Skip to main content
Service phase: Beta

This is a new way to search our records, which we're still working on. Alternatively you can search our existing catalogue, Discovery.

Piece

Eyre file, Kent. Apparently intact file of judicial writs relating to the Kent eyre...

Catalogue reference: JUST 4/2/15

What’s it about?

This record is about the Eyre file, Kent. Apparently intact file of judicial writs relating to the Kent eyre... dating from 1293 in the series Justices in Eyre and Justices of Assize: files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

Is it available online?

No, this record is not available online. However, you can order a copy. Other ways to view it.

Can I see it in person?

Yes, this record is held at The National Archives and is available to see in person. How to view it.

Full description and record details

Reference
JUST 4/2/15
Date
1293
Description

Eyre file, Kent.

Apparently intact file of judicial writs relating to the Kent eyre of 1293.

This file contains various judicial writs summoning parties residing in other counties to appear for pleas held in the Kent eyre which began on 12 April 1293. The writs appear in return date order, ranging from Easter one month to the morrow of Martinmas 1293, and the outermost membrane bears the words 'Brevia forinseca apud Cantuar' ('Foreign writs at Canterbury'), indicating that it acted as the file's wrapper.

Further files of writs relating to this eyre are at JUST 4/2/16-18, while the related plea roll is at JUST 1/375.

(58 mm)

Related material

For the related plea roll see JUST 1/375

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Latin
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3126483/

How to order it

  1. View this record page in our current catalogue
  2. Check viewing and downloading options
  3. Select an option and follow instructions

Series information

JUST 4

Justices in Eyre and Justices of Assize: files

See the series level description for more information about this record.

View series description

Catalogue hierarchy

Over 27 million records

This record is held at The National Archives, Kew

3,370 records

Within the department: JUST

Records of itinerant justices and other court records

234 records

Within the series: JUST 4

Justices in Eyre and Justices of Assize: files

You are currently looking at the piece: JUST 4/2/15

Eyre file, Kent. Apparently intact file of judicial writs relating to the Kent eyre...

Related records

Records that share similar topics with this record.