Series
COURT OF REQUESTS
Catalogue reference: BCC/J/Req
What’s it about?
This record is about the COURT OF REQUESTS.
Is it available online?
Maybe, but not on The National Archives website. This record is held at Bristol Archives.
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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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BCC/J/Req
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Title (The name of the record)
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COURT OF REQUESTS
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Description (What the record is about)
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Proceedings 1816-1843
Summons 1832-1847
Fees 1816-1845
Account books of cash received 1816-1846
Account books of monies paid 1827-1846
Ledgers 1816-1842
Deposits 1820-1843
Executions 1816-1847
Registers of orders nisi, etc 1835-1847
Receipts for deposits 1836-1843
Miscellaneous 1816,1839
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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<p>See also records of the Court of Conscience [ref. BCC/J/Con]</p>
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Bristol Archives
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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By "An Act for the more speedy and easy Recovery of Small Debts, in the City and County of the City of Bristol, and the liberties thereof, and in the several Parishes and Places therein mentioned, in the Counties of Gloucester and Somerset" a court of Requests was set up in Bristol to try cases of debt for less than £15.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/1d82c3a3-5192-4dab-abfb-ad29782ab354/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at Bristol Archives
Within the fonds: BCC
RECORDS OF CORPORATION OF BRISTOL
Within the sub-fonds: BCC/J
JUDICIAL RECORDS
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COURT OF REQUESTS