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High Court of Appeals for Prizes: Act Books and Minutes or Drafts of Acts
Catalogue reference: HCA 41
What's it about?
HCA 41
This series comprises Act books and minutes or drafts of Acts concerning the High Court of Appeals for Prizes.The Act books record the daily business of the court and contain brief formal entries of the proceedings in each case. They cover the...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HCA 41
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Title (The name of the record)
- High Court of Appeals for Prizes: Act Books and Minutes or Drafts of Acts
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1689-1814
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series comprises Act books and minutes or drafts of Acts concerning the High Court of Appeals for Prizes.
The Act books record the daily business of the court and contain brief formal entries of the proceedings in each case. They cover the years 1689 to 1713, and are indexed.
The minutes or drafts of Acts are the rough minutes taken during the proceedings by the court officials and later engrossed into the Act books. They cover 1689 to 1814, and are unbound. It appears that the minutes do not contain all the information later engrossed in the Act books.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a file of Acts in prize causes, Aug 1703 to Dec 1712, see DEL 2/107
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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 Appeals for Prizes, 1533-1833
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 18 bundles and volumes
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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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- Topics
- Litigation
- Navy
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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/C8639/
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