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Series
Prerogative Court of Canterbury: Bound Volumes of Depositions
Catalogue reference: PROB 26
What's it about?
PROB 26
Bound volumes of depositions of witnesses in causes heard by the Prerogative Court of Canterbury for the period 1826-1858. In a few instances interrogatories, and exhibits annexed to interrogatories or cited in the depositions were bound up with...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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PROB 26
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Title (The name of the record)
- Prerogative Court of Canterbury: Bound Volumes of Depositions
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Date (When the record was created)
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1809-1858
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Description (What the record is about)
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Bound volumes of depositions of witnesses in causes heard by the Prerogative Court of Canterbury for the period 1826-1858. In a few instances interrogatories, and exhibits annexed to interrogatories or cited in the depositions were bound up with the depositions.
It should be noted that where F H Dyke and Iltid Nicholl appear as parties they appear as HM Procurators General and were therefore acting for the crown. Such causes generally relate to the estates of insane or illegitimate intestates whose estates escheated to the crown.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The series list is organised by name of cause and is listed in chronological order.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For records of HM Procurator General see TS 17
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1660-1858
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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633 volume(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
- Wills and probate
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- An index of causes is available alongside the printed list of PROB 26. The printed PROB 26 series list is also accompanied by an index of testators and intestates. The list may be consulted by researchers visiting the Public Record Office.
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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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Depositions produced in civil law courts take the form of responses to written questions submitted by proctors acting for either of the parties to the cause. The written questions were known as interrogatories or articles and were derived from the allegations of the plaintiffs.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12137/
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