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Catalogue description Palatinate of Lancaster: Court of Chancery, Preston District Registry: Entry Books of Decrees and Orders
| Reference: | PL 36 |
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| Title: | Palatinate of Lancaster: Court of Chancery, Preston District Registry: Entry Books of Decrees and Orders |
| Description: |
The records in this series record the decrees and orders of the Preston District Registry from 1862 to 1955. Also incorporated are the decrees and orders of the Preston Registry's Blackburn office (PL 36/42-54), which branched off in 1893 and re-merged with Preston in 1948. The decrees and orders of the Chancery Court to be found in this series are comparable to those for Manchester and Liverpool respectively, though not surprisingly the volume of business is far smaller than in those booming cities. The format of the entries in these books is uniform: each supplies a date, the names of the parties in a Chancery Suit, the process followed in the case, and the decree or order, subscribed 'by the Court'. There are cross references on many entries which, with the date, should lead to entries in the cause books. These court orders are intended to resolve a case and are not to be confused with the District Registrar's orders, which regulated the court's proceedings. The series is indexed, either in individual indexes accompanying the orders in each book or, later, in consolidated index volumes. Thus PL 36/41 covers Preston cases from 1927 to 1963, and PL 36/55 continues from 1964 to 1971. The volume PL 36/55 also initially covers Blackburn from 1927 to 1947, and was clearly used for the reunited registry from 1964 because it offered so much space, whereas PL 36/41 was nearly full. PL 36/41 and PL 36/55 have the same layout. They start with an index of the plaintiffs' surnames, listed under its alphabet letter, but in order of appearance, not in strict alphabetical order. The number then supplied is a stamped page number in the body of the book, which leads to an entry of the date of the case, the names of both parties, and the nature of the ensuing court order, followed by the filing date. |
| Date: | 1862-1971 |
| Arrangement: |
The records are arranged in two series, one for Preston and the other for Blackburn. The Preston orders entered from 1862 to 1955 are in PL 36/1-40, plus an index register covering 1927 to 1963 in PL 36/41. The Blackburn orders from 1893 to 1947 are contained in PL 36/42-54, plus an index register covering 1927 to 1947 for Blackburn in PL 36/55 with Preston, including Blackburn, 1964 to 1971 added. |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Lancashire Chancery Court, Preston District Registry, 1875-1971 Palatinate of Lancaster, Chancery Court, Preston District Registry, 1853-1875 |
| Physical description: | 55 volume(s) |
| Access conditions: | Subject to 30 year closure |
| Accruals: | The Preston entry books have not as yet been transferred for the period from 1956 to 1971. |
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