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High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Monitions Files and Bundles
Catalogue reference: HCA 31
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HCA 31
This series comprises files and bundles of monitions concerning the Prize Court of the High Court of Admiralty. A monition, in civil law, is a process in the nature of a summons.These files and bundles of monitions were directed to the Marshal of...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HCA 31
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Title (The name of the record)
- High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Monitions Files and Bundles
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1664-1815
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series comprises files and bundles of monitions concerning the Prize Court of the High Court of Admiralty. A monition, in civil law, is a process in the nature of a summons.
These files and bundles of monitions were directed to the Marshal of the High Court of Admiralty, giving notice of the seizure of a ship as a prize and warning all persons interested to appear before the Court within a fixed period to show cause why the ship should not be condemned as lawful prize. They were displayed in a public place, being usually affixed to one of the pillars of the Royal Exchange in the City of London. The documents are the original ones which were issued by the court and returned bearing endorsements of due execution.
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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)
- 92 bundles and files
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8629/
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