Record revealed
Plea roll for the Court of King’s Bench, with a portrait of Henry VIII
This record of disputes taken to court in 1518, written in abbreviated Latin, includes a vivid portrait of the reigning monarch at the time.
Series
Court of Chancery: Clerks of Records and Writs Office: Administration and other Summonses
Catalogue reference: C 17
What's it about?
C 17
Records of actions concerning the administration of estates of deceased persons. They consist of summonses and, in some cases, depositions and related documents. From 1856 onwards summonses in administration causes are filed with the pleadings (C...
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 17
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Title (The name of the record)
- Court of Chancery: Clerks of Records and Writs Office: Administration and other Summonses
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1852-1855
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records of actions concerning the administration of estates of deceased persons.
They consist of summonses and, in some cases, depositions and related documents. From 1856 onwards summonses in administration causes are filed with the pleadings (C 15 and C 16)
Summon Books can be found in IND 1/2228 - IND 1/2236
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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
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 3 bundle(s)
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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
- Legal
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- Manuscript indexes to the series are available.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3580/
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Court of Chancery: Clerks of Records and Writs Office: Administration and other Summonses
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