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Order Number	CCA-DCc/SB
Title	Seal Books
Date	1664-1999
Description	The seal books are the Dean and Chapter's record of the documents to which they have applied seals. The most common of these were leases. The dean, vice-dean and treasurers held seal keys which meant that all three (or representatives of all three with the appropriate keys) had to be present to seal a document. This appeared to be true until the 1880s, when the signatures of the dean and vice-dean or the dean alone appear. The seal fees were written up by the Dean and Chapter's auditors. The entries consist of a brief description of the document concerned. Until 1775 they list the amount of the fine that the lessees paid for renewing their leases.
Extent	8 volumes
Language	English
AccessStatus	Open
AccessStatus	Open

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