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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: Northern Circuit: Gaol Books
Catalogue reference: ASSI 42
What's it about?
ASSI 42
These record proceedings of the old Northern Circuit mainly under commissions of gaol delivery but including entries of actions against local authorities for failing to repair highways etc.; notes of recognizances taken in court; fees taken on...
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 42
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Title (The name of the record)
- Assizes: Northern Circuit: Gaol Books
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1658-1811
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Description (What the record is about)
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These record proceedings of the old Northern Circuit mainly under commissions of gaol delivery but including entries of actions against local authorities for failing to repair highways etc.; notes of recognizances taken in court; fees taken on the crown and nisi prius sides of the circuit, etc.
Crown minute books and gaol books are closely related records. The nature of those maintained for the Northern Circuit was described by the circuit clerk in 1800. He reported that the Circuit's crown minute books contained a brief and sometimes summary minute taken in court of the court's proceedings. The gaol books however, were produced from the minute books with the court's proceedings ordered and rearranged according to the different types of business. Thus minutes of gaol delivery, of coroners' inquisitions certified, of other crown cases, and of recognisances taken, are grouped together in the gaol books.
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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)
- Justices of Assize, Northern Circuit, 1541-1876
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 12 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
- Road Transport
- Litigation
- Legal
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2434/
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Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: ASSI
Records of Justices of Assize, Gaol Delivery, Oyer and Terminer, and Nisi Prius
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Assizes: Northern Circuit: Gaol Books
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