Record revealed
Charter issued by the Anglo-Saxon King Edgar
The oldest complete document at The National Archives, this charter recording a grant of land dates back over 1,000 years.
Series
Palatinate of Chester: Miscellanea
Catalogue reference: CHES 38
What's it about?
CHES 38
The series includes a wide variety of books and rolls belonging mainly to the Exchequer of Chester, the Courts of Great Sessions of Chester and Flint, the Cheshire quarter sessions and the County Court. The great majority of the records are of a...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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CHES 38
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Title (The name of the record)
- Palatinate of Chester: Miscellanea
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Date (When the record was created)
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1244-1830
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Description (What the record is about)
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The series includes a wide variety of books and rolls belonging mainly to the Exchequer of Chester, the Courts of Great Sessions of Chester and Flint, the Cheshire quarter sessions and the County Court. The great majority of the records are of a legal nature, and a significant number relate to Flintshire rather than Cheshire.
The main sub-series include, from the Exchequer, summonses, mainly from the 14th and 15th centuries, books of recognisances and sequestration filings. Individual items include an early register of writs from the reign of Richard II; what are believed to be the only surviving portions of the so-called 'Domesday' roll of Cheshire, compiled in the early 13th century; the quo warranto file of the 1499 Cheshire eyre; two enclosure awards; justices' licence books and recognisances; and some lists of prisoners in gaols.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
A more detailed cataloguing of this series than can be undertaken at present is needed, since some of the items in the series which are not currently described individually are potentially of significant interest.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Significations of excommunication are in C 85
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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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136 bundles and volumes
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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
- Common land
- Taxation
- Landed estates
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4099/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
4,135 records
Within the department: CHES
Records of the courts of the Palatinate of Chester, including the county of Flint
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Palatinate of Chester: Miscellanea
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