Catalogue description Court of Augmentations, and Exchequer, Pipe Office: Counterparts and Transcripts of Crown Leases

This series mainly consists of office copies, known as transcripts, of Crown leases, prepared by the Clerk of the Pipe, which passed under the Exchequer seal between 1554 and 1617.

There are also, however, some counterparts of Crown leases passing under the seal of the Court of Augmentations, a few leases surrendered into the Court, as well as other miscellaneous material relating to the leasing of Crown land, including some leases under the seals of Catherine of Aragon and Catherine Parr.

Particulars, warrants and transcripts are in E 367

Court of Augmentations, 1536-1547

Exchequer, Pipe Office, 1109-1833

A manuscript calendar, 'Transcripts of leases, Elizabeth to James I', is in order of the place leased and also gives the names of the lessees, the nature of the lands, and the county, IND 1/16990