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Series
Supreme Court of Judicature, High Court of Justice and predecessors: Principal Registry...
Catalogue reference: J 86
What's it about?
J 86
Records of the Principal Probate Registry, later the Principal Registry of the Family Division relating to probate and divorce practice generally; to the administration of district registries; and to reorganisation schemes and staffing.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- J 86
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Title (The name of the record)
- Supreme Court of Judicature, High Court of Justice and predecessors: Principal Registry of the Family Division and predecessors: Correspondence and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1841-1984
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records of the Principal Probate Registry, later the Principal Registry of the Family Division relating to probate and divorce practice generally; to the administration of district registries; and to reorganisation schemes and staffing.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The first two sections of the series are arranged in chronological order until 1938 after which date they are arranged according to file number. The papers referring to district registry discipline are arranged in chronological sequence, whereas Treasury files are listed by department and in chronological order within these groups.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury in PROB
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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)
- 452 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9694/
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Records of the Supreme Court of Judicature and related courts
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Supreme Court of Judicature, High Court of Justice and predecessors: Principal Registry of the Family Division and predecessors: Correspondence and Papers
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