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Senate House Library, University of London

Account of public debts


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS 94

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: Account of public debts

Date(s): 1716

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 volume containing 4 leaves

Name of creator(s): Unknown

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Exchequer was responsible for receiving and dispersing the public revenue. The lower Exchequer, or receipt, closely connected with the permanent Treasury, was an office for the receipt and payment of money. The upper Exchequer was a court sitting twice a year to regulate accounts.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Manuscript volume containing an account of the public debts at the Exchequer, exclusive of the deficiencies of parliamentary grants, 14 Mar 1716, prepared for [Spencer Compton, Viscount Pevensey] Speaker of the House of Commons, from material in various Finance Acts.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Single item.

Conditions governing access:

Access to the items in the collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the controlled environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Access to archive collections may be restricted under the Freedom of Information Act. 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. Cloth.

Finding aids:

Collection level description.

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

This manuscript was bought from Mr P M Barnard in 1913 as an addition to the Goldsmith's Library of Economic Literature.

ALLIED MATERIALS

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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: Aug 2000


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Public finance | Finance

Personal names
Compton | Spencer | 1673-1743 | 1st Earl of Wilmington | politician x Wilmington | 1st Earl of

Corporate names
Exchequer

Places
London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe