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Catalogue description Prerogative Court of Canterbury: Correspondence and Papers of Officials
| Reference: | PROB 39 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Prerogative Court of Canterbury: Correspondence and Papers of Officials |
| Description: |
Miscellaneous correspondence and papers of officers of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, mainly registrars, record keepers, clerks and proctors, together with some commissions of appointment and accounts. Many of the papers relate to the unofficial business of the officers. |
| Date: | 1659-1857 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1660-1858 |
| Physical description: | 23 files and rolls |
| Custodial history: | These records, which relate to the unofficial business of court officers, are not officially records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury or Doctors' Commons. It is likely that they have become confused at some point with official records, and were therefore transferred to the Court of Probate, and in 1874 to the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division of the High Court. |
| Publication note: |
For report of the commissioners for examining into the duties of officers of the courts of justice see Sessional Papers, House of Commons 18 June 1823, 462 For report by commissioners appointed to inquire into the practice and jurisdiction of the ecclesiastical courts, which provides a description of the procedures of the court, see Sessional Papers, House of Commons 27 February 1832, 199 |
| Unpublished finding aids: |
Select index of Prerogative Court of Canterbury proctors and other officials 16th-19th centuries giving biographical details of their careers |
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