Series
Court of Common Pleas: Final Judgment Docket Books
Catalogue reference: CP 68
What's it about?
CP 68
Volumes of final judgments from posteas and inquiries for cases settled at Assizes. They were originally kept for the clerk of the judgments of the Court of Common Pleas. They are arranged internally by regnal year and term, and give information...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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CP 68
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Title (The name of the record)
- Court of Common Pleas: Final Judgment Docket Books
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Date (When the record was created)
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1734-1770
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Description (What the record is about)
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Volumes of final judgments from posteas and inquiries for cases settled at Assizes. They were originally kept for the clerk of the judgments of the Court of Common Pleas.
They are arranged internally by regnal year and term, and give information about the county, parties, date, plea roll rotuli and the amount of damages.
The docket books of final judgments contain cross-references to plea rolls and the terms in which posteas were filed. They were evidently compiled for the clerk of the judgments, who worked in the office of the third prothonotary, and also record the transfer of posteas to the custos brevium.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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These documents usually refer to the larger bundles of original posteas in CP 41
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Court of Common Pleas, 1194-1875
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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2 volume(s)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5445/
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Court of Common Pleas: Final Judgment Docket Books