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  Chancery: Crown Office: Long Account Books

  This series consists of nine large account books in which fees received for a variety of letters patent or similar instruments were recorded, and their apportionment among Chancery and other officers of state laid out in appropriate columns across ad…

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1783-1870

  Reference

  C 185

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  Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

  The series of Ancient Petitions draws together a large number of petitions addressed to the king, to the king and council, to the king and council in parliament, to the chancellor, and to certain other officers of state. The earliest petitions date t…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  Henry III - James I

  Reference

  SC 8

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  Chancery: Crown Office: Lord Chancellor's Petition Books

  Entry books of the petitions presented in Chancery. Until August 1794 the petitions of plaintiffs and defendants are entered in separate books. These volumes, each of which has an index of contents, contain fairly full abstracts, and frequently compl…

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1756-1858

  Reference

  C 28

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  Chancery: Petty Bag Office: Warrants for Bishops' Patents

  Warrants requesting the lord chancellor to make out letters patent confirming the election of bishops and archbishops of the Church of England.The process of election demanded the making out of writs by the clerks of the Petty Bag Office, called cong…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1704-1875

  Reference

  C 201

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  Court of King's Bench, Crown Side, and Supreme Court of Judicature, High Court of...

  The first part of the series consists of the continuing series of recorda files of the Court of King's Bench. By the seventeenth century it had become a Crown Side file, with the name of the current clerk of the crown written on its cover. When the c…

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1690-1984

  Reference

  KB 16

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  Exchequer: King's Remembrancer and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer: KR Bille Files...

  This series consists of files containing bills and petitions to the Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer.On the Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer's side are included appointments of attorneys by sheriffs, bailiffs of liberties, and escheators, for the r…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  c1272-c1820

  Reference

  E 207

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  Exchequer and Supreme Court of Judicature: King's Remembrancer: Presentation Rolls...

  The Presentation Rolls constitute the official record of the ancient ceremonies by which the Crown gave its consent to the election of the Mayor of the city of London and of the sheriffs of London and Middlesex.As part of that ceremony the sheriffs r…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1833-1995

  Reference

  E 191

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  Records of various departments, arranged artificially according to type, and formerly...

  These records formerly entitled 'Special Collections' were artificially arranged by the Public Record Office by record type. Ancient Correspondence of the Chancery and the Exchequer, SC 1Court Rolls, SC 2Rolls Estate: Leases and Counterparts of Lease…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1131 - 20th Century

  Reference

  SC

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  Home Office: Registered Papers

  This is the main series of Home Office papers. The subject matter of the files reflects the diversity of domestic matters dealt with by the Home Office. These have included aliens, betting and gaming, borstals, building societies, burials and cremati…

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1795-1979

  Reference

  HO 45

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  Signet Office and Home Office: Sign Manual Letter Books Largely Relating to Ireland

  Entries in full of letters sent under the royal sign manual to the lord lieutenant and other authorities in Ireland. Some entries relating to other matters, such as letters recommendatory for elections to bishoprics in England and Wales and letters t…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1627-1876

  Reference

  SO 1

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  1 item extracted from CO 417/232. Southern Africa. 'Map of Barotse kingdom': showing...

  1 item extracted from CO 417/232. Southern Africa. 'Map of Barotse kingdom': showing the limits of the kingdom as claimed by [King] Lewanika, tribes within the kingdom, the boundary (in yellow) between territory under British influence and the Congo …

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1897

  Reference

  MFQ 1/839

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  Chancery and Lord Chancellor's Office: Crown Office: Speaker's Warrants

  Whenever a vacancy occurs in the House of Commons for any legal cause after the original issue of writs for a new parliament, a writ for a bye-election is issued out of Chancery by a warrant from the speaker, directed to the clerk of the Crown in Cha…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1694-1899

  Reference

  C 186

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  Chancery: Crown Office: Miscellanea

  The records in this series relate to the office and profits of the clerk of the Crown.There are minutes and draft bills concerning parliamentary procedure because the clerk of the Crown was responsible for preparing writs for the election of members …

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  c1625-1936

  Reference

  C 194

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  Piece

  Percentage of electorate voting in general elections

  State of the Cities dataset 1992-2001

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1992-2001

  Reference

  AT 104/33

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  Piece

  Percentage of electorate voting in local elections

  State of the Cities dataset 2000-2003

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  2000-2003

  Reference

  AT 104/32

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  Signet Office: Warrants for King's Bills, Series I

  These warrants for king's bills consist mainly of brief directions, usually under the royal sign manual, countersigned by a secretary of state or, if the business was financial, the Treasury commissioners.The series contains examples of warrants whic…

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1661-1800

  Reference

  SO 8

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  Series

  Chancery: Certificates of Election of Coroners and Verderers (Tower and Rolls Chapel...

  Writs de coronatore eligendo and de viridario eligendo, for the election of coroners and verderers in county courts, returned into Chancery endorsed with the names of the officers elected or nominated.Many of these records were formerly included in C…

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1283-1633

  Reference

  C 242

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  Series

  Chancery: Files, Rolls Chapel Series, Pot Bundle

  Memoranda of the names of attorneys appointed by parties in Chancery suits, and by sheriffs and escheators to receive writs and other process at Chancery.Certificates sent from the Exchequer that sureties for due performance of office had been produc…

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  c1272-1633

  Reference

  C 236

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  Home Office: Charters: Drafts and Related Papers

  The documents in this series relate to petitions addressed to the Home Secretary, for royal charters of incorporation unless otherwise mentioned. The petitions came from societies, companies, boroughs, hospitals, charities and educational establishme…

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1816-1838

  Reference

  HO 72

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  Chancery and Lord Chancellor's Office: Crown Office: Docket Books

  Registers of dockets, summaries for official record of appointments made or recalled by letters patent, commissions, proclamations and writs. The introduction of the wafer seal in 1878, and its extension to further instruments in 1916, limited their …

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1595-1973

  Reference

  C 231