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Draft Act book
Catalogue reference: AH3/3
What’s it about?
This record is a file about the Draft Act book dating from [20 July] 1583 - [25 September 1585].
Is it available online?
Maybe, but not on The National Archives website. This record is held at Huntingdonshire Archives.
Can I see it in person?
Not at The National Archives, but you may be able to view it in person at Huntingdonshire Archives.
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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AH3/3
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Title (The name of the record)
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Draft Act book
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Date (When the record was created)
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[20 July] 1583 - [25 September 1585]
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Description (What the record is about)
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fos. 1-125 (modern foliation). Covers wanting and damaged by damp; at least first seven folios wanting; three books sewn together as one. Assignations in instance causes (i.e. stages in cause) and promoted office involving matrimony, testaments (administration, legacy), defamation, tithe, recovery of costs. Occasionally full summary of proceedings (e.g. 36v). Also: correction (St. Ives, fo.4), suspicious living (8, 27, 28v, 29, 45v, 91), rash administration (102, 104-5) grants of administration (33), deposition (39v, 125) declarations of proxy (97)
First date (fo.5) is 20 September 1583 at All Saints Huntingdon. The judge is official and commissary. Court also sits at St. Ives.
fo. 71-72: parchment binding strip with extract from a will and note of fees paid.
fo. 78v, 82v, 87v : notes of fees received by an officer of the court. This is a draft book for which the formal record is in 'Act Book II' fos. 113-196v.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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<p>For an act book July 1599-April 1602, described as 'register of proceedings', 265 folios, see Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B334</p>
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Huntingdonshire Archives
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/1cb48aac-95c3-4f03-bf15-0739bda755d3/
Series information
AH3-14
COURT RECORDS
See the series level description for more information about this record.
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at Huntingdonshire Archives
Within the fonds: AH
Archdeaconry of Huntingdon
Within the series: AH3-14
COURT RECORDS
Within the sub-series: AH3
ACT BOOKS
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Draft Act book