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Palatinate of Lancaster: Chancery Court: Exhibits
Catalogue reference: PL 12
What's it about?
PL 12
Until the Courts Act 1971 the Chancery Court of the County Palatine of Lancaster operated independently from the High Court in London, and had jurisdiction in all matters of equity concerning lands lying within the Palatinate. Most of the records...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- PL 12
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Title (The name of the record)
- Palatinate of Lancaster: Chancery Court: Exhibits
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1653-1864
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Description (What the record is about)
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Until the Courts Act 1971 the Chancery Court of the County Palatine of Lancaster operated independently from the High Court in London, and had jurisdiction in all matters of equity concerning lands lying within the Palatinate. Most of the records in this series were exhibited in evidence by parties to action heard by the court. They consist mainly of deeds and accounting records, and over half of them relate to a suit, commenced in 1819, regarding a dispute concerning coal mines at Hopwood and Hathershaw Moor in Lancashire. The series also includes some miscellaneous material arising from court proceedings, including minutes, cause lists, etc, 1835 to 1858.
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Palatinate of Lancaster, Chancery Court, 1471-1875
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 17 bundle(s)
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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
- Coal
- Mining and quarrying
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11617/
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Palatinate of Lancaster: Chancery Court: Exhibits
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