Series
Lord Chancellor's Office: Unregistered Papers
Catalogue reference: LCO 1
Date: 1872-1889
Correspondence and papers from the Lord Chancellor's Office dealing with judicial and legal administration. Subjects covered include legislation,...
Series
Office of the Commissioners of Bankrupts and Court of Bankruptcy: Bankruptcy Commission...
Catalogue reference: B 4
What's it about?
B 4
These docket books are registers containing summary particulars relating to the issue of commissions, renewed commission and, from 1832, fiats of bankruptcy. Two of the registers of renewed commissions of bankruptcy, 1743 to 1806, also contain...
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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B 4
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Title (The name of the record)
- Office of the Commissioners of Bankrupts and Court of Bankruptcy: Bankruptcy Commission Docket Books
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Date (When the record was created)
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1710-1849
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Description (What the record is about)
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These docket books are registers containing summary particulars relating to the issue of commissions, renewed commission and, from 1832, fiats of bankruptcy. Two of the registers of renewed commissions of bankruptcy, 1743 to 1806, also contain entries of associated petitions of creditors.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Entries in the earlier books have been made chronologically and are indexed. In later registers the entries have been made chronologically under the initial letters of the surnames of the bankrupts.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the surviving files relating to entries in the docket books (usually indicated by the underlining or ticking of the registered number) see B 3
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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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- Court of Bankruptcy, 1831-1869
- Office of the Commissioners of Bankrupts, 1571-1832
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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56 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
- Debt
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2756/
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