Plea Side RecordsKB 16331 Elizabeth I - 45 Elizabeth ICourt of King's Bench: Plea Side: Ballia per Recognicionem Rolls
Docket rolls recording the issue of special bails to defendants sued in the Court of King's Bench.
Each entry gives the name of the county or borough; the name of the person bailed and their place of residence (in London their parish); the writ under which they had been arrested (usually habeas corpus returned cepi corpus but occasionally another, such as capias ad computandum); the name of the person at whose suit he had been arrested; the names and places of residence of usually two, but occasionally more, pledges; and the name of the attorney. The entries are not dated.