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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
Chancery: Master Richards' Documents
Catalogue reference: C 121
What's it about?
C 121
This series contains affidavits, examinations of witnesses, accounts and other documents on which the Chancery masters founded their reports, together with the drafts of the reports. This series currently has no list. A manuscript index, by...
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 121
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Title (The name of the record)
- Chancery: Master Richards' Documents
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Date (When the record was created)
- c1600-c1900
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains affidavits, examinations of witnesses, accounts and other documents on which the Chancery masters founded their reports, together with the drafts of the reports.
This series currently has no list. A manuscript index, by plaintiff, is available at the The National Archives in IND 1/6626-6627.
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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)
- 457 bundle(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Unsorted
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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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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- The records were handed on by each master to his successor. The documents in this series ended up in the care of Master Richards, the last Twelfth Master, 1841-1860.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3680/
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: C
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