Lists of revenues and offices of Ireland

This material is held atSenate House Library Archives, University of London

  • Reference
    • GB 96 MS 43
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1669-1670, 1828
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 1 volume containing 67 leaves

Scope and Content

Manuscript volume, 1669-1670, containing 'miscellanies' relating to Ireland, namely 'The establishment beginning Michaelmas 1669', including lists of salaries for civil officers, pensions and annuities, military payments, salaries for military officers and soldiers, the names of officers of regiments of horse and foot on 25 Dec 1670, provincial, noble and clerical subsidies, and a list of Parliamentary seats; 'A table for reducing plantation acres into English and ascertaining the King's rent in the severall provinces of Ireland according to the explanatory act', [1669]; an abstract of the demise made by King Charles II to John Foorth and Partners of the revenue of Ireland, 12 Jul 1669. There is an index, added by Sir David William Smith, 1st Baronet, in 1828.

Administrative / Biographical History

Information not available at present.

Arrangement

Single item.

Access Information

Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Uncatalogued material may not be seen. Please contact the University Archivist for details.

Acquisition Information

Part of the Goldsmith's Library of Economic Literature, initially collected by Herbert Somerton Foxwell and presented by the Goldsmith's Company to the University of London in 1903.

Other Finding Aids

Collection level description.

Alternative Form Available

There is a microfilm copy at Mic 242/1.

Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

Manuscript sextodecimo. Bound in vellum.

Archivist's Note

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

Conditions Governing Use

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

Custodial History

This manuscript formed part of the library of General Sir William Green, 1st Baronet (1725-1811). It contains the bookplate of Sir David William Smith, 1st Baronet (1764-1837), who also composed an index to its contents in 1828.

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