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Proceedings under the Sub-Commission dated 2 Sept. 1734 for inquiring into the Officers...
Catalogue reference: PRO 30/26/95
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This record is about the Proceedings under the Sub-Commission dated 2 Sept. 1734 for inquiring into the Officers... dating from 1735 Mar. 24 in the series Public Record Office: Documents Acquired by Gift, Deposit or Purchase: Miscellaneous. 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)
- PRO 30/26/95
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1735 Mar. 24
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Description (What the record is about)
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Proceedings under the Sub-Commission dated 2 Sept. 1734 for inquiring into the Officers of the Court of King's Bench, their service and fees (Copy).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Presented by the British Records Association in May 1940 [B.R.A. 242/51/10]. By letters patent dated 16 Sept. 6 Geo. II, a Commission was appointed to make a survey of the different Courts of Law in England, Wales and Berwick-upon-Tweed. For greater expedition power was given by the Commission to the Lord Chancellor to appoint Sub-Commissioners, nominated by the Commissioners in Chief, to make inquiry into the Offices and Fees of such Court or group of Courts as should be assigned to them, their proceedings to be certified to the Commissioners in Chief from time to time. PRO 30/26/95 is an Office Copy, certified on 13 Dec. 1735 by Joseph Sharpe, Secretary to the Commissioners, of the Certificate, dated 24 March 1735, of their proceedings returned by the Sub-Commissioners appointed by a Commission dated 2 Sept. 1734 to inquire into the Offices, etc. of the Court of King's Bench. Sir William Lee of Hartwell, a justice (afterwards Lord Chief Justice) of the King's Bench, one of the Commissioners in Chief, was in possession of this copy, which came to the British Records Association with his papers in the residue of the Hartwell muniments, after the sale at Sotheby's, by the liberality of Mr. and Mrs. Benedict Eyre, the owners. The report of the Commissioners in Chief, dated 8 November 1740, on the Court of Chancery, is preserved as Bundle 1 of the class called Reports of Commissioners on Courts of Justice (C.223) among the records of the Petty Bag Office; their report on the Court of King's Bench does not appear to be now extant.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Not Public Record(s)
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- Open Immediately
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Archives and libraries
- Litigation
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3604949/
Series information
PRO 30/26
Public Record Office: Documents Acquired by Gift, Deposit or Purchase: Miscellaneous
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Domestic Records of the Public Record Office, Gifts, Deposits, Notes and Transcripts
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Within the series: PRO 30/26
Public Record Office: Documents Acquired by Gift, Deposit or Purchase: Miscellaneous
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