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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: Wales and Chester Circuit: Civil Minute Books
Catalogue reference: ASSI 78
What's it about?
ASSI 78
This series contains Wales and Chester Circuit: Civil Minute Books, in addition to civil actions referred from the High Court of Justice and heard at nisi prius there are a few entries relating to criminal cases. The information given is the High...
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 78
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Title (The name of the record)
- Assizes: Wales and Chester Circuit: Civil Minute Books
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1945-1970
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains Wales and Chester Circuit: Civil Minute Books, in addition to civil actions referred from the High Court of Justice and heard at nisi prius there are a few entries relating to criminal cases. The information given is the High Court Division and the District Registry in which the case originated, the case number, the plaintiff, defendant, justice, counsel, date and time, and verdict and judgment.
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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, Wales and Chester Circuit, 1945-1971
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 6 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/C2463/
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: Wales and Chester Circuit: Civil Minute Books
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