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  • Division within PL1377-1875Records of the Court of Common Pleas

    Records of the Palatinate of Lancaster's Court of Common Pleas relating to common law jurisdiction.

    Plea rolls are in PL 15, docket rolls in PL 16, fines files in PL 17 and writs in PL 20. Files of sessional papers are in PL 21; declarations, formerly on those files, were kept in a separate series from 1788 in PL 22. Enrolments of fines are in PL 18. Panels of jurors are in PL 19. Records concerning the admission of attorneys are in PL 23. Miscellaneous administrative records of the Prothonotary are in PL 24