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Thomas Cromwell
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Series
Chancery and Supreme Court of Judicature: Miscellanea
Catalogue reference: J 93
What's it about?
J 93
Includes returns of prisoners, 1860 to 1881, committed to prison by the Court of Chancery and, from 1875, the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice, together with reports arising from their imprisonment by the Solicitor to the Suitors...
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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J 93
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Title (The name of the record)
- Chancery and Supreme Court of Judicature: Miscellanea
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Date (When the record was created)
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1860-1961
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Description (What the record is about)
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Includes returns of prisoners, 1860 to 1881, committed to prison by the Court of Chancery and, from 1875, the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice, together with reports arising from their imprisonment by the Solicitor to the Suitors Fund, later the Official Solicitor to the Supreme Court of Judicature. The series also includes transfers of actions in the High Court, 1904-1955, and committal warrants, 1904-1961, as well as shorthand notes of the trial, in R v Sir Roger Casement and Daniel Julian Bailey, 1916.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For later Official Solicitor reports relating to contempt of court see J 129
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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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3 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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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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- Topics
- Treason and rebellion
- Prisons
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9701/
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