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Date
1580 April
Location
England
Great Britain
Great Britain
Media format
Manuscript text
Extent
1 item
Language
English
Size
24 x 20 cm
Genre
Official documents
Reference IDs
Folger bibliographic ID: 265625
Folger call number: X.d.721
Folger holdings ID: 351354
Accession Number: 267702
Folger call number: X.d.721
Folger holdings ID: 351354
Accession Number: 267702
Summary
William Robinson, one of the Queens messengers of the Exchequer, requests reimbursement for delivering messages to the appointed escheators of the counties of Surrey, Sussex, Hampshire, Wiltshire, Dorset, Somerset, Devon and Cornwall. Asks for authorization of payment "by the Ryght honnorable my Lord Burgheley" and specifies desire "to be payde by one of the Quenes Ma[jes]ties Telleres of the Recayte at Westm[inster]."
Notes
General notes
Signed: W. Burghley Statement of entry by Robert Taillor (a teller of the Exchequer) and Robert Petre (auditor of the Exchequer) Pin pricks along top and bottom edges Vertical tear repaired; a few letters in middle obscured. Tear in left margin repaired with stitching Acquired from Maggs Bros., 2013 (Catalogue 1457, no. 13)
Item information about Folger X.d.721
Adopted by John Eberhardt, Acquisitions Night 2014
Also known as
Extended title: Request for payment from William Robinson 1580 April
Related names
author: Robinson, William (Messenger), active 16th century
signer: Burghley, William Cecil, Baron, 1520-1598
associated name: Taillor, Robert (Teller of the Exchequer), active 1580
associated name: Petre, Robert, -1593
signer: Burghley, William Cecil, Baron, 1520-1598
associated name: Taillor, Robert (Teller of the Exchequer), active 1580
associated name: Petre, Robert, -1593