Catalogue description Palatinate of Lancaster: Crown Court: Miscellaneous Records

This series consists of miscellaneous records of the administration of justice in the Palatinate of Lancaster, maintained by the Clerk of the Crown.

The main records include:

• Crown minute books, 1686-1877 which record the business of each session, usually with details of the names of grand and petty jurors; the names of prisoners tried; their offences, verdicts and sentences; indictments preferred; coroners inquisitions; a note of removal of actions by writ of certiorari; and recognizances.
• Outlawry rolls, 1377-1543.
• Writs of certiorari, with copies of indictments and pleadings, Chas II-Geo III.
• Judges' commissions, bundled together by reign, Chas II-Geo I.
• Order books, 1736-1878.
• Orders for payment of the prosecuting attorneys costs, 1815-1857.
• Bills of costs, 1819-1844.

The series formerly contained files of bills of mainprise and recognizances which are now in PL 45