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Series
Chancery: Ancient Deeds, Series CC
Catalogue reference: C 147
What's it about?
C 147
This series is made up of those deeds which were too large to fit into the standard-sized envelopes used for the deeds in C 146The deeds of gift include grants of lands, manors, castles, tenements, messuages, orchards, wastes, public houses,...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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C 147
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Title (The name of the record)
- Chancery: Ancient Deeds, Series CC
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Date (When the record was created)
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c1100-1695
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series is made up of those deeds which were too large to fit into the standard-sized envelopes used for the deeds in C 146
The deeds of gift include grants of lands, manors, castles, tenements, messuages, orchards, wastes, public houses, rectories and parsonages; occasionally a nomination of attorney to deliver seisin can be found. There are too conveyances of rents, advowsons, herbage and passage, fee-farms, and annuities arising from land. Also included are assignments of leases and the transfer of recognizances.
A number of marriage bonds are included, as well as awards of arbitration. Other settlements and agreements relate to custody and wardship, parish boundaries, and wills. There are also a few enrolled copies of deeds taken from evidence in the Rolls Chapel and brought into Chancery, a copy of an inquisition post mortem, a Chancery order, and a writ sent to a sheriff ordering the appearance of an individual in connection with a bond.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English, French and Latin
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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1310 parchment membranes
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
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The records in this series were formerly housed in the Tower of London and the Rolls Chapel.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3705/
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