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Series
High Court of Admiralty: Instance and Prize Courts: Warrants, Monitions and Decrees...
Catalogue reference: HCA 39
What's it about?
HCA 39
These files contain warrants (usually for the arrest of ships or their cargoes), monitions (summonses), decrees, compulsories (legal mandates enforcing summonses), and other documents. The documents are the original ones which were issued by the...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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HCA 39
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Title (The name of the record)
- High Court of Admiralty: Instance and Prize Courts: Warrants, Monitions and Decrees Files
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Date (When the record was created)
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1515-1761
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Description (What the record is about)
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These files contain warrants (usually for the arrest of ships or their cargoes), monitions (summonses), decrees, compulsories (legal mandates enforcing summonses), and other documents. The documents are the original ones which were issued by the court and returned bearing endorsements of due execution, sometimes accompanied by supporting affidavits.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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and HCA 63
20th century warrants for the arrest of ships are in: HCA 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)
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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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50 file(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)
- Notes on this series are available in printed form at the Public Record Office, Kew.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8637/
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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: Instance and Prize Courts: Warrants, Monitions and Decrees Files
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