E 341273-1628Exchequer: Treasury of Receipt: Records of Loans to the Crown
The series contains formal documents and subsidiary papers relating to loans raised by the Crown which were originally stored in the Exchequer Treasury of Receipt.
The records largely consist of two types. The majority are pro-forma letters issued under the privy seal, signet or sign manual requesting that subjects lend money to the crown for specific emergencies. They cover the period from the late fourteenth century to the reign of Charles l. The other major type of documents are letters patent under the great seal relating to money loaned to the crown mainly by foreign bankers. There are also a number of subsidiary documents dealing with the administration of loans to the crown, to musters and to the suppression of rebellion under Henry Vlll.