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Series
Court of King's Bench: Plea Side: Judicial Writs
Catalogue reference: KB 137
What's it about?
KB 137
Judicial and other miscellaneous writs of the Plea Side of the Court of King's Bench. From 1689 -1778 this collection contains three file series; judicial writs, latitats, and writs of capias ad satisfaciendum. From 1801 the files of latitats are...
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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KB 137
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Title (The name of the record)
- Court of King's Bench: Plea Side: Judicial Writs
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Date (When the record was created)
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1689-1874
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Description (What the record is about)
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Judicial and other miscellaneous writs of the Plea Side of the Court of King's Bench.
From 1689 -1778 this collection contains three file series; judicial writs, latitats, and writs of capias ad satisfaciendum. From 1801 the files of latitats are continued as bills of Middlesex, latitats and aliases; from c1810 they are united with the judicial writs and the bills of Middlesex formed into a separate file series.
There are also some files of writs of capias and summons and writs of detainer under the Uniformity of Process Act, 1832. From 1838 to 1874 the collection consists exclusively of 'Judicial Writs', mainly writs of execution and certiorari.
For Chronological repertories of writs of execution, special writs and writs of capias and summons, see IND 1/6641- IND 1/6648/3; Indexes transferred from KB 102 can be found in IND 1/9364- IND 1/9430
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Writs 1779-1800, and Judicial Writs 1801-c.1810 may have been in the abolished series of King's Bench, Plea Side, Writs (Series II Special and Original).
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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 and Latin
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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111 bundles and files
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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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- Topics
- Litigation
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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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KB 137/84-86 were transferred to the PRO in 1863, 87-92 in 1869, and 93-110 (or 109) in 1896. KB 137/111 was transferred from E 5/158-179 in 1984.
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
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KB 137/37-110, covering the period 1800-1865, were recommended for destruction under the recommendations of the Report of the Committee on Legal Records, 1966
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10071/
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Court of King's Bench: Plea Side: Judicial Writs
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