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Series
High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Assignation Books, General Series (Originals)
Catalogue reference: HCA 9
What's it about?
HCA 9
This series comprises original assignation books (general series) of the Prize Court.The books contain original, or rough notes of prize court proceedings, which were later fair-copied. The volumes usually have an index of ships' names appended.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HCA 9
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Title (The name of the record)
- High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Assignation Books, General Series (Originals)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1796-1802
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series comprises original assignation books (general series) of the Prize Court.
The books contain original, or rough notes of prize court proceedings, which were later fair-copied. The volumes usually have an index of ships' names appended.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The volumes are catalogued chronologically within sub-series.
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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)
- 40 volume(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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8607/
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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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High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Assignation Books, General Series (Originals)
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