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High Court of Admiralty: Instance and Prize Courts: Act Books and Minutes or Drafts...
Catalogue reference: HCA 3
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HCA 3
This series contains Act books and minutes or drafts of Acts concerning the Instance and Prize Courts.The Act books record the daily business of the courts and contain brief formal entries of the proceedings in each case; they cover the years...
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HCA 3
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Title (The name of the record)
- High Court of Admiralty: Instance and Prize Courts: Act Books and Minutes or Drafts of Acts
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Date (When the record was created)
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1524-1786
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains Act books and minutes or drafts of Acts concerning the Instance and Prize Courts.
The Act books record the daily business of the courts and contain brief formal entries of the proceedings in each case; they cover the years 1524 to 1749.
The minutes or drafts of Acts are the rough minutes taken during the proceedings by the court officials and later engrossed into the Act books; they cover 1577 to 1752. The minutes are sometimes bound, sometimes unbound. It seems that some accidentally escaped binding, as they complement rather than overlap each other. The Acts in prize causes cover the years 1643 to 1786. The minutes or drafts and the prize Acts relate to proceedings both in court and in chambers. Many of the documents are indexed.
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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290 bundles and volumes
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- Many of the documents are indexed some in contemporary calendars ordered under IND 1 references. Indexes calendars and other finding aids are available in the public areas. Please speak to staff at the enquiry desk for the precise location.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8601/
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Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: HCA
Records of the High Court of Admiralty and colonial Vice-Admiralty courts
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