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Chancery and Lord Chancellor's Office: Crown Office: Rough Docket Books and Indexes...
Catalogue reference: C 232
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C 232
Six rough docket books for the years 1878 to 1944, accompanied by four index books covering 1895 to 1949.The dockets are summaries of intended instruments under the great seal: letters patent, commissions, proclamations and writs. The dockets...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- C 232
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Title (The name of the record)
- Chancery and Lord Chancellor's Office: Crown Office: Rough Docket Books and Indexes of Warrants for the Great Seal
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1878-1949
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Description (What the record is about)
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Six rough docket books for the years 1878 to 1944, accompanied by four index books covering 1895 to 1949.
The dockets are summaries of intended instruments under the great seal: letters patent, commissions, proclamations and writs. The dockets drafted all have lines drawn through them to indicate that fair versions have been made.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Mainly chronological
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- IND 1/30672-30681
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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
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 10 volume(s)
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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In 1969 Lord Chancellor's Office, Clerk of the Crown
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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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These rough docket books seem to take their origin from the introduction of the wafer seal and the need to differentiate it from great seal applications. The wafer seal was introduced in February 1878, and its use subsequently extended. Since 1916 only patents for peerages and baronetcies, judges and the law officers of the Crown, as well as royal assents to episcopal elections, remain on parchment with the great seal affixed.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3764/
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Within the department: C
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Chancery and Lord Chancellor's Office: Crown Office: Rough Docket Books and Indexes of Warrants for the Great Seal