KING'S BENCH COURT
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0074 ACC/1064 |
Held at | : London Metropolitan Archives Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma › |
Full title | : KING'S BENCH COURT |
Date(s) | : 1764 |
Level of description | : Collection |
Extent | : 0.01 linear metres |
Name of creator(s) | : Court of King's Bench |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Court of King's Bench was founded circa 1200 to hear common pleas, although it came to specialise in pleas of special interest and concern to the king, such as those which involved his own property interests, or breach of his peace, or an error of judgment by another royal court. By 1675 the King's Bench was the highest court of common law in England and Wales, with jurisdiction over both civil and criminal actions. Civil business was conducted on the 'Plea Side' and criminal business on the 'Crown Side'. It was absorbed into the High Court in 1875.
Source: The National Archives Research Guides "Legal Records Information 34" and "Legal Records Information 36"
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Writ to sheriff of Middlesex to summon jury to appear at court of King's Bench on 14 February 1764, to try a plea of trespass and ejectment between Peter Swift, plaintiff, and Ruhamah Roberts, defendant.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
One document.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to these records rests with the Corporation of London.
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Deposited in August 1969.
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Related material:
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions:
November 2009 to February 2010
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