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Plea roll for the Court of King’s Bench, with a portrait of Henry VIII
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Series
Assizes: Home and South-Eastern Circuits: Crown Minute Books (Agenda Books)
Catalogue reference: ASSI 31
What's it about?
ASSI 31
These are minute books relating to criminal proceedings and are annotated with a note of the outcome of each case. Prior to 1876 they are records of the Home Circuit. From 1902 (piece 46) they are records of the South Eastern Circuit.There is an...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- ASSI 31
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Title (The name of the record)
- Assizes: Home and South-Eastern Circuits: Crown Minute Books (Agenda Books)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1734-1943
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Description (What the record is about)
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These are minute books relating to criminal proceedings and are annotated with a note of the outcome of each case. Prior to 1876 they are records of the Home Circuit. From 1902 (piece 46) they are records of the South Eastern Circuit.
There is an index to the series for the years 1859 to 1911 in ASSI 40
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Volumes 1-35, covering the years 1735-1862, are indexed.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For some of the depositions from cases noted in these minute books see: ASSI 36
There is an index for the years 1859 to 1911 in ASSI 40
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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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- Justices of Assize, Home Circuit, 1541-1876
- Justices of Assize, South-Eastern Circuit, 1876-1971
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 62 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
- Litigation
- Legal
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2423/
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
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Assizes: Home and South-Eastern Circuits: Crown Minute Books (Agenda Books)
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