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Series
Palatinate of Lancaster: Court of Common Pleas: Records of the Admission of Attorneys
Catalogue reference: PL 23
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PL 23
The documents in this series were maintained by the Prothonotary of the Palatinate Court of Common Pleas and created as a result of statutes regulating attorneys in, inter alia, the Palatinate Common Law Courts. These statutes included the...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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PL 23
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Title (The name of the record)
- Palatinate of Lancaster: Court of Common Pleas: Records of the Admission of Attorneys
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Date (When the record was created)
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1730-1875
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Description (What the record is about)
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The documents in this series were maintained by the Prothonotary of the Palatinate Court of Common Pleas and created as a result of statutes regulating attorneys in, inter alia, the Palatinate Common Law Courts. These statutes included the Attorneys and Solicitors Act 1728 (2 Geo II c23) and the Solicitors Act 1844 (6 & 7 Vict c73).
The documents include a register of attorneys who had taken the oath and had been admitted, 1730-1875; an attorneys' oath roll, 1731-1793; affidavits of execution of articles of clerkship, 1749-1814; a register of articled clerks based on the affidavits, 1749-1823; a register of attorneys' annual renewal of certificates, 1785-1871; a roll of attorneys of Preston district, 1869-1875; a roll of attorneys normally practising in the courts at Westminster, 1844-1845; and minutes of attorneys' meetings for dinner, 1730-1807.
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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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8 files, rolls 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
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11628/
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Palatinate of Lancaster: Court of Common Pleas: Records of the Admission of Attorneys
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