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Office of the Commissioners of Bankrupts and successors: Registers of Documents Filed...

Catalogue reference: B 6

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B 6

This series contains registers to documents filed in bankruptcy and insolvency proceedings.They often give summary particulars concerning bankrupts, creditors, insolvent debtors, the sums involved and the nature of associated deeds. Sometimes the...

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Reference
B 6
Title
Office of the Commissioners of Bankrupts and successors: Registers of Documents Filed in Bankruptcy Proceedings
Date
1733-1925
Description

This series contains registers to documents filed in bankruptcy and insolvency proceedings.

They often give summary particulars concerning bankrupts, creditors, insolvent debtors, the sums involved and the nature of associated deeds. Sometimes the outcome of an action or result of a petition is indicated.

Types of records included are:

  • certificates of conformity (1733-1856)
  • declarations of insolvency (1825-1925)
  • impounded commission of bankruptcy (1777-1832)
  • arrangement proceedings (liquidation petitions) (1870-1884)
  • bankrupts, London and Country (1870-1883)
  • binding register (1873-1874)
  • docket books, London, Country, and County Courts (1849-1869)
  • fiats (1832-1849)
  • petitions of several sorts (1813-1886)
  • trust, composition and inspectorship deeds (1861-1870)
  • proposal cases (1848-1862) sub-assignments by provisional assignees (1813-1827)

Arrangement
Arrangement

Chronological order, mainly under the head of the type of document or transaction registered.

Related material

For later registers see BT 293

For petition registers see also LCO 28

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Creator(s)
  • Court for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors, 1813-1861
  • Court of Bankruptcy, 1831-1869
  • High Court of Justice in Bankruptcy, 1883-1883
  • London Court of Bankruptcy, 1869-1873
  • Office of the Commissioners of Bankrupts, 1571-1832
Physical description
223 volume(s)
Subjects
Topics
Litigation
Debt
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2758/

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