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Charter issued by the Anglo-Saxon King Edgar
The oldest complete document at The National Archives, this charter recording a grant of land dates back over 1,000 years.
Series
Chancery: Petty Bag Office and Cursitors' Office: Administrative Books, Papers, etc
Catalogue reference: C 220
What's it about?
C 220
Records of the Petty Bag Office and the neighbouring Cursitors' Office which were amalgamated by statute in 1835. The series includes inquisitions post mortem, relating to the responsibility of the Petty Bag Office to administer the escheat of...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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C 220
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Title (The name of the record)
- Chancery: Petty Bag Office and Cursitors' Office: Administrative Books, Papers, etc
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Date (When the record was created)
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c1558-1921
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records of the Petty Bag Office and the neighbouring Cursitors' Office which were amalgamated by statute in 1835. The series includes
- inquisitions post mortem, relating to the responsibility of the Petty Bag Office to administer the escheat of lands to the Crown;
- abstracts of patent rolls, fine rolls and statute staple cases of the seventeenth century, providing evidence of the fee-earning capacity of the clerks of the Petty Bag;
- day books, a daily record of orders and fees received in the Petty Bag Office, 1779-1870, for filing, copying or enrolment;
- clerks' account books, 1729-1849, covering all office expenses;
- oath books, listing the names of office holders under the Crown obliged to swear loyalty according to various statutes;
- an alphabetical index to solicitors who had obtained licences to practise in the Court of Chancery, 1785-1843;
- precedent books, for conveyances, replevins and debts;
- and cursitors' account books, admission rolls, seal books, fine books, and miscellanea.
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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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26 bundles, rolls and volumes
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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
- Debt
- Landed estates
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3752/
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