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Catalogue description Palatinate of Durham: Chancery Court: Case Files
| Reference: | DURH 27 |
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| Title: | Palatinate of Durham: Chancery Court: Case Files |
| Description: |
This series consists of surviving case files in proceedings in the Durham Chancery Court. Not all files from the years 1877 to 1928 survive, but thereafter the series appears to be complete. |
| Date: | 1877-1971 |
| Arrangement: |
The files are arranged chronologically under annual cause number. The cause number in the catalogue comprises the year of the action, the initial letter of the plaintiff's surname, followed by another number. In cases from 1877-1883 the series of these final numbers began afresh each year. From 1884 the numeration was in one continuous sequence, running up to number 1696 in 1958. From 1959 onwards the earlier practice of numbering by year was resumed. |
| Related material: |
If the cause number of a case is unknown, it is best to ascertain this from the indexes at the front of the related cause books in DURH 22 See also the Chancellors' notebooks in DURH 23 See also the Registers' notebooks in DURH 24 |
| Separated material: |
Some case files are missing. Some files from the nineteenth century onwards are now kept at Archives and Special Collections, Durham University Library; they date mainly from 1880-1928, and run up to cause number 1928 B 1257, including a considerable number from 1928 itself. |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Durham Chancery Court, 1836-1971 |
| Physical description: | 1520 file(s) |
| Access conditions: | Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated |
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