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: Northern Circuit: Civil Minute Books
Catalogue reference: ASSI 54
What's it about?
ASSI 54
These volumes were kept by the court associate and relate to civil business referred from the High Court of Justice and heard at nisi prius. The books do not constitute a complete series; they run from 1877 to 1904, then from 1909 to 1915, and...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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ASSI 54
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Title (The name of the record)
- Assizes: Northern Circuit: Civil Minute Books
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Date (When the record was created)
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1877-1971
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Description (What the record is about)
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These volumes were kept by the court associate and relate to civil business referred from the High Court of Justice and heard at nisi prius. The books do not constitute a complete series; they run from 1877 to 1904, then from 1909 to 1915, and then from 1970 to 1971, when the assize system was abolished. The whereabouts of the missing volumes is not known.The information given is the originating High Court division, the case number, the names of the plaintiff, defendant and judge, the date, time and place, and the judgment.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Chronological order
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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See also the judgement rolls in ASSI 74
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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)
- Justices of Assize, Northern Circuit, 1876-1971
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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26 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
- Legal
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2443/
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: Northern Circuit: Civil Minute Books
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