of the common pleas; made lord keeper, | 1742. Sir Thomas Parker, jun., previously one of Aug. 1667; dismissed in 1672. 1660. Sir Matthew Hale (previously a justice of 1671. Sir Edward Turner. May 23. 1686. Sir Edward Atkyns, one of the barons. 1714. the barons, and a justice of the common pleas. Nov. 29: resigned Oct. 1772. 1772. Sir Sydney Stafford Smythe, one of the barons. Oct. 29: resigned Dec. 1777. 1777. Sir John Skynner. Dec. 17 resigned Dec. 1786. 1787. Sir James Eyre, one of the barons. Jan. 26: afterwards chief justice of the common pleas. April 18. 1793. 1813. 1714. Sir Samuel Dodd. Nov. 22. 1722. Sir James Montague, one of the barons. 1723. Sir Robert Eyre (one of the justices of the 1726. Sir Thomas Pengelly. Oct. 29. 1738. Sir John Comyn, previously one of the 1740. Sir Edmund Probyn, from the king's bench. Nov. 24. Sir Archibald Macdonald (previously at- Michaelmas term, 1813. Sir Vicary Gibbs (previously a justice of the common pleas). Nov. 8: afterwards chief justice of that court. 1814. Sir Alexander Thomson, one of the barons. Feb. 24: died April, 1817. 1817. Sir Richard Richards, one of the barons. April 22: died Nov. 1823. 1824. Sir William Alexander. Jan. 9: resigned 1831. John, lord Lyndhurst, previously lord 1834. Sir James Scarlet. Dec. 24: created lord Abinger, Jan. 1835; died April, 1844. 1844. Sir Frederick Pollock. April 15. The PRESENT (1850) Chief Baron of the Exchequer. William de Stow. 1345. Alanus de Ashe. 1348. John de Houton. 1353. William de Thorpe, 2d baron. 1366. Almeric de Shirland, 2nd baron. John de Stokes. 1376. Henry de Percehay. Lawrence Allerthorpe. 1377. Nicholas de Drayton. 1378. William Gunthorpe. John de Blockle. Richard Stokes. 1385. William Ford. 1387. John Carey. 1389. Lawrence Allerthorpe. William Ford. William Doubridge. 1394. Ralph de Selby. 1400. Thomas Ferriby. John Staverton. 1401. Tohn Tuttlebury, 2nd baron. 1402. William Ermyn. 1403. Roger Westwode. Thomas Overton. 1408. Henry Somer. Henry Merston. 1410. Richard Banke. 1414. Robert Malton. 1419. Roger Waltham. 1422. William Hesill. 1424. Thomas Banke. Thomas Banaustre,or Bannister. 1426. William Warde. 1428. Nicholas Dixon. 1435. John Fray; afterwards chief baron. 1436. William Derby, clerk. 1439. Roger Hunt, on Derby's death. 1444. John Arderne. Robert Frampton. William Fullan. 1446. John Holme. 1449. John Durem. 1459. Thomas Thorpe. Bryan Roucliffe. 1461. John Clerke, 2nd baron. 1463. John Ingoldesby. 1468. Nicholas Stathum, 2nd baron. Ralph Wolseley. 1481. Thomas Whittington, 2nd baron. 1483. Edward Goldesburg, or Goldsborough. 1485. John Holgrave. 1489. Thomas Goldesburg or Goldsborough. 1650. [Barons Gates and Rigby, died of an in-¡ 1702. Sir Robert Price. June 24: afterwards to fection, on their circuits.] John Parker, esq, 1655. Justice Nicholas from the "upper bench," vice Thorpe, removed; Nicholas afterwards returned to the "upper bench." 1658. Roger Hill, afterwards made a justice of the "upper bench." 1660. Sir Edward Atkyns. July 2. Sir Christopher Turner. July 10. 1663. Sir Richard Raynsford. Nov. 16: afterwards a justice of the king's bench, and subsequently chief justice of that court. 1670. Sir Timothy Littleton. Feb. 1. 1671. Sir Hugh Wyndham, from the common pleas. June 21; again to the common pleas in 1673. 1673. Sir Edward Thurland. Jan. 24: resigned. 1675. Vere Bertie. June 4: afterwards to the the common pleas. John Smith (Scotch baron). July 16. 1708. Sir Salathiel Lovel, vice Smith. June 17: died May, 1713. 1713. Sir William Banister. June 3: superseded Oct. 1714. 1714. 1717. Sir James Montague. Nov. 22: afterwards a commissioner of the great seal; chief baron 1722. Sir John Fortescue Aland. Feb. 8: afterwards to the king's bench, which see. 1718. Sir Francis Page. May 23: afterwards to the common pleas. 1722. Sir Jeffray Gilbert. June 8: afterwards chief baron. 1725. Sir Bernard Hale. June 1. 1726. Sir John Comyn. Nov. 7: afterwards to the common pleas; again to this court as chief baron. Sir Laurence Carter; same date. 1729. Sir William Thomson. Nov. 27. 