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High Court of Admiralty: Instance and Prize Courts: Exemplars (Drafts) Files
Catalogue reference: HCA 14
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HCA 14
This series contains files of exemplars or drafts, miscellaneous documents including correspondence, petitions, licences, grants, etc, relating to the issue of the process of the High Court of Admiralty and the duties of the Registrar. Many of...
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HCA 14
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Title (The name of the record)
- High Court of Admiralty: Instance and Prize Courts: Exemplars (Drafts) Files
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Date (When the record was created)
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1531-1768
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains files of exemplars or drafts, miscellaneous documents including correspondence, petitions, licences, grants, etc, relating to the issue of the process of the High Court of Admiralty and the duties of the Registrar. Many of the documents were sent from the Privy Council to the Lord High Admiral, who referred them to the Judge, who referred them to the Registrar for the issue of process.
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Arrangement
Chronological
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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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79 file(s)
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- For fuller information see R G Marsden, Select Pleas in the Court of Admiralty, II, Selden Society XI (1897), pp 1xxv-1xxix, where they are erroneously referred to as exemplifications.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8612/
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High Court of Admiralty: Instance and Prize Courts: Exemplars (Drafts) Files
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