Record revealed
Charter issued by the Anglo-Saxon King Edgar
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Series
Assizes: Midland, Northern, North-Eastern, Oxford, South-Eastern, Wales and Chester...
Catalogue reference: ASSI 85
What's it about?
ASSI 85
This series consists of general assize commissions from 1921 to 1971 (the majority are from 1944 onwards). The series also includes one special commission from 1872.The commissions in this series are the only modern ones known to have survived...
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 85
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Title (The name of the record)
- Assizes: Midland, Northern, North-Eastern, Oxford, South-Eastern, Wales and Chester and Western Circuits: Commissions
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Date (When the record was created)
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1872-1971
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of general assize commissions from 1921 to 1971 (the majority are from 1944 onwards). The series also includes one special commission from 1872.
The commissions in this series are the only modern ones known to have survived despite the Report of the Committee on Legal Records (Cmd 3084) of 1966 (Denning Report) recommending their permanent preservation (p 46).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Commissions from the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries are on files in JUST 4
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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436 file(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/C2470/
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 85
Assizes: Midland, Northern, North-Eastern, Oxford, South-Eastern, Wales and Chester and Western Circuits: Commissions
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