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List of immigrant Londoners from 1483
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Series
Chancery and Lord Chancellor's Office: Crown Office: Extinct Hereditary Peerages...
Catalogue reference: LCO 57
What's it about?
LCO 57
Contains case files produced by the Chancery's Clerk of the Crown and its successor, the Lord Chancellor's Department's Crown Office. There are two kind of case file: those relating to life peerages and those relating to extinct hereditary...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- LCO 57
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Title (The name of the record)
- Chancery and Lord Chancellor's Office: Crown Office: Extinct Hereditary Peerages and Deceased Life Peers Case Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1716-2010
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Description (What the record is about)
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Contains case files produced by the Chancery's Clerk of the Crown and its successor, the Lord Chancellor's Department's Crown Office. There are two kind of case file: those relating to life peerages and those relating to extinct hereditary peerages. Both types contain formal documentation consisting of a record card which gives the peer's title, date of creation of the peerage, date the writ of summons was issued, date the peer took the oath and date he took his seat, the minutes of proceedings in the House of Lords when he took his seat, the London Gazette notice, the Crown Office procedure form and the draft warrant to cause Letters Patent to be issued.
Some files contain index cards, seals and copy birth and death certificates
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Alphabetical
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Warrant books containing entries for the creation of peers, baronets and knights for 1783-1851 are in HO 116
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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)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 708 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1999 Lord Chancellor's Department
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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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- The files of life peers are closed on the death of the peer and those of hereditary peers are closed when the peerage becomes extinct. Files were selected of life peers of particular interest or renown.
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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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The Crown Office attends to those functions relating to the issue of Letters Patent under the Great Seal in issuing writs of attendance and summons and Letters Patent of appointment to peers.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10295/
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: LCO
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Chancery and Lord Chancellor's Office: Crown Office: Extinct Hereditary Peerages and Deceased Life Peers Case Files
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