[Collection of orders, receipts and other documents relating to the Exchequer]

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Title: [Collection of orders, receipts and other documents relating to the Exchequer]
Creator: Great Britain. Exchequer.
Contributor: Great Britain.--Exchequer.
Published / Created: 1567-1717
Abstract: Collection of primarily 17th-century manuscripts, in multiple hands, of accounts and receipts for material goods used by employees of the Exchequer; the manuscripts primarily list quantities and prices of such items as paper, ink, leather, money bags, quills, and wax, and the name of the employee. Other accounts include a list of goods, and their prices, provided and delivered for the use of Charles Lord St. John and the rest of the farmers of the king's Customs; lists of the numbers of prayer forms for the monthly fast and for thanksgiving for the king's preservation that were delivered to the Archbishop of Canterbury and to the other bishops, followed by prices of forms in Welsh and the cost of stitching the prayer books; and an account of carpenters' work done in several offices at the Exchequer.
Description: 5 l. of binder's blanks at front not digitized.
Binding: half green morocco; gilt decoration. In gilt on spine: Exchequer Documents, M. S. 1617-1717.
For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator.
Phillipps MS 16884.
Extent: 1 v. (66 documents) ; various sizes.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Format: text
Genre: Accounts.
Resource Type: Archives or Manuscripts
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain--Officials and employees.
Great Britain--Religious life and customs--17th century.
Subject (Name): Great Britain.--Exchequer.
Subject (Topic): Carpentry--England.
Finance, Public--England--Accounting.
Implements, utensils, etc.--England.
Stationery.

Access: Public
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Citation: Great Britain, Exchequer, Collection of Orders, Receipts and Other Documents. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.