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1541-1542 Richard Strete, Receiver General of Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield.
Charge:- arrears; profits of bailiffs of Lichfield, Whittington, Lichfield Mills, Rugeley, Cannock, Brewood, Blore Park, Terne, Farndon (Cheshire), Wybunbury (Cheshire), Heywood, Rugeley, Beaudesert, Longdon, Burton in Wirrall (Cheshire), Dernford, Prees (Shropshire), Tachbrook (Warwickshire), Itchington (Warwickshire), Chadshunt (Warwickshire), Sawley (Derbyshire), of the Commissary; of Cannockwood works, with ironstone in Beaudesert, of Beaudesert charcoal; foreign receipts.
Discharge: - payments including repairs, arrears.
1546-1560, 1564-1565, 1570-1571 Richard Cupper, Receiver General of Lord Paget.
Charge: - arrears; profits of bailiffs of Burton, Abbots Bromley, Appleby (Leicestershire), Austrey (Warwickshire), Mickleover (Derbyshire), Ilam, Okeover, Ticknall (Derbyshire), Longdon, Haywood, Whittington, Cannock, Rugeley, Farewell (from 1550-1552), Weston-on-Trent (Derbyshire), Drayton (Middlesex), Harmondsworth (Middlesex), Parlaunt (Buckinghamshire) (1549-1550), Marlow (Buckinghamshire)(from 1553-1554), Iver (Buckinghamshire), St. Clements, London, Pulloxhill (Befordshire), Burscough (Lancashire, 1546-1548 only), Nantwich (Cheshire)(1546-1550 only), Stroud (from 1554-1555), of foreign bailiff (from 1556-1557) of ironworks (1564); of Tutbury Park (1564); fees; profits of possessions of various wards (to 1558 only), foreign receipts.
Discharge: - annuities, pensions, (including from possessions of wards to 1558), wages, repairs, sale of property, legal expenses, alms, travelling expenses, etc; payments to various officers; debts due and arrears [do not occur in 1553-1554 and 1555-1556 rough drafts or in drafts 1558-1559, 1564-1565].
[See also bailiffs account book 1563-1574 [D(W)1734/5/2/29], for rough Receiver General's accounts 1567-1571, 1573-1574].
1577-1579 William Ward, Receiver General of Lord Paget.
Charge:- profits of Staffordshire and Derby bailiffs only, also profit of ironworks and of Southwell lands (Lady Paget's jointure) in Norfolk and Suffolk; foreign receipts.
Discharge: - rents, farms, annuities, various expenses including legal, foreign payments. [These accounts are in English].
1579-1582 Accounts of William Ward, Receiver General, in book form.
Charge: profits of cos. Staffordshire and Derby bailiffs only, also profit of ironworks and of Southwell lands (Lady Paget's jointure) in Norfolk and Suffolk; foreign receipts.
Discharge: - rents, and farms, fees and annuities, necessaries for my lady and the children, ready money, debts paid, building, gifts and presents, law suits, rewards and alms, foreign payments.
1581: William Ward, brief draft account.
Declaration of account - little detail.
[1622/1623-1623/1624 Declared accounts see 3/3/54]
[1623/1624-1624/1625 Declared accounts - J2017]
1636-1637 Rough account - see detail in receipts.
1689-1702 Account of Peter Walter for Lord Paget's estate.
Receipts - bailiffs of Nuneaton (Warwickshire), Bromley, Burton, Rugeley, Longdon etc, Heywood, Cannock, Great Marlow (Buckinghamshire), Longford Mills (? Derbyshire), Beaudesert; contingent profits (Staffordshire manors), profits of courts (Buckinghamshire): fines upon leases; divers receipts.
Allowances: to bailiffs, annuities, rents, fees, taxes, accidental payments.
Miscellaneous items noted
1552-1553 Foreign payments include expenses about "Le blome Smythes" at Beaudesert and Bromley.
1555-1556 Payments for building fulling mill at Burton.
1556-1557 Payments for repair of bell tower, Burton Church.
1624-1625 Rent from Slitting Mill, place unstated (? Rugeley)[J2017] 3/5/54. |