Catalogue description Exchequer: Pipe Office: Entry Books of Abstracts and Indexes of Crown Leases

This series mainly consists of entry books of abstracts of Crown leases from the Exchequer, Pipe Office.

Those issued under the Exchequer seal date from 3 Elizabeth I to 1822, while those under the great seal are from the reigns of Elizabeth I and Charles I. There are separate series of entry books of Crown leases under each seal. There is a great deal of duplication within these volumes. This suggests that they may be the remnants of a number of series of abstracts, perhaps belonging to specific officers or offices within the Exchequer. There are also a number of indexes to Crown leases.