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A09904	Direction for search of records remaining in the chancerie. Tower. Exchequer, with the limnes thereof viz. The Kings remembrancer. Lord Treasurers remembrancer. Clarke of the Extreats. Pipe. Auditors. The first fruits. Augmentation of the reuenue. Kings Bench. Common Pleas. Records of courts Christian. For the clearing of all such titles, and questions, as the same may concerne. With the accustomed fees of search: and diuerse necessarie obseruations. Cui author Thomas Powell, Londino-Cambrensis.	Powell, Thomas, 1572?-1635?	1622 (1622)	STC 20166; ESTC S115034	19,939	102

vnder fiue pounds per annum past in Reuersion Or past with other things which make the Booke exceed fiue pounds per annum Then they passe vnder the Great Scale and are to be found in the Chancerie vt supra All Leases and Grants wherein there is Homage or Fealtie or such like seruice reserued to the King The Roll called the Great Roll which hee engrosseth And herein he conueyeth yearely all Vicouncels and Fermes and the arrerages thereof And all Debts due to the King are in the said Great Roll contayned Also here are All such Awards as the Barons make vpon any Examinations of any charging or discharging them of Sherifes Escheators Stewards Baylifes All summes of Money by him cast vp such as the foresaid Accomptants shall be charged withall Either By the Foreigne Opposer of Greene Waxe Or The Auditor for Foreigne Accompts Here are also All Grants wherein the King may haue either Reuersion or Rent Which with diuers other things hee taketh out of the Originall of Chancerie and enters the same with most of his other Businesses in the Roll called the Great Roll before mentioned Also here are All Fines for not acknowledging of Homage or Reliefe Extracted from the Lord Treasurers Remembrancer All Amerciaments set vpon Accomptants for not keeping their dayes prefixed or for what cause soeuer All Debts recouered for the King which hee extracts from the Kings Remembrancer with the Fines and Amerciaments of any Accomptants there All Duties for Vacation of Bishoprickes and the like Debts And all other Fermes and Debts for which Processe are awarded by the Barons of the Court. All Allowances Petitions Charges Accompts Discharges of Collectors and Accomptants generally as the Court doth award them All the Kings Household Expences and other Foreigne Accompts All Accompts of the Kings Reuenues c. These With some other Records of diuers natures not so proper or natiue to this Office as the former being brought hither at some times for speciall seruice of the King are here likewise And briefely hence issue as from a Pipe all Processe whereby the King recouereth or extracteth any thing due vnto him or dischargeth the same THE AVDITORS THE Auditors are of two sorts and so accordingly are the Records remayning with them differing respectiuely 1. The one for the Kings Reuenues 2. The other for the Prest Accompts The Auditors for the Reuenues are likewise of two sorts 1. The one for his certaine Shires Accompts proper and foreigne of all Accomptants to the King Accompts referred vnto him by the Barons 2. The other selected by his Maiesties Commissioners to bee Clarke vnto them when they haue especiall Commission for the letting selling setting of any his Maiesties Lands or Possessions and hee is called Auditor of the Rates AVDITOR OF THE REVENVE WIth the Auditor of the Reuenue are these Records following viz. All the Accompts of the Reuenue of All the Kings Honours Mannors Lands Tenements in their seuerall Circuits Shewing 1. What Lands euery Tenant holdeth 2. What Rent euery Tenant payeth 3. What Seruice the Tenant oweth in some cases 4. What the cleare value of the Lands held is 5. What Reprisals Perquisus c. 6. What Allowances and Fees issuing Distinguishing 7. The Possessions and the Demesnes from the rest c. 8. The Freehold from the Customarie Charging and discharging 9. The Tenants who are to pay the Rent 10. The Receiuers and Baylifes who collect the same Next are in his custodie such Leases as wherein there is reserued to his Maiestie either Rent or Seruice Next are with him such Leases or Grants as whereby the King is to pay Fee to the Leasee or Grantee by the hands of his generall Receiuer of the Countie c. Next here are the Accompts of All Customers Escheators Receiuers generall and particular Formors Lastly here are in this Office Diuerse Rentalls Leidgers Surueyes c. For Lands in their Shires at least And most of these last Records haue come to their hands since the dissolution of the Monastique Houses and for the most part vpon occasion of especiall seruice for the Crowne c. And diuers of the said Records no doubt haue beene carryed from this Office by the Executors Friends and Clarkes of Auditors deceased of which the King and his