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Senate House Library, University of London

English public revenue, 1688-1702


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS 75

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: English public revenue, 1688-1702

Date(s): 1688-1702

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 volume containing 36 leaves

Name of creator(s): Unknown

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Exchequer was responsible for receiving and dispersing the public revenue.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Manuscript volume containing an account of the public revenue of England, Nov 1688-Mar 1702, with an abstract for the whole period.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Single item.

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.

Physical characteristics:

Manuscript folio. Bound in morocco, with a panelled design in gold on the covers.

Finding aids:

Collection level description.

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

The manuscript was part of the library of Sir Thomas Phillipps, 1st Baronet (1792-1872) as MS 9048. It was bought by Herbert Somerton Foxwell at the Phillipps sale, Sotheby's, on 19 Jun 1893.

Immediate source of acquisition:

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.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

Other accounts of the English public revenue for this period may be found at University of London MSS 53, 54, 58, 76.

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Sarah Smith as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.

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

Date(s) of descriptions: Jul 2000


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Economic history | Economics
Public finance | Finance

Personal names

Corporate names
Exchequer

Places
London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe