The Exchequer
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Magna Carta: A Commentary on the Great Charter of King John (English)
The exchequer and patent rolls afford illustrations of how individual traders or families made private bargains with the Crown for trading privileges.
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Magna Carta: A Commentary on the Great Charter of King John
The central royal financial institution where sheriffs' accounts were audited.
Thus, not only was the Exchequer filled with fines and fees, but, insidiously and without the danger involved in a frontal attack, Henry sapped the strength of the great feudal magnates, and diverted the stream of litigants from manorial courts to his own.
The central scrutiny conducted within the Exchequer was supplemented by occasional inspections conducted in each county.
Henry’s other great achievement was the organization of the Exchequer, as a source of royal revenue, and as an instrument for making his will felt in every corner of England.