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Series
Assizes: Norfolk and Home Circuits: Estreats
Catalogue reference: ASSI 38
What's it about?
ASSI 38
The estreats are draft and copy returns of fines, amercements, recognizances and issues forfeited and assessed at each assize session, which were extracted (estreated) from the records of the court. A typical estreat provides a list of persons...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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ASSI 38
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Title (The name of the record)
- Assizes: Norfolk and Home Circuits: Estreats
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Date (When the record was created)
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1754-1872
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Description (What the record is about)
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The estreats are draft and copy returns of fines, amercements, recognizances and issues forfeited and assessed at each assize session, which were extracted (estreated) from the records of the court. A typical estreat provides a list of persons fined, etc., at a particular assize session, giving the name, residence and occupation of the person, the nature of the offence, and the amount of the fine, etc.
Most of these estreats belong to the Norfolk circuit, for the periods 1754-1830 and 1851-1872; but there are also three from the Home circuit, dated 1828, 1830 and 1839. All of the estreats relate to criminal, not civil, cases; and then only to the commission of gaol delivery.
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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)
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- Justices of Assize, Home Circuit, 1541-1876
- Justices of Assize, Norfolk Circuit, 1541-1876
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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1 bundle(s)
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
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Bundles of loose papers.
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2430/
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 38
Assizes: Norfolk and Home Circuits: Estreats
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