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Senate House Library, University of London

List of the offices of the Excise Board

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS 134

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: List of the offices of the Excise Board

Date(s): 1776

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 volume containing 87 leaves

Name of creator(s): Unknown

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Excise are inland duties levied on articles at the time of their manufacture, notably, alcoholic drinks, but has also included salt, paper and glass. A permanent board of Excise for England and Wales was established in 1683 with separate boards for Ireland in 1682 and Scotland in 1707.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Manuscript volume containing details of the 'London and country establishment of the revenue of the Excise', 1776, giving a list of the officers of the Excise, their salaries and the different duties from which they were paid.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Single item.

Conditions governing access:

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.

Conditions governing reproduction:

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.

Physical characteristics:

Oblong manuscript folio. Bound in morocco, with the coat of arms of Sir William Wyndham Burrell stamped on both covers.

Finding aids:

Collection level description.

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

This manuscript formed part of the library of Sir Walter Wyndham Burrell of West Grinstead Park.

Immediate source of acquisition:

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.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

University of London manuscripts relating to customs and excise include MS 39, 40, 41, 44, 90, 134, 140, 202, 203, and 204.

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Sarah Smith as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.