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Series
High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Assignation Books, General Series
Catalogue reference: HCA 8
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HCA 8
This series contains assignation books (general series) of the Prize Court.The books record brief notes of the prize proceedings both in court and in chambers. Many of them relate to ships taken as prize during the French Revolutionary and...
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- HCA 8
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Title (The name of the record)
- High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Assignation Books, General Series
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1718-1840
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains assignation books (general series) of the Prize Court.
The books record brief notes of the prize proceedings both in court and in chambers. Many of them relate to ships taken as prize during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. There are also some relating to theWar of American Independence, and there is a volume of 1840 arising from the 'Opium War' with China. The volumes usually have an index of ships' names appended.
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Arrangement
The volumes are catalogued chronologically within sub-series.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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additional finding aid ZBOX 1/92/2
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- High Court of Admiralty, Prize Court, 1660-1875
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 161 volume(s)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8606/
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High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Assignation Books, General Series
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