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D63 - Chesterfield Borough - 1648-1681

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D63/1
Title	Account Book
Date	1648-1681
Description	The first part of this book is the account of William Duckmanton and John Ashton, the constables of Chesterfield for the years 1648-1649. It deals with the gathering of the assessments or local rates with the normal expenses of constables, and also for special expenses in quartering soldiers, dealing with the sick and prisoners, and carrying messages. The second section is used to register the townships of Scarsdale, one of the hundreds of Derbyshire, in Summer 1662, with special reference to the supply of trained soldiers. It uses as the basis of the assessment the acreage of each township as measured and valued in 1652. The third and final part of this book is the accounts between 1672-1681 of Lawrence Oxley, a Chesterfield merchant. The accounts relate to the carriage and shipment of pig lead from Derbyshire to London and to the system of payment by bills of exchange.
Extent	1 volume
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Chesterfield Borough
Related Material	'A Seventeenth - Century Scarsdale Miscellany', published by the Derbyshire Record Society, details Lawrence Oxley's accounts. A copy is available in the local studies section.

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