1736. Sir William Fortescue. Feb. 9: afterwards to the common pleas; master of the rolls in 1741. 1738. Sir Thomas Parker, jun. July 7: afterwards to the common pleas; again to this court as chief baron in 1742. 1739. Sir Martin Wright. Nov. 5: afterwards to the king's bench. 1740. Sir James Reynolds, jun. June 12. Sir Thomas Abney. Nov. 27: afterwards to the common pleas. 1743. Charles Clarke. Feb. 11. 1745. Sir Edward Clive. May 1: afterwards to the common pleas. 1747. Hon. Heneage Legge. June 23. 1750. Sir Edward Sidney Stafford Smythe. June 23: afterwards a commissioner of the great seal; chief baron in 1772. 1753. Sir Richard Adams. Feb. 3. 1759. Sir Richard Lloyd. Nov. 14: died Sept. 1761. 1761. Sir Henry Gould. Nov. 7: afterwards to the common pleas. 1763. Sir George Perrott. Jan. 24: surrendered May, 1775.- Woolrych. 1772. Sir James Eyre. Nov. 6: afterwards chief baron; subsequently chief justice of the common pleas. 1774. Sir John Burland. April 8. 1775. Sir Beaumont Hotham. May 17. 1776. Sir Richard Perryn. April 26. 1787. Sir Alexander Thomson. Feb. 9: afterwards chief baron. 1799. Sir Alan Chambre. July 2: afterwards to the common pleas. 1800. Sir Robert Graham. June 16. 1805. Sir Thomas Manners Sutton. Feb. 4: afterwards created lord Manners, and made lord chancellor of Ireland, April 1807. 1807. Sir George Wood. May 29: resigned, Feb. 1823. Sir John Hullock, March 1: died Sept. 1829. 1827. Sir John Vaughan. Feb. 24: afterwards to the common pleas. 1829. Sir William Bolland. Nov. 16. [By the act 1 William IV. cap. 70. (July 1830. Sir John Bayley, from the king's bench: 1832. Sir John Gurney. Feb. 14: surrendered Jan. 1845. 1834. * Sir Edward Hall Alderson, from the common pleas, same date. 1839. Sir William-Henry Maule. Feb. 14: to the common pleas in Nov. same year. Sir Robert Monsey Rolfe. Nov. 11: afterwards vice chancellor, and created lord Cranworth. 1845. Sir Thomas-Joshua Platt. Jan. 28. 1834. Sir John Williams. Feb. 28: afterwards to the king's bench. * Sir James Parke, from the king's bench. Marked thus are the present (1851) puisne barons April 29. of this Court, AUDITOR OF THE RECEIPT OF THE EXCHEQUER. THIS was an office of great trust and profit, and was held for life. The Auditor filed the bills of the Tellers, by which they charged themselves with all the moneys received; and, by warrant from the Lord Treasurer, or the Commissioners of the Treasury, he drew all orders, to be signed by him or them, for issuing forth all moneys, by virtue of privy seals, which were recorded in the Clerk of the Pells office, and entered and lodged in that of the Auditor. He also, by warrant of the Lord Treasurer, or the Commissioners of the Treasury, made debentures to such as had fees, annuities, or pensions, by letters-patent from the king, out of the Exchequer, and directed them for payment to the Tellers. He daily received the state of the account of each teller, and weekly certified the whole to the Lords of the Treasury. At Michaelmas and Lady Day the Auditor gave in a declaration, with two abstracts of all accounts and payments made in the preceding half year; one for the Lords of the Treasury, and the other for the Chancellor of the Exchequer. AUDITORS OF THE RECEIPT OF THE EXCHEQUER.1 (From the Restoration of King Charles II. to the abolition of the office in 1834.) 1660. Sir Robert Pye, bart., admitted Jan. 24, 1620 restored June 25, 1660. Succeeded his father, sir Robert Walpole, K.G. (afterwards earl of Orford) as earl of Orford. Henry, earl of Lincoln, by constitution dated April 1. Afterwards duke of Newcastle. William Wyndham, baron Grenville, by constitution, dated Feb. 27. George, baron Auckland, by constitution dated Jan. 14. Office abolished, Oct. 10, following. 