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Palatinate of Chester: Court of Exchequer, and Court of Great Sessions, Prothonotary's...

Catalogue reference: CHES 36

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CHES 36

This series contains admission and oath rolls of attorneys and solicitors, 1697 to 1830, and articles of clerkship, etc, 1728 to 1830, together with an entry book, 1749 to 1792, recording the filing in the Prothonotary's Office of affidavits of...

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CHES 36

Title
Palatinate of Chester: Court of Exchequer, and Court of Great Sessions, Prothonotary's Office: Admission and Oath Rolls of Attorneys and Solicitors and Articles of Clerkship, etc.
Date

1697-1830

Description

This series contains admission and oath rolls of attorneys and solicitors, 1697 to 1830, and articles of clerkship, etc, 1728 to 1830, together with an entry book, 1749 to 1792, recording the filing in the Prothonotary's Office of affidavits of due execution of such articles, under the Continuance of laws, etc Act 1748. The courts to which they were admitted were the Exchequer of Chester and the Court of Great Sessions. Some of the records in the series relate to Flint.

Related material

For roll of Welsh attorneys admitted to the King's Bench on the abolition of the Courts of Great Sessions in Wales see KB 172/18

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The National Archives, Kew
Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
  • Palatinate of Chester, Courts of Great Sessions of Chester and Flint, 1540-1830
  • Palatinate of Chester, Exchequer of Chester, 1297-1830
Physical description

3 bundle(s)

Subjects
Topics
Litigation
Publication note(s)
For more information concerning records of attorneys and solicitors generally see Public Record Office Domestic Records Information Leaflet 36.
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4097/

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Records of the courts of the Palatinate of Chester, including the county of Flint

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