Survey of royal revenue, 1552 copied between 1736 and 1758.
Title
Survey of royal revenue, 1552 copied between 1736 and 1758.
Alternative Title
Public Revenue Anno Quinto Regni Edwardi Sexto, Certificate of Thomas Lord Darby of Chiche.
Creator
England and Wales. Royal Commission on the Courts of Revenue.
Publisher
Westminster : Publisher not identified
Date
circa 1736-1758?
Format
[62] leaves ; 42 x 27 cm (folio)
Description
Foliated in pencil; manuscript occupies leaves [6r] through [53r].
Incipit: The certificate of Thomas Lord Darcy of Chiche ...
Dates conjectured by booksellers based on watermark evidence.
Manuscript fair copy of the Royal Revenue Survey, originally produced for young King Edward VI in 1552, subsequently copied in manuscript and bound in leather two centuries later, most conceivably by the Exchequer's Clerk of the Pell Office which at the time was Sir Edward Walpole (1706-1784). ... On Dutch made laid paper with watermark initials IV [Jean Villeray] and LGV [Lucas van Gerrevink], and a crown motif. Gilt title to front "Public Revenue Anno Quinto Regni Edwardi Sexto" and to spine "Survey of Royal Revenue Edward VI." With the special gift bookplate of the Constitutional Club Library, indicating the donor to be barrister, politician and member of the Club, Reginald Charles Edward Abbot (1842-1919), 3rd Baron Colchester.
18th century copy of the report, giving particulars of income and expenditure of the Exchequer and Chamber courts. Many names of government and household officials and pensioners, including names and allowances of the King's musicians and players of interludes, etc. Also detailed suggestions for the more efficient working of the courts of revenue.
"A significant document from young Edward's Reformation with details of revenues earned by the vast confiscation of monasteries, taxing clergy, and feudal exploitation, as well as monies controlled and embezzled by William Cavendish, this document being the fateful audit that led to his conviction."--bookseller's description.
Incipit: The certificate of Thomas Lord Darcy of Chiche ...
Dates conjectured by booksellers based on watermark evidence.
Manuscript fair copy of the Royal Revenue Survey, originally produced for young King Edward VI in 1552, subsequently copied in manuscript and bound in leather two centuries later, most conceivably by the Exchequer's Clerk of the Pell Office which at the time was Sir Edward Walpole (1706-1784). ... On Dutch made laid paper with watermark initials IV [Jean Villeray] and LGV [Lucas van Gerrevink], and a crown motif. Gilt title to front "Public Revenue Anno Quinto Regni Edwardi Sexto" and to spine "Survey of Royal Revenue Edward VI." With the special gift bookplate of the Constitutional Club Library, indicating the donor to be barrister, politician and member of the Club, Reginald Charles Edward Abbot (1842-1919), 3rd Baron Colchester.
18th century copy of the report, giving particulars of income and expenditure of the Exchequer and Chamber courts. Many names of government and household officials and pensioners, including names and allowances of the King's musicians and players of interludes, etc. Also detailed suggestions for the more efficient working of the courts of revenue.
"A significant document from young Edward's Reformation with details of revenues earned by the vast confiscation of monasteries, taxing clergy, and feudal exploitation, as well as monies controlled and embezzled by William Cavendish, this document being the fateful audit that led to his conviction."--bookseller's description.
Contributor
Constitutional Club (London) former owner.
Language
English
Identifier
HJ41 A6
Files
Collection
Citation
England and Wales. Royal Commission on the Courts of Revenue. , “Survey of royal revenue, 1552 copied between 1736 and 1758.,” Schulich-Woolf Rare Book Collection, accessed May 7, 2024, https://schulichwoolf.omeka.net/items/show/833.