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Catalogue description RECORDS FROM THE EXCHEQUER CHAMBER TAUNTON CASTLE
This record is held by Somerset Heritage Centre (South West Heritage Trust)
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| Title: | RECORDS FROM THE EXCHEQUER CHAMBER TAUNTON CASTLE |
| Description: |
The documents catalogued below are those which were originally housed in the Exchequer rooms in Taunton Castle and which were briefly listed in Proc. S.A.S. vol.70, pp.97-103. They were transferred to the Somerset Record Office at various dates between 1936 and 1940. As might be expected, the bulk of the records relate to the manor of Taunton Deane, but there are lesser holdings for the manors of Taunton (late)Priory and Fons George(Wilton), which used the same manorial officers and had adopted the same or similar customs. There are also limited (generally testamentary)records of the archdeaconry of Taunton, the reason for the presence of which is not clear.(With the single exception of a Visitation Comperta Book, 1623-1624, presented to the Archaeological Society in 1906 and edited as part of Som. Rec. Soc. vol.43(1928), no other records for this archdeaconry are known to have survived. It is possible that they were destroyed around 1906 when the local registry was closed.). Other records of the manor of Taunton Deane The Hampshire Record Office in Winchester holds the records formerly held by the Church Commissioners for the bishopric of Winchester. Notable among these are the compotus('Winchester Pipe')rolls which exist in broken series from 1208 and to a lesser extent court rolls of the 16th and 17th centuries. Photostat copies of all compotus rolls between 1208 and 1546 (ref. T/PH/win) have been purchased; these supplement and sometimes duplicate the series listed below as DD\SP 325. Further compotus rolls and other records, almost certainly removed from the Exchequer in the 19th century by or for the Southwood family of Pitminster, have been deposited independently under reference DD\MT. The rolls date between 1408 and 1745 and again supplement or duplicate those in DD\SP 325. Index volumes to surrenders 1660-c. 1820 for Holway, Hull, Poundisford and Nailsbourne hundreds are to be found in DD\DP Box 98. (Staplegrave draft indices DD\SP 305)(Intel 1450-1666, DD\SP 317-18)(Taunton late priory index 405) Published works on the manor of Taunton Deane include: H.B. Shillibeer, The Ancient Customs of the Manor of Taunton Deane(1821), W.A.Jones, Customs of the Manor of Taunton Deane (Proc. S.A.S. vol.17), R.G.H.Whitty, The Court of Taunton in the 16th and 17th Centuries(1934), and The Medieval Customs of the Manor of Taunton(Som. Rec. Soc. vol.66, 1962) Survey 1566 = DD\SP 71 |
| Date: | 13th cent. -1914 |
| Arrangement: |
I THE MANOR OF TAUNTON DEANE COURT RECORDS 1-17 Infaring division: court books 18-35 Infaring division: court papers 36-42 Outfaring division: court books 43-47 Outfaring division: court papers 48-57 Taunton Borough: court books 58-63 Taunton Borough: court papers 64-70 Misc. court records, including Rimpton THE REGISTRATION AND TRANSFER OF PROPERTY 71-161 General volumes and surrenders 162-198 Holway hundred surrenders 199-219 Hull hundred surrenders 220-244 Poundisford hundred surrenders 245-268 Staplegrove hundred surrenders 269-288 Nailsbourne hundred surrenders 289-291 Otterford surrenders 292-296 Rimpton surrenders 297-300 Taunton Borough surrenders 301-303 Taunton Castle 304-318 General papers relating to property 317,318 Index vols. 1450-1660 319 Settlements and trust deeds deposited in Exchequer 320-324 Misc. papers FINANCIAL RECORDS OF THE MANOR 325,326 Compotus rolls and reeves' accounts 327-329 Fee books and audit of accounts 330 Custumal 331-336 Rentals 337-340 Misc. financial records 341 Accounts for the Taunton Fairs MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS OF THE MANOR AND ITS STEWARDS 342-358 Misc, papers, many being for the late 17th cent. 359-363 Personal and professional correspondence and papers of Wm.Harvey 364 George Musgrave 365 Manor of Thorn Falcon 366-372 Papers relating to various manors, properties and persons II MANOR OF TAUNTON(LATE)PRIORY COURT RECORDS 373-383 Court rolls, books and papers THE REGISTRATION AND TRANSFER OF PROPERTY 384-406 Volumes, files, broken files and loose surrenders of all kinds FINANCIAL RECORD 407,408 Compotus rolls and ministers' accounts 409-411 Rentals and surveys MISCELLANEOUS RECORD 412-415 Misc. papers and fragments 416 Enfranchisements of estates III MANOR OF FONS GEORGE 417 Surrenders of all kinds IV GRAY'S ALMSHOUSES, TAUNTON 418-420 Almshouse accounts 421,422 Litigation V ARCHDEACONRY OF TAUNTON COURT RECORDS AND PROBATE BUSINESS 423 Deposition book 424-432 Court papers(incl. testamentary) 433-441 Testamentary business DD\SP 438, 439 = wills 442,443 Administrators' accounts and inventories OTHER RECORDS 444-446 Induction mandates and visitation records 447-451 Misc. records |
| Held by: | Somerset Heritage Centre (South West Heritage Trust), not available at The National Archives |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical description: | c 160 boxes |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
H/62, H/80, H/89, H/189, H/190, H/280, H/539 S/1624 |
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