A Collection of the offices of England with ther fees in the Queens guifte.
Contributors: England and Wales.
Published: 1558
Language: eng
Number of pages: 62
Subjects: Royal households -- Great Britain -- History -- 16th century -- Sources.; Manuscripts, English -- Washington (D.C.); Great Britain -- Officials and employees -- Salaries, etc.; Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth, 1558-1603 -- Sources.; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1558-1603 -- Sources.
Other titles: Generall collection of all the offices of England with ther ffees in the Queenes guifte.; Offices of England with ther fees in the Queenes guifte.
Notes: Ms.
Caption, p. [3]: A generall collection of all the offices of England with ther ffees in the Queenes guifte, viz. ...
Spine title: Offices of England with ther fees in the Queenes guifte.
The titles on p. [1] and [3] have the word "guifte" written as (or so that it may be read as) "quiste."
The work lists in tabulated form the compensation associated with each of the offices and established positions in the court system, in the royal household, in the military, and in the management of buildings and lands; at end (p. [61-62]) the valuation of bishoprics, along with the amount of tithe due from them to the Queen. No incumbents are named.
Former owners: (Sir) Charles William Pasley (1780-1861; his armorial ex libris on pastedown of upper cover). Accessioned in LC Sept. 23, 1948 (LL 5029H).
Written in England, all by one person using two distinct, rather formal, hands.
Interleaved with blank wove paper, probably in the 19th-century binding.