Record revealed
Request for compensation for the Boston Tea Party
On 16 December 1773, 340 chests of tea were thrown into Boston harbour by protesting colonists. This letter from the East India Company requests reimbursement.
Series
Chancery: Files, Rolls Chapel Series, Pot Bundle
Catalogue reference: C 236
What's it about?
C 236
Memoranda of the names of attorneys appointed by parties in Chancery suits, and by sheriffs and escheators to receive writs and other process at Chancery. Certificates sent from the Exchequer that sureties for due performance of office had been...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- C 236
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Title (The name of the record)
- Chancery: Files, Rolls Chapel Series, Pot Bundle
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Date (When the record was created)
- c1272-1633
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Description (What the record is about)
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Memoranda of the names of attorneys appointed by parties in Chancery suits, and by sheriffs and escheators to receive writs and other process at Chancery.
Certificates sent from the Exchequer that sureties for due performance of office had been produced by sheriffs or escheators.
Certificates of election of town sheriffs sent into Chancery. The nickname Pot Bundle was in use at least from 1579-80.
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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)
- 82 papers
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- Topics
- Democracy
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3768/
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Chancery: Files, Rolls Chapel Series, Pot Bundle
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