Catalogue description Supreme Court of Judicature: Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division: Supreme Court Pay Office: Indexes and Accounts

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Title: Supreme Court of Judicature: Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division: Supreme Court Pay Office: Indexes and Accounts
Description:

The records comprise indexes and accounts relating to Admiralty suits. Investments and payments from incapacitated or deceased ex-naval personnel to their dependants managed by the Court of Chancery.

Date: 1883-1979
Arrangement:

Arranged chronologically.
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Supreme Court of Judicature, Supreme Court Pay Office, 1884-1975
Physical description: 15 volume(s)
Restrictions on use: 3 working days notice to produce
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.
Selection and destruction information: All indexes and accounts have been preserved (where extant).
Accruals: No future accruals expected.
Administrative / biographical background:

Please refer to the Department and Division administrative descriptions.

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