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  Court of Common Pleas: Entry Books of the Dates of Proclamations of Fines

  Notebooks listing the dates of the days set aside for the proclamations of final concords in court, for the years 1601-1602 and 1621-1841, when they were read out to provide publicity for the transaction.

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1600-1841

  Reference

  CP 27

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  Series

  Office of the Governors of Queen Anne's Bounty: Records Mainly Inherited from the...

  This series is extremely diverse, consisting of a few substantial blocks of related material, and many isolated items not forming part of surviving series within this department or within any of the series of records of the Office of First Fruits and…

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1343-1839

  Reference

  QAB 1

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  Chancery: Inquisitions Post Mortem, Series II, and other Inquisitions, Henry VII...

  As well as inquisitions post mortem, this series also includes inquisitions ad quod damnum (taken, for example, when the grant of a market or some such privilege was solicited, or where an alienation to the church in mortmain was proposed, to ascerta…

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  c1485-c1649

  Reference

  C 142

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  Series

  Charity Commission: Enrolments under Various Acts 1926-1963

  This series consists of voluntary and mortmain enrolments under various Acts including the Settled Land Act 1925. There are also indexes to the enrolments.

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1926-1963

  Reference

  CHAR 13

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  Chancery: Leases, Mortgages, etc

  Deeds of mortgage, lease and release, and assignment, used as evidence in equity suits heard in the court of Chancery.

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1691-1816

  Reference

  C 45

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  Chancery and Lord Chancellor's Office: Crown Office: Draft Letters Patent

  Draft letters patent prepared by the clerk of the Crown in Chancery.The series also includes some original warrants signed by Queen Victoria, a few original letters patent, and a number of draft and original surrenders of office. The vast majority of…

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  c1558-1912

  Reference

  C 197

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  Imperial Secretary to the Governor of Northern Ireland: Correspondence and papers

  Files relating to all aspects of the work of the Imperial Secretary as advisor to the Governor. They include papers on the establishment of the Registry of Deeds and the Principal Probate Registry in Belfast, railways, legal and parliamentary matters…

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1900-1932

  Reference

  HO 267

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  Chancery: Ancient Deeds, Series CS

  This series is made up of deeds held by Chancery which were separated from the main series in C 146 on account of their fine seals.The series consists of evidences of title, as well as a miscellany of documents virtually unrelated to conveyancing. Th…

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  c 1100-c 1603

  Reference

  C 148

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  Court of Common Pleas: King's Silver Books, Series I

  Books compiled by the Clerk of the King's Silver to record the amount, known as the king's silver or post-fine, paid by the plaintiff in a collusive suit to levy a final concord, for the licence to agree and terminate the suit in the Court of Common …

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1560-1834

  Reference

  CP 34

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  Court of Common Pleas: Portions of Broken Writs of Covenant Files

  Portions of files of writs of covenant or individual writs of covenant which have become separated from the files of which they originally formed part, and which were arranged in bundles at the Carlton Ride branch of the Public Record Office in the 1…

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  Henry III - 1660

  Reference

  CP 50

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  Court of Common Pleas, General Eyres and Court of King's Bench: Feet of Fines Files,...

  Files containing the court's copies or 'feet' of normally tripartite indentures recording agreements called final concords, or 'fines' for short. They were separately recorded agreements to terminate disputes about property brought before the king's …

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1195-1509

  Reference

  CP 25/1

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  Court of Common Pleas: Enrolments of Writs etc for Fines and Recoveries

  Annual rolls in which, for the payment of a fee, the main instruments, mostly writs and their returns, involved in the conveyance of land by final concord or common recovery could be enrolled, as a means of protecting title from mistakes or negligenc…

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1581-1711

  Reference

  CP 28

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  Court of Common Pleas: Recovery Rolls

  This series is an offshoot from the main series of plea rolls of the Court of Common Pleas, created in 1583 to contain the enrolments effecting the collusive legal procedure called the common recovery, but also including non-collusive proceedings to …

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1583-1837

  Reference

  CP 43

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  Records of the Courts of Common Law (Common Pleas and Assizes)

  Records of the Durham Courts of Common Law (Common Pleas and Assizes) relating to common law jurisdiction.Records of the Court of Pleas: Affidavits of due execution and service of clerkship, DURH 9Declarations, draft judgments etc, DURH 10Concords of…

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  Date

  1344-1877

  Reference

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  Records of the Conveyancing and Bona Vacantia Divisions

  Records relating to governmental conveyancing and lands advisory services, and the administration of property forfeit to the Crown.Selected case papers and letters of administration (to 1857) relating to estates are to be found in TS 17, and records …

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  Date

  1658-1980

  Reference

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  Duchy of Lancaster: Cartae Miscellaneae

  This series is made up of those deeds that were separated from those in DL 25 in the early nineteenth century and bound into volumes.Despite the series title the deeds are not all charters, although the greater proportion are title deeds of various k…

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  c 1125-17th century

  Reference

  DL 36

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  Office of the Auditors of Land Revenue: Ancient Deeds, Series E

  Private conveyancing deeds, including a number of bonds, wills, letters of denization and other documents, acquired by the auditors of the land revenue. Most of the records are likely either to have been obtained from the Augmentation Office or broug…

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1223-1730

  Reference

  LR 14

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  Court of Common Pleas: Concordia Pedum Finium Files

  This series consists of original files of writs of dedimus potestatemissued by the Court of Common Pleas in the name of English and British monarchs.These writs, essentially orders, were addressed to the justices and other officials of the English co…

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1562-1678

  Reference

  CP 61

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  Court of Common Pleas: Feet of Fines Files, Henry VIII - Victoria

  The later files of feet of fines, from the reign of Henry VIII to the early part of the reign of Victoria. Fines were abolished in 1834, but a few fines initiated before the abolition were completed during the period down to 1839.Fines continued to b…

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1509-1839

  Reference

  CP 25/2

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  Court of Common Pleas: Concords of Fines Files, George II

  Files of concords, texts of agreements to convey property which were drawn up as a preliminary to levying a final concord to bring about the conveyance itself, produced during the reign of George II.This series consists of writs of dedimus potestatem…

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1727-1760

  Reference

  CP 24/9