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referencedIn Sloane 1520Paper, in folio, ff. 94, XVII century. Book of Fees paid to Officers and Servants of the Crown, viz. in the reign of James I.1. Officers of the court of revenue. f.1.2. Officers connected with the revenue in London. f.3.3. Customers in the... British Library
referencedIn Court of Wards and Liveries: Seals: temp. Chas.1.Charles I of England: Seals for the Court of Wards and Liveries. British Library
referencedIn RETURN, made soon after 11 Chas. I. [1635], of debts due to the Court of Wards and Liveries, including arrears as far back as temp. Hen. VIII. The return consists of a series arranged under counties (ff. 4-129), and a series arranged under the headin..., approximately 1636 British Library
referencedIn 1. EXTRACTS relating to knights' fees in the honor of Richmond, and elsewhere, co. York; with index, f. 2. 2. Extracts from inquisitions, licences of alienation, etc.; Hen.III-Eliz. ; with indexes, f. 129. 3. "The begininge, yssue and the succession..., 17th century British Library
referencedIn Court of Wards and Liveries: Injunction conc. estate of Sir J. Cooper: 1632.: Copy.Sir John Cooper, 1st Baronet; alias Couper: Deed rel. to his estate: 1632.: Copy. British Library
referencedIn INDEXES of names to decrees in the Court of Wards; 15 Eliz.-21 Car. I. Paper; XIXth cent. Folio.Court of Wards and Liveries: Indices to liveries, surveys, etc.: 19th cent., 19th century British Library
referencedIn INDEXES and registers of various miscellaneous documents in the Chapter House, Westminster, comprising charter rolls, ministers' accounts, receivers' accounts, Privy Seals, etc. Among them the following maybe noticed: 1. Copy of the "Placita coram Re..., 19th century British Library
referencedIn Indenture by William Cecil, Lord Burghley, as Master of the Court of Wards and Liveries, and Robert Keilway, Surveyor of the Court, granting Thomas Griesley, son of the late Sir Thomas Griesley, his father's estates in cos. Derby, Staff. and Leic.; 2... British Library
referencedIn Court of Wards and Liveries: Acquittance to coheirs of Lord Devon for lands in cos. Devon and Som.: 1558.County of Somerset: Roll rel. to: 1558.Devonshire: Rolls rel. to: circ. 1400 -circ. 1563.Edward Courtenay, 11th Earl of Devon: Acquittance of Co... British Library
referencedIn COPIES OF ENGLISH HISTORICAL AND LEGAL PAPERS; first half of the 17th cent. Contents:-(1) Report, apparently unpublished, entitled 'A Conference by the Kings speciall comaund before the Lords of the Councell touching Prohibicions'; 23 May 1611. In o..., 17th century British Library
referencedIn Originally bound in a vellum indenture from Sir Francis Walsingham and Lewis Dyve of Bromham, co. Bedf., to Edward la Zouche, 11th Baron Zouche, and Francis Hasting, of Bosworth, co. Leic., assigning the wardship of William Gostwick (1st Bart. 1611);... British Library
referencedIn 1. INDEX of places to the Commissioners' first Report on Public Records, f. 1. 2. Index of names to liveries, in continuation of the first index in the last volume; temp. Eliz.-Car. I., f. 23. Paper; XIXth cent. Folio.includes:f. 1 Records, Public: I..., 19th century British Library
referencedIn Charles I.: Court of Wards and Liveries. First seal.Court of Wards and Liveries: Seals: temp. Chas.1.Charles I of England: Seals for the Court of Wards and Liveries. British Library
referencedIn Charles I., Court of Wards and Liveries.Court of Wards and Liveries: Seal: temp. Charles I. British Library
referencedIn INDEX of places to surveys in the Court of Wards and Liveries, 19-38 Hen. VIII., 1-7 Edw. VI., and 1-21 Eliz. Paper; XIXth cent. Folio.Court of Wards and Liveries: Indices to liveries, surveys, etc.: 19th cent., 19th century British Library
creatorOf FORMULARY FOR A CLERK OF THE COUNCIL, compiled by Robert Beale; c. 1572 (see below), probably the year he was appointed to this office. Mostly autograph. The forms are arranged under the following headings: (a) 'The Stiles of the princes letters to a..., 1567-1578 British Library
referencedIn ROUGH inventories and abstracts of public records in the office of the Auditors of the Exchequer, the Augmentation Office, the Chapter House at Westminster, the office of the Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer, and the Court of Wards and Liveries. Paper; ..., 17th century-19th century British Library
referencedIn HEATH AND VERNEY PAPERS. Vol. I (ff. 321). Miscellaneous State papers, etc., 1603-1659. The principal contents are as follows :-1. Weekly statistics of burials in London from the plague and otherwise, 24 Dec. 1602-22 Dec. 1603, and 6 Jail.-22 Dec. 16..., 1602-1659 British Library
referencedIn HEATH AND VERNEY PAPERS. Vol. II (ff. 238). Miscellaneous state papers, 1660-1699. The principal contents are as follows :-1. Draft for commission by Charles II, with instructions to the Commissioners, relating chiefly to the hearing of petitions of ..., 1660-1699 British Library
referencedIn The same. Second seal. British Library
