Allowance of £58 from the Exchequer to Thomas Reve, upon his petition [manuscript], 1568 March 27.
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Allowance of £58 from the Exchequer to Thomas Reve, upon his petition [manuscript], 1568 March 27.
Description
1 item (1 p.)
Corporate author
England and Wales. Exchequer.
Associated name
Reve, Thomas, active 1568.
Taverner, Roger, -1572.
Winchester, William Paulet, Marquis of, approximately 1483-1572, signer.
Mildmay, Walter, Sir, 1520?-1589, signer.
Taverner, Roger, -1572.
Winchester, William Paulet, Marquis of, approximately 1483-1572, signer.
Mildmay, Walter, Sir, 1520?-1589, signer.
Scope and content
A petition for payment for various services: 1) attending on Roger Taverner, general surveyor of the queen's woods south of the river Trent and searching records touching the state of the queen's parks, forests, and chases; 2) making copies of these records, totaling 180 sheets of paper (he refers to a warrant dated January 29, 1565); 3) moving the records out of the Lower Treasury of Westminster Abbey, and "sorting and plasying of the same in moche better order"; and 4) for making a "repertorie for the better and redier fynding of all maner of Leagues and Entercourses betwixt Prynce and Prynce." He refers also to a warrant dated June 25, 1567. Signed by Winchester, Lord Treasurer, and Sir Walter Mildmay, Chancellor of the Exchequer, with a note from Humfrey Shelton to Richard Stonley requesting him to make payment.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C. Folger Shakespeare Library 2015. The Age of Lawyers. Opening: flat.
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Manuscripts (documents)
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
X.d.329
Folger accession
cs1400