IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS 82
Held at: Senate House Library, University of London
Title: Parliamentary tax grants, 1688-1705
Date(s): 1688-1705
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 2 volumes containing 222 leaves
Name of creator(s): Unknown
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The English Parliament is the main legislative body of the country.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Manuscript volumes containing an account of all taxes granted by Parliament since the Revolution, 1688-1705, containing Acts of Parliament from the first year of the reign of King William III and Queen Mary II up to the fourth year of Queen Anne's reign.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Two volumes.
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:
Small oblong manuscript folios. Bound in contemporary morocco, each volume tooled in gold on both covers, with a minute floriated design radiating from a central lozenge-shaped ornament.
Finding aids:
Collection level description.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
Accruals:
Archival history:
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 MS 83 also contains information about parliamentary grants during this period.
Publication note:
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Compiled by Sarah Smith as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.
Date(s) of descriptions: Jul 2000