subiects might haue excellent vse and benefit THE AVDITOR OF THE RATES WIth this Auditor of the Rates are 1. The Grants of what is sold let or set by the Commissioners 2. The Rates of the same OBSERVATION SO that it is not sufficient for you to search the proper Auditor for the Shire for discouerie of any thing past but you must further cleare the search with this Auditor of the Rates And in some cases you shall not haue full satisfaction of the passing of some things vnlesse you search as lowe as with the Clarke of the Papers of the Signet AVDITOR OF THE PREST THis last Auditor being for the Prest Accompts hath and taketh all Accompts of All 1. Moneyes giuen in Prest 2. The Buildings 3. Maintaynings 4. Repairings of his Maiesties Nauie Houses c. 5. With all Accompts appertaining thereunto 6. All Accompts of the Household and all the Officers of the same Fees of search with the Auditors At the Office as in the Rolls of Chancerie generally At Westminster as in the Remembrancers generally THE RECEIPT SIDE THE chiefe Records on this side within the compasse of my subiect proposed onely for the clearing of Titles and Estates are in the custodie of 1. The Chamberlaines and their Deputies and 2. The Clarke of the Pells Or at least I may imply the rest within or vnder the Chamberlaines and Vnder-Chamberlaines CHAMBERLAINES THe Chamberlaines haue the custodie or passing of 1. All Tallies stricken in receipt of all payments made to the King 2. All Foyles Ioyned or Vnioyned 3. Old Records of the Exchequer Court being more ancient then those in the Remembrancers 4. And Pleadings of the Common Pleas till the end of Richard the second And of the Kings Bench till the end of Henry the fifth where their owne proper Treasuries begin and are kept in the Treasurie called the Round Treasurie behind the Abbey at Westminster 5. Some ancient Treaties with Foreigne Estates being of more antiquitie then the Records of the proper Treasuries of the Kings Bench And these are kept in a Treasurie adioyning to the foresaid Round Treasurie and are kept very strictly vnder sixe Keyes belonging to so many seuerall Officers of the Exchequer 6. Diuerse Records as Pleadings and other things commixed of the time of King Edward the first King Edward the second and King Edward the third And these are kept in a Treasurie neere to the Records of the Augmentation Office because the other Treasuries cannot containe them The Chamberlaines haue 7. The Booke called Institutio Scaccarij purporting the Subiect in the Title 8. The Blacke Booke which is elsewhere recited 9. Offices post mortem with the Parcels vpon them which they deliuer to the

THE Records of the Court of Exchequer are many and they remaine in the custodie of diuerse seuerall Officers of that Court as appertaines to their seuerall places And of the said seuerall Officers because some haue but the custodie of Records transitorily as they passe through their hands and others by way of controlment and examination I intend onely to shew what Records the Clarkes with whom the Records of the Exchequer are filed or rather fixed for euer haue in their custodie viz. The Kings Remembrancer The Lord Treasurers Remembrancer The Clarke of the Pipe The Auditors The Clarkes on the Receipt side vnder the Chamberlaines The Office of the Pleas. And the rest of the said Exchequer As for the rest of the Officers and Offices omitted I passe them not ouer but imply them rather in these aboue named INDVCTION TO THE better vnderstanding of the Records of the EXCHEQVER BEfore I enter into the distribution of these Records first I must giue you to vnderstand that there was anciently deuised an Extract of Chancerie which is at this day called the Originall of Chaneerie This Originall or Extract transmitted yearely from the Chancerie to the Exchequer contayneth in it most of the businesses and matters belonging to the Exchequer And by this Extract or Originall growes the great germane affinitie betwixt the Exchequer and the Chancerie The Businesses of this Originall or Extract I now intend to distribute to the seuerall Officers and Offices before recited as they doe properly appertaine vnto them with such other matters of Record as they may peculiarly challenge vnto them especially according to the order of Sir Richard Lister sometime Lord chiefe Baron of the Exchequer made the sixt of Iuly in the fiue and twentieth yeare of the fortunate King Henry the eight for reconcilement of certaine Differences then had betwixt the two Remembrancers as followeth THE KINGS REMEMBRANCER THE Records here are as ancient as the beginning of King Henry the third and few more ancient In this Office of the Kings Remembrancer are contained entred and filed these things viz. All Writs of Priuiledge for The Lord Treasurer The Chancellor The Chamberlaines The Barons The Marshall All