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Series
Chancery: Files, Tower and Rolls Chapel Series, Certificates of Elections
Catalogue reference: C 267
What's it about?
C 267
Election certificates for sheriffs, mayors, constables of the staple, and clerks and other officials of statutes merchant.Other certificates include keepers of the peace, subsidy collectors, customs officials and searchers of shipping. A few...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- C 267
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Title (The name of the record)
- Chancery: Files, Tower and Rolls Chapel Series, Certificates of Elections
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1303-1648
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Description (What the record is about)
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Election certificates for sheriffs, mayors, constables of the staple, and clerks and other officials of statutes merchant.
Other certificates include keepers of the peace, subsidy collectors, customs officials and searchers of shipping. A few certificates include escheators, coroners and bailiffs.
Most of these records were formerly included in C 47
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The certificates are arranged under towns and counties and bound in files, each of which is a single piece although the documents have been listed individually.
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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)
- 11 file(s)
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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
- Trade and commerce
- Democracy
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3799/
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