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 PRECEPTS, TICKETS AND EXECUTIONS, AFFIDAVITS, PETITIONS, ETC
Catalogue reference: Sub-series within WALE 15
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This record is about the LORDSHIP COURT PRECEPTS, TICKETS AND EXECUTIONS, AFFIDAVITS, PETITIONS, ETC dating from 1713-1792 in the series Lordship of Ruthin (Denbighshire): Court and Constables' Records.
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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 PRECEPTS, TICKETS AND EXECUTIONS, AFFIDAVITS, PETITIONS, ETC
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Date (When the record was created)
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1713-1792
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Description (What the record is about)
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The boxes in this sub-series bear the label 'papers in causes' (that is, cases at the lordhisp court) and consist of forty bundles of 'tickets' or precepts of summons issued by bailiffs to constables under a writ, the execution of which is endorsed; affidavits by plaintiffs; bonds; statements of appearance by attorneys named; bills of costs; and some writs of replevin to recover goods attached or distrained under a writ of distringas.
Most of these actions concern debt on trespass, and debt cases are distinguished according to whether they involved more or less than forty shillings.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C60956/
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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