Catalogue description Auditors of the Imprest and Successors: Enrolment Books

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Details of AO 15
Reference: AO 15
Title: Auditors of the Imprest and Successors: Enrolment Books
Description:

Enrolments by the Auditors of Imprests and their successors, the Commissioners for auditing the Public Accounts, of all letters patent, warrants, commissions, and similar documents, of which knowledge was necessary for the proper discharge of their duties. From 1682 onwards there is a separate series of books for the entry of letters of attorney, probates of wills and similar legal documents.

Date: 1563-1927
Arrangement:

The dates given in the AO 15 series list are those of the enrolments and not of the documents enrolled.

Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Auditors of the Imprest, 1560-1785

Commissioners of Audit, 1785-1866

Exchequer and Audit Department, 1867-1984

Physical description: 184 volume(s)

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