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Court of Common Pleas: Prothonotaries' Docket Rolls

Catalogue reference: CP 60

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CP 60

Rolls kept for the three prothonotaries of the Court of Common Pleas, and after 1838 by their successors the masters, initially probably to enable the calculation of their fees for the making of entries in the plea rolls.Until 1770 each...

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Reference

CP 60

Title
Court of Common Pleas: Prothonotaries' Docket Rolls
Date

1509-1859

Description

Rolls kept for the three prothonotaries of the Court of Common Pleas, and after 1838 by their successors the masters, initially probably to enable the calculation of their fees for the making of entries in the plea rolls.

Until 1770 each prothonotary had his own set of rolls, although there are many gaps; thereafter there was a single set made up for the three of them in common, although none survives from 1770 to 1791.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former reference

IND 1/1-1183

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
Court of Common Pleas, 1194-1875
Physical description

1183 roll(s)

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5437/

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Court of Common Pleas: Prothonotaries' Docket Rolls