HIGH COURT OF ADMIRALTY
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0074 CLC/298 |
Held at | : London Metropolitan Archives Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma › |
Full title | : HIGH COURT OF ADMIRALTY |
Date(s) | : 1760-1795 |
Level of description | : Collection |
Extent | : 2 items. |
Name of creator(s) | : High Court of Admiralty |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
The High Court of Admiralty had jurisdiction over crimes at sea, discipline in the fleet, piracy, and questions of prize and spoil.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the High Court of Admiralty, comprising order to give up seized goods, 1795; and opinion and petition in a case concerning the condemnation of a ship, 1760.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to this collection rests with the City 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 the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section, which merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
Allied Materials
Related material:
Records of the High Court of the Admiralty are located at The National Archives, reference HCA.
Publication note:
For more information on the High Court of Admiralty see The National Archives Legal Records Information leaflet number 26; available on their website http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk (accessed Oct 2010).
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:
August to October 2010.
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