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High Court of Admiralty, and Supreme Court of Judicature, High Court of Justice,...
Catalogue reference: HCA 27
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HCA 27
The instance minute books in this series are of the High Court of Admiralty, and, from November 1875, of the Admiralty courts of the High Court of Justice. The books contain brief notes to all the proceedings in instance cases, entered under its...
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 27
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Title (The name of the record)
- High Court of Admiralty, and Supreme Court of Judicature, High Court of Justice, Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division and Queen's Bench Division, Admiralty Court: Instance Minute Books
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1860-2005
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Description (What the record is about)
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The instance minute books in this series are of the High Court of Admiralty, and, from November 1875, of the Admiralty courts of the High Court of Justice.
The books contain brief notes to all the proceedings in instance cases, entered under its reference number. Particulars of all documents filed, and of all decrees and orders of the court are also given. Until 1918 each volume has its own index of ships' names. The transactions recorded in these instance minute books are detailed more fully than in the corresponding cause books.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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A printed index to instance cause minutes and papers, 1860-1866, is in: HCA 56/62
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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)
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- High Court of Admiralty, Instance Court, 1660-1875
- Supreme Court of Judicature, High Court of Justice; Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division, 1875-1970
- Supreme Court of Judicature, High Court of Justice; Queens Bench Division, Admiralty Court, 1970-1970
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 412 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- There was a card index for HCA 20 and HCA 27 covering 1914-1924, but all the data from it has now been added to the catalogue. Another index covering the years 1860-1885 (IND 1/9460) gives ships' names and the minute book folio numbers. These numbers correspond with the numbers given to the associated instance cause papers in HCA 19 and HCA 20
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- The corresponding cause books were destroyed under the authority of a Destruction Schedule of 21 September 1915.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8625/
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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, and Supreme Court of Judicature, High Court of Justice, Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division and Queen's Bench Division, Admiralty Court: Instance Minute Books
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