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Chancery: Crown Office: Commissions, Returns and Decrees Relating to the Purchase...
Catalogue reference: C 182
What's it about?
C 182
Records of commissions, returns and decrees relating to the purchase of lands for fortification including the commissions which vested authority in those purchasing land, as well as the returns made by the juries. There are also a few decrees...
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C 182
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Title (The name of the record)
- Chancery: Crown Office: Commissions, Returns and Decrees Relating to the Purchase of Lands for Fortification
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Date (When the record was created)
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c1702-c1837
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records of commissions, returns and decrees relating to the purchase of lands for fortification including the commissions which vested authority in those purchasing land, as well as the returns made by the juries. There are also a few decrees issued by the commissioners.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
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English
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12 bundle(s)
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- Legal
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The clerk of the Crown wrote and prepared all commissions for the king's service which passed under the great seal. Under the provisions of a series of acts passed between 1708 and 1806, commissioners could be appointed to effect the purchase of land in the vicinity of docks and gunpowder magazines when it was required for the construction of fortifications. In case of dispute as to the ownership and value of the land to be surrendered, the commissioners were empowered to empanel a jury of local people to decide who possessed title to the land and the appropriate price.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3717/
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