Teller of the Receipt of the Exchequer explained
The Teller of the Receipt of the Exchequer was an office in the English Exchequer.
The Tellers of the Exchequer received any money to be paid into the Exchequer, noted the amount in a book, and sent a copy of the entry, called a Teller's Bill, to the Tally Court so that a tally could be made of it. At the end of each day, the money they had received, as determined by the Bills, was removed from their chests to be deposited in the Treasury. During the reign of Richard I, these officials numbered ten, but by the time of Henry III, they had been reduced to four, which number remained constant until the abolition of the office.[1] With several other offices of the ancient Exchequer, that of Teller of the Receipt was done away with on 10 October 1834; the office's responsibilities were given to the new Comptroller General of the Exchequer.
Tellers of the Exchequer (1660–1834)
| Date | One | Two | Three | Four |
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| 1660 | | Leonard Pinckney | John Loving | Lawrence Squibb |
| 1661 | William Pinckney |
| 1673 | Sir William D'Oyly, 2nd Baronet |
| 1674 | Thomas Vernon |
| 1677 | vacant; D'Oyly suspended |
| 1678 | (two deputies) |
| 1680 | Sir George Downing, 2nd Baronet |
| 1684 | Simon Clifford |
| 1685 | Francis Villiers |
| January 1689 | |
| April 1689 | Henry Maynard |
| 1693 | Henry Carew |
| February 1694 | John Berkeley, 4th Viscount Fitzhardinge |
| October 1694 | Guy Palmes |
| 1699 | Francis Godolphin |
| 1701 | Sir John Stanley, 1st Baronet |
| 29 June 1702 | James Vernon |
| 30 June 1702 | Sir Christopher Musgrave, 4th Baronet |
| May 1704 | Thomas Coke |
| September 1704 | Francis Robartes |
| 1706 | Peregrine Bertie |
| 13 October 1710 | John Smith |
| 31 October 1710 | Russell Robartes |
| 1711 | George Hay, Viscount Dupplin |
| July 1712 | Thomas Mansel, 1st Baron Mansel |
| December 1712 | vacant |
| 1713 | Basil Feilding, 4th Earl of Denbigh |
| 6 November 1714 | | John West, 6th Baron De La Warr |
| January 1715 | Sir Roger Mostyn, 3rd Baronet |
| 7 November 1715 | | Lord William Powlett |
| 1716 | Richard Hampden |
| 21 March 1718 | | Thomas Onslow, 2nd Baron Onslow |
| 1719 | George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield |
| October 1723 | vacant |
| 1724 | George Treby |
| 1727 | Thomas Townshend |
| 1729 | Sir Charles Turner, 1st Baronet |
| 1738 | Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke |
| 1741 | Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole |
| 1757 | James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl Waldegrave |
| April 1763 | Robert Henley, 2nd Earl of Northington |
| May 1763 | George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Marquess of Buckingham |
| 1766 | John Jeffreys Pratt, 1st Marquess Camden |
| 1786 | Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow |
| 1790 | Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst |
| 1806 | Hon. William Eden |
| 1810 | Charles Philip Yorke |
| 1813 | Spencer Perceval |
| April 1834 | Charles William Manningham | |
References
- Book: Thomas, Francis Sheppard . The ancient Exchequer of England . J. Petheram . 1848. 132, 134 . 2007-10-10.
- Haydn's Book of Dignities (1894)
