Particulars of Account

So far I’ve found two sets of the sheriffs’ ‘particulars of account’ from which the three great rolls of accounts for the former Templar estates in the National Archives (E 358/18–20) were complied: one set is from Upleadon in Herefordshire, and the other from Worcestershire. I discuss them further here.

Obviously the detailed records are extremely valuable, because they contain information that was lost when the information was formally enrolled at the Exchequer — such at that information about visitors at Upleadon. But once the ‘particulars’ had been enrolled, they were no longer of obvious use and it’s not surprising that most of them are no longer traceable. However, I’ll keep looking …