referencedIn Court of Wards and Liveries: Order for settlement of debts owed to, by J. Hall, of Bradford-on-Avon: 1615.John Hall, of Bradford-on-Avon, county Wiltshire: Deed rel., to the settlement of his debts owing to the Court of Wards and Liveries: 1615. British Library
referencedIn Vol. XIV (ff. 259). Survey and rental, 1607 (f. 1) ; interrogatories for, and examination of, several tenants for the information of Sir Cuthbert Pepper, Attorney of the Court of Wards and Liveries, in their suit v. Sir Fulke Greville[de jure 5th Bar..., 1608-1815 British Library
referencedIn EGMONT PAPERS. Vol. CXXXIII (ff. 111). Miscellaneous papers, as follows:-(1) Copies and extracts of deeds relating to England and Ireland, 14th-17th centt., including an original feodary's survey (f. 6) of lands of James Perceval (d. 1593) in Somers..., 1600-1698 British Library
referencedIn "AN Index Locorum to the Surveys in the Court of Wards," 5-30 Hen. VIII.; arranged alphabetically under counties, with descriptions of properties and names of owners; London, 1826. Paper. Folio.Court of Wards and Liveries: Indices to liveries, survey..., 1826 British Library
referencedIn Court of Wards and Liveries: Livery to J. Trelawney of his father's lands: [circ. 1563].John Trelawney, son of J Trelawney: Deed rel. to his lands in cos. Devon, Cornw. and Som.: [circ. 1563].County of Somerset: Extent of lands in: [circ. 1563].Devon... British Library
referencedIn 40730. MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS AND PAPERS. Paper and vellum ; ff. 93. Folio., 1300-1918 British Library
referencedIn 1. ff. 1-35. Discourses entitled 'The severall opinions of sundrie antiquaries touching the antiquitie . . . of the highe court of Parliament in England', apparently presented at a meeting of the Society of Antiquaries; 1614? See Harley MS. 305, f. 2..., 1596-1670 British Library
referencedIn MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS, chiefly tempp . Eliz.-Jas. I.:-1. "The order of the queenes goinge to the Perlament." f. 2. 2. Letter from James I. to Robert "Lye" [Lee], Lord Mayor, and the Aldermen, etc., of London, on his accession; Holyrood, 28 Mar. ... British Library
referencedIn TRUMBULL PAPERS. Vol. CLXVI (ff. 158). Tracts and papers relating to domestic affairs, etc.; 1550-1633, n.d. Partly copies, early 17th cent. Partly Latin. Included are papers relating to Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (ff. 6-23; and see also belo..., 1550-1633 British Library
referencedIn 1. INDEX to bills, answers, depositions, etc., in the Court of Augmentations, f. 3. 2. Catalogue of books of records at the Chapter House, Westminster; 1745 (?), f. 27. 3. Calendar of ministers' accounts of the Court of Wards and Liveries, f. 29. 4. ..., 19th century British Library
referencedIn Court of Wards and Liveries: Livery to J. Curthorpp of his father's lands: 1571.John Curthorpp, son and heir of C Curthorpp: Livery of lands to: 1571. British Library
referencedIn INDEXES of names to liveries, in the Court of Wards and Liveries, tempp. Hen. VIII.-Eliz., and to the "Visus Compotorum," tempp. Eliz.-Car. I.; of names and places to indentures of leases, tempp. Hen. VIII.-Car. I.; and of places to surveys, 5-30 Hen..., 19th century British Library
referencedIn LIST of the English peers in order of precedence; followed by lists of the officials in the Revenue Courts, the Courts of Justice, Admiralty, Mint and other public offices, and the royal household, with the fees attached to their several offices; als... British Library
referencedIn MEMORANDA of John Winthrop [afterwards Governor of Massachusetts], as attorney in the court of wards and liveries, 1623-1630, including (ff. 8-19) a list of cases and clients. Paper; ff. 29. Small folio. Presented by R. C. Winthrop , Esq., 1623-1630 British Library
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Somerset, England
Cottesmore, Rutland
Devonshire, England
Cornwall, England
Berkshire, England
Middlesex, England
Shenfield, Essex
Bearwood, Berkshire
Merton, Oxfordshire
Kimcote, Leicestershire
Churchtown, Cork
Somerset, England
Bermuda Islands, North Atlantic Ocean
Devonshire, England
Virginia, U.S.A.
Oxfordshire, England
London, England
Studley, Oxfordshire
Saxilby, Lincolnshire
Devonshire, England
Plympton, Devon
Milan, Italy
Lincolnshire, England
Cornwall, England
Peking, Chihli, China
Kent, England
Yorkshire, England
Berkshire, England
Linkinhorne, Cornwall
China, Asia
Limerick, Ireland
Roscommon, county of, Ireland
Alstoe, Hundred of, Rutland
Wimbish, Essex
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Ireland, Europe
Southill, Cornwall
Asti, Italy
Ashdown Forest, Sussex
Rutland, England
Sussex, England
Derbyshire, England
Mendip Hills, Somerset
Menheniot, Cornwall
London, England
Collyweston, Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire, England
Abyssinia, Africa
Soham, Cambridgeshire
Surrey, England
Stebbing, Essex
Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland
Brasted, Kent
Okehampton, Devon
Somerset, England
Appuldurcombe, Hampshire
East, Hundred of, Rutland
Otford, Kent
Berkshire, England
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