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  Chancery: Petty Bag Office: Commissions and Inquisitions of Lunacy

  Commissions de lunatico inquirendo and the returns made to them, to establish whether persons were lunatics.The early inquisitions were conducted by local men who were instructed to discover whether the subject was 'sufficient for the government of h…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1627-1932

  Reference

  C 211

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  Exchequer of Receipt: Warrants for Issues

  All payments made out of the royal treasure in the Exchequer of Receipt were made on the authority of the King's writ or by order of the barons of the Exchequer. This series comprises the writs and warrants ordering those payments, and thus contains …

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  c1154-1837

  Reference

  E 404

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  Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Extents of Alien Priories, Aliens etc

  This series contains diverse documents which are concerned with the administration and management of the lands, possessions and revenues of aliens and alien priories.During peacetime the Crown often imposed fines on or raised subsidies from the prior…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1293-1483

  Reference

  E 106

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  Exchequer: King's Remembrancer and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer: Sheriffs' Accounts,...

  This series draws together several collections, originally wholly separate, of documents pertaining to sheriffs. The documents belong to both sides of the Upper Exchequer.All the documents are in some sense subsidiary to the sheriffs' accounts at the…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  c1216-c1837

  Reference

  E 199

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  Palace Court: Habeas Corpus Books

  Entry books of causes in the Palace Court removed to a superior court under the provisions of the Inferior Courts Act, 1623. Most removals were effected by the issue of a writ of habeas corpus.Entries in the volumes are arranged under the weekly cour…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1700-1849

  Reference

  PALA 4

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  Lord Steward's Department: Accounts of Creditors Not Paid by Salary

  These are entry books of the monthly bills of all creditors not paid by salary and contain the Extraordinary expenses which required special warrants. Up to 1761 (LS 8/1-99) the creditors are arranged by office of the Lord Steward's Department, ie ki…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1642-1854

  Reference

  LS 8

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  Court of Chancery: Six Clerks Office: Pleadings before 1714, Reynardson

  The records in this series consist of pleadings in equity cases initiated in the court of Chancery.They often comprise the plaintiff's bill of complaint only, but the defendant's answer and other documents in the process, including the plaintiffs's r…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  c1643-1714

  Reference

  C 9

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  King's (Queen's) Bench Prison and Queen's Prison: Execution Books.

  Books detailing the execution of the debts and damages awarded of prisoners at the King's (Queen's) Bench Prison, and its successor, the Queen's Prison. The entries include the names of the debtor, creditor and attorney, and the amount of the debt or…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1758-1852

  Reference

  PRIS 8

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  Palatinate of Lancaster: Court of Common Pleas: Declarations Files and Indexes

  This series contains a complete collection of declarations (statements of the plaintiff's case against a defendant) relating to actions at the Court of Common Pleas of the palatine county of Lancaster from 1788 to 1849. These declarations were kept i…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1788-1875

  Reference

  PL 22

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  Exchequer of Receipt: Original Receipts

  This series contains original receipts in the form of wooden tallies and parchment tellers' bills.Tallies were notched wooden sticks, split in half, and indicating receipt of a sum in the Exchequer of Receipt as recorded by the writer of the tallies.…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  c1150-1820

  Reference

  E 402

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  Chancery: Levari Facias Writ Files

  Writs to assist in recovering debts under the common law, an alternative to proceeding under the Statute of Merchants and the Statute of the Staple, which gave execution upon the goods, chattels and issues of the lands of the defaulting debtor.After …

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1274-1653

  Reference

  C 243

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  Chancery: Petty Bag Office: Proceedings on Statute Staple

  Writs of capias et extendi facias for the recovery of debts sealed under recognizance of statute staple, together with extents (valuations), mainly taken by sheriffs, of the lands and goods of debtors.Extents sometimes include a valuation of movable …

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1603-1775

  Reference

  C 228

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  Chancery: Records Upon Outlawries (Tower and Rolls Chapel Series)

  Writs certiorari super recordum et processum utlagarie, returned into Chancery as the first step to obtaining a pardon for outlawry.Until about 1312, roughly half the cases surviving in this series were of criminal outlawry, mostly for homicide. Ther…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1277-1628

  Reference

  C 88

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  Records of the Petty Bag Office

  These are records created by, or inherited and acquired by, the clerks of the Petty Bag; in many cases they are closely related to the functions of other Chancery officers, particularly those of the clerk of the Crown in Chancery, who initiated much …

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  c1216-2000

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  Records of the Bankruptcy Department and Official Receivers Branch

  Records of the Bankruptcy Department and Official Receivers Branch of the Board of Trade and successors relating to the investigation, regulation and administration of all insolvencies of individuals and firms when receiving orders were made by the c…

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  1844-1996

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  Records of the Chancellor and Council of the Duchy of Lancaster

  Records of the chancellor and council of the Duchy of Lancaster, concerned principally with the administration of the Duchy estate throughout England and Wales and the safeguarding of Duchy privileges and rights.Also, records of the Court of Duchy Ch…

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  c 1000-2005

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  Records of the Exchequer of Chester

  Records of the Exchequer of Chester mainly relating to its judicial, financial and secretarial duties.Common law pleas and returns to writs of certiorari, CHES 7Exhibits, CHES 11Entry books and minute books of decrees and orders, and rule book, CHES …

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  c1200-1834

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  Records of the Overseas Finance Group

  Files on all aspects of UK overseas finance.Finance (Exports) files are in T 362.Balance of Payments and Capital Markets (BPCM prefix) registered files T 551.International Trade Policy (ITPA prefix) registered files T 552.International Finance Group,…

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  1960-1997

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  Records of the County Court Branch

  Records of the County Court Branch and related headquarters files concerning responsibilities for the county court service.Records of the County Courts Branch are in LCO 8, headquarters files of the Lord Chancellor's Department arising from the overa…

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  1788-1980

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  Overseas Finance Sector

  This division contains the records of the Overseas Finance Sector.Files on European Economic Community issues are in T 372 and T 431; files on the UK balance of payments are in T 381; files on world economic issues are in T 382; files on development …

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  1975-1997

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