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Series
High Court of Admiralty: Instance and Prize Courts: Examinations and Answers
Catalogue reference: HCA 13
What's it about?
HCA 13
This series consists of examinations and answers relating mainly to the civil jurisdiction of the Court in instance and prize causes, although a few relate to criminal jurisdiction. An examination, in the legal sense, consisted of the statements...
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- HCA 13
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Title (The name of the record)
- High Court of Admiralty: Instance and Prize Courts: Examinations and Answers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1536-1826
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of examinations and answers relating mainly to the civil jurisdiction of the Court in instance and prize causes, although a few relate to criminal jurisdiction. An examination, in the legal sense, consisted of the statements or depositions made by a witness or accused person when examined, and is the the record of such statements. An answer, specifically in law, was the counter-statement made in reply to a complainant's bill of charges (such a bill in civil law being termed a libel).
The examinations cover 1536 to 1750, the answers 1577 to 1770, and the examinations on commission 1564 to 1678, with some extra material from 1694 to 1826. HCA 13/1 relates to the Vice-Admiralty of Norfolk and Suffolk, 1536 to 1537. Some volumes contain their own indexes.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Another index of examinations is in IND 1/10322
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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)
- 272 bundles and volumes
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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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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- The documents relating to criminal jurisdiction are indexed in the finding aid to HCA 1, and a few others are indexed in the finding aid entitled 'HCA Index of Cases', available at the Public Record Office, Kew.
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Admiralty jurisdiction is discussed in Hale and Fleetwood on Admiralty Jurisdiction, ed M J Prichard and D E C Yale, Selden Society CVIII (1992).
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8611/
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High Court of Admiralty: Instance and Prize Courts: Examinations and Answers
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