1739. Robert, lord Walpole, admitted, May 9. THE CLERK OF THE PELLS. THIS officer was in the nature of a Comptroller. He was called the Clerk of the Pells, from the Latin word pellis, a skin; his office being to enter the Tellers' bill into a skin of parchment, and all receipts and payments for the King, for what cause, and by whomsoever made or received. He had a deputy; a clerk for the introitus, or incomes; and another for the exitus, or issues. He had also a clerk of the declarations, and a clerk of the patents. CLERKS OF THE PELLS. (From the Restoration of King Charles II. to the abolition of the office in 1834.) 1660. William Wardour, admitted or restored, 1 We are indebted to an eminent antiquary, William Henry Black, Esq. of the Rolls' House for the following valuable lists, viz. the Auditors of the Exchequer, Clerks of the Pells, the Tellers of the Exchequer, and the Chamberlains of the Exchequer; all which he has obligingly compiled from the patent records of the Rolls expressly for this Work.-EDITOR. created, vitâ patris, baron Walpole. | 1802. Henry Addington, jun. (afterwards hon. Surrendered May 9, 1739, to take the Henry), by constitution, dated July 21. office of auditor of the receipt. 1823. Edward Roberts, by constitution, dated 1739. Edward Walpole, admitted May 9. AfterJuly 31. wards sir Edward Walpole, K. B. 1784. Isaac Barre, by constitution dated Jan. 13. 1825. Henry Ellis, by constitution, dated Jan. 25. Office abolished Oct. 10, 1834. THE FOUR TELLERS OF THE EXCHEQUER. EACH of these officers had his deputy and clerks. When the Tellers entered upon office, they each of them gave security to the amount of 20,000l. for the faithful discharge of their trust. Their office was to receive all money due to the King, and thereupon to throw down a bill through the Pipe into the Tally-court1, where it was received by the Auditor's clerk, who there attended to write the words of the bill upon a tally, and he then delivered the same to be entered by the Clerk of the Pells, or his clerk, who attended to record it in his book. Then the tally was cloven by the two Deputy Chamberlains; and while the senior deputy read one part, the junior examined the other part, assisted by his clerks. ROLL OF THE FOUR TELLERS OF THE RECEIPT OF THE EXCHEquer. (From the Restoration of King Charles II. to the abolition of their offices in 1834.) 1. 1660. George Downing (afterwards sir George Bart.); continued in the office by Oliver Cromwell, Sept. 8, 1656: died July, 1684. 1684. Simon Clifford; patent dated June 3, 1671. 1689. Thomas Howard; admitted Jan. 16. 1702. James Vernon (late secretary of state); 1712. Thomas, lord Mansell; admitted July 23; 1714. John Smith; re-admitted Nov. 6; during 1727. Thomas Townshend; admitted Aug. 12. 1661. 1667. 1680. patent dated July 16; during the life of his son, "into the place formerly occupied by John Brooke, esq., deceased." William Pinckney; admitted in his father's place. Jan. 28. Sir William Doyly; admitted March 19. George Downing, jun. (afterwards sir Refused to serve king William, and so 1689. Henry Maynard; admitted April 16. 1702 under patent dated Oct. 24: “removed," Sir Christopher Musgrave, bart.; admitted 1704. Francis Robartes; admitted in Sept. 1710. Russell Robartes; admitted Oct. 31. 1718. Thomas, lord Torrington; admitted March 1719. George Parker (afterwards viscount Parker, George Grenville, jun. (afterwards George The Tally-court, in the Exchequer, took its name from the French word tailler, to cut, tally being a piece of wood written on both sides, containing an acquittance for money received; which, on having been cloven asunder by the deputy-chamberlains, one part, called the stock, was delivered to the person who paid or lent money to the government; and the other part, called the counter-stock, or counterfoil, remained in the office, to be kept until called for, and joined with the stock. This method of striking tallies was very ancient ; and was found, by long experience, to have been the best way of preventing frauds that could be invented; for it was morally impossible so to counterfeit a tally, but that upon rejoining it with the counterfoil the intended fraud would be obvious to every eye, either in the notches, or in the cleaving, in the length, or the breadth, or in the natural growth, or in the shape of the counterfoil. |