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Prerogative Court of Canterbury: Court Caveat Books
Catalogue reference: PROB 41
What's it about?
PROB 41
Prerogative Court of Canterbury Court Caveat Books.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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PROB 41
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Title (The name of the record)
- Prerogative Court of Canterbury: Court Caveat Books
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Date (When the record was created)
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1678-1857
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prerogative Court of Canterbury Court Caveat Books.
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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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45 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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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Court caveat books record the next stage in litigation in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury after a caveat had been entered. The proctor acting for a party who wished to challenge the caveat appeared, and asserted the interest of his client. The court caveat books record whether the matter proceeded to litigation or whether a grant of probate or administration was made.
During the seventeenth century the entries seem to have been made by the Deputy Register or his clerk and the name of the caveator is given. Later each proctor wrote his own entry and the fictional name 'John Thomas' is substituted for the name of the caveator.
As the court caveat books record the basis of dispute between the parties to a cause, they can therefore be particularly useful for studying litigation for the years for which caveat books and acts of court books do not survive or were not compiled.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12152/
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Prerogative Court of Canterbury: Court Caveat Books
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