IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS 751
Held at: Senate House Library, University of London
Title: Court proceedings
Date(s): [1590-1600]
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 1 volume containing 84 leaves
Name of creator(s): Unknown
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Court of King's Bench exercised a supreme and general jurisdiction over criminal and civil cases as well as special jurisdiction over the other superior common-law courts until 1830.The Court of Common Pleas was the main court for cases between individuals about land and debt rather than prosecutions by the crown.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Manuscript volume of extracts from the record of the Court of Queen's (and King's) Bench, and also from the Court of Common Pleas, for proceedings from the 15th century to the reign of Elizabeth, probably compiled c1590-1600. The extracts include pleas, posteas and memoranda of the 15th and 16th centuries, with marginal notes describing the subjects of the pleas, and perhaps acted as a lawyer's precedent book. References to the original court rolls are sometimes given.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Single item.
Conditions governing access:
Access to the items in the collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the controlled environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Access to archive collections may be restricted under the Freedom of Information Act. Please contact the University Archivist for details.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.
Physical characteristics:
11¾" x 8". The volume is disbound, and probably incomplete.
Finding aids:
Collection level description.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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Accruals:
Archival history:
Provenance unknown. Found at 8 New Square, Lincoln's Inn, London.
Immediate source of acquisition:
Given by the British Records Association in 1969.
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.
Date(s) of descriptions: Dec 2001