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A64853 Considerations for regulating the excheqver in the more timely answering, better husbanding and more orderly and safe conduct of the revenues of the crown into His Majesties coffers, as hath been heretofore used by sheriffes : and for freeing the subject from all unjust vexations concerning the same : with the causes and remedies of the inconveniences which have been occasioned by the breach of the lawes and ancient course of the exchequer : as also for the better enabling and easing of sheriffes in the execution of their offices and passing their accompts / per C. Vernon ... Vernon, C. (Christopher) 1642 (1642) Wing V244; ESTC R5970 47,165 128

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thereof is supposed to be dischargeable by Tallies Acquittances and some other good matter but for want of the said Tallies c. the Officers cannot discharge the same upon Record and for the residue being the greatest part of the said bulke it is conceived they are illeviable and in a manner desperate Therefore that severall Commissions may bee awarded to faithfull and circumspect men in every County for making inquiry into the same according to the ancient course formerly prescribed and those that shall be found good to be speedily brought in and satisfied and such as have Tallies or other legall discharges for any part thereof to bring them in for acquitting the same upon Record in such manner as by the foresaid Statutes is provided and for such part thereof as by the Acquittance or Acquittances of any Sheriffe Bailiffe Receivor or other Collector or by other good proofe shall be found to have beene received to the Kings use by any of them and concealed upon their Accompts the delinquents to be proceeded against according to the foresaid Statute of Westmonast the first anno 3. E. 1. cap. 19. anno 6. H. 4. cap. 3. for terrifying of others from doing the like And for the residue that shall be found desperate the same to be put into some Exannuall Roll according to the foresaid Statute of Rutland and to runne no more in demand unlesse it shall appeare that some estate hath accrewed to any of the said Debtors And if the security given by Sheriffes at this day by their recognizances in the Kings Remembrancers Office with suerties bee not sufficient they may be ordered to give better security as their receipts shall grow greater To conclude I have in these short advertisements though with much weaknesse faithfully delivered the summe and substance of what I have gathered and observed from the practice and experience of former times to bee at this present taken into consideration for the increase and better ordering and answering of the Kings Revenues and the ease of his Majesties Subjects which may bee of some use for steering a course in the answering and managing of all the Revenues of the Crowne of what nature soever As also for the cutting off all superfluity of expences unnecessary Pentions Annuities c. and for preventing the like abuses of Officers for time to come It having been alwayes held for a Maxime that be the Kings Revenues never so great as great they had need to bee by reason of his great occasions yet unlesse care bee taken that his expences bee suited and ballanced to those Revenues that his Treasure bee not purloyned nor put into broken Cisternes whereby it may leake out or run waste his Majesty must still be in want That this will bee displeasing to some that make their gaines out of the losse and wrongs of the King and his people I cannot be ignorant howsoever I presume this poore advertisement may in some measure be acceptable to all that wish well to their King and Countrey which is the onely motive of my taking this taske upon me FINIS The Errata PAge 5. line 6. read Estreated page 8. line 1. Baronibus p. 12. l. 12. the foure first dayes p. 12. l. ult summes p. 16. l. ult in contempt depart the Court p. 17. l. 24. carry by their claimes p. 19. l. 12. cases p. 23. l. 4. rules ib. l. 9. or to be left out p. 61. l. 23. in his now Majesties time to be quite left out p. 96. l. 23. Sheriffes and other Accomptants p. 100. l. 14. the Greenwax