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The Geneva Convention, 1949
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Series
Exchequer of Pleas: Term Papers
Catalogue reference: E 16
What's it about?
E 16
This series is made up of orders by judges or assize judges, later made rules of court but not always entered in full in the Rule Books, together with some prisoners' papers.The latter are petitions of prisoners in the Fleet prison to be...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- E 16
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Title (The name of the record)
- Exchequer of Pleas: Term Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1729-1876
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series is made up of orders by judges or assize judges, later made rules of court but not always entered in full in the Rule Books, together with some prisoners' papers.
The latter are petitions of prisoners in the Fleet prison to be discharged upon the surrender of their personal estates towards the satisfaction of their debts, under an act of 1728, with some petitions from prisoners for day-rules for release for the transaction of legal business.
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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
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 85 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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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- Many bundles of term papers were destroyed under schedule in 1884.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C6515/
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