The story of
Anne Lister and Ann Walker's archival legacy
Anne Lister and Ann Walker's romantic relationship defied societal norms of their time, as we can encounter through the archival material they left behind.
Series
Supreme Court of Judicature: Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division: Supreme Court...
Catalogue reference: J 344
What's it about?
J 344
The records comprise indexes and accounts relating to Admiralty suits. Investments and payments from incapacitated or deceased ex-naval personnel to their dependants managed by the Court of Chancery.
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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J 344
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Title (The name of the record)
- Supreme Court of Judicature: Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division: Supreme Court Pay Office: Indexes and Accounts
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Date (When the record was created)
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1883-1979
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Description (What the record is about)
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The records comprise indexes and accounts relating to Admiralty suits. Investments and payments from incapacitated or deceased ex-naval personnel to their dependants managed by the Court of Chancery.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arranged chronologically.
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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)
- Supreme Court of Judicature, Supreme Court Pay Office, 1884-1975
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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15 volume(s)
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Restrictions on use (Information on restrictions to the use or reproduction of the material)
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3 working days notice to produce
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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in 2010 Ministry of Justice
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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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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
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The custody of these records can only be traced back with certainty to 1972 when they were known to be in the custody of the Supreme Court Pay Office to 1975 and the Court Funds Office, thereafter, both at the Royal Courts of Justice London WC2A 2LL. During the 1980s the records were moved to the Public Record Office repository, Hayes, Middlesex UB3 1RF. In 2003, the records were temporarily held in the basement of the Court Funds Office in 22 Kingsway, London WC2B 6LE before being moved in the same year into private storage at Bishops Furniture Storage in Battersea London acting on the behalf of the Department for Constitutional Affairs. In 2008 the records were briefly moved to Bishops Storage in Chessington London before being moved in 2009 to Harwell Laboratories in Oxfordshire for preparation for transfer to The National Archives. The remaining records that were not selected for preservation are in the custody of Bishops Storage in Chessington.
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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No future accruals expected.
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
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All indexes and accounts have been preserved (where extant).
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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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Please refer to the Department and Division administrative descriptions.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C18491/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
310,599 records
Within the department: J
Records of the Supreme Court of Judicature and related courts
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Supreme Court of Judicature: Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division: Supreme Court Pay Office: Indexes and Accounts
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