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BASTARDY ORDERS, CERTIFICATES AND RETURNS FILED WITH THE CLERK OF THE PEACE

Catalogue reference: QS/50

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Reference
QS/50
Title
BASTARDY ORDERS, CERTIFICATES AND RETURNS FILED WITH THE CLERK OF THE PEACE
Description

In pursuance of 7 & 8 Vict. c.101, Clerks to Justices in Petty Sessions were required to transmit annually to the Clerk of the Peace, Returns of the number of summonses issued, applications heard, and orders made and refused in Bastardy. This class comprises such returns made; also certificates and other relevant papers relating to bastardy Orders dealt with by the Quarter Sessions as enumerated.

Held by
Warwickshire County Record Office
Language
English
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/c7d18910-c2c1-4c80-af01-160be54d62e7/

Catalogue hierarchy

112,473 records

This record is held at Warwickshire County Record Office

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Within the fonds: QS

Warwickshire Quarter Sessions Records

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BASTARDY ORDERS, CERTIFICATES AND RETURNS FILED WITH THE CLERK OF THE PEACE