Record revealed
Charter issued by the Anglo-Saxon King Edgar
The oldest complete document at The National Archives, this charter recording a grant of land dates back over 1,000 years.
Series
Assizes: Western Circuit: Miscellaneous Books
Catalogue reference: ASSI 24
What's it about?
ASSI 24
This series includes a recognizance or bail book, 1654 to 1677; certificate books, 1876 to 1887; costs books, 1869 to 1890; an estreat book, 1740 to 1800; note books 1766 to 1932, including one covering the special commission of assize at...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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ASSI 24
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Title (The name of the record)
- Assizes: Western Circuit: Miscellaneous Books
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Date (When the record was created)
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1610-1932
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series includes a recognizance or bail book, 1654 to 1677; certificate books, 1876 to 1887; costs books, 1869 to 1890; an estreat book, 1740 to 1800; note books 1766 to 1932, including one covering the special commission of assize at Princetown in 1932 following the riots at Dartmoor prison; order books (transportation, etc), 1629 to 1819; postea books, 1611 to 1679; and process books, 1717 to 1820.
These records include both series of different types of documents, and individual documents, which are either the only extant examples of a particular type of record, or which were compiled for special purposes.
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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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44 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
- Manors
- Public disorder
- Legal
- Prisons
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- For published entries from the order books see Somerset Assize Orders, 1629-1659 (Somerset Record Society, LXV and LXXI).
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2418/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
41,615 records
Within the department: ASSI
Records of Justices of Assize, Gaol Delivery, Oyer and Terminer, and Nisi Prius
You are currently looking at the series: ASSI 24
Assizes: Western Circuit: Miscellaneous Books
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