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=== Court of the Exchequer === | === Court of the Exchequer === | ||
This court also dealt with matters of the wealthy. Beginning early in the 12th twelfth century, it became an administrative body for collecting the royal revenue and performing the accompanying judicial business. As time went by, the court gained jurisdiction over suits between two individuals. The Public Record Office keeps the records from the Court of the Exchequer. The Family History Library has an index to 127,628 "Exchequer Depositions" between 1559 and 1695 | This court also dealt with matters of the wealthy. Beginning early in the 12th twelfth century, it became an administrative body for collecting the royal revenue and performing the accompanying judicial business. As time went by, the court gained jurisdiction over suits between two individuals. The Public Record Office keeps the records from the Court of the Exchequer. The Family History Library has a film copy of an index to 127,628 "Exchequer Depositions" between 1559 and 1695 ([http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=651788&disp=Exchequer+deponents&columns=*,0,0 FHL BRITISH Film 104399 Items 3-6]). | ||
The National Archives in England has a [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/RdLeaflet.asp?sLeafletID=226 Research Guide to some of the tax records] from the Exchequer court, which includes links to a searchable database to locate some tax records. | The National Archives in England has a [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/RdLeaflet.asp?sLeafletID=226 Research Guide to some of the tax records] from the Exchequer court, which includes links to a searchable database to locate some tax records. | ||
=== Ecclesiastical Courts === | === Ecclesiastical Courts === | ||