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Series
Chancery and Lord Chancellor's Office: Crown Office: Original Letters Patent, etc.
Catalogue reference: C 248
What's it about?
C 248
This series consists of some 130 letters patent on parchment prepared for the clerk of the Crown in Chancery. A few of them have papers annexed.They may have been drafts, precedents, part of the Crown Office archive, or not paid for; the precise...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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C 248
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Title (The name of the record)
- Chancery and Lord Chancellor's Office: Crown Office: Original Letters Patent, etc.
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Date (When the record was created)
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1732-1966
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of some 130 letters patent on parchment prepared for the clerk of the Crown in Chancery. A few of them have papers annexed.
They may have been drafts, precedents, part of the Crown Office archive, or not paid for; the precise reason for their retention is not clear.
The records include commissions to provide judicial substitutes in the Court of Chancery in the absence of the lord chancellor. There is a collection of charters of incorporation of banks, boroughs, colleges, companies, hospitals, institutes, schools, societies and universities. There is also a draft patent of 1914 granting licence to build a factory.
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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
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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22 parchment membranes
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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
- Manufacturing
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3780/
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