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Records relating to Pleas
Catalogue reference: Division within CP
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Division within CP
Records of pleas held in the Court of Common Pleas relate to both legal process, and to the recording of court proceedings. These include: plea rolls from 1273 in CP 40: these do not include pleas relating to land from 1583 to 1838;affidavits in...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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Division within CP
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Title (The name of the record)
- Records relating to Pleas
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Date (When the record was created)
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c1194-1880
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records of pleas held in the Court of Common Pleas relate to both legal process, and to the recording of court proceedings. These include:
- plea rolls from 1273 in CP 40: these do not include pleas relating to land from 1583 to 1838;
- affidavits in CP 3
- declarations and consent rules in ejectment in CP 18 and CP 46;
- essoin rolls, in CP 21;
- examinations of witnesses in CP 22;
- 'Rex' rolls in CP 23;
- entry books of nisi prius in CP 36;
- rememembrance books and rolls in CP 44 and CP 45 respectively;
- miscellaneous books in CP 47;
- warrants of attorney to confess judgment in CP 48;
- writ files of various kinds relating to pleas in CP 51, CP 52, CP 54, CP 57, CP 62 and CP 63;
- prothonotoraries docket rolls in CP 60;
- entry books of judgements in CP 64;
- posteas files, in CP 41 and CP 42;
- docket books of posteas and inquiries in CP 66 and CP 67;
- and final judgement docket books from posteas and inquiries in CP 68.
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Court of Common Pleas, 1194-1875
- Supreme Court of Judicature, Common Pleas Division, 1875-1880
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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27 series
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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
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C919/
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