A very specific question about an Exchequer post. My 10th gr-grandfather Robert Barham was appointed Comptroller of the Pipe Roll in 1596, and held the position at least until 1610, and quite possibly until his death in 1630. This office was charged with gathering, copying, and issuing writs based upon various county Sheriff's tax data. It involved an office in London, and travelling to various counties on occasion. What I've been searching for is a published list of officeholders for this position, showing dates of service. To date, I've found one reference via Archive.org, which is a digital scan of a publication of the Antiquarian Society in the 1860s, wherein a vellum document detailing all the royal offices of 1610 was presented to the society; Barham is shown as still holding the office. The original appointment certificate from 1596 is available from National Archives as an orderable scan.
Documentation of royal appointments is huge, and it may be that other per-annum lists, which would include C-of the-P, have been collated. It would seem a natural thing to have done. Exchequer documents in particular are notoriously extensive, going back to the first pipe rolls of the Norman era. If Robert Barham were in fact still holding this position at the time of his death, it would add an additional wrinkle to his sudden death while on a journey across country en route to Chester. My hope is that there exists some sort of royal office almanac series, or barring that a work on the history of the Exchequer that might contain histories of specific offices with the tenures of those holding them. Thanks for any help!
