Series
Court of Common Pleas: Attorneys' Admission Rolls
Catalogue reference: CP 8
What's it about?
CP 8
Rolls recording the admission of attorneys and solicitors to practise in the Court of Common Pleas under acts of 1838 and 1843. The rolls are in chronological order, and each entry gives the date of signing, the name of the court to which the...
Full description and record details
-
Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
-
CP 8
-
Title (The name of the record)
- Court of Common Pleas: Attorneys' Admission Rolls
-
Date (When the record was created)
-
1838-1860
-
Description (What the record is about)
-
Rolls recording the admission of attorneys and solicitors to practise in the Court of Common Pleas under acts of 1838 and 1843. The rolls are in chronological order, and each entry gives the date of signing, the name of the court to which the signatory was originally admitted, and his place of residence.
-
Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
-
For contemporary alphabetical indexes for the period 1838 to 1875 see CP 72/4 CP 72/5 CP 72/6
-
Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
-
Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
-
Public Record(s)
-
Language (The language of the record)
-
English
-
Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
-
4 roll(s)
-
Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
-
The Common Law Procedure Act of 1838 and the Solicitors Act of 1843 permitted attorneys and solicitors already practising in other courts, including those of the Duchy of Lancaster, Palatinate of Lancaster and Palatinate of Durham, to enrol in the courts at Westminster.
-
Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5367/
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
You are currently looking at the series: CP 8
Court of Common Pleas: Attorneys' Admission Rolls