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  Liquidation (Companies) Proceedings

  Proceedings filed by official managers and liquidators in connection with winding-up proceedings under the Joint Stock Companies Act of 1848 and the Companies Acts of 1862 and 1867.The series includes accounts, affidavits of creditors and others, bil…

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1849-1910

  Reference

  C 26

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  Series

  Chancery: Supplementary Patent Rolls

  Patent rolls containing enrolments of letters and writs of a special and uniform character.These include letters of protection and safe-conduct granted to persons going to the wars in Scotland and elsewhere on the king's service; general and special …

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1275-1749

  Reference

  C 67

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  Series

  Home Office: County Courts Entry Books

  Home Office out-letters relating to the administration of the Small Debts Act 1844 and other County Courts Acts.

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1845-1869

  Reference

  HO 86

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  Series

  Supreme Court of Judicature and former Superior Courts: Central Office and predecessors:...

  Most of these documents relate to actions in the Court of Chancery or the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice but there are a few relating to actions in the Queen's/King's Bench Division, the Court of King's Bench and the Exchequer.The doc…

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1490-1953

  Reference

  J 90

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  Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Extents and Inquisitions Relating to Crown Debtors

  Extents and inquisitions from various writ file series, mainly unsorted. Most of the early documents in this series relate to proceedings by extent in aid, whereby process was used by Crown debtors for the recovery of debts due to them. Though origin…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  c1603-1842

  Reference

  E 144

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  Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Affidavits, Supplementary

  This series consists of affidavits relating to equity and revenue causes in the Exchequer, formerly retained amongst the working papers of the clerks in court in the King's Remembrancer's Office. Included are affidavits relating to the customs and cu…

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1694-1833

  Reference

  E 218

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  Chancery: Six Clerks and Record and Writ Clerks Offices: Miscellaneous Pleadings

  This series consists of bills of complaint (often printed), informations exhibited by the attorney general, answers, depositions and affidavits.They relate to a wide variety of matters, including administration of estates, company winding-up, mortgag…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1664-1868

  Reference

  C 18

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  Board of Trade and successors: Bankruptcy Department: Bankruptcy Cases, High Court...

  Records of the Bankruptcy (High Court) Department of the Board of Trade relating to the affairs of individuals and firms, dealt with by the Official Receiver under Receiving and Administration Orders made in the High Court.The later papers, which pos…

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1891-1994

  Reference

  BT 226

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  Series

  Court of Wards and Liveries: Miscellaneous Records in Bundles

  Fragmentary material relating to most areas of the business of the Court of Wards and Liveries.It consists largely of portions of ministers' and feodaries' accounts and of paper draft receiver generals' accounts. The remaining miscellany includes ske…

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  Henry VIII - Charles I

  Reference

  WARD 11

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  Series

  Chancery and Supreme Court of Judicature, High Court of Justice, Chancery Division:...

  These volumes record progress in actions with which the masters and their predecessors were concerned in the Court of Chancery and, from November 1875, in the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice. They include notes prepared for the use of …

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1832-1948

  Reference

  J 91

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  Series

  Board of Trade and successors: Solicitor's Department and successors: Correspondence...

  This series contains files of the Board of Trade and its successors concerning the drafting of subordinate legislation, and on litigation and prosecutions arising in relation to the acts, regulations and orders administered by the board and its succe…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1860-1979

  Reference

  BT 103

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  Series

  Palatinate of Chester: Exchequer of Chester: Enrolments

  This series includes enrolments of charters and letters patent issued under the Great Seal of the County Palatine of Chester, and fines, deeds, wills and other documents relating to the business of the County Palatine (which included the County of Fl…

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1307-1830

  Reference

  CHES 2

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  Series

  Court of King's Bench: Plea Side: Satisfacciones Files

  Files created in the reign of James I to hold acknowledgments by plaintiffs that they had been satisfied by the defendants in their cases for the debt and damages which had been adjudged. They are entered on parchments shaped like bail pieces. Only a…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1610-1612

  Reference

  KB 160

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  Series

  Chancery: Files, Tower and Rolls Chapel Series, Certiorari Corpus Cum Causa

  Various types of the writ certiorari.These include certiorari super causa captionis of men. At first these were principally concerned with persons indicted or convicted of crimes; later, prisoners for debt were common.Of other types, certiorari super…

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1277-1428

  Reference

  C 258

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  Series

  Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Warrants, Nolle Prosequi

  This series consists of the Attorney-General's warrants (nolle prosequi) to stay prosecution on revenue actions in the Exchequer. In its developed form the nolle prosequi was a stamped parchment, citing at its head the memoranda roll reference of the…

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1731-1823

  Reference

  E 229

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  Chancery: Petty Bag Office: Writ Files

  Files of writs which Chancery issued from the Petty Bag Office.A large variety of writs is present, reflecting the scope and variety of the work of the Petty Bag Office. These include writs of dedimus potestatem, such as for the taking of oaths of al…

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1570-1921

  Reference

  C 202

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  Series

  Exchequer: Pipe Office: Rolls of Post-Fines

  This series consists of Extract Rolls of post fines from the Exchequer, Pipe Office. They record parties to conveyances of property by final concord, the properties transferred and the amount of the post fine. These records are a small part of the ar…

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1595-1837

  Reference

  E 374

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  Fleet Prison: Commitment Books

  Books detailing the commitment to the Fleet Prison of debtors unable to stand bail for themselves, and therefore committed until the bail was paid. Entries include the commitment number (useful in tracing prisoners' records), the name of the person c…

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1686-1842

  Reference

  PRIS 1

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  Series

  Palatinate of Durham: Chancery: Deeds, Series G

  This series contains miscellaneous deeds of the palatinate of Durham. In common with other bodies of deeds acquired by the Public Record Office they were distinguished by a letter of the alphabet, becoming Deeds, Series G. Unlike many of these series…

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1557-1799

  Reference

  DURH 21

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  Series

  King's (Queen's) Bench Prison and Queen's Prison: Commitment Books

  Books recording the commitment of debtors to the King's (Queen's) Bench Prison, and the Queen's Prison, its successor. They are similar to those for the Fleet Prison (PRIS 1). Each entry is headed with the name of the debtor and the date on which he …

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1719-1862

  Reference

  PRIS 4