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Lid of deed box with picture of [? early British chieftain] engraved, coloured, pasted...
Catalogue reference: SC 16/12
What’s it about?
This record is about the Lid of deed box with picture of [? early British chieftain] engraved, coloured, pasted... dating from 17th century in the series Special Collections: Miscellaneous Objects Recovered from the Records of the Courts.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 16/12
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Date (When the record was created)
- 17th century
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Description (What the record is about)
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Lid of deed box with picture of [? early British chieftain] engraved, coloured, pasted on to wooden lid
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- removed from WARD 2/182
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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)
- Public Record(s)
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Archives and libraries
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3301471/
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Series information
SC 16
Special Collections: Miscellaneous Objects Recovered from the Records of the Courts...
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Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
74,884 records
Within the department: SC
Records of various departments, arranged artificially according to type, and formerly...
103 records
Within the series: SC 16
Special Collections: Miscellaneous Objects Recovered from the Records of the Courts...
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Lid of deed box with picture of [? early British chieftain] engraved, coloured, pasted...
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