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Hastings Corporation

Catalogue reference: HAS

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This record is about the Hastings Corporation dating from 1200-1846.

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Reference
HAS
Title
Hastings Corporation
Date
1200-1846
Description

Records of Hastings Corporation (formally titled the Mayor, Jurats and Commonalty of the Town and Port of Hastings) prior to its reform under the Municipal Corporations Act 1835. Records of the reformed corporation, of the improvement commissions in Hastings and St Leonards, of the county borough council which succeeded them in 1889, and of Hastings Borough Council, a district within the Administrative County of East Sussex established in 1974, are listed in DH. The fonds HAS is being formed mainly by relisting records which have been listed temporarily in DH as:

DH/A/16 Chamberlains' account and rental with Pier-wardens' accounts

DH/A/17 Chamberlains' and Pier-wardens' accounts

DH/A/18 Chamberlains' rentals

DH/A/21 Records of arrears

DH/A/22 Chamberlains' draft accounts

DH/A/23 Lists of auditors and assessors

DH/A/24 Chamberlains' vouchers

DH/A/26 Fee farm rentals

DH/A/27 Arrears of the fee farm rent

DH/A/28 Receipts for the fee farm rent

DH/A/30 Pier-wardens' vouchers

DH/A/31 Other pier-wardens' records

DH/B/96 Hastings Corporation Charters

DH/B/97 Hastings Custumal

DH/B/98 Hastings Corporation record books

DH/B/99 Draft Corporation record books

DH/B/100 Minutes of the election of the Mayor of Hastings and other officers

DH/B/101 Procedures, instructions and forms of oaths for the election of the Mayor and other officials

DH/B/102 Draft minutes of Assemblies

DH/B/103 Plea books of the Hastings Court of Record

DH/B/104 Writs and correspondence of the Court of Record

DH/B/105 Final agreements made in the Court of Record

DH/B/106 Counterpart final agreements

DH/B/107 Various Hundred Court Records

DH/B/109 Rolls, charters and bonds of the Freedom of Hastings

DH/B/110 Lists of members of the Corporation

DH/B/113 Stonebeach leases

DH/B/114 Proceedings of the Committee for waste lands and beach

DH/B/115 Corporation feoffments

DH/B/116 Various Corporation deeds

DH/B/117 Corporation cases and opinions of Counsel

DH/B/118 Town Clerk's files concerning building projects

DH/B/119 Town Clerk's files concerning Hastings Harbour

DH/B/120 Town Clerk's correspondence on various subjects

DH/B/121 Minutes and correspondence concerning public meetings

DH/B/122 Town Clerk's notebooks

DH/B/123 Watch committee: night watch incident books

Held by
East Sussex Record Office
Former department reference
HAS
Language
English
Physical description
About 1800 files
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/dad9e0c4-b54c-4c51-a95c-7f7ca3fba250/

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This record is held at East Sussex Record Office

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Hastings Corporation