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Series
Lord Chancellor's Department: Office of the Lord Chancellor's Visitors, Miscellaneous...
Catalogue reference: LCO 10
What's it about?
LCO 10
Entry books of board agenda and special requests. The former contain brief notes of each case to be considered at Visitors' monthly meetings, sometimes noting decisions and subsequent action. The latter contain entries of requests by Masters in...
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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LCO 10
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Title (The name of the record)
- Lord Chancellor's Department: Office of the Lord Chancellor's Visitors, Miscellaneous Books
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Date (When the record was created)
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1879-1983
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Description (What the record is about)
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Entry books of board agenda and special requests. The former contain brief notes of each case to be considered at Visitors' monthly meetings, sometimes noting decisions and subsequent action. The latter contain entries of requests by Masters in Chancery for special visits by visitors to report on the condition of Chancery lunatics. Entries include the date of each request, the patients name and address, the names of the master and visitor involved, the date of report and further remarks on such matters as the age, income and allowance of the patient.
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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
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Supreme Court of Judicature, Office of the Lord Chancellors Visitors, 1890-1890
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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18 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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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
- Mental illness
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10248/
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Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: LCO
Records of the Lord Chancellor's Office and of various legal commissions and committees
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Lord Chancellor's Department: Office of the Lord Chancellor's Visitors, Miscellaneous Books
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