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Series
Chancery: Entry Books of Decrees and Orders
Catalogue reference: C 33
What's it about?
C 33
Entry books of decrees and orders kept by the registrars of the court of Chancery, whose duty it was to attend the court and to record the orders, decrees and dismissals. The entries include a record of any orders made during the course of a case...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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C 33
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Title (The name of the record)
- Chancery: Entry Books of Decrees and Orders
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Date (When the record was created)
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1544-1875
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Description (What the record is about)
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Entry books of decrees and orders kept by the registrars of the court of Chancery, whose duty it was to attend the court and to record the orders, decrees and dismissals.
The entries include a record of any orders made during the course of a case and the final judgement, as well as the date for the recording of affidavits or depositions, of the hearing, the final decree and the judgement.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The books are divided into two series known as the A and B books, beginning respectively in 1544 and 1547. Until 1630 both sets of books list suits indiscriminately by the initial letter of the plaintiff's name. Thereafter A books list plaintiffs A-K and B books L-Z.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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A less comprehensive but more detailed record of particular decrees will be found enrolled in:
From 1876, entry books of decrees and orders in the Chancery Division may be found in J 15 C 79 C 78
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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)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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1262 volume(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
- Archives and libraries
- Litigation
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- Indexes to this series are available.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3594/
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Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
1,513,580 records
Within the department: C
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