Series
Court of Common Pleas: Memoranda of the Grant or Surrender of Offices
Catalogue reference: CP 4
What's it about?
CP 4
Sealed parchment memoranda, or paper drafts, of the chief justice of the Court of Common Pleas, signifying the grant of offices in the court, or his acceptance of the surrender of such offices and the admission of successors.They relate to a...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- CP 4
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Title (The name of the record)
- Court of Common Pleas: Memoranda of the Grant or Surrender of Offices
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1684-1831
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Description (What the record is about)
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Sealed parchment memoranda, or paper drafts, of the chief justice of the Court of Common Pleas, signifying the grant of offices in the court, or his acceptance of the surrender of such offices and the admission of successors.
They relate to a variety of offices, including filazers, exigenters, various clerks' offices and the office of second prothonotary, which was not in the gift of the chief justice. The engrossed versions are usually endorsed with the dates on which they were enrolled on the plea rolls, with cross-references to the appropriate rotulus numbers.
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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)
- 1 bundle(s)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5365/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: CP
Records of the Court of Common Pleas and other courts
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Court of Common Pleas: Memoranda of the Grant or Surrender of Offices