Series
Lordship of Ruthin (Denbighshire): Court and Constables' Records
Catalogue reference: WALE 15
Date: 1324-1808
The documents are in Latin to 1732, the one exception (WALE 15/19/4) being a rather earlier mariage seeltement of 1635.
Sub-series
LORDSHIP COURT PLEAS, DECLARATIONS, APPEARANCES, BILLS OF COST
Catalogue reference: Sub-series within WALE 15
What’s it about?
This record is about the LORDSHIP COURT PLEAS, DECLARATIONS, APPEARANCES, BILLS OF COST dating from 1732-1790 in the series Lordship of Ruthin (Denbighshire): Court and Constables' Records.
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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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Sub-series within WALE 15
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Title (The name of the record)
- LORDSHIP COURT PLEAS, DECLARATIONS, APPEARANCES, BILLS OF COST
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Date (When the record was created)
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1732-1790
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Description (What the record is about)
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Three boxes of declarations, pleadings, appearances, demurrers and other formal documents relating to cases tried at the Ruthin lordship court between 1732 and 1790, amounting to sixteen bundles.
Most of the cases referred to involve debt (distinguished according to whether they involved more or less than fourty shillings), and most of the remainder, trespass. The pleas of plaintiffs that defendants had not paid their debts as adjudicated by the court are a notable feature of this collection, as are the legal bills of cost for cited cases.
There are also declarations of substitution of one attorney for another. WALE 15/16/1-5 (third box) contain petitions from debtors, usually in gaol and seeking discharge.
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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A 'true bill' on parchment against a false haberdasher that should have been with these bills of legal costs can be found in:
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C60955/
Series information
WALE 15
Lordship of Ruthin (Denbighshire): Court and Constables' Records
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Lordship of Ruthin (Denbighshire): Court and Constables' Records
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