Series
Home Office: Creations and Writs of Summons Warrant Books
Catalogue reference: HO 116
What's it about?
HO 116
Up to 1851 these volumes contain chiefly entries of warrants to the Law Officers to prepare king's bills for the creation of peers, baronets and knights. After 1851, owing to the change in procedure effected by the Great Seal Act 1851, they are...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HO 116
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Title (The name of the record)
- Home Office: Creations and Writs of Summons Warrant Books
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1783-1921
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Description (What the record is about)
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Up to 1851 these volumes contain chiefly entries of warrants to the Law Officers to prepare king's bills for the creation of peers, baronets and knights. After 1851, owing to the change in procedure effected by the Great Seal Act 1851, they are entry books of warrants to the Law Officers to prepare sign manual warrants, addressed to the Lord Chancellor, commanding him to pass letters patent for such creations. They contain also, for the whole period, warrants to the Lord Chancellor for settling the precedence of new creations and for writs of summons to peers to attend Parliament. There is also a classified index in each volume.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For files on hereditary extinct peerages and deceased life peers see LCO 57
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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)
- 6 volume(s)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8980/
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Within the department: HO
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Home Office: Creations and Writs of Summons Warrant Books