Report on the revenue of the Royal Commission on the Courts of Revenue for the year ending Michaelmas 1551, with remembrances thereon, 1552 [manuscript], copied ca. 1775.

1 v. ; 40 x 27 cm

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.

Signatures: [A]⁴ [B-H]⁶. The first and last page of each gathering are numbered 1-16.

See A.H. Shorter, Paper mills and paper makers in England, 1957, fig. 131 for similar watermark dated 1770-1798. Also see Churchill for date in first half of century.

The report was published by W.C. Richardson in 1974.

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Bookplate of Lord Foley.

Ricci, S. de. Census of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada, 1232.4

Great Britain -- England.

V.b.146

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