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

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Reference: E 338
Title: Court of First Fruits and Tenths, and Exchequer, Office of First Fruits and Tenths: Process Books
Description:

Most volumes in this series contain entries relating to the issue of process by the Exchequer in cases of non-composition for, or non-payment of, first fruits.

Entries record the names of incumbents and their livings and the sums to be paid, with brief notes of the method of payment or the process taken for recovery in each instance. The first and last volumes in the series relate to process issued in cases of non-payment of arrears of tenths.
Date: 1540-1822
Arrangement:

The volumes are arranged by county, then chronologically.
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English and Latin
Physical description: 15 volume(s)

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