Catalogue description Court of Chancery: Office of the Accountant General, Supreme Court Pay Office: Indexes to Accounts

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Details of J 340
Reference: J 340
Title: Court of Chancery: Office of the Accountant General, Supreme Court Pay Office: Indexes to Accounts
Description:

These records comprise the indexes to the Account Ledgers in J 337. Indexes are arranged chronologically and then by surname of the estate. Each index entry lists the names of all potential beneficiaries of the estate. A folio reference marked in black ink denotes the folio to locate in the corresponding Account Ledger to the period covered by the index. For example, J 340/ 14 (A-C Index, Bundle 1077, Vol 13, indexes 1894 to 1909) refers to the Account Ledger J 337/ 113 (1st Division, 16001-17000, vol 161). A further reference in red ink seems to be a sub-reference to each beneficiary listed but it is unclear to what records these refer to at present.
Date: 1841-1938
Arrangement:

Indexes are arranged chronologically and then by surname of the estate title.
Related material:

See also J 337
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Court of Chancery, Supreme Court Pay Office, 1725-1872
Physical description: 50 volume(s)
Access conditions: Open
Immediate source of acquisition:

in 2010 Ministry of Justice
Custodial history: The custody of these records can only be traced back with certainty to 1972 when they were known to be in the custody of the Supreme Court Pay Office to 1975 and the Court Funds Office, thereafter, both at the Royal Courts of Justice London WC2A 2LL. During the 1980s the records were moved to the Public Record Office repository, Hayes, Middlesex UB3 1RF. In 2003, the records were temporarily held in the basement of the Court Funds Office in 22 Kingsway, London WC2B 6LE before being moved in the same year into private storage at Bishops Furniture Storage in Battersea London acting on the behalf of the Department for Constitutional Affairs. In 2008 the records were briefly moved to Bishops Storage in Chessington London before being moved in 2009 to Harwell Laboratories in Oxfordshire for preparation for transfer to The National Archives. The remaining records that were not selected for preservation are in the custody of Bishops Storage in Chessington.
Accumulation dates: 1841 to 1896
Selection and destruction information: All indexes to accounts have been selected (where extant).
Accruals: Series is not accruing.

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