Series
Treasury Solicitor and HM Procurator General, Papers
Catalogue reference: TS 11
What's it about?
TS 11
Papers in the various legal proceedings dealt with by the Treasury Solicitor and HM Procurator General. They relate to state trials, the preservation of the public peace (including riots, disturbances and sedition), charities, escheats and...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- TS 11
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Title (The name of the record)
- Treasury Solicitor and HM Procurator General, Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1584-1880
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Description (What the record is about)
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Papers in the various legal proceedings dealt with by the Treasury Solicitor and HM Procurator General. They relate to state trials, the preservation of the public peace (including riots, disturbances and sedition), charities, escheats and administration cases, and a great variety of other business, including some concerning peerage claims and parliamentary elections.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The series is mostly arranged in order of the original references given to them from 1853 by the PRO.
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Land revenue and church buildings papers were transferred in 1860 and 1865 to the Office of Woods and the Ecclesiastical Commissioners respectively. Others were destroyed after examination by the Committee on Government Documents between 1859 and 1869. In addition, pieces with original references 6001-11836 , were returned to the Treasury Solicitor in 1917. A few pieces have since been re-transferred to TS 11, but most of those that have survived are now in other series, notably:
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- HM Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor, 1876-1876
- Treasury Solicitor, 1655-1876
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1148 box(es)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- A typescript calendar and indexes are available in the reading rooms at Kew. Please speak to staff at the enquiry desk for the precise location.The main index gives the former references only and includes some material no longer in the series.
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- A general description of the series is given in DK Rep XIV and in subsequent Reports.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14079/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: TS
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Treasury Solicitor and HM Procurator General, Papers