the great Officers of this Court All Writs of Priuiledge for Clarkes and the lesser Officers of this Court All their seruants attending in their said Offices All Informations vpon all Forfeitures Penall Lawes Intrusions Contempts c. Also all Processe made out by the Originall against all Customers Controllers Vlnagers The Ganger of London Collectors of all Taxes for their Accompts with all things belonging thereto Recognizances taken to the Kings vse as they be with the other Remembrancer also All Processe vpon Recognizances for the King for execution thereof by Scire facias or otherwise till the Defendant bee discharged All Euidences Deeds and Writings sealed concerning the King which are requisite to be inrolled in the Exchequer as they bee with the other Remembrancer also All Deeds concerning any other party but the King requisite to be inrolled in the Exchequer Writs of Mittimus out of Chancerie Writs directed out of Chancerie to the Barons of the Exchequer Priuy-Seales directed to the Barons All manner of Writs vpon all manner of Commissions for concealements of Customes of Merchandizes with all Writs of Assistas in Auxilium for collecting of the same Concealements and all other Writs which concerne such Businesses All Letters Patents as they may be with the other Remembrancer at the pleasure of the Patentee Also all Bagges of Parcels of Accompts of Escheators Commissioners Searchers Stewards Baylifes Fermors Butler whereof there is any Parcell made All Writs directed to the Exchequer for search of any thing All Inquisitions sent by Mittimus to the Exchequer All Acts of Parliament sent by Mittimus to the Exchequer Likewise all Processe against these viz. The Treasurer The Coferer of the Household The Butler of England The Maior and Fraternitie of the Staple The Master of the Horse The Officers of the Mynt And other great Officers for their Accompts There are likewise since the making of the foresaid Order of Sir Richard Lister by his appointment some Records brought from the other Remembrancer to this the certaine Titles whereof appeare not in the said Order There is likewise a Presse de rebus tangentibus Hiberniam There is likewise in this Office the Red Booke which treateth most excellently of the ancient Ordination and Orders of the Exchequer As also the Booke intituled Liber Decretorum Ordinationum Curiae Augmentationis Coronae Which was made for the most part in the time of King Henry the eight and is likewise in the Augmentation Court The Booke of the Taxation of the Abbeyes Likewise some Leidger Bookes of Religious Houses Some Rentalls Surueyes Accompts Grants Contracts Leases Compositions of Religious Houses which for the most part were brought thither for some especiall seruice of the King vpon Tryall or like occasions Some Allowances and Proprieties of Sacrists Cellarists and other Officers of Religious Houses And I find in the Red Booke before mentioned that there was in this Office a Booke called Tricollumpnus This Booke as the name imports consisted of three Collumpnes 1. The first concerned the Church of England 2. The second the worthy Acts of King Henry the second 3. The third Negotiations publique and familiar But this Booke is not to be found any where And this shall suffice for the Kings Remembrancer As for the Obseruations to be had in search here with the vsuall Fees thereof I shall take occasion to speake in the next place THE LORD TREASVRERS REMEMBRANCER IN the Office of the Lord Treasurers Remembrancer are contayned filed and entred these things following viz. The Originall or Extract of Chancerie it selfe For though the Kings Remembrancer and the Clarke of the Pipe take out of the same such things as concerne their Offices respectiuely yet the Originall it selfe doth alwayes remayne here The Contents of the Originall are these viz. 1. The names of all Sherifes Escheators Customers Controllers Searchers Fermors of Vlnage Fermors generally That they may be called vnto Accompts 2. All Liueries sued out of the Kings hands that Processe may bee made against the Kings Tenants for doing of their Homage and answering of their Reliefes 3. All manner of Patents granted by the King to any person wherein is reserued or contained any Homage or Fealtie or else any yearely Rent to his Maiestie or whereby a Fee is granted 4. All manner of Commissions to any Iustices of Peace Iustices of Sewars Iustices of all kinds That Proces may be made against them for deliuering of Recognizances Issues Fines Amerciaments Taken before them 5. All manner of Commissions directed to any person or persons to enquire of any Lands or Tenements of such as haue beene offenders to the King In which Commissions the Commissioners haue authority to seize the said Lands or Tenements to the Kings vse that Processe may be made against the said Commissioners for the