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Plea roll for the Court of King’s Bench, with a portrait of Henry VIII
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Series
Chancery: Modern Deeds, Series C
Catalogue reference: C 149
What's it about?
C 149
This series is made up of deeds held by Chancery which were separated from the main series in C 146 bacause of their late date. They date from the reign of James I (1603-1625) onwards, but are not greatly different in type from that in the...
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 149
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Title (The name of the record)
- Chancery: Modern Deeds, Series C
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Date (When the record was created)
- c1600-c1800
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series is made up of deeds held by Chancery which were separated from the main series in C 146 bacause of their late date. They date from the reign of James I (1603-1625) onwards, but are not greatly different in type from that in the original collection.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The documents are held in 63 boxes of differing sizes, each of which may well contain two dozen or more deeds, loose, in bundles and in portfolios. Two of the boxes cover two piece numbers, which accounts for the total of 65 pieces in the series. Some bundles are probably discrete assemblages of related material. The portfolios appear to contain deeds from specific reigns.
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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)
- 65 box(es)
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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
- Legal
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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 in this series were formerly housed in the Tower of London and the Rolls Chapel.
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- There is a perfunctory summary of the contents of this series, which is of almost no assistance in making use of the deeds.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3707/
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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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Chancery: Modern Deeds, Series C
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