Declaration files of the Court of King's Bench.
The declarations (declaraciones) which they contain, also sometimes referred to as narrations (narraciones), were bills containing the real causes of actions which had already for procedural reasons been begun by bill of Middlesex and latitat. The declarations effectively initiated most of the pleas found in the plea section of the court's plea rolls in KB 27, where the substance of their contents was enrolled as part of the entry, although they can supply additional details not available in the roll. Even more important, they record the commencement of the very numerous cases which never reached the stage of enrolment. They contain a wealth of material about many people living and many matters arising between 1549-1630, and have never previously been available for research.