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Series
Duchy of Lancaster: Court of Duchy Chamber: Pleadings
Catalogue reference: DL 1
What's it about?
DL 1
This series consists of equity proceedings heard before the Court of Duchy Chamber. The records thus comprise bills, addressed to the Chancellor of the Duchy, informations, answers, demurrers, pleas, disclaimers, replications, rejoinders and...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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DL 1
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Title (The name of the record)
- Duchy of Lancaster: Court of Duchy Chamber: Pleadings
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Date (When the record was created)
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c1485-1835
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of equity proceedings heard before the Court of Duchy Chamber.
The records thus comprise bills, addressed to the Chancellor of the Duchy, informations, answers, demurrers, pleas, disclaimers, replications, rejoinders and exceptions.
Occasionally other items can also be found, such as depositions and interrogatories. For the reign of Henry VII there are too some records relating to the Council Learned in the Law.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The items in each volume are arranged in an alpha-numerical sequence according to the first letter of the plaintiff's name. This system is followed even when the document is from the defendant; it is still arranged according to the name of the plaintiff in the suit. Thus a series of five law suits relating to plaintiffs with names beginning with the letter A would be numbered A1-A5. The first document in each suit would be identified as A1; subsequent documents as A1a, A1b, etc.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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additional finding aid ZBOX 1/59
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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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Not Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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513 bundles and volumes
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- Indexes are also available for the pleadings from the reign of James I to 1832. Please speak to staff at the Map and Large Document Room enquiry desk for the precise location.
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Pleadings from the reign of Henry VII to the end of the reign of Elizabeth I are calendared in three indexed volumes known as Ducatus Lancastriae (Record Commission, 1823-1834).
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5960/
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Duchy of Lancaster: Court of Duchy Chamber: Pleadings
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