Record revealed
Photograph of the Jubilee Singers
This photo shows an African American student choir who toured the UK and whose performances were attended by Queen Victoria and the Prime Minister.
Series
Chancery: Six Clerks Office: Exhibits
Catalogue reference: C 171
What's it about?
C 171
These exhibits are private papers which came into the custody of the court of Chancery as 'evidence' in a case.Many of the exhibits are deeds, often single or in small collections. However, there is a notable collection of deeds, rentals, court...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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C 171
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Title (The name of the record)
- Chancery: Six Clerks Office: Exhibits
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Date (When the record was created)
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1285-1864
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Description (What the record is about)
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These exhibits are private papers which came into the custody of the court of Chancery as 'evidence' in a case.
Many of the exhibits are deeds, often single or in small collections. However, there is a notable collection of deeds, rentals, court rolls, hundred rolls and bailiff's accounts relating to Acle, Threxton and other places in Norfolk (13th to 17th centuries), as well as a large amount of material relating to Alrewas in Staffordshire (1341-1795).
Business records are represented by a large collection of bankers' papers, 1788-1819; charity papers include accounts of the Sarah Cowley and William Clayton Charity for school children in Lancashire, 1758-1775; and there are some oddments, such as a collection of decrees of the provisional Junta in Mexico in 1829.
Many of these papers have lost any link with the case to which they were originally related.
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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 and Latin
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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54 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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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
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The records in this series were retained in the Six Clerks Office in Lincoln's Inn, and its successor, the Office of the Clerk of Records.
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- An index to parties, a subject index to business, trade and professional papers, and a card index of wills are available.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3713/
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