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Exchequer of Receipt: Assignments and Exchequer Bills
This series contains records relating to the repayment of government loans and debts and to the disbursement of pensions, annuities and other payments by the Exchequer of Receipt, dating from the 17th to 19th centuries.The records include the assignm…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1622-1862
- Reference
- E 406
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Foreign Office: Confidential Print European Affairs, General
This series contains confidential print relating to general european affairs. It comprises selected correspondence and papers relating to the war debts of the countries of Europe and to pacts between the countries.
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1932-1933
- Reference
- FO 430
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Court of Chancery: Six Clerks Office: Pleadings 1758 to 1800
The records in this series consist of pleadings in equity cases initiated in the court of Chancery, filed in all six divisions of the Six Clerks Office. They are catalogued by suit title alone, and are searchable at that level. We are happy to accept…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- c1681-1800
- Reference
- C 12
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Court of Chancery: Six Clerks Office: Pleadings 1714 to 1758
The records in this series consist of pleadings in equity cases initiated in the court of Chancery, filed in all six divisions of the Six Clerks Office.They often comprise the plaintiff's bill of complaint only, but the defendant's answer and other d…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- c1700-1758
- Reference
- C 11
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Chancery: Petty Bag Office: Miscellaneous Papers, Exhibits etc
Working documents, office copies and a little correspondence of successive clerks of the Petty Bag, plus exhibits in bankruptcy suits, patent specifications, lunacy proceedings, printed statutes, writs and returns, and appointments of escheators and …
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- c1509-1910
- Reference
- C 217
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Board of Trade and successors: Bankruptcy, Companies and Insolvency Departments:...
This series contains material prepared for use in the Bankruptcy, Companies and Insolvency departments, including procedural manuals, precedent books, guides, background papers, appointments, registers, specimen signatures, ledgers and reports.Also i…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1890-1985
- Reference
- BT 289
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Court of Common Pleas: Entry Books of Judgments
Entry books recording the issue of judgments in the Court of Common Pleas, chronologically by term.They were created for the purpose of recording the fees due. The series began in 1838 to replace earlier series of special judgment books (from 1803) a…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1838-1874
- Reference
- CP 64
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Exchequer of Pleas: Bills and Writs
This series consists of the bills and writs used to initiate suits in the Exchequer of Pleas.Writs were issued if the plaintiff was an accountant or debtor to the Crown, or other privileged party. The particular status of the plaintiff, from which he…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1260-1880
- Reference
- E 5
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King's Bench Prison: Abstract Books of Commitments
Summaries of the details found in the later King's (Queen's) Bench Prison commitment books (PRIS 4) for the period. They are smaller, more portable versions, for easy reference. Some of the books duplicate the contents of the main books exactly, othe…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1780-1815
- Reference
- PRIS 5
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Exchequer of Receipt: Receipt Rolls and Registers
The receipt rolls recorded details, in triplicate, of all money paid into the Lower Exchequer, or Exchequer of Receipt, and are thus a very valuable source of information about Exchequer revenue.There are some very early receipt rolls from the reign …
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1160-1866
- Reference
- E 401
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Exchequer: Writs, Original Series
This series contains writ files of the Upper Exchequer prior to the reign of Edward III (1327-77); the main series files of returnable writs of the King's Remembrancer's side of the Exchequer, c1327-1842; and a number of stray files and subsidiary do…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- c1272-1842
- Reference
- E 202
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Home Office: Various Commissions: Records and Correspondence
Records relating to various standing royal commissions and temporary commissions of enquiry for internal affairs not assigned to other departments of state. In the following cases the records are those of the particular commission, including correspo…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1552-1949
- Reference
- HO 73
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Exchequer: Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer and Pipe Office: Miscellanea, New Series
The records in this series are a heterogenous collection of miscellanea, basically unsorted, of the offices of the Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer and the Pipe. They were transferred from E 370 as an emergency measure in 1995.Included are a number of a…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 12th century-19th century
- Reference
- E 389
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Court of Star Chamber: Proceedings, Edward VI
This series contains documents submitted or generated in the course of judicial proceedings, mostly in equity, heard before the king's Council at Westminster, and known as the Court of Star Chamber.The series is incomplete, and although nominally of …
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- c1485-c1603
- Reference
- STAC 3
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Exchequer of Pleas: Warrants of Attorney to Confess Judgement and Cognovits
Warrants given to attorneys by defendants empowering them to concede cases to plaintiffs or allow judgement by default, and cognovits by which defendants formally confessed actions and agreed that judgement could be signed against them. Most cases we…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1780-1855
- Reference
- E 17
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Court of Star Chamber: Proceedings, Henry VIII
This series contains documents submitted or generated in the course of judicial proceedings, mostly in equity, heard before the king's Council at Westminster, and anachronistically known as the Court of Star Chamber.The series is incomplete, and alth…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- c1461-c1625
- Reference
- STAC 2
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Assizes: Northern and North-Eastern Circuits: Estreats
The documents in this series are bundles of loose papers covering the period 1843 to 1890. Until 1876 they are the records of the Northern circuit; thereafter they are the records of both the Northern and North-Eastern circuits. All of the estreats r…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1843-1890
- Reference
- ASSI 46
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Court of Star Chamber: Proceedings, Henry VII
This series contains documents submitted or generated in the course of judicial proceedings, mostly in equity, heard before the king's Council at Westminster, and anachronistically known as the Court of Star Chamber.The series is incomplete, and alth…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- c1461-c1547
- Reference
- STAC 1
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Insolvency Rules Committee Website
This series contains dated gathered versions (or 'snapshots') of the Insolvency Rules Committee website. [Please note: These records may be accessed via the UK Government Web Archive.]
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- From 2008
- Reference
- RF 9
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Lord Steward's Department: Accounts, Pedes Parcellarum
These contain monthly, half yearly and yearly analyses of the expenses of each department, both ordinary and extraordinary. They take their name meaning 'feet of parcels' from the 'parcels', or details, of consumptions brought into the Board of Green…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1660-1761
- Reference
- LS 4