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The corsair state of Rabat-Salé
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Series
Signet Office: Warrants for King's Bills and Signet Bills, Series II
Catalogue reference: SO 6
What's it about?
SO 6
In addition to the usual king's bills, this series includes warrants for ecclesiastical presentations and warrants for congés d'élire, assent and restitution of temporalities, which, because they passed directly to the clerks of the signet...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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SO 6
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Title (The name of the record)
- Signet Office: Warrants for King's Bills and Signet Bills, Series II
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Date (When the record was created)
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1800-1851
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Description (What the record is about)
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In addition to the usual king's bills, this series includes warrants for ecclesiastical presentations and warrants for congés d'élire, assent and restitution of temporalities, which, because they passed directly to the clerks of the signet without the need for an intervening king's bill, are known as signet bills.
The series also contains a considerable number of warrants for king's bills authorising expenditure and appointing almsmen to royal foundations. These warrants are addressed to the clerk of the signet attending.
A large number of the king's bills relate to patents for inventions. It is unclear why such warrants should be included in the records of the Signet Office after 1800 when SO 8, which contains records from before that date, appears to have none at all. It seems probable, however, that the warrants were forwarded from the Patent Bill Office at the same time as were the king's bills.
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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)
- Signet Office, 1444-1851
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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16 bundle(s)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13540/
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Signet Office: Warrants for King's Bills and Signet Bills, Series II
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