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Series
Palatinate of Durham: Court of Pleas: Miscellanea
Catalogue reference: DURH 14
What's it about?
DURH 14
This series contains miscellanea from the Durham Court of Pleas. Comprises appearance in ejectment cases; cognovits, and warrants of attorney, in both cases signifying a defendant's concession of the plaintiff's case, usually in claims for debt;...
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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DURH 14
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Title (The name of the record)
- Palatinate of Durham: Court of Pleas: Miscellanea
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Date (When the record was created)
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c1603-c1860s
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains miscellanea from the Durham Court of Pleas. Comprises appearance in ejectment cases; cognovits, and warrants of attorney, in both cases signifying a defendant's concession of the plaintiff's case, usually in claims for debt; court dockets calendaring its business and naming cases and attorneys appearing; posteas, reporting the outcome of cases tried at nisi prius; the prothonotary's collection of affidavits, bills and orders of costs and petitions; jury lists with venire writs to the sheriff to secure jury panels for court cases; and a selection of writs c1765-1840 issued by the Court of Pleas: all these records except the earliest venires date from the 1690s to the 1860s.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Uncalendared
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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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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)
- Durham Court of Pleas, 1293-1873
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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45 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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- Topics
- Litigation
- Debt
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C6468/
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Palatinate of Durham: Court of Pleas: Miscellanea
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