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. 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)

DateOneTwoThreeFour
1660Sir George Downing, 1st BaronetLeonard PinckneyJohn LovingLawrence Squibb
1661Sir George Downing, 1st BaronetWilliam PinckneyJohn LovingLawrence Squibb
1673Sir George Downing, 1st BaronetSir William D'Oyly, 2nd BaronetJohn LovingLawrence Squibb
1674Sir George Downing, 1st BaronetSir William D'Oyly, 2nd BaronetJohn LovingThomas Vernon
1677Sir George Downing, 1st Baronetvacant; D'Oyly suspendedJohn LovingThomas Vernon
1678Sir George Downing, 1st BaronetJohn LovingThomas Vernon
1680Sir George Downing, 1st BaronetSir George Downing, 2nd BaronetJohn LovingThomas Vernon
1684Simon CliffordSir George Downing, 2nd BaronetJohn LovingThomas Vernon
1685Simon CliffordSir George Downing, 2nd BaronetJohn LovingFrancis Villiers
January 1689Thomas HowardSir George Downing, 2nd BaronetJohn LovingFrancis Villiers
April 1689Thomas HowardHenry MaynardJohn LovingFrancis Villiers
1693Thomas HowardHenry MaynardHenry CarewFrancis Villiers
February 1694Thomas HowardHenry MaynardHenry CarewJohn Berkeley, 4th Viscount Fitzhardinge
October 1694Thomas HowardGuy PalmesHenry CarewJohn Berkeley, 4th Viscount Fitzhardinge
1699Thomas HowardGuy PalmesFrancis GodolphinJohn Berkeley, 4th Viscount Fitzhardinge
1701Sir John Stanley, 1st BaronetGuy PalmesFrancis GodolphinJohn Berkeley, 4th Viscount Fitzhardinge
29 June 1702James VernonGuy PalmesFrancis GodolphinJohn Berkeley, 4th Viscount Fitzhardinge
30 June 1702James VernonSir Christopher Musgrave, 4th BaronetFrancis GodolphinJohn Berkeley, 4th Viscount Fitzhardinge
May 1704James VernonSir Christopher Musgrave, 4th BaronetThomas CokeJohn Berkeley, 4th Viscount Fitzhardinge
September 1704James VernonFrancis RobartesThomas CokeJohn Berkeley, 4th Viscount Fitzhardinge
1706James VernonFrancis RobartesPeregrine BertieJohn Berkeley, 4th Viscount Fitzhardinge
13 October 1710John SmithFrancis RobartesPeregrine BertieJohn Berkeley, 4th Viscount Fitzhardinge
31 October 1710John SmithRussell RobartesPeregrine BertieJohn Berkeley, 4th Viscount Fitzhardinge
1711John SmithRussell RobartesGeorge Hay, Viscount DupplinJohn Berkeley, 4th Viscount Fitzhardinge
July 1712Thomas Mansel, 1st Baron ManselRussell RobartesGeorge Hay, Viscount DupplinJohn Berkeley, 4th Viscount Fitzhardinge
December 1712Thomas Mansel, 1st Baron ManselRussell RobartesGeorge Hay, Viscount Dupplinvacant
1713Thomas Mansel, 1st Baron ManselRussell RobartesGeorge Hay, Viscount DupplinBasil Feilding, 4th Earl of Denbigh
6 November 1714John SmithJohn West, 6th Baron De La WarrGeorge Hay, Viscount DupplinBasil Feilding, 4th Earl of Denbigh
January 1715John SmithJohn West, 6th Baron De La WarrSir Roger Mostyn, 3rd BaronetBasil Feilding, 4th Earl of Denbigh
7 November 1715John SmithRichard Onslow, 1st Baron OnslowSir Roger Mostyn, 3rd BaronetLord William Powlett
1716John SmithRichard Onslow, 1st Baron OnslowRichard HampdenLord William Powlett
21 March 1718John SmithThomas Newport, 1st Baron TorringtonThomas Onslow, 2nd Baron OnslowLord William Powlett
1719John SmithGeorge Parker, 2nd Earl of MacclesfieldThomas Onslow, 2nd Baron OnslowLord William Powlett
October 1723vacantGeorge Parker, 2nd Earl of MacclesfieldThomas Onslow, 2nd Baron OnslowLord William Powlett
1724George TrebyGeorge Parker, 2nd Earl of MacclesfieldThomas Onslow, 2nd Baron OnslowLord William Powlett
1727Thomas TownshendGeorge Parker, 2nd Earl of MacclesfieldThomas Onslow, 2nd Baron OnslowLord William Powlett
1729Thomas TownshendGeorge Parker, 2nd Earl of MacclesfieldThomas Onslow, 2nd Baron OnslowSir Charles Turner, 1st Baronet
1738Thomas TownshendGeorge Parker, 2nd Earl of MacclesfieldThomas Onslow, 2nd Baron OnslowPhilip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke
1741Thomas TownshendGeorge Parker, 2nd Earl of MacclesfieldHoratio Walpole, 1st Baron WalpolePhilip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke
1757Thomas TownshendGeorge Parker, 2nd Earl of MacclesfieldJames Waldegrave, 2nd Earl WaldegravePhilip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke
April 1763Thomas TownshendGeorge Parker, 2nd Earl of MacclesfieldRobert Henley, 2nd Earl of NorthingtonPhilip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke
May 1763Thomas TownshendGeorge Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Marquess of BuckinghamRobert Henley, 2nd Earl of NorthingtonPhilip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke
1766John Jeffreys Pratt, 1st Marquess CamdenGeorge Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Marquess of BuckinghamRobert Henley, 2nd Earl of NorthingtonPhilip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke
1786John Jeffreys Pratt, 1st Marquess CamdenGeorge Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Marquess of BuckinghamEdward Thurlow, 1st Baron ThurlowPhilip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke
1790John Jeffreys Pratt, 1st Marquess CamdenGeorge Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Marquess of BuckinghamEdward Thurlow, 1st Baron ThurlowHenry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst
1806John Jeffreys Pratt, 1st Marquess CamdenGeorge Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Marquess of BuckinghamHon. William EdenHenry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst
1810John Jeffreys Pratt, 1st Marquess CamdenGeorge Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Marquess of BuckinghamCharles Philip YorkeHenry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst
1813John Jeffreys Pratt, 1st Marquess CamdenSpencer PercevalCharles Philip YorkeHenry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst
April 1834John Jeffreys Pratt, 1st Marquess CamdenSpencer PercevalCharles William ManninghamHenry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst