Series
Exchequer of Pleas: Appearance Books
Catalogue reference: E 2
What's it about?
E 2
Volumes recording appearances by defendants to answer cases brought against them. Each entry gives the name of the defendant, the name of the person at whose suit he was appearing, the type of writ by which his appearance was secured, the return...
Full description and record details
-
Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
-
E 2
-
Title (The name of the record)
- Exchequer of Pleas: Appearance Books
-
Date (When the record was created)
-
1585-1716
-
Description (What the record is about)
-
Volumes recording appearances by defendants to answer cases brought against them. Each entry gives the name of the defendant, the name of the person at whose suit he was appearing, the type of writ by which his appearance was secured, the return date on the writ, and the date of the entry. Some entries are also annotated with various procedural points.
-
Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
-
Later they are recorded in the order books, which are in E 12
Before the series was begun, appearances were recorded on the dorses of plaintiffs' bills, which are in E 5
-
Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
-
Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
-
Public Record(s)
-
Language (The language of the record)
-
English
-
Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
-
35 volume(s)
-
Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
-
Appearance books dating from 1716 to 1850, together with another series of appearance books arranged by plaintiffs' names, running from 1728 to 1832, were destroyed under a schedule of 1885.
-
Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C6503/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: E
Records of the Exchequer, and its related bodies, with those of the Office of First...
You are currently looking at the series: E 2
Exchequer of Pleas: Appearance Books