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The first American invention to obtain an English patent
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Series
Palatinate of Durham: Clerk of the Crown: Miscellaneous Records
Catalogue reference: DURH 19
What's it about?
DURH 19
This series contains miscellaneous records of the clerk of the crown. The two earliest items are rolls and presentments at Quarter Sessions, 1472-1473 (with three gaol deliveries) and 1668-1672. The remainder of the series mainly consists of...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- DURH 19
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Title (The name of the record)
- Palatinate of Durham: Clerk of the Crown: Miscellaneous Records
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1471-1815
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains miscellaneous records of the clerk of the crown. The two earliest items are rolls and presentments at Quarter Sessions, 1472-1473 (with three gaol deliveries) and 1668-1672. The remainder of the series mainly consists of Assize records: formal records of criminal proceedings, 1662-1775; precepts returned with nomina ministrorum and jury panels, 1702-1738; a file of justices' certificates of highway repairs, 1755-1781; two files of assize papers, including informations, depositions, writs of habeas corpus and notices to justices on prisoners being admitted to bail, 1750-1792 and 1806-1815 a file of consents to enter noli prosequis, 1750-1777; miscellaneous papers, 1738-1815; and a wine book at Assize and Chancery sittings, 1771-1776.
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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)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English and Latin
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Durham Assizes, 1293-1876
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 4 bundles and files
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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
- Food and drink
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C6473/
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Records of the Palatinate of Durham
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Palatinate of Durham: Clerk of the Crown: Miscellaneous Records
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