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Registrar of the High Court of Delegates and Registrar of Ecclesiastical and Admiralty...

Catalogue reference: DEL 8

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DEL 8

Miscellaneous records mostly of the High Court of Delegates but including a few, after 1833, of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (records otherwise in PCAP). The series includes the following types of records:Accounts and bill books,...

Full description and record details

Reference

DEL 8

Title
Registrar of the High Court of Delegates and Registrar of Ecclesiastical and Admiralty Causes of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council: Miscellanea
Date

1536-1866

Description

Miscellaneous records mostly of the High Court of Delegates but including a few, after 1833, of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (records otherwise in PCAP). The series includes the following types of records:

  • Accounts and bill books, 1688-1866
  • Bills of costs, 1609-1833
  • Cause papers, 1629-1839
  • Exhibits, 1636-1834
  • Inhibitions, 1667-1699
  • Instruments, c 1760-1833
  • Interlocutories, 1790-1824
  • Monitions, 1576-1717
  • Original commissions for the appointment of judges-delegate in various causes, 1660 to 1833
  • Processes, c 1666; 1769
  • Protocols of appeals, 1649-1710
  • Repertory books, 1619 to 1802

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Physical description

97 bundles and volumes

Subjects
Topics
Religions
Navy
Armed Forces (General Administration)
Custodial history

The majority of the records which now form the series DEL 1 to DEL 8 were transferred to the Public Record Office at various dates between 1863 and 1923. They came from the registry of the High Court of Admiralty and its successor, the Admiralty registry of the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division of the High Court.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5821/

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Over 27 million records

This record is held at The National Archives, Kew

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Records of the High Court of Delegates

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Registrar of the High Court of Delegates and Registrar of Ecclesiastical and Admiralty Causes of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council: Miscellanea

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