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Series
Privy Council Office: Sheriffs' Rolls
Catalogue reference: PC 3
What's it about?
PC 3
This series consists of sheriffs' rolls and record the names of those nominated at the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice and its predecessors for the office of sheriff in England (except for Cornwall and Lancaster) and Wales....
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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PC 3
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Title (The name of the record)
- Privy Council Office: Sheriffs' Rolls
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Date (When the record was created)
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1844-2013
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of sheriffs' rolls and record the names of those nominated at the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice and its predecessors for the office of sheriff in England (except for Cornwall and Lancaster) and Wales. Appointment was made by the crown in council and each roll, besides being pricked by the sovereign to denote the names of those appointed, bears the royal sign manual.
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Arrangement
Date order
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Enquiries regarding Cornish sheriffs' rolls should be directed to the Duchy of Cornwall Office. For earlier sheriffs' rolls from the Six Clerks' Office of Chancery, see: C 172 C 227
For records relating to the appointment of sheriffs in the Duchy of Lancaster, see DL 21
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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170 roll(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open
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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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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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In Cornwall appointments are made by the Prince of Wales as Duke of Cornwall, and in Lancaster by the sovereign in right of the Duchy.
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- For a list of sheriffs for England and Wales see List of Sheriffs to 1831, List and Indexes, Volume IX, 1898.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11476/
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