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Duchy of Lancaster: Court of Duchy Chamber: Papers in Lawsuits
Catalogue reference: DL 49
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DL 49
This series consists of a variety of papers relating almost entirely to particular equity cases heard before the Court of Duchy Chamber.The papers include bills, petitions, orders, reports, interrogatories and the resulting depositions,...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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DL 49
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Title (The name of the record)
- Duchy of Lancaster: Court of Duchy Chamber: Papers in Lawsuits
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Date (When the record was created)
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1502-1920
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of a variety of papers relating almost entirely to particular equity cases heard before the Court of Duchy Chamber.
The papers include bills, petitions, orders, reports, interrogatories and the resulting depositions, exceptions to bills and answers deemed insufficient, cases stated, bills of costs, written judgements, inquisitions, demurrers, affidavits, and other miscellaneous items, some of earlier date, which served as evidences or exhibits. The latter include an estreat of amercements in the court of the honour of Tickhill from the reign of Elizabeth I, and some seventeenth century rentals and estreats from manor court rolls of Wirksworth in Derbyshire.
Several of the cases concern lead mines in the Derbyshire Peak District or mills in the West Riding of Yorkshire, as indicated in the list, and the materials relating to those cases sometimes give general information about matters such as mining and milling technicalities, as well as detailed topographical evidence. However, the subjects of most cases are not given. In a number of cases the plaintiff was the attorney-general of the duchy.
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Duchy of Lancaster, 1399-1399
- Duchy of Lancaster, Court of Duchy Chamber, 1470-1875
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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97 bundle(s)
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C6002/
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Duchy of Lancaster: Court of Duchy Chamber: Papers in Lawsuits
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