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Series
Court of Chancery: Six Clerks Office: Pleadings 1714 to 1758
Catalogue reference: C 11
What's it about?
C 11
The records in this series consist of pleadings in equity cases initiated in the court of Chancery, filed in all six divisions of the Six Clerks Office. They often comprise the plaintiff's bill of complaint only, but the defendant's answer and...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- C 11
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Title (The name of the record)
- Court of Chancery: Six Clerks Office: Pleadings 1714 to 1758
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Date (When the record was created)
- c1700-1758
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Description (What the record is about)
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The records in this series consist of pleadings in equity cases initiated in the court of Chancery, filed in all six divisions of the Six Clerks Office.
They often comprise the plaintiff's bill of complaint only, but the defendant's answer and other documents in the process, including the plaintiffs's replication to the answer, are also filed in many cases. Country depositions are included too, and not filed separately as they were before 1714.
The bill gives the plaintiff's name, rank in life, occupation and place of residence. This data is now searchable the catalogue.
The dates given are date the records were removed to the record room, therefore the date of the item is not later than that date.
Matters in dispute include inheritance, lands, trusts, mortgages, debts and marriage settlements.
For the related Bill Books arranged alphabetically under the plaintiffs' names see IND 1/14416 - IND 1/14459; Cause Books for the Six Clerks can be found in IND 1/4105 - IND 1/4207 and the Clerks in Court Books in IND 1/7388 - IND 1/7525
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Catalogue entries for this series have been enhanced as part of a project supported by Volunteers
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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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Language (The language of the record)
- English and Latin
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 2793 bundles and files
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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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
- Litigation
- Marriage and divorce
- Debt
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3574/
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Court of Chancery: Six Clerks Office: Pleadings 1714 to 1758
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