Teller of the Receipt of the Exchequer

The Teller of the Receipt of the Exchequer was an office in the English Exchequer.

The Tellers of the Exchequer received any money to be paid into the Exchequer, noted the amount in a book, and sent a copy of the entry, called a Teller's Bill, to the Tally Court so that a tally could be made of it. At the end of each day, the money they had received, as determined by the Bills, was removed from their chests to be deposited in the Treasury. During the reign of Richard I, these officials numbered ten, but by the time of Henry III, they had been reduced to four, which number remained constant until the abolition of the office.^[1] With several other offices of the ancient Exchequer, that of Teller of the Receipt was done away with on 10 October 1834; the office's responsibilities were given to the new Comptroller General of the Exchequer.

Tellers of the Exchequer (1660-1834)

References

1. ↑ Thomas, Francis Sheppard. The ancient Exchequer of England. pp. 132, 134. Retrieved 2007-10-10. 

• Haydn's Book of Dignities (1894)

English Exchequer
Officers	Auditor of the imprests Auditor of the Receipt of the Exchequer Baron of the Exchequer Chancellor of the Exchequer Chamberlain of the Exchequer Chief Baron of the Exchequer Clerk of the Pells Comptroller General of the Exchequer Lord High Treasurer Queen's Remembrancer Teller of the Receipt of the Exchequer
Divisions	Court of Exchequer Chamber Exchequer Bill Loan Commission Exchequer of Pleas Exchequer of the Jews Pell Office
Other	Exchequer Standards Exchequer of Chester Dialogus de Scaccario Pipe rolls Red Book of the Exchequer Stop of the Exchequer Taxation in medieval England