Talk:Exchequer of pleas

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Were the "Barons of the Court of Exchequer" always actual barons in the peerage sense, or did the title accompany the position? This should be made clearer in the article. Walton monarchist89 14:27, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

They were not lords, and did not sit in the House of Lords (unless also a peer). I think they were known as Mr Baron (Smith). It was just the name for the judicial office they held. Peterkingiron 15:33, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] new low

What a horrible article! Surely, something as significant as the court of exchequer would deserve a more comprehensive article. [Some one]

It is only a brief article. If you do not like it, please expand it; I have done so by adding something on the equity jurisdiction (which was missing). Since my source is my own experience of using documents not the book cited, I have changed 'references' to 'Further Reading'. Peterkingiron 15:33, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

The link you put in does not work for me -- I get a page saying "you do not have cookies enabled" (I do). Can you fix it? Francis Davey 17:21, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

You need to alter the settings on your Internet program. Alternatively look at National Archives and search there for 'Rsearch Guides' - Equity proceedings in Exchequer. Peterkingiron 23:19, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] What about the postman?

What did the "postman" do? (*Getzler, J. S. (2004) "Jervis, Sir John (1802–1856)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, [1], accessed 4 July 2007 (subscription required)) Did other courts have this office? etc. Cutler 20:32, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

I do not know, but it sounds like an advocate - possibly a barrister practising in that court. That is a guess derived from John Jervis being 'offered silk', that is, promotion to a Queens Counsel, a higher grade of barrister. This remains a poor article, and needs expansion to explain far more of the working of the court and who its officials were. The court was one of those amalgamated inot the High Court in 1875, but the resultant Exchequer division was abolished when the chief baron died about five years later, its functions being transferred to the Queens Bench division. It is thus long extinct. Peterkingiron 23:31, 4 August 2007 (UTC)