PREFACE.
The present volume is the third instalment of a Catalogue
of all the Ancient Deeds preserved in the Public Record
Office. It deals with—
Nos. 3837–6122 of the A Series, consisting of deeds
of the Treasury of the Receipt of the Exchequer,
formerly preserved in the Chapter House at
Westminster.
Nos. 3871–4232 of the B Series, consisting of deeds
formerly preserved in the Court of Augmentations.
Nos. 2916–3764 of the C Series, consisting of deeds
of the Court of Chancery, formerly preserved in
the Tower of London and the Rolls Chapel.
Nos. 1–1330 of the D Series, consisting of deeds of
the Queen's Remembrancer's Department of the
Exchequer.
Different portions of the work have been prepared by
Mr. J. M. Thompson, an Assistant Record Keeper,
Mr. E. Salisbury, Mr. A. Hughes, Mr. A. Maskelyne,
Mr. R. C. Fowler, Mr. J. V. Lyle, and Mr. A. E. Stamp
of this Department.
The Indexes have been prepared by Mr. C. H. Woodruff,
with assistance from Mr. A. Maskelyne.
Public Record Office,
May 1900.