High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Exchequer of Pleas or Court of Exchequer was a court that followed equity, a set of legal principles based on natural law, and common law, in England and Wales. Originally part of the curia regis, or King's Council, the Exchequer of Pleas split from the curia during the 1190s, sitting as an independent, central court. The court was initially small, handling around 250 cases a year, and its practices did not vary significantly until the 16th century. Under the Tudor monarchs, the Exchequer's business increased thanks to a string of politically important Lord High Treasurers, and the court flourished until the English Civil War disrupted the entire legal system. This war actually helped the Exchequer, in that the aftermath saw four courts with similar jurisdictions dissolved, forcing their business to go to the Exchequer and the Court of Chancery

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