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Administration act book. Number of folios: 140. Missing at transfer. The administration...
Catalogue reference: PROB 6/37
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This record is about the Administration act book. Number of folios: 140. Missing at transfer. The administration... dating from 1661-1662 in the series Prerogative Court of Canterbury and Related Probate Jurisdictions: Administration.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- PROB 6/37
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1661-1662
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Administration act book. Number of folios: 140. Missing at transfer.
The administration act book for 1662 was noted as missing in 'General Report to the King in Council from the Honourable Board of Commissioners on the Public Records' (Sessional Papers, House of Commons, 1837, 257). Contemporary calendars of administration acts for this year survive in PROB 12/39, PROB 13/96, PROB 13/97 and PROB 15/72.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Open Document, Open Description
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PROB 6
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