Record revealed
Request for compensation for the Boston Tea Party
On 16 December 1773, 340 chests of tea were thrown into Boston harbour by protesting colonists. This letter from the East India Company requests reimbursement.
Series
Palatinate of Lancaster: Chancery Court: Pleadings, Miscellanea
Catalogue reference: PL 14
What's it about?
PL 14
This series consists of miscellaneous records of the Chancery Court of Lancaster, comprising those court records which have not been allocated a series of their own.The earliest records substantially pre-date the records in the related series....
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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PL 14
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Title (The name of the record)
- Palatinate of Lancaster: Chancery Court: Pleadings, Miscellanea
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Date (When the record was created)
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1377-1896
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of miscellaneous records of the Chancery Court of Lancaster, comprising those court records which have not been allocated a series of their own.
The earliest records substantially pre-date the records in the related series. They consist of writs, fiats, warrants, petitions, certificates and other instruments; and some odd plea rolls and judgments. The later records do not start until the mid 17th century (among them a pauper's admission book), and most are of the 18th and 19th century: appearance books, minutes, consents, deeds, decrees, Registrars' papers, affidavits, retainers, bills of costs, copies of pleadings, court fees, orders, reports, orders of reference, petitions, warrants, accounts, a few parliamentary by-election writs, fiats for commissioners of oaths and for the swearing of lay justices.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Most of the series (the Registrars' papers, PL 14/21-147), is arranged alphabetically.
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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The indexes for the years 1473 to 1735, formerly PL 14/4-12, are now IND 1/8851-8859. The series formerly included a set of indexes compiled at the Preston Registry. These were PL 14/13-15, which are now IND 1/8860-8862.
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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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171 bundles and volumes
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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
- Democracy
- Poverty
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- The only index still in the series (PL 14/164) is a rudimentary one. It covers the years 1725-1740, providing cases whose profits are being tabulated with folio references. For enclosure awards in this series, see the 'List of some enclosure awards in the Public Record Office' with the CP 43 paper list.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11619/
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