000 and Interest."
Note
Myers Accession. Fine scrollwork at top of document signed "Ri.
Tonson." Signatures on verso include: Sunderland and George Coale.
Series 6.
James II
1685-1688
Box 1, Folder 11
James II
1685-1687
Physical Description: 4 items
Scope and Content Note
This folder contains an inventory, a signed fragment, a letter
(French), and a certification of non-attendance.
Note
Items include the signatures of: Thomas Davids Harcourt, Hugh
Price, John Wisbury[?]. Other persons mentioned in these documents
include: Sibillam Cockram, Johem Buckworth, William Kittridge, Aaron
Philipp.
Box 1, Folder 12
Exchequer Receipt
1686
Physical Description: 1 item
Scope and Content Note
Exchequer receipt signed by Robert Ryves.
Note
Myers Accession. Also
mentioned in this document: Francis Villiers.
Box 4, Folder 3
Beversham Estate
January 1689
Physical Description: 1 item
Scope and Content Note
Dorothy Beversham's account of the personal
estate of her deceased husband, Sir William Beversham. Dated 9th January 1689.
Includes a memorandum, dated 18th January 1689, concerning the division and distribution
of the estate betweeen Dorothy Beversham, Sir Robert Filmer (grandson of the author
of Patriarcha), and Sir George Rivers.
Note
Signed by Dorothy Beversham, Robert Filmer, and George Rivers.
Gift of Kenneth Karmiole, 2003.
Series 7.
William III and Mary II
1689-1694
Box 1, Folder 13
William and Mary
1690?
Physical Description: 19 pages tied at top
Scope and Content Note
Draft or copy of a bill in the House of Commons providing revenues
for William and Mary.
Note
Other persons mentioned in this document include: Katherine,
the Queen Dowager, Prince George, Princess Ann, Frederick, Duke of
Schomberg.
Box 1, Folder 14
William III and Mary II
1690-1694
Physical Description: 7 items
Scope and Content Note
Exchequer orders and receipts, a letter from Mary Fitz James to her
sister Katharine Bromfield, and other documents.
Note
Items include the signatures of: Robert Howard; Thomas
Littleton; Francis, Viscount Newport; Edward Russell; Humphrey South.
Other persons mentioned in these documents include: Charles Bertie,
Edward Harley, James Inglish.
Box 1, Folder 15
Exchequer orders and receipts
1689-1694
Physical Description: 7 items
Note
Myers Accession. Items include the signatures of: Richard
Dalton, Thomas Medhurst, James Grey, Godolphin, Richard Hampden, Stephen
Fox, Thomas Pelham, Francis Villiers, William Smythe, John Lowther,
Richard E. Ranelagh. Other persons mentioned in these documents include:
George, Marquis of Halifax; Thomas Fox, Thomas Howard, Marguerite (or
Margarett) Beraud.
Series 8.
Willliam III
1695-1702
Box 1, Folder 16
Indenture
21 April 1695
Physical Description: 1 item
Scope and Content Note
Indenture on vellum, made between Jacob Tonson (Bookseller)
and William Hack, regarding a lease of land in Ashly. Signed by William Hack, with seal attached.
Note
Other persons mentioned in this document include: Stephen Hack,
Robert Goter. Scrollwork at top signed "Wm Powle".
Box 1, Folder 17
William III
1696-1697
Physical Description: 2 items
Scope and Content Note
List of persons guilty of of high treason for counterfeiting money,
dated 12 September 1696. Oath concerning payment made to Exchequer,
dated 20th July 1697.
Note
Items include the signatures of: Roger Langley, T. Raillon,
Tobias Stoile. Other persons mentioned in these documents include:
Robert Howard.
Box 1, Folder 18
Exchequer receipts
1699-1700
Physical Description: 3 items
Note
Myers Accession. Items include the signatures of: Richard
Cotton, Edward Gibbon, Katherine Russell. Other persons mentioned in
these documents include: Francis Godolphin, Thomas Howard, John Paige,
Richard Earl of Ranelagh.
Box 1, Folder 19
Exchequer receipt
1709
Physical Description: 1 item
Note
Item includes the signatures of William Ireland and John, Lord
De la Warr.
Box 1, Folder 20
Exchequer documents
1702-1706
Physical Description: 4 items
Scope and Content Note
Orders on the Exchequer and Exchequer receipts dated 1702-1706.
Note
Myers Accession. Items include the signatures of: Thomas
Jermyn; William King; Stephen Fox; Paul Collins; Henry Grey, Marquess of
Kent. Other persons mentioned in these documents include: Francis
Robartes, Thomas Madocks, Sarah Sedgwick.
Box 1, Folder 21
Exchequer documents
1707-1710
Physical Description: 10 items
Scope and Content Note
Orders on the Exchequer and Exchequer receipts dated 170-1710.
Note
Myers Accession. Items include the signatures of: Juliana,
Countess of Burlington; William, Lord Cowper; William Legge, Baron
Dartmouth; Lord Fermanagh; Henry Furnese; John Monckton, Viscount
Gallway; Sidney Godolphin; Edmond King; John Mead; John, Duke of
Newcastle; Isaac Fernandes Nunes. Other persons mentioned in these
documents include: James Brydges, Margaret Gardiner, Charles, Lord
Halifax.
Box 1, Folder 22
Exchequer documents
1711-1714
Physical Description: 8 items
Scope and Content Note
Orders on the Exchequer and Exchequer receipts, dated 1711-1714.
Note
Myers Accession. Items include the signatures of: Clement
Cotrell, Essex Finch, Lord Fitzharding, Richard Gray, Charles, Lord
Halifax, John Howe, William Hudson, Russell Robartes.
Series 10.
