Series
Alienation Office: Entry Books of Writs of Entry in Recoveries
Catalogue reference: A 9
What's it about?
A 9
Alienation Office entry books recording the issue of writs of entry intended for use in conveying land by common recovery in the Court of Common Pleas.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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A 9
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Title (The name of the record)
- Alienation Office: Entry Books of Writs of Entry in Recoveries
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Date (When the record was created)
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1595-1858
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Description (What the record is about)
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Alienation Office entry books recording the issue of writs of entry intended for use in conveying land by common recovery in the Court of Common Pleas.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Each entry gives the name of the county, the parties, details of the property and its approximate value, the date of the issue of the writ and the amount of the fine, fixed at one tenth of the property's value.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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The recoveries themselves are enrolled in the Recovery Rolls of the court in CP 43
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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The series is unbroken for the whole of the period for which the Alienation Office was responsible for collecting the fines, except for two missing volumes covering the years 1602 to 1608 and 1621 to 1629, and ends in 1835, although notes as late as 1858 were added into the last volume.
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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33 volume(s)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1615/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: A
Records of the Alienation Office
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Alienation Office: Entry Books of Writs of Entry in Recoveries