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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...

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Reference

HCA 27

Title
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
Date

1860-2005

Description

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.

Related material

A printed index to instance cause minutes and papers, 1860-1866, is in: HCA 56/62

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
  • 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
Physical description

412 volume(s)

Access conditions

Subject to 30 year closure

Subjects
Topics
Litigation
Marriage and divorce
Wills and probate
Armed Forces (General Administration)
Accruals

Series is accruing

Unpublished finding aids
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
Selection and destruction information

The corresponding cause books were destroyed under the authority of a Destruction Schedule of 21 September 1915.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8625/

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