George I
1714-1727
Box 1, Folder 23
George I
1716-1717
Physical Description: 2 items
Scope and Content Note
Exchequer receipt and a redemption from the Company of Long Bow
String Makers.
Note
Items include the signatures of: George Byng, Thomas Corbett,
Duncan Dee. Other persons mentioned in these documents include: Thomas
Kirk, William Lewin (Lord Mayor of London, 1717), Richard Onslow.
Box 1, Folder 24
Exchequer documents
1716-1718
Physical Description: 7 items
Scope and Content Note
Exchequer orders, receipts, and debenture.
Note
Myers Accession. Items include the signatures of: Whitlock
Bulstrode, Charles Caesar, Francis Godolphin, George, Lord Halifax,
William Ireland, William Lowndes, [Thomas] Onslow, Robert Walpole. Other
persons mentioned in these documents include: Richard Hampden, Thomas
Micklethwaite, William Thomas, John, Lord De la Warr.
Box 1, Folder 25
Exchequer documents
1721-1727
Physical Description: 7 items
Scope and Content Note
Orders on the Exchequer and Exchequer Receipts, dated 1721-1727.
Includes the signatures of several Tellers of the Exchequer.
Note
Myers Accession. These items include the signatures of: George
Byng, Richard Cary, Spenser Compton, William Cowper, Lord Halifax,
Charles Hatton, Richard Onslow, Henry Portman, William Poulett,
Stanhope.
Series 11.
George II
1727-1760
Box 1, Folder 26
Copy of a bill
1741
Physical Description: 1 item
Scope and Content Note
Copy of a bill. Original probably dates from the sixteenth century. Notes on the
verso of the copy refer to Anthony Browne, first Viscount Montagu
(1528-1592).
Box 1, Folder 27
Exchequer documents
1728-1754
Physical Description: 13 items
Scope and Content Note
Orders on the Exchequer and Exchequer receipts, dated 1728-1754.
Note
Myers Accession. Includes the signatures of: George Cockburn;
Matthew Collet; Thomas Crowe; J. Finch; William Finch; George, Lord
Halifax; George, Earl of Macclesfield; Thomas, Lord Onslow; Henry
Pelham; John Plumptre; Poulett; S. Poyntz; Daniel Preveran; Charles,
Earl of Selkirk; John Shepherd; Horatio Walpole; R. White.
Series 12.
Undated and Miscellaneous
Box 1, Folder 28
Undated items
Physical Description: 12 items
Scope and Content Note
Undated documents, notes and fragments. Documents are written in
English and Latin.
Note
Persons mentioned in these documents include: Richard Byrd,
Rev. A. Hildesham, Roger Mingay, Susan Mingay, and Major Moore.
Box 1, Folder 29
Undated Exchequer documents
Physical Description: 3 items
Scope and Content Note
Orders on the Exchequer and Exchequer receipts, undated.
Note
Myers Accession. Includes the signatures of: William Finch,
Robert Walpole. Other persons mentioned in these documents include:
Brook Bridges, Clement Newsham
Box 1, Folder 30
Signed Exchequer receipts and fragments
Physical Description: 21 items
Scope and Content Note
This folder contains a collection of signed Exchequer receipts and
fragments of receipts. Several items include signatures of various Lords
Commissioners of the Treasury and officers of the Exchequer.
Note
Signatures include: Richard Arundell; George Campbell; J.
Finch; Henry Fox; Charles, Lord Halifax; Robert Howard; Robert Long
[signed as Hob. Long]; George Lyttleton; Charles Sackville, Earl of
Middlesex; Richard Middleton; William, Duke of Montrose; Earl of Oxford
[Robert Harley]; Henry Pelham; John Plumptre; John Poulett; Edward
Russell; Thomas Sadler; Nicholas Spaldon; Lawrence Squibb; Wallinger.
Other persons mentioned in these items include: Benjamin Giles; George
Parker, Lord Macclesfield.
Box 1, Folder 31
Exchequer signatures
1668-1769
Physical Description: 1 item
Scope and Content Note
Five fragments of signed documents pasted onto thick paper, dated
1668-1769. Signatures belong to various officers of the Exchequer. 1)
Signed by Theodore Janssen. 2) George Baillie, Charles Turner, Henry
Pelham (Lords Commissioners of the Treasury). 3) Anglesey, Robert Long
(signed as Hob. Long). 4) Henry Fox, Richard Arundell, George Lyttleton
(Lords Commissioners of the Treasury). 5) Argyll.
Note
Other persons mentioned in these fragments include: Mr
[Lawrence] Squibb, Edward Barkwell.
Box 1, Folder 32
Undated fragment
Physical Description: 1 item, [8] pages
Scope and Content Note
Fragment of a document containing orders and advice on doing battle.
Box 1, Folder 33
Documents related to the Earls of Eglinton
Scope and Content Note
An order to pay and a signed autograph letter pasted onto a folded
leaf of paper. Notes in a nineteenth-century hand provide biographical
information about the Eglinton lineage. The Earldom of Eglinton is part
of the Scottish Peerage. The Earl of Eglinton is also the chief of Clan
Montgomerie. The documents in this folder pertain to Alexander, 10th
Earl of Eglinton and Archibald, 11th Earl of Eglinton. In the letter,
Archibald seeks support for his candidacy for the Scottish
Representative Peerage.
Note
Myers Accession. Other persons mentioned in this item include:
Lord Henley; Frances, wife of Alexander; Hugh, 12th Earl of Eglinton,
and his wife Elanoria.
Box 1, Folder 34
Copies of documents related to Lille.
Physical Description: 5 items
Scope and Content Note
Copied extracts from letters and privileges related to the government
of the city of Lille. Original documents are dated 1354-1522. Documents
are written and annotated in French and Latin.