English public revenue, 1688-1691

Manuscript volume containing a statement of the public revenue of England, 1688-1691, including accounts of the receipts, and the expenditure on the Navy, Army, Ordnance, Secret Service, Privy Purse, Wardrobe, Ambassadors, Judges, Pensions, the servants of King William III, and interest of loans. There are entries of many irregularities and unchecked issues. There is a possibility that this manuscript was created by Francis Gwyn as Under-Secretary of State.

The Exchequer was responsible for receiving and dispersing the public revenue.

Single item.

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Bought by Herbert Somerton Foxwell from Sidney Dobell in 1908 as an addition to the Goldsmith's Library of Economic Literature.

Collection level description.

Manuscript folio. Bound in half-calf.

Compiled by Sarah Smith as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.

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This manuscript originally belonged to Francis Gwyn ([1648]-1734), who was Under Secretary of State in 1681-1683 and 1688-1689. It later formed part of the library of Sir Thomas Phillipps, 1st Baronet (1792-1872) as MS 12147.

Other accounts of the English public revenue for this period may be found at University of London MSS 54, 58, 75, 76.