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High Court of Admiralty: Instance and Prize Courts: Warrant Books
Catalogue reference: HCA 38
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HCA 38
This series consists of entry books of warrants issued for the arrest of ships, persons or goods. From the mid-17th century they also contain memoranda of bails, securities given for arrested persons or property. The main series of warrant books...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HCA 38
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Title (The name of the record)
- High Court of Admiralty: Instance and Prize Courts: Warrant Books
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1541-1859
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of entry books of warrants issued for the arrest of ships, persons or goods. From the mid-17th century they also contain memoranda of bails, securities given for arrested persons or property. The main series of warrant books runs from 1541 to 1774.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Records of the oyer and terminer cases are in HCA 1
Warrants in criminal cases are in HCA 55
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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)
- 80 volume(s)
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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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- HCA 38/1-2 are indexed in the supplementary finding aid entitled 'HCA Index of Cases' which will be found on open access in the public areas. Please speak to staff at the enquiry desk for the precise location.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8636/
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