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Exchequer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (340 words) |
 | The Exchequer was that part of the government responsible for the management and collection of the royal revenues of the King of England. |
| According to the Dialogue concerning the Exchequer -- an early Medieval work describing the practice of the Exchequer -- the name referred to the resemblance of the table with that of a chess board. |
| The term "Exchequer" then came to refer to the twice yearly meetings held at Easter and Michaelmas at which government financial business was transacted and an audit held of sheriff's returns. |
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