Record revealed
Plea roll for the Court of King’s Bench, with a portrait of Henry VIII
This record of disputes taken to court in 1518, written in abbreviated Latin, includes a vivid portrait of the reigning monarch at the time.
Series
Assizes: Home, Norfolk and South-Eastern Circuits: Civil and Crown Minute Books
Catalogue reference: ASSI 32
What's it about?
ASSI 32
These volumes relate mainly to civil action referred from the central courts of common law and, from 1875, the High Court of Justice and heard at nisi prius. Prior to 1876 they are records of the Home and Norfolk Circuits. The series also...
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 32
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Title (The name of the record)
- Assizes: Home, Norfolk and South-Eastern Circuits: Civil and Crown Minute Books
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1783-1971
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Description (What the record is about)
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These volumes relate mainly to civil action referred from the central courts of common law and, from 1875, the High Court of Justice and heard at nisi prius. Prior to 1876 they are records of the Home and Norfolk Circuits. The series also includes some minute books of the Norfolk Circuit (later Norfolk Division of the South Eastern Circuit) in criminal proceedings, 1863 to 1902.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Grouped into subseries for each of the three circuits, with another subseries for London and Middlesex.
The numbering reflects various short chronological sequences of different types of minute book.
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 97 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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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/C2424/
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 32
Assizes: Home, Norfolk and South-Eastern Circuits: Civil and Crown Minute Books
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