Series
Lord Chancellor's Office: Unregistered Papers
Catalogue reference: LCO 1
Date: 1872-1889
Correspondence and papers from the Lord Chancellor's Office dealing with judicial and legal administration. Subjects covered include legislation,...
Series
Exchequer of Pleas: Warrants of Attorney to Confess Judgement and Cognovits
Catalogue reference: E 17
What's it about?
E 17
Warrants given to attorneys by defendants empowering them to concede cases to plaintiffs or allow judgement by default, and cognovits by which defendants formally confessed actions and agreed that judgement could be signed against them. Most...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- E 17
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Title (The name of the record)
- Exchequer of Pleas: Warrants of Attorney to Confess Judgement and Cognovits
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1780-1855
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Description (What the record is about)
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Warrants given to attorneys by defendants empowering them to concede cases to plaintiffs or allow judgement by default, and cognovits by which defendants formally confessed actions and agreed that judgement could be signed against them. Most cases were of debt.
Many warrants include a signed memorandum laying down the financial terms for a settlement and the provisions in case of default.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
From 1803 to 1830 the records are filed alphabetically under years, but subsequently they are filed by date.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Similar material may be found in KB 134
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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)
- 165 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
- Debt
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C6516/
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Exchequer of Pleas: Warrants of Attorney to Confess Judgement and Cognovits
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