Catalogue description Court of First Fruits and Tenths, and Exchequer, Office of First Fruits and Tenths: Miscellaneous Books

This series consists mainly of volumes created in the Court of First Fruits and Tenths and subsequently in the Exchequer Office of First Fruits and Tenths.

They relate to a variety of aspects of the collection of these dues for the Crown and include, for example, accounts, transcripts of sheriffs' returns to writs of 1651-1652 concerning livings and their incumbents, institution and presentation books, books recording appearances in cases of first fruits, and an index to composition books of 1691-1705. Two volumes appear to originate from the equity side of the Court of Chancery and have no obvious connection with first fruits and tenths.