Catalogue description Records of Justices of Assize, Gaol Delivery, Oyer and Terminer, and Nisi Prius

Details of ASSI
Reference: ASSI
Title: Records of Justices of Assize, Gaol Delivery, Oyer and Terminer, and Nisi Prius
Description:

Records of the Justices of Assize from 1554 to 1971 relating to the central control of justice and administration at a local level. They include records relating to actions originating in the courts at Westminster which were tried at assizes under nisi prius procedure.

The records are mainly arranged by circuits:

  • Home, Norfolk and South-Eastern Circuits
  • Midland Circuit
  • Northern and North-Eastern Circuits
  • Oxford Circuit
  • Welsh Circuits including Chester
  • Western Circuit
  • Cross-Circuit Records

There are also three series organised by record type which cross circuit boundaries.

The following 14 series numbers have not been used: ASSI 7, ASSI 17- ASSI 20, ASSI 27, ASSI 29, ASSI 48 - ASSI 50, ASSI 56, and ASSI 68 - ASSI 70.

Date: 1554-1971
Separated material:

Records of courts of quarter sessions are deposited locally under the Public Records Act 1958.

Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Physical description: 95
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated

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