for 



By EDW. ALEX. FRY. 



(Read IVth February, 1918.) 



N the Public Record Office, London, is an Index of 

 Leases granted by the Clerk of the Pipe, of 

 Crown lands ; and, quoting from Mr. Scargill 

 Bird's " Guide to the Public Records," in order 

 to obtain a Crown Lease a Petition or Memorial 

 was preferred to the Treasury, which was then 

 referred to the Surveyor General of Crown 

 Lands to be reported upon. A Warrant was 

 thereupon issued to the Surveyor General 

 to make a Constat or to obtain from the Auditor a Particular 

 of the premises as described in former leases. The Constat 

 or Particular was then rated by the Surveyor General, which 

 rate contained a specification of the term of years, and of the 

 reserved rent and fine, with the covenants and provisoes, 

 the Constat, Particular, and Rate being then sent back to the 

 Treasury. 



A Warrant was then issued from the Treasury to the Clerk 

 of the Pipe to prepare the lease to be passed under the seal 

 of the Court of Exchequer, a copy of the draft of the lease, 

 which was called a Transcript, being transmitted to the Chan- 

 cellor of the Exchequer ; and after receiving his signature and 

 those of the Lords of the Treasury, it was returned to the 

 Pipe Office, where it was engrossed and afterwards enrolled. 



