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Series
Palatinate of Lancaster: Deeds etc, Series H
Catalogue reference: PL 29
What's it about?
PL 29
This series consists of deeds and other documents, including wills, grants of probate and letters of administration (mainly from Chester Diocesan Court), leases and articles of agreement all from the Palatinate of Lancaster.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- PL 29
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Title (The name of the record)
- Palatinate of Lancaster: Deeds etc, Series H
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1500-1844
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of deeds and other documents, including wills, grants of probate and letters of administration (mainly from Chester Diocesan Court), leases and articles of agreement all from the Palatinate of Lancaster.
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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)
- 63 papers
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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
- Wills and probate
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- This series is not included in the list of records transferred to the Public Record Office in 1873 and it is not clear how they came to form part of the records of the Palatinate. It is possible that it was transferred in 1912 with other records of the Clerk of the Crown, but no reason for the deeds' association with that officer can be discerned.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11634/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
23,385 records
Within the department: PL
Records of the Palatinate of Lancaster
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Palatinate of Lancaster: Deeds etc, Series H
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