A landmark edition offering scholars and legal-history enthusiasts a rare window into the workings of the early 17th-century English financial judiciary.
Comprising 518 pages, it reproduces the original Exchequer Reports compiled by Robert Paynell between 1627 and 1631 — cases that shed light on the financial and equity jurisdiction of the Court of Exchequer, a court central to the administration of royal revenues and civil-equity disputes.
By collecting all of Paynell’s known exchequer cases in their original order — including those reprinted from previous collections such as the equity cases in the Selden Society— this volume offers a comprehensive, authoritative resource for understanding how the Exchequer operated in a transitional period for English law.
Whether you are a student of legal history, a researcher in institutional development, or simply drawn to the social and economic underpinnings of Stuart-era England, this work remains indispensable: a primary-source classic that contextualizes the Exchequer not just as a “tax court,” but as a dynamic venue for equity and civil litigation in early modern England.
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